Stubborn, yet wavering
Mighty, yet light
Formless and shapeless
It travels alone
Defying space-
Silent and fast
It defeats time-
The absolute truth.
Make it stop- they cry
The fools who fool themselves.
But it travels only to seek wisdom.
Breaking the layers of thoughts
Past the veil of memories
It flies on..
To seek, the Self.
Let it fly- wherever,
Till it flies- forever.
Breaking the layers of thoughts
ReplyDelete- I wish if we cud, ther will be no stress, pain or hurt and only pure joy.
Mind wavers like how we breathe fresh air isn't it. In that air, we fail or succeed but continue to live and move on.
@priya..
ReplyDeletebreaking the layers of thought.
i meant it in a diff sense:
i say, it journeys to seek the Self. Mind has no past, present or future. So it can relive the past whnevr it wants to n see wht went wrong or wht else should ve been done.
tht s wht i meant.
so true!
Thanks for getting back and made it clear. Thanks Matangi.
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nice nice nice
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thats a lovely photo and a poem. And the template is awesome girl. Long time since i visited ur blog, its a treat for the eyes.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful. I felt like drifting myself, like a formless being.
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@suramya..
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@setu..
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"Let it fly- wherever,
ReplyDeleteTill it flies- forever.""
loved the ending!
bt, u lived in Calcutta at some point of time? loved your narration at the comments section!
"Let it fly- wherever,
ReplyDeleteTill it flies- forever.""
loved the ending!
btw, u lived in Calcutta at some point of time? loved your narration at the comments section!
@vanilla sky...
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such a nice thought and i love all your pics along with your post they are just out of this world:)
ReplyDeletewhere do u get them from:)
@ my inner world...
ReplyDeletei got thm in sme mail..
thnk u! :)
LOVELY DESCRIPTION OF THE MIND..IT DOES WANDER, THE MIND
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@crd..
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wow!!!
ReplyDeleteloved this poem..
flight of mind [:)]
@winnie...
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@ nice post. very pleasant.
ReplyDeletebut can i ask u a question - what is the difference between mind and soul? infact the question should be strictly - what is the difference between body, mind and soul?
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ReplyDelete@the new philosopher..
ReplyDeleteMind: mind is wht brain does..(mind- software, brain- hardware..!) the accumulation of all the thoughts n emotions of a person reside in the individual mind of the person.. by wht they call- prayer/meditation.. the individual mind can be connected with the universal mind or higher mind or super-intelligence. whn the mind is engaged in this endeavour, it's called Buddhi or higher Manas.
Soul: Analogous to a drop of water vis-a-vis The Oceans, a spark of fire vis-a-vis The Fire, a grain of sand vis-a-vis The Earth, a breadth of air vis-a-vis The Air, space in the eye of the needle vis-a-vis The cosmos; the aspect of the collective, total, universal chaitanya/conciousness, for the time being, entrapped in a body, is called the individual soul.
@matangi - u write well. but let me ask more clearly .....chitanya/consciousness and mind, how different they are? we conveniently talk abt soul, but is it really that we are talking abt soul, or is it actually that we are talking abt mind at its highest level.
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ReplyDelete@the new philopher..
ReplyDeleteas i ve already explained- mind is the function of the brain- the origin and reservoir of the thought process..
chaitanya/consiousness explains the aspects of the soul.
soul is sath(tht which exists or existance itself).. mind is the reflection of chith- ratiosination..
@the new philosopher..
ReplyDeletesoul and mind are different concepts. one is a noun and the other is a predicate.. so to say!
@matangi -the problem with our system is that we often talk with analogies...because we think it is so easy to understand....but no they are not. they always are convenient way of escapism. for example if noun is mind, predicate is soul, the sentence itself should be human existence, the verb is the living (or life), then does that mean we can exist without soul, as a subject can, only without any apparent meaning, as in the sentence "meera dances bautifully". the word dances beautifully gives a whole new meaning to meera and the sentence comes to life. but i am simply interested in meera. and so a word sentence as - "Meera!" exists with or without be gramaticaly right. does the mind exist the same way, without soul.
ReplyDeleteofcourse these questions come because of using analogy, and i said this is not correct. ideally if i were arguing ulta to say soul is nothing, i would have called mind as consonants and soul as vowels, and then if u remove vowel from words, the word still coneys meaning as in "sh s btiful" so why should one analogy be chosen over other? so can u try answering the previous question without giving an analogy??? ( romba pesaren la? translation -did i bite more than i could chew?)
mind,
ReplyDeletea myriad of millions,
vulgar and vague;
wandering and wonderful;
with and without a heart and soul,
we will have to live with it.
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love,
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The power of the Human Mind.
ReplyDeleteGood post
So true..the mind, formless and shapeless, yet it gives birth to thoughts that are so strong and bold!
ReplyDeleteKeep posting!!!
@ mathangi
ReplyDeleteA very vivid description of what all of us have, but ignore so often, loved it.
@ The new philosopher and mathangi..
Regarding the mind and soul.. i feel the mind is something gifted to us in the now... where as a soul is timeless... is for us to ponder with in the time that is not now...
kinda weird.. but thats the closest i got..i think..!
Great piece ... One of the best I have come across in recent times!
ReplyDelete... Was somehow reminded of a quote by Einstein - "Imagination is more important than knowledge"
... and the imagination which mind is capable of is endless ...
@the newphilosopher ..
ReplyDeleteAnnalogy facilitates understanding (period)that is all; itis futile to stretch it beyond limits... the verb-noun business was a bit of literary extravaganza.. ofcourse a beautiful one at that .... in fact I was chuckling when I typed it! being captious You tend to miss the woods for the trees...( pl dont take offence )
@ the ugly 1..
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@thinker..
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tht was gud.. :)
@nikesh..
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dear matangi,
ReplyDeleteofcourse i have not taken offence....but i think u have missed my point. i am simply saying analogies should not be used in explaining things. so can u go back and explain my first question what is the difference between mind and soul
the new philosopher..
ReplyDeletei ve said tht b4.. without analogies..
mind is the function of the brain- the origin and reservoir of the thought process..
soul is tht which exists or existance itself..
oops!!! i had not seen that earlier comment of urs( the one before the analogy)...somehow i had seen only that analogy and set forward to write......he he.....i think i wasted lot of ur time.....anyways...well argued.....keep writing
ReplyDelete@the new philosopher..
ReplyDeletetht s okay.. thnx 4 increasing my comments! ;)
very beautifully written.....one thing which always attracts me in a poem is it's simplicity....the simple and sober the words are,the more beautiful the poem is!!
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keep in touch!!!
@sourav..
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ReplyDeleteCudn't be more simple yet elegant than this.
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@invincible..
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The poem was more beautiful than the picture. :)
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Hey glad u liked the review.. thanks for droppin in my blog.. Some interesting read here. Shall drop in sometime (my coffee is gettin cold now)
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@arvind iyer..
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Hey Matangi! Profound as ever... Lovely!
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@kartz..
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nicely done... like my poems.. they are having that free flow of thoughts in them
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Yeah true..Infact very true :)
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@comfortably numb..
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Great poem!..And thats a breathtaking picture!
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nice poem
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Read this again :)
ReplyDeleteI knew you seemed familiar :)
@winnie the pooh! :)
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