My heart’s a stereo
it beats for you so listen close,
hear my thoughts in every note.
Make me your radio
and turn me up when you feel low
this melody was meant for you
just sing along to my stereo.
Adam Levine sang to a lovely tune and some awesome lyrics in this song but maybe it hinted at something much more profound. This goes back to a conversation I had few months back. The hour was late into the night. The partner in crime – my batch mate from XLRI. What could have been a casual chit chat turned out to be quite a pot boiler with loads of mental sparring and moments where one would go ‘Aha!’.
Do you belong to the generation which had to manually adjust the dials of a radio set to reach a particular frequency? Even if you don’t, you might remember checking the frequencies on your smartphones, car stereo or MP3 player to listen to your favorite songs. You may not have realized it but that was a physical and surreal depiction of how our lives pan out to be.
Our lives are akin to a radio transistor. We spend huge amounts of time trying to find that elusive frequency which would play the happy tunes in the most clear fashion possible. Yet, the frequency evades us, most of the times. Usually, it’s the great static noise which greets us every time we try. Isn’t the static which we hear very similar to the disturbances which we face in our actual lives? Mental, emotional, physical or spiritual disturbances which hinder our progress and take us off our paths.
Surprisingly, it should be brought to notice that most of the times the static is not even from an external source. Frequently, it is our own thoughts which causes the most static disturbance. This static arises from an unwell, disturbed and gloomy mind. The reasons for such a frame of mind can be numerous and can stem from external sources.
We tend to forget that any factor arising from the environment external to us cannot be controlled by us in any manner. What we can control is our thoughts and our bodies.
Most of the times, we just let the static hang in there. When we should actually be changing our frequencies and tuning to a newer and happier frequency, we get stuck up in the old noises. Sometimes, you can do nothing for the external factors, you can just forgive yourself and keep moving on. This is precisely where my batch mate said something, which will stick in my mind for a long time and which I always believed in, subconsciously:
“clean conscience is indeed the softest pillow.”
As long as you strive to keep your conscience clean, no amount of noises or disturbances could ever distract you.
So, are you currently facing distractions of some sort? Something in your present or from your past diverting your attention? Are you stuck up in a frequency?
What are you waiting for, just get up, move the dial and change the frequency. Change something in your life, your lifestyle, habits, place, address, circle of friends, hobbies, places, cities or even your complete personality.
Who knows, that elusive frequency playing your favorite song might just be a kilo/mega Hertz away.
Yes many a times we found ourselves stuck up with a frequency..a distracting one..we should always keep changing or tuning to a better frequency..Change is Lively..Change brings new perspective..Well written Jay Singh…
Yes many a times we found ourselves stuck up with a frequency..a distracting one..we should always keep changing or tuning to a better frequency..Change is Lively..Change brings new perspective..Well written Jay Singh…
All great changes are preceded by chaos… All you need to do is focus all of your energy on finding the right frequency without getting distracted by the static… And with right frequency things will fall right in place…. Well written Jay…
Thank you so much Richa. I hope you're able to tune and bring out the best frequencies in your life. Wish you loads of luck for your endeavors. Keep visiting 🙂
Change is the only constant and the only thing which can keep us alive. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
The right energy and the will to keep changing with the changing times. Thanks a lot for sharing your views on this topic. Keep visiting.
Well well..Well put..well presented..!
P.S. Your p.s. made me put the comment :p
I would love to hear that disturbing noise…but my radio is broken from so many years…great job jay…waiting to hear more from you.
Lovely post…
Lovely post…