What are Black Pearls? - II

How can you earn a Black Pearl?
One does not have to go through a series of mind bending situations and clever exercises to become a humble bearer of this treasure of Black Pearls.
One does not have to be a wizard at intellectual skills and paranormal observer of the laws of life and nature to be an owner of these Black Pearls.
One does not have to be the conquerer of the three worlds or the one who has traveled the globe.

Sometimes, these Black Pearls will, and they do, honor a simple and low lying being who is silently listening to the voices of the Inner Universe, the Universe that thrives within the perceived Universe. The Universe that is not lit by the Rosy Daylight. Where no Sun reaches. The Universe which is illuminated by serene Moonlight of humble thought and spiritual bliss. The Universe that suddenly appears when someone is thrown out of the material Universe. Or when someone simply retires from the scorching Sun and Rosy Daylight to relax in the Inner Universe to listen to the eternal voices, the voices played by the musicians of the Goddess of Black Pearls.

Then, these Black Pearls, they simply honor you by falling into your lap as a precious, uninvited, unanticipated, and invaluable gift. When your mind is in a calm and low state, not thinking over the next days' targets and not held up high into the Rosy Daylight; and suddenly, you feel blessed by the Goddess of Black Pearls. You feel illuminated by sudden sense of awakening. You realize that an old routine happening or fact or situation that was a part of the world ever since you knew you are you, just pops its head up, totally disguised as a new entity, in the form you have never perceived it, drowning you in an intoxicating moment. To let you know that you have just been gifted a Black Pearl.

The happening, or fact, or situation that was so familiar to you, turns into a scintillating Black Pearl and you acknowledge it with a smile that shows through your eyes.

You just collected one more of them.

Continued at What are Black Pearls? - III

What are Black Pearls?

What are Black Pearls? Why this blog? How it related to you? Why should you be reading this at all? Read on for the answers...

We are born with a mind as blank as a paper. The family, society, incidents, experiences write a character on that white paper and We, as human beings, come into this Shakespearian stage: The World.
We all perceive the world and people around us differently and gather our own opinions about everything. While we wander around this world, we are subject to millions of situations, no two being absolutely alike. We react to the situations and try our best to resolve them in our favor. Sometimes we succeed and sometimes we don't.
But each of these situations leave behind a permanent mark in our character and permanently alter our thought process, each time leaving us more capable and wiser than we were till we faced a particular situation. We derive our opinions on the basis of situations faced and collect what we call as our wisdom, experience and knowledge. We feel proud of this wisdom, Experience and knowledge and feel intoxicated with its presence in our character.

I call them Black Pearls.

Why call them Pearls?
That is because they are as valuable. You have to wait for a long time till you find one worth cherishing and that too only if you are lucky enough. Otherwise you may just miss them.

And why are they Black?
Because they are not visible in the broad daylight we all tend to enjoy most of the time. We all keep our head up to the Sun to the broad rosy daylight. But these Pearls are lying down below in the dark, beneath the feet, where no sun reaches; you have to keep looking for them all the time. That calls for keeping your head away from the sun. You have to look towards the ground; forgetting the sunlight. And then if Black Pearls desire, they will present themselves to you.

The Black Pearls you gather will direct you in the times of your need. They bring you smile whenever you desire and turn the most sober incidents into memories of a lifetime.

Here, I wish to share some of My Black Pearls that I have gathered over time, the ones that I cherish the most. The ones that I wish I should have recognized as Black Pearls earlier. They come across everyone but no one recognizes them and just keep on moving on, looking for, God knows what.

Continued at  What are Black Pearls? - II