Every now and then a pull draws me,
Towards a self,larger and free
Then do I breathe for a fleeting while
When I perceive -How futile,
Are the pursuits,the ego,the inflated "ME"
The quest for more to have and more to be !
Is that moment of bliss,a glimpse of light?
Of a purer self,a freer s…
Lost!
- Debabrata Pattrea
There have been times when lying on a couch
Of thoughts, I've pondered long and lone.
And I've wandered in realms of darkness,
Rummaging every nook I have known.
I've pondered on the endless desires,
And quests of the inflated "ME."
I've pondered on the aims we have cherishe…
To escape frivolity is a task uphill;
For us who drift in our own wild will.
We sink in its quagmire again and again;
In the swamp of actions so profane.
Life ,for us, is just a filling of time,
Tween nursery rhyme and funeral chime.
And what better can fill our time and mind ;
Than pleasures and aims of e…
A name,a son, a husband, a father, a citizen, a professional....is it all about "becoming", is it all about "identities " and "roles"? What happens to the "being", to the "self", to the consciousness when stripped of all identities? Who am I when I am not anybody ?
I think it is important to shun "…
This spiritual connect for those walking the path is what astonishes me .
I have seen it several times . Just the night when I decided to make the site, a "shyama sangeet" - a Kali song ,heard years before was repeatedly coming to my mind .
Next morning when I was doing my morning walk ,heard the s…