“Better to understand for a single day the fleeting nature of things than to live for a hundred years without such understanding” - Buddha Transience is the very nature of life. Change is the only constant thing says Buddhism, and also a matter of common sense within the experience of all. We cling to aspects of life - relationships, health, career, status etc etc. Little do we realise the aspect of change inherent in all the aforesaid aspects while we indulge in them. Realisation dawns only when a cherished relationship turns sour, when disease dispels sound heath, when there is a sudden change in career etc. Change also happens for the good, but in good days one is steeped in indulgence. Change speaks better in unhappiness. It’s when the nature of transience is understood better. The positive way of looking at change is to not to look at it as a disaster, but to consider it as simply a change. However, it seems beyond the human grasp. A simple understanding of
Gathered Blooms is a humble sharing of pointers to truth, gathered on the path way to reality.