One Single Impression Prompt 82 – Fog
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This fog of ignorance
Denies me to understand
Where is that thin line that divides
Spiritual awareness from psychotic tendencies?
Don’t get me wrong
I am a seeker
Don’t get me wrong
I am a believer
But too many cases I have heard
Where psychosis takes an ugly turn
There were no divine messages from TV
Nature was not telling anything at all
Did you connect dots that were irrelevant?
And set up yourself for a free fall?
Photo by Nyki_m at Flickr
This ugly truth of Psychiatry
Baffles me
Disturbs me
I want to understand the subject
Understand it more deeply
I want to see that thin line
And understand
When it’s a disease?
Or
When someone is touched with angels?
I have myself felt the bliss
When in touch with nature
But I do not want
This silent thick fog of ignorance to engulf me
To consume me in ‘spiritual materialism’
I want to stay open
I want to stay alert
I want to increase my ‘spiritual quotient’
But I want to understand Psychiatry first
Shraddha
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April is busy with her personal blog The little Write That Could
hence after a coming ‘book review’ she will not be blogging with me here.
I wish her the very best in life.
I hope all her dreams come true.
Do visit her blogs.She is amazing.
I hope the readers would still be interested in this blog.I surely hope, i do not lose too many readers.
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I am also submitting this post for Ruby Tuesday
There is certainly some food for thought in this post!
I’m not going anywhere, but good luck to her.
I’m definitely not going anywhere and I wish April the best of luck!
You aint losing me for sure… I ll add april to my blog roll too… !!!
you aint losing me…adding april too to my google reader
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that was a lovely poem …you into psychiatry and all?
lovely poem
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You’re not losing me! I wish April much happiness as she continues to blog.
A beautiful post–great thoughts and lovely pictures! Nice poem. Thought provoking and interesting.
What kind of doctor are you?
I am interested in healing and spirituality and vacillate between seeking and disbelieving.
lovely poem
This is an amazing post, Shraddha. Truly thought-provoking.
the lines you write are always so simple. and they also convey a very strong message. this one was no different
loved it.
April, I wish you the best
have blog rolled you 
Disease or angels. I suppose we live in a time where you must choose and defend one or the other. Thought provoking Shraddha.
Shraddha, you are an amazing writer.
April, good luck in your blogging!
Very thought-provoking, and in just the right kind of way. You have a gift! I’ll be sticking around.
Never fear, we’ll still be here. I have always been enthralled by psychology, too. So many fascinating aspects to the human mind…
Best of luck to April and Shraddha wow! You never fail to amaze me.
I think the awareness you show in this poem is enough to bridge the thin line and keep you open and alert!
That dividing line is often hard to define. It’s a subject that fascinates me also.
As usual, another powerful poem. Suuupppeeerrrb !!
I wish April all the best. I shall follow her other blog and of course this one too..
May you find your way in this long journey of life.
This is beautiful!!!
Beautiful.
The human mind is scary and wonderful and fascinating. I always think of God as using 100% of mind power where we can only use a small portion. Strange I know. I am really interested in the fine line between functioning and digging for deeper meaning and passing into the realm of insanity. Those pics are spooky babe. I am not going anywhere.
I am not going any place. I like coming and seeing what you are up to. Have a great day. Good luck to April..
the human mind is definitely something worthy of looking at. nice write. have a great day.
You wrote exactly what I worry about, Shraddha. Think about how many great minds from antiquity where charged with being psychotic…
excellent, excellent post.
Shraddha,
Such a neat write. Well, very interesting and perplexing question it is to find that thin line. Wishing you all the best for your Psychiatry lessons.
Would be back here to check for more.
Hello Ruby Tuesday. Reading the poems later. Lots of people will appreciate this. Beautiful picture.
hiya! thanks for visiting my blog! i am humbled!
i love your take on this. i like this bit a great deal
”But too many cases I have heard
Where psychosis takes an ugly turn
There were no divine messages from TV
Nature was not telling anything at all
Did you connect dots that were irrelevant?
And set up yourself for a free fall?”
wow! ”Did you connect dots that were irrelevant?
And set up yourself for a free fall?” yet in psychosis, how do we even connect the relevant bits?
Thank you Stanis…
you might like to read this
http://www.schizophreniadiaries.com/stories/alexhanley.php
Fascinating inquiries written here. I believe you hit on one answer – staying alert while the eyes, heart and mind remain open.
I hope she has a good time! I’ll be here!
Dear Shraddha, You’ve taken this OSI prompt in a very interesting direction. I agree with some of the comments above, definitely much food for thought, Im going back for a re-read.
Best of luck April, with your new pursuits, Ill try to stop by soon.
Hugs, G
Lovely poem…..fabulous photos….
I love that the first photograph especially. Also something to think about.
Shraddha,
it is my sense that you will have all the right readers. Follow your deepest yearning and all will unfold perfectly. This poem is wonderful. I love the thoughts between spirituality and psychology. If this poem is a sincere yearning of yours, I know someone who has developed a work that integrates the two. It is powerful and beautiful way of seeing deeply into human spirituality. If you are interested in his web page, drop me a line.
A good yardstick for measuring psychosis vs spirituality is that it ought to harm no one and bring blessings to one’s life. Happy WW Thanks for being a great blogging buddy! I’s great to have your friendship.
so true, that sometimes thin line
between psychosis and the gift
and sometimes they can both be the same thing at once….
keep exploring, you will find answers!