Thursday 12 April 2007

Questionable

Prior to attending a Q&A session by Sri Sri Ravishankar, I did this little exercise -

Most deeply philosophical questions may not have a concrete and decisive answer, but a quiet mind meditating on a question might actually know the answer. But I was simply interested to know 'The Question' in the minds of people, if there is any trend, or if there are questions I
never thought about, etc..

I started asking people "What is the single biggest question in your mind now ? If there was one question u wud like to ask an all-answering machine what would you ask ?"

I got quite a few till now, and here is the compilation :

Gopal: Naan en Piranthen ? (Why was I born?)

Arun : Is there a perfectly sane person ? Or is everybody mad in his own way ?

Ashwin : Can happiness be simplified into a simple formula ?

Vel: Whats the truth about existence/non-existence of God ?

Ghana : Whats my journey ?

Jega : Why question ?

Ravi: How not to get bored with life ?

Siva: Who created God and gave him his powers ?

Thilaga: Why is there so much disparity among humans- discrimination due to race, religion etc.

Samuel: When is the END ?

Layhong: Why am I here?

Cath: Hows life really in Heaven ?

Jayanthi : When will a day change from 24 hours to 36 hours(at least) ?

Raj: "If 'everyone' knew what they are supposed to do with their lives (the so called purpose) will they work towards achieving it (leaving what they are doing currently, getting a change of lifestyle, like sanyasa perhaps) causing a change in the world (for better or for worse) or is there any force that exists to prevent them from doing that? (people don't realise their purpose even though they are moving toward it unknowingly, as it will affect the delicate balance of the world in which case there won't be any perceptible change in the world). A corollary of this would be "Is there any force that prevents us from realising our purpose?" In the above, world is not
limited to planet Earth. Please find a simple answer to my question.

Ananth: Why do people think so much and ask complicated questions?

Divya: Is it all written on our heads ? (is everything that happens predestined?)

Shi Wen : How can I find myself?

Sudha: Why should the beautiful flower die in few days..why it has to blossom and then why it should wither? why???????

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"What is the ultimate purpose of life?" was posed, and yesterday Sri Sri who gave detailed and satisfying answers to many other questions, replied to this one with a smile :"Those who know the answer wont say it, and those who say something dont know the answer yet! "

3 comments:

Divya said...

Pretty interestng colelction of questions!!
So, what was your question?

Rex Maximus said...

"கண்டவர் விண்டிலர், விண்டவர் கண்டிலர்" இதை தான் அவர் அப்படி simple-ஆ சொல்லிட்டார். இது எங்களுக்கு தெரியாதா??

AruneM said...

Arun : Is there a perfectly sane person ? Or is everybody mad in his own way ?

is was based on some self-doubts, and closely related to the title of this blog :)