It is very difficult to scale philosophical heights without inspiration. Inspiration is unchained and it dawn at unexpected moments. Capturing them in black and white is almost impossible at that point in time, as you remain submerged in the thought wave without any inclination to pen them. After they are gone, it leaves without a trace of those spontaneous pondering. What remains is education and to reiterate them in paper requires meditative patience. Whenever I sit intending to capture these raptures, the world barges in with incidents requiring imminent intervention. This leads to incomplete notations that get lost in time.
Most of the philosophical discussions begin in a note of inquiry from my mother, who is a professed Dvaita, as to how I feel about a particular issue from my Advaitic view point. A Dvaita believes in God and devotee to be separate entities, while an Advaita believes I am God. The discussions are often enlightening for both of us because it provides a view of the opposite bank of the river Saraswati. One philosophical structure finds expression in two varied ways but leads to the same outcome. Often I have the craving to record these discussions but due to the spontaneous nature of bubbling thoughts there is no particular time or place, thus attempting such an endeavor seems out of question. Discussions lead to fresh view of the concepts but bringing them down to the level of layman was difficult, unless I devised a way to enforce simplification. Then came the idea of forging the discussions with Megha, my cute niece who is ever curious and with an open mind, who calls me Ghora. An attempt to frame thoughts for my little love who cannot understand too educated an idea but can provide me with the impetus to write these down, seemed just right. So Megha's Ghora became my banner to express complex philosophical ideas in simplified form. My writings do not always have support from Indian philosophies, but it is upto an open mind to weigh the thoughts and, accept or reject them. That has been the essence of Indian philosophies. Everything around us is an impression or thought. More the minds, more the thoughts... this make us human, as we travel from lower to higher truths of life and reality.