Fluky Wisdom

“The purpose of art as well as nature is to help man. Nature is already perfect, but the function of art is a ritual to help “imperfect” men become identical with this perfect nature. While the perfect nature is always aesthetic, meaning fully alive, man is often inaesthetic, meaning not experiencing directly, really lifeless, enslaved by the thinking and feeling diseases of his psyche... the aim to present man, not man instead of nature, but man identical with perfect nature, that is man at his very best, real, alive and free.”    -  Erick Hawkins (American Modern Dancer & Choreographer) Had there been no connection between the heart and the art, or for that matter, had there been no term called ‘heart’ at all, there would not have been any entertainment industry, there would not have been any question of aesthetics, there would not have been millions of cases of depression, suicides and there would not have been a LIFE! What is life? Is life merely to exis...

“Love cannot be learnt or taught. Love comes as Grace.” -           Rumi Rumi was right. Love comes as grace and spreads as light. Often we over estimate ourselves as the most lovable and loving souls in this universe. But in the name of love, we act so selfish. Our attachment to our own world and people is often misunderstood as love. So what is selfless love? There are different definitions for selfless and pure love. I share one of my encounters with a simple yet wonderful lady in a city bus. I was sitting in a bus behind the seat reserved for senior citizens in which a young lady sat. After a while, a sixty year old woman entered the bus and asked me to get up and offer her my seat. I, claiming myself a rule bound person didn’t give her the seat but suggested her to ask the lady who sat in the senior citizen’s seat. The woman instead of asking her started scolding me. I was taken aback by her rudeness and became even more rigid in o...