As Life says...

We learn until we live. Life is all about widening the spectrum of understanding about the programmes that happen around us daily. In this first non-technical write up of mine, I write my personal notions,lessons and understandings about life, which I have documented as I get exposed to the flavours of experiences and evolved thoughts of thinkers in the very limited distance that I have come across, in the ever enchanting voyage of life .

1. Whatever anguish you suffer it is because of God's wish. Don’t think why I alone should suffer like this while others lead a great life. Even if you don’t think the aforesaid way it is because of his wish and just consider it as the way god leads you to salvation. Surrender the past, present and future to him.

2. You will have your own plans for the future. But it may not sync with the divine desire and it might even turn out exactly the other way round. Developing the ability to pursue life even after such turn outs is the real maturity, enlightenment and majesty. We could take heart from the fact that god's plans for the future are much better designed than our plans.  You can’t get a holistic picture about a movie unless you watch a movie from the first to last scene. In the similar lines, until you live your life fully there is no point in getting disappointed with life. The mysteries and miracles that the next second has enveloped in itself are myriad in number.

3. The moment you feel humiliated by someone, start wishing goodness to that person with a forgiving heart. Believe me, it really does the magic of immunizing us from the feeling of humiliation through dissolving the self.

4. There is no need to think on every thought that passes by our mind. Thoughts and our thinking are two different phenomena. Surge of thoughts are involuntary. But to think on those thoughts are actions induced by us and controllable. Exercise the right control and consciousness before you think on a thought.

5. After all in a Costing problem (being my curriculum, I use this parlance) we tend to commit eight mistakes. Then how natural is it to commit mistakes in life, be it relating to virtue or tact. Life is all about trial and error. We are in the right path as long as we keep resurrecting the pledge to lead a desirable life in terms of virtue.

6. Neither own pride nor own humiliation. Every aspect of life and every job we handle in life would be at its epitome of beauty only at anonymity. 

7. Never let a negative thought to survive in your mind. The moment you get a negative thought counter it with five self induced positive thought. This way you can stay happy forever.

8. No part of the life is unnecessary. Every experience we encounter is indispensable for the balanced functioning of the system. The real essence of the thrill and ecstasy in the puzzle of life lies in perceiving the way life takes shape as it slowly unravels itself. Never lose faith on life.

Here is a profound poem by Kannadasan that dispels any doubt of redundancy of any part of life.

பிறப்பின் வருவது யாதெனக் கேட்டேன்

பிறந்து பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

படிப்பெனச் சொல்வது யாதெனக் கேட்டேன்

படித்துப் பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

அறிவெனச் சொல்வது யாதெனக் கேட்டேன்

அறிந்து பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

அன்பெனப் படுவது என்னெனக் கேட்டேன்

அளித்துப் பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

பாசம் என்பது யாதெனக் கேட்டேன்

பகிர்ந்து பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

மனையாள் சுகமெனில் யாதெனக் கேட்டேன்

மணந்து பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

பிள்ளை என்பது யாதெனக் கேட்டேன்

பெற்றுப் பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

முதுமை என்பது யாதெனக் கேட்டேன்

முதிர்ந்து பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

வறுமை என்பது என்னெனக் கேட்டேன்

வாடிப் பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

இறப்பின் பின்னது ஏதெனக் கேட்டேன்

இறந்து பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

அனுபவித்தேதான் அறிவது வாழ்க்கையெனில்

ஆண்டவனே நீ ஏன்' எனக் கேட்டேன்!

ஆண்டவன் சற்றே அருகு நெருங்கி

அனுபவம் என்பதே நான்தான்' என்றான்!

                                                                   

To put simply for the benefit of non-Tamils, the essence of the poem is ' God is none other than the experience of life.'

9. Lead a life of sacrifice. To quote my favourite sloka in Bhagavat gita...

                         

                             " Sukha dhuke same krithva Labalabhau jayajayouv
                                    
                             Thato yudhayayujyasva Naivam paapamavapsyasi"

                              "Treat pleasure and sorrow and gain and loss equally.

   

                              Don't fight for the sake of winning the war.
                              

                              By following this path you will not end up with sins. "

                              

                                                                                - Sloka 38, Chapter 2.

      Neither be frustrated nor be too excited with the life. 

10. Life is a good and maverick teacher. It is good for it keeps teaching until we learn and maverick for that unlike other teachers, it conducts exams and then teaches the lessons from the exams. 

PS : The aforesaid notions might not sync with the ideas of Atheists. For such, I would like to quote Voltaire:

                  If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.

The emphasis on God led me to receive a critique that the post is too strait-jacketed by suggesting that only believers of God deserve succour, when I posted this in Quora.

The comment I received:

Whatever anguish you suffer it is because of God's wish. Don’t think why I alone should suffer like this while others lead a great life. Even if you don’t think that way it is because of his wish and just consider it as the way god leads you to salvation. Surrender the past, present and future to him.

You've taken lock, stock, and barrel . . . and swallowed it hook, line, and sinker.
Anguish comes from loss or cruelty. Some of this is a natural part of life: some of it is avoidable. As you deal with these tragedies, you gain valuable experience: as you are tested you gain confidence. As long as you're not a weak quitter, you'll work through the hardships with, or without, God's help. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Or do you think that only happens for believers?

The reply to the comment, which made me realise the scope to improve the answer is as follows:

Without getting deep into the technicalities, in mathematical topics like Linear Programming , u introduce artificial variables. The purpose is to solve the equation and identify the optimal solution. In the similar lines, Why not have God as a ad-hoc aid to develop the heart to push one's limits. It is just a psychological facilitation, I mean in this context.
With due respects, it is upto you if you think you can catch up on your own strength.
As a non-conformist (If you are one), at the best you can refute the profligate practices of humans in the course of his worship. But not the God himself, so long as the hypothesis is materially harmless.

Bibliography :

1. Tamil Movies like 'Anbe shivam', 'Bhama Vijayam ', 'Saamurai'.

2. Robin Sharma's  ' Who will cry when you die?'

3. Victor Frankl's ' Man's search for Meaning'