Journaling- An Endeavour to Contemplation!!

room-on-the-roof-ruskin-bond Over the past few months, I have not been reading and writing properly. When I say properly, I actually mean my diet of reading, that fills me. That heals the noise within me. And the consequence has turned out to be, of course, not so good. Binge watching has actually slaved me. Okay- enough of complaints. At the back of my mind, I hate complaining but somehow that’s how my ego - little self is, complaining, this is what it does.  binge-watching So, I decided today that I am going to sit back, turn my phone off, and read something light, something light and fulfilling.  And guess what? Like always, I go back to Ruskin Bond. Ruskin Bond’s first novel- The Room on the Roof.  the-room-on-the-roof-ruskin-bond As Ruskin Bond says- its a novel about adolescence by an adolescence, longing for love and family, written out of loneliness. Well! I don’t know my reason to reach out to this novel because i am no longer an adolescent, and i am far far away from the conc

A long, long time ago I dreamt of wilderness Dreamt of giving up of being Around the crowd, and Running all the way round. Of being all alone, In the middle of long dense trees Whose branches lush and green   The small little forest – my home Where Fruits healed my hunger Where Cool soil guided my sleep In the sweet melodies of canary   I dreamt of joy In being alone And find myself jumping in the rain I dreamt of fear In being alone And find myself curled up Like fetus in the womb of nature   The alarm bell on my phone Asking me to wake up from my dream I wash up my face And move to a window side To supply the fresh air to my inner self A light thunder And I look up at the sky At the clouds turning gray and black Of the clouds scattering and showering sun’s light Of the clouds thundering and pouring down The rain dampens the dry soil & I breathe in the fragrance of petrichor And come back to my room At my desk

One day, or it can be night too. You were just born. How? Well!- biology defines it the meeting of XX or XY chromosome But, chances are your parents tell you- child is a gift of god. And, you wonder- who this god is? They take you to the temple and introduce you to god! Hmm.. And in the name of god- you are supposed to do everything without questioning. Following blindly a set of beliefs It all starts with just a drop of sand But with time, it turns out to be mountain hard & strong Beliefs that could have been questioned once, Now is a living being, so obvious that there is no room left to question Beliefs that only make you a blind follower Follower of ? Follower of a book with structures and rules mentioned in it If you break the rules- you are afraid, you will be left out & suffer If you follow the rules- you suffer, because you don’t know what’s happening all around. I wonder, Who gave this rule book? Who is the author of this book of disci

They are not synonyms !! मैं हमेशा से  ये दो शब्द सुनती आई हूँ – भारत दर्शन और Western Philosophy | और चुकि, आम लोगों की धारणा में, जो पढ़े लिखे हैं उनमे भी मैंने पाया है कि अगर   भारत दर्शन बोलो तो "लोक धर्म ही होगा" , ऐसी मान्यता प्रचलित है ; मैं उन्हें कहती हूँ कि मैं Indian Philosophy पढ़ रही हूँ |  उस नाते वो थोड़ी रूचि भी दिखाते हैं | और मैं उन्हें कम से कम वेदांत , उपनिषद् – इन शब्दों से ही रूबरू करा पाती हूँ | पर दर्शन और philosophy शब्द को उच्चारित करते दौरान ही मालूम पड़ता है कि इन दो शब्दों के ताल – मेल में तो कमी है | We can ’ t consider them as synonyms to each other . तो अब चलिए फिर – इन शब्दों का अर्थ थोड़ी और गहराई से समझते हैं | Word etymology के जरिये :- जहाँ हम शब्दों के origin को समझ पाते हैं | Philosophy :- Philo + Sophia Philo means loving , fond of & Sophia means knowledge , wisdom So , basically philosophy means love for knowledge & wisdom . अब दर्शन शब्द को समझते हैं – दृश्   धातु   से बना है दर्