Written by Jayita Bhattacharjee
The journey within our souls is an enchanting invitation to walk inside; to lose ourselves in the vibrancy of every moment, so we can delight in the ecstasy of finding ourselves again. There is joy and heartbreak, agony and ecstasy, both along the path. And as we witness the streaming wisdom flowing from them, in the form of sadness or bliss, despair or joy, we realize that we can embrace them with grace, no matter how it comes. Be it tender or be it fierce, it is still a grace sent from Beyond.
The journey of blooming in authenticity needs an encounter with the totality of who we are, be that beautiful or ugly, tender or brutal, compassionate or ruthless. Each one of these encounters carries a message, a wisdom that has something to give, an introspective journey within. There is beauty in blending the seeming opposites — how the blessings and lessons of each encounter can lead us to a reflective awakening inside. Bringing awareness to our deepest emotions leads us to face the hardest yet the saddest of them, like sadness or rage, fear or shame. As we come face to face with the alive emotions, come as they may, we face the raw beauty of ourselves that is so virgin and pure.
In the wonders of those moments we need to pause, and immerse in the pondering mind. There is a deeply rooted urge surfacing within, to live inside the shell created from the encounters of each saddening experience, as it feels safer there; to curl within its depths and lay asleep abandoning the aliveness of your true self. Let breath, life and awareness mingle. Let them speak to you. Whether a self-abandonment, or a self-acceptance. Whether an acknowledgement, or a denial. Let them breathe life into you again, and show you a more enlightened path.
Sharing the discoveries of our new landscapes – our desire to breathe out of what we are struggling with inside, seeing confusion and hopelessness when all else has gone so dark – can give us the fulfillment of what was unfulfilled within us, meet what was unmet within us, realize what was unrealized in us, and finally touch all that was left untouched in us. When we are in acceptance of not knowing everything – when we open into ourselves and journey through the darkness, so as to find a meaning out of all that seemed so meaningless, the unexplained explanation of the gloom, the illusory – we see a beautiful shore. A shore where there are thousands of souls who seem so unwanted, uncared for, yet each hungering for a love from others; each desiring to share with others and walk together with them, being sensitive and open. It gives us the fulfillment that we so desire, that what once seemed broken, is now whole.
The richness of the human journey breathes here. Listen to its calling, as in the wilderness of our hearts, there lives a child deep within us. Where all the unanswered questions go back to knock on the door. Time and time again, in search of the light. Beneath the penetrable face of adulthood lies forever the face of childhood. With that childlike wonder in its eyes that stirs the soul to explore what was hidden, to discover what was undiscovered. A desire to invent what was never invented. From the seemingly known to what lies as really unknown. The desire to reach out to unreachable places, the urge to look for a meaning in what seemed so meaningless for so long.
Even the briefest moments speak of our innate passions that make life worth living. A beauty that is so naïve yet so full. A sight that is a piece of art. An art that burns bright in our hearts. You search for the words. You search for the space, where you really meet yourself. And you come into a light when you see the perfection of the moments, and the fleeting nature of it all. That it all escapes into nothingness is the streaming of life. It flows, and flow it must. But what really stays is the beauty that it leaves behind. The moments that you once had; you weave something out of them.
Sometimes it gives birth to poetry. Other times, it takes the shape of other beautiful art; art that shapes you, molds you, and you are no longer the same. When you begin to walk within life starts speaking; life starts whispering its secrets to you with a beauty of its own. It is this ecstasy of life that binds you together, so securely that you may bend, but never see the end of the path, as the enchantment of seeing will always keep the pathway open. The unfolding of your life gives light. And it is by this light that you keep on walking. By the faith of this light you see that there is a time to walk and a time to pause, a time to search and a time to rest. This is the art of life, mingled with love and madness, pain and delight. This is the unceasing beauty in the horizon, that answers your call. This is the homecoming that brings out the best in you, so you may live with a beauty that never leaves you. You become the walking story of your life. Such deep is your journey within your soul.
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