By Rajgopal Nidamboor
Our ancients were not only wise, but also realistic. They believed in goals, present-moment reality, decisions, and actions. They always thought that what you do right now would hold the key to separate success and fulfilment, or ethically correct action, from failure, or fault. This is philosophy exemplified — that perceptual action represents our present-moment, not symbolic judgment, or framework. It also exemplifies our on-going connect with reality and that things often happen, or emerge, the way we visualise, or envision, them.
This, in other words, illustrates dualistic thought — of ‘mindful’ dynamism and stupor in us. They are the forebears of gloom too, more so when we allow our negative emotions to engulf us. When we are happy, or delighted, we exude radiance, energy and vitality. When we are, on the contrary, depressed, we feel fatigued — also, isolated. Emotions regulate us — they epitomise our strength and verve.
The word ‘emotion’ is derived from Latin — ‘to emote,’ or ‘to express.’ It may not always be related to feelings, especially, when they are imprecise, or keyed up to activate beliefs waiting to be articulated. Yet, they cascade us, providing a perpetual effect on us, while shaping our destinies, hopes, dreams, aspirations, and the like. A successful outcome, for one, lifts us up to new heights; a job loss, likewise, wobbles the ground beneath our feet. Any which way you look at it, each emotion affirms a beginning and an end, subject to its energy configuration, or span. It is this process that drives us to our next leap, or surge, and with good effect.
Rajgopal Nidamboor, PhD, is a wellness physician-writer-editor, independent researcher, columnist, author, and publisher. His published work includes hundreds of newspaper, magazine, Web articles, essays, meditations, columns, and critiques on a host of subjects, aside from four books on natural health, two coffee table tomes, a handful of eBooks, and an encyclopedic treatise on Indian philosophy. He calls himself an irrepressible idealist. What he likes best is spending quality time with his family and close friends, and in reading, writing, listening to music, watching cricket/old movies, and mindful meditation. He lives in Navi Mumbai, India.
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