Jules: Can we get back to some basics on what the Vedanta says about the human life and try to answer the question ” What is life’s meaning?”
Dr Vin: Sure.Want to try to describe your life?
Jules: Well, one day I may feel happy, another day sad or frustrated.
Dr Vin: So, you can see life is a stream of experiences. The question is how do improve the quality of our experiences. In order to answer this question, we need to establish if the experiencer or the object bringing about the experience determines the nature of our experience. What do you think?
Jules: I can’t help but to sometimes blame the world, the other person, the event for my negative emotions.
Dr Vin: Lets look at a couple of life experiences. A smoker enjoys the smoke of a cigarette. A non-smoker would view the smoke with disgust. Another example, a man wanting to divorce a woman whom he can no longer withstand. While another man waits in the wings wanting to desperately marry the same woman. As you can see, the same situation for two different persons offer different experiences.
Jules: So it is the experiencer who determines the quality of his experience.
To be continued next week to get closer to answering the question of what is life’s meaning.
