Noise ... To Silence.

It was too noisy to hear the waiter. He blurted out entire menu and not a single item was discernible except few partial known dishes like Makhani, Do-pyaza etc. etc. I proposed him to give the menu card instead. After little discussion with my friends, I ordered few edibles and some palatables. The music was so loud that it was difficult to hear anything else but to glance each other face and neck ticking with rhythm. The lightening was synchronised with music so it felt as though it was not any seperate entity from it. Bar was not very crowded and that was it, we liked a lot. In order to produce effect of a crowd, it had a big TV and mirrors in almost all directions.

We were not talking. We couldn't be connected. Few things we shared was food, beer and music. Sudden feeling of individualism started with this isolation. For this moment, I was with myself. There was no pain, no regret in my heart that caused this isolation. There was nothing negative in that isolation. It was positive isolation, the positive feeling of my own self. A wise man said,'Either you are connected with the whole world or you are connected with your own self'. Thats quite true, when you are not connected with whole world by thinking, talking, chatting,playing and thousand other things, you are actually connected with your self. The effect is quite opposite, connection with the whole world saps you of energy whereas connection with own-self makes us more energised. Mind it, its 'energised' and not 'energetic'. Both are different. Energised is potential and energetic is 'manifestation'. Energised is like match-stick fully potent to burn the whole world. Isolation has been linked with negative in east and it has been negatively practiced in west. Isolation in east, makes people think the other guy is selfish, unsocial which is sin in east. Because right from their birth a child is made devoid of his individualism. He is taught to think of others first then himself. He is taught to be like others and his individualism is made to forsake him.

Individualism in west has been quite pronounced with negative upshots. It has resulted in many maniacal activities by the people. The essence is, In both the worlds, it has been dealt wrongly. Isolation is pre-requisite for the meditative silence. It does begin with noise and ends in silence. The paradox lies in the fact that connection with the world creates noise and connection with self creates silence. To start to experience this, Pubs and bars are the best place. Hence the journey begins from ... noise to silence.....