The cost of a coward mind

A coward mind craves for a pleasing lie as it can’t take the brutal truth that dares to stare at it.

The coward mind

Once there was a desperate patient who asked the surgeon, “Doctor!Doctor! Please tell me that I will be ok.” The doctor finalised his treatment plan as per his protocol which cannot be tampered with. Yet only to buy time till close to that day of the crucial surgery, he gave an answer which is not the truth but is not a lie either. An answer that is pleasing to the patient to distract his worried mind till that moment when he can’t escape the truth.

A coward mind craves for an illusory peace, stability and comfort. Ironically nature has never promised any of these things as it keeps reminding the earth dwellers through its violent thunderstorms, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, forest fires and even meteor strikes. It never promised stability as it reminds the earth dwellers through the ravaging floods and bone dry drought and famines.

It never promised absolute health as it reminds the earth dwellers through the raging diseases like Corona. It never promised immortality as it reminds earth dwellers through the obvious end to all that is living and non-living as the trees are cut, animals are culled or they all die naturally.

धीरः The courageous mind

The mind that realises all that the nature tirelessly teaches is the courageous mind which then develops the intellect to make out the right friend and differentiate right from the wrong and truth from a lie.

Dhee - धी means intellect. The one whose intellect धी is clear, unambigious and decisive in making choices and learning to stick to the truth whatever may be the consequences would be considered a Dheerah धीरः , the sanskrit word for the courageus one.

Choose wisely.