Page 197 - SARAHANA

19 6 197

I
t humans ar
I’m starting to think that humans are like candy, neatly packaged
aged
o think tha
tly pack
ting t
e like candy
, nea
’
m star
in flashy little wrappers. The human essence is the delicious sweet
T
in flash
he human essenc
y little wr
appers
e is the delicious sw
.
eet
apper
t
er
.
, the ma
all ar
ound it
and the wall around it, the material body, is the wrapper.
, is the wr
and the w
ial body
e made t
eets ar
onsumer
y
ed and the c
e of our
w
tur
Sweets are made to be enjoyed and the consumerist nature of our
ist na
S
o be enjo
or some
y single one of us looks f
ages the same
er
v
ind enc
our
. E
k
kind encourages the same. Every single one of us looks for some
k ind of pleasur e in the human soul , something bey ond the
kind of pleasure in the human soul, something beyond the
f eel- good hor monal secr etions w e get fr om choc ola t e , something
feel-good hormonal secretions we get from chocolate, something
eason, w
y
or some r
. F
t
e almost nev
r
o fill up the empt
er g
r
’
a
e
tified
to fill up the empty. For some reason, we’re almost never gratified
with the jo y w e get fr om our o wn ener gy , so w e go look ing f or it in
with the joy we get from our own energy, so we go looking for it in
ks fly
n those who bur
. I
others
n br
ong
t and str
igh
, whose spar
others. In those who burn bright and strong, whose sparks fly
undeniable and whose essenc
icher than the
e claims t
o be r
undeniable and whose essence claims to be richer than the
,
t
onnec
o c
heir bodies pick up our need t
.
T
est honey
sw
sweetest honey. Their bodies pick up our need to connect,
eet
T
hey talk and laugh
, and they bec
o ours
ome a
.
c
consume, and they become attuned to ours. They talk and laugh
ttuned t
onsume
til finally
and smile and cr
y
, in
, the souls join t
ogether
and smile and cry, until finally, the souls join together, in
, un
sync- feeding off of each other, getting high together.
sync - f eeding off of each other , getting high t ogether .
, a par
er c
eases t
o
tt
t of the la
W
When a soul takes from another, a part of the latter ceases to
hen a soul takes fr
om another
ybe it
, but ma
e
exist within it, but maybe it’s not disappearing, and it’s simply
xist within it
’
’
s not disappear
ing
s simply
, and it
going into someone else, living through him or her now. Whenever
going in t o someone else , living thr ough him or her no w . W henev er
oun
e enc
we go through something, whenever we encounter pain and
w
ough something
er pain and
t
e go thr
, whenev
er w
suffering, when we change inside and not always for the better, we
suff er ing , when w e change inside and not alw a y s f or the bett er , w e
e
, but
e in piec
don
o see our souls as br
don’t have to see our souls as broken. They’re in pieces sure, but
e t
es sur
T
hey
oken.
t ha
’
r
’
v
those piec es also make up the essenc e of those ar ound us–
those pieces also make up the essence of those around us–
imperfectly perfect unions everywhere. So, perhaps the soul was
imper f ec tly per f ec t unions ev er y wher e . S o , per haps the soul w as
nev er mean t t o be just f or the host itself , but f or those ar ound it as
never meant to be just for the host itself, but for those around it as
ell
eeling good with them.
, t
om them, f
w
well, teaching them, learning from them, feeling good with them.
eaching them, lear
ning fr
ed and the wr
Sweets are meant to be savoured and the wrappers to attract us –
ac
ttr
v
t us –
w
appers t
e mean
eets ar
S
t t
o be sa
our
o a
per haps discar ded a t a c er tain poin t , but fulfilled of its pur pose .
perhaps discarded at a certain point, but fulfilled of its purpose.
A
ind of happiness
eal k
An ethereal kind of happiness. .
n ether
AR T : A V ANTI HARID AS C O NTENT S
ART: AVANTI HARIDAS