There is a centre and when there is a centre there must be a periphery. Where is our core or centre of existence..? Because, we and this universe are not two different things, at least in a metaphysical sense and relation, then, our life certainly gets to follow the same pattern. When our minds act recklessly, and wander through here and there, without any direction, then it is in its own state of existence. This is a natural state of a mind. But, at that moment, the consumer (that means us- you and me) would feel exhausting, and not integrated. It means, he or she is not at her/ his core or the centre. The centripetal (towards the core) and the centrifugal force (towards the periphery) act all along our ways. In the above example, when our mind just moves here and there, and not becomes our part of life or part of existence, then it might be an unhappy state of existence. A painful situation. Quite frustrating, displeased. When mind and our consciousness are integrated, then the moment one is living, is equally a high moment. The work at that moment done would be a quality work. When mind moves recklessly, it doesn’t work. When it is with our consciousness, it becomes a part of you, and only then you’re integrated. Then you have a quality time and so the work. How you’ll recognize when you’re integrated or not…?
You’ve planned to visit a new place and your mind sometimes consciously imagines that how and what you are going to face and enjoy. Your mind then will start offering you varied scenes, for example- you will vision a luxury hotel, quality restaurant, exotic sceneries, clean and pleasant weather and beautiful company and people around. Now, what I want here to suggest that at such moments, we have our mind that is quite at distance! At its periphery. Outer fringe! This is because, it rambles here and there…! Wildly yet…! You have no control over it. It offers you many-many luring things that are a false. And literally, this makes you exhausted! You too wish to console yourself by patting your shoulders – you are so excited. You’re so happy. You have a great time ahead! And, so on! When you reach the spot and a scene of sunset just fascinates you. You sit there watching – cool and calm. The vision lasts with you for a long time. Then you are integrated. You did not, exist at the periphery then. You were at the core. There were a scene and a person, both met and embraced to become almost one. (At your highest trance!) The distance between your existence and the existing scene of a sunset had a thin distance…. finally submerged into one. The subject (you) and the object (the scene) were one.
Where you existed then?
At your periphery or at your core…?
