Posted by R.Rangan on November 01, 19103 at 21:32:44:
If we look at all human activities, they seem to be revolving around m,space and time always, one way or the other.
For example, economic activities circulating money quote or buy space or time or m in terms of travel,property or any kind of merchandise or service. The more time spent by the consultant be it medical or engineering or banking service, the more it would cost. TV time or satellite time for communication,etc.. also put a price for usage of time. Mode of travelling faster costs more. First cl seat offering more room or a building with material m occupying space costs proportional to its size and so on....
Similarly, everything we do originate around our body or entertainment to our minds only. Dress,perfume,food,liqor, movies,games,etc...and even human tragedies or calamities happening elsewhere have entertainment value by way of news and media! We see bald old men trying to comb a few strands of his hair trying to impress others around and we readily are willing to spend on our food,clothes,fun as compared to some hesitation before parting with our money to alleviate pain for others.
Why do we seek such pleasure and go to a great length and try to avoid any kind of pain?
We are indeed pleasure-seeking and somewhat behave like herds, one trying to do better than another in the herd and set the economic start rolling be it fashion,cell phone or hifi audio and latest model electronic apparatus like TV or computer.
On the other hand if we look at other life forms and young children, they seem to be more blissful, unaware of above factors and they are not at all concerned with such pleasure-seeking methods and strategies. They seem to enjoy life to the full however dismaying their surroundings and conditions may be.
How are we to evaluate these contradictory modes of living ? Can human activities remain in a domain outside m-space-time ?