Nirvana: the highest state of consciousness, in which the soul is freed from all desires and attachments according to Buddhism.
There's this emotion, or, rather, lack of emotion; it's called apathy. Not to be mistaken for empathy, mind you; they are two very different things. Empathy is like strong feelings of compassion and care for the pains of things around you, a sense of putting yourself in their shoes and experiencing as they are but through feeling. Apathy is entirely the opposite. Apathy is the complete lack of care, motivation, desire. It is the rhetorical "WHY?" asked after any means of mundanity, monotony, morality, melancholy, mutiny, that only makes us further question the purpose for anything.
And it is not as uncommon as it may seem.
Back to Nirvana: synonymous with moksha. Moksha is "the transcendent state attained as a result of being released from the cycle of rebirth" in Hinduism and Jainism. The "cycle of rebirth" could also be looked at as the usual day-to-day problems and activities of today, and a break from the weight of them could be considered some state of "apathy."
In today's world, however, Nirvana is quite often associated with the definition "a state of perfect happiness; an ideal or idyllic place." Perhaps humankind would be happier if we learned not to care; Homo sapiens less worrisome and complicated if responsibility could be met and not questioned; People more like level-headed and inexpressive spirits than inconsistent and emotional beings.
But that is just observation.
The fine line between compassion and emotion, Nirvana and apathy-- that's what it is, a line, and a line can be crossed; And do we want to cross it?
Because life is solely made up of little choices, small variations, slight definitives, minuscule hormones and brain waves, and a common denominator.
Do not become so apathetic as to ask and forget Why.
