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THE BEING HAS TWO SIDES, the without and the within. The without can be public, but the within cannot be. If you make the within public, you will lose your soul, you will lose your original face. Then you will live as if you have no inner being. Life will become drab, futile. It happens to people who lead a public life: politicians, film actors. They become public, they lose their inner being completely, and they don’t know who they are except what the public says about them. They depend on others’ opinion they don’t have a sense of their being.
As a celebrity you have been so much addicted to others opinion that your entire thought process is shaped up by the world. If world calls you most desired thing then you are on top of the world. If tomorrow some tabloid calls you worst human being on earth, Your life is immediately shattered. Suddenly you are on a drug ride, depression, Your psychiatrist billing is going up. When you never give yourself a private time to face reality, this is what happens to you. Your fall is imminent. Even if you don’t fall down in the eyes of public you would have fallen down in your own eyes.
Other day I saw Oprah talking in her show about her nude photos. She said she is never worried about her nude photos because she never allowed anyone to take it in first place. Be it in her private life or anywhere else. In such a case where will you find people chasing you? Some things are private and they better be kept private.
Every time celebrity complains about paparazzi I see a subtle joy in tehm about such a situation. Rarely do I find a celebrity who is trying to move without anybody getting noticed and they get noticed. In 99 out of 100 cases they want to be noticed. Ask Paris Hilton if you want? If you don’t want to ask Paris, ask Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
I have been reading about Angelina jolie and Brad Pitt Paparazzi chase in India. Both of them were traveling in Open vehicle and the whole world could clearly see two fair celebrities traveling in a brown world. In this country of one billion people where people are really focused on day to day events you still make paparazzi behind you! Interesting! This has to be some talent!
Exposed, nude, no private self, Marilyn Monroe committed suicide because that was the only thing left she could have done privately. Everything was public, that was the only thing left she could do on her own, alone, something absolutely intimate and secret. Public figures are always tempted towards suicide because only through suicide can they have a glimpse of who they are.
All that is beautiful is inner, and the inner means privacy. Have you watched women making love? They always close their eyes. They know something. A man goes on making love with open eyes, he remains a watcher also. He is not completely in the act, he is not totally in it. He remains a voyeur, as if somebody else is making love and he is watching, as if the lovemaking is on a TV screen or in a movie. But a woman knows better because she is more delicately tuned to the inner. She always closes her eyes. Then love has a totally different fragrance.
Do one thing one day: run the bath and then switch on and off the light. When there is darkness you will hear the water falling more clearly, the sound will be sharp. When the light is on, the sound will be not so sharp. What happens in darkness?
In darkness, everything else disappears because you cannot see. Only you and the sound are there. That’s why, in all good restaurants, light is avoided; sharp light is avoided. They are candle-lit. Whenever a restaurant is candle-lit, taste is deeper: you eat well and you taste more. The fragrance surrounds you. If there is very bright light the taste is no longer there. The eyes make everything public.
Make outer relationships; make inner relationships also. Of course there are bound to be outer relationships — you move in the world, business relationships will be there — but they should not be all. They have their part to play, but there must be something absolutely secret and private, something that you can call your own.Life arises from that inner source and spreads into the sky outside. There has to be a balance — I am always for balance. So I will not say that your life should be an open book — no. A few chapters open, okay. And a few chapters completely closed, completely a mystery.
Only rarely is somebody allowed to move within your temple. That is how it should be. If the crowd is coming in and going out, then the temple is no longer a temple. It may be a waiting room in an airport, but it cannot be a temple. Only rarely, very rarely, do you allow somebody to enter your self. That is what love is.
Love and lots of it dear ones
Suresh
PS: Sorry I had to change my title again as I attracted too much spam.
Suresh,
Your photography is amazing! Thanks for posting it. I also enjoy the irreverence of your posts (especially the titles), startling the mind and challenging the soul. Makes me think of koans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koan) or the writings the hafiz.
Um, actors spend so much time agrandizing the ego, that they are the furthest away from the source/God. All it takes is to reject them from a role, and they tail spin into depression. That’s their life. Euphoria -> depression -> euphoria -> depression. Thank God I didn’t become an actress … although I like the art form
This photo is very touching. I wanna kiss his trunk!
Hi thanks for dropping by my site. You write good stuffs. Enjoyed reading them alot.
you know what I obseved in Your Blog Suresh, Your sense of observation. So many things we do day to day, like eating in Restaraunt is seen with such sensitive eyes. I have read almost all your blogs and I always get amazed at your observation. Great blog but this time your photo is better than blog. I also want to hug this nice elephant like fluidspirit! I am ready to give her first chance. haha
This is why I am fan of indie film actors and some big guys like Jonny Depp – he is very private about his personal life, he keeps his family away from the limelight, and even when he does the occasional big movie (mostly I hear he does foreign or lesser-known movies) he is still very humble. Yay!!
And which is why I like director Kevin Smith: some of his movies use big-time actors, but he still mostly uses indie actors, comedians, and small-role actors for his movies.
Kudos to you, Suresh!
You write so eloquently on the deeper issues surrounding human behavior. Celebrities are definitely in a different category given the enormous power that fame and fortune bring. Power is seductive. Power is seductive. Power is seductive. Marilyn Monroe’s last decision was indeed tragic in almost a Shakespearian sort of way. She desperately sought approval from the outside all the while feeling lonely and empty within.
Whether you are a celebrity or not, there has to be a privacy held deep within simply for survival purposes. If you give this gift to just anybody, the results can be devastating. You become raw, exposed, naked and vulnerable for all to see. Our uniqueness is a mystery that should be treasured & shared wisely.
I do think we all need that safe within, yet still be willing to open up for love. It’s a balance but one that could easily change your life.
Love the elephant photo. Is there anything you can’t capture with the lens of a camera?
Thank you, Suresh!
As Always,
Peace
I don’t.
Great post.
I feel, if a person is obsessed with something, it creates conflct…obsession meaning thinking about something a lot..this could be anything…it could be within or without..thinking about what others say about oneself(without) or thinking about oneself(within)…thinking about oneself too much, which is to reflect, ponder about oneself according to some ideal, can also lead to increased conflict….suicide is the ultimate escape from conflict, whether conflict is with something within or without…or rather both are the same.
Adam, great comment. The thing about suicide is that you can’t run away from yourself. Only Buddhism had enough guts to say that what is within is without. For example, say you’re walking down the street, a pedestrian is walking by carying a baseball bat. He approaches you and whips you in the back seemingly “without any reason”. A monk would say .. in order to understand this occurence, you have to find, where inside, you had that striking dude with a baseball bat. Because you have created him inside. What actually happened is only the effect, the objectification of your internal. You created him. — Its one of the most painful thruths a person can find out. That everything that surrounds them in life is a product of what they have inside. Ouch, eh?
Nice post. I’m glad to see someone thinking through life issues. To me it seems that celebrities don’t necessarily bring their inner being into public, but neglect their inner being. Their are acceptions. There are celebrities that pay attention to both their inner and outer beings, and live a contented life. They are the spiritually mature. You can tell who they are. They are not the midnight revellers. They are the one’s with a higher purpose than ego satisfaction.
hee! after a long hiatus, positivenergyoutput resurfaced [trumpets resound celebrously]
I experienced your post in a dimension a little different than strictly factualizing, or observing what celebrities find or do not find.
I think that no matter what, as you said, there must be an inner life. If not, then what is there? That is the only response I seem to be able to have.
I am a “nobody” in a small town in the corn. Yet, I too can struggle with forgetting that what others “think” is not who I am. Fortunately, I can reel myself into myself and be in the inner life you write of here.
Very few, if any, have been there or gotten very far, that I do know. I do not object to sharing but it is selective.
Thank you. I needed this now.
Kim
Thanks Kim for you profund observation!
i would rather hug you than the elephant. I think you are the master of blog.
Hi, thanks for this post.
This is an amazing post
It is really deep and I didn’t want to finish reading it 
Good job. =]
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