Grief! A feeling after loss. Someone leaves, something breaks - grief is all it makes. But what about the grief that stays, that sticks to our core? Sadness that flows in our veins, echoes through the cosmos.
Osho describes grief as our treasure. We cling on to it on purpose so to keep our ego alive. One by one, if we drop off those griefs, we will be nothing. And it might take our everything to be nothing. Humans fear being nothing.
In Amish’s ‘War of Lanka’, Ravan describes grief to Sita as the engine that moves life forward. He says grief drives people insane. It leads to dissatisfaction and to banish that, humans ought to change the world and becomes great. Grief is your way to greatness.
Kubler and Ross’s stage theory of grief stages grief into denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. One comes only after the another. There is no shortcut to end the grief. Clearly, grief is a tough exam to pass.
In fault in our stars, John Green describes grief as something that reveals us. A test that brings out our true character or the highest potential. Grief is a litmus to human life.
Rumi, on the other hand, talks about putting a halt to grief, because grieving is of no use. Anything that is lost always comes back in another form. So, if we lose nothing here, grieving seems pointless to him.
Buried under grief where all it feels heavy. Is grief something we carry all along or something we find when someone is lost?What have we lost that we miss? Where is the zenith of achievements we are yet to reach? Why does it feel heavy? How does living become a burden and grieving a major part of it? Why do we carry sadness all along? Where does this grief come from when nothing is lost? Why befriending grief makes happiness seem like a myth?
Why am I even contemplating grief?
Aakanksha
Intense 🥺