My first ever blog. As a kid, I never thought that I had the potential to pen down anything. I wasnt shy but was low on confidence. My ability to grow as an individual only came to light when I started looking outward. I had this immense urge to speak out things which I felt. However, I felt my grip on expression of thought hugely depended on my writing ability. So, here I begin with the subject closest to me....True Love and its endless search.
One of the recent plays that I had seen at Prithvi Theatre was called 60 seconds deep. Well written by Nayantara Roy and good performances by other actor crew. My closest pal Atul Mongia was playing one of the leads too. There were many interesting & thought proving concepts explored in the play. The play is majorly about city life and monotonous things we get involved as people. All of us are constantly searching for something. In the play actors referred that thing as "it". No one knows what is "it", but are deeply immersed in the search of "it". "It" can be anything - money, fame, power, relationship, trust etc. I could instantly relate "it" to Love. And just not the Love - "It" is True Love.
The so called True Love that most of us or rather; if we have the courage to admit, all of us are looking for. Love exists. Around us - all the time. In one or the other form. There is a dearth of people in our lives who want us to shower with Love. But are we satisfied ?? May be not. As humans, we just dont give up on desires. As the famous commercial says....Yeh Dil Maange more !!! More Love, More Power, More Money and endless more component. But even if we get more love, it never quenches the thirst. All we need is "True" Love.
But, what is True Love ?? And is there a way to define it? Can it be called as unconditional love? I dont know. May be I havent ever tried to answer it myself. It used to scare me at one point in time to question the credibility of true love. Not anymore. There are no preset notions about it. Nor does it has a generic explanation. It cant be measured in a jar, nor can you feel the weight of it. Size, shape, dimensions, weight etc. are not something which can give it a realistic version. The brilliant mind has an answer to everything. So when we ask it - How do u know it is true love? The arbitrary answer is "Feel it stupid". And then u think, are u just naive or so dumb that you dont know what is the mind speaking of. You go back to the super power Heart - which sometimes rules your body. When asked the same question the mighty heart answers "Sense it idiot". And then u feel like screaming, Oh lord !!! Please give me the power to differentiate between feel and sense. I am unable to do it. Hence, true love stays undefined.
How do we reach our true love? Path - Under Construction. Will it always stay like that? May be not. It is kind of funny but true that to reach that destination, all of us need to construct our own road. And also pay a premium to get a high quality construction too. The way I define that road is - it has a toll junction wherein a payout is demanded on a regular basis to access the area. The payout can be decided prior to the construction, but there is no guarantee as to it remaining the same. I read a beautiful quote by Scott Peck in the book "The Road Less Travelled". It said that Loving someone takes an effort. So do all those notions that true love is effortless and unconditional stand null and void?? I believe that everything in this world needs an effort. Even smiling is an effort. I dont know how many muscles in your face have to be at work to do that, but definitely its an effort. And to conclude.....search of "True" Love will take a dedicated effort - in the right direction ofcourse. When you find it - cherish it, value it and reap the beauty that it brings along. Dont look hard, just look around and you will find it there !!!! May be the Love that surrounds you is the so called "True" Love.
One of the recent plays that I had seen at Prithvi Theatre was called 60 seconds deep. Well written by Nayantara Roy and good performances by other actor crew. My closest pal Atul Mongia was playing one of the leads too. There were many interesting & thought proving concepts explored in the play. The play is majorly about city life and monotonous things we get involved as people. All of us are constantly searching for something. In the play actors referred that thing as "it". No one knows what is "it", but are deeply immersed in the search of "it". "It" can be anything - money, fame, power, relationship, trust etc. I could instantly relate "it" to Love. And just not the Love - "It" is True Love.
The so called True Love that most of us or rather; if we have the courage to admit, all of us are looking for. Love exists. Around us - all the time. In one or the other form. There is a dearth of people in our lives who want us to shower with Love. But are we satisfied ?? May be not. As humans, we just dont give up on desires. As the famous commercial says....Yeh Dil Maange more !!! More Love, More Power, More Money and endless more component. But even if we get more love, it never quenches the thirst. All we need is "True" Love.
But, what is True Love ?? And is there a way to define it? Can it be called as unconditional love? I dont know. May be I havent ever tried to answer it myself. It used to scare me at one point in time to question the credibility of true love. Not anymore. There are no preset notions about it. Nor does it has a generic explanation. It cant be measured in a jar, nor can you feel the weight of it. Size, shape, dimensions, weight etc. are not something which can give it a realistic version. The brilliant mind has an answer to everything. So when we ask it - How do u know it is true love? The arbitrary answer is "Feel it stupid". And then u think, are u just naive or so dumb that you dont know what is the mind speaking of. You go back to the super power Heart - which sometimes rules your body. When asked the same question the mighty heart answers "Sense it idiot". And then u feel like screaming, Oh lord !!! Please give me the power to differentiate between feel and sense. I am unable to do it. Hence, true love stays undefined.
How do we reach our true love? Path - Under Construction. Will it always stay like that? May be not. It is kind of funny but true that to reach that destination, all of us need to construct our own road. And also pay a premium to get a high quality construction too. The way I define that road is - it has a toll junction wherein a payout is demanded on a regular basis to access the area. The payout can be decided prior to the construction, but there is no guarantee as to it remaining the same. I read a beautiful quote by Scott Peck in the book "The Road Less Travelled". It said that Loving someone takes an effort. So do all those notions that true love is effortless and unconditional stand null and void?? I believe that everything in this world needs an effort. Even smiling is an effort. I dont know how many muscles in your face have to be at work to do that, but definitely its an effort. And to conclude.....search of "True" Love will take a dedicated effort - in the right direction ofcourse. When you find it - cherish it, value it and reap the beauty that it brings along. Dont look hard, just look around and you will find it there !!!! May be the Love that surrounds you is the so called "True" Love.
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Welcome to the blog world.
A glimpse of the within exemplified on a not so anonymous and a not so private platform. Yet it is courageous to share our innermost. That is what artists struggle to achieve. To share a very deep urge thats waiting to be expressed and shared, and it does invoke feelings and thoughts in its audience.
We are all on some form of journey and it would rather be boring if we reached our destination too soon. For its the journey that exhilirates. May you find your path and enjoy your exploration to a new inner world...
This is one topic on which one's opinion keeps changing with time & experience....so keep blogging on the topic as u see ur thoughts evolving. Hope we all reach the state that Sharmila has mentioned for eternal happiness.