Wowness-deludes. There is a ‘wow’ virus affecting our times. It’s there invisible and strong, changing form, influencing our lives and mind, wanting us to live in the heady wow-thrill. The advertising agents are great patrons and exploiters of it. We want our lives to have that extra sheen, so we look for or create hype. Weave a magic web of maya, create castles of rainbow-dreams, make it appear larger than life. Entice with illusion. We expect something that doesn’t really exist till then, all the ‘thought manifestation’ literature serves as a hope booster. If you think hard enough and long enough it will happen – the windfall, the soul-mate, the dream house, the perfect job. And why not, the Wright brothers dreamed and manifested the airplane and so did the scientists and inventors. We'll be the next, such is the power of dreams. The mad, the creative artists, the lovers, you, I, us... lose ourselves in make-believe worlds. Lose. We live in hope than in reality. We hope life, social-systems, destinies and other people will change, maybe we will too in the process. A lot of energy is spent in dreaming, hoping and trying create worlds inspired by wow-ness.
To work to create, to build, to dream, to hope is a part of the bigger picture, agreed, but only a part. We seldom understand that we are a part of the picture, a fibre in the fabric. We perceive the tail of the elephant or the tusk, if you like, not the whole. Life’s reality independent of hype, independent of our own power of thoughts and feelings, hits through now and then. Usually when something breaks or fades – a relationship, a success story, a loss. That’s when we realize that there’s a reality beyond our dreams and our knowledge, independent and untouched by them as it were.
Wisdom is not just about creating a world of our dreams, it’s also about accepting that there is a world beyond our dreams, knowledge and power.
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