One Life And One Time

By Aseem Katoch

We all have only One Life and One Time on this beautiful planet and we must learn how to make the most of it and take control of our life. We must learn to live fully, experience, cherish this journey, and delight the world.

'Life means something real, concrete not abstract or vague, just as life's tasks or activities are real and concrete' as it is based on the realities of your existence, thoughts, and actions.

What is this one-time event or an interval between life and death called Life? The most probing and searching question of life, is life itself. We are not born to be a wandering generality but a meaningful specific to do something real and concrete and leave an indelible mark and legacy of great ideals and achievements.

Zig Ziglar remarked, "Don't become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific."

Life does not have any inherent meaning. The meaning of life is to be alive.

Mark Twain writes, "The two most important days in life are the day you are born and the day you discover the reason why."

How to unlock and harness your full potential, and use up to the last moment of your life?

A long and healthy life that has no purpose or clarity will fade into nothingness.Learn to clear your 'Why' you are here on this planet.

How to walk with the empty, pure, and holy mind, and learn, relearn, and unlearn what all comes in the way? Learn to ignite your burning desire by designing a life of purpose and passion.

Life is a summit. Learn to design and reframe yourselves at the base camp of your life for a long joyful journey to the top.

Do you know you are at both the finite and infinite sides of yourself and humanity?

How do you travel beyond space and time to merge with the universal mind?

Learn to merge your finite into the infinite. By mining and searching inside of you, will find the real in you.

When you feel as if you are on a difficult road in life, do you just give up? Learn how to persevere.

Do you know your life is a message to the world? Your purpose in life is a much larger and cosmic purpose. The purpose of life is a revelation, and the revelation forms the supreme power. Just imagine how the Earth is worthy of Sun's Love. See if the Sun stops shining, how the earth will behave and become? So is human life without purpose, love, and compassion.

"There is no other land; there is no other life but this."

Just as the sperm does not alone have its existence without an ovum. The seed and egg can never turn into their physical equivalent unless not mixed and hatched so the life without purpose lacks zeal and direction.

You live in a world of energy, it is all within your limit to transcend all circumstances and learn how to use your mind, life, and time in the just and best manner.

When life hits you with an avalanche of events that throws you upside down. How do you react and respond?

Learn how to light the fire inside out and light this holy path, it is just into the worlds of your internal thoughts.

If you have a Why to live, you can bear almost any how.

How to look for something to live for that expresses your passion and heart?
When you feel like you have fallen and are scattered in life. You would experience the most profound and intimate experiences. 'In the fire of suffering that brings forth the gold of godliness.'

How life is a knot of this trinity, mind, thought, and action? Learn how to master it.

"You're only here for a short visit. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way."

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Aseem Katoch
• Release date: Jun 13, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223456896

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C O N T E N T S

ONE LIFE ANDONE TIME,ON THIS PLANET

MIND IS THE MASTERPIECE IN THE GAME OF LIFE

STEPPING INTO UNKNOWN

LIFE IS A MISSION, NOT A CAREER

LOVE, GRATITUDE, AND LIVE ONE DAY AT A TIME

MEANING OF LIFE AS PROFESSED BY DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES

LIFE IS A JOURNEY

MEANING IN LIFE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

LIFE IS FULSOME JOY

SEARCH FOR MEANING ANDPURPOSE IN LIFEAND FIND CLARITY IN THE CHAOS

LIVELIFENOT WASTE IT

LIFE IS NOT GOING TO STOP,IF YOU LIVE IT OR NOT

WHEN ALL TRUTH AND MYSTERY REVEALED

HOW TOLEAD A GOOD AND PURPOSEFUL LIFE

SING YOUR MUSIC IN THIS VAST OCEAN OF LIFE ANDHOLD INFINITY IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND

I N T R O D U C T I O N

WHAT IS THIS ONE LIFE and One-time event on this most beautiful planet Earth? The most probing and searching question of life, is life itself. What is life? Life is a big puzzle, a mystery, a game, a song, a journey or celestial navigation, or planned event, or an interval between birth and death. Was life destined to romanticize the universe,  the Cosmos, the Galaxies, the Sun, And The Sea to make this Planet habitable,  beautiful, and all-time playful? Human existence would delight it by the glory of their action and the splendor of beauty. Life can never be defined unless lived fully and one has traveled to a higher level of consciousness.  As  Freud termed it a quest for pleasure,  or a quest for power as  Alfred Adler taught but a quest for meaning as Viktor E. Frankl believed that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones.  

Remember it is only at the darkest hour of life or suffering that you realize and liberate your highest self, touch other dimensions and you know why you are here. The way you bear your suffering is an inner achievement and a higher self.  This spiritual freedom, and your thoughts which cannot be taken away, is what makes life meaningful and purposeful.

This book journeys you through the most fundamental questions of life and attempts to address how to take control and find clarity in the chaos of your life and how to design a well-lived joyful life. ‘Life means something real, concrete not abstract or vague, just as life’s tasks or activities are real and concrete’  as it is based on the realities of your existence, thoughts, and action, pride of growth and beauty.  ‘No man, situation, or destiny can be compared with other men, everyone is unique and different. No situation repeats itself and each situation calls for a different response’.  You can shape your fate based on your action in response to the situation you find yourself. If you know why you are here, you can manage how. There is much wisdom in the words of  Friedrich Nietzche who says,  "He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how."   

What is that which transforms or shapes your life and complete being none other than the sufferings and the tragedies, sorrows and untold miseries, challenges? When you get burnt and churn out of all these, then it does not matter what life offers you, the best or worst, being alive is the only meaning for you and life has a meaning up to the last moment and it remained so till the end.  Do not waste your life in search of meaning.   

Do not rush and run, rather pause and reflect and then walk with humility and gratitude that you have life and this day to live and how grateful you are for each breath you take and a step you make in pursuit of your goal.  You know in your heart of hearts that all knowledge and wisdom you gain and wake up every morning with the thought that there is something wonderful to give and gain. Happiness to give and share with others the more happiness you give to others, it will find its way to you in more than one way. 

Remember you have one life and one time, live it as you have this beautiful life lived two times with no regret and disbelief as the flower that smells today dies tomorrow and the star that shines and twinkles at night dies at dawn, the life and time lived today would never be the same tomorrow. So sing the song of happiness, with a smile, and take a small single step of a journey of thousand miles.

On the way as a wayfarer stay humble and kind rather than being right, do remember to  suspend your ego, guard yourself in case of any drift and shift, and flow with the flow with all your loving heart. Remember life is a mission, not a career as this one life one time live it fulsome and best of times in all times.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Develop the understanding, enhance life, and control your impulses and propensities. Do not react and act immediately based on your impulses.  You should find a purpose in life, when you have a purpose to fulfill, your all decisions and action would be guided or aligned with your purpose and goal. There are so many things in life, which you cannot control, and not even master. Stay focused on one path, develop a taste for it, or any one idea dear to your heart,  work on it,  gain mastery over this and you will excel and reach the top.  You should not be caught or mess up in all things or details of life as in this you would lose sight or miss the big picture of life.  Mastery over anything dear to your heart, life is a long journey and process not an easy destination.  You should never stop learning and growing in life.  That is human life, otherwise, there is no charm, the existence becomes dull and dreary, and monotonous. That is why life needs spark and splendor, glory and zest for life.

One of the most beautiful inspiring thoughts the world ever produced was written in Sanskrit some four thousand five hundred years ago.

It says, "Look well to this one day, for it and it alone is life. In the brief course of this one day, lie all the varieties, and the realities of your existence, the pride of growth, the glory of action, and the splendor of beauty.

Yesterday is only a dream, tomorrow is a vision, and each day well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow a vision of hope. Look, well, therefore, to this one day, for it and it alone is life." 

The beauty of this piece of writing is that it stood the test of time and is the timeless truth of humanity to date. As it raises everyone above the petty, and the trivial to become stronger and more serene.

Chapter –1

ONE LIFE AND  ONE TIME, ON THIS PLANET

Live one day at a time

DON’T BECOME A WANDERING generality. Be a meaningful specific.

- Zig Ziglar    

WHAT IS THE MOST STRIKING and significant aspect of life? What is life and time knot?  Is  Life nature‘s creativity and man’s immortality or vise-versa? Is life because of a physical cause on account of the male’s spermatozoa and the female’s ova, the result being a new life? Is it the creator‘s marvel and the ultimate creation of the creator or Is it by way of natural evolution or by some accidents? As someone said, the universe is an accident and you too are here because of an accident. This one life is a gift bestowed on us. This one life is to be lived with all its glory, celebration,  flow and expression, expansion, extension, enhancement, wish, will, desire, intent, purpose, passion, and meaning. Why waste it on absurd follies? What are the fundamental existential verities according to which you can live, love, and lead your life smoothly and purposefully? You have this one life and live it in such a way as if you have lived it twice with no regrets. As you keep moving and evolving in life and when all seems easy and you tend to take most things for granted. Such as your life, love, relations, and other invaluable things you got as a gift like your precious body, mind, brain, and its parts. That is human nature we all have one life, one time, and one day on this planet. The obvious conclusion is that we all have this much time and span. You must remember that you can do something big by change of your daily routines, habits, thoughts, attitude, and mind. You need to set some foundational and fundamental principles in operation in your mental world of cognitive faculties. Set and cement them and nourish them with your daily routine, a habit that would lead you toward your destination and goal. What is life? Life without any goals and roles has no meaning. If you feel you are on a difficult road in life, if you do not give up, and persevere because you will meet and greet the destination at any hour and remember even the most difficult roads often lead to the beautiful destination. It is your journey and venture in that way that matters. Life offers you what you offer life. Never waste your time and energy thinking about the past and the future. Always live and stay in the present moment. 

We are not born to be a wandering generality but a meaningful specific to do something real and concrete and leave an indelible mark and a legacy of great ideals and achievements to the coming generations and humanity. If you leave humanity enriched through your ideals and positive impact and concrete action, then you have lived a life of purpose and dreams. 

There is nothing more important event than your birth on this planet. Mark Twain writes The two most important days in life are the day you are born and the day you discover the reason why. The world even does not know that you exist, make your existence felt. Life has no meaning till the end. How to give life meaning before it is extinguished and plowed into the soil for compost. It is vital to live every day as your last day amidst the glorious uncertainties of time. It is so important that this one life, one time, one day, will never be again, and the same is so quickly vanishing and soon will be gone into eternity. Explore the reasons why you are here. Be a seeker and explorer whatever you do get to the bottom of it to move higher up and reach the top. The vanities of the world are so short and do not drool yourself into profanity but into the actualities of real self and around through a process of ‘self-actualization’ at the physical level and self-realization at a spiritual level. In this process, you would be able to realize your true potential at all levels of your existence. If you do not find any reason to realize your real self, then it seems you are much too wrapped up in either your world of personal aggrandizement or your self-created world of false imagery or misery. The outside world for you so suddenly seems murky and cannot seem to find any existential joy in it. You must goad into your mental faculties and work on your routines and habits daily and focus on areas more which you wish to dominate. 

In the words of Henry Thoreau As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives. It is generally seen and found that we humans tend to be more fatalistic and futuristic and get into much past thereby leaving the splendor and glory of the present moment, of this very hour and this day.

Remember, Human nature is to look backward too much and look forward too much and in the process miss the present. That is true as we are wrapped up so much either in the past or in the future. We are neither here nor there and so we miss the interval which is this beautiful life. This one day is neither your labor nor your leisure, it is a gift given to you. Henry Throeu says Men labor under a mistake. The better part of the man is soon plowed into the soil for compost. By a seeming fate, commonly called necessity, they are employed, as it says in an old book, laying up treasures which moth and rust will corrupt and thieves break through and steal. It is a fool’s life, as they will find when they get to the end of it, if not before. Live one day at a time, and count each day as a separate life and separate day. When you