Dear Jeyamohan,
You often talk about philosophy as a remedy for everything. While watching your videos, I used to wonder about its importance. I’ve heard that philosophy can make us unhappy, increasing our natural worries and leading us to feel overwhelmed. It seems to create existential problems and prompts us to various philosophical paradoxes. What are your explanations for this?
Jeyarajan
Dear Jeyarajan,
So you are pleased and content. If that is truly the case, then you need no philosophy anymore. Just ignore everything and enjoy your life. Wish you all the best.
As far as I am aware, ordinary people without philosophy are more anxious and worried. They often quarrel over petty issues and waste their lives pursuing meaningless desires. In fact, many ordinary people are bored throughout their lives and spend most of their time on trivial matters. They are actually cultivating unhappiness, and they are striving to make their lives more miserable.
Because ordinary people are often unaware of their mood and mindset, they can become very self-centered and emotionally foolish. They are unable to evaluate their emotions or desires; that makes them merely drift through life.
Happiness is a mindset that must be learned and practiced, not a random occurrence or God’s gift to man. If a person can look within himself and assess his desires and emotions, he can understand his life and qualify himself for happiness. This understanding can only be achieved through philosophy.
Happiness is not the remedy for sorrows; balance is the true remedy. Philosophy provides you with balance through its wisdom.
“Nanda” is the word for happiness, while “Nandi” refers to the bull, which symbolizes sunlight. It is also a symbol of philosophy.
Jeyamohan
