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Why Do I Feel So Empty And Lost?

 

 

Author: Kalki Kalyani 

Editor: Akash_Vani

Date Published: Thursday 12th November 2020

 

 

 

 

Do you ever feel like you're caught in a storm while everyone else is in the sun? 

 

Read on...

In the Vedic view, life is not a linear march toward an end, but a resonant participation in a divine, interconnected symphony. 

As Krishna reveals in the Bhagavad Gita, chapter 9 verse 6:  just as the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, rests always in the sky, so do all created beings rest in Him. He is the source of all spiritual and material energy, the underlying "frequency" that animates every atom. 

समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रिय: | ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम् ||

yathakasa-sthito nityam
vayuh sarvatra-go mahan
tatha sarvani bhutani
mat-sthanity upadharaya

"As the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, always rests in ethereal space know that in the same manner all beings rest in Me."

 

This sacred bond is not limited to humans; as the Swiss Indologist Adolf Kaegi noted, the Rig Veda is permeated by a "lively sympathy and love of nature," recognizing that the same divine spark that flickers in the soul also dances in the rustle of leaves and the flow of rivers. 

This ancient wisdom finds a modern echo in the "Circle of Life."

Just as Simba (in Lion King) is taught that we are all connected through a delicate balance, the Vedas describe a cosmic thread (Sutra) that weaves every living entity into a single, breathing tapestry. We are not isolated islands of ego, but waves in an infinite ocean of consciousness. When we lose this connection, we feel "lost" because we have forgotten that we are part of a larger energy that never truly disappears, only changes form. 
To live according to the Sanatan (eternal) root is to recalibrate oneself to this Original Light, moving from the friction of the material world back into the harmony of the whole.

In nature, we witness the Vedic cycle of Rejuvenation (Rta) through the seasons. A tree in winter appears as a skeletal monument to decay—lifeless, brittle, and silent. Yet, the Eternal Spark (Jiva) is merely withdrawn into the roots, waiting for the solar frequency to shift. When summer arrives, that same "dead" wood erupts into bloom, proving that life is an persistent energy that never truly perishes; it only moves through phases of Manifestation and Unmanifestation.

While the animal kingdom carries a fixed Genetic Blueprint—the bird building its nest by ancient instinct or the cat hunting by inherited memory—the human experience is unique. We are born into a state of "Tabula Rasa," a blank slate where we must relearn everything from scratch. This is not a flaw, but a sacred opportunity. Unlike the animal, which is bound by its nature, the human must consciously reach out to the Vedic Root to rediscover their essence. We are the only beings gifted with the "Intellectual Agility" to choose our resonance, turning the act of learning into a spiritual homecoming.

To "relearn" life the Vedic way is to move beyond mere survival and align our personal energy with the Cosmic Source. It is the process of realizing that the same power that pulls a flower from the frozen earth is the same power that fuels our search for meaning.

The modern digital frequency acts as a layer of high-decibel static that drowns out the subtle resonance of the Vedic root. While nature follows the rhythm of Rta (cosmic order), the digital world operates on artificial urgency. This creates a profound disconnect for the modern human in three specific ways:

1. The Fragmentation of "Smriti" (Memory)
In the Vedic tradition, learning is a process of Active Recall—connecting with timeless truths. The digital frequency, however, thrives on information decay. By bombarding the mind with fleeting, 15-second cycles of content, it destroys the "Long-form Contemplation" required to perceive the Eternal Spark. We are forced into a state of "Constant Forgetting," where the soul’s inherited wisdom is overwritten by the latest viral trend.

2. The "Synthetic Winter" (Numbness)
In nature, winter is a necessary period of internalisation and rest. The modern mind, however, demands 24/7 Bloom. It creates a synthetic summer" of constant productivity and consumption, never allowing the human spirit to go into the "Roots" to recharge. This exhaustion leads to a feeling of being lost, as people are forced to mimic a vitality they don't actually feel, leading to spiritual burnout.

3. The Mirage of Autonomy
While animals follow a divine blueprint, humans are supposed to use their blank slate" to choose the Vedic Path. The digital frequency subverts this by using algorithms to simulate choice. It replaces genuine spiritual seeking with recommended for You content. Instead of reaching out for the original light, the modern human is trapped in a feedback loop—a digital mirror that reflects only their own ego and desires, preventing them from ever seeing the "Circle of Life" beyond themselves.

The Cross-Examination Result: People feel lost because they are trying to navigate a cyclical reality (the seasons, the yugas) using a linear tool (the internet). They are looking for the "Meaning of Life" in a stream of data that has no soul.

 

 

Emotions Are Like The Seasons

 

 

 

Bhagavad Gita, chapter 2, verse 14:

 

मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः । आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ॥

mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ āgamāpāyino ’nityās tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata

"O son of Kuntī, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed."

 

The Problem: Modernity teaches us to "fix" the winter (sadness) or "clings" to the summer (happiness). 

The Solution (Bg 2.14): Tāms titikṣasva bhārata—"Endure them without being disturbed."

The Result: By observing these shifts like a tree observes the seasons, we stop being "lost" in the change and start residing in the source (the roots).

Summary:

 

"What is Happiness vs. Sadness?" In the Vedic world, these aren't "goals" or "failures"; they are elements. Happiness is the frequency of alignment (Sattva), and sadness is the frequency of friction (Tamas/Rajas). We feel empty because we’ve been told happiness is a permanent destination. But the Gita (2.14) tells us they are just "contacts of the senses." It’s like the "digital static" on your phone—it’s not the phone itself, just a signal passing through.

"Why is life unfair?" This is where the Lion King "circle of life" and the Vedic Seed meet. From the ground level, the forest looks chaotic—one tree falls while another thrives. But from the "eagle’s view" (The Atman), every action is a seed (Karma). Life isn't "unfair"; it's just mid-cycle. We are often seeing the harvest of a seed planted in a "previous season" we no longer remember. The unfairness is an illusion (maya) created by looking at a single frame of a 432,000-year movie.

"Why do bad things happen to good people?" Think of the Adolf Kaegi nature analogy. Does the frost "hate" the flower? No. The frost is part of the landscape. "Bad things" are often the Pruning Process. In the Vedas, suffering is called Tapas—the heat that purifies the gold. The "Hero" mask we wear wants comfort, but the Dharmic Root inside us wants strength. 

"You feel lost not because you are failing, but because you are trying to hold onto a wave in the middle of the ocean. You are asking, 'Why is the water moving?' instead of realizing 'I am the water.'"

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