{"id":741,"date":"2023-07-14T19:22:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T00:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/?p=741"},"modified":"2023-07-14T19:22:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T00:22:34","slug":"is-human-life-frail-or-is-it-our-thought-that-makes-it-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/is-human-life-frail-or-is-it-our-thought-that-makes-it-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Is human life frail \u2013 or is it our thought that makes it so?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8221;&nbsp;Ninety percent of the world\u2019s woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves \u2013 so how can we know anyone else?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8211; Sydney J. Harris<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/><strong>Kabir &#8211; The couplet<\/strong><br \/>\u0915\u092c\u0940\u0930 \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0932\u093e\u0916 \u0915\u093e, \u091c\u0921\u093c\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0901 \u0939\u0940\u0930\u0947 \u0932\u093e\u0932\u0940\u0964<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0926\u093f\u0935\u0938 \u091a\u093e\u0930\u093f \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0947\u0937\u0923\u093e, \u092c\u093f\u0928\u0938 \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e \u0915\u093e\u0932\u0940\u0964\u0964<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/><strong>Transliterated:<\/strong><br \/>Kabir mandir laakh ka, jaddiyaan heere laali |<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diwas chaari ka peshna, binas jaayega kaali!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/><strong>Translation:<\/strong><br \/>This body is a construct of but meat and bones (transient objects), but it houses the priceless mind |<br \/>It is with us for a limited time (four days) \u2013 learn to use its treasures or perish \u2013 it is your gain or loss ||<br \/><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/><strong>My understanding:<\/strong><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of human thought focuses on the human body\u2019s limitedness and frailty \u2013 ignoring the strength and compassion of the mind within. When we put the mind to work, the body\u2019s weaknesses become strengths instead, and the average human becomes a titan who moves mountains and creates wonders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kabir here exhorts us to go deep within and find that eternal fountain of youth and strength within that can help us become much better versions of ourselves!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221;&nbsp;Ninety percent of the world\u2019s woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves \u2013 so how can we know anyone else?\u201d &#8211; Sydney J. Harris &nbsp;Kabir &#8211; The couplet\u0915\u092c\u0940\u0930 \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0932\u093e\u0916 \u0915\u093e,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabir","category-philosophy","category-philosophy-and-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":742,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions\/742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}