" Do Thy Duty, Reward is Thy no concern".

Sum Total of Life ?

If one who is walking stumbles and falls on the ground, he would definitely be hurt and feel pain even a mild one and minor. If one who is bicycling falls on the ground, he too would be hurt, may be injured also. The pain and sufferings which the latter would feel would definitely be more than what the former feels. Similar comparison can be made between a cyclist and scooter/bike rider; between scooter/bike rider and car rider and so on. It can be said that such accidents which cause hurt and injuries followed by pain are negative factors of life.

The cyclist derives more joy than a pedestrian; biker derives more joy than a cyclist; the car rider derives more joy from the biker and so on.

If the magnitude of joy and pain which a pedestrian receives through out his life is summed up, it would be zero. Similarly, if the magnitude of joy and pain which a cyclist receives from bicycle through out his life is summed up, it too would be zero. Further, if the magnitude of the joy and pain of biker which he receives from the bike is summed up it would also be zero. We would observe that if the joy which a cyclist derives from the cycle is less, the pain which he receives in case be falls is also less. On the other hand, if the joy which a bike rider derives from his bike is greater than that of the cyclist, the pain which the rider derives from his bike is greater.

An example may be given. If one who has climbed on a stool falls from it would receive little injury as compared to the one falls from a table. Likewise, if one falls from a rooftop he would gain more injury in comparison to the one who falls from a table.

Fall is imminent and inevitable. We cannot prevent it. Therefore, the more one reaches higher and gain higher satisfaction, the more he would receive injury when he would fall.

What I mean to say is that the sum total of the joy and sorrow which one receives in his life is always zero. Therefore, let's not complain about our present. Since sum total of the life of a poor is the same as that of the rich, there is no need for the rich to look down at the poor and there is no need for poor to be jealous of the rich. Since sum total of the life of a powerful person and that of the commoners is the same ( zero), the powerful persons should refrain from harassing the commoners and the latter should not try to snatch power from the powerful persons. Hence, we should follow the principle " Do Thy Duty, Reward is Thy no concern".