BENEATH THE MASK OF EVERYDAY UNIVERSE

BENEATH THE MASK OF EVERYDAY UNIVERSE


Beneath this mask of everyday universe,
There lies a cosmic system, a system
So intricate and complex,
That the mere saying of its name,
Would anger the wise and the scholars.


Beneath this illusionary world,
There lies a unity of purpose,
A clear evident Will
Which is responsible for everything.


Beneath the hustles and bustles of everyday life,
There exists a corner, a corner
Where all life halts
And where every sin forgiven.


Beneath the mask of development and progress,
There lies the face of a greedy man, a man
Who would give away everything
To get what he wants.



Beneath the egos and self beliefs,
There lie men, women and children,
Who wants to be cuddled,
Loved and believed.


Beneath the act of anger and revenge,
There lies an event, an event
Which is triggered by foreign factors
And external circumstance.


Beneath this world of ‘I’ and ‘You’
There exists a world of unified consciousness
And purpose.


Beneath this mask of every day universe,
That’s where true life exists.



-Chirag Jain

ALL OUR LIVES

ALL OUR LIVES


All our lives, we have been convinced
That we are good for nothing,
Mere creepers who walk the land,
Doing nothing and caring about nothing.
We have long been stripped off
From the title of an ‘Individual’
And are now treated as low as a worm.


All our lives, we were held responsible,
For the mistakes that we never commit.
All our lives, we were put into those horrible situations
Because we believed in existentialism.


All our lives, we were laughed at,
Cursed, and became a mere laughter
For all those who didn’t care
A bit about the world.


All our lives, we have been mere servants
To the whims and wishes of the virus
That runs the system.
The system- Our body.



There’s a lot of crap in the air,
And none of it can be cleaned
Without faith –Faith- The only weapon
Against destructive programming.


I need to have my dose of faith,
Where is it, I know not!
I wish I knew, but then knowing
Itself is a wishful act!
Acting is more than just knowing,
It is Active Knowing!


Why have I grown up,
And surrendered to such prejudices?
Well, because of survivalism,
I had to survive,
To minimize the loss,
And to reduce the pain.


-Chirag Jain

Ode to the vagabond II

Unstirred by the rising sun,

Undisturbed by the setting sun,

The vagabond lives a life of fun,

Let his tasks be done or undone.

Unrested he arises from his den

Stirred up by a sudden doze of passion,

His life is run by passion, and passion

Alone, and he is, none, but a passionate man.

Unaware of how his light is spent,

The vagabond wastes no time to lament

Over his deeds, his ideals are those of the saints,

And in his mind, new ideas grow and ferment.

Unstirred, Undisturbed, Unrested and Unaware

The vagabond lives his life, deprived of care.

-Chirag

Ode to Vagabond

This is one of the poems that I have ever written in my lifetime. Through the poem, I intend to put forth a message that the people who stay away from the society (in other words- the vagabonds) have done us more good than harm. In fact, saying that they have done any harm would be extremely wrong. In context to that, every person who doesn't count in as the member of the general mass, people like scientists, doctors, writers, and geeks and nerds come under the category of vagabonds. 


I hope you enjoy the poem!


I 'll be waiting to read your comments on it!

Oh thee! the vagabond,
thy arms pain with carrying the load of the world.
Thy art the reason why man lives
a life of luxury and content.
Thy art the source of inspiration
from where an average man draws his inspiration.
Thy art the fountain of peace, content and happiness
with which an average man floods his household.
Thy art the light of the day
with which an average man finds his way.
Thy art the ocean of ideas and knowledge
from where an average man extracts his supplement of wisdom.
Thy art an integral part of the human social life,
but they art not a part of the human society.

                                                            -Chirag

Think Arete

Today's post is just an introduction to the idea of  "Arete" and its application in today's world.

The idea was extremely popular in the Greek culture; Socrates is attributed as the person who coined the term "Arete".

The idea is about attaining your personal best, all the time! Not now, or then, but all the time! 

The following video may help you to understand the point.

As always, you comments are welcomed. Below the post, you'll see some buttons. (It's a new addition to the blog post. Hope you'll like it! )

Greatness Unrealeased

Today was the last day of exam, I was walking out of the School with full bright. I was happy, and remembering the pain I had to go through during the examination days and hours made me a little bit proud. I looked around, and everyone looked happy. Smile and laughter was falling down their faces as river flows down a hill or a mountain. But, then, my sight was captured by something. I saw two ladies- two ladies, one of them a bit taller than the other, and stooping a bit to balance the weight of a suitcase that both of them were mutually carrying. I looked at them for one more second, and then withdrew my glance. I looked back at me, and saw the only thing that I was carrying was a small box and a few papers. Then, and there I decided that I ought to help the ladies, and decided to walk next to them, and ask if they required any help.

But, then something unprecedented caught up on me, and I walked straight down the street without looking at the ladies at all!!!

Then, after walking for a few couple of seconds, I looked back, and introspected. I then realized that

Man is so fearing that he would give up the act of greatness just in order to not look odd. 


I believe that there's thousands and thousands of people who have not been able to unleash greatness at times when they want to, just because they feared that same bad thing would happen.

I do believe that there's thousands and thousands of arms and legs who are willing to work for the society. But, only a few get to project their willingness.
There's thousands and thousands of willing heart who want to love, but only a fraction of them get to love!

Understanding this Universe.

"We are just a speck in this Universe", a fact which you are all well-versed with, but did you know that the recent breakthroughs in Noetic science, and the evidences of the Law of Attraction, increase our range of activities in the Universe. From the inhabitants of a planet (Earth) that revolves around a very tiny star (Sun), we have become individuals who control the universe by our thoughts.

"Thoughts are things"

Recent breakthroughs in Noetic Science has proved that our thoughts are physical quantities, that is that they have a weight, though very negligible, but it is nevertheless present there. This means that our thoughts exert a force of gravity on its surrounding. But, the real force it exerts is million times powerful that the force it exerts in the form of gravity.


Law of Attraction 


The Basic idea behind this philosophy is that we attract what we think about. ( "Your mind is a powerful magnet which attracts things it thinks about " )


You can find a lot of information about the law of attraction on the Internet, so I would not try to explain it to you with details.


Our mind is a powerful magnet, it attracts things that it thinks about. Your thoughts are a physical thing, they exert a force which is natural and proportional to the intensity of the thoughts.

You have the power to create your own future, and to mend your own destiny !!!

All the best to all those you are thinking of exploiting the power of this law,
Siochi

The True Beauty

What is the nature of True Beauty? Are we biased towards Beauty? What is the difference between True Beauty and looking pretty? Is a good soul an essential of True Beauty? 


These are some of the questions that I have been asking myself during my Introspection Hour.

And these are some of the solutions that I found for the questions.

1.                  True Beauty is something that pleases anyone who perceives it. True Beauty is exuded not only in the visual realm as in looking pretty or wearing a good dress, but also in the auditory realm as in possessing a good intelligible voice, in kinesthetic realm as in defined by the smoothness of skin, and the softness of hand (you may have different criteria of your own), and in olfactory realm as in wearing a good perfume or so. 

2.                   Of course, we are. In the present world, we are more biased towards Visual beauty, than any other forms of beauty (Remember, beauty is a combination of Kinesthetic, auditory, and olfactory factors). Beauty is a kind of like a credit to anyone who possess it. And why shouldn't it be? The person who possesses beauty is pleasing the perceiver with it, and thus, in return the perceiver bestows favors on the person. It isn't unfair, is it? 

3.                   Just as I mentioned in the above paragraph that True Beauty is the combination of several beauty at the same time. Looking pretty which is equivalent to visual beauty is just a part of True beauty.

4.                   Good soul is not the essential of True beauty. (Shocked!!! Read the whole paragraph to get the total meaning of the sentence). A soul is a combination of beliefs, ideologies, and philosophies. A good soul, thus, is something that is made up of good beliefs, ideologies, and good philosophies. But, as time has again and again taught us that belief, ideology, and philosophy are not physical things, and they change with time and perception. So, what is considered good at some time might not be considered the same after some time, or if looked at it from a different frame of reference. True beauty is all about having an inquisitive desire to know what is good at the current situation and frame of reference and to base all your actions on the new found definition of good. 

This was my interpretation of True Beauty. If you have any doubts, or question, please leave them in the comment box just below the article. 

Thank you for being with me,

Siochi