The Isle of No-Beyond

In today’s world of constant turbulence, we seek methods to calm the mind. Building a resort of sorts within…

I can’t even begin to contemplate the concept of Nirvana. Observing silence for hours – there’s no problem there. To quiet the mind, on the other hand, seems impossible.

So, I think the part that scares me about enlightenment is the silence. Thoughts are so heightened, understanding is so clear, and you embrace this silence.

I am so used to the din of passing thoughts that I’ll assume something’s wrong with me if I don’t experience them. What about the cacophonies of auras and vibrations (both positive and negative) that you get when you meet a person?

I’ve been told that meditation is the key to understand the humble serenity of nature. So, I tried. I sat in silence and took deep breaths and felt the clamors subside for a moment. But it was just that – a moment. The telephone rang, and I happily picked it up. My attempt to visit the transcendental plane was thus ended.

I didn’t let that stop me and tried again. And here is where the dilemma begins. I achieve a spiritually peaceful state for a few minutes (okay so, it is more like a few seconds or milliseconds even) but then go back to my world of noise. I feel like a traitor to both worlds now. I can’t possibly do full justice to one realm if I keep travelling to the other.

Is there a flight to bliss with the option of a return trip? I wonder. Just in case, you know, that
the Isle of bliss not really all that great.

I want it all, I want none of it. This paradox will remain with me till I find my contentment (but then what!?!)

At the moment though, I am stuck in the transit lounge not knowing which way to go! If the two worlds were to reconcile and start a new route – there too, issues will arise - 50-50?, 60-40? Who’s to decide what merger equation will achieve maximum Nirvana (that’s a whole new topic – levels of Nirvana!)