Probability of Being

You can sing deepest songs of your heart with them, and they are always the best companions when you want to stay a little bit more into the state of wonderment.    Children are my favorite people on the planet. They are more planetary than worldly and that reminds me that the child state is the best state of being. If we observe small children closely, we will find that a child always narrates in the third person. Like, they will take their name and say about themselves that this boy/girl has done this…he/she was going there...and that shows a natural state of witness of the being. A witness state is a state where one witness everything- every happening as a divine play without getting involved. A state that many yogis wish to achieve through practice and meditation. Probably this is the reason why a small child is always bubbling with laughter and is full of energy…full of joy.

If art is about self- expression, then the expression of ‘self’ is the dharma of an artist. To express without limiting oneself with the medium of expression is a natural process an artist is bound to follow, especially if one can connect with various mediums. For a long time, I have convinced myself that it’s the visual that is my language and not the words, obvious reason being too laid back to work on my writing skills. But sometimes artists need to speak and express themselves verbally, for there is a chance that the dialogue might be lost in interpretation. However, I do not like to call myself an artist yet as I have a long way to go to achieve that complete manifestation of ‘self’ through art. Many times, I wonder if we humans really know the meaning of “self”? and where comes the expression of this entity (self) that is still unknown to many of the individuals? Probably much of the expression is the expression of mind, persona or the intellect which is misidentified as...

In search of the answer of the very basic question of existence, "who I am?" and in order to reach our 'crude' self... we must uncover various layers that clouds the human consciousness  and are accumulated over the years due to constant exposure to man- made conditionings and understanding of the world that is up to a larger extent ego oriented and self- centred.  To explore the answer of this question, "who am I?" I propose to experiment and use some information that is available through ancient knowledge and decide on some of the steps that we want to take. For example, it is said by many philosophers like Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato and also mentioned in ancient Indian 'Vedas' that through the study of microcosm, macrocosm can be known... 'yat pinde- tat brahmande' - the unit and the cosmos. A seeker can however think/meditate deeper on this question and try to find the answer of “who am I?”. For example, a recent interaction wi...