Thursday, September 14, 2006

The fall into our heart

He was still falling, facing the firmament above, with the advices about the Swami still lingering in the back of his mind. They, the society, were creating a racket about those protracted journeys of endurance that Swami went through to attain the state of definitive knowledge. He expected the halo of awareness that was possessed by the Swami to change his world over. But he was helpless, he was diminishing everyday.

It seems like a long time since he enthused away from his world. He seemed to be isolated into an act, with hardly any streak of light around. He could hear the movements around him – the sense of breath and anxiety that spread. The vicious sorrow that surrounded him seems to have gradually sunk into the environment. The dear ones realized it and have moved into the reality of day to day life. Life started moving on, and he still tried to spread his age old graceful self, but he was miserable, the descend never stopped. Then, as it was destined, days after he met Swami, he decided to do exactly what he was supposed to do.

He went back to those early days…His mind was nomadic….It moved across those blue oceans and hopped on to relish those green meadows. It played with the white snow and walked beneath the calm silence of the palm trees. It ran through the heights of the tallest peak, and it was there – capturing the essence of life. Yes, his mind was at its zenith, its best. But all of that eternal luminosity was suddenly blinded by that deep plunge into the gorges. He knew he dived into that…So much was the temptation. He was pulled in by his craving. It’s not fair, because he knew his mind swept itself to unknown territories. Still, he was sucked in by the vacuum. He has been falling deep down for years now – and the worst part is, he is not over yet. He tried holding on to those hands trying to save him, but in vain. He seemed to be trenching into a journey of his own…He started to think that he liked where he was going, but those around him did not. He tried to escape, but the attempts were rendered futile. Suddenly, It grabbed him…Swami’s hands were neat. They tried to inject that passion to move ahead. At least in a direction that everyone around him thought was forward. Swami was ever smiling, with that narrow of sense of guilty tenacity around his smile. He could feel strength emanating from the hand that held him. Swami’s hands were guiding him. Swami’s voice filled his psyche – ‘Bury your past. Gaze only at the future.’









He started packing. He started searching his brains. He picked out those spots, those binary chips that held his memories. He started piling them into that black box. It was tough. There was too much of data he had to scrape through. But he knew his life. He had his memories, which always cheered him up, which made him smile, and which made him dive into that deep valley of unknown. He packed them all. With his new felt energy, he started digging deep in the soil. He pushed that black box into that hole in the hot core of earth, and closed it. His heart felt lighter. He started to float around. There were claps all around, the society around him applauded as he became a new being. He felt elated. Swami was great – Swami managed to hold on to him, and make him divert the journey to a better path. They all were so right, everything felt so much in place.

As he started to walk back, he noticed that his foot imprints were no longer binding on that moist beach. His evening shadows seemed to be missing, and he saw that he no longer cast any physical attributes. He felt disturbed. He jumped head first into the rocks, but there was no pain. He was not himself. He saw that his individuality has been robbed. He transformed into a walking ghost with his identity buried. He could not stand it anymore. The pain was unbearable. He ran back to that hole and started digging….he was very far, but still….

It might be late, but he was sure…Contrary to what they say, it’s not about burying your past, it’s more about building on your history. He decided to persist his fall into that spacious and green valley which made his dream. He ignored the loathe of society. He kept on digging. He thought he saw Swami's hands burning in that heat. He kept excavating deeper. He needed to liberate his memories and be gratis. He wanted to drop free. Into the nadir…into those remote trenches. Again....Yet again…He wanted to fall into his heart....

7 comments:

neermathalam said...

Rich dreams......


Is it that I can't make enough money
So I altogether hate making money ?
I was told to save money from childhood

But I found it fails to quench my thirst
This world advised me to invest.I listened..
I took debts from my dreams to invest.

When I grew, I had to invest on relations
But my dreams went away with my 'visapower'
When I was about to selloff my leftover dreams..

When I was getting ready to 'baptise' me again
When I was rebranding myself with the crowd
My investments came and whispered in my ears

"This is the payback phase.. We are back for you"
As my middle class ego still alive..I..
I feel a little guilty when money chases me.

As I decided earlier I did sell my dreams
As I did it through barter system,I got
new dreams to live for..Am I dreaming too much ??

Abhi i wrote this poem wayback...i feel your present emotions echo with the frame of mind I had at that time.For you it is memories for me it was dreams.

Your post i cud'nt understand it completely....Do you want to convey losing memories..will make you lose your individuality.
I personally feel that memories are just a consituent part of our individuality.Our priorities,our present preoccupations..etc also are equal satke holders...
We humans are always resistant to change.We feel that the system need to change..for us.Unknowingly we try to act as if we are the change agents.But sometimes we forget the fact that we are the ones who need to change.And memories are the big baggeges which increase our moment of inertia and prevent us from a change.I do agree with your concept of falling into your heart,But today what you call your heart may be your brain tommorrow...

and the post is beautiful...as usual didnt resonate with my state of mind..doesnt make it a difficult read at all...:)...
SORRY FOR EATING UP THIS MUCH SPACE..

Krishnan said...

You CANNOT tell your mind what to think. Not directly anyways. Very few people know how to stop their minds. Those who know, wont tell. And those who tell, dont know :-)
Others, who dont have a clue whats happening, write Blogs title 'I want out' :-)

Ramki said...

Actually entha sambhavam!!!!!!!!!!

I just tried reading the contents as a story w/o trying to think too much into the individual aspects....Just felt that this mite partially be a reflection your experiences/thoughts rather than a mere story as such...

Manasse enna mayayil ninnum raksha nedunnathe kastam thanne sakhave....

Dhanush | ധനുഷ് said...

Yentharo yentho enikkonnum manasilayilla.. But I feel you are getting bored. Come Back. Bangalore is missing you. :) Seriously da there is no fun without you here. No Movies, No Chalus for a long time :(

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N most importantly, 2 questions - "Wassup?" N "How are you?"

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Thanks for such a wise post! I have never considered my past as my history. It really changes everything.

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