Saturday, May 20, 2006

Beautiful place this-my Mind!!!

"Life is so sarcastic,ironic,enigmatic and tantalising in all its ways..."
When we actually say this sentence are we meaning to say that "Life" is an animate entity that exists all by itself as we do in all our glory?Are we implying that "life" has a life of its own and its not by the virtue of our existence that gives "life " the name it possesses? Could it ever happen that we would stop existing but still "Life" would have? Funny or ridiculous though may it it seem but its true!! Its only a mere matter of perception that can give us this answer.Well,my definition of this myth called "Life"...here it goes....

For me,my "Life" is where my mind is!My whole existence depends on this eternal veracity! My "Life" is what my mind thinks of it.Rather ,its my mind'd perception that i have a "life".Its only an illusion which makes us think that something or someone exists in our "life".Because there ain't no "life" existing somewhere beyond our vision,somewhere beyond the horizon or deep inside the woods or hidden in valleys!! "Life" and "Death" are the only entities which never exist physically but still we use adjectives to describe them.(adjectives which are used to describe live entities)
The greatest delusion in life is "Life" !!which does not exist. Our mind thinks of "Life" as something which exists,when truly speaking our mind is an embodiment of "life" Our mind has a mind of its own.Or else how could it think that it has life?

When we say something about ourselves it implies that we do have opnions about ourselves. But how can it possibly be? We can only have opinions about someone or something we seee,hear or are acquainted with!!We can only have opinions or perceptions about someone which is not "Us"!! So in order to have an opinion or thought,there must be an interaction or existence between or of the two entities involved!! So it means that our mind has an opinion of "Us". So again there are two people-"Me" and "Myself".
So when i have a self opinion it means that my "myself" has an opinion of "me".
So here's the equation-One body,Two people-me and myself(mind).

What if "me" has an opinion of "myself"?.Does it mean that "me" can also have a life without "myself"? This contradicts my previous assumption that its by the virtue of "my" existence that gives "myself" a "life".Is it by the virtue of my existence that "myself" exists or is it the other way round? But surely, i can conjecture that the latter assumption is true. Since my mind (myself) can come into existence only after "me" is born or is existing.

My "mind" can see "me",feel "me",know "me" love "me",hate "me" and yet it cannot depart from "me".My "myself" cant exist without "me".So it has to live with "me".But what would happen after i die? Does my "myself" too come to an end? Or does it live forever? Does "me" come to know when my "myself" is departing from it? Does it come to know that it has ceased to exist?If so,then "mind"should go on existing even after i am dead! Since its mind which has an opinion about "me".If it thinks that i am dead,it means that its still alive!! But how can this be practically feasible? Because my mind exists only when "i" exist and if "i" myself cease to live,how can my mind live on? So how do i come to know if i am dead,say at a given instant? Which one dies first-me or myself? Assume if "myself" dies first,then i would never come to know that "i" am dead since my thinking patner "myself" would not tell me that i am dead!!

Now the million dollar question is- whether "myself" has an opinion about "myself"!!If not,then how would my "myself" pen down opinions and facts about "myself"(mind)?
Mind is talking about "mind" and yeah, its indeed a Beautiful place this-my mind!!!

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