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Fight or Flight?

A young man trying hard to fight Fellow's congruous slight, Weighing numerous effusions, Decides the right Remebering what folks once affirmed: "The right to fight" Pondering, can any fight be justified? Waits, till it fades away, every night Morning come and feeling's aright, And then; back to the fight.

That's Love too.

What is love to an average human mind and heart? First things first, whenever love is concerned, every mind and heart notches down to the average regime only. So taking this assumption into consideration proposed by the author, who is one among the many self-confessed blokes of average mind and heart for the obvious after effect of being in love, let’s try to sketch the answers to this primordial query in a simpler way. Love – Liking Love – Waiting Love – Wanting Love – Expressions Love – More and more and more… Love – Temporary madness Love – Future gazing Love – Retrospection Love – Scope for improvement Love – Subtle changes (well, not that subtle after all) Love – Swinging between lack of and excess of concentration Love – Priorities Love – Loneliness Love – Togetherness Love – Smiling for no reason Love – Sudden attack of sadness Love – Fear of loss Love – Sense of belonging Love – ... The list goes on... One thing is for certain, any number of the above state do sneak into every ...

Why was he Christ?

Sarangi, Abinash says: Philosophy like a fingerprint is the only attribute which is unique to a person" Pant, Shailesh says: guddddddd 1 Pant, Shailesh says: really gud 1... Pant, Shailesh says: its sort of a spiritual fingerprint... Pant, Shailesh says: very unique to soul.... But... hang on a minute... Pant, Shailesh says: if there is only ONE God, n v r the perceptual manifestation of the same ONE, how can there be different spiritual fingerprints... i.e. different philosophies... Sarangi, Abinash says: Let me give an analogy for it.. Pant, Shailesh says: thts bring to the conclusion tht for gud there is only one philosophy underneath all the seemingly varied expressions... n tht i thinkg is LOVE... Sarangi, Abinash says: Like all the fingers are part of the same hand or same body for that matter but all the fingers are of different sizes and finger prints... Sarangi, Abinash says: Still they origin from the same source bodya nd same main trunk Pant, Shailesh says: i guess tht...

Hashing Out People

Why do people discuss people? Is it just for the kick one gets out of discussing the qualities one possess or, well, as it is most of the times, lacks? Most of you will confer. Pardon me, I prefer to differ. In any pure discussion pertaining to people, there is a subtle thread associated with the concerns or care one has for the individual under the lens. If you start digging deeper, in any constructive people discussion , the web of despair, which seems to be called in because you are frustrated or hurt by something they did, is closely knit with a genuine welfare and liking for the individual on the table. To the people discussing, the person being discussed seems to be going away, you fear losing them. It's not just that the venting up of one's anger or frustration is the goal, as it is in most of the discussions; no, there is more than meets the eye in an unbiased hashing out. You actually love those people, which, to me, seems to grow as you go on discussing. Though i mig...

Maya is not Illusion

For as long as i have been in contact with the Oriental philosophy, the one concept that has baffled me the most is the concept called Maya When i first came in contact with the works and teachings of Vivekananda, which was around 13 years back, the same concept and its very succinct allegorical commentary given by the Swami left me with many sleepless nights. But the shortcoming was in my understanding, not his commentary. As I was mentioning the same to my close friend Abi the other day : "Swami's words are like words of an NCERT book, you need a guide to make the meaning lucid". The same guide dawned to me in forms of the following excerpt from an enlightening work of truthful art called "The Voice of Baba ji" . I am here by quoting them as is for others to experience. "The world of maya , when analyzed resolves itself into names, and forms, nama rupa . It is a combination of the three categories desa, kala and nimmita , space, time and cause, which ar...

Love's Loquacity Lost !!!

Never give out your password or credit card number in an instant message conversation. Pant, Shailesh says: "True love never can be rent, but only true love can keep beauty innocent. You can run from love, and if it's really love it will find you, catch you by the heel, but you can't be numb for love. How can I hurt when I'm holding you? The soul needs beauty for a soulmate. When the soul wants, the soul waits...for love and sex and faith and fear." U2 Pant, Shailesh says: this one.. said by U2... bono... the irisih singer Sarangi, Abinash says: love can keep beauty innocent Sarangi, Abinash says: mEANS Sarangi, Abinash says: bEAUTY IS GUILTY WITH OUT IT Pant, Shailesh says: ha ha... Pant, Shailesh says: Pant, Shailesh says: or may be.... the Guilt creeps into beauty without Love... Pant, Shailesh says: i mean ... wht gud is a beautiful rose when the island is marooned and no one's there to appreciate its beauty... Sarangi, Abinash says: Correct Pant, Shail...

न पूछ

फिक्र ऐ तन्हाई का आलम न पूछ खयाल ऐ रक्स का मंजर न पूछ क्यों कर होता है शमा पे परवाना िफदा ख्वार की मदहोशी का मकसद न पूछ हसरतों मैं डूबी उसकी नीगIहों की कसम मेरी जुर्रत ऐ बगावत का जरया न पूछ उसके िदल पे हक है कीसी और जाल्म का इस जाल्म पे बरपे कहर का दायरा न पूछ

नग्मा-ऐ-इश्क

जो भी ग़म गुसार बन के आता है िदल के ज़ख्म को और गह्रा कर जाता है नग्मा-ऐ-इश्क धुंधला पड़ जाता है हर ख्वाब अधूरा रह जाता है जीने की तमन्ना मैं 'ंपिंॅडत' जेये जाता है उस कािफर का खून-ऐ-जीगर क्यों नहीं पाता है तगाफुल करके उसका क्या जाता है बस ग़म-ऐ-इश्क और बडा जाता है नफज़ दर नफज़ जूनून उबल जाता है वहशत की हद लांघना चाहता है ज़मीर पर िफर एक खेल खेल जाता है उसका नग्मा-ऐ-इश्क याद करा जाता है

The Key is in 'Being'

Don't try, just be ... Don't try to be happy, Just BE . Don't try to be helpful, Just BE . Don't try to be caring, Just BE . Don't try to be genuine, Just BE . Don't try to be truthful, Just BE . Don't try to be desirable, Just BE . Don't try to be the solution, Just BE . Don't try to be your self, Just BE . Even for and after all this, don't try too hard, Just BE .

When will it stop???

This hankering, this meandering seeking, this ephemeral yet seemingly eternal longing for that "some thing" or "some one" which shall put me into peace with myself.. the sense of completion that will leave me wanting for more of the heavenly nectar which is proclaimed to be not so impossible or improbable to receive... the wait for the answer for the wait that is promised to be finally answered... ...when will it stop???

Is it worth tagging FIRST???

Benjamin Disraeli once said “The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end." . I can’t agree with him more, considering the fact that the emotional flow is so damn hard to get over that one starts feeling completely paralyzed by it, at least the logic is paralyzed. Now couple it with a lot of dreams one builds on the shoulders of the success of their so called first love, intoxicate it with the seeming impossibility to the one in love that it can’t be fulfilled in any other way or even by other person; Result: - The person becomes so dependent on one individual that his/her individuality seems to be merging with the beloved. On surface it seems a very romantic and very real thing, deep down it means plain old dependency . The ancient Indian philosophy’s single and consummate concept of non-attachment doesn’t mean not to love someone or something, for that matter, as it is generally misinterpreted. It actually means love something or someone whole heartedly, ...