{"id":3022,"date":"2020-07-26T13:42:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T08:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifegram.org\/?p=3022"},"modified":"2023-01-13T18:57:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T13:27:45","slug":"impermanence-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/impermanence-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of Impermanence In Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Impermanence is the only guarantee in life!\u00a0<\/span>Let\u2019s take a look at the following and understand the importance of impermanence in life.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Everything is susceptible to change, everything transforms. Nothing lasts forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.\u201d \u2013 Thich Nhat Hanh.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I still remember that day when I walked into the Vipassana Center in Jaipur, India<\/a> – and I had no idea how my life was gonna change in the next 10 days.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vipassana is a form of meditation that can be translated as \u201cinsight” – a clear awareness of exactly what is happening as it happens – to see things as they are.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is an observation-based, self-exploratory journey that focuses on the deep interconnection between the mind, body, and soul, which is realized through disciplined attention to the physical sensations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over those 10 days, when we are asked not to talk to anyone, touch, or even look into another person’s eyes – we realized the importance of ‘breathing’ and the importance of living in the moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

You must be wondering why I’m talking about vipassana meditation when this article is supposed to be about ‘impermanence’ – well, needless to say, my concept of the latter was sowed during those 10 days.<\/span><\/p>\n

We were taught how every breath we take is unique and once gone, it’s never gonna come back. No two breaths are the same – just as no two moments can be the same. Life is all about ‘impermanence’ and all we have for ourselves is this moment – NOW.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the years, I\u2019ve come to realize how important it is to focus on the concept of impermanence in life and to accept that what we have now, might not be there in the next moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

And in the current scenario, when the entire world is dealing with a pandemic, I\u2019m sure all of us at some point or the other, are getting more conscious about how we took life for granted and everything turned upside down because of the virus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, this too shall pass – \u2018coz as Buddhism reiterates, \u2018Change is the only constant<\/strong><\/em>\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

We want things to stay exactly as they are because permanence feels like security. Not that isn’t gonna happen. \u2018Everything changes and nothing lasts forever.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Everything from our emotions to our thoughts and feelings, from the cells in our bodies to the plants around us, is changing and decaying continuously. Even our views change and evolve as we grow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Growing old, losing a loved one, getting fired, getting divorced, meeting with an accident, or suffering an unexpected financial loss \u2014 any of these can happen when you least expect it, maybe in the middle of a family vacation or during a regular day at work.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have to learn to roll with the punches and face it with all our strength, rather than continue to reel under them and keep asking – \u201cWhy did this happen to me?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The question is: how can we deal with impermanence in our day to day lives?<\/span><\/p>\n

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