Dr. Vijai S Shankar MD.PhD. Published on www.acadun.com The Netherlands 14th September 2013
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What does problem mean?
Every man and woman loves to live a life without problems. But everybody, young and old, confronts problems in their daily life. They appear unexpectedly, but could be expected too. Anything and everything that man knows, likes or dislikes can become a problem. If what man dislikes becomes a problem, he or she is not as upset as he or she is when what man likes becomes a problem.
Anything and everything becomes a problem when the object does not function as a man or woman expects it to, is damaged in any way, is lost or gets stolen. A human being becomes a problem to a man or woman when he or she does not behave, do, speak or think as expected. If situations in his daily life change or are unacceptable, they become a problem. When confronted with a problem, every man and woman tries to solve it. Man believes that, to do so, a solution is required. He finds that solution either easily or with difficulty, only to find that he or she is not free of problems, as they appear once or many times more in his daily life.
Man or woman also resorts to divine help either to ward off or to solve problems. The finding is the same: problems seem to follow man in his daily life irrespective of the presence or absence of divine help. Even a religious man is not an exception to problems. Religion, culture, education, wealth and good health, it seems, are not a barrier for problems.
Life comes only to go. It is like a wave in an ocean or any mechanical or electrical wave: it merely comes to go. The waves are never identical, but nevertheless they come and go, only to return. So too every thing in life is inherently a wave: it merely comes and goes, only to return.
In life objects merely come to go; actions, spoken words, thoughts and situations merely come to go. They are never identical, but nevertheless come and go, only to return. How they come and when they will go man will never know. Problems cannot be avoided or removed, as you cannot avoid or remove a wave and still be in an ocean. Man needs to understand that life is a mystery to live, but it can never be solved.
Problem and solution are like a wave too, they merely come and go, only to return. When a solution is sought, understand it will eventually become a problem. How a problem comes or a solution to it comes man can never figure out, but nevertheless they come only to go away like a wave. Problem, if understood rightly, man would find was a solution for a problem before. So when man or a woman looks for a solution to a problem, they are in fact laying the foundation for the next problem.
So what does problem mean? Problem is a wave that comes and goes, only to return as a solution. Problems teach man to TRUST life and be PATIENT with it.
Author: Dr. Vijai S. Shankar
Editor’s Note Love, Julian
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