"Ayurveda believes when a person does not know or live the life they were meant to live, they feel a lack of purpose or emptiness. Life-purpose is also called God-given talent, or simply, doing what you love to do. In short, if one does not do what they love to do, emptiness develops which can lead to longing and suffering, eventually developing into (physical) cancer."
- The Ayurveda Encyclopedia: Natural Secrets to Healing, Prevention, & Longevity (Swami Sadashiva Tirtha)
Whether you believe the effect doesn't matter; what's important is that the root of it is true.
"What was missing was felt irretrievable. The extreme uncertainties of subsisting without working made excesses necessary and breaks definitive. To quote Stevenson: 'Suicide carried off many. Drink and the devil took care of the rest.'"
ReplyDeletefrom the film Waking Life