1. It was about 20 kms of walk today.
2. The last lap had this ‘trigger’ of fear as I entered the city. It was completely absent in the outskirts as I kept watching two light beams projected from a hotel.
3. Whereas I could see only a few stars during exit – on my way back it was sky flooded with stars like Big Dipper Orion(Betlegeuse) and Sirius. Had to carry a stick in my right hand to alarm the dogs in the outskirts.
4. To speak of which these dogs were overactive even during one of the classes for some mysterious reason.
5. I had a tea at Dharmendra Paul’s tea stall in Brijpura along with a Punjabi Tadka and a Sev Murmura which I carried with myself until I felt inclined to eat it. They costed ten, five and five rupees respectively.
6. I used to walk before Bharat Jodo Yatra. I saw a Black Board sign on bridge in Brijpura. How the political machinery works is like this: everyone is given some privileges or bread crumbs in UG’s terms and they’re made to believe they’re big-to-do until they’re disillusioned. If you walk or work harder it’s of no consequence how this labour would be used and under what circumstances. I have seen how big names of political parties use your work time to time. These are well planned and carefully executed schemes like adulterated versions of music videos which distort and garble even those songs you take up for worship.
7. It might sound strange: during my previous stint of long walks I was beaten by army and police people in the neighborhood for seemingly trivial reason of not wearing mask : the actual reason was my comment on Rahul Gandhi hugging Modi and winking at him which wasn’t taken well by either party. And perhaps my thread on my porn history on Google blogs. Ah justice works in mysterious ways: later that is justified as my admission into ‘army.’ First you’re ragged and then you’re ragged continuously like in college. And perhaps because your dad said that you would be beaten like a kitten you took care of and perhaps your grandmother also was on it. And perhaps…
8. And then you fall in love- all over again!
9. There was guy beating drums in Brijpura. There were kids carrying sticks. It was to prepare for ‘Holika Dahan.’ During my stay in Vrindavan I got two books which inspired me. One of them was ‘Prasanga Paarijaat’ by Ramananda’s disciple Chetandas( Strange they chose ‘Chaitanyadas’ for me as if book was ‘freshly pressed’ for me)( In Robert Anton Wilson’s words: “If you know what the f*** is going on: you’re probably full of shit.”) and other was by Jairam Mishra: a biography of Guru Nanak. I didn’t know that I would soon be initiated into Surati Sabad Yoga by a master in Guru Nanak’s tradition. Even Prasang Paarijaat spoke about Ramananda initiating Kabir and Raidas. ‘Prasang Paarijaat’ has a handful of miraculous accounts from Ramananda’s life which was surreal and miraculous. The book was written in Paishachi language and it wasn’t allowed to open it up until Gandhi’s lifespan was over. Skeptics may consider it hooey and believers may consider it to be true. The book talks about how great hero of war of independence from English people was born. It was Prahlada who was born as Kabir and Kabir was born as Gandhi.
10. Since Prahlada, Kabir and Gandhi : all popularized name of God the thread gains weightage only when you look at the contrast created by lineage. A divine birth easily gets merits. To be born in an Asura clan like Prahlada and to fight for liberation against tyrannical rule of his father means greater dissolution of energy and more work done: hence Prahlada is considered “Bhakta Shiromani” or “greatest among devotees of God.” A temple nearby-devoted to Narasimha or Yaldabaoth is related to that myth. Kabir generated similar contrast. Lived 120 years and became an inspiration to a billion people. Including Shriram Sharma Acharya whose books I read in childhood Aurobindo and others used to claim of avatarahood: whether subtle or gross it becomes immaterial after a certain degree of awakening. Weaving of such threads like the old lady sitting on Moon is in itself divine work. According to Nisargadatta: all consciousness is consciousness of change against a changeless background.
#art, #contrast, #history, #prahladkabirgandhi
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