One and Zeros
By Shiva
@Shiva49 (28371)
Singapore
June 10, 2021 9:11am CST
We make a grand entry at the starting block, ready to live a life here.
That is our beginning and we can call it as one. We come with innate character, talent, and in pristine condition. There are the few to mold us and also the circumstances. The same environment adds to the diversity of life here. What matters is unity and not uniformity. Unity in diversity is the hallmark of creation and is reflected in nature.
Then we add many zeros in terms of education, family, job, wealth, which are appendages after we begin our journey here. The more the zeros after the one, the more we feel we have arrived, and started making a mark. That is life anyway.
However, when we lose the all important One before the Zeros then we are nothing. When we trade our character for the rest of our possessions, we are lost and start drifting.
It is not easy to stay rooted but we can at least not forget our beginnings. I have tried my best to anchor myself to who I am and the rest are mere additions that are fleeting.
Hope you can appreciate this analogy and add your responses too.
Image: Staying Rooted but Soaring High from free media site Pexels
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@Shiva49 (28371)
• Singapore
11 Jun 21
At times we have severe health issues and that make life a burden.
Then again a few convert adversity into an asset.
They learn from the hard knocks of life earlier than those who are privileged and thereby get a head-start in life.
Me and my brothers started with the very basics but worked very hard to get to where we are now - fairly well placed and in retirement.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
10 Jun 21
I live everyday as you have described here Shiva.
My foundation, my rock was my early beginnings and it has served me very well in staying grounded inside the storms of difficulties.
I have no trouble assimilating with others also for the greater good in the end.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
10 Jun 21
@Shiva49 You have amazing will and strength of spirit to survive it Shiva, I admire your tenacity
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@Shiva49 (28371)
• Singapore
10 Jun 21
@RebeccasFarm Thank you, I made it a habit as "this too shall pass" is my motto.
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@innertalks (23734)
• Australia
10 Jun 21
I think that is a great analogy, siva.
God is one himself, but he adds many zeroes after his name, and he makes them all ones then too.
So, God multiplies his one in every other one, as long as God remains the only one that can add zeroes to himself; if we try to copy him in this, we only ever mess ourselves up, as we should stay the one he created us to be as much as we possibly can, and so be true to our self, our own one, as God created us to be.
@innertalks (23734)
• Australia
11 Jun 21
@Shiva49 Is 8 billion zeroes better than 8 billion negative ones though?
Can some people carry a negative one instead of a positive one?
I think that the purely evil person can do this, think of Satan, he gave his own one back to God, and lives from his negative one now completely.
@Shiva49 (28371)
• Singapore
11 Jun 21
@innertalks That reminds me of MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) that carry negative marks for wrong answers. Then the sum of scores could well turn out negative imploring us to make a quick exit!
Some exams are evaluated on the spot. At the end, we are asked to press the key for answers. Pass or fail and the machine is unemotional as it spits out the result!
It looks like the Satan is relentless as he has a vice grip on the many zeros here or at least those that matter. The current for the majority is too strong to fight against and they are carried away too relentlessly.
Like in Indian films the handsome hero, with the most beautiful damsel in his arms, has to appear to nail the evil Satan. It is beauty against the beast in the end!
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@Shiva49 (28371)
• Singapore
11 Jun 21
Thanks Steve, without the one before the zeros, they are worth, well, a big zero.
The one is indeed God, our creator, to start with, and when we lose the connection we are big zeros, worth zilch. Other species add value but we can destroy big time, create havoc, mayhem.
The continuous "mine, yours" debate blurs the one and we are now close to 8 billion zeros - if only we took care of the basics then the one before will add immense value.
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