Cross the line...
Chaos 2007 just got over. Its the annual IIMA college fest.
Now i am one of those boring people who does not like college fests (I like DJs but due to my injured leg, i am not in a position to dance, and hence nothing much to do in a college fest :o)).
But then someone took me to Tarun Tejpal's (of Tehelka fame) lecture. He started off with some arbit paragraph from his book. Me and Patwari almost fell asleep. But then he started speaking of the hurdles he had to overcome n how finally now the newspaper "Tehelka" is gradually gaining popularity.
It was a nice story. Inspiring. But then wat i liked most in his speech was his statement that there is this line of fear which is there. Its not a physical line. Its just in our minds. All of us dread it and most of us donot try hard enough to cross it. But then once u cross it, then there is no stopping u from realizing watever u want.
Its so true isnt it? So once there is no fear, u will let ur mind free. There will be no hurdles on the path of ur imagination, ur dreams.
Yes. Dreams. U will start dreaming. And u will strive to achieve those dreams. Coz there is nothing to fear. No fear of failure. No fear of encumbrances. No fear of nothing.
There are so many things i fear. But then I am trying to fight it out. And i know i will win.
There are so many battles already fought and won with fear. Fear of taking a very important decision too early. And many other things.
But then this is one battle that if u fight, u r sure to win. Its just a matter of grit and not giving up.
So Anurag, cross the line.
Now i am one of those boring people who does not like college fests (I like DJs but due to my injured leg, i am not in a position to dance, and hence nothing much to do in a college fest :o)).
But then someone took me to Tarun Tejpal's (of Tehelka fame) lecture. He started off with some arbit paragraph from his book. Me and Patwari almost fell asleep. But then he started speaking of the hurdles he had to overcome n how finally now the newspaper "Tehelka" is gradually gaining popularity.
It was a nice story. Inspiring. But then wat i liked most in his speech was his statement that there is this line of fear which is there. Its not a physical line. Its just in our minds. All of us dread it and most of us donot try hard enough to cross it. But then once u cross it, then there is no stopping u from realizing watever u want.
Its so true isnt it? So once there is no fear, u will let ur mind free. There will be no hurdles on the path of ur imagination, ur dreams.
Yes. Dreams. U will start dreaming. And u will strive to achieve those dreams. Coz there is nothing to fear. No fear of failure. No fear of encumbrances. No fear of nothing.
There are so many things i fear. But then I am trying to fight it out. And i know i will win.
There are so many battles already fought and won with fear. Fear of taking a very important decision too early. And many other things.
But then this is one battle that if u fight, u r sure to win. Its just a matter of grit and not giving up.
So Anurag, cross the line.
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posted by Anurag at
12:58 AM
7 Comments:
Hey! thanks for dropping my blog.
regarding that, things seem to have been taken personally. Let me clear things up...well, that was a hypothetical situation, all the way. Well, as I always say, suggestions are welcome, and I shall consider implementing them in some future post.
PS: though, I'm not sure how being broken-hearted helps. perhaps you speak out of experience?
Coming to your blog..It was nice reading through your experiences. This particular post appealed to me the most. It reminded me of what my teacher had once told me... "If there should be anything you fear in this world, it should be fear. So, instead of fearing fear, why don't you overcome the fear and proceed ahead like there were none!" I tried it, and it sure makes things seem a lot more easier. Found it relevant to your post.
I agree, most of us just dont dream enough. That's the easiest we can do, isnt it ? :)
But you know what, even if you are of the fearless kind, a string of failures can have such a bad impact on you psychologically that the "line of fear" gets tougher to cross. You end up becoming conservative. Crossing the line at that stage is truly remarkable.
@sushma
thank u :o)
its not being broken hearted that helps...its the fact that u know that the person u like knows....that feeling gives u happiness...the feeling of bottling up emotions...the thought that "maybe if i had told her, she would have agreed, but i didnt", that is killing
@vinay
very true....but then its in time of adversity that one's grit actually emerges....remember a dialogue in Ghulam.....lehron ke saath to sabhi tair lete hai..lekin jo lehro ko cheer ke aage badta hai...sacha bahadur wohi hai :o)
Hmmmm....the line of fear....yeah its becoming less visible now that I am growing :)
hey! the voodoo seems to be from your blog...all your comments (ONLY YOURS) have now been rendered from anonymous sources now. so, please leave your link on mine, so I'll not have to undergo the painful job of tracking it through other blogs again :P
Interesting thought from Tejpal although not profound. I had read this in sooooooooooooo many books about self awareness, many mangas ( yep you read that right), books for kids and even the Gita. Fear does hold you back. Or rather worthless fear does.
If you are into Anime, there is an interesting Anime called Arjuna. And in that one of the protogonists had mentioned that " We are bound by the words spoken to us and by the words spoken in our minds." I totally agree with that. In the end I guess we land up believing what we tell ourselves. It might be fear, or it might just be our insecurities.
Well that's my 0.02 cents (paise if you will) for today. :P
Nice post, btw.
@sonali
heyyyy.....good to see u on blog space :o)
thanks for the comment
n totally agree with the arjuna thing....have to make our minds speak good stuff to us :o)
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