people who leave things incomplete…
discuss the possibility and share your thoughts, on the probable rationale for that choice.
share if you like.
Best,
Dushwari
Re: seeing things through till the end?
Peace Sister
To cut their losses
To control themselves
To deceive others (similar to your number 4)
I guess there are a handful of a number of factors that play out.
The premise could be important, more important than the reason.
There could be no clear idea that things were meant to be completed. Was there a contract in place that clearly defined the job needed completing? Or was it a work for 8 hours a day thing?
People may do so intentionally to protect themselves or intentionally to harm others.
People may only later develop a thought process that defines to them to leave a job incomplete that they once intended to complete. Distraction has two modes, passive distraction and active distraction to let oneself be distracted is different from findings things to distract oneself. But only marginally!
There is another option ... One may leave a thing incomplete if they realise that completing it would be impossible. It is similar to 'cutting the losses', but not the same.
One example of leaving something incomplete is 'faith' one leaves rational certainty or objective proof and settles for belief. Thus completing the job in a way that is a distraction to the original precept.
Another example is finding the answer to our 'why' type questions. We don't programme people and they do things for a number of reasons, some of them don't make sense, but to get sense out of it may be a lost cause. When that realisation hits, we know that it is time to leave the job of 'making sense' incomplete.
Re: seeing things through till the end?
thanks brother psyah. again a glittering reply of truthful words and wisdom.
fact it is, when it comes to fulfilling, a promise, following through a committment, often people back off as if they were never there to begin with.
making sense is erroneous in itself, perhaps.
cutting the losses may be right.
but deceiving others, is it?
having made peace with it, even when one is wronged..., yet, is that fine to leave it at that?
realization part, makes absolute sense.
best,
Dushwari
Re: seeing things through till the end?
thanks brother psyah. again a glittering reply of truthful words and wisdom. fact it is, when it comes to fulfilling, a promise, following through a committment, often people back off as if they were never there to begin with. making sense is erroneous in itself, perhaps. cutting the losses may be right.
but deceiving others, is it? having made peace with it, even when one is wronged..., yet, is that fine to leave it at that?
realization part, makes absolute sense. best, Dushwari
Peace
Those who leave this world in a state of injustice will receive their justice in the Hereafter. Time heals wounds ... but Akhira well that is in a league of it's own.