Stepping beyond

 Stepping beyond Threshold of Known
(in Oil 33" x 40")

Full of life & vigour,
unaware of human sufferings
the child's juvenile gaze with
unbound zeal & freshness
made him look to myriad possibilities
of Joy & Happiness in the World!
The child sets on a journey crossing the threshold from Known to Unknown !
Known was his reality of Truth
Pure Love , simply Divine!
Unknown lay a thorny pathway to
terrible plight of untold miseries
hidden barriers to lofty visions
Through unending chase of maddening desires
the child grows up a man but ends up
tired & bewildered after a while
loosing his sight & might in the delusion!
Before he could experience the ecstacies of Life,
he is counting on miracles to happen
to rescue him from his plight!

Disstraught from vagaries of worldly life-
Disillusioned he lays down his armour
He renounces all his possessions
releasing himself from the shackles of entanglements, emotional bondage;
unlocking the bewildered mind!
Faith is all what he has, he surrenders!
He desires nothing now-
completely empties himself!
Divine emerges from Void!
For a fraction of second, the lightening strikes!
Revelation of eternal Truth happens!
Enlightenment dawns!

"You are the Source & you are the end itself!"

Our journey begins from nothingness &
ends to nothingness;
from Unknown to known &
then back to Unknown !
It is ultimately merging to One source
from where we all came from !
We are born with unbound zest
of Joy & pure Love.
Lure of Worldly temptations trap us
in the delusion of lofty feats,
letting us loose track of our own inherent happiness
leaving us deprived of our own wealth!
What a sheer display of Maya, drama
playful game of Divine !
He who creates, generates & destroys
for Finite springs up from Infinity & then
dissolve again for incessant flow of energy to various forms!
Pure wisdom springs up from the fountain of Eternal Truth!
Stepping beyond the threshold of Known
in the quest of Unknown-
sets our journey to Self Discovery!
We are all blessed with life Divine
to evolve soulfully &
then merge back to Divine
from where we all emerged
completing our Journey
from Known to Unknown !