THE FIFTH HEAD OF BRAHMA Often sucked into reading what people term as mythology, i read about this fascinating story of a fifth head of Brahma ( creator ). Human race has been giving form to the formless since ages, its ironical that something like ego which only resides in human beings has not been given its due share. We eat, preach, dream, repeat and still havent built temples for it. Ego resides in the darkest of our recesses and still colors our universe with thousands of hues against nothingness. Without Ego, epics like Mahabharat and Iliad would never have been written. The greatest epics in human history couldn't been such a treat without the existence of ego. We have come across personalities ravaging civilisations, killing thousands and destroying some of the best works of art and literature and we have also come across those masquerading philanthropists trying to get their names in the books. The more the crystalised, bigger the sack of ego. The more diffused the
F irst time i read Emma Goldman was when i was 25, when i saw those words it was like some one had ripped them from inside me. It read " Anarchism stands for liberation of human mind and the dominion of religion. Liberation of the human body from the dominion of property. Liberation from shackles and the restraint of government. It stands for social order based on the free grouping of individuals." The concept is pure, simple, true. It inspired me. Lit a rebellious fire. Most human beings only think they want freedom. In truth, they yearn for the bondage of social order, rigid laws, materialism. The only freedom man really wants is the freedom to be comfortable. My freedom is the saddle seat of my motorcycle. Before leaving for lansdowne people asked me why im thumping solo and had no answer and if you ask me even now,.. i cant think of any. My mom bit worried bout travelling solo kept on insisting on taking someone along , i love riding my bike so its all okay, isnt it?