Walk in Accordance with What is Learned

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Randugati - I would like to share a few interesting words from a prominent philosopher, Epiktetos, he said that "Don't like to call yourself a philosopher, who talks a lot in front of ordinary people, explaining various philosophical theories, all of that is not important, because the main thing is how you live this life according to what you learn". In short, life is to be lived as it is, enjoyed joyfully, certainly not with a lot of theories, just with one or two things that we learn carefully.

Do you agree when humans are said to be creatures that have no sense of satisfaction? It is natural that normal humans will have desires. But it is also not natural when everything seems to want to be owned and controlled. But the fact is, there are those who do, and there are many of them. I've often slipped into a journey that's all about desires, achievements and clouds. Even having to sacrifice some things to achieve that desire. Even though there are more important urgent needs, for example; family, keeping promises to friends, attending organizational invitations and so on. Unfortunately, sometimes these desires actually prevent us from enjoying this extraordinary life. From here, I see that I am not grateful enough.

I often argue with myself, my best friends and friends in the organization about how to live this life properly. Why not measure your abilities, supporting and weakening aspects? The most important thing is in accordance with the theory that is believed to be true and always makes excuses to justify the theory. In fact, in this fast-paced life, we must really know ourselves, before taking action. If we believe in the concept of cause and effect, that what we try will definitely produce results, then all desires will be achieved. But in fact, not a few desires are dashed midway, because of the lack of supporting aspects, or worse, even slipping into new desires. As human beings, we still put this phenomenon in a reasonable condition, but we need to underline that the goals we have been pursuing have always been understood as a causal dimension, whereas there is another dimension to emphasize ourselves in achieving these goals. That dimension is the teleological dimension, a dimension that affirms ourselves about the importance of seeing the goal rather than the cause and effect that always controls.

From here I believe that it is true that effort will not deny results, where the effort is truly dominated by the will to achieve worthy results. It is not merely about effort and endeavor. You see, in the Qur'an it is mentioned that "God will not change the fate of a people until they try to change it themselves." From this, it seems clear that whatever goals and changes we want are actually in our own hands, God provides the facilities to achieve them.

If you have a child or younger sibling that you want to mold into what you want, of course you have to think hard about the outcome, will it be in line with what you want, or is it very far away, especially since humans have a very dynamic, changeable nature. For example, if a boy wants to be a businessman, but he never leaves his room and doesn't try to interact with other people, will he achieve his goal? Maybe, because today the world of technology is very supportive.

The question is what if he was not supported by technology? Would he have achieved his goal? From here we can see that the goal is attempted, not waited for or even contemplated. So that not a few of the phenomena that occur are idle, not confident, easy to panic, and even infected with symptoms of neurosis. So are we to judge that this phenomenon is the fault of various theories? I don't think it's that easy, because theories are also born from one's experience. It's just that we need to look at ourselves further and deeper more often. It's easier to control ourselves and really understand what we're aiming for.

This is the difference between what we see as cause and effect and what we digest as purpose. Because each of us must have an understanding of these desires and goals. The most important thing is how we live this life as it is, so that we can truly enjoy life naturally.