‘’Tis so,’ said the Duchess: ‘and the moral of that is —“Oh, ’tis love, ’tis love, that makes the world go round!”’ ---Alice in Wonderland
Today morning I was listening to the great Quwaal Sir Nusrat Fateh-Ali-Khan singing a Mira Bhajan in Lahore! People going ecstatic listening to a song telling about love for Ram and Shyam (two of the major Hindu gods)! Without putting much of a logic, I will just say that its "love" which makes all the bonds, and which "makes the world go round"!!
And its a pity that most of us never ever get the scope or chance to experience true "love". Those who have the luxury to fall in love mostly end up falling in lust and those who don't have the luxury to fall in love keep on dreaming about it.
All religion, all philosophy, all questions, all queries lose their existence lest get dissolved when the tide of "love" comes in heart. And the love for humanity, for nation, for world or for God can only succeed the love for the beloved one!
End note (to all those who are or think are in love): May you face all the oppressions of nature and creation against your love! As Gibran states in The Prophet:
"But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. "
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had to use a lot of brain in understanding last few lines. but still tried to get some enlightenment. :)
Well here is what I understand from the lines of Gibran.
People sometimes look for opportunistic love! They want to be safe in their position and get loved by someone. They want it at no cost. They want to stand erect and still have love! Kabir-Dasjee once told "Prem na baadi upuje, prem na haat bikaw; raja praja jaake chahe sish die le aaw!": Love: you neither get in market nor can you grow in garden! King or popper whosoever wants this can get only in return for his/her head (or ego).
And if you want to be in the risk-free comfortable love then you will be in a seasonless monotonous life where you can cry but not to its full extent; u can laugh but not fully. You will never know the pain of crying a heart sob nor the bliss of laughing a hearty laughter!
Made me think. Good
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