Peteneizo Talie
MA Philosophy
St Joseph University, Dimapur
‘Every time I stray away from the lord’s word, I find emptiness and darkness’.
~ Tyson fury.
Unfortunately, it is human nature when we notice ourselves when we learn and grow only in a place of emptiness, but we never learn when we are on top of winning. Our mind change when we are in good status, but we never realise what emptiness is. One day emptiness will bring difficulty, monotony, and brainless production.
In 21 st century, the world is on high speed of technology, people are in search of jobs, education, also bringing development in the society but we never know where the world is taking us to, the world become congested, dissatisfied and depressed. People who have tasted emptiness in life never find happiness in worldly things, giving up their jobs and coming back to their hometown in search of love, peace and health. We all know that health is wealth, no one can be happy and peaceful without a good health.
Every person has equal rights to find what happiness is. Money, land, power and politics can’t bring true happiness. it should resolve within ourselves everything arises from within the mind and everything dependent on it. once it is resolved it will bring discipline, wisdom and virtue will naturally spring. But in this journey men are changing their concept of mind chasing after luxurious life,. Men should work and survive to live but not as greedy for future because it is only a short state of happiness. The only person who discipline his mind and in fear of God will only be succeed, find happiness in themselves and that’s the will of God.
The things we perceive is merely an object, it is irrelevant! Men are deceived by their ignorance and it is an illusion that we have been trapped our entire lives. We have been known that the things appear to us is a void, men possess a special gift from God, it is a choice to choose what is right and wrong but this ability has been taken in to wrong way. It is human nature to desire material possessions, but this has taken over our community life and affect our major happiness.
In this world ‘busyness’ has played a major role in every person's life, it convince others and ourselves that we are not empty. We think salary or our work is the most important thing in our life but we figured out that deep inside we are hollow. Life is futile, we search for pleasure, fulfilment, joy and stability, yet we do not find it. We hope that spirituality will bring peace and stability but still life is frustrating, painful and full of chaos. We indulge in our desires of flesh and mind but still it does not produce tranquillity that we need. Furthermore, we call ourselves as Christians but have a feeling of spiritual emptiness , it is a sin that causes our feelings of spiritual apathy towards God or sluggishness in our daily lives.
Emptiness deludes our mind, it takes everything away from what we have or perceive. People always seem to be searching for good life in an easy way, like defrauding,power, politics or million rupees in our bank account , with luck he/she acquired and achieved much but in the end it will be left empty inside. Therefore, as Christians we must find God first and find his purpose; nothing satisfies like God, we can find contentment and stability only through God. What great freedom will it be? If we have relationship with God, happiness, success and virtue will naturally come. The only thing is being humble and losing ourselves in God is the only way to have true and lasting joy.
