Life is a great teacher and we all grow up to know better. Revealing the simple truth isn't possible b e c a u s e there's nothing simple about truth. Revealing your self entirely to another is impossible because there are multiple dimensions to your personality just as there are multiple dimensions of the same reality, looked at from different perspectives. There's a generous you and there's a mean you; you are honest as well as dishonest; creative as well as destructive; calm as well as chaotic. It all depends on the time of the day or who you are interacting with. Were you to reveal all these selves to another, would they not consider you a fit case for multiple personality disorder? And yet, you know you are fine with the way you are because an amalgamation of all these characteristics makes you, YOU -- the entity!
Revealing the entire truth is not even an option because truth, far from being just a binary representation of life, is contextual and multidimensional. Can anybody but Eva Braun understand the Hitler she loved, lived for and died with? And yet, that Hitler was her reality, while the rest of the world's reality was a totally different man! "I've always said that I shan't go on living if anything happens to you. You know that my whole life is loving you," she wrote to the man hated by the entire world!
Being truthful to one another is a complex expression because you are just revealing an aspect of yourself which is true and there are many other aspects. And so, when there is a truth and a falsehood in everything, your reality is the end of the stick you happen to latch on to. Don't we all know people who bring out different perspectives and evoke varied reactions from us? Some make you feel on top of the world; some bring out the worst in you; with some you go all quiet, while others bring out the talker within you. Some leave you stone cold, while others get you red hot! They say there's a sacred space that each of us keeps locked deep within us. The world sees what you choose to reveal. And isn't that a blessing?
Imagine your soul laid out bare for all to see, every thought, every emotion, every idea that flits through you. What a horrifying thought! Today, far from insisting on revealing all, I wouldn't want to peep into another's sacred space either! Call it loss of innocence or a part of growing up, but today I respect the need for a sacred space within that one can withdraw to, gain succour from and always depend upon. As for not knowing everything about friends, acquaintances and loved ones, thank God for that!
8 comments:
Good Shiny.. nice one...!
Njan vijarichathilum thalayund ninakku... :P
Hey thanks bro..nokkette inni alakarra okke enda paryan pokkunne...
Hi Shiny,by reading this post of urs,i guess ur think process is too much philosophy oriented,,its the first time i came to ur blog,,and dont kno when will i visit next time,,i m bookmarking it and try to come back.Tell you how i reached here.On orkut ,in singers community i read ur comment and went to ur profile to see if you have any recorded clips yet.From there i reaced here :)
I m not a passionate reader so havent read ur full post.Bye for now,see you.
hey shiny.. thats very nice thoughts.. yes one hundred percent I agree with ur views.. it has got some philosophical touch to it..
I appreciate it.. u have got the talent, do write more..
Hats off!!
Riyaz...
I read your article. . average, good, best, excellent... take what you want. Whatever, my comment reflects where I am, while your presentation remains what it is. From the view point of an academic leopard, there is philosophy, unique insight and elements of realization. If I was a clinical psychologist I would have said that there is something wrong with you. Truly I appreciate your presentation. Unless so carefully fabricated the text would have been a flop.
You are at the gateway of a crazy mansion. I wish that you read variety books on philosophy and sublime substance. Further try to experience them in your real life. What I say is from my own experience; for five years I was under Dr. Shaml Durvey of Reiki India Research Center (Mumbai). I have done many courses with Art of Living people at Bangalore and had also been through Vipasana exercises. I have lived with many saintly people too. Within 10 years, I might have chewed some 300 serious books related to holistic living. What I could attain is only just an idea of what could be there on the other side. Also I realized that all the learning and logic I could procure has become a wall high block on my way to realization. I am really confused.... Are you too?
Thanks Sir a lot for sharing your views. I am thinking now do I seriously need to consider a psychologist? :P :D Jokes apart, yes I indeed need to know a lot more as learning is a lifelong process :)
Why go for a psychologist? Learn from Nature. This is mundane madness, which only make some sense in subtle world. That clash is natural and will always be there. What I suggest is an intense urge to experience at least glimpses of what you wrote. Learning is always a stumbling block; it makes us a heap of information with the jewel hid deep inside.
Just thought of looking at your latest post. I have always a passion for people with a difference.
Good Read
Post a Comment