659. Having Hindsight for a better Foresight with Insight…….

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A lion has a habit of looking back after strolling some distance to examine what is happening around. This is called Simhavalokana, which means to get an access of what has happened behind. This can be referred to as hindsight which allows us to reflect on what has happened and analyze how things have shaped up and get an experience to better our position in the future.

To have hindsight does not mean one can go back and change the past, but it can help our foresight. There is a benefit in looking back into the past as it might help us to deal with a similar situation a little better, if in future we are confronted with a similar situation. Hindsight is to have a vital reflection on our experiences in order to put together knowledge gained from the experience with knowledge we already have and come out with a foresight that allows us to prepare for a challenge in the future.

Looking back also should not make us brood over the past actions it should only educate our thinking by the results of actions. Then the hindsight and experience got from it will give the foresight a capacity to sense and avoid risks, gauge the consequences of action and imagine a preferred future. Foresight is linked to cognitive upgrading, but it has to have the aid of insight. Insight functions in the present and is instantaneous. It is not related to time as it is a pointer dangling in-between the past and the future. Insight is a point of transformation to one who has the hindsight of the past and foresight of the future and at the same time is completely attentive of the present.

Insight is a vision with a transfer point between hindsight and foresight. It is neither hindsight nor foresight, nevertheless it is of both. If the two ends of the plank of a see saw are the hindsight and foresight the fulcrum is the insight. The fulcrum being the mid point it is easy for hindsight and foresight to transfer their might between one another. This point is very vital as it is the support of the two ends of the plank because it is the spot which does not belong to either side and at the same time does belong to both. What one did at this point of insight is the past and what one is going to do here at this point of insight establish the future.

Therefore the balance of the hindsight and foresight with the insight make it necessary for a smooth future. Just as a simple plank gets transformed into a see saw when a fulcrum is attached to it and make it an exciting playing apparatus so does the insight transform our lives when we use it along with hindsight and foresight.

The setback is that while some give more thought to the hindsight, other are more inclined to the foresight. If we live for the present and understand that there is no use worrying about our past alone or bothering about our future alone we will have lived a peaceful life. There has to be insight to use the experience of the past so that it would help us to experiment the present and obtain the expected future......What Say????