Ever wondered how much time and information or knowledge of some person is sufficient enough for us to promote him/her from a Stranger to the level of an acquaintance and then to the pedestal of a friend? An hour, A day, A week, A month; years may be and even a lifetime in certain cases. But has it ever happened to you that you befriend a complete stranger in a matter of few seconds and feel as if you have known this person over years; this is someone who is capable for you to rely upon, depend on, count on? I mean just a matter of some time and you both are no more strangers, not even plain acquaintance but connect to the level of close friends (the definition and concept of which is certainly subjective).
One moment I feel foreign the next a part of you
Now you are my close buddy then a mystique blue
The more I learn the less I know
The bond so profound continues to grow
Is this your innocence or a pull towards your essence
That makes you oh stranger so pleasing to my sense
Seems as though you were always around
But the noises of my mind dint let me hear your sound
Now that I have found you, shall hold you for ever
Late though, still better than never
Read me more, oh stranger
Help me discover more
Hold my hands and take along
On a journey of ecstasy galore
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Taking it further,
What is Love at first sight?
Kya sirf ek nazar is sufficient for strangers to become everything for each other?
So much so that, nothing else matters, not even the relationship with our parents who have brought us up, cared for us, educated us, been there for us for like the whole of our life till date?
So much so that some of us are ready to walk out on their (parents) faces just for some person we know for a couple of years (but FEELS like u have known them for ages)?
Isnt the time required for u to promote a stranger to a friend dependent, more on the type of person u r than the type of person the saamne wala is?
A very-very beautiful poem which has the power to shake anybody’s heart...because nobody wants to be a stranger with his beloved ones....everybody craves for intimacy and still everyone has such personality which makes him stranger even to himself.
A person is no longer a stranger when he becomes intimate to you (not in terms of physical space). Intimacy is not a static function...it’s a dynamic function and in my opinion there are basically three levels of intimacy:
1. Physical intimacy: this is the first step when you get to know about physical details of a person and this is the most dangerous stage because one gets to know about the other only what other wants to project about himself which is very much susceptible to a false personality.
2. Psychological Intimacy: If everything in the physical personality gives a soothing pleasure to both the partners then they move towards the psychological personality level where they become intimate at the thought level and achieves the intimacy of nature.
3. Philosophical Intimacy: Everyone has a theory of existence. Some exist to accumulate wealth, some to indulge themselves in the momentary pleasures, some to pursue their passions and some to love their beloved ones. This theory can’t be expressed in the words but can only be understood along time and experience with the other person. This theory of existence leads to the all other attributes like nature and attitude of the person. The nature and attitude of a person can change but not the basic philosophy of his life. When two persons become intimate at the level of philosophical heights, only then they can be said to be ACTUALLY not strangers to each other.
Philosophical intimacy can’t be achieved through tall talks or split personalities. It can be achieved only when two pure souls shed all their egoistic defences and outermost covers of physical world.
Yes, you can become friends in a matter of seconds with somebody but deep down your heart you still remain a stranger. As Osho says that only two persons of meditation like Buddha can become intimate in a few seconds because they have already shed their earthly defences and they have only the core without any external packaging. But as far as the ordinary human beings are concerned, they really depend upon the function of time for not remaining actual strangers to each other.
It appears that the poem is a deep manifestation of the actual experience of the poet. It is only the physical level intimacy which forces the poet to call the person concerned a ‘stranger’ throughout the poem.
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