There is a reason why we are where we are, and there is a reason why we have certain people in our lives. Believe it not, we have attracted these souls, to where we are and into our life. These souls are part of our life to help us learn our greatest lessons in life. On an individual level, from our beliefs, which are buried deep in our subconscious mind, the exact drama script has been drafted that is the best fit for us. Designed for our learning, development, endurance, strength building and more. Some call this the result of the law of attraction. Each of us lives and experiences our life in a context. Each of us has a different backdrop, even if that scenery may look the same. Everything happens around this context, call it a scene, a storyline, or a plot. We are the actors in our own personal drama.
In the past we lived in quite a simple way. We lived within our family, our community, with our tribe and rituals. We were restricted and lived within our perimeter of town and village. We had routines, we lived, worked, played and died, all together in the same place. We generally knew our neighbours and there were bonds of community, we felt supported,and we could call on our neighbours for help. And now? We have the World Wide Web! We move in and out of different people’s dramas, click… click… click… by the minute. Through Facebook and Instagram, we become the voyeurs of other people’s lives, most often people we do not know or even really care about or will never meet in our lifetime. This addiction gives us no time to reflect on and live our own life properly with the power of our own mind, creativity, and imagination.
As we do this, frequently changing channels, it creates restlessness, ‘peace-lessness’, tenseness and turbulent emotions in the soul. “Which drama to live?” “Their life seems more interesting, fascinating and adventurous than mine.” “They are in the high life, high track and high adrenaline!” “They are travelling, succeeding, excelling …” And so, the thoughts go on and on. No wonder people feel depressed and think they have been left behind in a self-made race. Our own drama compared to the drama of others looks bleak, dismal, unexciting, and so how does that leave us feeling? Elated or deflated? Sadly, after visiting all our ‘friends’ on these social media sites, we feel more lonely, empty and dispirited.
I need to realise and understand that everything happens within a certain context. When we look down at our feet, that is where we are meant to be. The whole of us, the feet, the heart, head, mind, body. We were not created to sit and watch the lives of others on a screen, but to fully live and enjoy our own lives with those around us.
I need to accept that I have my own part to play in this world. Let me start embracing that part. I came with my own virtues (internal) and my own specialities (external). I have to become the hero of my own drama. I did not come here to follow others. Those souls are already living out their lives – and my life? I am just looking on, and all the time, my own life is running on without a purpose.
In my drama, ‘context is king’, and that is what I need to focus on. That is where my emphasis and all my attention needs to be – to fix my own problems and perfect my own life in the way that I choose. When I do that for myself, then I will be at peace. My learning is my own drama within the context of my life.
Enjoy your own drama … when you enjoy, then you are happy and grateful … and that makes it all worth the while.
Aruna Ladva is an author and Rajyoga meditation teacher based at the Global Retreat Centre, Oxford, UK.
