Improvement Is Futile
If you were to look at your life,
You would notice
That you spend your time
Doing things that matter not.
You spend your life
Passing the time.
You drink poisonous substances.
You listen to offensive music.
You watch brain-less television shows.
You gossip about those you do not like.
And you have unfathomably . . .
Wasted your potential.
Is telling you this
Going to make you feel bad?
It might.
But if it does
The bad feeling will wear off by evening.
Is telling you this
Going to “spur you into action.”
It might.
But you have spurred yourself
Into action before . . .
Through spirituality and self-help.
Where did that lead?
You may change the offensive music
To more pleasant music.
You may think more about your future.
You may attempt to be kinder.
Where will this lead?
You will have an incremental improvement
In your life.
And this incremental improvement
Will afford you . . .
What?
Others may say
You are nicer.
This may make you feel good,
For roughly twelve minutes.
You will work harder.
But will working harder
Truly allow you to achieve your potential?
All the things you will do
Are the only things you Can do.
The only things you Can do
Are the only things you know.
The only things you know
Are the things the world has taught you.
But the world
Has never gotten anywhere.
And this is what it has taught You.
If you are successful,
You do not have peace.
If you are poor,
You do not have money.
No matter who you are
Or what you are,
You do not have Freedom.
Your change . . .
Your improvements . . .
Affect your life
Roughly as much
As changing dirty socks
For clean ones.
Unless a man’s life
Has fundamentally transformed,
He is simply swirling muddy water.
You may change.
You may not change.
You may improve.
You may not improve.
You may better yourself.
You may not better yourself.
You may become more self-aware.
You may not become more self-aware.
Either way,
Your life will Never
Move into the realm
Of The Ultimate.
And a life that does not move
Toward the Ultimate,
Is but chit chat
At your cocktail parties.
Namaste.
Kapil Gupta is a personal advisor to Kings, Queens, CEO’s, Professional Athletes, Celebrities, and Performing Artists around the world.
His books include:
Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God
A Master’s Secret Whispers: For those who abhor the noise and seek The Truth about life and living
Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive truths to the enduring questions of life