Like a river, I flow
If Water stays stationary, it will become stagnant; if it is allowed to flow, it will stay pure.
We all have our beliefs, our own truths and yet how many of us are aware that the truth we so dearly cling to is nothing but our own interpretation of reality and not reality itself, not the Truth itself. Yet we cling to it and are ready to discard, burn everything else.
A belief is like a hook in a river. It stops us from flowing, from remaining pure. Once caught by it, we stop and start to stagnate. No, I will not cling to a belief, for then I would miss knowing what lies beyond it. No, I will also not resist it and run away from it for if I do that I will end up hurting myself, damaging my being.
I shall rather try to understand the belief, for then alone would it dissolve into the flow and let me go… For then alone will I be free to flow and move on, to be caught by yet another hook, yet another belief. Relentlessly I will have to work and keep dissolving these hooks, these relative truths that bind me, that make me blind to others and their truths, that pull me into the quagmire of right and wrong.
The world would not understand and will resent my flow. Every time I dissolve and discard a belief, a untruth, it will discard me or peg me as a trouble-maker. Those who cling would pull me back and try to bind me. Every time I move on, the world will laugh at me, condemn me, put me in jail, and even try to kill me.
But like a river, I will continue to flow…
The Truth will flower within me as I sit on the fast for years and wait for justice. It will help me come out on street, take long arduous journeys, and fight for the change. And I will continue to flow and unfold with every step for I know that the Truth awaits me somewhere beyond…
Totally agree
Nice uncle ..this reminded me of one deep long conversation I had with 1 friend in IITM where he was trying to resist deeply the idea of having beliefs ..I described something similar to him in my own words…”I am standing on a stone in the middle of a lake and I continue to stand on it. And I keep looking around until I find another stone to put my feet on. Once I find that, I step out from one stone and move to another. But at no point can I afford to remove the stone i am standing on, else I sink. This shall continue until I reach the shore
PS: The stones do not sink in my world
That is again a belief
Let us not get into that ..
Great post yaar. It does assume the existence of an absolute truth, which I am not sure of, but I still agree with it.
Yes, it does assume it.. I think that is more so because I want to assume it.. A belief that may be one day I will have to do away with..
@ Konsti ji
on your comment on achal’s comment:
May be it all “begins” when you realize that you could as well walk on water!
May be.. let me know when you find out
Born as a drop from a glacier, I became a stream. Flowing ahead in meandering paths, I became a river. Incessantly flowing ahead, may I meet the ocean, an ocean without any shore, an ocean from where all glaciers, drops, streams, rivers emerge and into which they all dissolve. For that’s what the boatman said when he came from the ocean to guide me. Even if it takes thousands of miles, I will flow. Even if deserts and jungles come in the way, I will flow. Only to find that ultimate destination where there is neither flow nor stagnation.
No belief, no assumption, no thought, no imagination, only the realization of that one final truth is all that matters. Everything else is good only if it leads to that final truth.
Yup, got a little inspired by your post and wrote it