To Hug Or Not To Hug


 

Love that is unconditional and affection that is abundant are the perfect antidote for hatred that is irrational and mind that is vengeful. We appear to have forgotten the art of forgetting. It appears to have disappeared, forgetting, that is! To forgive is divine. To forget is bliss. Strangely, we remember everything we ought to forget. Our mind is in pieces in its search for peace because the path chosen to achieve it is one of conflict and confront as opposed to ‘forgive and forget’.

Our reluctance to respect contrary views, accept persons the way they are leads to a ‘conflicting and confronting’ mind. Is our mind understanding and empathetic? Or is it one of conflict and confrontation? We are weighed down by having to constantly contend with this duality of mind. Every effort to hug the principle of ‘forgive and forget’ is thwarted by this destructive dilemma of duality of mind.

We forget to remember that our mind is our own enemy. It is within us. The ego in us is a disruptive force. Enveloped by infinite ego, our mind is less inclined to embrace humility. Ego takes precedence over logic and reason. Our mind is a master of justification regardless of the long-term ramifications. In the life of mathematics, simultaneous equation is a playful joy. Simultaneous equation of mind and life in reality is no longer a joy. It is a mystery.

Regardless of these conflicting contradictions, let’s remove the dilemma of duality of mind which is the fountainhead of sorrow and pain. Let go. Live and let live by shortening the shelf life of ‘self’.  Let’s not lose even a ‘wink’ of sleep and ‘hug’ life with abundant affection and unconditional love on our way to discover the eternal inner peace through ‘forgive and forget’.

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