The notion of change and changelessness

Abstract

Changes happen in one’s personal, professional and social lives all the time. Yet everyone avoids facing this reality and gets affected by it, sometimes badly. At a personal level, for a vast majority of us, change has a very adverse effect and we go through an unpleasant situation for a period of time. In some extreme cases, the effect is felt for a very long period. While this is a universal rule, what differs is only the degree to which the changes affect us. Consider several things that happen to us as individuals where changes can affect us often adversely. For example, losing a job or denial of a promotion is an event that brings changes in our life and affects us to an extent. The passing away of elders and parents brings unpleasant experiences to us on account of the changed reality. Youngsters sometimes deny newer opportunities for working because the place is very unfamiliar to them. They feel that it is a cultural shock and too much of change that they cannot bear. Marriage is a big change in every individual’s life as it puts them into new ways of carrying out the day?to?day life...........................