THE WORLD
The briefest definition of the world is ---- the earth, with
all its countries, peoples and natural features.
Everything that exists anywhere is part of the world. Some
common synonyms of world are -----earth, globe, earthly sphere, planet, cosmos,
universe and nature.
At the time of our birth we don’t know anything about this
world. As we start growing up, we start thinking about what life and death are and
what was the origin of this world. We start thinking about God the creator and
preserver of this world. . So many other puzzling questions arise in our mind,
but we find no answers to them and the world appears to be a riddle, a mystery,
an enigma and conundrum.
It is undeniable that the world with all its sufferings
remains attractive. We don’t want to leave it. We try to survive as long as we
can but as we are mortal have to become non-existent.
Some religious
authorities like Lord Krishna differentiate between man’s body and his soul.
The former ceases to be at some stage but the latter being eternal reappears in
some other form of existence.
Given below are
some interesting quotes:
(i). The
world is God’s epistle to mankind---his thoughts are flashing upon us from every direction.
---Greek philosopher Plato (427 Bc-347 BC).
(ii). The
world is seldom what it seems; to man who dimly sees, realities appear as
dreams, and dreams realities.---Irish writer and poet Thomas Moore (1779-1832).
(iii). The
world is a looking glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own
face. Fown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and
with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion; and so all young persons take their choice.----English
novelist William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
(iv). This world is a dream within a dream;
and as we grow older, each step is an awakening. The youth awakes, as he
thinks, from childhood; the full-grown man despises the pursuits of youth as
visionary; and the old man looks on manhood as a feverish dream. Death the last
sleep? No ! it is the last and final awakening ! ---Scottish poet and novelist
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832).
(v). Trust not the world, for it
never payeth what it promiseth. ----Roman monk St. Augustine (died 604).
Finally,
this quote by the American clergy Talbot Wilson Chambers (1819-96) :
“It is a beautiful and a
blessed world we live in, and while life lasts, to lose the enjoyment of it is
a sin.”
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G.R.Kanwal
6th December 2024
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G.R.Kanwal
6th December 2024
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