Abhey Gupta

Tag: Spirituality

  • A Step of Life

    In the wilderness of endless graze,
    I see how small I have been.
    Not above the earth or sky,
    but a fragment in the wheel of time,
    a step belonging to the order of all things.

    In the savanna filled with grass,
    I seek myself beyond my eyes.
    The truer self is not this body,
    but the breath that stirs in all —
    I am the wild, and the wild is me.

    Everywhere I look, Mother Nature,
    woven threads of leaf and lion.
    Who am I to worry for myself?
    I am only a strand in the vast fabric,
    a hum of life that sings in chorus.

    Life hides beyond my sight,
    its “why” veiled in silence.
    All I know: the journey is brief,
    a step aside on a winding road —
    yet in this fleeting moment, I am alive.

  • Beginnings & Endings

    There is a Coldplay song — “The Scientist” — that I have been listening to for a long time; and every time, it hits me hard, and makes me wonder about beginnings and endings.

    Is it merely a concept — a particular thing happening within the framework of time? Or are we actually bound by some existential feeling, about the metaphysical boundary of beginning and end?

    I know there is no single answer to it — just like Albert Einstein’s efforts toward a Theory of Everything. But still, I choose to believe that we can work in the direction of understanding the concept behind it.

  • Peace of Mind

    Another day.

    I was delusional, and lost; my wandering mind was trying to contemplate the word “peace,” and its purpose in the context of life. I started reading some articles on spiritual awakening, and later succeeded in reading about Kundalini Tantra — but somewhere in there, my wandering mind was unstoppable in trying to understand the purpose of life, and the many variables tied to it. So I began listening to some lectures, and, as a result, I found a talk by Osho on “Peace of Mind.”

    I found it really interesting. Listen, if it calls to you — and share what you feel.

  • What Is Moksha?

    The question is not about understanding the meaning of Moksha, but about understanding the underlying concept of liberating your state of mind.

    Moksha — also called vimoksha, vimukti, and mukti — is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism that refers to various forms of emancipation, enlightenment, liberation, and release. (Wikipedia)

    But Moksha is not just a word discovered by saints or sadhus; it is, rather, a quiet part of everyone’s life. Believe it or not, everyone around us is working toward a single end goal — call it Moksha.

    What is more important is to understand how easily we choose to ignore it, and mistake one of our milestones for the end goal of life.

    The beauty of it is this: how many times have we wondered why we aren’t happy after achieving something we longed for so long? Why success so often comes with the sadness of it being over? Why it is so hard to come to an end?

    Think again — and I hope you will realize that these were never the real end goals. Moksha was.

    Everything we are attached to is one step toward it. And we will look for the longer answer together, in the articles to come.

  • Inside and Outside

    It graces out the pride — the sky,
    with a glimpse of the forever past;
    and this world rejoices in pain,
    but not the one who has claimed the self.
    Take the ray, and make it a prayer,
    till it shines — outside the dark,
    inside, and outside…

  • मै पंछी विशाल नील गगन का

    मैं पंछी विशाल नील गगन का,
    मुझे आज इसमें समा जाने दो।
    आज मन-सागर के भावों को फूट-फूट कर,
    किरण की भाँति इस गगन में बह जाने दो।

    दूर कहीं है कोई मुझे पुकार रहा —
    ऐसा सोचते हुए मुझे उड़ जाने दो।
    आज खोल दो इस पिंजरे का ताला,
    विशाल नील गगन की सैर पर जाने दो।

    मैं पंछी विशाल नील गगन का,
    ज्ञान-अज्ञान की परिभाषा से परे।
    मालूम है तो सिर्फ़ एक प्रेम की भाषा —
    आज मुझे फिर हवाओं पर सवार हो जाने दो।

    नफ़रत की भाषा का यह कैसा स्वरूप?
    मुझे न तुम लोग इसमें घसीट डालो।
    सोचने को हैं और भी बहुत-सी बातें, लेकिन
    मुझे आज इस आसमान में खो जाने दो।

    मैं पंछी विशाल नील गगन का,
    मुझे आज सिर्फ़ उड़ जाने दो।
    असीमित है मेरे मन का बल —
    मरने से पहले एक बार जी जाने दो।

  • Realm of I and We

    I wonder where we are headed next,
    From realm to realm, through hate and devilment.
    A single heartfelt tear, cried long ago,
    With untold, hidden pain—destined to remain so.

    My eyes, lost in deep contemplation,
    I find myself again in the realm of I and we.
    Pretending to be fearless, I donned my masks,
    but, ruled by my own soul, I broke into myself.

    Light is a realm that reveals another realm;
    I opened my eyes to an untold time,
    yet again I found myself—thoughtless, speechless—
    embarking on a journey to know the realm of I and we.

    An illusion that, inside a maze, seems so real;
    darkness is all I see, fear is all I feel.
    I evolved through countless other realms, quixotically,
    and felt it all within me, perpetually.

    Life went on—the same days, the same nights—
    yet I found myself living in the realm of I and we.