inconsequential spec
by vivek
standing on the edge of a cliff at the supposedly northern most point of Europe. on a bleak dull hazy and cloudy day with eyes pointed towards the north looking out into the open oceans, i am reminded about a inconsequential spec.
a spec traveling the distances for what ?
for the dreams, because i am poor and its only dreams that provide me with all the wealth.
under presence of the elements (natural/unnatural), i have only dreams to move me forward. dreams that i have long nourished and a dreams that just popped up in between in the years spent, waiting for a time when they will be cherished. and in an attempt to reach the dreams certain actions will be made and these will in time bear their own fruits. fruits which might be sweet or sour.
but sure the fruits will be plucked and related to as food for thought. something like chaos theory … but finding the true cause ….. not all ‘things’ happen for a reason …… instead we hold on to ‘things’ to relate to and place a reason for the occurrence.
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That was profound thought i see in you (now)… or is it so i missed it in the beginning?… “Yet again we got reminded how indefinitely small we are and no matter how great one could be, still how humble they can be.” I told my friends redg the trip… things happens and NOT everything happens for a reason… its WE who give a reason to all the happening arnd us, in an attempt to make a reasoning which could keep us in a comfort zone, no matter what happened… to an extent everyone needs a comfort zone but seldom few i have met who are ready to face the reality… Fruits… hmmm… enuf of dreaming abt ur life… It’s time to go and live ur dreams now!
Dolby points out most of what I wanted to say. We assign reason to things that we do or that happen to us. I’m still not sure whether it’s organized chaos reigning our lives or our existence is rushing towards an acme, a culmination point. I have waited to be where I’m today, and yet I feel the wait is not over. There’s still so much to do. I guess these keep us going- our dreams, our desires, our wish to reach a higher datum plane of existence. And yet, perfection would be such an unbearable thing- ’cause you’d have nothing to do then! So, I am enjoying my journey- irrespective of what happens tomorrow. And it makes me happy to think that I’m living my today. Best wishes for whatever dreams you have.
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thanks dolby and Aprana for the comments.
I think we do have reasons for our actions that we are responsible for, but relating and assigning reasons to things that happen around us (mostly related to superstitions) is more of a form of getting excuses for what might be our faults or shortcomings -comfort zone – But still i do it and i think most do it too.
Somehow i never get to see the organized chaos, may be because they are contradictory to each other. and never have in after-thought thought that my life has rushed forward, since as an after-thought it was because i placed too much importance to enjoy a moment more than it should be enjoyed, therefore prompting a feeling of fleeting moments rather the usual steady pace of life.
Perfection ? i thought it was never possible, because half way in search of it, everyone loses focus and think they’ve attained perfection albeit a imperfect one, because (at least i think ) perfection is relative.
Now don’t ask me why i commented this!
How did universe begin?
In d beginning thr was nothing.
Nothingness cant b empty.
Emptiness is a definable physical property.
Thus if nothingness is empty, it is something, not nothing.
Non-emptiness of nothingness must have no physically definable properties.
In order for tis 2 b true, it has 2 b absolutely random.
Not chaotic or patterned randomness like our universe, but completely random, with no patterns whatsoever.
Pure randomness will eventually become patterned, given enough time bcos it’s random.
Patterns can evolve out of a random system at any time, due to the very nature of randomness.
Once this happens randomness disappears and is replaced with chaos.
But chaos has definable properties and is somewhat predictable, so it isn’t nothing anymore.
So once this happens, nothingness has spontaneously spawned somethingness:).
In our case, our universe.
There we are in this so called universe.
Ok now my head hurts!
“a spec traveling the distances for what ?”
All our life, we keep running – running behind dreams, running to achieve more. No matter which phase of life we are in – we’re still running to stay ahead. All this at the cost of what? Though at times we (sadly) identify what we are missing out on, that doesn’t stop us. As as a consequence, we often end up forgetting our true selves.
as for “everything happens for a reason” – I would think it to be a source of hope. At times… the only source of hope.
@Srividya – “Everything happens for a reason”, is tht a source of hope or a sort of escapism from reality for sometime? Anyway don’t want to undermine ur only source of hope!