Lear Knows Cordelia Now!!
Sign in

Lear knows Cordelia now!!

research student
King Lear who was craving for the love from his daughters and finally became the victim of his over expectations.We all dear friends expect a lot and lot which is the reason for all sorrows in the world.As Buddhism rightly tracks back the source of misery it is the desire.Yes and yes again and again with all supports from the experiences (not only mine but many around) of the hurt expectations 'The desire is the source of misery'.

We all know what happened with Lear.The king Lear calls all three daughters and asks whom do they love the most.The cantankerous first two Gonerill and Regan flatter him saying that they love their father the most.The third daughter Cordelia accepts may be she will have to love her husband more than her father when she gets married.So the kingdom was given to first two daughters.But later the love of the two daughters for the kingdom and not for the king was revealed and the daughter with honesty opened the eyes of the King with the truth she proclaimed.

The blind eyes with the desire and expectations sometimes really don't see the truth behind the scene.The show off is considered as the core truth.So many helps and favours done at the critical times are forgotten like an ungrateful wolves.Human beings go below the dogs and snakes too in being thankful and grateful from the heart for the favours they get from others.Like Gonerill and Regan your parrots might learn to abuse you.Like Cordelia the honesty and modesty might open your eyes one day.But as Cordelia was dead by the time Lear wanted to show his love to the true love expressed by her,many of us miss the opportunity to thank the people who gave a helping hand while sinking.

The heart always makes a big fuss in accepting the small stream of water which quenches the thirst in the summer expecting for a flow of a river.When the river comes it realises the flood.When it is summer the sun becomes our enemy,in the winter dry wind is our enemy,in rains the water and the fast flowing river are our enemy.We human beings so called the creatures at the highest niche in the biological evolution and revolution have to really wonder what do we love the most??, when we are not happy with anything that we have.

A grasshoper is a much happier creature than the human being,who always thinks of what he doesn't have and what he has to get from others.The day when we all start thinking how we can be better and more useful at least to some one,how we can contribute to some kind of growth,we will be much happier.The King Lear is a best example for the blind folding of the eyes with the folds of expectations.

Dear friends we will just do whatever has to be done from our side and forget about what has to come back.I could have simply quoted "Karmanye vaadhikarasthe ma faleshu kadaachana".I feel good to tell a story as the characters in the story are normal human beings than the imaginary God(krishna or Jesus) preaching to the human beings.Was feeling so so sad about Lear's tragedy and his love for his daughters yielding a tragic death to him.So is the summary analysis put for your use too.

Everyone knows it.All religions say this.'Desire is the cause of misery'.But all the preachings in the divine epics are forgotten with the everflowing desires in the channel of human heart.So dear all the control board of the self misery is with and within the self.Just explore it rightly within.Stay good,be happy.Have a joyous moments with the self.See the truth in the statement made with honesty than the words that flatter you.

So we all, like Lears, have to feel Cordelia around us than being cheated by Gonerills and Regans.Good luck to all of you who really don't get flattered easily.You are at the safer side.

start_blog_img