Posted by: chandni | May 14, 2008

Chandu in deep thought

When a saint and a wordly man met,

each looked at the other,

silent and mocking.

Both laughed at each other.

Each said the same thing:

What have you done to yourself?

 - Bharat Thakur

If we were to look at it as an either/or situation with these two possibilities that lay ahead for each one of us…no matter how hard I think about it,  I cannot really say which side of the fence I’d be standing , a couple of decades from now. Really, I have no idea!

Who do you think you’d be? The saint or the worldly man?

 

Responses

How about you define each, first?

me: I don’t think so…shouldn’t each one interpret it on their own?? What I consider “saint” might not apply to you and vice versa?

I know I will not be in either of them. I would be somewhere in the middle!

And yes, as Unmana said, the definition of each can be very perceptional :)

me: abe! I said its perceptional. Grrrr

Worldly man. I don’t have the patience or the motivation to become a saint.

Note: This stmt, like many others, will come back and bite me in the a$$ a few years from now. Just you wait and see.

me: LOL!!

I’d be Bharat Thakur, looking at both kinds and writing poems on them!

me: LOL that’s the safest bet I think!

definitely worldly man :)

me: :)

Definitely a saint. Dont u think I’m one already??

me: oh totally :D

I want to still want dreams more than security…

I want to still need people more than things.

I don’t want to be so fond of luxury that I can’t do without it.

Yet I want to be able to afford the luxury if I want it.

I want to be able to not fear destruction of my worldly possessions - because I build all that all over again.

I want to be with the one person I can’t be without.

What does all this make me?

me: normal.

@Unmana, it makes you Unmana.
And wow to everyone who has figured out what they want to be. I am not even close!

Chandni, why such profound thoughts these days? Not complaining just wondering.

me: gradually moving towards sainthood it seems ;)

LOL

The worldly man. Definitely. Who is a saint anyway? What does it mean to say I want to be one? I see no interpretation of a “saint” fitting my being.. I think the word is too big, too flawed. The people of our world are human and interesting and credible, don’t you think?

me: but who says a saint needs to be perfect?? Its just about choices…saints will be as human, flawed and interesting as worldy men…well, in my opinion!

:S Can saints consume JD… hehe… basically, I have no idea. None whatsoever.

me: of course they do. There’s no other way :D

Whoa! profound ! I think I’ll be the worldly man :) Cant stay without certain things and people :)

…and hey, tell me how you insert your replies against each comment in this theme? :D (dont laugh for asking this,ok? :()

me: hey…don’t worry..I took a while to figure it out as well. Just go to “comments” from your dashboard and then click on the commentator…you’ll find their comment box opening where u can insert your reply and “save”.

As nm said, I would be somewhere in the middle too..err, maybe be neither..oh, no, wait - worldly suits me better.

Hmm..why do you cause me stress my brain like this ? :P

me: why suffer alone when you have company?? :D

Whoa Chandu, chidiyaghar se seedhe ashram? I think I’ll think more about this and then think some more if I want to think about it at all. Okay, that means I dont know what I want to be. So now I know what I’m thinking :)

me: :D

i donno where i will be….but i’d like to be on the saint’s side..

me: :)

Both these people are so incomplete and unevolved that they still rather mock at the other than truly understand their perspective! which is ok for the wordly man but not for the saint..
I don’t expect silent superiority from the worldly man, and mocking isn’t a saintly act!

although i incline towards being a “worldly saint”, i’d be neither if this is the best i can be! :)

me: brilliant point…I think this is more profound than the poem :)

Thanks hun :)

me: you’re welcome anytime :)

Oh I don’t know. I just want to be a good human being

me: that’s good enough!

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