Life Universe And Everything

Where do I even start… of late, things seem to happen so fast. Decisions, thoughts and words seem to flow like the great Ganges, with no time to face the ramifications of the decisions one is forced to leave the rest to fate, for how much can an irrational brain handle? Not that I'm a fatalist or anything, but sometimes it’s important to understand that the ball is no longer in your court and all you can do is wait for the counterparty’s reaction. what then should be an ideal action when one is faced with a predicament that challenges the tenets of your personality. should one leave things really to fate despite the qualms of one's own conscience?

Before I proceed any further you must know that neither do I know the exact way to deal with such situations nor does any sane man on earth. If anyone does claim so, I suggest you take it with a pinch of salt for it’s untrue. The answers to these questions are subjective and no matter how much you try to find an algorithmic way to handle such situations the probabilities and randomness kick in and shall give you a gentle reminder that you are just a chunk of carbon in this universe and things will be far beyond your control.

Even though our brains behave rationally most of the times, emotions kick in haphazardly and our rational brain becomes helpless. This alas, is an evolutionary hangover from our early-human ancestors where emotions controlled everything. But this is not the case now, isn’t it? Nowadays Emotional Quotient and stability seem to be more important that Intellectual Quotient. But this again doesn’t mean you should suppress your emotions, neither can you completely let your emotions take over. I wish I knew the sweet spot as well.

So does that mean we must stop objectifying such scenarios in order to tackle it the best possible way? Hmm... I guess not. The events that are currently happening in my life have made me ponder more upon such questions. one such instance is: “How do you convince someone that something is true?” If it’s a table, pen, or paper; touch and feel would suffice. But what about something abstract? something like Love, Interest, Anger, Pain, Despair and Helplessness? No matter what answer you come up for this, the concept of probability kicks in and the questions invariably get redirected to my first question: should an effort be made and the rest be left for the universe or “God” to decide? Or should one pursue an endless path of convincing the other until it breaches a line of desperation which in turn leads to a boomerang effect leading to invalidating your efforts in the first place?

What’s the sweet spot here. where must one set the line that s/he mustn’t cross? How I wish Non-deterministic machines were a reality. It could have solved my problem in seconds, but again it would break the entire NP-Hard bubble and the strongest cryptographic algorithms would breakdown leading the entire world systems to collapse. I really wouldn’t want to do that haha. So here I am exploring the endless abyss of questions that have no right answers with a pea-brained approach.

So how have I been tackling such scenarios? For now, I’ve tried the philosophical approach. Exploring the various schools of thought, for wisdom and inner strength. Trying to follow in the footsteps of great men/women who laid down their thoughts, Notably, the stoic approach. which failed terribly in my case— Not only did I miserably fail but also made a fool out of the entire approach by trying to control the emotions upon which we have no control.

The second approach being the main reason for writing this article. ‘The Fatalist Approach’ : A philosophical doctrine that stresses the subjugation of all events or actions to destiny. This again might not do much good for an Atheist like me, how can I leave my problems to a supernatural entity who might not exist to solve? shouldn’t I face my problems? Isn’t that what makes us an adult? But Neither can I take concrete steps to solve the predicament because the problem isn’t deterministic as mentioned earlier.

So, I’m currently in the process of the fusing both of the above-mentioned methods. Only time will tell if did work or not. But unfortunately, this article shall end without a definite answer. Maybe if you do know the answer to these questions, do enlighten me. I’d love to try it out.

So again, thanks for reading. I have a lot of things going on currently in my life and would be bringing up some good content soon. Do follow me and stay tuned for more.