A comment to my post ‘Meet to Complete’ suggested that I write a sequel to it. So, here I am, taking further the discussion on completeness. I thought more about who can be classified a complete being and what are the possible criteria for it.
Being Complete in This Moment
One of my friends believes in a philosophy, according to which there is nothing called truth. What may be true at this point of time may not be so in the next moment. Similarly, I believe completeness is not something that one can gain permanently. My post ‘Full On’ talked about how one can feel complete in a moment in which we fill every part of ourselves.
There is another aspect to completeness. This one is about recognizing one’s unique identity. The day I proclaim that I believe I am special, a lot of unnecessary feelings related to being incomplete will go away. Many people can’t let go the feeling of being insufficient when they start comparing their abilities or achievements to others. They embrace sorrow for a stupid reason like they can not do what others do. What makes more sense is that whatever we can do, we do it with 100% of us. Inability to do something does not make us incomplete. However, doing something mindfully does make us complete in that moment.
Completeness and Exchange
This brings me to another interesting thought – completeness does not end the opportunity for interaction. In fact, when complete people meet, they do great things. For example, a lyricist delivers depth, a composer decorates it and a singer fills life into it with his or her voice. Together, they create a melody that is completely amusing (enthralling, entertaining, implausible, amazing). However, this does not mean that they are not complete individually.
Now, imagine if each one of them had a desire to write a song, set it to music and sing it as they play an instrument – all by themselves. This would have been a desire to become a complete musician. It is in quest for such a completion that all three of them will interact with each other to the optimum level.
Ah! Do you remember those days when all of us wanted to be like our superhero? We believed that he could do everything. As we grew, our definition of completeness changed, but we still strive to be complete someday.
Sequels are not supposed to be this interesting!!!
Okie, let me share my thoughts about what you’ve written. You’ve stated, “What makes more sense is that whatever we can do, we do it with 100% of us. Inability to do something does not make us incomplete. However, doing something mindfully does make us complete in that moment.”
The gist, I think, is about self awareness. Great souls have talked at length about Sath-Chith-Ananda as a concept relating to completion of the soul’s quest for completion or fulfilment. Awareness is its core concept. Awareness of how you add value to every thought, transform that thought into positive action and trigger a cycle of consequneces that will be beneficial to the world at large.
For a mother, a sense of being complete begins with motherhood, the first cry of her baby but it doesn’t end because her journey through interaction begins. She lives each moment with awareness about her new role and that awareness brings heightened joy in every little thing she does. The quest for completion continues for this mother till she probably has grand kids and want to see them get married. Having said that, a mother does not experience completeness solely because of a child. There are different layers to each individual’s personality that needs to achive harmony at subtle levels but i don’t want to delve into that coz it will bore everyone and i am running short of time:)
Take HOB, for example, it practises this great timeless concept of Sath-Chith-Ananda because it brings together people to be aware of every moment they learn and add value to their time here.
Great post, loved reading it. Would love to know what others think too.