Necessity of Maintaining Order in Life

 In this section, I hope to talk a bit about small decisions that can cause a loss of grip on life, thus resulting in situations that more often than note lead to more suffering than reward. Life is full of suffering, and it is our duty, through taking care of ourselves to mitigate that suffering, and to engage in the actions that can minimize the difficulty that we go through (despite the fact that certainly, suffering is inevitable, and when it strikes, can be an effective teacher that convinces us to work on reducing the suffering in our lives.

So what substance is there to the mitigation of suffering, and why do we at times neglect it by chasing after seemingly more trivial, empty, and short-lived pleasure? One theory is that when we engage in such actions that lead to our downfall of righteousness, we do so because we are not willing to put the effort in to show ourselves the brighter path, and to convince us not only that self-discipline can lead to better and brighter path of life, one that is full of less suffering, but also that failure to do so takes away from the order we have created in our lives, chips away at our self-discipline, and works against the conditions that have contributed to our degree of success to this point.

Perhaps this point best describes the conception of life as a continuous struggle, and showcases the need to take care of ourselves, if not out of a feeling of admiration of what lies beyond if we manage to reach our goals, a mere fear of consequences that would result if we fail to keep our lives in sufficient order--disorders and poisoned thinking of all sorts. I even fear that if I don't keep our lives in sufficient order, that it may even affect our motivation, and the systems that keep our motivation in life.

If it is true that humans and beings in general have evolved not to live sedentary and relaxed lifestyles, but rather ones full of struggle and continual struggle--to find food, to cope with tragedies, and the forces of nature (which, I surmise based on my knowledge of human evolution and history, would have been a significantly more treacherous and risky one)--then it would be accurate to say that humans are trained to feed off and perhaps even need an aspect of risk and danger in life--a facet of it that makes it unpredictable, but not unpredictable to the extent that we lose all sense of hope. We should be confident about our ability to accomplish some tasks easily, such as (taking the example of the prehistoric human in an early civilization--perhaps a five to ten thousand years ago) hunting and foraging for food, building and maintaining functional shelter, and maintaining relationships between one's acquaintances, family, and other relatives. Such a lifestyle seemed demanding, and given that this is the type of environment (that of continual and inevitable struggle to maintain an existence largely free from the forces of nature) in which the human psyche evolved, then perhaps it is a logical conclusion that humans are meant to face struggle in their lives, and when it is not present, it is created by the own mind, and an entire storm is raised to create a situation in which there is some drive to find stability and cover: in other words, to put one's life in some shape out of a desire to prevent things from becoming any worse than they already are, and hopefully, permitting that all else works out well, to, God willing, even improve one's own situation--do well at one's job, keep one's house and room in order, to buy a new car, and to take responsibility for pets or even children.

So, to conclude, the necessity to maintain order in life and to keep the forces of evil and destruction away, so as to lead a life not entirely characterized by suffering, discipline, strength of mind, and continual vigilance is necessary to maintain an attitude of humble gratitude and desire for improvement to one's actions, and, generally, one's lifestyle.


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