MCM deux

Part Deux

Chalti Chakki Dekh Kar, Diya Kabira Roye
Dui Paatan Ke Beech Mein,Sabit Bacha Na Koye

This is a couplet written by India’s greatest philosopher, Kabir. He says between two grinding stones everything gets destroyed. I think what he meant is that our mental peace is usually ruined by 2 or more grinding stones of thoughts. Quite often we try to reconcile differing streams of beliefs in to our small and rigid minds.

Jump in the line; rock your body in time. Ok I believe you!

Socrates apparently said “How much there is in the world I do not want?”
And do not need. ( my addition)

[Side note: Do you also feel that if these great fellows who wrote these great quotes had sought our advice before releasing their words for public consumption, we would have made those quotes better than they are? May be its just my megalomania.]

I wonder how these quotable quoters quote so effortlessly. It would take half my life to think up a few of them. Some of them like Socrates apparently “thought” even in their sleep. Amazing, what?

Well. Coming back to our original topic of grinding stones. I am not sure if too many of us would have seen grinding stones. They are basically 2 stones which grind together, one on the top of the other. The top one( lets call it T1) starts to put his weight on the bottom one( called T2). T2 takes the exception to taking everyone’s burden on his shoulder a starts grinding T1 back. But worst affected in their fight is the poor rice in between those stone. It gets ground. As if there is any other purpose in the rice’s life, bah.

Same way your mind and body fight with each other and screw your self as a side effect. You would argue with me saying that all of those three( mind, self and body) are ME. Yes boss, that’s true but even the small atom has divisions( some sharks or quarks). Do you really believe that such a complex existence as your living being will not have different parts to it.
Anyway, that’s all folks. Back to my carrot( and my stick) .