Individuality & Universalism - ponderings of a looney&lonely mind

We have been preached and also we have read that the state of Nirvana preached by Buddha is through love. And then we know for certain that Nirvana is the highest culmination of love. So is it right to say that love is an end unto itself? Everything else raises the question “Why?” in our mind, and we require a reason for it. But when we say, “I love,” then there is no room for the “why” ; it is the final answer in itself. What say? 

Many among us have wondered about power of Man ( Man includes both sexes, for clarification of the feminists). Then why the question arises in our minds that - Man is a distinct personality with a will of his own had not the least influence upon what was happening?

Well, the existence of this “I” has made me wonder too many times. The “I” in us seeks for a relation which is unique/individual to it. Is it not that our individuality by its nature is forced to seek for the universal? Our ‘self’ can only die if it tries to eat its own substance, and our eye loses the meaning of its function if it can only see itself. Is it not?

What about imagination? Is J K Rowling’s imagination merely imaginary? I say, the stronger the imagination, the less is it merely imaginary and the more is it in harmony with the truth. Her writings delight us because it creative imagination and not just plain vanilla imagination being stretched to its limits.

Similarly, the more vigorous our individuality is, the more does it stretch towards the universal. For the greatness of a personality is not in itself but in its content, which is universal, just as a depth of a lake is judged not by the size of the pit/cavity, but by the depth of the water. What if the cavity is very deep, but the water level is quite low? What would you say about the depth of the lake?

Let me form my thoughts more on these and I will surely write more. I might not be making much sense here as its just bit and pieces that I am thinking currently and writing them. Maybe as I put these on paper, I will get more chance to think about it and then I will edit or maybe rewrite. For once, now I wish some one actually reads my posts (chuckle!) this is one post on which I need some feedback. And with the sure knowledge that I have about the readership of this blog , I know it’s a futile wish. Anyways ….

When I am in a crowd I want to be lonely and when today, I am lonely here in my comfortable apartment, I feel the urge to be with somebody. I am finding a deep void, a chasm that resides deep inside of me and is eating away something inside of me. I don’t know what, though. Lets see….