My mother's native is a small town in Karnataka, which I visit every year. I have always liked that place, for it lacks annoying traffic and polluted air. There are no bright lights at night and it is a pleasure watching darkness flow out of the vast roof of the world, with million glittering stars looking down upon earth. This beauty carries a huge baggage of inherent truth of nature which the inner eye fails to identify in light. A turn to any direction there exhibits darkness and only darkness. I sometimes wonder who was the first taught man to glorify light and discredit dark. It is this small town and my nights there which inclined me towards the beauty of darkness.
Staring into the dark space, I would many times lose myself in thoughts about evolution, divine, etc. I always feel, darkness being an inextricable part of nature, can extricate mind and soul to the best levels by turning the senses inwards. It is indeed a strong force within itself which can drive recognition of truth beyond oneself and become one with it. History of formation of space says, "Darkness is the first primordial truth that lies at the heart of creation. It is the core of all that is deep, eternal and infinite in the universe. Pervading darkness is the domain of the source of all light and all life - that is god." Often, darkness is made a synonym to ignorance in people, as a result of which the nature's way of expressing truth remains unexplored. But it's true that, darkness as seen in nature expresses truth of life in the simplest way of its existence. What we lack is either a vision to look at it or identification of ignorance in us.
At times, one does not possess courage to accept the facts of life. It requires a positive energy which can blend reality with the senses. It's always true that one can see his/her own "self" more clear and can concentrate well on inner thoughts when the surrounding is dark. As a matter of fact, I have tried relating this concept of concentration in dark to the concept of meditation vaguely. Darkness can be fetched just by closing eyes and this act indeed is a pre-requisite for meditation. Though, meditation involves many other processes, all my above experiences say, darkness plays an important role in the outcome of meditation. Darkness, as is always described, is not just absence of light and a source of fear. But, in its true sense, it is a deep penetrating world which seems endless, as it can engulf one with its dense content and lead him/her to light.
- Jayashree.
Staring into the dark space, I would many times lose myself in thoughts about evolution, divine, etc. I always feel, darkness being an inextricable part of nature, can extricate mind and soul to the best levels by turning the senses inwards. It is indeed a strong force within itself which can drive recognition of truth beyond oneself and become one with it. History of formation of space says, "Darkness is the first primordial truth that lies at the heart of creation. It is the core of all that is deep, eternal and infinite in the universe. Pervading darkness is the domain of the source of all light and all life - that is god." Often, darkness is made a synonym to ignorance in people, as a result of which the nature's way of expressing truth remains unexplored. But it's true that, darkness as seen in nature expresses truth of life in the simplest way of its existence. What we lack is either a vision to look at it or identification of ignorance in us.At times, one does not possess courage to accept the facts of life. It requires a positive energy which can blend reality with the senses. It's always true that one can see his/her own "self" more clear and can concentrate well on inner thoughts when the surrounding is dark. As a matter of fact, I have tried relating this concept of concentration in dark to the concept of meditation vaguely. Darkness can be fetched just by closing eyes and this act indeed is a pre-requisite for meditation. Though, meditation involves many other processes, all my above experiences say, darkness plays an important role in the outcome of meditation. Darkness, as is always described, is not just absence of light and a source of fear. But, in its true sense, it is a deep penetrating world which seems endless, as it can engulf one with its dense content and lead him/her to light.
- Jayashree.
5 comments:
This is just awesome!! I wish if I could think in these terms. I Hope to see regular postings from you.
Excellent marketing blog on darkness. haha anybody who reads this will start thinking "Why did i not start appreciating the darkness earlier" ;)
Any company paying you for this kind of viral marketing :P
On a serious note, a very good blog...lets one realize one's own potential/light by going into darkness and finally coming out with a positive energy, ready to liberate every one else too ;)
(self-realization)
I never saw this side of darkness :)... Good one...
Hmm....most people assume that darkness means something creepy,hollow and dungeon,but mostly its what ur scared of and what you are uncertain of,you actually relate it to the darkness. its been related to all the horror movies, and @the end of the tunnel their is always a light & not darkness,which makes it a bad thing.
the most important thing to think on this is that once the darkness prevails you, you are more you than you are with light. just imagine going to bed, and all the thoughts cross you about urself mostly.
i see it as a silence of eternal self realization.
gd one shree!
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