The truth, in the facades that may appear.
In understanding the real and unreal
The truths and the untruths
And everything in between.
Humanity stands perplexed
At times in the paradoxes of life
Confounded by challenges.
In the throes of confusion.
Sifting through to make sense of it all
Beyond the mirrored existence
Shifting perspectives in the making.
Yet knowing simply all as parts of the same source.
Savvy
Chk this interesting video on the two sides of life and living .
To dare as much as to retreat
In the ebb and flow of life —
Waves teaches us much!
To reach the pinnacle of success
Is one thing,
But truth of nature is, it changes.
So, the glory must recede in humility.
Such is the way of balance.
There is no gain in holding on.
There is grace in letting go.
Such is the circle of life.
Savvy
From time immemorial
Existence equaled spaces
Life equated space as a given
All a matter of life and death.
Our history is a witness
Of the story of spaces
Fought for, on and upon
Mauraded or harvested
The mystic and majesty
Lies in the significance of spaces
Spaces breathed and birthed
Spaces nurtured in nature
Spaces in and around us
Breathtaking magnificent
Stark manifestations
Of ground realities
Spaces in time eternal
Spaces bygone
And yet to be encountered
Spaces lived and loved
Spaces taken for granted
Spaces usurped and owned
Spaces pursued and protected
Spaces encroached and freed.
Gratitude to the powers that are
In the spaces between
The two words, two beings or two breaths
Between stillness and movement.
Savvy
The Silent Retreat
Four monks decided to meditate silently without speaking for two weeks.
They began with enthusiasm and no one said a word the whole day.
By nightfall of the first day, the candle began to flicker and then went out.
The first monk blurted out, “Oh, no! The candle is out.”
The second monk said, “Hey! We are not supposed to speak!”
The third monk said in an irritated voice, “What is this? Why did you two break the silence?”
The fourth monk smiled and said, “Wow! I’m the only one who hasn’t spoken.”
Reflections:
Each monk broke the silence for a different reason, each of which is a common stumbling block in our inner journey: distraction, judgement, anger and pride.
The first monk got distracted by one aspect of his experience (the candle) and forgot what was more important – the practice of witnessing without reacting.
The second monk was more worried about others following the rules than in actually practising himself. He was quick to judge without noticing that he himself was guilty of what he was criticizing.
The third monk let his anger towards the first two monks affect him.
The singular burst of anger ruined the effort of the day.
The fourth monk lost his way because of pride. He was convinced he was superior to the others, proving his ignorance.
Why did the fourth monk speak at all? He could have simply maintained his silence and he would have been successful in his endeavour.
But if he had, chances are, the other three might have continued to argue and not even noticed his silence. Some people are like this.
Their motto is “If I am doing something good, but no one notices, I might as well not be doing it at all.” They believe that the reward is not in the effort, but in the recognition.
There is a beautiful quote, “It is the province of knowledge to speak; it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”
As we learn to truly listen, witness and observe without impulsively reacting with distraction, judgement, anger and pride, then we understand the true meaning of silence.
The Wisdom of Silence
Silence has the strength of spaces in sublime consciousness…
Who better to seek to understand the preciousness of time …. to understand the wisdom of time than from a tender flower a midst its unabashed beauty!
Fill your day brightly !
Live the moments!
Make it yours to love!
Shine and sparkle some more !
Savvy Raj
Explore the Immense Power of Possibilities!
Hope lives on, in possibility
Joy is always a possibility
Love happens, its a possibility
Luck as well is a possibility
Try and try again in perseverance
When effort becomes a possibility
Success too becomes a possibility
Power to the arising possibilities.
Savvy
Amazing nature
Rivetting composition
All in the play of colours
In the shapes and structure
Every design unique yet self similiar
Arresting the eyes and treat to the senses.
Hues and tones
In perfect juxtaposition
Harmony in the synchrony
Amazing capture of amazing nature!
Savvy
A fine piece of art
Has the soul of the artist
Embedded within it forever.
A poet leaves his soultraces
On his poetry
For they evoke his hearts imagery.
Like a writer leaves his hearts imprints
On the story
With his personal take on life.
The painter paints a picture
But emotes the scene
Etched deep in his heart.
The dancer graces the space
With gratitude
From the freedom in the spirit of movement.
The musicians hand creates
With artistic abandon
Signing every piece with his soul.
And in the letting go
Of the creation at hand
Without personal attachment
Marks the path of discovery
Of the value attached
In every part to the whole
For then the art
Breathes life unto itself
To inspire some more.
As it is left bare open
To be shared and seen
In the ever expanding horizon
And in the trials & tribulations
In the making, it knows
It is blessed with the divine touch.
Often as artists there is much at stake ingrained individually.
But to move beyond these narrow means is an awakening to the arising and ever expanding horion of truth in its infinite potential. And that is what gives the shape of things to come.
To see beauty in creation is to know its strength and weaknesses as they are …
knowing it is the divine creators touch that makes it unique even in its very falliability.
No matter then, the elements the energy chooses to express with… for in the very enterprise of creation is a divine transcendence.
Savvy
Is the truth of Creation
Bound by laws,
Or is creation a product
Of union and collisions?
Every act of creation
Is a manifestation of reality,
A dimension of truth
A matter, a shape, a form
In the envisioning of the ultimate oneness.
What is the nature of creation?
Is it a continuum of intentions,
Rising like a phoenix,
To the alpha and the omega?
Is it a beginning with an end,
Or an end with infinite beginnings?
It is not yet fathomable.
As man seeks to understand
The order of things,
Life creates disorder.
It shakes things up a bit
For all to settle for a while
Back into place.
And man thinks
He has deciphered
Finally the meaning
Of his own self
Amidst the others.
But he is stumped by chance
Once again by stepping in
To another dimension
In the making, and yet again
Is left pondering over
Another reality in illusions.
We are mirrors of our existence
For no answer is the perfect answer
No truth, the perfect truth.
We are interweaved beings
Interpolating our individual
Versions of truth as it appears.
In doing so, we refine our versions
In inclusivity and exclusivity,
In trial and error,
Searching and discovering,
Learning and sharing
Our paths in crossing and in sensing,
Accepting and acknowledging
The infinity of truth.
Savvy Raj
SHAPING ….Artwork by Savvy Raj
There is in the shape of things
A reason why,
Like the night and the day,
Photo by GEORGE DESIPRIS on Pexels.com
They say nothing is accidental.
There is always a shape to things,
A reason for design,
A reason for pain and pleasure,
A reason for order and disorder,
A reason for imbalance
As much for equilibrium,
A reason for the confusion in chaos
As much for emergence of clarity.
Photo by Jack Hawley on Pexels.com
One thing leads to another.
Patterns develop out of nothing into something.
Those who are in the front
Become guides for those who follow.
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com
In the ensuing connections,
Forms take shape of things to come,
Matter combines to eloquently express
Succinctly amidst the brevity
Or in hyperboles of creation.
All is yet in symmetry.
Photo by Aman Bhatnagar on Pexels.com
Emotion emits acceleration.
Life destructs and creates in continuum
To evolve itself in the shape of things to come.
Savvy Raj
Beautiful flower
Tell me your secret
How unassuming of you
To show up with so much beauty
All for a single day in the sun?
Beautiful flower
You paint a lovely picture
Of hope and positivity
Of endearing tenderness
That speaks much without a word.
Beautiful flower
Your colour makes my day better
Having seen you blossom in full glory.
You awaken a sense of purpose
In one and all relentlessly every day.
Beautiful flower
Your sight brings joy
Your touch gentleness
Your being fragrance
You are a sight to behold!
Beautiful flower
My heartfelt gratitude to you.
For bestowing us all, your grace of being.
Today and every day!
Savvy
A few pictures that I clicked this morning in my terrace garden. I don’t know the names of these beauties but I do know they made me reflect with a certain gladness, simply partaking in a vision of their tender presence.
What seems to be, may not be
What is, maybe not.
What is an assumption, may become a contradiction.
What seems factual, may not be actual.
All is a matter of shifting perspectives.
Savvy
The above image was shared by a friend on social media… it is not a video but simply a still image.
The question is do our perspectives shape our experiences
Or do our unique experiences shape our perspectives….
Just thinking aloud.
Waltz of the Eyes
If eyes could speak
They would say a thousand words
May be more
Yes eyes speak more than words can tell
Have you seen eyes up close
They say much more
There is defiance denial
Hurt and humility
Fear and pain
Sadness and confusion
Longing for approval
And anguish of anxiety
There is judgement and approval
Brazeness and courage
Hope and trust
Mystic and magic
Enigma so magnetic
And yet there is also
Surprise and innocence
Charm and grace
Kindness and Generosity
A Light of Love
For life and living.
Waltz of the Eyes indeed! Speaking much without words that portrays the undeniable truths of life .
How much life experiences can speak through these windows of our soul! Check it for yourself … so much to read in there. May be you can see much more ….do share!
Savvy
Thank you dear Efi for mentioning Stavros and this beautiful lilting music…’Waltz of the Eyes’ in my earlier post.This waltz is truly bewitching! 💙💙💙
It is Monday morning and a start to a new week! Here is a beautiful story share.
Sunflowers 🌻 turn according to the position of the sun, in other words, they “chase the light.” You might already know this, but there is another fact that you probably do not know!
Have you ever wondered what happens on cloudy, rainy days when the sun is completely covered by clouds?🤔
This is an interesting question, isn’t it?
Perhaps you think the sunflower withers or turns its head towards the ground. Is this what crossed your mind?
Well, that’s incorrect!
This is what happens?
They turn towards each other to share their energy.🌻🌻
Nature’s perfection is amazing; now let’s apply this reflection to our lives. We all want this light and seek it in different ways: in our family, friends, religion, work and so on. But there are always going to be cloudy days, gloomy days, because there is no escaping them!
When this happens, most people become overwhelmed, low-spirited, and the most vulnerable ones, some-times, become depressed.How about following the example of the beautiful sunflowers 🌻 supporting and em-powering each other. Nature has so much to teach us.
Wishing everyone a “Sun flower”🌻 trait of turning towards each other on their cloudy and gloomy days.
Reading this story drew me to another fascinating aspect so visible in the sunflowers. The mathematical order of their spirals, that continue to mystify us in all their glory.
Here is an interesting explanation for such a phenomenon.
Truly are many aspects to the ordinary… and yet simplicities of harmony in the very complexities and chaos of life and living.
On Black and White Artistry
Black and white may be excluded
From the family of colours.
But the tints, tones & shades
Find a family of their own….
In the enigmatic monochrome
And the elegance they exude
Borders on sheer simplicity
And dares on the utter sophistication.
In a world of colours that we may see
Using tonal contrast creates drama
Using light to capture textures.
Form and shape makes a difference.
Devoid of distractions of colours
Evocative captures, quality of lighting
Shifts focus on the ethereal elements
And accentuates the light and shadows.
Black and white photography
Flatters in a timeless way
At times it elevates, the subjects beauty
Creating an enigmatic dimension.
Presenting my artwork above
Titled : Chakra (Wheel ) above that felt right to me…
Only in monochromatic elegance
Of Black & White shades and tones.
Savvy
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