Rawat bhai, dil jeet liya aapne :) Thanks Regards Moin.H On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 3:50 AM, nivensamy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Very good post. > > Niven > > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, V S > Rawat <vsra...@...> wrote: > > > > One of my friends, some 24 year old, visited me yesterday and was using > > my pc and playing songs. He happened to put Kisna songs and was playing > > them all randomly so he reached put "kisna them [inst]". > > > > And I noticed a sudden change in his composure. All his usual restless > > had disappeared in an instant, all those quick changing windows > > purposelessly, quickly shuffling songs, putting one with eagerness and > > loosing interest in that after listening just for a few moments and > > putting next -- all these were gone. > > > > He was physically here but I could sense that his mind has gone > > somewhere else. > > > > He kept on listening to the same in repeat, still doing some > purposeless > > things on pc just to pretend himself busy, but the speed of all that > > shuffling windows was very slow. > > > > After some 5 mins, I asked him what r u thinking. > > > > He looked at me as if he is noticing now that I am there. He took a > long > > exhale, on the verge of a sigh, thought for a few moments - and then he > > shared with me about his GF, 2 years younger to him whom he knows for > > some 6 years. > > > > He shared with me that he has proposed to her a dozen times and she > > always refused saying that you are my best friend but I have never > > thought abuot you, looked at you from this angle, and had always > > declined the proposal. They continue to remain best friends. Even after > > repeated questioning, she never told him why she doesn't "start" > looking > > at him at this angle or why doesn't she give to thought to it. > > > > let me clarify that there was no melodrama at this time. He was not > > weeping or crying. Quite a confident and balanced guy. He was in > > introspection, retrospection mode. > > > > He is not a fan of ARR. > > > > The 59 seconds were playing in loop. We were listening to it. The music > > starts on slow notes, I think that is what it is called, slowly rises, > > reaches a mini crescendo and at 50th seconds ends - sort of > > "unannounced", there was no sudden stopping of music, but the flute > > stops, some other instruments play for 2 seconds creating a "mist" sort > > of sound, and then all sounds stop and there is an utter silence for 5 > > seconds. and then it plays again. > > > > That meant we could never sense when the music has "finished" in a > > particular play. When the sounds stopped, we thought it was some > > temporary effect and more sounds will come and the repeat play of the > > song appeared like those awaited sounds have eventually arrived. I mean > > it was not a start-play-stop music. It was "continuous" music, endless, > > timeless. > > > > I confess that I was noticing all this for the first time. :-) I am a > > lyrics man, didn't like the no-lyrics music much. > > > > OK. then, he didn't ask anything, but I could see that his mind is > > asking him why, why, why. Why she doesn't think about him as a BF. > > > > So, without lecturing, I started analyzing his nature/ behavior/ > > personality, softly and slowly, giving him time to absorb it, not > > accusing him, but as if we two were talking about some other person. > > > > I am not sharing that part as that would be "private" for him. > > > > The 59 seconds were playing and we were talking. The world didn't exist > > for us. I didn't exist, he didn't exist in person, only his mind and > > persona existed as the only entity in universe. For the first time in > > his entire life, he was in touch with himself. He was revealing > himself, > > not even noticing that he was doing so, because, being a worldly wise > > "control"-freak guy, he wudn't open his vulnerable side to anyone, > often > > not to me also. > > > > For some 50 minutes, those 59 seconds kept on playing. He got a few > > insights about himself, he made some resolves, some he told me, some he > > kept to himself. And then he went. > > > > He didn't become a fan of ARR as such though this particular piece of > > music would now hold a special place for him for a long time if not for > > life. > > -- > > > > So, that was it. Whatever happens now to him or to their > relationship is > > not really an issue here. > > > > The issue here is the power of music that we have only heard in legends > > that some piece of music turned lives, a piece of music has stopped > > people from committing suicide, a piece of music has stopped fights and > > wars, a piece of music has cured people, motivated and rejuvenated > people. > > > > I saw all those legends come true in front of my eyes. > > > > Our man didn't get any Filmfare, Golden Globe, Oscar for this 59 > > seconds, but that only proves that awards is not an issue. The issue is > > the purity of music that our man composes, musics that are legendary, > > musics that bring self-awareness, musics listening to whom is > equivalent > > of doing mediation and tapasya, musics that change the speed of time, > > musics that make time and space disappear. > > > > Our man would not know of this incident, but several such incidents > must > > be happening across the world every now and then where our man's > > creations are helping making people better humans, making the world a > > better place. > > > > My salutes to our man for composing such music. I wish God gives him a > > long and healthy life to continue his this social work, to continue > > making the world such a place that God wants it to become. > > > > -- > > Rawat > > > > > -- (¨`•.•´¨) Always `•.¸(¨`•.•´¨) Keep `•.¸¸.•´ Smiling! GOD BLESS YOU With Love and Care Always Moin.H -- Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about the one's who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.
