Spandan word stands in Hindi for the ‘heartbeat’, or ‘pulsation’. Prior to putting up anything else here, I feel it worthwhile to talk something about why this word enthralls me and why I got enticed to use this word for my blog; the corollary of which will also be what range of substances this blog is meant to encompass in the forthcoming posts.
On hearing the word ‘spandan’, the objects that pervade our minds are sort of or somehow related to: life, enthusiasm, passion, emotions and constancy. And that’s what this blog will be all about!
For me, the elements that comprise life are: Energy (or optimism), Curiosity (or reasoning), Changeability (or progressiveness), Sensibility and Compassion. This very type of life is that the first command to live: the first spandan, asks us to adopt…A life progressing ceaselessly, against all the odds, always afresh, and spreading love and energy in all of its surroundings! These are the elements that accomplish a life to be: Satyam (true), Shivam (good) and Sundaram (Beautiful)! This is when a life becomes not only a thrilling trip, but also a sacred duty! A duty that one has to perform on one’s own, without seeking the help of even the non-existents.
Spandan is the song of nature. One may perceive it as the command to a warrior; the love song expressing the deep, tender feelings from the closest to one’s heart but too distant to be heard or seen; or a melody that forces one to contemplate over the magnificence and richness of beauty the nature possesses. In any case, it is the stimulus that keeps reminding one to move on, celebrating the festival of life!
It’s easy to give up, blaming the unavoidable factors; it’s easy to be pessimistic; it’s easy to lose one’s conscience! But, it’s always easier to commit suicide than to live. Life is not all about easy things. It’s a mission to be accomplished: full of obstacles, lots of background music as well as lots of noises. It’s a sang-dil haseena whom one has to impress.
Only if one comes out of this whole journey with one’s conscience unscathed and the spirit uncompromised; her/his affair with life has been successful! And one has gotten message of the spandan right!
