Bruno's View on Basic Principles

 [Bruno is my teddy bear.]

“There are certain things in your life which cannot, and rather not, be expressed in words. For example, the mellow sunlight falling on lime green trees and reflecting to your pupils – or the vast expanse of blue seas that comes about a foot high when viewed from a distance – or the performance of your government when it’s not performing well. These things better remain as pointless thoughts – without conjuring any reason for it – because if you do, you get trapped into another web of thoughts, them giving the mere illusion of a core.

Some of these objects can be classified as traditions. They don’t really have a reason; they are just there! Ask somebody why we decorate trees on Christmas, and they’ll probably not answer with polite reasoning.

In a similar manner, if I ask you why you want me to talk to you, you won’t be able to answer.” Said Bruno, in a peculiar manner of thought – as if to provoke a certain kind of essence to his speech – the assuring essence of truth.

“Yes of course I’ll be able to. I love you, Bruno and I love your speech.”

“Yes, but why?”

“Well, the emotion occurs in a superlative degree. It cant be named – and there’s no point in doing so. You name a chemical secreted in the brain in this conversation – what do you get?”

“And that is where you lack. See, you cant reason out the core – nobody can. Nothing is the truth and truth itself is a perception of nothingness.”

“Alright, then if truth emerges out with nothingness, why do you emphasize it? You do not wish to spend your time in nothingness.”

“But I aren’t. I spent my last few seconds in making you realize the idea. That’s something.”

“Bruno, if there’s nothing to truth, there’s nothing to reality, then there wouldn’t be the idea of my existence at all! Why do you care I exist or not, if I am a segment of nothingness?”

The bear faltered for a moment – as if to rethink what he’d just spoken. He might have been right that there is no point in reaching the absolute core – for there isn’t, but ultimately, all his principles deserve to be thought upon.

“I might suggest” drawled Bruno, “that there could be a core – only to such a meagre degree of significance – that no human would excavate any reason for discovering it – and on being discovered, they wouldn’t find it worth the trouble.”

“If you despise the existence of a core, why do you care about reason?”

“Reasoning is an art – core, is a mere result of it. The artistry is more important than the composition.”

“Say this to my education board and they’ll probably arrest you.”

“I don’t mind being arrested”, said He who dare not be questioned, “so long as I can think.”

“If you burn time in thinking, what output do you wish to obtain?”

“The result of thought – explanation – enlightenment – the core.”

 

-        Krisha Shastri