Forget Safety, live where you fear to live,
destroy your reputation, be notorious"- Rumi
People find Rumi too drastic sometimes. I
love him. He eggs you on to live a full life, deeply philosophical on one hand
and seeking freedom for each one of us who have bound ourselves hand and feet
in the self created web of meaningless wants pure insecurity.
Thoughts such as, what will happen to me if
I do this or that? The "ME "which we don't know ourselves. Which one
is the "me?" There are so many "me"s , each with their own
demands, their beliefs, their prejudices , etc.
This is what Rumi tells us to free
ourselves from. Wants bring fear of non achievement. Wants attach us to the
desired result and there is grief if that result does not materialize. We are
actually a vortex of desires and to aspire to achieve them, a bundle of
expectations also, because at every step, we would need people.
A life without fear is a life well lived.
Fear of loss. Fear of death. Fear of not being loved. Fear of non acceptance of
rejection and of loneliness, even if not being able to survive and so much
more.
We can't even imagine how much time is
being wasted on so many unnecessary activities which actually increase our fear
quotient and reduce our freedom to languishing within boundaries made by us and
none other.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog:
www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
