Lovely read. I like reading about alienation, as that almost instantly brings me into connectedness. For me, it’s like someone who sees and talks about the disorganised corners in a home is most likely to have organised corners in their home. To organise something, I need to have the ability to notice the disorganisation. In a strange but very logical [as stated above] manner, sitting with the discomfort of alienation simultaneously moves one into connection imo.
I agree with the premise of needing to sort this out ourselves but answers are difficult to find. The distractions that you have talked about are ourselves running away from having to face the lack of solutions. There is this dialogue from an old Tamil movie where the hero says “odinaal odinaal .. vazhkaiyin orathirkae odinaal” meaning “she ran and ran until she reached the end of her existence itself”.
Thanks Srikanth. Love the quote. It's true, we have, perhaps, reached the edge as a collective. As individuals, though, how can we give up? We have to dig deeper.
Lovely read. I like reading about alienation, as that almost instantly brings me into connectedness. For me, it’s like someone who sees and talks about the disorganised corners in a home is most likely to have organised corners in their home. To organise something, I need to have the ability to notice the disorganisation. In a strange but very logical [as stated above] manner, sitting with the discomfort of alienation simultaneously moves one into connection imo.
Beautiful articulation Ankita! I agree, we have make space for the feeling of alienation, and then perhaps it will yield something that is unknown. :)
I agree with the premise of needing to sort this out ourselves but answers are difficult to find. The distractions that you have talked about are ourselves running away from having to face the lack of solutions. There is this dialogue from an old Tamil movie where the hero says “odinaal odinaal .. vazhkaiyin orathirkae odinaal” meaning “she ran and ran until she reached the end of her existence itself”.
Thanks Srikanth. Love the quote. It's true, we have, perhaps, reached the edge as a collective. As individuals, though, how can we give up? We have to dig deeper.