Choosing the essential
While listening is not a choice
Thoughts about nothing
But everything encompassing
It does not matter
Realm beyond physical
Rise above beliefs
Only that which remains
Negating the inconsequential
Outspoken, aggressive voices
With definitive inferences
Convincing and rationalising
The concrete ideas diminish
Essence of being
Vocal and prejudiced
Drown the rationale
Choose to listen
Be aware of the Self
It’s significant
Nothing is everything©
Amitav Chowdhury 
Christmas wishes to you Amitav !
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Thank you so much, Aline. Wishing you Merry Christmas and wonderful New Year.
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Great poem, the expression “in one ear and out the other’ came to mind, so much comes into our minds, passing noise and essential thoughts. Seasons Greetings Amitav 😊
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Thank you so much, Liza. This piece was inspired by those intellectuals whom I was listening to in a debate, all experts in their field, but had no clue what they were talking about when it came to life and its true essence. Everyone had opinions and were trying to aggressively push their own beliefs and trying to be ‘rock-star philosophers’. If this is where we have arrived at in terms of philosophy and inferences of life, it’s a cause of concern. Media is picking up the wrong bytes when it comes to knowledge and fails to identify the truly knowledgeable. Self-proclaimed and aggrandizing intellectuals are plenty.
Seasons Greetings to you too, Liza and a wonderful New Year, 2017. Blessings and Happiness! 🙂
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It’s like sorting through the trash to find that one little gem that might be precious sometimes listening to this sort of thing. But when we do find it, by hearing or reading something that feels right, inspires is it’s quite beautiful. Probably more rubbish in philosophy than a lot of subjects as it is interpretation of what each individual feels right. I love the simplicity in philosophy, that’s what I find makes it real for me not intellectuals over complicating it
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Absolutely, I try listening to these debates; it gives me more space to analyse. Listening to trash also has some positive outcome. As you said, sort out from the rubbish and also get some insight where intellect is heading. Philosophy is not about proving right or wrong, it’s about experiencing and this reality cannot be explained. Rightly so, intellectuals are over-analysing and over thinking and coming up with complicated hypotheses. It is more like trolling each other with jargons.
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I do however love a debate, but much prefer when all parties have something sensible to say! Actually trash can help because it can be a pointer to what is right, even rubbish has gifts 😊 Now to prepare Christmas dinner, maybe I might get inspiration in the peeling and cutting 😉 Have a good day Amitav 😊
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I agree. 😀
Christmas wishes to everyone.
Wishing you a wonderful day and happy cooking. 🙂
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