Plot: Do you have faith or reason?

I know nothing at all - Socrates

Principles of mathematics hold true even when there exists no conscious being (deduction). Lot of laws and principles induced (empirical evidence) by humanity over period of time will remain true even without any sentient entity to experience it.

Take a look around you - notice screen,walls, your hands. You know all of this is real  through "Justified true belief". Now tweak your frame of reference with your belief in scientific knowledge. You also know (JTB) that the fundamental building block of around you is atom (matter) . Further more all matter is energy.

Now as you sit thinking this your empirical and deduced construct of self are in conflict. In the physical world you are bound by its rules and laws and differentiations - Animate - inanimate, this-that, form, name and many others. And at other level you know all things surrounding you is energy. You are that energy - one unifying cosmic force.

You are matter and energy at the same time. Some one more learned please comment if this is a case of Polylogism, Contradiction or goes against laws of identity.

It is your belief or "Faith" that will differentiate which frame of reference you chose for your life.

Moonlight Night

There it was shining
There you were smiling
I have seen the moon
Many a times
Many a places before
Yet this time it was so different
Because I shared it with you.
This was not a different moon
Than one I sank many a mornings
This was the one perhaps
Than came to my window calling
This was not a different moon
Than one that lit up that forest night
Yet I have seen a different moon tonight
With you standing by my side


© Ratish

Story board - Realization and life after realization

 

There have been seekers and then there have been "The Ones" who have found the pot on the other side of the rainbow.

Going back to available literature this story has multiple external variations. But at the core there seems to be a unifying thread.

The real life experiences of realized individuals have been diluted over a period of time. In many case it has been replaced by myths, legends and plain veneration. Each legend has spawned a set of followers equally misguided and totally clueless on how to interpret the message. They hide this ignorance by clinging even more strongly to some one else’s ideas, beliefs, thoughts and vision.

The quest is yet on. If you were a seeker and chanced upon that fabled pot at the other end what will you do?

• How would you live your life when you become an equal will all  former masters?
• What would you choose to do?

© Ratish

Are you playing you?

The white goes down and the yellow comes up
The black is transformed to bright
And you watch from a moving frame
Changing scenes in front of  your eyes

The solitude mixes with the crowd
And the smile with indifference
The pace of time wavers
To fit your circumstance


When you look back at old snapshots
Are you happy with what you have got
 How has your story turned out
Are you playing you or some obscure part?



 © Ratish