Have you ever fallen in love with something other than a person? Have you ever felt this almost ethereal force pulling you towards a certain thing? Well, if you haven't felt something like that, then let me tell you that you are missing something great and powerful in your life.
But don't fret. The chances of almost the entire world having this problem is nil. About 95% of the people in the world find themselves drawn to a particular thing. The rest 5% don't have any particular attachment to one thing, because they like everything to an exal level.
Now, I'm NOT talking about things like drugs, alchohol or any other product that can be abused. What I am talking about, are the finer things in life. Things that are available to everyone, whatever their standing in society. I am talking about -
Music - which twists and turns and flexes its sensuous body around the entire being of the listeners, trapping them in its web of melody.
Shapes - that soothe not only the eyes of the viewers, but also provide the soul a gateway to look at life in other ways than one.
Words - those that look real, but when we try to catch them, they dissolve into nothingness, only to emerge once more, in another form, the shape-shifting harmonies of our imagination.
Movement - the fluid story of the lives of millions, portrayed through different forms,just like the different terrains giving water their different flow.
Elements - the children of the goddess, ever inspiring those blessed enough to understand, teaching that raw, potent power can live alongside vulnerable beauty.
I could go on and on. The bounty of the earth, alongwith the fruits of evolution, all our primal senses and accomplishments, all are things we can fall in love with. This complexity at the core of these magnificent gifts of nature is what attracted people to them. These prowesses and gifts are a divine challenge to the simple mind of man. A mind, that looks deep on the surface, but one which is still very shallow. They are tools that we use to survive.
I know I have degressed from the point I had begun with. But, describing the sheer beauty and power of these gifts of evolution, has left me with no words to describe the feelings it inspires within me. I'm sure that people with a love for these gifts understand what i'm trying to say.
Asking why we love the elements or music or words or shapes, is like asking why we love our family. Is it just because we are related by blood? Or is there a reason hidden deeper than the secrets hidden in the depths of our souls? A reason that does not have sufficient words or shapes or sounds to bring out the true meaning of its place in our heart.
When people sat that they have fallen in love with a person, they usually mean that they have forged a bond that runs deeper than blood with them. Its a situation of - 'til death do us part. But, nobody actually knows what falling or being in love really means. It could be - having a relationship with that person or thing forever. Or, it could be having undying respect for them, always. It could also be some ambiguous, inexplicable feeling.
Whatever the case may be, one fact is to be acknowledged. It doesn't necessarily have to be a person you are in love with. It could also be something else. For years of evolution have taught us one thing - love transcends the flesh. It could be visualised in the form of a soul. Or melodies of a harmony. Or, the fluid shapes and movements that life takes. Or even the very words we use to talk.
Whichever way we look at it, one thing is true - most of the times, the thing we love, is the thing we most need to live. Live with. Live for. Forever.
AGNI
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