Archive for January, 2008

The Inevitable!!

January 24, 2008 at 3:25 pm · Filed under Life ·Tagged

Sorrow grips every hour of our existence. Hurdles and unforeseen circumstances raise their ugly heads at every endeavor we pursue and to add insult to injury there comes the ever so cumbersome dilemma of controlling emotions. A mere visage of practicality, a facade of normalcy envelops us throughout our turmoil. Its like a mask that we unwillingly wear to fit in the the so called compassionate society. The unscrupulous  dynamic environment in which we survive like a pact, in-fact it is an alien world to us. A realm of reality which does not make any sense to those, who have seen life at the other end of the coin. A fictitious world of Eden, where every joyous moment is an illusion, a mirage, constructed for the sole purpose of testing an individuals load capacity, or to be precise and in laymen terms; to test how far a person can be bent, broken and battered till he breaks.

One certain aspect of life that does not seem to fit in the picture of existence is the resilience of the human spirit. How some people, even after enduring a living hell, still manage to survive, and like a boxing bag, are willing to take more hits, knowing that they can do nothing about it. However, come to think of it, what is the meaning of such a life, which is defined and punctuated by pain, chaos and suffering? A person who has gone through life in a way, which is so utterly grotesque should jst give up on it and finally find a place where he can rest in peace. It  is my belief that this kind of thinking though may be perceived as pessimistic or even down right cowardly, there is absolutely no courage or an ounce of heroism for people who think, that they can take whatever life has to throw at them and then live to tell tales about it, and in the due course garner sympathy from the audience.

The path of a meaningful existence is to see the events through  prism of reality, accept the truth of it and find a way to mark an end to whatever wrong is happening in one’s life, even if those steps lead to one’s end of his life.

Finding solutions no matter how extreme they may be, is not an act of cowardice, but its the right and the most practical way to approach the one element which people like us are most lookng for……… and that is “PEACE”!!!.

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Love- The Eternal Illusion!!

January 15, 2008 at 3:14 pm · Filed under Life

Love; as defined in the dictionary is “a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.” so being the case, what is still unclear is, if Love is so clearly defined and understood by the human intellect, then how is it that at the precise moment of reality, when everything hangs in the balance of one person’s acceptance or denial; honesty or infidelity, is the exact time when that special someone chooses to throw away the intricately designed definition of love and just simply walks away and takes the path that chooses her best. Taking this very argument as a hypothesis, the final and the most vital questions baffles me, and this question being; “Is love meant only for individuals who have a choice, who can make decisions as they seem fit?”


In the event, that someone does come up with an answer to the above-mentioned question, a secondary question that would certainly by every logical reason will be asked, and that question according to me would be the most fitting to almost every individual burnt in love.

 
Q: What is the option for the people who are truly and madly in love with someone, and have no room for choice or to create options. What is to become of such souls?

 Ans: Looking back to various situations that I have come across, personally or relevant case studies (examples from my social circle), I have come to a deduction, that, people who have an absolute faith in love and who are truly committed to this phenomenon, are the ones who are at the top the threat level of being hurt, and in some cases, this pain or this kind of an emotional hit can at times be fatal. However, there are people, who in-spite of having the knowledge of the hazards of love, still keep an optimistic outlook and implement a bold approach to in pursuing their sole personal goal of acquiring love.

Unfortunately, the concept of choice or option becomes invalid, the very moment a person falls in love. It so happens, that Love becomes the Morphine, for that individual’s pain of loneliness and for that amount of time, till this sedative runs in his system, the entire world seems to become a paradise, his own personal Garden of Eden”. And when this morphine induced dream comes to end, i.e. when his so to speak “Soul mate” decides to part her ways, due to her lack of understanding of his sentiments, is the exact moment, when he comes face to face with the bitter truth of life and is forced to ask the above mentioned question.

We all need love, all livings beings from the flora and fauna to the Homo sapiens. There is a constant struggle to make the heads and tails of our existence, and it is during this self-exploration, that we come along this subtle emotion of Love and thus, fool ourselves in believing that, it is the one threshold, which when achieved, will set us free, and finally in our long struggle with our existence, Love will attain us Nirvana.

 
How unfortunate, that after billions of years of evolution, we still haven’t been able to differentiate between the road to Salvation and the road to Hell!!

 

 

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Bowels of Torment

January 14, 2008 at 1:15 pm · Filed under Life

A constant struggle to make sense of all that is happening around us, is what we can cynically call “Life”. To this date, no one (and I stress on the ‘no one’ part) has been able to figure out as to what the purpose of our existence is. We try to find meaning, a sense of completion by acting in the most humane manner possible, dying to make the best of our lives and yet, somewhere in this struggle, individualism prevails, thus negating the whole concept of life.

To take life as a blessing for some, is metaphorically benign and quite easy, without the realization of the fact, that, almost out of 100 individuals, 90 to 95 people consider their lives to be nothing but a burden, which they unwillingly have to endure, for the sole reason of establishing their existence. At the end of the day, after all is said and done, the moment of truth slams right in our faces and the reality of life veers its ugly head, unraveling a venom, an extremely slow acting poison, which literally feeds on our hopes and aspirations. This poison is instilled in most of the humans’ “destiny” where it waits and lingers in the deepest fathoms of our worst nightmares, and like a vicious predator pounces upon us, at the time, when everything seems to be picture perfect, at the peak of our “happy times”. To what extent can this sort of a strike go to, is incomprehensible, as different people suffer different sorts of blows, yet one substance remains constant, and that is, the sheer amount of pain, agony and misery that an individual go through for the rest of his life.

To the majority, such type of thinking may be obvious as a pessimistic outlook towards life, but considering the complexities that may be engraved in his/her life, who has been literally through hell and back, and yet circumstances keep pulling him down, has to be taken into account, and if not necessarily been sympathized with the individual, the majority should always have an open mind, about his thinking and try to cajole with him, and must at least take steps to try to understand his perspective.

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