The poem shows one's journey through material illusions, inner emptiness, and a delayed spiritual awakening.
It begins with:
The word “things” refers to all the worldly goals, achievements, roles, and possessions, that seem important but leave him feeling empty as this could never be enough when the actual"thing" is within.
A man distracted from his true essence is compared to an abandoned crow. As crows often misunderstood are really intelligent and observant, but this crow is alone and discarded. This crow picks up shiny objects, mistaking them for something valuable, reflecting a man's chase of attention, success, and approval, hoping they’ll make him feel whole.
But instead, he’s left with a growing inner emptiness i.e. his "HELL HOLE".
Then, a volcano appears. It represents a breaking point of all his hidden pain, regrets, and truth erupt at once. But surprisingly, the volcano turns into sunlight.
This shows a moment of awakening. The fire wasn’t there to destroy him but, it was the truth he had avoided, now bringing clarity. He finally sees that the answers were inside him all along, not in the outside world.
There's also a powerful image of his funeral pyre (“chita”), after a lifetime of longing for love and recognition, people finally gather around him, but only in death. He spent his life as a lone crow, it was only in death that the flock came.
And then comes the final question:
The poem ends with a quiet truth:
Even realization doesn't erase the past. It simply shows that awakening isn't the end, it's the beginning of a deeper journey.
The poem ends not with closure, but with contemplation, that even self-discovery may not lead to fulfillment, but instead to the understanding that the pursuit of meaning is eternal. It is not a destination, but a continuous path.
Special thanks : Billy_bing (https://t.me/blah_writes)
Divya Joshi 🙏🏻
It begins with:
“A man thinks about things. A man does things.”
The word “things” refers to all the worldly goals, achievements, roles, and possessions, that seem important but leave him feeling empty as this could never be enough when the actual"thing" is within.
A man distracted from his true essence is compared to an abandoned crow. As crows often misunderstood are really intelligent and observant, but this crow is alone and discarded. This crow picks up shiny objects, mistaking them for something valuable, reflecting a man's chase of attention, success, and approval, hoping they’ll make him feel whole.
But instead, he’s left with a growing inner emptiness i.e. his "HELL HOLE".
Then, a volcano appears. It represents a breaking point of all his hidden pain, regrets, and truth erupt at once. But surprisingly, the volcano turns into sunlight.
This shows a moment of awakening. The fire wasn’t there to destroy him but, it was the truth he had avoided, now bringing clarity. He finally sees that the answers were inside him all along, not in the outside world.
There's also a powerful image of his funeral pyre (“chita”), after a lifetime of longing for love and recognition, people finally gather around him, but only in death. He spent his life as a lone crow, it was only in death that the flock came.
And then comes the final question:
"Does it fill his hell hole, or does he still remain empty?”
The poem ends with a quiet truth:
Even realization doesn't erase the past. It simply shows that awakening isn't the end, it's the beginning of a deeper journey.
The poem ends not with closure, but with contemplation, that even self-discovery may not lead to fulfillment, but instead to the understanding that the pursuit of meaning is eternal. It is not a destination, but a continuous path.
Special thanks : Billy_bing (https://t.me/blah_writes)
Divya Joshi 🙏🏻
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चिड़ियों का संसार
सबसे पहले मेरे घर का
अंडे जैसा था आकर,
तब मैं यही समझती थी
बस इतना सा ही है संसार ||
फिर मेरा घर बना घोंसला
सूखे तिनकों से तैयार,
तब मैं यही समझती थी
बस इतना सा ही है संसार ||
फिर मैं निकल पड़ी शाखों पर
हरी भरी थी जो सुकुमार,
तब मैं यही समझती थी
बस इतना सा ही है संसार ||
आखिर में जब मैं असमान में
उड़ी दूर तक पंख पसार,
तभी समझ में मेरी आया
बहुत बड़ा है ये संसार ll
This poem portrays the growing awareness of a young bird, symbolizing how our perception of the world expands with experience. Initially, the bird believes its egg is the entire world. Then it thinks the nest, and later the tree branches are all that exists. Only when it Finally takes flight into the open sky does it realize how vast the world truly is. The poem beautifully shows how our current view may feel complete, until we grow, explore, and discover more. It serve as a metaphor for personal growth, learning, and breaking free from rigid beliefs or limited thinking.
Divya🙏🏻
Poetry ✨चिड़ियों का संसार
सबसे पहले मेरे घर का
अंडे जैसा था आकर,
तब मैं यही समझती थी
बस इतना सा ही है संसार ||
फिर मेरा घर बना घोंसला
सूखे तिनकों से तैयार,
तब मैं यही समझती थी
बस इतना सा ही है संसार ||
फिर मैं निकल पड़ी शाखों पर
हरी भरी थी जो सुकुमार,
तब मैं यही समझती थी
बस इतना सा ही है संसार ||
आखिर में जब मैं असमान में
उड़ी दूर तक पंख पसार,
तभी समझ में मेरी आया
बहुत बड़ा है ये संसार ll
This poem portrays the growing awareness of a young bird, symbolizing how our perception of the world expands with experience. Initially, the bird believes its egg is the entire world. Then it thinks the nest, and later the tree branches are all that exists. Only when it Finally takes flight into the open sky does it realize how vast the world truly is. The poem beautifully shows how our current view may feel complete, until we grow, explore, and discover more. It serve as a metaphor for personal growth, learning, and breaking free from rigid beliefs or limited thinking.
Divya🙏🏻
In the sacred month of Sawan, Shiva is not merely worshipped but his presence is to be lived, an energy to be felt, and a truth to be awakened within the soul. He is the stillness in our breath, the fire in our spirit, and the silence that holds us when the world gets loud.
When you feel lost, weak, or distracted, sit quietly…close your eyes…and call upon Shiva, the one who wears the crescent moon, who cradles the divine Ganga on his hairs, whose Tandav shakes even death. He is a divine energy within us.
He teaches us to be calm, but not weak. His quietness is not passivity but it is the potential waiting for the right moment to explode into action. When the time calls, he becomes the Nataraja, performing the fierce Tandava, the dance of cosmic karma, destruction, and creation. And when it is time for stillness, he becomes the supreme yogi, lost in meditation, practicing Atmachintan (self-reflection). His third eye is the inner vision that burns illusion and ignorance once opened, awakening the truth beyond material desires.
The serpent around his neck is Kundalini, the divine power in each of us.
He is worshipped as Shivlinga representing his formless and infinite essence i.e. eternal brahman.
To walk with Shiva is to embrace both stillness and strength, to rise through self-awareness, and to surrender ego at the ultimate truth. Shiva is a sacred strength within us.
Divya Joshi 🙏🏻
When you feel lost, weak, or distracted, sit quietly…close your eyes…and call upon Shiva, the one who wears the crescent moon, who cradles the divine Ganga on his hairs, whose Tandav shakes even death. He is a divine energy within us.
He teaches us to be calm, but not weak. His quietness is not passivity but it is the potential waiting for the right moment to explode into action. When the time calls, he becomes the Nataraja, performing the fierce Tandava, the dance of cosmic karma, destruction, and creation. And when it is time for stillness, he becomes the supreme yogi, lost in meditation, practicing Atmachintan (self-reflection). His third eye is the inner vision that burns illusion and ignorance once opened, awakening the truth beyond material desires.
The serpent around his neck is Kundalini, the divine power in each of us.
He is worshipped as Shivlinga representing his formless and infinite essence i.e. eternal brahman.
To walk with Shiva is to embrace both stillness and strength, to rise through self-awareness, and to surrender ego at the ultimate truth. Shiva is a sacred strength within us.
ॐ नमः शिवाय ||
☘️🌿🍀🌱🪴
Divya Joshi 🙏🏻
Constructing a Perfect Square: An Ancient Indian Geometric Method
Desirous of making a square take a rope as long as side of square you desire. Tie both the ends and mark the centre
With help of the rope draw a line and with ref of the centre marked in the last step place a nail in centre
Tie that nail with a rope and draw a circle with centre as a ref point
Place two nails at the end of the diameter of this created circle
Tie the eastern directional nail with a rope and with the ref of the western nail draw a big circle
Repeat the same process by tying the western nail and drawing from the eastern nail .
Where these 2 circles meet at that intersection draw a horizontal line (this will serve as a second diameter for the smaller circle)
Place two more nails respectively at the end of this second diameter
Now we have 4 nails placed at the four directional ends of the smaller circle
Tie the eastern nail of the smaller circle with a rope and with ref to the centre point draw a circle
Similarly from the southern nail draw a circle
Similarly from the western nail draw a circle
Similarly from the northern nail draw a circle
Now you have four circles of the exact diameter of the central smaller circle
Where those 4 circles intersect on joining those 4 points one gets a perfect square
Source -
ग्रन्थः/scripture - बौधायन
अध्याय/Chapter : १ / 1 ,
सूत्र / aphorism : २२-२८ / 22-28
चतुरश्रं चिकीर्षन् यावत् चिकीर्षेत् तावतीं रज्जुम् उभयतः पाशं कृत्वा मध्ये लक्षणं करोति
Desirous of making a square take a rope as long as side of square you desire. Tie both the ends and mark the centre
लेखामालिख्य तस्याः मध्ये शङ्कुं निहन्यात्
With help of the rope draw a line and with ref of the centre marked in the last step place a nail in centre
तस्मिन् पाशौ प्रतिमुच्य लक्षणेन मण्डलं परिलिखेत्
Tie that nail with a rope and draw a circle with centre as a ref point
विषकम्भान्तयोः शङ्कू निहान्यात्
Place two nails at the end of the diameter of this created circle
पूर्वस्मिन्पाशौ प्रतिमुच्य पाशेन मण्डलं परिलिखेत्
Tie the eastern directional nail with a rope and with the ref of the western nail draw a big circle
एवमपरस्मिन्
Repeat the same process by tying the western nail and drawing from the eastern nail .
ते यत्र समेयातां तेन द्वितीयं विष्कम्भमायच्छेत्
Where these 2 circles meet at that intersection draw a horizontal line (this will serve as a second diameter for the smaller circle)
विषकम्भान्तयोः शङ्कू निहान्यात्
Place two more nails respectively at the end of this second diameter
Now we have 4 nails placed at the four directional ends of the smaller circle
पूर्वस्मिन्पाशौ प्रतिमुच्य लक्षणेन मण्डलं परिलिखेत्
Tie the eastern nail of the smaller circle with a rope and with ref to the centre point draw a circle
एवं दक्षिणतः
Similarly from the southern nail draw a circle
एवं पश्चात्
Similarly from the western nail draw a circle
एवम् उत्तरतः
Similarly from the northern nail draw a circle
Now you have four circles of the exact diameter of the central smaller circle
ये अन्त्याः संसर्गाः तत् चतुरश्रं सम्पद्यते
Where those 4 circles intersect on joining those 4 points one gets a perfect square
Source -
ग्रन्थः/scripture - बौधायन
सुल्बसूत्रम् / baudhāyana sulbasūtram अध्याय/Chapter : १ / 1 ,
सूत्र / aphorism : २२-२८ / 22-28
WORK OF BAUDHAYANA.pdf
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ANCIENT INDIA’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ORIGIN OF MATHEMATICS
: RELATED TO THE GEOMETRICAL WORK OF BAUDHAYANA AND DIHEDRAL SYMMETRY GROUP
: RELATED TO THE GEOMETRICAL WORK OF BAUDHAYANA AND DIHEDRAL SYMMETRY GROUP
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Rig Veda 10.61.2 mentions the sage Chyavana measuring the fire altar [cyávānaḥ sū́dair amimīta védim]. Recall Rigveda 7.103.7 mentioning Atiratra Somayaga [brāhmaṇā́so atirātré ná sóme] which involve piling up of fire altar as performed even today. So roots of Vedic geometry would go back to Rig Veda 4000 years ago, via measuring and constructing the altars.
some other shapes - https://en.rattibha.com/thread/1520040800885022720
some other shapes - https://en.rattibha.com/thread/1520040800885022720
The Brilliance of Vedic Fire Altars
The construction of Vedic fire altars, as documented in the Sulbasutras, represents a remarkable confluence of spiritual ritual and mathematical sophistication in ancient India. These sacred edifices demanded precise brick measurements and complex geometric layouts, underscoring the advanced intellectual capabilities of Vedic scholars.
The Sulbasutras describe the use of geometric progressions and methods for extracting square roots, which were essential for achieving accurate proportions. One particularly ingenious technique delineate perfect squares. This was accomplished by marking the cardinal directions east, west, north, and south and drawing intersecting circles to determine the corners of the square.
Additionally, the texts elaborate on processes for transforming geometric shapes, such as converting a square into a circle of equal area. This required the application of π (pi) with a level of precision notable for the era.
The construction of Vedic fire altars, as documented in the Sulbasutras, represents a remarkable confluence of spiritual ritual and mathematical sophistication in ancient India. These sacred edifices demanded precise brick measurements and complex geometric layouts, underscoring the advanced intellectual capabilities of Vedic scholars.
The Sulbasutras describe the use of geometric progressions and methods for extracting square roots, which were essential for achieving accurate proportions. One particularly ingenious technique delineate perfect squares. This was accomplished by marking the cardinal directions east, west, north, and south and drawing intersecting circles to determine the corners of the square.
Additionally, the texts elaborate on processes for transforming geometric shapes, such as converting a square into a circle of equal area. This required the application of π (pi) with a level of precision notable for the era.
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( translation ) What do you think happens when we die?
~A beautiful answer by monk :- When you're born, you are like a single drop of water flying upward, separated from the one giant consciousness. You get older. You descend back down. You die. You land back into the water. Become one with the ocean again. No more separated. No more suffering. Death is a happy return. Like coming home.
It reminds me of a poem
Fear
by
Kahlil Gibran
It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.
She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.
And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.
But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.
Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.
The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that's where the river will know
it's not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.
Fear
by
Kahlil Gibran
It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.
She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.
And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.
But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.
Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.
The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that's where the river will know
it's not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.
what is philosophy?
Philosophy doesn’t need to be practical all the time, it thrives on hypothetical thinking, thought experiments, and case studies that stretch the imagination and challenge assumptions.
think about the trolley problem (Explores moral decision-making under pressure) or
hilary putnam’s brain in a vat (Questions the nature of perception and reality)
These cases don’t offer direct practical advice, but they shape how we think about ethics, knowledge, and existence.
thinking of other example, philosophy within its proper bounds (Oxford Academic) { https://academic.oup.com/book/2752/chapter-abstract/143232339 }
in the nutshell, why hypothesis matters? because it inspires the creativity and challenges the norm.
same with the monk, when he was asked what he thinks of death
he never said it is what it is but rather he believes in it
we all fear the death thinking it to be the end but do we really have to think this way all the time?
we don't know the exact end point nor the start, think about the smallest number or the largest number
then what makes us to think death is the end or birth is initial? we may be wrong.
time is in itself is cycle, the universe undergoes endless cycles of expansion and contraction known as the Big Bounce model. even in quantum gravity, spacetime may be granular and looped, allowing for closed time like curves or if we go back to ancient then time is divided into vast epochs Satya, Treta, Dvapara, and Kali Yuga which repeat endlessly, Each Yuga spans thousands to millions of years, forming a cosmic rhythm of creation, preservation, and dissolution these cycles mirror modern ideas of cosmic oscillation and entropy renewal.
so yeah, don't limit yourself thinking it to be the life is only linear, it's an idea at the end
life can be cyclic too just like the cycle of water how it goes from ocean travels the places and comes back to the ocean.
BELIEF SYSTEM KILLS THE POSSIBLE DYNAMICS
Writer,
Shreya
Philosophy doesn’t need to be practical all the time, it thrives on hypothetical thinking, thought experiments, and case studies that stretch the imagination and challenge assumptions.
think about the trolley problem (Explores moral decision-making under pressure) or
hilary putnam’s brain in a vat (Questions the nature of perception and reality)
These cases don’t offer direct practical advice, but they shape how we think about ethics, knowledge, and existence.
thinking of other example, philosophy within its proper bounds (Oxford Academic) { https://academic.oup.com/book/2752/chapter-abstract/143232339 }
in the nutshell, why hypothesis matters? because it inspires the creativity and challenges the norm.
same with the monk, when he was asked what he thinks of death
he never said it is what it is but rather he believes in it
we all fear the death thinking it to be the end but do we really have to think this way all the time?
we don't know the exact end point nor the start, think about the smallest number or the largest number
then what makes us to think death is the end or birth is initial? we may be wrong.
time is in itself is cycle, the universe undergoes endless cycles of expansion and contraction known as the Big Bounce model. even in quantum gravity, spacetime may be granular and looped, allowing for closed time like curves or if we go back to ancient then time is divided into vast epochs Satya, Treta, Dvapara, and Kali Yuga which repeat endlessly, Each Yuga spans thousands to millions of years, forming a cosmic rhythm of creation, preservation, and dissolution these cycles mirror modern ideas of cosmic oscillation and entropy renewal.
so yeah, don't limit yourself thinking it to be the life is only linear, it's an idea at the end
life can be cyclic too just like the cycle of water how it goes from ocean travels the places and comes back to the ocean.
BELIEF SYSTEM KILLS THE POSSIBLE DYNAMICS
Writer,
Shreya
OUP Academic
The Method of Cases
Abstract. Many areas of philosophy rely on the method of cases: Philosophers consider actual or hypothetical situations (which cases or thought experiments
Qu’est-ce qu’une nation? (“What Is a Nation?”)
• Renan observed that race must not be confounded with nation. The truth is that there is no
Race is not everything, as it is in the case of rodents and felines.
Speaking about language, Renan points out that language invites reunion; it does not force it. The
Regarding common territory, Renan argued that it is neither the land nor the race that creates a nation. Land provides a substratum a field for battle and work while man provides the soul; man is everything in the formation of that sacred entity known as a people. Nothing material in nature is sufficient for nationhood.
Having demonstrated that race, language, and territory are insufficient to constitute a nation, Renan raises the pointed question: what more is necessary? His answer, in his own words, is as follows: A nation is a living soul, a spiritual principle. Two facets, though essentially one, constitute this soul: one found in the past, the other in the present. One is the shared possession of a rich heritage of memories; the other is active consent the desire to live together and the will to preserve honorably the undivided inheritance handed down. Man does not improvise. The nation, like the individual, is the product of a long past of efforts, sacrifices, and devotion. Ancestor veneration is thus all the more legitimate, for our ancestors made us what we are. A heroic past, great men, glory true glory form the social capital upon which the national idea may be founded.
To have common glories in the past and a common will in the present having achieved great things together and willing to do so again these are the essential conditions for the making of a people. We love in proportion to the sacrifices we have made and the sufferings we have endured. We cherish the house we have built and intend to pass to our descendants. The Spartan hymn, “We are what you were; we shall be what you are,” is, in its simplicity, the national anthem of every land.
In the past, a shared inheritance of glory and regret and in the future, a common ideal to realize; suffering, rejoicing, and hoping together all these mean more than common customs offices or frontiers drawn for strategic reasons. All this can be understood despite diversities in race and language. Suffering together, indeed, for suffering in common is a greater bond of union than joy. As for national memories, mourning are worth more than triumphs, for they impose duties and demand collective effort.
It was all discussed in the book of Pakistan or partition of india by DR br ambedkar about two communities living under same shade!
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO YOU ALL
• Renan observed that race must not be confounded with nation. The truth is that there is no
pure race; and making politics depend on ethnographic analysis is allowing it to be built upon a chimera. Racial factors, important as they are at the outset, have a constant tendency to decrease in significance. Human history is fundamentally different from zoology.Race is not everything, as it is in the case of rodents and felines.
Speaking about language, Renan points out that language invites reunion; it does not force it. The
United States and England, Spanish America and Spain, speak the same languages yet do not form single nations
In contrast, Switzerland, which owes her stability to the agreement of its various parts, counts three or four languages.In humans, there is something superior to language, WILL. The will of Switzerland to remain united, despite its linguistic diversity, is far more important than a similarity of language, which is often established through persecution.
Regarding common territory, Renan argued that it is neither the land nor the race that creates a nation. Land provides a substratum a field for battle and work while man provides the soul; man is everything in the formation of that sacred entity known as a people. Nothing material in nature is sufficient for nationhood.
Having demonstrated that race, language, and territory are insufficient to constitute a nation, Renan raises the pointed question: what more is necessary? His answer, in his own words, is as follows: A nation is a living soul, a spiritual principle. Two facets, though essentially one, constitute this soul: one found in the past, the other in the present. One is the shared possession of a rich heritage of memories; the other is active consent the desire to live together and the will to preserve honorably the undivided inheritance handed down. Man does not improvise. The nation, like the individual, is the product of a long past of efforts, sacrifices, and devotion. Ancestor veneration is thus all the more legitimate, for our ancestors made us what we are. A heroic past, great men, glory true glory form the social capital upon which the national idea may be founded.
To have common glories in the past and a common will in the present having achieved great things together and willing to do so again these are the essential conditions for the making of a people. We love in proportion to the sacrifices we have made and the sufferings we have endured. We cherish the house we have built and intend to pass to our descendants. The Spartan hymn, “We are what you were; we shall be what you are,” is, in its simplicity, the national anthem of every land.
In the past, a shared inheritance of glory and regret and in the future, a common ideal to realize; suffering, rejoicing, and hoping together all these mean more than common customs offices or frontiers drawn for strategic reasons. All this can be understood despite diversities in race and language. Suffering together, indeed, for suffering in common is a greater bond of union than joy. As for national memories, mourning are worth more than triumphs, for they impose duties and demand collective effort.
SOURCE - Renan, Ernest. Qu’est-ce qu’une nation? Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1882.
It was all discussed in the book of Pakistan or partition of india by DR br ambedkar about two communities living under same shade!
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO YOU ALL