ameet pai

set of poems / poetry on the indian city of banaras / varanasi / kashi

time... ​   it flies, it slows, it heals we manage it, invest it, kill it we want to travel it, stop it, change it   but how do we...

we approach the world with a lens to understand it. We take in information through our senses, process to make sense of it - either fit it to an existing mental model or categorize it relative to one. This is natural, needed for survival. However there are a few things that happen before this - they happen so fast that we barely notice them. we perceive - aided by but not limited to receiving inputs through the senses; we feel - the stimulation that the input from the sense

how do we take a leap in our perception and ability - by pushing our limits or falling to our center?

We always begin with nothingness. But where does one go from nothingness... its a choice... Conquering rejects 'what is' Surrendering...

Freedom is being open to the infinite possibilities that exist in every moment. It is difficult for our energy guzzling minds to process multiple possibilities for every decision and so we fall back to bias and logic. While this serves the efficiency purpose, it is constantly narrowing and spiraling our minds down the median of our acquired ideas. creation needs freedom, being unbounded question every premise. bias, assumption consciously keep logic aside - be irrational be o

Equanimity is Balance. Chitta Vritti Nirodh is Balance. ( literal: Quieting of the mind. Chitta : Consciousness, Vritti : Fluctuations, Nirodh : Quieting of) Human action is the search to find a moment of balance between the various dualities of life. This point of harmony is a function of our perceived reality and our inherent nature - different for every individual. Every entity seeks to find its own balance basis its inherent nature. On the canvas the brush tries to creat

Every moment we are dealing with duality. Like opposite forces continuously acting on us, they create a tension. This tension moves us into action, to search for harmony, a moment of balance. We find a balance between the disheveled and orderly in our surroundings, we work towards acquiring wealth enough to avoid our personal definition of depravity, try to be social enough to avoid being labeled an outcast, and we seek meaning in life so as to not feel lost in this world. Th