Love and Non-love

Its very important for a surgeon not to love his patient too much, for that may make his hands tremble while operating. Similarly it is kind for a parent to be unkind (read: strict) while disciplining his progeny. A gardener prunes his plants, cutting them lovingly, and the plants bloom as a result of this care. When a new-born doesnt cry at birth, it is often beaten gently to make it holler. Its in the baby's best interest and in fact its life-saving at times. Similarly Divinity may sometimes appear heartless and merciless to us, in its mysterious machinations, but the harshness is only necessary, and best for us. Harshness need not always be truly harsh. Expression of such Non-Love indicates love actually.

Love is often sentimental and foolish. Non-love on the other hand is non-emotional therefore rational. Rational decisions are prudent and well planned, so they seldom fail and it really pays to lead a well planned sensible and rational life.So, in effect we need Non-Love as much as Love. Non-love may be thought of as something akin to being Stoical, but the difference is that while a stoic is unmoved by grief or joy, a person practising Non-Love does so for betterment of the Loved one. Non-love may be called deliberate detachment. In that sense it is divine.

So next time when my wife yells at me and tells me I dont deserve her Love, I'll thank her profusely for her sentiments. However I would prefer to avoid the kick coming......

Hurry up, I've no time !


Time is running fast. Time-rabbit scurries on at a frenetic pace, it seems in a hurry to blend 2015 into 2016, for some unknown reason. People's perception is that with modernisation and "development" time has gathered speed, though, perhaps the ground reality may be that Father Time is still in perfect tandem with Mother Nature, even though we have vandalised their communion.

However is there anything like Time. Isnt it all just now and here, with nothing beyond our vision. Past or Future are non-entities and we dont even know where we are in the time-space mystery of creation. It is thus technically, grammatically and philosophically correct to state that "I've no time" for one truly possesses no time. Even considering that there was something called "Time" how would anyone "possess" it ? We merely have moments to live, laugh and love. Neither for that matter can Time possess us.

So, next time some busybody says he has no time, just laugh at him and retort he never had any.