Beyond words…

Whenever I am reading a book, I wonder about the power of words. I mostly read books about philosophy or spirituality. So I am not sure whether my words apply in a general sense or not.

When I read a book, there are always some words, sentences which take me to another world, another level of consciousness. Its a magical feeling. Being in those moments, I want to be in them forever. I read those words again hoping to stay in those moments longer. But it fades away slowly.

For instance, in one book, the author was talking about intimacy. Intimacy to all beings, all objects, everything in the universe. Just reading the word intimacy, my mood suddenly changed. Without any particular reason, I was also getting the same intimate feeling. I stopped reading for a moment and looked around me. My father was doing some paper work on the other side of the table, I looked at him like I have never done before. I felt sorry for the moments where I got angry with him, argued with him. To my surprise I felt intimacy, even towards the chairs and table around me. The strong urge to become a better person(I mean a good person) in life was ruling me in those moments.

This is just one instance. These kind of feeling alive experiences are usual when I read books. I still wonder why these words have so much power. I believe those words carry the state of mind of the author at the time of writing, in some way. And when someone reads it, through some mysterious way we reach that state of mind. I say, as a writer, he or she has succeeded. I myself, hope that, my writings directly touch my reader’s hearts.

I am sure that you would have had such experiences yourself. In that case, please pen it down hear in the comment section or in your own blog.

 

Letting go – An interview with Chris Sharma

You must have read many times of the idea of letting go or surrender to have real success. I was randomly browsing through some videos, and I came upon an interview with Chris Sharma – one of the best climbers in the world. He talks about the letting go aspect of climbing.

 

Well, that was inspirational. Irrespective of whether you are a climber or not, I hope you can also relate this concept in your life.

 

A usual ego clash and regrets…

Today morning I got into a fight with my parents. Its weird, I woke up and in 10 minutes I got so irritated and started the fight.

 

As usual once it was over, I regretted. My ego won again(atleast for now). As I started writing this post, I can feel its(Ego) strong need to make itself right. Its giving me a list of reasons why the fight was needed. Its saying that it won the fight because its arguments were right. I have a strong urge to write all those chatter of Ego’s here. Its tempting, but I have to let it go.

 

I have experienced this way before. During the arguments, ego completely takes over me. I say so many things which I later feel like I should have never said. And once its over, Ego tells me, “Its ok. That was unavoidable. And we were right, because …” .Uhfff…

 

I know that getting rid of this old partner(Ego) is part of my purpose. But in a way its magnificent, when you think about its camouflagic behavior. It has been surviving like this for years hiding in self created problems.