Introversing The World

“Reality is an illusion that occurs due to lack of alcohol.”  – Anonymous Plato the great philosopher of all time once coined that the reality that we know, the world that we lived in is full of unevenness, imperfections, and impurities. These were all the effects of copying from the ‘real’ world that is beyond us. Some argued, Plato was referring to the state of nirvana, a heavenly place co-existing with our present world which offers nothing but perfections. The way to reach that ideal world can be achieved only once we leave our physical bodies and become the living souls. This is the popular belief that’s been instilled into the hearts and minds of the believers and followers of this philosophy.                                                                           ...

Photo by Min An from Pexels Introvert, a word that is something alien to my sets of vocabulary until I've reached my college or university years. My brother and I grew up together in a family of four. My mother was at that time working as a teacher and my father was part of the newspaper/magazine printing press company back then.  Growing up with my brother, is like having the best years of my life and at the same time, it gives me the urge to say the phrase "Who are you kidding?" As a kid, I’ve gone through most of the common issues that were faced by children my age at that time such as sibling comparisons, peer pressures and bullying although, in the past, we don’t have a name for it (bullying), it just falls into the ‘teasing’ category. Maybe that is how our teachers or parents would subtly describe it before. Accepting and expecting gifts from direct and extended families would have its share of this growing negative emotional turbulenc...