“Not being loved is never a problem as much as not being able to love. And when you are able to love, nothing is a problem.”
“So much unrest in Nature and humans — earthquakes, tsunamis, tornados, emotions and feelings.”
“Death is never ever a problem because if you are really dead, it means you are not there to think ‘Oh my God, how terrible that I am dead’.” And, if after death, one is reborn, then it means there is no such thing as death. Real death is the death of the ego, after which the false-I dies ending false identity of self with the body.”
“My idea of happiness: being able to afford food, clothing, shelter, books and music through doing work that I love doing that also leaves me enough leisure to spend reading books and listening to music.”
“All identities distort one’s perception of the Truth.”
“If God said to you, ‘Look, guy, you know better about human beings than I do since you have lived as one. Hence, I want to give you all the powers to create the world anew as you see best to improve on the current version’. If so, what sort of world would you like to create and justify why that is a better world and how such a world is possible to bring about without any inherent contradictions. Think deep and answer.”
Being Human
In completely accepting
My human nature
With all its fallibility
With all its imperfections
With all its short-sightedness
With all its vulnerabilities
With all its suffering
With all its trifling joys
Uncomplainingly, smilingly
Unaspiring for anything beyond
Lies one route to peace and salvation
That no religion can fathom.
Smiling and Sighing
There’s not much in life
That holds my interest
I can only smile and sigh
At how serious all are
About life and its prospects
Every night, we die
What else is sleep
I can only smile and sigh
At how serious all are
About death and its avoidance.
Nothing Beyond Silence
No, don’t come crying to me
My shoulder is not for you to lean on
Dance if you will to your heart’s tune
I will not be led by its song
I keep pace
Only to my intellect
That can see across all time
Verily into eternity itself
When such a vision is had
The heart, the feelings and the tears
Hold no meaning whatsoever
As for empathy and compassion
All one can do is be silent
And let time lead the sufferer
To see through the illusion.
Smiling At My Emotions
No more, no, no more shall I be led
By my heart that is oh so needy
‘Tis to the intellect
That I will ever lend my ear
Feelings and emotions lead astray
Leading you up the garden path
Only pure thinking and intellection
Can light up the path ahead
No more, no, no more shall I be led
By either my emotions or those of others.
The Heart’s Despair
Eyes still look at what’s in front
But my heart casts a backward glance
Into the distant past with things rosier
Time had not taken a toll on the body
Mind could still envision a future
Now all that’s left are memories
That pour salt into my wounded heart
And life leaks away without a stop.
Am I Hard-hearted?
Many cried when my father died
I did not shed a tear then
Many cried when my mother died
I did not shed a tear then
Many cried when my brother-in-law died
I did not shed a tear then
I asked a couple of friends today half-jocularly
If, hence, I was hard-hearted
To my surprise, they agreed
That, too, without even a second’s hesitation
Still, I could not but be amused
And said maybe, “I am a rock”
As Simon & Garfunkel sing so well
And told them I will share the lyrics
One friend said I was “comfortably numb”
A la Pink Floyd’s song
Coz given my own suffering
I had very little energy left
To reach out to or comfort another
I cannot but wonder if they are right
Though I am more inclined to think
Sam ko samajhna mushkil hee nahi
Naa mumkin hai
But hey maybe they will smile at that
Because they did allude to narcissism
Whatever be the case
I have not shed a tear
Amidst all this thinking.
Know Thyself 