25 March 2010

Beyond boxes...



I thought about Lord Krishna, the way he thinks, the way he lives and the way he plays. At one point, he plays with the girls, flirts with them. At another point, he gives a serious discourse of Gita to Arjun. He is as good at playing flute as he is at using his weapon- the Sudarshan Chakra. At one point he gives this statement, “I am the highest goal and the supreme power. Surrender to me and you will attain Nirvana”. At another point, he washes his best friend, Sudama’s feet and wipes them with his own stole.


Probably, very few people can understand the contradictions of Krishna. And those who understand, they are the ones who understand the contradictions of life. Life cannot exist without contradictions. Happiness comes with sadness and vice versa. Success comes with failures and vice versa. All you need is to understand and be aware that living a life means living with totality, with all the contradictions.


North Pole can’t exist without South Pole. The depth of a valley comes only with the height of the mountain. There are positive charges because there are negative charges. They are two sides of the same coin. Even life has no meaning without death. We can think of uncountable opposite forces which can't exist without each other.


The key to living is to accept the situations without judging them, without putting them in the boxes of right or wrong. There is no box; it’s just a creation of our wicked mind. Good thing, bad things; hell, heaven; moralities, immoralities; are all created by us. Following one side and leaving the other deprives us from living a total life.

The problem with optimists is that they always look the brighter side. The problem with pessimist is that they always look at the darker side. Both fail to look at the totality, both fail to understand the reality which cannot exist without the merging of the dark and the bright.


That is why, for me, Krishna symbolizes ‘life’. Surrendering to Krishna means surrendering to life itself. Life which has no beginning and no end, it’s eternal. It’s complete, it’s total and existing without boxes.

8 comments:

Ritika said...

beautifully wriiten.... simply loved it...keep it up buds:)

Piyush said...

So the dude is now a philosopher..but very well said - life seems to be full of contradictions n rather than being optimists or pessimists, we must see it as realists and accept it without any preconceived notions. Relativism holds true n things differ from situation to situation n time to time..so lets not create stereotypes and try to fit people in them

Ankit said...

good one......i think i shud read this post everyday to keep these things in my mind...very well written bro....

Vivek Abraham said...

True.The drudgery of java cannot be survived without the ecstasy of counter strike.....

Good article...something to think about!

RC said...

now tat u ve made so much effort.... i find u worthy of my comment....

nice work.... keep it comin!!!!

scribbleworld said...

I have vivek on my left and ankur on my right and that pretty much encompasses what you've written.POSITIVE(viv) AND NEGATIVE(u) FORCES CO-EXIST BEAUTIFULLY;).

On a more serious note, Your latest article just reinforced my beliefs n I will second it anyday.How can we enjoy the joy of happiness if we have never experienced pain or disappointment?!

I think you have great potential to write about the truths of life and I personally love this one.:)

Cheers!!!

narsia said...

Ram and Krishna are two avatars of Lord Vishnu who lived dere life wid a very long span just like human to teach nd educate nd put some specific message to man kind, We cant knw Krishna till we don knw Ram
We often find ppl who cant justify many incidents of Ramayan like "Agni Parikhsha" of sita and da act of Ram of leaving sita when she was expected.
Dis way we some time mix up "batsalya" "Sakhya" with " flirt "
if we go in deep we will find life of krishna is nothing but answer of all confusion wch ppl raise tym to tym in respect of Ram and Ramayan
The analysis of the writer is well elaborated in his own way wch show he sud go more in deep on the subject. I m sure he can open up more nd more facts in his lovely narration . thanks to Ankur ...keep it up .

Anonymous said...

thanku ankur for sharing it with me.. it has really helped me in understandng sum thngs.. :) 1 can never truly understand the meaning and value of sumthng w/o its absence.. n true essence of happiness wud be incomplete w/o sadness.. ;) amazingly written..

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