Into Oblivion

Oblivion - What a beautiful word! This word appealed to me the moment I read it years ago. Words sometimes have different meanings for different people. They draw a completely different picture in the mind of the person who encounters it. And the feeling I get when I see this word is that of absolute bliss and solace.

To me being oblivious is being totally blissful. The highest state of ecstasy where nothing and nobody touches or affects you. Being so content with life that everything else seems irrelevant and unimportant. The impermanence of everything becomes more evident and living in the moment takes utmost importance.

The seduction of this oblivion is hard to ignore. It’s like a drug that you can’t do without and keep going back to for small doses even when you can’t afford it. But as all drugs are, this feeling too is addictive. In also instils a power of sorts. What someone thinks or does becomes completely meaningless to you and the only lasting meaning you ever find is from your own self. This is the greatest power that one can possess.

Life itself is not easy they say. That’s why I retreat into this oblivion to unwind, just as a person would go to a resort to break away from the mundane routine of everyday life. Oblivious to the working of the world, retreating into the peaceful existence of the mind is the best holiday anyone can ever get.

The allure of solitude is but hard to ignore. The wise need it just as much as the foolish detest it.