Thoughts And Trivia: Specter of a Holocaust

Specter of a Holocaust

Monday, August 29, 2005 Labels: Philosphy Of Life 1 comments

Many of us have or would face depressing and unnerving situations, which arrive like a bolt from blue, without rhyme or reason. Such events normally do not come alone, but may pile up, one upon another - raising a specter of a life full of holocaust. How can one maintain one's sanity in such situations?

Near the event, things look to be grossly worse than they actually are. Stick to basics and facts of the events.

Don't:-

concentrate on emotions, pain, suffering.

spout philosophy.

blame others or circumstances.

try to find your own faults which lead to it.

try to spy out the motives of your tormentors.

try to figure out cause and effect chain leading to the event.

think of revenge - this thought will pull you deeper into abyss. Forget and forgive is for saints - impractical. Just put away the person or event, for the time being.

Discard the baggage of your religion (Hinduism for me) relating to above mentioned aspects. Religion is meant to give you a guilt feeling.

Spell out (or better write down), your feelings, beliefs, opinions.

Be stubborn, do not be a party to any dis-assertiveness or disrespect to you. Standup for yourself.

Finally write down what you need or want at the present moment, to put the event behind you.

Then go ahead and have a quite inner dialogue or meditate or pray if you like.

Posted by Girish Bhatnagar at Monday, August 29, 2005

1 comments: to “ Specter of a Holocaust ” so far...

Anonymous 13/9/05 9:35 PM

Good thoughts. However, lists of Do's and Dont's are getting mixed up. I had to check back to confirm that I was reading Dont's.