Stirred Emotions / Bheegi Bheegi

It’s a modern Hindi track, done to a catchy dark, alternativish beat, but I still can’t make head or tail of who sings it. But the video and the track itself, stirs something deep inside. Something dark and painful, which cannot be described. It’s actually better than some of em done in the west. All respect to the musicians (who I am not familiar with). The chorus is as follows; I’d love for someone to tell me the meaning of it.

"Na jaane koi kaisi hai yeh zindagaani zindgaani
Hamari adhuri kahaani
Na jaane koi kaisi hai yeh zindagaani zindgaani
Hamari adhuri kahaani"

What I really wanted to get to was the stirring of emotions. Who decides what you want to feel and how you want to feel about a certain situation. You or God? Does believing in God guard you against depression, anger and all of the mucky feelings looked down upon by the society?

Heck No !!!

Veterans on the subject of enthusiasm and positive thinking keep talking about stirring up the spirit of enthusiasm from within ones self. I guess it’s the same with all other emotions such as anger, jealousy, resentment, annoyance etc.. I realized that what ever situation one is faced up with, initially comes in to direct contact with the emotion which is stirred up and is right at the top and ready to rule the head (which in turn rules the body).

Eg :

Situation - You were fuming over being put on hold on by a telephone operator whilst making an urgent, important call from your mobile phone, which has oh so expensive outgoing rates.

Stirred up Emotion – Anger / Frustration/ Tension

Next Situation – It’s the hanging out with the boyfriend/girlfriend day, but he/she calls to say that he/she is stuck at work and wouldn’t be able to make it (You’ve been planning to check out this new restaurant for days).

Reaction – You flare up, even though you don’t yell or exchange unpleasant words, out of you would come hostile words and blunt sentences (which, could be equally or even more hurtful).

Reason – Your ability to think rationally has been distorted; the unexpected situation comes and makes contact or rather collides with the emotion that was stirred up and floating at the top. In this case anger by itself is a negative emotion, which could do great mental as well as physical harm (most negative emotions do). The body rejects it and treats it as a foreign element, which explains the reason why the body, mind and soul aren’t in harmony when such dark emotions are felt.

I’m sure someone has already come up with this sorta explanation, just that it was never presented to me. A situation I went through a day back, made me figure out the above model, whilst pondering over why I reacted the way I did [and no…the above wasn’t the kind of situation I’m talking about (evil grin)]. Interesting how the human machine works huh?

I had plenty doubts while reading books by Norman Vincent Peale, coz it sounded more worldly than Biblical, drawing the strength we need to go on from Christ himself is an accepted practice / statement and no one can criticize it since it is written boldly in the Bible. But stirring up inner powers and emotions is something I have not come across in the Bible until yesterday (I honestly don’t know how I over saw it).

--> Stir into flame the strength and boldness that is in you…(2 Timothy 1 :6)

--> ...If you will stir up this inner power (2 Timothy 1 : 8)

Its clear to see that stirring up the emotion or choosing the gear we want to be on is entirely up to us, but hurtful words outspoken can never be rewound, so chose wise, and figure out the gear which works for you or rather helps you handle all situations calmly and rationally. This way you wouldn’t have to worry about remembering to switch between gears as and when the situation changes. Now that you’ve got your gear in place, stop fiddling with that age-old clutch and accelerate away. Happy riding !