Altai Callings: The Loop of Infinity(∞)
Dear Homo Sapiens!
I am writing seventh time under the initiative “Maanas (????)”.
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Wealth
Wealth generally refers to the abundance of valuable resources or possessions that an individual, community, or nation possesses. It can include financial assets, real estate, valuable possessions, and other forms of capital.
But, many of us have come across the phrase: “health is wealth”. The phrase "health is wealth" emphasizes the importance of good health as a valuable asset. It suggests that being in good health is inherently valuable, often more so than material wealth, because it contributes to overall well-being and a higher quality of life. Health is part of ‘life'. That means, life is the real wealth. One can notice that, general definition of ‘wealth’ in the first paragraph, is only the means to achieve the real wealth, that is, the healthy and happy life. How do the richest individuals and families in the world lead a healthy and happy life? One can guess some answers like living close to the nature(sea, river, mountains, hills, farms, valleys, etc.);consuming cooked food from all fresh and organic ingredients; consuming good ideas, contents and stories; physical workouts; keep surrounded by trees and flowers (garden/lawns ); spending times with family and friends, etc. Again, you can notice that these activities are part of daily routine of a lot of individuals in their lives who are not ‘rich' or ‘ ‘wealthy’ according to the definition in the first paragraph. Should not we become ‘rich' and ‘wealthy' !! Yes, we should, but learn the art of differentiating your ‘needs' and ‘wants'. What is required to lead a happy and healthy life , is ‘need', rest others are “wants". Treat these ‘wants’ as extra even if you can afford it because wants are part of ‘maya'(illusions). You can even control your wants by focusing only on your needs. Then, you can achieve resilience in life ,which helps in dealing with any situation easily(also applicable for groups, organisations and states). Maya(illusions) are created by instilling ‘fear or insecurity’ of various kinds like status symbols (copying others in a society, copying trends and fashion, etc.); joining alliance or groups; us versus them factor; subscribing to any ideology or idea, etc. Maya(illusions) are the real cause of our sufferings ,which stitch us together, just like eggs of squid, to overcome our fear and insecurity(often instilled by others).
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How can we counter maya(illusion)?One of ways to counter ‘maya’ is by creating our own demands based on our needs, which supports ‘life'. Those who creates artificial demands by instilling fear/insecurity, will be forced to diversify their portfolio of investment , tilted towards the real wealth, i.e.,’life'. They might have already started taking steps to cater demands of ‘life' and its various forms. In all faiths, people close their eyes to find self. It is so because you cannot find self with open eyes seeing worldly illusions.
The Loop of Infinity(∞)
There exists a “loop of Infinity(∞)” in this world. Suppose there is a tube in the shape of Infinity(∞) joined/connected at its crossing. There is a liquid filled inside this tube of Infinity, made up of two elements ‘life' and ‘insecurity’ . When percentage of one element in this liquid exceeds fifty percent(more than half), then flow of liquid becomes uni-directional(in one direction). Today, world has been witnessing ‘insecurity/fear' driving or leading the direction of liquid in the tube of Infinity due to wrong state policies adopted by some in the past. The only positive thing here is, that, we(global citizens) can change the composition of this liquid organically by opposing and reducing the insecurity element to less than fifty percent (less than half) ; thus, making ‘life' element driving or leading the direction of that liquid in the “loop of Infinity(∞)”.
Ukraine Context
We need ‘sensible’ leadership and policymakers ,more than the ‘intelligent’ ones in the world today to overcome contemporary challenges. When any state is invaded by adversary, the leadership has to make hard choices to defend own country. There could be miscalculations, but decisions has to be made ‘right' even it is not, in that type of situation. But, when time has been passed with a lot of painful sacrifices and destruction, and there are a range of assessments of defence experts that it is futile to stretch it further; then it is high time to have a relook and start direct bilateral engagement to move towards resolution. Currently , the situation has reached to a point where if you yearn for life, you get life; if yearn for break, you get break; if you yearn for the path of connectivity, you get path of prosperity; if you seek peace, you get peace.
What I observed is that, UN Security Council has failed to stop or minimise death of civilians and soldiers casualties in recent conflicts and wars. Had there been permanent representation of states from ‘global south’, UNSC would have been able to minimise the loss of precious lives and destruction of properties in those conflicts, shorten its length or even avoid it completely. UNSC needs urgent reforms to make it effective in dealing with contemporary challenges.
It’s time for holiday, Altai’s calling!
Thank you,
Ankit Shukla
Jharkhand, India
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Civil Servant at His Majesty’s King Charles III Government
11 个月Very creatively implemented serious article addressing serious issues. I had to read it several times- I liked it that much. You are a very talented and innovative geopolitical analyst with a beautiful writing style. Highly recommend. ????????????????????????
Critic
11 个月We need to prioritize the things that we want that needs commulatative effort to have the clarity first.