Jigyasa....???

Jigyasa...

this simple word can be roughly translated as 'curiosity' in english. Though simple this word is of great significance. The moment i say that i am curious to know i acknowledge my ignorance about something.... and it is this acknowledgement which marks the moment when knowledge begins. So, the quest to know becomes the zealous guide which directs us to traverse ever widening horizons of knowledge.

Now, when i say knowledge i do not mean any transcendental, eternal knowkedge mystified in some heavenly other-worldly being or vision. No.The knowledge i seek is very much this -worldly, here-and-now.constantly created and destroyed, leaving a trail of history behind. Challenging us to grasp it if we can. It is real and illusive at the same time.In every moment of our life and experience we have to reason out this entangled mass of reality and illusion. Fluttering through this web we might have a glimpse of knowledge....or..might not!

So for me it is not "athato brahma jigyasa"(let's now seek knowledge of the 'brahma' or supreme reality) as the great upanishadic saints said. It's more like "athato vishwa jigyasa"...!