Who says we can't reach to the stars

     

    

    What is it about the stars and it's peculiar existence? Its ecstatic beauty is often portrayed in the tales of forever happiness. Or maybe it is over fantasized by the romantic poets? Maybe stars are just another prey of romanticism. Who knows? After all, they are just a burning piece of the heavenly body. Is it precious? Ask the poets. Is it reachable? Ask the scientists. Both will give you different answers when asked upon about the stars. If you are hopeless and not romantic then to you, it may seem nothing more than just "something" that exists only for the sake of existing. It is just another part of your routine that does not interfere with your capitalism-inspired life. 

    But all in all, its existence depends on what soil your seed has been planted on. The stems of your brain and the roots of your heart will ultimately shape your opinion about the stars. This heavenly body is a terrific topic to make casual talks for scientists at lunch. But for kids, and poets they are a source of wonderment. 

    Dare I not miss to mention souls hunting for wanderlust. For they hike, miles to set up camp and gaze at the stars. Their body tired from the uphill is welcomed by the galaxies far above. They connect with the dark matters millions of miles away. Their aura speaks to the eyes 👁️ filled with wonderment down below. And who says humans have traveled to space since the dawn of science, they've been doing it before the letter "s" of science was written.

And you think we can't reach the stars? 

Ask the poets, they go there every day. 

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Part 7 

Wu Wei: The art of floating

Wu Wei (Chinese) comprises of two words: Wu and Wei.

Wu: Non, not, negation

Wei: making, forcing

    The perfect translation of Wei according to Alan Watts is forcing. Hence, Wu Wei becomes “not forcing” Mr. Watts was a British writer and a speaker.  Many people confuse it with passivity. Many think it is not doing anything. It is the art of, in fact, inaction. Which, if to understand its true meaning, is untrue. Wu Wei is the art of not forcing. We, in life, are desperate at times. Wanting something so earnestly that we try to force the situation. Which, is the opposite of Wu Wei. It is in my opinion the science of acceptance. We are unhappy with our lives, many of us are. We don’t accept it in the way it is. We want something different, something new, something to the left and something to the right. We seldom say “my life is perfect,” We barely make an effort to float with our life.

    Watts explained Wu Wei in a way that says, “It is the art of floating, not rowing,” When we row the boat we force it to the direction we desire. Whereas floating has contrasting meanings. It is trusting the direction of the boat and sailing along the water. Wu Wei is the latter one. It is acceptance. It is the art of not forcing. I wrote a quote on my study table that reads:

          

We cannot see the sunrise and the sunset at the same time

Don’t try to have it all

Embrace what you have. Hold what you get.

                                                                                          Anish Ghimire    

     

I want to end with a quote from William Shakespeare that says, “There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at its flood leads to fortune.

Wishing a good day to the few ones who read my blogs

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Part 6

     

You and The Universe. Does it make sense?

 

   

 

 

 Sometimes I distract myself from the absurdity of life and wonder about my existence. Why am I here? What is the sole purpose of my existence? Minutes in, I am reminded that I am just a part of this universe who will eventually turn into dust, just like the stars. And when I think too much, I start to believe that there is no such place as Earth, or Saturn or Black Hole or Apollo spacecraft or the Sun. But let's not get to that. Like Neil deGrasse Tyson, one of the renowned astrophysicist said "The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you." 

    It is crazy though, this whole universe thing. Its like a separate part of our life, which is beautiful and out of our reach. Maybe that is why it is beautiful. Have you noticed that the things that are out of human reach are beautiful because they are out of our touch. We tend to ruin every natural existence and eat its beauty alive. But lets not get into the insanity of humans, I can re write the entire Game of Thrones series on the topic of human insanity. Let me ask you a thought provoking question, What if there was no such thing as universe or earth? What then? What would exist out of it? What would remain? If so, then there would be no wars, no depression, no anxiety, no climate change, no murders, no rape and other few good things. Just think about it. We take everything for granted in this life, just think about one thing you cannot live without. And now imagine your life without it. Likewise, try to imagine them without earth or universe. Does it still make sense? No, right. Because without Earth nothing is going to make sense. Your love life, your car, your morning coffee, the video game you are so good at. Nothing will exist. 

         We should think about these profound thoughts. Like a child, we should keep asking questions. But my dear wanderer, if you ask why does the universe exist then only void will reply back. We don't know. We simply don't know. You may ask again why. We have answers to almost everything but why not this? Exactly, that is what I keep asking. Maybe some questions goes to death bed with us, unanswered or ignored. You may refuse to believe in it but I have a quote for that from Neil deGrasse Tyson and it goes, "The good thing about science is that its true whether or not you believe in it." Even if we completely ignore the fact that Earth is not there, or moon landing is fake, or your ex is ugly, the universe will keep on functioning and expanding. The sun will keep providing light to us at an average of 8 minutes 20 seconds. The moon will continue to take light from the sun. So like me if you are skeptical about all of this, you are not wrong. After all all of this, is under no obligation to make sense to us. Same goes for Maths problem maybe. No matter how many times I ask the question, I hear answers and my ear ringing but the mystery stays there. Out of my reach, just like the universe.