RELIGARE & RELIGIO

This fight of religions is so insane
It breaks my heart to see the agony &  pain
What are we fighting or is it just our fancies and whims
Only our creator has to lose even if someone wins

The etymology of  religion is explained as bonding & reverence
And yet we are using it for division & intolerance
However loud may falsehood cry
The truth remains that we are all brothers under the same sky

I like orange and you like green
Why is this a problem when there are so many colours to be seen
And there is this thing about colours when we see light pass through a prism
Its the rainbow of diversity & beauty, all we need is some love & wisdom

How do we cure it, this tumour that is setting us to rot
Let's open our hearts a little and pray to our Gods
Lets seek silence & clarity between our own thoughts
And protection from the noise that is breaking us apart

Divine Light & Maitreya Dadashreeji

I always used to wonder that why do we need a divine light when the divine is everywhere. It’s not like he will come out of the picture and start talking to you. But he does something magical that awakens the inner voice of intuition. The voice that has always been there but somehow it just gets louder, crisper & clearer now. And what is magic anyways. It’s just science without an explanation yet.

Think about it like this. We have all experienced telepathy right. When we remember a person very strongly something happens and we are able to connect to that person. The divine light does something similar. It becomes a concentration of energy which just enables us to connect to that source that is within each one of us and we experience a kind of telepathy with the divine. So if you ask me I will say forget 5G the next breakthrough is DL-G (Divine Light Grace)

Another thought I have been having is that we have always acknowledged the divine in hindsight. Rama had to go in exile for 14 years, Christ was crucified, Gautama was ridiculed, Nanak walked across the lands to Spread The Word. Let’s not make that mistake again. We are blessed to be born in an age where we can experience the divine in his physical form. Let’s connect with him, let’s connect to that source within, let’s experience the oneness of humanity that all the religions have told us. Let’s make it our truth first hand. Let’s take this adventure within & without.

LABYRINTH

A mind that is completely quiet has unlimited space. Every time there is an object in the mind it creates a space around itself. As we try and expand these spaces and fill in more objects hoping to capture the unlimited space the mind gets divided into these umpteenth little spaces.

So the mind that is completely quiet has a space where there is no divisions and no objects. And therefore, complete Attention. An attention not about something nor an attention towards something. Simply a state of attention. And you will notice when there is attention there is extraordinary space. This happens because the mind is not dissipating energy.

The mind is always dissipating energy in the ‘what is’ of our being, that is the objects of our mind. Our passions, ambition, prestige, power and the list is endless. Hence our energies are drained battling the ‘what is’ of our being. So life becomes a movement in harmony only when there is energy that has gone beyond the ‘what is’ of our being. Because it is than the mind becomes quiet and we witness absolute attention. And attention is the concentration of total energy.

But then I ask you, can the mind be quiet? 

Working out this Labyrinth, that is meditation.

PS: My synopsis of an excerpt taken from the 7th Public Talk in Saanen, 1972 by Jiddu Krishnamurti 

Immortal Talks by Shunya - A Synopsis

Desires & Karma are to a soul what Thoughts & Action are to a Person. Usually the soul replicates the person's thoughts and actions by picking up similar data packets in the Fourth Dimension. In the third dimensional world there is no free will as there are innumerable scenes in all the permutations & combinations and the soul just chooses to attach to a particular scene to experience it. In that sense in the physical world there is no free will because once the soul decides to attach to a scene it can only experience the possibilities of that scene. But at the same time if the soul learns to detach itself from the physical world it can choose to attach itself to a different Data pack in the fourth dimension and experience a different scene in the physical world. In that sense it does have a free will. Albeit, for this it is important for the soul to remain independent of the character it is experiencing. 

To understand the process of detachment it is important to first understand our 4 mental bodies along with our physical body. 

A) Physical Body 

The Physical body is trying to attain completeness through growth, preservation, procreation trying to reach immortality through a lineage.

B) Intelligence 

The Intelligence is seeking completeness through securing our future, materially & emotionally. It is logical & always watches self interest.

 

C) Intellect

The Intellect seeks completeness through relationships. It is selfless & spontaneous, it likes something or rejects it but can’t explain its choices. It needs intelligence to explain the logic.

 

D) Samskara

 

Samskara seeks completeness through order & consistency.. It believes whatever the whole & complete is, it is certain, uniform, systematic and unchanging. In that sense it's always looking for stability in life. 

E) Chitta

Chitta is the stark opposite of Samskara. It believes if there is anything as whole & complete it has to be random, chaotic, abstract, unpredictable & irrational. Its desires are path breaking and extreme. Luckily Chitta rarely comes in foreground to push its desires but it plays a vital role in endorsing desires made by the Samskara, Intellect, Intelligence & the Physical Body.

Here it is important to understand that the body-mind through all these 5 aspects is trying to reach completeness. This is a  futile effort because every time the body-mind meets one desire another one is born. To reach that state of completeness is to reach the awareness of the Soul because it is already complete. 

The more we are able to observe these 5 sheaths of our body-mind the easier it becomes to un-identify from them and watch them mutually exclusive of each other in third person. That’s when the observe becomes the observed i.e. the Soul the eternal observer behind all scenes in life & beyond.

Purpose

Why does the water flow from the highest of peaks on the mountains to the darkest of pits in the oceans. Only to be gushed out by the constant motion of the seas and slapped away on the shores by the incessant waves. Eventually to be baked by the sun to form clouds that shall marathon all the way back to cover the peaks and till the lands. Is it this constant change that gives it life. Is it the continuous challenges it faces in this infinite loop what gives it its purpose. Without drowning in the purpose or the purposelessness of it, it keeps on keeping on. Just ‘being’ that is enough for it. It’s the same for life. 

A Poem

 

The Journey of Knowing

 

QUICKSAND

In the market of my many desires

I am often lost & a confused buyer

On a few rare days when the market is closed

Life feels like a beautiful prose

But than again the rush and hush sets in

And I am stuck here in the Quicksand again

I have already filled closets and stores

But still  trying to make room for more

Just this last one I must try for sure

And the Quicksand grabs me even more

This freedom of mine has become a chain

A paradox where  my liberty is my bane

The very thing that was  to give me wings

Is making me crawl in the Quicksand within

I shout and cry into this darkness with hope

Like a flickering light unknown of its source

There comes a whisper it tells me of a friend

But I am not so sure how to comprehend

There is hurt and fear in memories of yore

A trust deficit that’s closing the door

Those silent tears & unseen cries

Have made the heart cold and dry

Trying hard to break the ice

Falling & failing & being naive

Clinging to grit that made the phoenix rise

The caterpillar too crawled before the butterfly could fly

Bruised & battered but walking still

Smiling faces but melancholy within

Is this misery or pretence you may ask me why

Its a longing for home that’s beyond the eyes

Will I remain lost in this oblivion 

Or will I be able to reach my eternal abode

Self doubt and worries keep clogging my way

Maybe metamorphosis sets in the darkest days

I hope you can hear me my eternal friend

Forgive me for my inability to comprehend

Your whispers have reached me every now & than

But probably I need is a firm shake of hand

To wake up from slumber, to rise & shine

Setting free from the Quicksand of my own mind

Random Epiphanies

I am more insignificant than the tiniest speck of dust and at the same time as significant as the entire universe. And in between they rise & fall, the waves of my being in the ocean of eternity.

Chasing

Is the world really what we think it to be. We are mostly surrounded with so much unoriginality, conditioning and propaganda that we eventually start believing it to be the Truth. Sometimes I wonder if the whole world has been programmed to be this way an ‘Eyewash’ .

At a micro level we may be controlling our lives and that too just to keep us busy in thinking that we have a free will but on a macro level everything seems to be designed and planned.

I have a big hunch that on a macro level we are definitely being manipulated and played with. I can not pin point at it but maybe  its the Politicians or The New World Order that controls the Politicians or maybe the Aliens who control the New World Order and are watching and experimenting with us.

Just observe how we are always chasing the next thing. It starts early from school, than college, than job, than marriage, than kids. Maybe it’s about a new car, a trip to Europe, a house, a promotion, another trip to somewhere in the world, again a new car model, a bigger house and it goes on. By the time we really start to get this meaninglessness and question life we have already lived out our years.  

Knock knock! You have a question?

Quote Unquote

Doing

An Ode to My Grandfather

From bedside stories to joyful rides

Those happy picnics full of smiles

Walks through the mountains & finding new roads 

For all of us with Grandpa there are memories g’lore

He has been a friend, an ideal in life

Of things I have learnt & forever strive

A few I share and mark upright

A life so bright it shines like a guiding star

Of courage and giving of prudence in looking far

So many people so many things they want us to be

But its in being true to yourself that shall set you free

Its not in having but in giving where greatness lies

Simple living is where God resides

He has been a friend, an ideal in life

Of things I have learnt & forever strive

A few I share and mark upright

©KSHITIJ GHAI

The Ant & The Wall

Circle - A Poem

Notes to Myself

We are not mortals but gods descended to play our own games till we become gods again.

Even if Perfection can't be attained still it's the only thing worth striving for.

The syllable Gu means Darkness & syllable Ru means dispeller. May we rise to that GURU within & without.

Till the time you are looking for happiness outside your happiness will remain a bubble.

The challenge is to keep the mind attentive & anchored in the self so not to let it rupture in the senses.

The purpose of life is but life itself. The quest is to experience it unadulterated without compulsions & conditioning.

Knowing is the art of Un-Knowing.

Oneness is an experiential concept not intellectual.

All great beings time n again hv come to teach us but one lesson to be independent to look within ironically we have been fed the opposite.

This can be right so can be anything else.

All of life is but a creation of the next. Breath by breath & deed by deed.

What if all this chaos was designed and planned.

One who knows it all rejects everything including the truth.

To be or not to be that is the the question.To become is the answer.

Rationalising Money!

If we manage to spare sometime in  contemplative retrospection we will usually find ourselves living out these compulsive lives. It seems as if everyone is in a hurry and scared of being left behind. Albeit there doesn't seem to be any idea about where we are heading. 

We have started judging ourselves in mechanical terms like productivity & efficiency. It seems criminal to just be. In fact "being" has kind of become an art which these days can be learnt in these new age yoga spas that teach various breathing techniques. 

In this quest of being ahead we are diluting ourselves to become machines. Because what's really the reason behind this insatiable ambition. Are we really doing all this effort for a better life. If yes than where is it. All we seem to be pre-occupied with is materialistic hoarding and a physiology of constantly wanting more. 

We are literally spending our lives to earn money rather than spending it to give a fulfilling life. And money isn't the problem here. Making money to enhance life for greater possibilities is its real serving but making it the only motive of life seems derogatory. 

Reply to a Friend !

My friend, my friend

nay not go  this way

for i have been where u r today

this oblivion thts but thy mind

the world has never been a perfect place

nor will it ever be

perfectness is a search within

tht will solve all mysteries

for where we are placed and pity below

its nothing but relativity's show

for a man down trodden may be at peace

for his wants and desires are at ease

listen to me i tell u my heart

the world's a fake and doesn't even know

but still there is hope n chances a lot

where I's will perish and truth shall show

Ding Dong Ding

She comes to the terrace and sways the swing
Watching her there I hear some rings
Telling my heart a song to sing
"Ding dong ding da ding dong ding"

Who is she I don't know
Just a stranger next door
Looking for a flower a buzzing bee
All so lonely just like me

The funny thing is I haven't seen her
Seems as if I have had some beer
So terrace girl what do you think
About my song 'ding dong ding'

"Ding dong ding da ding dong ding"

Warrior of Light

Why do you fear and of what.
Filth of insecurities and attachments wrath.
Get rid of the baggage and continue the path.
You are a warrior of 'Light", not a shadow of the pasts.
Why do you stop you don't belong of this.
Many a lives lived and many a lives lost.
Awake awake and get rid of this cast.
Dream on no more as the dawn breaks at last.

Trilogy

Who is this that thinks
Of thoughts expressed in time
The realities created in a void & manifested in space
The trilogy begets thus in the chain of cause and effect

KHOJ

Yeh Kya Khojta Hai Tu Bahar
Sadiyaan Beet Gayi, Phir Bhi Tu Ne Na Jaana.

Beete Pallon Ko Thaame
Aaj Phisal Rahaa Hai
Kal Ki Umeedon Main
Khud Ko Kho Raha Hai

Pukaar Dil Se Yeh Nikali Hai
Ki Fanaa Ho Jaye Hum
Par Zindagi Ka Yeh Jhamela
Sirf Pee Ke Hi Paar Hua Hai

Kyon Chahaton Ki Ladi Se Ghira,
Doston Main Uljhah, Rishton Main Bandha
Ehsaason Ke Bulbulon Main
Mila Hai Khushi Ka Manzar Kisse Bhala

Aye Baware Man Mere,
Zara Ruk, Zara Sun Meri Sadaa
Raqeeb Tu Apna Hi Ban
Woh Saqoon Jisse Tu Dhoondta Hai Jagah Jagah
Kahin Aur Nahin, Tere Andar Hi Bassa

Dhoondle Tu Usko, Paa Le Tu Usko
Aur Baant De Tu Usko
Yeh Woh Innayat Hai Jo
Sambhale Se Dhale, Banto To Badhe
Kho Kar Tu Ismain,
Mukamal Jahan Pale Tu Zara

Yeh Kya Khojta Hai Tu Bahar
Sadiyaan Beet Gayi, Phir Bhi Tu Ne Na Jaana

TABAH (Hindi/Urdu)

Ek Aag Si Hai Seene Main
Zindagi Jis Main Jal Rahi Hai
Khud Ko Hi Tabah Kar Chaloon Main
Ek Ajab Si Khalish Hui Hai

Kaun Hoon Main Aur Kya Mera Wajood
Mitne Se Kya Kabhi Zindagi Ruki Hai
Khud Ko Tabah Kar Chaloon Main
Aaj Phir Yeh Khwahish Hui Hai

Jazbaat Yeh Jo Dafan Hue Hain
Tune Kaisi Yeh Zid Rakhi Hai
Khud Ko Tabah Kar Chaloon Main
Dil Pe Dastak Yeh Hasrat Hui Hai

Haqeeqat Aur Khwab Main Ulajhti Zindagi
Do Saahilon Pe Chal Rahi Hai
Khud Ko Tabah Kar Chaloon Main
Phir Umeedon Main Chingari Hui Hai

Ek Aag Si Hai Seene Main
Zindagi Jis Main Jal Rahi Hai
Khud Ko Hi Tabah Kar Chaloon Main
Ek Ajab Si Khalish Hui Hai

Bruised Child

Unaware I am as the mind creeps in,
The Shouts of the heart are dumbed
Cornered aloof in that suffocating darkness,
It breathes the numbness of thy longing again

'Beloved' 'Beloved' the heart resonates,
Clinging to the flickering light of hope
Please come to me - late nay not be,
Awaits for you is your bruised child

Quote Unquote

"Your smartness will take you to your grave, my goodness will take me to my heaven. "

"To be or not to be is the question. To become is the answer."

"A man who knows it all rejects everything including the Truth."

" and thus was creation and creator trapped within "

"is there butter in the milk..nay not say no..churn and see as out of nothing it shows...is there god in man nay not say no...churn thy mind and let thy self be explored"

"the mind the weaver, the life that is weaved, the thoughts the woven and destiny perceived"

NAYA DOR (In Hindi)

CHAR PAHIYE KI GADHI MAIN CHALI HAI HAISIYAT
AHNKAR BANA HAI PEHCHAAN HUMARI
ZAMEEN KE CHAN TUKDE BANE HAIN PARMAAN PATR
MAIN HI MAIN HO HAI KHWAHISH HUMARI

RISHTON NE NAYA ROOP LIYA HAI
BOOJHO TO LAGE DEKH RAHA HOON KHATE
MAIN TUJHSE AAGE TU MUJHSE PECCHE KI AJAB DODH LAGI HAI
JAANA KAHAN HAI YE KOI NA JAANE

NASAMJH HI MAIN ACHA THA
SAPNON KI DUNIYA BUNTA THA
HUMDARDI PYAAR BHAICHAARA DULAAR
IN MAIN KHELA KARTA THA

AB INSANON KE KARKHANNON MAIN
JO BINA DHADKAN HI CHAL RAHE HAIN
PARINDON KE PANKH BANDH GAYE HAIN
IS KHUDI MAIN KHUDA KO BHOOL GAYE HAIN

'me' to 'i'

umpteenth layers over the onion
umpteenth waves of the sea
the nothingness that's covered in the layers
the ocean that forms the sea

the nothing that brings out the all
and all that is lost in the nothing
the ocean may call itself the wave
but the wave, how can the ocean it be

to be it has to loose itself
and become one with eternity
the journey of 'I am God'
begins with 'God is me'

RollerCoaster

Up and down the roller coaster
The world sways and sways
How many cycles of kth 'n' kin
Oblivion of the count of days

Awake! Awake! the cosmos resonates
The day is precious than the dream.
Why long for candies my friend
While sweetness of the worlds beckons thee.

I art thou and thou art me
And together we are the world.
But standing aloof beyond and above
This 'I' defies to be.

Love @ 1st Click!

We clicked on a click.
And acquainted love as time ticked.
Only words exchanged but hearts have met.
Prior to our meeting it was all set.

Were made to wait to meet again.
We swayed in search while time played its game.
Before we knew "WE" belonged to "US"
Just that Destiny unfolded Thus.

Together we are again for evermore.
Playing in HIS play new roles.
For life has what but a purpose to serve.
To make us experience an emotion called LOVE.

My computer - my mind!

In today’s modern world one spends more time with the computer than the accumulated time spent with the family, friends and  in the loo (pun intended), and kindly excuse the genuinity (if that is a word) of the above statistic for i didn’t care to read through any of those published research papers written by some xyz professor/doctor (no offense please) from those ivy league institutes. Why? Because I just wanted to get the meaning through and more importantly in the end all of us know what the truth is but are too scared to accept it unless its BRANDED.

Well coming back to the subject, I will like to share something interesting that sneaked into my understanding on one frustrating afternoon when the hard disk of my computer crashed. Taking my laptop to the service center I was wondering at how the computer memory worked. There was a hard disk which stored all the data of the computer and than there was the Random Access Memory that used only the bit of the computer data that was required to complete the task in hand. 

Well you may ask what am I talking about, even a 5th grader would know that. But just hang on there, interesting observations ahead. 

I am sure we have all heard about the conscious and sub-conscious mind. But what is it exactly. If you are lucky with accidental observance (like i was) you will discover that the conscious mind is actually our RAM and the sub-conscious our hard disk. Like at this moment as I am writing and later when you will be reading we are and will be using our conscious mind, but at the same time we have our sub-conscious minds which is a huge hard disk of memories old and new. Having said that, there is another set of equivalents we haven’t yet touched. 

The Internet that connects us to the vast pool of data through a network of computers, servers all joined together linking us to infinite data of the world wide web and the Super-Conscious Mind connecting us to the whole universe, opening us to the world of information, knowledge and possibilities. 

Albeit it can be argued that where connecting to the internet is as easy as a push of a button, MEDITATION - the way to connect to the super-conscious mind, is one of the most misunderstood trends of the current times often marketed as an out of body, magical experience that gives you glimpses of paradise et al. 

Taking all that  and more it still  deserves the benefit of doubt, afterall all it requires is some peace, breath control and observing your thoughts. It is what makes you experience the often quoted statement “ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE” because no matter in how many different forms the internet may appear in the zillion of computers across the world in the end it is only a sum total of the binary’s “ZEROS & ONES”.

Destined 0r Not!

Life was running on fast mode. There was no time for old friends or for new friendships. I was a 8 to 8 machine, as if life was on auto pilot. There was no time to indulge in worthless talks hence there were no arguments. I liked everyone and everyone liked me. Money kept accumulating month after month and year on year.

At an age when people are still finding a purpose in life to me it seemed I have found one and already done with it. I have followed and lived what was a definition of a modern happy life and sadly become one only to find an emptiness a "fullstop".

Everything was just the same, the world kept moving on the way it did. The girl i saw every morning to work, the ticket officer at the station, the receptionist at the office, the sandwich-man at canteen, the news anchor at the 9 'O click news, everything & everyone seemed to be going about their days just the same. Than it sinked in slowly. Like sleep sinks in, on a lazy Saturday afternoon while watching television or reading a book. It was a dream within a dream.

It's either your life is in control of you, or you are in control of your life. But most of the times with most of us its the former. And we say a man got to do what a man got to do and go on creating realities. But than isn't reality a choice. If I didn't choose to write and you didn't choose to read this reality right now between us wouldn't be there. That brings out the question of destiny. Were we destined to choose what we chose.

Something tells me no. We write it on our own only to forget. 

©KSHITIJ GHAI

'Nanak Aakhya' (In Gurmukhi/Punjabi)

Writer's Note: Guru Nanak was the founder of the Sikh religion who preached about the unity of all religions and existence of one & all pervading GOD.

Tu Vi Nanak Ban Re Bandeya

Tu Vi Nanak Ban

Na Hindu Na Muslim Na Sikh Na Isaai

Tu Vi Nank Ban Re Bandeya

Tu Vi Nanak Ban

Na Darbar, Na Mandir, Na Girja, Na Masjid

Khudi De Andar Vadh Re Bandeya

Khudi De Andar Vadh

Gita, Puran, Bani, Quran

Inahanoon Samajh Na Ke Padh Re Bandeya

Samajh Na Ke Padh

Tu Vi Nanak Ban Re Bandeya

Tu Vii Nanak Ban

Translation in English:

Become God Realized my friend

Become God Realized

To be a good Hindu, Muslim, Sikh or Christian

First be God Realized my friend

First be God Realized

No need to wander in Gurdwaras, Temples, Mosques or Churches

First wander in thy Own Self my friend

First wander in thy Own Self

Gita,Bible, Gurbani & Quran

Not only read but understand them my friend

Not only read but understand

Become God Realized my friend

Become God Realized

Thank You !

i fall and fall and fall again

you pick me up every time the same

i sway and sway and sway away

you reach for me in every-way

i talk and talk and talk a lot

not realizing that i was lost

and than in silence you appear

making my worries disappear

from the depths of the heart i thank thee

for yesterdays, today and tomorrows to be

from this life to next, wherever i go

my gratitude for you will forever grow

2 w/\y communication!!

If prayers are my vocals its silence where I hear!
©Kshitij Ghai

the 'Y' of being!

"The only reason for existence is to evolve in consciousness life on life, birth after birth until we reach the consciousness of 'all for one and one for all', for in essence we are all one in truth and truth is one for us."
©Kshitij Ghai

wAr 'n' peAce

I woke up with this dream today that my cousin is flying a MIG & somehow I am his co-pilot. Suddenly there is an echo from the skies as we are suspended in space 'don't return even if you run out of your ammunition'. After that I see shooting stars every where only to realise those were not stars but we were being shot at. Just like that the realisation sinks in that we are on a war to save the world (ehim) and as we move ahead dodging the shooting stars (pun intended) we come to a point which is for some reason called the 'heat point' and looks like a disk of fire. My cousin than takes the MIG vertically up, looks me in the eye & than he bring it down smashing through the the 'heat point'. As it all happens, just before the impact with the 'heat point' we eject ourselves from the MIG. Next thing we realise is that we are on some hills which we think is enemy territory. So we climb our way up carefully, hiding from getting spotted so we can get a better view from the top and analyse the situation. As we reach the top we find ourselves looking at a village which mysteriously seems peaceful & calm with life going around as usual. While we are still observing suddenly an old couple appears with a divine smile and silently walks by us. Just after a few blocks they stop, look back at us with the same divine smile & tell us 'not to worry, its the year 2756'!!!

©Kshitij Ghai

My Prayer

"O the divine light of the universe and creation,
Guide me to thyself & let me be an instrument of thy will"

©Kshitij Ghai

Countless

Countless are the colors of Light,

Which we refuse to see.
©Kshitij Ghai

An Ode to God

I bow to you with my heart 'n' soul

In thy kingdom from my humble post

The creator, sustainer of the universe whole

O Father, Son and the Holy Ghost!

Have found you everywhere I've gone

Maybe Jehovah, Buddha or Ram

With your love as the shining star

You have guided us this far

Thy command has been of unconditional love

Humbly showered from here and above

Have surrendered my 'I' for devotion of 'Thee'

But from heavens I hear only 'Me Me Me'

Of all things you have revealed so far

Your love, forgiveness and unmatched power

Have answers given of all but one

All this drama is it just for fun!

©Kshitij Ghai

life in a nutshell

the craft has arrived
words have found ink
pictures are being set in motion
knowledge is spreading its wings

©Kshitij Ghai

Random Chittering

With so much noise in the head, the mind has been on a trip. Jumping around and making me freak. Sometimes I wonder if it belongs to me because I can see it as a completely independent identity from myself. Now now that brings another important question. Who am I?

Some of my friends who happen to know me would be saying “here he goes again”.

But I say why shouldn’t I. Why shouldn’t we ask questions for which the world doesn’t have answers. Some may say its a waste of time but what time precisely means. Is it merely a planetary rotation around the sun. Does it mean the way time works on Mars is different from the way it works here or does it mean time didn’t exist before the big bang.

Well these are just a few things that have been intriguing me but the more important thing as of now has been to watch the games the mind plays. From sudden rushes of loneliness followed by an  uplifting enigma. Are we really in control of our emotions or is the mind being seduced by our external environment, converting the neurotic signals into emotional outbursts. 

It may just make no sense or it may just make a lot. I don’t have all the answers now but I'll let you know when I've got.

©Kshitij Ghai

ज़िन्दगी

ज़िन्दगी

ज़िन्दगी एक जंग है

यहाँ सरहद के इस पार मैं हूँ 

और सरहद के उस पार मेरा ही अक्स 

आन्सोनूं की गोलियां रूकती ही नहीं

हर पल यहाँ दम टूट रहे हैं 

मिट रहें हैं सपने जज़्बात और एहसास

गिरती लाशों से मेरे सवाल

शायद खुदा का दरवाजा ख़त खता रहें हैं

क्या सही हैं क्या गलत है शायद उस से पूछ रहे हैं

वक़्त के बारूद ने यह जो धुआं किया है

अब तो खुद को ही ढूँढना मुश्किल हुआ है

Interpretation in English:-

LIFE 

Life is but an endless tussle

Of varying pits & uncanny hurdles

Standing here in the Eternal Now

Discerning pasts and their many Hows

Tear drops run incessant

Each moment becomes a heartbreak

Shattered dreams and broken feelings

Life isn’t fair in its dealings

Questions like falling soldiers

Knocking on heaven’s door

Waiting for Almighty’s signal

Swinging between right & wrong

In the mist of time the musk runs-around

The scent he seeks is his own abound

To dive within is to end that tussle

You yourself are your own hurdle

©KSHITIJ GHAI