Everything that has a beginning has an end !!

What does this line mean and how should one perceive it ??

Man takes this quote earnestly, when he goes through difficult times. When calamity strikes him, he reassures himself that one day it will end and good time will flower again. This belief gives him peace of mind and the strength to face the hardships of the dark. In a way, this is good because the belief that morning shall come after the night gives man the hope to live and move ahead. For a common man who lives a normal livelihood, this belief is enough for him. But he forgets this belief the moment he steps into the courtyard of happiness. He forgets the dark, when he sees the light. We see these events occasionally when man sees himself in the depths of hell. He prays to his God to rescue him from the sorrow, to lift him from the deepest pits of hell; only to forget and turn his back to that God when he has been rescued. No one remembers God when they are in their happy times or enjoying themselves. This is because lust, desires and pleasures clouds the mind of man to see the truth, to see the light, to acknowledge and respect the good. Blind he becomes and turns his face from the light, until he again suffers in dark and calls for help. Thus the cycle of light and dark keeps going in his life.

That is why I say, “To respect the Good, one has to know the Evil. To jump Higher, one has to Bend down.”

But what then about the other side of the coin ?? If after night comes the morning; then inevitably shall the night strike again when the day is over. What then ?? Such a vicious circle of happiness and sorrow will keep revolving in the life of man. I don’t want to sound pessimistic, but the truth is- happiness and sorrow both go hand in hand; because without the one the other can’t exist. They have a mutual relation, just like two sides of a coin. Man has to hop from one to another his whole life just to keep himself engaged and emotional. Is this the ultimate purpose of life ?? Is this what man has been born to go through his whole life ?? Is this what intelligence of man has come to ??

If there is a right, then there is a wrong, if there is up, then there is a down; if there is god, then there is devil; if there is happiness there is sorrow. It indeed is inevitable, that one can never escape this circle of inevitability. What then is the solution ?? How can man allow himself not to be affected by such calamities of both pain and pleasure ??

Is this why it’s told, that desires cause suffering? If there is desire, then one tries to attain it, one then gets happy; and later in the absence of the happiness, one gets unhappy and drowns in the pool of sorrow. So if there is no desire, then the chain of events will not start in the first place. Is this why Gautam Buddha had told us not to seek desires and control them so as to escape suffering ?? Is this the path to end the cycle of dependence of “emotional atyachar” ?? Because if you don’t point out the beginning, you cannot point out the end, if there is no ‘start’, then there cannot be any ‘stop’.

Like it is said in the movie "The Matrix Revolutions"- "Everything that has a beginning, has an end"

If you see the day,
Then so shall you see the night.
Open your eyes to the truth,
And escape you might !!

Behold the truth of life,
where desires cause pain.
Why indeed have desire ??
Just so as to see some gain.

Look around yourself,
& see thy nature around.
Hear out her language,
& no more you shall be bound !!