Thursday, October 14, 2004

When time tires...eternity beckons

In the desert sands I roam
I have no hearth nor home
No sense of direction have I
For I follow my own footsteps
Round and round I go
Deeper and deeper into my own
So clear is the route
That I lose not my way
Beginning there was none, but end I crave for
My feet ache and my senses cry
The experience has become dry
Then come the showers
A saviour just in time
These waters and winds of fate
Erase the tracks I thought mine to keep
No longer can I follow
There are no paths that lead
I stand rooted, mountain like
The journey has ended, where it began
Travel and time there have been none
Ceasing to exist, all but one.



Monday, October 11, 2004

The states...

Am I awake or only dreaming ?
In dreams I glimpse a taste of reality
In reality I dream my dreams
Life and death are but mirages
Shimmering in the scorching sun
It's not mine to deny the fun
Thundering come the clouds
Casting a shadow on the glory of light
Helter-skelter run the mirages
Sheltering behind storms of ignorance
Who cares for this interplay ?
Not the sun, not the clouds, not the storms
An orchestra with no audience
Endless performance with no applause
Unceasing repitition with clockwork precision
Thus turn the wheels of time
Sparing none in their grind
Save the sole eternal witness
I wake up - only to realize I'd been dreaming !

A life less lived

The eyes see, but I don't look.
The ears hear, but I don't listen.
The fingers touch thee, but I dont feel.
The scent wafts in air, but I don't smell.
The tongue eats, but I don't taste.
When the mind no longer is
Then the elements cease
When boundaries blur
Then you and me are but one
What more needs to be done ?

Thursday, September 30, 2004

We are all numbers

The infinite creation is comparable to the infinite number line. We the finite body/mind units are like sets of numbers - modulo sets. Say I am a set mod 5. Everything that I do is comparable to any operation on this set. Ultimately the result is always a mod 5 number - this being the law of karma. This limitation of mod 5, mod 6, mod X is self imposed - just like in the number line there is no real or permanent criteria creating this subset. Once this limitation or ignorance is removed, any operation on any number is again a number - and this number already exists as part of the infinite number line. Proceeding along the same analogy, every number already exists - it is just a matter of time in we knowing the result of any operation. Thus, everything already exists, meaning there is no real invention or creation anew by humans - only discovery of one finite aspect by another finite aspect !
The question to ponder here is about different kinds of infinities. Say there is a real number set between 0 to 5. This is infinite, but does not include all numbers..or so we think. Perhaps at infinity it goes beyond the limits of 0 and 5 ? What is the relation between different types of infinities ?
There is another interesting analogy I read in a book : the number 0 is like a circle that is the universe we see and experience. Like a circle that expands from a dimensionless point, this has taken birth from the dimensionless consciousness. The universe like the 0 has no value. Put a 1 to have 01 or 10 and there is value - similarly, the universe without the underlying reality has no value apart from it. Just like all natural numbers can be got from 1, everything is a manifestation in different forms of Brahman.
Let me know what you think about all this :)

The first post

No amount of travel..worldwide or even to the moon, Mars or other galaxies can remove the limitations of time and space !