Who Needs a Time Machine!

As an avid Discovery channel fan I was very impressed by their documentary on Time Machines and how many renowned scientists had dedicated all their time and energy into finding a way to travel back into the sands of time. I was enthralled at the very idea of it and how something as abstract as that could have a real world manifestation ever. I was 15. It took just a few more years to understand that abstraction lies at the very root of manifestation; like many things in nature; from where we derive inspiration more often than seldom.

However exciting as it might be, I think we never really would invent a time machine, we might just extend it, for the real time-machine is already there with us.. our brains, memories, conscious learning..arent they just the several elements of a process which we r trying so hard to achieve in the physical world.

This intrinsic time machine is capable of so much more than its outline image still in gestation. Given a certain degree of activity or the absence of it, this mind machine can take you back as long as it’s relevant to your cause. It can show you insights that you had missed while u were in it and bring you back to this date with either a lesson to learn or a wish fulfilled.

We have an innate sense of being the special child of God and often term our life experiences special too. But on taking a bird’s eye view it is known that be it the good and exuberant times to harrowing hardships we all have a story which follows a theme echoing the spirit of the universe and existence. For us to want to go back in time and watch and learn from the past of others, the opportunity has existed forever. An extrapolation free of any exaggeration of our life experiences or that of the people around us at present will give us all the supplements to satiate the inquisitiveness and wisdom which at some point has defined us of who we are.

Like several fallouts discussed for a real world time machine, it isn’t difficult to see some in the one that we possess. Its vicious on certain occasions and has a glitch for people without a strong heart. It doesn’t allow a journey back safe for a person who has left a part of himself behind in his past. It will function as erratically as your emotions since its fuel comes from the energy interference of the conscious and the subconscious mind, which whether we accept or not are driven by emotions more so than pure Boolean logic.

All this cannot restrain us from exploring it and using it in sync with the songs of the universe., or from humongous wisdom that God sows as bamboo seeds in the path of our lives. The journey within will take us where we will defeat our monsters and find our very own Frabjous day.

Did u breathe today?

Bangalore weather is very temperamental. From a rather sunny day you would find yourself standing in the middle of a downpour or a drizzle descending straight from the skies. Sitting in our gray and cream colored cubicles we hardly get any time or give any of our attention to something so commonplace and redundant. Morning 8 and evening 6 is the only time we would care to reach out and stare at the blue infinity like we use to as a kid; although then it was much more selfless.

The omnipresent tide of drifting away from elements in our lives that bring us relief, joy or calmness sweeps away not only the innocence of our existence but also pushes us into a corner of vulnerability when realization or plain boredom dawns upon us. Our days full of pretense, our nights filled with indifference and introspection, we sail with the wild winds unknowing of our destination or purpose. Yes we call it growing up and embracing the harsh realities our circumstances inflict us with, but aren’t we leaving behind our real happiness, giving up on the pursuit all together?

Look around and we’ll find all that we need to heal, to be happy or even learn important lessons for our lives. The girl with a chipped tooth carrying her sibling to the common water tap; the autistic son of a family of 5 living out of a single room house filled with the fragrance of morning prayers; that vegetable seller tugging his meager stock on a barrow in front of a large retail store; its weird but we would feel better at least , by an ounce. We’ll know our gods contrast pleasant breezes with heavy turbulences in our lives. All we can do is stop just for a second and breathe, breathe deep and feel gratitude.

-Kuhu

In Pain and Afloat

Pain is a popular feeling, because no matter how deprived we might be in certain aspects we are never deprived of this one elemental force. It has manifestations that have astounded mankind for centuries. May it be in the form of a musical symphony, a stroke of an amateur brush or the crudeness of physical hurt, we all have learnt this language.

You and I take it in different ways. Sometimes with a pinch of salt, sometimes as a hard lesson and sometimes a reason to challenge ourselves, our faith. We also reflect it without, in many ways…tears, anguish, anger, vengeance, helpless acceptance and many more…

The essence of pain lies in developing comfort with it. I don’t intend to ask people to be “in pain” but rather grow alongside with a sense of comfort and forgiveness. Our bodies do the same with physical pain, but our brains, our hearts are naïve to the idea ..They need our help through a higher conscious evolution.

I somehow believe that experiencing pain makes you capable of giving. And that I have found as rarest of the inculcated human attributes.

We might not be the ones forgetting or forgiving it to have caused such a transformation but we know somewhere down the line this ugly friend will keep us safe and warm when another strong wave strikes the shore of our lives….

-Kuhu

INDECISION

Like any computer-net addict, I looked it up on Google. ‘ A wavering between two or more possible courses of action’ , irresolution…Synonyms: Hesitance, wobbling… and more words followed, that perfectly describe infinite moments/instances in our lives where we are not only lost but quite habituated to the feeling.

But if we take a closer look at ‘Indecision’ we would certainly know that it cannot be classified as Black or White. Its Grey.

Indecision (when taken in prescribed proportions :) ) )helps us look at things in more perspectives than one; understand the dynamics of our future choices, Past lessons and what we are capable of Today. It is a necessary step in Decision Making. May it be about wearing the right outfit to office or undergo a huge paradigm shift professionally or personally. It does make our brains to sprint; our hearts to race.

However indecision is a step which is not linear but spiral. If you seek comfort in this emotion (yes I would count it as an emotion) it surrounds you and like a good piece of music takes over your logical self. Encapsulating you in a world where decision making moves farther away; it defeats its own purpose and reason for existence. Like many universal ironies.

If one delves deeper, we would come to realize that the power to Reason manifests itself not only in the form of intelligence, logic and pragmatism but also in the step-child forms like indecision, confusion and frustration. The power to reason lets us accept and simultaneously reject the various aspects it encompasses.

We are all, however a victim of the complete package.

-Kuhu