General
The word ‘involvement’ has a spiritual content to
it. We usually find among our relatives
and friends some people who understand the content and the value of that word. In fact, every one of us does that some time
or the other in our life. The more we
apply ourselves passionately to the things that we truly like, the more we
truly live.
However, it may be quite appropriately asked, “What about
the terrorist? He too is passionate
about getting involved in his abominable act?”. So, we have to add a qualifying clause here to
the matter of passionate involvement. We
may say, “Apply yourself passionately to the things that you truly like but
also make sure that the consequences are life-supportive and not destructive in any way to oneself
or the other.”
The Near Death Experience
Those people who go through a near death experience
(NDE), return with a great zeal to live, but they wouldn’t hurt
even an ant, let alone harm a human being. This is because they understand the
preciousness of life and its spiritual content.
After their return, they say, “Now I love life and I love death”. They see that the two are complementary and
they understand non-verbally that there is great beauty in the consciousness
revealed by the afterlife.
A Quotation
The following passage is given by Steve Goodyear in
his ‘Life Support’ site http://www.lifesupportsystem.com
“An enchanting story about the talented violinist Fritz
Kreisler tells how he once came across a beautiful instrument he wanted to
acquire. When he finally raised the money for the violin, he returned to buy it
and learned that it had already been sold to a collector.
“He went to the new owner's home in order to try to
persuade him to sell the violin. But the collector said it was one of his
prized possessions and he could not let it go. The disappointed Kreisler turned to
leave, but then asked a favor. "May I play the instrument once more before
it is consigned to silence?"
“Permission was granted and the great musician began to
play. The violin sang out a quality of music so beautiful that the collector
himself could only listen in wonderment. "I have no right to keep
that to myself," he said after the musician finished.
"The violin is yours, Mr. Kreisler. Take it into the world, and let people
hear it."
A Hidden Message
The above story is an example of being passionate about
something. There is also a hidden
message in the story. It says that
life has strange way of helping you when you allow your passion to flow the way
it wants. We should, of course, bear in
mind the qualifying clause mentioned above.
Related matters are covered in the book "In Quest of the Deeper Self" details of which can be found in the website http://spirituality.yolasite.com
