People- Unsolved Jigsaw Puzzle

Any species that has amazed me are none other than us- “The Homo Sapiens. We have dignified ourselves with so many titles glorifying as the ones who are primarily responsible for development and modernity. But I have somehow failed to understand this magnificent category.  I feel either I am an alien or maybe I have a primitive mind with a modern body.

I can remember one instance of my life from the first day of Standard I. My father used to be a very strict person when the subject matter is studies. I was so afraid of him that I didn’t even dare to cry when he was around as I felt I might be punished if i didn’t have a genuine reason for my tears. As we approached school, my father said, “Don’t cry, you are a boy and always speak the truth or else God will punish you by shortening one of your leg.” I moved ahead with a very puzzled mind gazing all around with suspicion and ended up entering the wrong division of my class. During attendance, I noticed Ma’am didn’t utter my name for Roll No. 20 yet I hardly had any courage to stand up and ask her regarding the same. The final bell rang after a confused day and I hastily ran out of the classroom to find my father. I experienced exquisite joy as I found him standing near the gate of my school. Quickly, I said him that I entered the wrong classroom and he gifted me with a solid slap served with a few harsh words. Puzzled was I, astonished was my face. That instant I felt, if I had resorted to falsehood God would have appeared to shorten my leg. On the contrary, truths if not sugary enough for the receiver are also not accepted, giving you vinegary results.

This incident isn’t any major event nor my father was wrong but as a child I started censoring and speaking on occasions where I felt I could be punished. Many of us still experience it as well, ultimately leading to confused personalities. I call it ‘confused’ because the heart might be malfunctioning and seems to apply practicality or logic to every situation. The mind is our computer. The heart is the user for this computer. The computer mind gathers and remembers all the things we have learned. It relies on past experience and past knowledge to make its decisions. The mind cannot make decisions without the consent of the user. The computer mind is cold and lifeless. It has no idea what to do with a previous program installed in it until the user commands it, which is the heart. Here, exist the problems. The user is bewildered whether he should rely on his consciousness or ‘play safe’ by using an approach that fulfills the guidelines and rule book of the society which has its own definitions of logic, rationality and a future secured methodology. The result that follows is aloofness, irritable nature and a “Battle of Buxar” fought within the person’s self every day.

 Jigsaw puzzles and riddles can be solved because they are mere entities which have a systematic approach to untangle. They are strictly a single unit which has no after-effects or contributory cause and effect relationships attached to it. The heart is the very center for our life. We can say that the heart is the home or residing place of our soul and our Higher Self. Our Consciousness resides in the heart, not in the mind. Consciousness looks through the window of the mind and makes choices. Consciousness in the heart is the user of the computer mind. The heart feels and intuits our direction in life. These feelings generate ideas and inspirations in our mind that we can act on.

So, before we solve any other riddle, let’s try to solve the unsolved jigsaw puzzle within us. The question still remains probably, are how? The answer is having faith, love and belief upon your consciousness. Make mistakes, do stupid things, smile and laugh upon yourself, enjoy a day without your make-up and think of solving one riddle at a time. I know we are multitasking people but our heart is a little demanding and attention seeker in this case. Give yourself some time to ponder over what you are and you want to become. The rest of the game, let’s play it down ourselves because I believe we are our own specialists. Isn’t It?

“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead”.

Oscar Wilde.