Image from www.scoopwhoop.com That moment you understand that everything happens for a reason, & that you are that much better off now because of all that shit... & then you think back on your old self & be like, ‘Damn, I was pretty much a dumb ass back then huh? Bahahahahah!' When the idea of relationships was that it would be the two of you against the world, for ever & ever (oh, the horror!), that you'd be joined at the hip for the rest of your lives (holy smokes!)...dayummm, son! Oh sweet bejesus, those were crazy times..! A few days ago I was watching the travel channel & they were advertising a beach side resort as a location for a romantic getaway. Oh geez, maybe it's because I rarely watch TV, or that I never before noticed how they have always been airing cheesy overrated stuff like this...but I was like, 'Homaigot, not boring ah every day every where hold hand! Snorkeling also hold hand, eat dinner also hold hand! Aiyooo sien lah weh!' Seriously though, I'd rather have a best friend than a metaphorical conjoined twin. Bohot cheesy hogaya...& everything doing together, boring lah weh, give some air to breathe can ah!?! Until when want to drama drama like this woh, suffocating, sial! :P :P :P 'What time are you coming home?' 'Why are you looking at him/her?' 'Are you seriously going to wear that?' 'Who are you talking to?' Homaigot, my brain will break..! Life is so much better when you don't have to answer these questions. If you are lucky enough to have found someone who is on the same wavelength, then jackpot! But most of the time...hmmm! Maybe experiences have turned me into a cynic, but I’m not completely in the clear yet, dear friends! I still do have my dumb ass moments every once in a while…bahahahahah! So what really is love? If you're not living your lives together, is it still love? If the other’s actions determine the amount & quality of your love towards them, is it really love, then? Actually, what the hell has any of this have to do with what you are choosing to put out there? Is the age-old model of love, as dictated by society, really love? There is a very beautiful phrase by Rumi: Two lanterns hang alone, yet their light mingles as one. Indeed, aloneness is the very basis of all relationships. You have to really know what you’re about, & to be damn bloody sure about it, before you can relate to another. The beauty of loving in aloneness is that you are free to love the other in your own way. & loving another does not necessarily mean that you have to be physically close, it does not mean you have to talk the whole day, it doesn’t even mean that you have to be in an ‘official’ relationship. Sometimes, it even means that you have to step away because that's what's best for both parties. Even without the other's presence, a heart that loves totally is a heart that is loyal & devoted. Yes, some people are capable of polyamory, but I'm speaking purely on my experience here. To some, it may seem like utter foolishness. But the heart sees no other option. It can't convince itself not to love. To deny itself its feelings would be to suppress its truth. Love can happen in silence, it can happen without the other even knowing it, or heck, without you yourself even knowing it! Yes, it has its own magical way of sneaking up on people like that, the cunning bastard! <3 The heart wants what it wants, regardless of what the mind says, regardless of what others say. So why to fight it? To be able to love, & to have found someone/people who you love deeply, is a blessing. The best things in life are unexplainable, & that’s what makes them so miraculous. Maybe you randomly meet someone, &…you just know. Even though maybe at that time your mind refuses to acknowledge the fact. Lastly, a heart which has tasted freedom will never create a prison for the other. It allows total freedom, because the image of dank prison walls & cast iron bars still weigh heavy in its mind’s eye. Love’s secret is that you must love without desires that bind. Hafiz, enjoy the one you love, drink deep and embrace; seek not with her to please your world, just give love and be kind. - Hafiz Shirazi - Two persons absolutely complete in their individual aloneness are not dependent on each other. Their giving & sharing is totally because of an overflowing of love, without expecting anything in return. It is the culmination of all these things which makes a love like this so pure & divine. There are no laws to bind it, no guidelines to dictate how it should proceed, no regulations as to how long it will last. Even the heart itself does not know how long it will love; here today, maybe gone tomorrow...so while love is there, why to not go totally into it? Look at a rose flower dancing in the wind, & in the rain, & in the sun...
It is very fragile; by the evening, its petals will be thrown in all directions. But while it was, it was tremendous; while it was, it was more than any rock. The rock will remain, the rock is permanent; the flower will comes & go. The higher the value, the more fragile it is. - Osho -
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About Prabh LehriI am a yoga teacher based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I am passionate about yoga as a form of healing on the physical, emotional & mental level. I have been on a yoga journey for almost a decade and have been formally sharing my experience in the last 4 years. Archives
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