Shit Happens.

Humans evolved by living in collective shared memory and experience. It was because we were nomads for majority of our history and have settled only for past 12000 years. The evolution of our body was aimed at highest survival chances. The cells would have analyzed, stored and adapted to numerous patterns in order to achieve the most restrain less path. We evolved from nomads to settlements. We have traversed from collective security of tribe to individual good.

Survival needed a construct. Construct ensured collective security and shared benefit. But it came with its drawbacks. The fear of the opinion of others and the fear of being left alone. We evolved, but we also degraded the construct we live. Humans learn by mimicking. Earlier life was pre dominantly controlled by this construct.

Modern life is controlled by so called State, which is only 250 years old. Think about it, why is that you are only two brother or sister? Simple cause State wanted it that way. During Emergency (1975-1977), family planning was introduced. Hum do Hamare do. Yes, it has its administrative necessities. But what did it perpetrate down?

Elimination of options. One Male to take care of the entire family. if 2 girls in the same house, the eyes of parents filled with who will be our old age support? But what can we say? State justifies everything. And if you are their only child, you become their Duryodhana (All that exists is for you).

The same was true for its predecessors: The social belief system. When one examines the narratives of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, it becomes evident that even divine figures facing suffering served as a means to normalize misery. Misery, after all, is universal. Consider the episode of Draupadi’s Vastra Haran - who caused her suffering? Her own family. Why did Rama have to leave Ayodhya, leading to his father’s death? Again, his own family. Yet, in the end, the message is acceptance of suffering. Reflect on it - misery creates bonds. If you and a less known classmate in school experience the same punishment for not completing the work on time, it brings you together rather than setting you apart.

As Buddhism says, shit happens. And Hinduism says, this shit has happened before.

My personal views.

Let us look at it from a spiritual view. The humans are distinct cause they have consciousness of their action. Being above animals, being above hunger and reproductive needs.

Consider a simple game. You are given a full glass of water and asked to walk to the other end, empty it into a bucket, refill it-say with nimbu pani-and return. The only condition is that if even a single drop is spilled, you must restart, with the spilled portion replaced by poison. Thus, one must complete the journey carefully and return to the starting point.

Similarly, human souls begin in a state of purity. Across multiple lives, they attempt to live fully- seeking curiosity, affection and bliss-yet remain constrained by social constructs, the opinions of others, and their own hesitation.

The soul carries forward the burden of not having lived fully, which manifests in astrological charts. When someone says that his "Shani Bhari Hai, Mangal Bhari Hai", one is not understanding the fact that the karma is not to owed to the planet or God but to the soul, to purify, refill and return to its origin. The curse/burden of every new life that we get is that we did not live the past to its fullest.

Taking example of Premanand Maharaj. What I see is that, his soul would have lived to its fullest potential (may have been 99.99%). Now in this life, he is finishing the rest 0.01% by attaining the purity and spreading it to all, irrespective of religion, gender etc.

If you have ever had lucid dreams, and travelled in astral plans you would certainly know that we only see reality in 3D. But reality exists in dimensions unknown. Movies like Final Destination make us realize that our reality is just as much as that our eyes can perceive and we allowing our brain to comprehend.

All this misery can be traced back to a single shift. A plant à wheat spread widely, courtesy of its evolution. Humans domesticated it, leading to settlement and the abandonment of nomadic life. Much of what we experience today is a consequence of that transition.

Now at the end there is just one question to be answered.

What would be worse? Not knowing why is shit happening to you? Or not knowing that same shit has been happening again?

My answer would be:

It’s not living up to the potential of the soul that it can live and was meant to live. What would be yours?

 

All ideas here are based on the information known and life experienced so far.