For classic fairy tales, “And they lived happily ever after” is the most popular ending. Here’s the pattern: The story opens with, “Once upon a time. . . .” Then the characters are introduced, and they get into various adventures and troubles. Finally, their troubles are resolved, their adventure ends in success, and they live happily ever after.
After reading narrations from such books or watching movies based on these books one may question that I am also going through troubles and adventures, in fact my inconveniences and anxieties are more than hero of a story, problems are non-ending and I am trying my best to deal with them but when this 'happily lived ever after' is going to come in my life? Does such thing really exist?
We all have practical experience that till the end of life one struggles. Initially one struggles for basics necessities, wishes, desires then for social positions etc and at the end for every life breath. Responsibilities, struggles don't end they keep on increasing, so to think that now everything is settled we can live happily here in this world for long time is simply a myth. The books and movies many times fanaticise about 'happiness' and 'ever after(eternity)' not knowing where to get and how to get them. In other words they only misguides us in our journey for real eternal pleasure.
On the other hand we have scripture like Gita which exactly tells us about the nature of pleasures of this world and their transience(BG 5.22). While portraying real picture of material world Gita wisdom
not only provides us the way to deal with temptations, problems and every single issue of life but also offers us the way to reach abode of God where actually we can 'live happily ever after'(BG 15.6).
Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
After reading narrations from such books or watching movies based on these books one may question that I am also going through troubles and adventures, in fact my inconveniences and anxieties are more than hero of a story, problems are non-ending and I am trying my best to deal with them but when this 'happily lived ever after' is going to come in my life? Does such thing really exist?
We all have practical experience that till the end of life one struggles. Initially one struggles for basics necessities, wishes, desires then for social positions etc and at the end for every life breath. Responsibilities, struggles don't end they keep on increasing, so to think that now everything is settled we can live happily here in this world for long time is simply a myth. The books and movies many times fanaticise about 'happiness' and 'ever after(eternity)' not knowing where to get and how to get them. In other words they only misguides us in our journey for real eternal pleasure.
On the other hand we have scripture like Gita which exactly tells us about the nature of pleasures of this world and their transience(BG 5.22). While portraying real picture of material world Gita wisdom
not only provides us the way to deal with temptations, problems and every single issue of life but also offers us the way to reach abode of God where actually we can 'live happily ever after'(BG 15.6).
Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
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