Thursday 19 April 2018

Lost and Found:


Most ancient shamanic traditions, whether it’s the Peruvian, Maoris or Himalayan, believe that everything within this universe is made of energy; and we are all physical manifestations of that energy. According to one Himalayan shamanic tradition, we, each individual as well as the society, are the manifestations of our experiences, individual as well as collective - of past lives, ancestral experiences, and present memories and that current actions can energetically have impact over seven generations.

Yuval Noah Harari in his book Sapiens says that animals live in and experience objective reality. Only homo sapiens (us) have the ability to create fictional (imaginations) reality like politics, religion, money, human rights etc. and accept that reality over and above the objective reality due to our ability to be flexible and cooperate in large numbers.  And now, we have almost lost touch with our objective reality.

Somewhere between these two narratives, we (humans) have lost our way.




So, who are you when you say you are a human? No, you are not the white privileged person from the rich west, or an Australian, or a Dalit, a Muslim, a CEO of a company, a teacher, a mother of two, a bored housewife, a miner, a writer, a photographer, a kabbadi player, a murderer, a hermit, a loner, a beggar, a feminist, a right-winger, a banker, a reluctant leader, a scientist, a child, a dreamer, a homosexual, a transgender, a terrorist, an African, a Buddhist, a tribal, an unsuccessful actor, a game-addict, an orphan, a runner, a trekker, a farmer, a rich man with two houses and two cars, a schizophrenic, a sad widower.

Who are you when you remove yourself from this ‘fictional’ life and definitions? Who are you when you strip yourself of your hair, skin, muscle and your bones? Who are you when you stand in front of your naked soul, when you confront your spirit?

When you come face to face with your spirit-self, then and only then, your journey as a human being begins.



3 comments:

  1. Thought provoking. Makes you wonder is it even possible now to go to our objective self? After centuries of layering of other fictional realities. Alternately, hasn't it allowed to come to terms with life and death?

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  2. If you are talking about the 'self', moving into our objective selves is a definitive possibility. If you are talking about lives, maybe not 100% now. But I still believe we can have the best of both the worlds provided we are aware that there is a real world out there. I also believe that if a significant number of people can break out of this 'fictional' world, we can pull the rest out and create a much better world for ourselves (maybe 2-3 generations from now). About life and death - no, what we know of life and death in 'fictional' reality is just 180 degrees opposite in objective reality. What we think we know, is nothing near to what nature is.....

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  3. Also think about it...if more and more people find our objective selves back, the fictional world will vanish on its own!

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