Anish Nadh’s Blog

We have our own individual experience with God or universe. We have had our fair share of lessons, that has enlightened us all the way, until now. With such vast knowledge available to us, dismissing someone else’s belief without giving valid reasons for doing so only shows that we still have much more to learn. Big or small, there’s always something to learn from everyone. I think I can learn a lot about swimming from my 10 year old athlete student, who may not be adept at playing guitar as much as I do.  We also teach people, who seek knowledge from us. When we make super big claims on our knowledge of the universe and are questioned with curiosity, if we cannot explain it, maybe we don’t know much about it.  It’s quite rare to find people who can sync with your thoughts about anything under the sun, where conversations can be made without judgments.  Other times, it is wiser to not engage in conversations with people who are just asking questions for arguments and are ...

Confessions are for sinners. I have not sinned.  I was only true,  True to my heart.   What is true to me  May never be your truth,  Yet I confess.  I was true.  

I experienced the flow state recently while composing music. I just couldn’t stop. I wasn’t thinking. I couldn’t keep track of time.  I sometimes get frustrated when there’s so much music in my head and I can’t express it through my fingers. It’s quite abstract what I hear, not the commercial kind. I try to tune in to that. Chasing and pursuing that is an arduous journey. It tires me. I distract myself with life, mundane things like cleaning or working. I guess life is the ultimate comfort zone. 

 Camy visited Bangalore all the way from Canada. We hung out at my place. Vridhi also joined us and we all went to Milanos, played some uno and had our dinner there. Italian cuisine was on the menu. I loved the pizza there.  Camy also got my some authentic Canadian maple syrup.. looking forward to that this week. 

Walked the streets of Magadi yesterday. The market was buzzing with activity. It was entirely different from what we are used to. People were bargaining, yelling out to sell fruits and vegetables. Also, it being Ganesh Chathurthi added to the vibes. We picked up some clay and sculpted Ganesha and also did a cute mooshika. It was a fun day. Then went straight to jam and got back at 2:00 am. The blog is late. So I’ll have to write two today! 

If you genuinely see the world as one, then superiority and inferiority dissolves, because those are comparisons that only make sense when things are separate.   So if someone feels “superior” for being more “in touch” with the cosmos, they’ve actually fallen back into duality they’re creating a divide (me vs. them). This contradicts the very state of oneness they claim to feel.  In that sense, equanimity is the true sign of being connected. To see everything what you like and dislike, what you call higher or lower as equally part of yourself.

I write because I want to be understood. But there’s a paradox to it. Every metaphor feels like a veil. Misunderstanding creeps in. You think you know me, but you really don’t. What you actually see is a glimpse of yourself reflected in my writing, and that’s how we connect. Yes, we are connected through these words. What I write or speak may seem like an open door to my thoughts, but is it really open? Or are you seeing a reflection of yourself here? Maybe you’ll never uncover the true meaning. So, without my knowledge, you step inside my head, wandering through it. Then you notice a door, an exit back to your own world, because you’ve made some meaning out of my words. That’s how you find your way out. But why do you return for more? There’s nothing here, except love. Love is beyond misunderstandings, illusions and metaphors. Our bond transcends all literal understandings for sure.