New Waves

Lets set the sails, there's a new direction to chase

Om asato ma sadgamaya,
Tamaso ma jyotirgamaya,
Mrityorma amritamgamaya
Om shantih shantih shantih

Aum,
Lead us,
From the unreal to the real,
From darkness to the light,
From death to immortality,
Aum (the universal sound)
Let there be (physical) peace, (mental) peace and (spiritual) peace.

- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28.

This one used to be the prayer right from my primary school days till my Pre-University college. During recitations of this verse during my school days, I never knew the meaning of it. It must be only during my high school days that I came to know of its denotation. The meaning when I say it, I mean the literal meaning of it. Well, the actual meaning, i.e. the tenor that was originally meant to be conveyed, the drift as intended to be communicated by the source of this verse, to know that in full, to know that in its essence and in its gloriously magnificent form, even a lifetime is hardly enough. However, I would say that I got a taste of its factual meaning a few years ago. But, by that time life had already detoured, many a time in despair, many a time in lack of fulfillment in anything, many a time in the search for the primal tenor, in the quest for the complete picture. Mind had reached such a stage where it was willing to experiment anything, even at the cost of life itself. Many theories were experimented with. Some were pure thought experiments, some were derived, some were variants of "tried by others", some were discovered, some were invented and many were innovated. Nonetheless, everything failed to give the results that were expected. So the theories and experiments continued (at great costs, never to forget!). But if events, patterns, outcomes (all apparent, subjective, factual and hidden) are assayed there is only one, mind you only one theory that fits in. And boy, it fits in like a glove. Unmistakeably that was the one which was on the top, the "highest" priority one about eight years ago. If it was to be accepted as an all in all concept by that time, life definitely would have been spared many pains and misadventures. But for that to have happened, there were two pre-requisites to be met. To my vexation, both of 'em were "hugely" scarce in my barrels.

Unfortunately to know how a thing works (esp when u don't have a "manual" for it, or when u have many but u don't know which one to trust in wholeheartedly), u have to break it to see the insides. To know the reality you have to dive into it, face it head on to know the truth, else its just partial knowledge, a conjecture or at best speculation, not the elixir. You can't estimate the depth of an ocean by looking at its surface, by analyzing the characteristics of its water. Nope. To know the real depth, you have to dive into it, yourself. Only then you get the first hand experience and the true depth of it. Unfortunate, this process, you may call it. But u gotta admit it. If you want the roses, you cant set aside the thorns.

But, finally, ahhh, finalllly (yeah, finally, that's the word!) when I found the oasis amidst the scorching sands (that happened like an year ago) and started to drink from it, the casks started to fill. They started sporadically first. Then the lack days began to decrease in number. Even today though intermittent, the curve has been rising, slowly but steadily. I dint want to talk about this before, coz I wanted to be sure myself that these were simply not letters on the sand or ripples in the water. The preparations had started in the late months of '08 and started pickin up pace in the early months of '09. Well, things now are getting steady albeit very very slowly. And you cant imagine, what a joy it is to see the greens spring up in the desert. So, its time to welcome back the rains and the greens. I welcome myself back to life.

So, here it is, from death to life and from darkness to light. Welcome "Tamasomaa Jyotirgamaya", not with pomp, but with volition and grit, and not with dreamy eyes and empty hopes, of the likes of the bygone nihilist.

I aint sure of the frequency of posts here, but there's a high probability that many of the answers to the questions unanswered shall find light here. And yes, this day of emergence, this magnificent day, the fourth of July, was chosen intentionally with great passion and gratitude, and this choice aint a coincidence by any chance. More posts on the same and others shall follow.

Transcend:
1. To rise above; to surmount; go beyond; overpass; exceed:
2. To outdo or exceed in excellence, elevation, extent, degree, etc.; surpass; excel.

And yes, it feels good to have the alphabet 'T' for the beginnings of the title and the URL. Aint a very difficult thing to guess why, is it?

Before I end, let there be a quote!
"Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them" - Albert Einstein.