~

Two parties debated strongly on the screen.
One attacked another, and the other way around.
Audience shouted in unleashed emotion,
as they supported one party’s cause,
and cursed another one’s.
I watched the showing scene,
I witnessed outraged relatives,
unmoving.
How can any of this matter?

Happiness, sadness,
love, hate,
excitement, boredom…
they are present but not real,
they are simply human drama.
Tonight I pulled myself off the stage,
and looked at them from a certain distance–
–realizing there is no good guy, no bad guy,
no defeat, no victory, and no arguments as such.
The flow and ebb of The Consciousness,
is all there is.

~

* A reflection upon watching Indonesia’s greatest scandal today on TV :D


15 Responses


On one hand, there is the absolute truth but on the other hand there is conventional reality as well. People and things have suchness – their nature and they act accordingly. If water is thrown on fire, it will extinguish. Water will always flow but rock will stay still. As long as there is action, there will be reaction…:)

-- Myochi, November 4, 2009

Hi Myochi :)

Conventional reality, indeed; Consciousness expressed Itself in physical realm in various forms–and various limitations. Yet to me, witnessing such suchnesses with certain distance releases me from attachments to the temporaries; as through such distance I can view the glimpse of The Timeless within :)

Thanks for your comment :)

-- Rizal Affif, November 4, 2009

That is really great. You’ll certainly enjoy the Maharshi dialogs.

-- Tao, November 4, 2009

Got the link from your post in your blog. Thanks. I’ll read it soon… maybe I’ll put the link here as well to share with others :) many thanks :)

-- Rizal Affif, November 4, 2009

And who is witnessing..:)?

-- Myochi, November 6, 2009

The “True I” is witnessing… and truly, it is “True I” itself who is being witnessed. We can call it Tao, Brahman, God, Consciousness–as long as we’re not trapped by any definition of it, since it is undefinable :)

-- Rizal Affif, November 7, 2009

And the true who is attached and the true who is witnessing and hence free of attachment are the same…

-- Myochi, November 7, 2009

It is the same indeed :) yet it takes certain degree of awareness to free ourselves from such attachments, to free ourselves from the grip of human drama :)

-- Rizal Affif, November 7, 2009

Who is getting freed indeed..:)?

-- Myochi, November 7, 2009

I am freed… We are freed… what does matter?

-- Rizal Affif, November 8, 2009

Really? It doesn’t..:)?

-- Myochi, November 8, 2009

Very very true:
‘.. .there is no good guy, no bad guy,
no defeat, no victory, and no arguments as such.
The flow and ebb of The Consciousness,
is all there is….’
It is we humans who have created ‘walls’ between us.
Thanks for sharing another dose of wisdom.
God bless.

-- surjit, November 8, 2009

@ Myochi: Actually, I don’t get what you keep inquiring :p

@ Surjit: I’d like to quote a horror movie I saw recently; “What you see, exists, but is not real.” Hehehehehehehehe… I guess that’s the nature of such “walls”; the walls exist but are not real, hehehehehehehehehe :D you’re welcome, Surjit :)

-- Rizal Affif, November 8, 2009

What I was trying to get at is that there is no difference between the one who is watching and one who is being watched..:) They are both empty of self existence..The Universe does know all emotions, it actually gives rise to them or else they wouldn’t be here..just my humble opinion and I don’t claim it to be right…things change all the time..:)

-- Myochi, November 9, 2009

Nah! I’m trapped with that “Universe” word! Of course, Universe included human in it :p Think I’ll revise it soon. Thanks for the input :)

-- Rizal Affif, November 9, 2009

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