Water, in its gentle clarity, fills every hollow it discovers. It makes no judgment, deeming no depth too great or opening too wide. Love, akin to water, blankets all it caresses, nurturing growth, leaving no trace of its tender touch.
Most things shatter, refusing to transform, for they resist the natural course. Love, though, performs a silent miracle. Without our meddling, it, like water, embraces whatever is tossed, dropped, or placed within it, wholeheartedly.
The more we allow love to flow, the more love we possess. This inner radiance is shared by sages and saints throughout time: their love washes over everything, not just people, but birds, rocks, flowers, and the very air we breathe.
Beneath the myriad choices we face, love, like water, flows back into the world through us. It holds a profound secret. Yet, somewhere along the way, a misconception took hold, that withholding love will fend off pain. In truth, it is the opposite. Just as water soothes scars, love eases our wounds. If we open ourselves to it, love will embrace even the stones hurled in anger, and our tears will lose some of their sting in the vast ocean of tears. The arrow released into the depths of the river will lose its sharpness. Only love, given freely and without expectation, can soften the sharp edges of suffering.
Kuen Re Kinaaray
(why oh shore)
02:26 / 2021
“Kuen Re Kinaare” is written by Gorakhnath, also known as Gorakshanath, who is a legendary figure, who is said to have lived roughly around the 11th or 12th century. He was a disciple of Matsyendranath (or Machhindernath) who is said to be the founder of the Nath Sampradaya or sect, an ascetic tradition in medieval India. Through Gorakh’s songs and yogic practice, the Nath sect gained immense popularity. There are many legends, temples, iconic caves where he is believed to have meditated and even a whole city that takes its name from him – Gorakhpur.
Gorakhpur lately became popular for acute communal polarisation, it used to be famous for the widespread following the Nath sect had among Muslims. While their numbers are dwindling, there are still many Muslim yogis who wear saffron robes, play the sarangi and sing Gorakh’s bhajans.
Derived from “Ajab Shahar - kabir project”, the background melody is sung by extraordinary performer of Sufiana kalaam (spiritual poetry) and Bhakti songs from the village of Pugal, Mukhtiyar Ali belongs to the Mirasi community, whose traditional occupation has been to sing, and has imbibed the tradition from his own father and elders.
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Arahant / projection on the floor / 2021
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Her messenger / (in process) 2024
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Saat Samundar Paar / 2018-19
Bottled messages may date to about 310 B.C., in water current studies reputed to have been carried out by Greek philosopher Theophrastus. The Japanese medieval epic ‘The Tale of the Heike’ records the story of an exiled poet who, in about 1177 A.D., launched wooden planks on which he had inscribed poems describing his plight. In the sixteenth century, Queen Elizabeth I reputedly created an official position of "Uncorker of Ocean Bottles", and—thinking some bottles might contain secrets from British spies or fleets—decreed that anyone else opening the bottles could face the death penalty. (However, it has been argued that this is a myth.) In the nineteenth century, literary works such as Edgar Allan Poe's 1833 "MS. Found in a Bottle" and Charles Dickens' 1860 "A Message from the Sea" inspired an enduring popular passion for sending bottled message. My messages to the water on butcher’s cutting wooden planks refer to unrequited love and lover who is 'Saat Samundar Paar’ ( A popular urdu phrase that translates to "across the seven seas" in English.) It is often used to express a great distance or an overseas location. This phrase is commonly used in indo-pak culture, including in music and literature, to convey the idea of crossing vast distances or reaching far-off lands.
