The Challenge of Man

These days, big companies claim to be engaged in the work of ‘de-stressing’. They try to provide peace of mind to people by asking them to stop thinking. However, stopping the mind’s thought process is only a form of temporary anaesthesia. It is not the real solution to the problem. The only real solution to it is just one—and that is stress management. It is common to observe that victims of problems often get engaged in social services. It is just a way of diverting one’s mind to get over grief, but this is not necessarily a proper response to the issue of ‘toil’. Social service is a service to humanity; in this sense, it is undoubtedly a praiseworthy activity. However, if seen in relation to the creation plan of nature, an unwanted element might be present in it. The psyche of a person who experiences misfortune or problems in life is: “Let no one suffer what I have suffered.” This seems to be the motivation for people who engage in social service. This psyche tells us that man considers all issues simply as worldly issues. To him, all problems relate only to this world. The most significant act, he thinks, is to make the world a problem-free place. However, this thinking is against nature’s creation plan, so it will never fructify here. Whenever someone faces an unpleasant experience, it is so that he should derive a lesson from it. He should remember that the present world is a world of test. Here, no one will ever obtain a life of total comfort. Therefore, man should learn lessons from the negative experiences of the world.