<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350564" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Being is enlightenment, Becoming is ignorance</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">You are on the move<br>Always<br>On an elevator <br>Or a belt conveyor<br>That keeps moving<br>Steadily and at the same speed<br>Since the day<br>You landed on this earth</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And this winch or conveyor<br>Is driven by time</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No one else is on your belt<br>Either ahead or behind<br>And you are the lone<br>Passer by in your elevator</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Each second<br>This mover takes you<br>To a new situation<br>Unfolding to you<br>Shocks or surprises<br>Depending on what you <br>Have been expecting</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Practically the next step ahead<br>Is in dark<br>And every thing becomes clear<br>Once you step in there<br>Giving you a feel that<br>It is all-continuous<br>With no break<br>And submerging you in a false understanding<br>That you know every thing that is happening<br>That will happen and that had happened</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Once you move to the next scene<br>The scene left behind becomes hazy<br>And you will not be able to<br>Recollect the past events exactly</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But you may remember<br>Vividly certain scenes and events<br>Depending on the<br>Pleasure or pain<br>With which they impacted you</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You are always on the move<br>And nowhere you are stagnant</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You invariably keep nursing <br>A thought of becoming something<br>What you are not presently<br>At that point of time</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And never you know<br>Whether you have become that<br>Something which you want to<br>Become sometime before</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You keep counting<br>On the experiences<br>Of the left behind situations<br>And you are hopeful of<br>This being helpful in<br>Shaping you to that<br>Which you want to become</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You keep swinging from<br>What you were and<br>What you want to become<br>With no time left to you<br>For assessing what you are</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Being aware of <br>What you are is wakefulness<br>Being lost in<br>What you want to become is<br>Ignorance as<br>Every thing ahead is in total darkness</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Being is enlightenment <br>Becoming is ignorance</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Bashyam+Narayanan">Bashyam Narayanan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350564" data-title="Being is enlightenment, Becoming is ignorance de Bashyam Narayanan" data-description="You are on the move Always On an elevator Or a belt conveyor That keeps moving Steadily and at the same speed Since the day You landed on this earth And this winch or conveyor Is driven by time No one else is on your belt Either ahead or behind..."></div> </div> </div>

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