It sounds non-sense but
it is true. Most of the time we live in the past. Our brain tricks us in such a
manner that we fail to notice that it is of no use to live in the past. However
by knowing this secret of human behavioral pattern, we can convert this seemingly
problematic condition into our advantage.
A story from
Mahabharatha throws more
light on this. Even after the war was over, king Yudhishtira was not in a mood to perform his duties. He was always disinterested in running
his kingdom and instead he spent most of his time brooding upon the past and
kept on thinking the amount of loss incurred because of war.
Noticing this,
Krishna with help of Bhishma convinced Yudhishtira to perform a get-together function and invite the near
and dear ones for the event. Soon after the event was conducted, a change was
seen in Yudhishtira. He was now more involved in the happenings of kingdom and
was eager to deliver his duties as a king.
A few days later when
he happened to meet Bhishma, the latter explained him this secret knowledge. He
mentioned that even though the real war was over within 18 days, Yudhishtira's mind was
continuing to play it.
This is the way our mind functions. It has a habit of
keeping alive the memory of latest event that has happened. This will last
until another event has an impact on our memory.
When that happens the old memory will be suppressed by the more recent
one. If the recent one is a good event, the person will be in high spirits. As there is no certainty about the good event
that is yet to take place, it is all the more reason for a person to “create”
this event that will benefit him.
By planning any such occasion which focuses your
energy in making it successful, you will automatically suppress the bad memories.
This takes us away from the path of inaction towards an enthusiastic mindset
which craves for strength to perform a good deed. This is definitely the right
approach to bring ourselves back on track especially after suffering from a bad
situation.
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