Inspiration

It's true what they say.. everyone has a muse.

Your muse is not necessarily a person. It can literally be anything that inspires your inner soul. An entity, an emotion.. a place.

I think my muse is my room :) I haven't had the urge to write on GemWorld for a long time. But just now, sitting on my bed, in my room, with the familiar cloudy skies poised to burst forth with their rainy treasures.. I just felt like letting loose.

I don't miss the old days. I used to think that I would. Terribly. But I don't. I cherish them. And every moment that I have lived from my birth till now. As far as memory serves, there have been very few moments in my life that I would want to erase from my timeline. They are far and few and looking at the world around me at present, I know we have been blessed a million times over by the Almighty. There isn't enough thanks that I could give for all the blessings and the protection thus far.

The world is on the brink of an annihilation of epic proportions. If a subcontinental war ensues, it will spell the end of the planet. Nuclear power in the hands of the emotionally driven is a recipe for disaster. Yet the pseudo powers, that think they control the world, are lost in their own reveries of global dominance and greater arms sales. Who will they sell to when the world is gone?

There is a TedEx Video from renowned atmospheric scientist Brian Toon that captures the finality of this encounter vividly.

Brian Toon - TedEx

It's a graphic and deeply unsettling description of what would happen in the fall out of a nuclear encounter in the Subcontinent. The fall out will be massive and all encompassing for the whole planet and in 60 days the world would run out of food.

We, the rather sorry, misinformed, unfortunately unaware, decidedly stupid, human race have now crawled in to a hole so deep that one hand is not aware of what the other hand is doing. Politicians and Capitalists are solely focused on increasing personal wealth and power. They will have fun with it in hell.. and it's coming.

May the Almighty have mercy on our souls and give us a chance to redeem ourselves.

Peace.

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Little people

Apparently i have little people inside my head.

And they are on a roll.

Constantly talking.. making me think.. and basically pulling me into an alternate universe that only exists inside my own imagination.

Its a nice place. Lots of fun. I'm quite popular. There are a lot of me's. Anyhoo thats what it is.

Awake

I'm awake. But i dont like it. I want to go back to numb sleep. I realize i've been numbly sleeping for a long time. It's nice.. and painless. Awake is a whole different ballgame.

All of a sudden i'm feeling. Sometimes the feeling supercedes the need to breathe. Then the brain screams.. and the lungs expand. My mind is not the issue. Its the physical realm. It's trying to suck me in.. trying to dig it's sharp claws into my weak weak flesh.. it couldn't do that while i was asleep. Now i'm awake and vulnerable.. open to suggestion.. to the temptation of experiencing something new.. like a new taste.. a new flavor. Its the peak of existence come to collect its dues. Today we stand at the fork.

The fork is presented mid life. Its when u choose.. you choose a realm. You choose between the celestial and the physical.. between the unseen vs. the seen.. between belief and physical reality. The choice is not clear or easy. Either faith wins or fact. Its never both.

And no matter what path you choose to tread.. the sacrifice is always soul shattering. The sacrifice demands blood of the heart or the soul.. but blood shall flow.. it shall be spilt. The tears are mandated. It's a rite of passage. And the Almighty silently watches.

He's watching to see whether our love for him, our faith in his heaven.. whether that can stand the test of time.. whether we safeguard our souls for his hereafter.. or do we finally reject all that we have learnt about heaven and hell and judgement and forgiveness and just focus on the here and now and instant gratification.

It seems black and white doesnt it. You've obviously never heard a hip hop song and swayed to its beat 😊 life is so beautiful.. a kaleidescope of mesmerising colors.. shapes.. textures.. sounds.. tastes.. all you have to do is reach out and touch it.. one touch.. one taste..
"Twas grace that brought me here thus far... and grace will bring me home.. "

The innermost realm

#TheAlmightysDailyMasterpiece #nofilter 

I wake up everyday with a deep seated yearning in my soul. It runs deep.. into the darkest part of my being where no light has ever shone. I never went that far into my inner self before.. its like coming face to face with a stranger. I dont recognize the setting.. the place.. myself. Its as if i have never known my real self.. never known the depths or extent of emotion that i could experience.. as if my entire existence has been spent encased in a shell.. behind a wall.. numb.. safe.. from everyone and everything. Why would i change that?

Its not rational or logical.. both traits that i have always held in high regard. Thats when the awareness dawns.. this other part of me has no relation to logic, rationality.. or even reality. Its like a strange new realm in my soul.. a new dominion screaming to be explored.. but demanding a sacrifice.. as always. A sacrifice that requires an outright rejection of all that i held to be true thus far.. and its been a long thus far. A sacrifice requiring tears of blood.. for it would have the power to rip away everything.. no more status quo.. no certainty.. no going through the motions anymore.

It would herald a new era of experiencing the world.. destroyed from the ground up.. decimated in the process of birth of this new realm.. a realm which i would have to spend the time i have left in this life building brick by brick. The questions abound.. is it worth it..? An ephemeral moment  of unlimited joyous celebration of life.. tasting the very fibre of existence so fully that it explodes out of every atom that comprises your soul.. waking up to possibilities heretofore unexplored and unexperienced.. being whole.. free.. immune to judgement.. however, carrying the risk of being a nomad in the physical realm of reality.. of losing all that ever cared in any form and not gaining anyone that would last forever.. isnt forever supposed to be forever? Why isnt it?

I understand now, as i pull out of this secret part of my soul, why immortality was not granted by the Almighty. Its his mercy to release our souls from the pain of existential want imposed upon us by nature.. cest la vie.. #sunrise

Shine

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Final Chapter.. and finally.. the big guy grabbed Mr. Sun by the scruff of its neck n pulled 'im right outta hiding.. throwin' 'im headfirst into the murky blue depths of the morning sky.. welcome to the new world!

They say life begins anew every morning.. so even if ur soul is shattered and ur heart lies broken in a million unmendable pieces.. know that by the time the sun rises tomorrow.. the pain will fade.. it'll be a glimmer of a memory.. and you WILL bury it.. deep inside.. until you forget it exists. You WILL move on. You WILL forget all the associations you had built around the mirage in ur head of that perfect life with that perfect someone.. life is not kind. Its not meant to be. Life is a trial. Its a test. And we.. the silly miscast players.. keep seeking perfection and balance and continuity.. immortality!

Nothing lasts. Not people.. not things.. not time.. Nothing! The inescapable truth is.. you are as irrelevant today to the world at large, as you were the day you were born.. as you will be the day you end. However, the human psyche cant deal with that reality. It HAS to feel important.. relevant. It HAS to feel like it matters.. to someone.. to anyone. And so it spends its entire existance.. searching.. for that elusive joy of being one with the so-called other half.. being complete and whole. What a myth! What a farce!

Expecting so much from another incomplete soul! What a sad sad recipe for disaster.. Search within. If it doesnt lie in you.. well.. you're screwed 😊 love yourself.. ignite the inner joy.. remove the negatives from your environs.. and learn to shine.. ALL by yourself. No one else gives a shit. Good morning 😊

#TheAlmightysDailyMasterpiece #nofilter #farsgemworld #dawn #morning #sunrise #burjkhalifa #dubai #mydubai #igersdubai #igersuae #standingwitness #glory #gold #blue #orange #life #buenos #bonjour #bongiorno #salam #sabahalkhair #goodmorning #goodstart #earlyriser

Crushed

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The morning always starts with such bright possibilities.. then slowly life crushes the heart and squeezes the joy out of the soul.. someone up there is a total sadist.. just sayin.. #TheAlmightysDailyMasterpiece #farsgemworld #dubai #mydubai #igersdubai ##sunrise #sun #morning #buenosdias #bonjour #sabahalkhair #salam #goodmorning #goodstart

Passage

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The weather has officially changed 😊 chilly breezes and a hot cuppa tea. Can you see the steam? I tried but it i dont think i quite cracked it 😊 winters is always a strange season for me.. its a time of newness and change.. there is always some shift in the universal algorithm as it applies to my universe and it always happen in this time of death, decay and subsequent rebirth. Its a time of dreams.. of fantasies.. of the intermingling of dreams with reality.. of hope that we can have all that we desire and the world exists naught but for our benefit.. its a time of creation.. of feeling powerful and conversely powerless.. having the steel to reach out and take and being helpless in the face of the overwhelming desire to take it.. It. The elusive shimmer of explosive joy.. of feeling complete every morning.. of a wholeness that initiates from the soul and flows outwards until it fills every dark corner of your spiritual being with light... of that piece of you that was missing.. what would one label it? Selfishness? Survival instinct? The hand of destiny? ... what does one do on a crossroads where the choice to take the desired path is not solely in ones hands.. where the cost is vague and unclear... where certainty in any form doesnt exist.. but you are given a moment of joy so pure.. so complete.. that your soul's yearning for experiencing even a sliver of that wholeness supercedes any sense of logic one has ever possessed.. like bungee jumping.. or trekking to Everest.. or taking a leap of faith into the unknown.. status quo? Jumpshift the paradigm?.. Budha said the greatest mistake is thinking that we have time.. 😊 if i think like that, i'd be on a plane right now.. ahem.. flying to florida to see Hogwarts!! #dreams #winter #death #rebirth #desire #faith #joy #J #life #choices #sunrise #chilly #tea #dailyteascape #steam #love #soul #spiritual #farsgemworld #nofilter #sun #gold #teacup #crossroads #statusquo

Flight of dawn

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Its the split of a second.. a gift from the Almighty.. a glimpse of dawn.. the rising sun.. never ceases to fill one with wonder. Each day a new masterpiece.. enjoy in peace.. #TheAlmightysDailyMasterpiece #farsgemworld #nofilter #flydubai #dubai #mydubai #airport #plane #dawn #sunrise #sky #clouds #blue #gold #dubaiairport #igersdubai #igersuae #J

Karak liquid joy

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The oh-so-importanto morning cuppa.. @istecantshay cardamom karak.. sigh.. sometimes hot sweet liquid joy makes the universe disappear into oblivion.. for a infinitesimal moment in time.. that split second shard of time is all yours.. to cherish.. absorb.. delight in.. there is no judgement.. there is no one.. nothing.. peace...
#dailyteascape #istecanatshaycafe #dubai #mydubai #farsgemworld #nofilter #morning #cuppa #cupoftea #peace #karakchai #karak @karakwala

Perception vs Reality

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Rose streaks ran across the pre-dawn skyline.. i went for a morning walk and gulped in breaths of fresh air.. well as fresh as it can get.. and cleared the mind.. thought of space.. orions's belt.. the universe.. how the Almighty was probably contemplating the future of his multiverse.. how one little swirl in his kaleidescope of color was enough to change the trajectory.of reality and everything we knew to be true.. how the truth is only what we believe it to be.. how our perception defines our reality... how our reality is slave to perception.. how we go around in circles and never really come out of the vicious cycle.. but at the end of the day... cést la vie...
#cestlavie #life #dawn #twilight #daybreak #clouds #burjkhalifa #dubai #mydubai #igersdubai #farsgemworld #nofilter #rose #streaks #truth

Random risings

A collection of sunrises..  and sunsets

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Astro time shooting stars

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First time EVER shooting stars!! #bucketlist .. #alshawka dam.. a sea of skies full of stars.. my ratio a.k.a. the Southern Cross alias Orion's Belt.. my favorite constellation in the galaxy.. i still remember the day i looked up and saw a gold star on one side and a silver one on the other with three stars in the middle and christened it my ratio.. right upto the day i was showing off to my uncle (a merchant mariner) and explaining how i discovered the ratio.. he looked up said hmmm ahhhh yes.. The Southern Cross also known as Orion's Belt.. Canopus, Sirius, Rigel, Aldebaran, Bellatrix and Betelgeuse. Hmm.. well you cant win 'em all. Caught Mo's group lightpainting #astromeetuae 😊 A huge thanks to @nikonmea @madrascala @heraldherrera @kai_takanashi @igersdubai #nikonmea #southerncross #orionsbelt #igersdubai #dubai #mydubai #stars #astro #mountain #dam #sky #nikon #lightpainting #rak #rasalkhaimah #uae #TheAlmightysDailyMasterpiece #farsgemworld

Once upon a time

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Once upon a time... there was a little girl... who didnt know what to say.. her mind was in a swirl.. in this day and age.. thats not a good thing.. the world is unforgiving.. and twirls you round in rings.. walking around one day.. at the crack of dawn.. she heard the birdies sing.. and generally carry on.. in the midst of cacophony.. of sounds and sights galore.. she seeked a peace.. a tranquil place.. that she hadnt found before.. she searched and searched.. and stumbled and fell.. dusted herself off.. and began again.. and finally as the sun rose.. glowing fiery and hot.. realization dawned within her.. she found what she sought.. Our peace lies within us.. its the hope embedded within each human soul.. we sometimes lose sight of it.. we lose sight of ourselves.. who we are.. what we stand for.. but our core doesnt change.. our inner strength.. our ability to survive everything that nature throws at us.. with the exception of death.. it remains a vibrating living entity powering our souls. Its always  a new day... always!
#TheAlmightysDailyMasterpiece #dawn #sunlight #sunrise #hope #itsanewday #bongiorno #buenosdias #bonjour #salam #peace #dubai #mydubai #igersdubai #farsgemworld

Survive

Dawn

Once upon a time... there was a little girl... who didnt know what to say.. her mind was in a swirl..
in this day and age.. thats not a good thing.. the world is unforgiving.. and twirls you round in rings..
walking around one day.. at the crack of dawn.. she heard the birdies sing.. and generally carry on..
in the midst of cacophony.. of sounds and sights galore.. she seeked a peace.. a tranquil place.. that she hadnt found before..
she searched and searched.. and stumbled and fell.. dusted herself off.. and began again..
and finally as the sun rose.. glowing fiery and hot.. realization dawned within her.. she found what she sought..

Our peace lies within us.. its the hope embedded within each human soul.. we sometimes lose sight of it.. we lose sight of ourselves.. who we are.. what we stand for.. but our core doesnt change.. our inner strength.. our ability to survive everything that nature throws at us.. with the exception of death.. it remains a vibrating living entity powering our souls. Its always  a new day... always!

#TheAlmightysDailyMasterpiece #dawn #sunlight #sunrise #hope #itsanewday #bongiorno #buenosdias #bonjour #salam #peace #dubai #mydubai #igersdubai #farsgemworld

Truth

The only purpose of a human is to create harmony in the universe..
... harmony..
... with other beings...
... with nature..
... with the earth..
.. till the day we turn to dust and forever attain harmony with the ground we walk on..

That is our purpose.
If everyone alive can acknowledge and deliver on this.. life would be a breeze.

Candles

Scented candles from @bathandbodyworks. There was a sale. I smell like the entire store right now. I LOVE candles. And flames. And their flickering light. And how you can pretend to be a super hero by moving your finger through the flame and say "see i didnt get burnt.. i'm invincible".

The flame's a metaphor for life. While its lit.. you live.. u shine.. the world watches and waits.. then you finally burn out.. flicker and fade.. and that's that. The empty wick gets chucked out. New one takes its place.

The trick is.. while you're burning.. spread the fragrance of love and hope far and wide... so everyone around you benefits. Also fragrance will help keep any negative odours at bay allowing you to actually have some friends..😈 couldnt help it. My warped sense of humor demands to be expressed. I actually know people who have no odour. Lucky buggers.. like the Almighty blesses some with wayyy more than the rest of the odourous masses. 😂

Have a joyous, aromatic day..

#nofilter #bathandbodyworks #dubai #mydubai #candles #flame #light #life #death #burn #vanilla #lavender #sweet #J

Balmy breezes

Literally collapsed on a sofa outside in the @westindubai courtyard.. hence the angle of this shot. This is what i see when i look straight up into the heavens above. Lots of earthly obstruction! There's a balmy breeze. The Almighty is being very kind. The leaves are rustling. Peaceful. Quiet. Tranquil. Humidity factor's going to kill the blow dry... but atleast i have hair to complain about. The sky is a blue.. deep, dark, velvety blue.. wisps of bluish white clouds floating by... the trees are lit with fairy lights.. a small pedestal fan rotates left and right.. breeze picking up. Reminding me of karachi nights.. a lifetime ago... yesterday. The present is so difficult to live in.. the past and the imagined future keep intruding upon the now. But right this moment.. with the breeze, stars, bluesy sky and trees lit with fairy lights.. its a pretty present 😊

I was wearing peep toe heels. My 5/6 yr old looks at them and asks.. "how did you cut two of your toes off without panicking?". 😒 hmmm... life is like an icecream cone.. enjoy it before it melts!

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My place

My place. Boxpark. There are some spots in the world that you just feel like you own. Your dad's shoulder. The space next to your best friend. The bench at the park under your favorite tree. This staircase.

As humans, we are born naturally materialistic. To rise above our natural instincts, we have to fight our DNA and reach for the abstract concepts of joy through giving rather than acquisition. Instant gratification is like a drug though. And hence, when we view the world, alot of the time its through the lens of everything that we can brand as our own.. even the people in our lives are like assets gained and lost. 😊

Its difficult to remember the truth... the transience of the physical realm.. the ever after of the spiritual one. It requires a de-linkage from our long held beliefs of "if i can see, taste and touch, then its real". Its like having to believe in a higher power.. having faith in the unseen.. which many of us do on a daily basis because thats what we were taught.. but we forget that it applies to our wider existence as well.
Love doesnt lay its foundations on owning.. it lays them on giving. That's why it's so hard. It literally goes against the grain of human nature and tries to uplift the spirit from the material to the celestial by asking for selflessness and a lack of expectations.

There arent many souls alive that know how to love like love would like to be manifested.

Rise above.

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Epiphany

One of the weirdest things about life is.. when u suddenly have an epiphany and understand the universe... and STILL fail to understand your self!

😊 in all seriousness, i think we all understand ourselves. We understand our unique combinations of light and dark. We understand our limitations.. our talents and our failings. We are just unable to accept our WHOLE selves. We're unable to accept that ANY part of us can be imperfect.. can be flawed... because as we grow, society nurtures a very healthy distaste for anything less than perfect.

And that distaste is first and foremost directed inward. Because the first being you get to know wholly.. is yourself. So that's the first being that gets hung and massacred at your alter of judgement.

Its sad isn't it?! Our ability to love, is linked to our ability to love ourselves. For to love, you need to give.. to share your soul. And if you already think that soul is flawed, you'll never be able to share it... and you will never love... and hence, in a cruel twist of fate.. never know love in return.

There is still hope... it springs eternal. There are some souls out there that have managed to overcome their fear of their own imperfections.. have accepted them.. they have learnt to love without judgement.. themselves and others...

But they are few and far between... its our luck if we manage to come across one and share a piece of ours with them..  hoping they consider us worthy of sharing a bit of theirs back...

To love.. without expectation.. is the greatest gift you can bestow upon another living being. For in doing so, you have freed yourself from the selfish bonds of human desire.. and you have freed them from the fear of having to payback if they receive... this love will know no bounds.. it will reside in the celestial realm and it will only thrive and grow... endless, fueled by your unselfishness.. and in doing so, the soul.. that poor flawed, imperfect soul.. will be free to be its best self...

To be fair... summiting Everest is probably an easier task...
C'est la vie :)

Ageless Love

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Ageless Love... One of the 1st ever photographs I took with my first ever digital camera 😊 a sony cybershot P700 i think.. back in 2003.. Chicago Architectural Boat Tour.. i spotted this adorable couple enjoying their cruise together. The gentleman's head from the back reminded me of my grandfather.. nana's head looked exactly the same from the back 😊 i had to hold myself back from going over and saying hello... but they looked so happy and content... i didn't want to bother them..

Life is so short.. and love is so rare.. so much so that when u find the pieces of your soul that complete you, you have to absorb them into your soul and cherish them for as long as they let you.

Sometimes, you can't keep them. Sometimes, you may find a piece of yourself in someone but they don't find the same joy in you. Sometimes Life and Nature just want you to remember that the here and now are transient.

The physical realm fades with time.. The love of the soul is spiritual... and hence eternal.. and that's what love truly means.. an invocation of the heart and soul. The body has very little to do with it in the eternal scheme of things.

Here's to finding, to cherishing, to remembering, to nurturing and nourishing, to caring for and loving with abandon every last piece of our souls that we are blessed enough to find... without expectation or recompense.

Remembering though that those that are worth our efforts, will always give back in some form... 😊 * sparkles and stardust everywhere...

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