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Friday, February 25, 2011

The Void


This is a topic of constant debate between me and a dear friend of mine.. What is The Void? (The capitalization is intentional - it's what differentiates The Void from space void and programming void) And more importantly, how is The Void different from just being alone or feeling lonely (which in themselves are quite different.. being alone is physical.. feeling lonely can happen in a crowd)



Whats The Void then? well.. it's almost like feeling lonely but more constant, a lot deeper and very hard to fill.. it's almost like an empty space.. or a missing jigsaw piece from a puzzle... something that's always there at the back of your mind.. something that you only realize is there from time to time..


How is it still different from being lonely? Because, loneliness can be resolved by companionship.. The Void could be lack of companionship, lack of specific goals, lack of order in life or anything else for that matter.. And it's The Void because it's harder to know what's missing.. Just the knowledge that something is missing.. But not just a subtle feeling of something missing.. It's an aching feeling of missing something.. You can't do anything because you know there is something missing.. But you don't know what's missing so you still can't do anything about it...

And that's the damning part - you don't realize you have The Void (atleast not that easily) And when you do, you realize only it's presence.. not what or why... And it just lingers there.. till someday it gets filled on its own.. and that's when you really know what it was that you were missing..


Some of us just learn to live with The Void. Others spend their lifetime trying to fill it.. And there are a few who just live without realizing it's there.. Probably, The Void is one place where ignorance is indeed bliss..

How I wish I were ignorant...

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