Why do most of us Want to work till we Die ?
(even after retirement or even
after age of Retirement)
- Ø For Money?
- Ø For fear of Boredom from doing Nothing?
- Ø Are We frightened to be alone with Ourselves?
- Ø Or for that matter ,what is the fundamental , lasting ‘Interest’ for anyone to Work or pursue , what one is doing?
Many
people work because of economical considerations, because , if they won’t work,
they can’t survive, due to lack proper savings or due to poverty, etc., It is a
necessity to work for those people.
But, I
see , many people , having no economical compulsions to work, going on and on
working even after retirement age or retiring from their jobs , till their
death or due to ripe old age, where it is not possible to go any farther, due
to some old age problems.
Why?
One may
say, it is their choice, who am I or anyone , to question someone choices.
Right.
But, The
way , I understand , or my view about it , is ……..
It is understandable,
if one is pursuing an ‘art’ or some other ‘passion’ till his or her death. The earning, here, is the
byproduct of the passion of the Individual . Its altogether different from
purely working for ‘Money’ . But, here, also, one can find people , who are in
it, purely for earning purpose, and demand huge amounts for performances etc.,
Most of
us are interested in our jobs, our Family, our House, And , after that, More prestige, More Power,
More Money, More Assets, More domination over others and so on. And , if that
sounds, ‘Selfish’, and then , one starts
following some ideological concept or some charity work. All these activities
basically satisfies , ones ‘Ego’. ‘Ego’ is the complete identification with
forms, - physical forms, thought forms, emotional forms. This creates an ‘Illusory
sense of identity’ of oneself .. Mostly, we create our ‘Self-Worth’ through this Illusory
sense of Identity of oneself with physical forms – Assets, Bank Balance, Power or
Position in the society, etc., And , most fear the loss of this “Illusory sense
of Identity” of oneself , if one ceases or stops ‘working’.
In my
view, the above reason – ‘Illusory sense of Identity” of oneself ,is the main
reason for people , who continue to work , even after Retirement age or even
after retirement.
One more
Question , I think, one should ask oneself is -- what is the fundamental , ‘lasting
Interest’ for anyone to Work or pursue , & what one is doing?
What is
the fundamental reason for my working , even after retiring --
- Ø Am I bored , because of no work or engagement to look for , because of Identifying myself with the work , I was doing and feel like a Fish out of water, without that identity.
- Ø Or any other reason, one should identify.
Each one of us has an image of what we think we are or what we should
be, and that image, that picture, entirely prevents us from seeing ourselves as
we actually are.
When you remove all the ‘labels’ attached to you, namely, your
name, profession, lineage, place, roles in the society etc., what is that
remains in “You” . A big ‘NOTHING’. ‘Shunya’. Shunya means ‘void’ or ‘emptiness’
or “Nothingness” in Sanskrit. It is the true nature of all phenomena, devoid of
all individual Self or Substance. This Space of Stillness is deeply
replenishing to life. When we allow ourself to rest for some time in this Stillness,
we can get back in touch with the essential quality of pure being, just as we
are – “NOTHINGNESS” . And nobody wants and fears to travel into Nothingess
or emptiness or void . Hence we keep ourselves busy or engage ourselves with
something or the other, to avoid entering to the true nature of the being- SELF.
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