I am generally not a big
fan of Javed Akhtar. (Especially after his unwarranted show of pigheadedness
during a discussion with Sadhguru). But I think he nailed it when he wrote
those poems for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.
This particular one
resonated with me for obvious reasons that I was feeling very very lonely
during this Diwali.
The moment seems to
flow like a molten sapphire and there’s deep blue silence,
Neither there is earth below, nor sky above,
The rustling branches, leaves are saying that only you are here,
Only me, my breath and my heartbeat,
Such deepness, such loneliness and me…only me,
It all makes me believe in my existence.
Neither there is earth below, nor sky above,
The rustling branches, leaves are saying that only you are here,
Only me, my breath and my heartbeat,
Such deepness, such loneliness and me…only me,
It all makes me believe in my existence.
It is indeed embarrassing to
admit that in this world full of life and color, one does indeed feel lonely.
That one has the need to seek the comfort and solace of somebody whom you can call
your own. Sometimes seething misguided anger ensues.
I have been struggling with this
for some time now because I really have no idea of how to deal with it. The
uniqueness of my situation (me being a teacher out in the concrete wild) has restrained
how I can deal with this.
After the seething anger comes
helplessness.
And of course you try to avoid all
this by feverish activity..
It was in the midst of such mind-numbing
activity, I discovered this piece.
I usually try to avoid reading spiritual literature. But I stumbled upon this
during my EMedia research and the simplicity of it all sliced through me like a
literal Occam ’s razor.
Suddenly the loneliness, embarrassment, anger and the helplessness disappeared
and in its place stood a delicate flame of gratitude.
Gosh, am I looking
forward to my Guru Pooja tomorrow??
P.S: If you have come this far and you have no idea what i am talking about. Fear not. Just watch this.
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