The famous
American poet Robert Lee Frost writes in his beautiful poetry ‘The Road Not
Taken’, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both.”
Having read this thought provoking line from the poem, I wondered if it is only
Frost who is sorry for not being able to travel both, or we all are sorry for
not being able to travel both…? Isn’t our lives split into two, regretting about
the past which is no more and planning for the future (projection of past)
which has not come yet (God knows if it will ever come, for that which comes is
never future).
Aristotelian
logic says, “either A or not-A; not third option.” And I think Aristotle (means
Mind, because to me he is nothing but mind) is absolutely right, for we are
always confused with either this…or that…., always at the cross road, wondering
which path to travel on, never absolute about anything, always confused with
what to do and what not to do, what is right and what is wrong….always regretting
about past and wondering what if I had traveled on that road…., what if I had
not chosen this….?
Now the
question is, is there any way out……? Can one jump out of this vicious circle of
either this (good/right)….or that (bad/wrong)….? Is there any life which exists
beyond the life of Aristotle and Soren Kierkegaard…..?
Can we
attain to the state of absolute clarity…a state of absolute choicelessness, a
state of Neither this….nor that….नेति-नेति......? What would be the state of total relaxation…..?
See the background of your web page.... See how relaxed this person is... Being in present is the state of total relaxation. this can sound bookish but i have felt "the state of total relaxation."
ReplyDeleteI tell you a story....एक दिन बिच्छू ने केकड़े से विनती की, "काका, मुझे न नदी के उस पार जाना है, क्या आप मुझे अपनी पीठ पर बैठा कर उस पार ले चलोगे", केकड़े ने कहा, "नहीं भाई, तुम्हें मैं नहीं ले जा सकता हूँ, तुम्हें डंक मारने की आदत हैं, अगर तुमने डंक मार दिया, रास्ते मे तो...? मेरा पेट ही फट जाएगा, मैं तो मर ही जाऊँगा......" ये सुन बीछू ने कहा, " क्या काका तुम भी न, जरा भी तर्क का प्रयोग नहीं करते हो, अगर तुम मर जाओगे तो मैं क्या बचूँगा, मैं भी तो डूब मरूँगा न तुम्हारे संग, थोड़ तो तर्क लगाओ", केकड़े ने कहा, " ये भी ठीक हैं, ऐसा तो मैंने सोचा ही नहीं, चलो बैठो मेरे पीठ पर" ! जैसे ही वो लोग बीच नदी मे पहुँचे बिच्छू ने डंक मार दिया और केकड़ा का पेट फट गया और दोनों डूबने लगे, डूबते डूबते केकड़े ने पूछा, "भाई, मरने से पहले ये तो बता दो कि तुम्हारे तर्क का क्या हुआ...,?" बिच्छू ने डूबते हुए कहा, "काका आदत के सामने कोई तर्क काम नहीं आता हैं, डंक मारना मेरा चरित्र है,"
ReplyDeleteDon't pay much attention to what write and say....I am master when it comes to तर्क and बकवास......but in reality I am an idiot....so you please....tell me everything that you have experienced and known, I am very much interested.....