Defining Being

As you may know me.... I try to pen my feelings, with more honesty than with language and grammar. While reading the posts below you may experience what compelled me to write these.
While I was thinking of giving a name to my Blog; this came to me; "Nuances of Being"
Being "Me" is the best that I am at and hope that will show in the posts below

And Thanks for reading

~Nikhil




Friday, November 26, 2021

मन दर्पण

Have you ever noticed that when your mind is troubled with a thought, no matter how small, everything starts looking different? The clarity of thoughts is lost and most you observe is tainted in that troubled light. The poem below is a humble attempt to pen that feeling down. 


हलचल थोड़ी सी भी हो
तो सब धुंधला कर देती है
पानी ठहरा हो तब ही
दर्पण सा साफ दिखाता है

पानी जैसा ही मन है
भर जाये तो बह निकलता है
पानी की ही तरह, जाने 
कहाँ कहाँ से गुज़रता है'

मन भी जिसको छू ले उस को 
थोड़ा सा नम कर देता है 
पानी सा मन, फिर पानी 
आँखों तक भर देता है 

एक छोटी सी बात का कंकर 
मन की सतह जब छू ले तो 
लाखों तरंगे नयी पुरानी, 
भीतर - बाहर लहराती हैं 
और इस हलचल के चलते 
सब कुछ धुंधला कर जाती हैं 

मन साधु का ठहरा पानी 
दर्पण सा बिम्ब बनाता है 
बस मन की लेहरों को 
थोड़ा संयम में रखना सीखें 
(क्यों की) 
हलचल थोड़ी सी भी हो
तो सब धुंधला कर देती है
पानी ठहरा हो तब ही
दर्पण सा साफ दिखाता है


The pictures you see here are taken by me at various lakes with that reflection in still water. 

19 comments:

  1. So rightly said. But keeping this water undisturbed is very tough. Sadhu maan is the only way

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  2. Such a beautiful of poem chachu and its deep at the same time. I love how you correlate things with each other.

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  3. Well said mera bacha...pics r all beautiful...ryt but difficult follow...bless u..

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  4. Mann ki emotions Kavita ke through. Words main explain nicely hui hai very good

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  5. Beautiful...so well said 'hulchal thodi... Dhundhla kar deti hai' & to live life effortlessly clarity is the way

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