Why - Who - What - Where ?

This blog contains many questions that I have been asking myself for long. I am sure, there will be many who might know answers to this, and there will be many who might have similar questions as well...

To start with...

Who are we all? Where do we come from and where do we go? Are we coming or going? And what is all that we do in between?

What is honesty, what are values?

Why is that values are not the same everywhere? Is it really so easy for us to hurt someone without a thought? What is this separation in the name of religion? Aren't we cultivating hatred? Caste, Creed, Community…

You wake up in the morning, breathe the air around you, what are we going to do during the day? Are we going to make someone happy that they know us, or make them curse us with all their might with what we do to them? Why is jealousy and hatred all around? Are we truly achieving anything – millions have existed before us & millions will be born after us – all anonymously. We do not remember our forefathers; our memory goes back only till our grandfather & we do not know much of great-grandfather & great-great-grandfathers... Then what we are feeling as our achievement and how long will it take for others to forget us?

When I look at someone, I usually wonder what is going on in their minds, about me. And I wonder if I had to stand apart and look at myself, how would I look? How am I? What do I seem like and do others like me? What is the impression that I am giving? Do I look stupid?

What are we here for? What are we expected to do? And is growing up (or growing old) is all that we are doing, while we pursue some goals that excites us currently, and becomes meaningless after a while.

And why is that there are not too many of us who are comfortable staying alone (and I do not refer to families here)? Is it because we cannot be alone with ourselves because we are too scary and we hate ourselves, even more than others do? Can we be happy in a room all by ourselves and with no one to converse with?

Some more Q’s:

What do we think of?

Can we put thoughts on hold?

Can I bottle my thoughts and re-read them later on?

Is the thought-less state tough to reach?

I read somewhere that to get there, we should first let our thoughts whoosh by and look at them dispassionately. And then there are gaps between thoughts. Those are the gaps which will slowly become bigger and lead to the thought-less state. But, how do I know where I have reached, and where I have reached is where I wanted to be, and not the mind wandering aimlessly?

The power of the mind – its so written about, spoken about.. still the mind cannot be pinpointed on the anatomy.

Psychology & science does not acknowledge the presence of 'mind'. Is it the brain or is it the heart? Or is it the conscience? Or is it a stream? Does wish fulfillment exist? Some say natural disasters are manifestations of wish fulfillment.. Is it true? Or as they say, is it god’s creation & he destroys them when he does not like its outcome?

Sometimes when I stand in front of the mirror, not to satisfy my vanity, but to maybe find out, who is this person looking back at me? Is he me or someone else? Can I morph into someone?

Who am I ? Am I you? Or am I someone else? Are you me? Are we all one? Are we all pieces of a whole? Then why is that we are happy at someone else's downfall? What is the society? What is the environment if we aren't the one creating, maintaining, shredding, piecing it again? Isn't everything around us the way WE want it to be? Then why are we always unhappy? And when do I get the answers to the Why? And sometimes, Why should Why exist?

I hope, I will get answers to my questions, if not now, atleast sometime in future, though I am living with these questions for as long as I remember. Or does this make me a saint? Do saints have answers or questions then?