Can You Control Life?

Can life be controlled? Sometimes yes. But observe deeper, life is a game of conditioning, it is merely a chain of mental reactions. We call it destiny or the natural flow of life.

Remember that we are our emotions, our thoughts that activate our physical sensations. These sensations or mood dictate our actions. That is what we call life. We cannot separate our life from our physical sensations. Most of the time we live life with either good or bad mood. We follow and dance with the tune of emotions, sometimes up, sometimes down. Sometimes is happy, most of the time is sad and depressed. We attach to good mood, get away with bad mood, all the time.

Until one day, through close observation inwardly, we realize that these sensations, emotions, and thoughts, there are the natural 'by products' or reactions of this mind and body. Just like a machine, it works by itself. No one in control. It has its own life. And it is not you.

If we play a role of an observer, without interfering, then the mental process goes its own natural way, like river or waterfall flows naturally. If we try to interfere, that means the interruption creates energy, change the natural flow process. Therefore, it affects the natural peace, and creates ripple for mind and body.

By this understanding, then we less and less involve or attach to our own emotion when it arises. We realize that all these emotions and thoughts are parts of the mental system, and that is how this mind and body works. Because by attaching or rejecting to our emotion or mood, is the main factor that prevents peace and happiness from arising.

Without this understanding we blindly follow our emotions that create a lot of suffering, to ourselves and to others. Until one fine day, we may ask ourselves, why let these 'by products' affect our life? Why let our emotions dictate our well being and happiness? Why not just be an observer, simply watching the mental movie, without involvement?

Until this day, we realize that peace and happiness is always there when we are not looking for it. It is not a matter of outside or inside, within or without, but once we look or search for it, we will never find it.