Autonomous Perception

The only person you need to compete with is yourself. Today, we shall read something about Perception, how realizing that perceptions are a base for what's to come, not just for one moment, but for all.

The inside world, the outside world. Look what separates it? Multiple square glass pieces forming a window?

Undeniably, we all know that our planet currently runs on competitiveness. Let's get to the crux of this matter. Just like your children or parents, even you are in a constant battle with others to prove your worth and establish a position in the corporate world. But, what the masses do not realize is that they can use their most gifted weapon, Perception.

Truthfully, if they realize that their competitors are mere shadows and alternative personalities of themselves, then they rule out the most demonic mental blockage, which is that they are competing with fellow humans. The constant battle we have with ourselves is what leads us to abandon the most sacred temple in our head, the temple of Perception. If we were calm, intricately trained to control the flow of our thoughts, emotions, and actions, then we could patiently understand our varied perceptions and effectively act upon them. My point being, your only competitor is yourself. He is not your colleague, nor is he your friend, neither is he your neighbor.

You will feel more than you see!

Just a little piece of advice in order to experience the understanding of perception fully, You must leave your smartphone for a week, leave all the tech behind and go spend time under an open sky with strangers who are too seeking for the unnamed. Then you shall be in the very center of the world, with heightened awareness "Amongst Yourself". 

Love and Our Dear Friend, Light

There have been numerous times in our lives when we just stand looking through the branches of a tree, admiring the rays of the sun; dissected, split and segregated but blooming from a mutual source, flashing through the gaps. Usually, you cannot directly look at the sun, but when you see a multitude of rays through the tree, a supreme feeling of happiness and serenity kicks in, which I describe to the people of our times as the unfathomable feeling of oneness.

Somewhere in Paris

Recently, while sitting amidst nature and contemplating the harsh realities of life, I thought let us be simple for a while and speak about trivialities, keeping the usual hush-a-hush aside. So, this time, with the sun behind my head and me facing the anterior of this beautiful spectacle, a tree.

The coruscating beams directly struck the bark in my sight and I could suddenly see the tree clearer than ever, clearer in every aspect, I felt the tree was happy to have me around. I'd look around to see that the tree I was scrutinizing was so much more in focus than the hundreds of trees around me. Again, pausing and stumbling over firing thoughts in my head, I walked alongside the tree, filled with benevolence for all around me.

What I saw on the opposite end of the bark was in stark contrast to what I initially saw, there were no molten-gold beams falling on it, a grim feeling kicked in, harsh realities came back. The whole picture was so beautiful and comfortable at first, the tree, it's bark, branches and leaves along with an element of light from the ever-raging sun, all this with you in one place, but this time I saw no joy for the other side of the same tree. Being one, rooting out of mother earth together, yet one receives light but one does not.

The Spectacle

The best part of my words above is that there is no conclusion, malevolence, confrontation but it is a mere observation. All this can be best seen in a painting. Van Gogh was a painter much more promising in calibre than the others, due to his ability of observing and conveying detail he owns some of the most meaningful artwork in human history. This man had such an impeccable talent to visualize and capture detail that he actually managed to paint how the sun would share its light among all the plants and trees in the park.

You see, how our friend Van Gogh used the power of light in his work to express love. Love could not be a friend or an enemy, nor the front or back of the tree, two things for one big one is a myth. Here, my friends, I see unity, companionship, benignity, and oneness.

-Paris, France

The Now

Another morning begins, some part of today's positivity/negativity comes from the previous day's nostalgia, some part of it comes from the present day's excitement and thrill. No harm in it all you know, but factually speaking this is induced into us by society and the sly weapons it uses to keep our conscious mind fully under control. Living in the moment, living in the now, not even the very second, but the very second, is a forgotten art in these times.

This specific art was omnipresent at the time when we had only a few leaders of various political classes and industries which produced on the effort of others. But now, by draining the simplest of our intellectual abilities, they have managed to chew away our most beloved gift, which is, living in the moment.

My advice to all readers is 'Live in the moment', don't stress over the past, don't plan your day, while you inhale oxygen at this very moment, cherish only that and nothing in the past or future, for nothing is greater than fully knowing the present.

Shnogpdeng, Meghalaya