Is self realization, more valuable aim of life other then achieving some physical asset or designation for name & fame ?
Actually this question is branch of other question " Do we really controlled by any supernatural power ?", because i thing more than 90% of things are not in our controlled. Our body, to whom we say, it is me, is also not in our control at all. We cannot even stop functioning of liver or any other body organ just for few minutes . We can close eyes but cannot stop our viewing dreams.
After eating food, do we really care how food will digest? no, not at all. Everything works automatically and food will convert into energy and consumed.
So nothing is in our control (inside or outside our body) but everything is working fine .....how ?
If there is really something (any super natural power) who control everything then first of all we should study know, who is controlling and how everything works.
Our helplessness and limitations as humans imply the existence of a supernatural being overseeing and directing our affairs in collaboration with us. Self realization is not altogether unconnected with the possession of material things. To keep body and soul together we need material things. Material things can help promote self realization. Overindulgence is what to avoid.
I totally agreed with the statement of Ales Kralj : "Ultimate aim of life is exploration and exploitation of (presented) opportunities for enhancement of (own) survivability." What i understand with this is , We must have specific direction for exploration, direction of enhancement of own survivability.
In todays era, general direction of exploration is enhancement of technology in almost all field like medicine or computers. It results, decreasing average life of human being, 60 to 70 years. Few hundred year back it was more then 100 years. Population of human being increasing abruptly whereas many other species disappears.
I am also from computer field and know well about, being in front of computers for more then 8 hours per day reduces average human life by more than 10 years.
I am not concluding anything but just trying to find better direction for exploration, which is good for all living and not living thing in this earth, and should not only for human being.
Please help
I believe, self realization is not limited to 'self' as we call it, it is the realization that we all are a component of a larger system, interacting among ourselves and thereby driving the system's dynamics , self realization comes with the understanding of how minuscule, how insignificant we are in this greater scheme of things and how grand is the divinity of the system of which we are the component parts , once that realization sets in, one can overcome a lot of prejudices in his/her life.
i would conclude by quoting the great physicist Richard Feynman:
" I... a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.”
This question, rephrased, could be, "What separates humans from Artificial Intelligence? What can humans do that machines can't?
The answer is create, make mistakes, problem-solve, love, find God, etc.
(Arguably though, machines can create, maybe even problem-solve.)
Dear Sanjay,
Maslow's Hierachy of needs theory of organisational psychology implies that by good managerial practices in organisations employees can self actualise, and by Buddhist Philosophy of medidation one can be led to Moksha or self realisation by his Guru. This can form a new Theory of Buddhist Management, based on learning and Confucianism , which I am going to deliver my lecture on , on the occassion of World Environment Day in Jinan, China in September. So you have to wait till then to read the lecture which is going to be published in the Journal of Applied Mathematics & Physics.
Soumitra K. Mallick
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