.. are worse than the others. With a headache so slight that you are not even aware it exists and a sense of vacancy… Why does vacancy have to be negative? Because it denotes a state of emptiness which is not the same as a state of balance… It’s a state of null energy which soon starts turning retro; drawing energy within like a black hole. Not the sense of *ground state* which is one of absolute strength and calm; that’s enviable. This is a situation of vacuum… endless boredom and ennui. No activity beckons and all seems mundane and lackadaisical. The contrast with past-life is depressing; one that was activity-filled, energising and exhausting, fulfilling and ennervating… This is silence, plain and prosaic. But one must learn to relax; as there’s joy in activity, there must be joy in silence, quiet, calm… and you don’t need to reach fifty to savour that. A child has that innocence, that innate freshness… She is so natural and exuberant without acting so; blessed are those who retain that zest and zing. It is painful to know that some things in the past are ephemeral. But man, I am sure, has an immense potential to bring about all that he chooses to. He can live endlessly, on the sheer strength of his mind, without food or drink. He can travel wherever he chooses, transcend physical space and limitations, fly wherever he pleases… It’s all the mind factor; the power it stores is stupendous. Like the Hindu king who consumed poison daily so that he would never run the risk of being poisened by any enemy. That which does not kill me makes me stronger…Thus spake the tattoo on Angelina Jolie’s anatomy; I wonder which part…
Altius, Fortius, Citius… The Olympic motto has a timeless quality to it. Man always wants to beat his own self. I am my best competitor and not some unknown, faceless organism I may or may not have met… All this energy, if meandering uselessly, will drown me one day. Tears seem so completely artificial and pretentious… Life goes on, tireless, endless and .. indefatigable.
[Wrote every single thought that traversed my mind; just an expression, an outpouring, *art* for its own sake….]
tomlinsonian says:
Art for its own sake??
This is art with a capital A..
enjoyed reading this.
That which does not kill me makes me stronger…Thus spake the tattoo on Angelina Jolie’s anatomy;
Is it coincidence that you choose to word it that way..i guess not…that’s from Twilight of the Idols though, not Thus Spake..but that man never ceases to amaze me.
August 18, 2004 — 9:48 am
Lakshmi says:
Re: Art for its own sake??
Thanks…:-)
If you’re asking about the tattoo, it’s true that Angelina Jolie sports one which is worded that way… Didn’t know the source till you chose to enlighten me!
August 18, 2004 — 10:04 am
tomlinsonian says:
Re: Art for its own sake??
OH!!
Its Nietzsche…..twilight of the idols is the book…or perhaps The Antichrist…its beautiful.. Why this weakness my brothers??? For are we not brothers??
What is ape to man but a laughing stock?? Just so will man be to the superman, a thing of shame, a laughing stock…LO!! I give you the superman
Brr.r…..chilling…every creature has advancec itself…shall man be the ebb of this tide??
(all off my head, so possibly paraphrased..if you ever want to read him, get the peter common translation..its the best…)
August 18, 2004 — 10:43 am
Lakshmi says:
Re: Art for its own sake??
Thanks….Should look it up.
August 18, 2004 — 10:51 am
hariputtar says:
Re: Art for its own sake??
Sadly in Nietzsche’s case … he became mentally ill towards the end. the illness did not kill him. it merely made him weak. and dependent.
We always find it hard to live upto our words.
August 18, 2004 — 10:04 pm
Lakshmi says:
Re: Art for its own sake??
I think Ayn Rand also met with a similar fate. I think she spent the last days of her life in an asylum.
August 19, 2004 — 6:29 am
rileen says:
Now i see what you meant by flow 🙂
I’d like to point out that not every child is exuberant, i for one was seldom so. But yes, the point of being naturally ‘as they are’ is well taken.
Altius, Fortius, Citius… The Olympic motto has a timeless quality to it. Man always wants to beat his own self. I am my best competitor and not some unknown, faceless organism I may or may not have met.
Nice thought – ironically, the Olympics themselves are getting to be more and more about winning.
Hope you’re feeling better now.
August 18, 2004 — 10:58 am
Lakshmi says:
The act of writing is extremely therapeutic (well, mostly!) in the sense that the attention shifts from oneself to the writing. I am feeling better, thanks, Rileen..:-)
August 18, 2004 — 11:12 am
rileen says:
🙂
That’d make it appear that instead of postponing an update during extra busy times, i should make time for one, as therapy 🙂
By the way, your take on kids reminded me of this post of mine.
August 18, 2004 — 11:22 am
Lakshmi says:
Would you need therapy during extra busy times? I suppose the hustle-bustle would constitute therapy… 🙂
August 18, 2004 — 1:38 pm
rileen says:
In the spirit of this post – one never needs therapy if one has things sorted out in the mind ….. for all others, there’s no telling when the need might arise 🙂
August 18, 2004 — 1:44 pm
Lakshmi says:
Touche….
August 18, 2004 — 1:48 pm
deelight says:
Even when one is seemingly busy, one does go through a sense of vacancy at times…and the ‘null’ energy you so rightly stated. So I guess it’s also part of human nature to keep wanting a different situation, thinking that what they had or will have is far better than what they have.
Hope the writing therapy makes you feel much better!
August 19, 2004 — 6:03 am
Lakshmi says:
It did, in parts…:-)
August 19, 2004 — 6:30 am
shri says:
You have written, what was going through my mind yesterday!
Of course, it is written better too! 🙂
August 19, 2004 — 7:47 am
Lakshmi says:
Thanks, as always…:-)
August 19, 2004 — 10:27 am
hariputtar says:
… Man always wants to beat his own self.
this is a gross generalization, against which i have to register my protests. your statement is most probably true only for masochistic men.
August 19, 2004 — 9:18 am
Lakshmi says:
Masochistic? Why ever? I meant to say that your best competitor is your own self.
August 19, 2004 — 10:28 am
hariputtar says:
j/k. (pun on word *beat*. as in *beat someone up*. self-flagellation etc. )
August 19, 2004 — 10:54 am
Lakshmi says:
I am sorry I am so dense today; what with the *Barry sajan* and then this one.. but what is j/k?
*scoots and hides*
August 19, 2004 — 11:03 am
hariputtar says:
really ? ok i shall humor you.
j/k ⇒ just kidding.
August 19, 2004 — 11:06 am
Lakshmi says:
Thanks…:-)
August 19, 2004 — 11:10 am