How many people can imagine working at 91 like Buffett or at 98 like Munger?

 16^th March 2022

How many people can imagine working at 91 like Buffett or at 98 like Munger?

Dear Fellow Travellers,

Namaste! Our last three posts were super hit as expected. Thanks a ton for making it the best-forwarded post in the recent past. I was thinking about the longevity of life from an Indian perspective and I compared it with Buffett and Munger kind of people. What is stopping our people to be as effective as they are at a later age? I have some reasons. If you are below 60, then this post is really useful for you to make changes. After 60 also you can do, but it will need a lot of WILL POWER.  

There can be N number of factors for long life. Everybody can have a valid reason according to their own study/belief and culture. I am sharing my perspective.

Two major factors which shorten a person’s life: -

Life is pure energy and it is equally available to all in the same proportions. The way TIME is available to us all equally. As long as your energy is pure, you can withstand the aging and other issues related to aging. If there is a hole in the BOAT, sooner or later the water will get into it and the BOAT will be drowned. In the same way, our energy gets disturbed by two major factors.

GREED and FEAR: -

Whatever you are doing for a living, whatever you are doing in your life at this moment, you will be motivated by these two factors only. A kid was given a greed of chocolate so he can finish the homework. Schools/colleges give you the greed of good grades so that you can study like a Donkey. A boss will make you run like a DOG towards some bonus or demotions in order to exploit the best from you. A wife or husband will also give GREED and FEAR in various ways to fulfill their desires.

From the very beginning – we have been used to only 2 things to work or not to work – GREED and FEAR.

It is difficult to get the work done by somebody without these two factors.

How Life Force gets affected due to these two factors?

Lifeforce becomes uneven due to these two forces in your life. It gets affected negatively. With GREED you force yourself to do something that your body is not capable to handle. E.g. Thanks to OTT SERIES, I know quite a few people are watching one episode after another for a full night. Now, this guy has some job or business to do the next day. So, he has to get up the next day and go to work. It means his body is not getting the proper sleep.

The same way FEAR of CORONA / Losses / Some Disease takes out the juice from our life.

Since our whole life is moving with these two factors – we end up losing a lot of LIFE FORCE in various ways. When life force is lost – naturally, the life will get shortened.

What is the ADVICE of Lord Krishna?

HE is giving beautiful advice – do your work without expectations of results. If you have worked properly, results will follow sooner or later.

All he is saying comes out of GREED and FEAR mentality. Just do it whatever is your ROLE and doing your role will become the best reward of doing that work (very few will understand this). All other benefits in terms of money/recognition and awards are paltry compared to the job satisfaction you will get from doing the work without expectations. Job satisfaction will come only and only when you have worked without expectations. Just check your experiences.

Buffett and Munger are living examples of what KRISHNA is advising in GITA. They are doing what they feel right without worrying about the market reward. Yesterday, their company share prices made a historic high of USD 5 lakh. Do you think they can plan this? Not at all. It is the reward of the existence(market) to recognize their work.

What about ENVIRONMENTAL Pollution and the GREED/FEAR?

The most common arguments for lower life expectancy are the polluted environment. It is 100% right. But all things happen first in the mind and then it comes into the physical dimension. Mental pollution is much more dangerous than environmental pollution.

Go back to the past as long as you can go – we have been driven by HEAVEN and HELL. They are nothing but GREED and FEAR. So, our mind is polluted first and now the earth is also polluted. Simple.

The easiest way to clean the EARTH is to clean the mind now. Don’t worry for your wife or son or daughter, if they don’t want to follow your cleaning process. Just start with yourself and by looking at the peace on your face, someday they will get attracted to follow you. Keep on multiplying your base. It will take time but you do your part.

Do you want to win the race called life?

99.99% are following the GREED and FEAR models. 0.01 or less than that are following NATURAL living. Look at the top 10 guys – many of them became billionaires just because they did something out of their inner calling in the best possible way without much worrying about the profit and loss.

There is heavy competition in the GREED and FEAR segments. Go beyond them and you will see the miracles in your life.

I wish you a long and healthy life.

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Hitesh Parikh.