Often, the word Hunger is linked
to lack of something that makes one weak. But are we looking at it as an
instigator to fill what we lack? What we achieve or would like to achieve is
the result of hunger/craving/passion that we have towards it. Hunger is not a
‘lack’ of something, but if we don’t have it, we lack success. This is the crux
of my thought process today.
Like an expert swimmer who
doesn’t fear the deeps and like the phoenix, which doesn’t fear the fire, a
person with a hunger for something doesn’t fear obstacles towards his destiny. Let
us literally take the attitude that we demonstrate when we are hungry. Don’t we
eat crazy like a glutton the moment we see food after prolonged fasting? Does
that demonstrate the force that we have/exhibit when seeing our passionate
food?
A spiritual digression to this
topic can also be cited here. The reason why we follow fasting before we offer
our prayers ... There is an unconscious activity or energy flow that happens in
our body, when we are hungry. It is believed that when you starve for a very
long duration and sit near a small tender plant for few hours, the plant droops
down losing its vitality. It is because our body tends to absorb the vital
energy around it, when it lacks/craves for energy. Scientifically I would say
that energy flows from higher to lower concentration. Thus came the belief of
praying in empty stomach that makes our body absorb the spiritual/positive
vibes effectively. When every cell of our body exhibits this involuntary
behavior, don’t we have a reason to believe that hunger is a sign of strength
in us?
I have heard of a story where a
man goes to Swami Vivekananda to know the secret/tip behind achieving what he
wants. Vivekananda takes this man into
the nearby water body and immerses him inside water. When the man somehow
manages to come out and takes a deep breath for his survival, Swami says that
one should be that desperate like how desperate he was to get that one breathe
of life while he was under water. That’s the hunger that can also be called as
desperation to achieve.
Hunger gives us the drive to run
for what we want. It sets us on fire and helps achieve greatness. Its only when
we don’t act upon this intensity, it starts to develop weakness in us.
Stay Hungry and Stay Tuned towards
your goals!
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Mani
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