1. What is X factor?
Often I have come across people asking, what is the goal in life.
Mainly there are four types of goals of which only one can be kept as
main domain. as per 'GUNA' n 'KARMA' your main orientation can be
understood, and that should be kept as main goal. the other three
may be kept as subsidiaries. If your orientation is MONEY - POWER -
KARMA - SERVICE, specialize in that field and excel there. For one
section of people ( name I do not tell ), understanding the 'ULTIMATE'
is the ultimate goal and entire life be spent on that. I do not mean to
do it foregoing FOOD and SLEEP. We need food, so earn your bread,
study for that (for which kam se kam 16yrs are required), then
marriage, family, and during the process the purpose is (may be) lost.
Let it not happen. Understand the goal, as early in the life and strive
for that, as you strove during your studies and on your job. Study and
Job are only TOOLS in life, they are not life itself. People have
cultural shock, when I opted to retire at 50. Then at what age you
have freedom to DO what you love to do? Should Govt decide at
what age you should retire? I have seen some people who worked
even after Govt asked them to retire. No comments.
No amount of TIME is sufficient to understand the 'ULTIMATE', unless
you have proper channels to realise, select among the the available
paths, undergo lot of conflicts, select a proper 'GURU', surrender to
unseen hand, avoid the trivial, focus on main path, conserve
energies, recover yourself from main shocks in life (in that age), fight
loneliness, descend yourself with dignity to your normal(?) stature,
de-condition your mind, ignore, without suppressing the basic
instincts and these are some of the hurdles to come over, in
understanding the ultimate at late age, because major portion of life is
spent in 'satisfying' the urges of men ( / women), Egos, mind-magic
etc.
Now decide how much time is available to you, that is, your total
ayush (which is X factor) minus your present age, equal to again an X
factor. WAKE UP - ACT NOW.