Thursday, August 21, 2008

My Idea of Paradise

I have heard a lot about rivers of wine, gorgeous women serving you and a never-aging body. These are some of the ingredients of paradise as described by various religions.

But it’s not easy to reach there. First, you will have to die. Second, you will have to live a tough life before you die. A tough life means living honestly, doing no sin, having sex with only one woman, telling the truth, eating vegetarian etc. The list is long and pretty scary for those who believe in “living their lives to the fullest”.

Even if you fulfill all these conditions, there’s no guarantee that you’d reach the paradise of your dreams. There’s absolutely no guarantee.

So, what’s the solution?

Maybe the solution is to discover your own paradise. Here, on this earth before you die.

But no, the solution is not complete. What if your idea of paradise is so difficult and unattainable that you die working hard throughout your life without entering its doors even once?

So, the complete solution is to have a very simple paradise where you can enter without doing lots of hard work.

Some enter their paradise when they are playing a music instrument. Others enter when they are talking to some really intimate friend. Many others enter when they are creating something on their own.

My idea is to engross myself into an interesting book with a cup of coffee. The room must be cozy and there shouldn’t be any disturbance. And I am in my paradise.

What’s your idea?

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