In general if a person respond to an event or an
incidence in a most responsible and adaptable manner he is considered to be a
mature individual. The maturity of an individual that is visible through bodily
growth does not account him to be matured unless he is mature in mind. Yes,
scientifically one is matured when he or she reaches the age of puberty but
then it is hard to know if they have mentally matured.
What is being mentally matured???
Maturity is a complicated notion it modifies too
often for those who are adaptive and at the same time remains the same for
those who are less adaptive and cognizant of the circumstantial changes. There
are times when we have thought that we are mature enough to take decisions and
at times found that our decisions were wrong. If one thinks deep there are so
many times that our decisions have gone wrong and we have repented that the
decision we took was not correct.
If we were matured then, why did our decision go
wrong in the first place???
Answer is very simple; we were not matured enough
for the decision at that particular time, and were not aware of the matter at
that point in time. And after our decision failed to yield the required results
and if we are in a position to adapt to the changes, we are now more matured
than what we were at the time of taking the decision. Right???
Unfortunately our misconception is that maturity
grows by age but in reality maturity comes with experience. There was a belief
in ancient times that the elderly person was more matured than the young, but
now the scenario is that young are regarded more matured than the elders since
they are acquainted to the world more. The more exposure to the world could get
them more information but for a person to be matured he has to get it by
experience. Hence in olden days the young King had an able minister who was old
and experienced man.
Having said that, if maturity is got from experience
is it right to say learn from the mistake and thus become more mature???
Life is indeed very short and we cannot afford to
learn from the mistake committed by us so it is wise to become more mature by
learning from the mistakes other people make also. When a person with burned
fingers say that fire burn your fingers, it is wise to heed his advice not to
find out really if that happens. We have not that much time and in fact there
are so many sources to get experience and become matured by reading and knowing
from good books.
Our ancient thought is that of a Rishi who would
have documented the words of wise and poured out his experience in the way of
scriptures. These scriptures do not only talk of Absolute and the cosmos but
also gives us the knowledge on how to live a Blissful life. Complete maturity
is something that is an unachievable concept. As maturity is experience
oriented growth it is an infinite phenomenon, hence it is incomplete. For a
person in material world it is an impossible task, but if one is on spiritual
track this is something that can be defined.
Our Upanishads proclaims,
“Brahmavid Brahamaiva Bhavati” the knower of Brahman becomes Brahman himself. A
person who has experienced Brahman is a completely matured one.
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