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"The Way of the World"

 We seldom think about the world and the way it works, and usually we are not in line with the way it works. When we look at it, it is filled with passion, passion which is simultaneously useless and useful, and it filled us with desperation and a desire to experience something different, something unique. But this is again the way of life that life goes on, every moment, every instant just keeps on going without considering about others. When we say that we do not have time to consider certain things into consideration because we want to experience life with a close contact with the people. In the pursuit of this life, we keep on missing the important aspect of life while living in delusion. Now when people claim to say "delusion is the solution", they want to get their wishes and desires. This is so ironic that the life as it seems keeps on passing near us but still we remain in a useless pursuit of that life. Life welcomes us with open arms but we are in some other delusio...

“Our hearts are wild creatures, that’s why our ribs are cages”

  T his is quite well- known quote that evokes a profound understanding of the duality of human nature. This quote seems striking at most presenting human hearts as untamed force filled with cravings and yearning, pounding with wild rhythms. It is always desires like a feral animal at large, pursuing everything that gets its attention or attraction. But the second part presents ribs as cages, because we let this wretched thing lock away in seclusion, into isolation. Being a wild heart entails living freely and fully, just like a wild creature it longs to think freely, to form bonds deeply, to express itself without boundaries, to dream without constraints. Yet even after knowing that we often suppress those urges. The rib work as shelter in this scenario, but is it really worth it? Is it worth it to silence one’s self to behave in a particular way, to feel in a particular way, to live in a particular way? We are taught from an early age to hide our vulnerabilities in fear of being ...