Skip to main content

PEACE - I

Image
By

entry-55

"Peace is all what we aspire for" – Anonymous

It’s been long since I inked some words on my story notebook. Reason for that could be two, one among them being there might have been no inspiration as of lack of muse or might be life had been little jubilant a while back. Ask any artist the source of inspiration behind their masterwork, the answer would be “pain”. If that’s the case then do they embrace pain or seek for it willingly. “No”, they are destined to go through it. And if some go extra steps to seek it, then the genesis behind that artifact is not that gratifying.
As a human being, we all beseech for one thing the most and that thing is peace. I don’t know whether I’m grammatically correct by using ‘thing’ word for peace. Times comes in everybody’s life when everything in the universe seems in opposition. The synergy of all actions and reactions of self as well as of people and things surrounding one,  which many a time perceived as a reward of previously committed good karma or as a fulfillment of prayers or the location of stars and planetary objects in the right quadrant. But life does not stir in this way all the time. And for a rationalist and realistic psychology, the high and the lows are nothing but phases of mortal existence. But emotionality is a proprium of human beings, the so coherent pragmatic approach vision starts getting little blur, sometimes quite opaque when high tides take away all the harbor and fine particulate sand and only things that are left behind comprises some pebble, stone boulders and a few conch shell which a person can blow to shed his frustration against the Energy in whom s\ he always believed or to call for help from that energy which further solidifies his faith  and when nothing happens accompanied with the exhaustion by continuous thumping(blowing), the conditions deteriorates further.
The analogy is not a creation of a thorough and thoughtful mind. It’s just a stimulus of some harsh experience. It’s hard to conclude with hitherto evolved brain as it still being in the initial stage of metamorphosis, that whether emotions or social characteristics, which one of them surged first in humans. As both of them got enriched along with evolution and are interlinked for sure, as one substantiates other. And this social attribute is no doubt the epitomal reason for our survival as not just being the most advanced race on this planet but might be in the entire cosmos but still it also constitutes to nerve-racking anguish when there appears mighty distress. All the prognosis that one has assimilated to react to any future misadventure proves futile. Not talking about events in general but as change is the only constant so does the unexceptions. No matter how greater the probability of favourable outcome still it does not diminishes the chances of mishappenings. Society is a complex place to live as it being a superset of humans, emotions, social-physical interactions, religions, spirituality, classes, insecurities, criticalities and deceptions.
And now the word which compelled me to write this entry becomes the entrant –
“Peace”. Put your hands up and make some noise for Peace(and the word peace echoed all around and after every word the sound dampened). We all in excitement started cheering by chanting “Peace, O! Peace” but couldn’t find it nowhere. Excitement transits into desperation and still, it is nowhere in the sight. The howling, hooting, whistling and chanting all started laxing. There came a time when even low-pitched sound could be easily heard. Few in the hustle learned one very arcane lesson of life that silence is not synonymous to peace. No doubt, silence could be a solace where peace could be found. So now the question has risen what exactly does peace means and does one have to forego materialism* to attain it? ( Materialism here just not obliges with pleasure but with all societal aspects)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The answer to this above question is not some research work done by me and the answer might sound didactic but no such intentions behind. Facing harsh situations might not be same to everyone. Some go through it little easily as of large family where the burden is shared. It is hard for them who got no one but God to rely on. So the only attempt here is to share my maturation after going through something quite traumatic. And the main reason for such trauma was my approach to that event. The work done on self in order to deal with such incidents with composure is the source behind these writings. This entry is my quest to find out why at the moribund state we seek for peace desperately?

·         The interpretation of peace varies from one person to another. For many of us, peace is invariably related to happiness and happiness is the fulfillment of desires. The actualization of desires provides pleasures. When the mind experience heightened state of joie de vivre one feel this life incredible and claim the experience being heavenly( not talking about mere carnal fulfillment, a beautiful natural site can cause euphoria). So can we conclude congeniality being peace? This maxim connotation does hold its ground only for those who embrace materialism but these personals do reach a state where there left no urge for satisfaction which further causes dissatisfaction and despair.


continued in part II.......

Labels:
Location: Kathua

Comments

Post a Comment

have a look at these too

They reside inside trees

By
  entry 66  July 11, 2020 At some level, I like to personify stuff and all might be that’s somewhat acted as immunity against narcissism and hedonism. My Baji (Grandfather) was a straight forward and a bit rough kind of person. One who had served in the army during two very decisive wars (that of ’47, as a young recruit and ’71), It was normal of a person to be of that nature given the circumstances. He was a traveler and an explorer. He bought an Ambassador after retiring of the rank of Havaldar and drove it as a taxi. As a taxi driver, most of his expeditions were limited between Jammu and Srinagar. And how could one forget the heartiest desire of him to take me once to Patnitop, if everything went well. Alas! That could never happen as the incurable disease got better out of him. But one thing was obvious by the way he used to eulogize about Patnitop that that place had a special place inside his heart. And more than the desire of him to take me there I think he himself...
2 comments
READ MORE »

The worst about failure

By
  entry 65 September   9, 2020 This year started with a ray of hope, as usually every year does, that this year I’ll be realizing my dream, this year I’ll turn my persistence to pay all the dues, and that this year I’ll be bringing the happiest moment in my mother's life. I’m a believer in dreams and I dare you that I’ll prove you wrong if you ever doubted my worth. Each one is aware of one’s worth and makes efforts in order to earn admiration. You have seen your fellow men succeed and you know that you are no less than them. You do envy them for a little, then everything becomes as usual and but yes you do solidify your belief of achieving the desire by self-suggestion that if they can, you can. There are no absolutes, only relatives and I dare if some questions this essay’s morality on comparison bias. No matter how personal our goals are, they are inspired via relativity. The worst thing of all failure isn’t the pain inflicted by the result but the thought of again failin...
2 comments
READ MORE »

Don't Laugh Behind Back

By
2015 Who does not want to laugh and make fun. There are a few also who wants to laugh at others. In friends circle, friends laugh massively even the joke is of poor rating and many laugh not on joke but on a person who is telling it or whose fun being made. Sometimes deeds of having fun can exceed limits and can cause misfortune. Only those either who lacks self respect or declared themself as loser make fun of unknown person. " UNKNOWN PERRSON " means unknown person. If you make fun of passerby, start laughing on the way others are dressed or their way of talking, walking and eating than i doubt yourself, and if i do so i doubt self. A teacher is harassing child by hitting sarcastic remarks and you are enjoying, please think by exchanging positions. There are many who comments on passer-by. But for me the ones who are standing beside and laughing are bigger culprits. Laughing is good for health. Being human is a privilege and don't waste it by laughing unhealthily. They...
Post a Comment
READ MORE »