eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

"Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind"

The quote from Alexander Pope's "Eloisa to Abelard"

"How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd."

It’s pretty amazing is it not?
My brother-in-law has a lot to say about it. And my friend when I read this out to her said. "Ahem. I wish I had at least one moment in my life where I live so - With eternal sunshine of the spotless mind."
So much is hidden in that small phrase and every man has sought it for ages.

The more you wonder about this very statement, the more I think about when I will live through at the least one such moment in my life. I still have a lot of time to think about it though.

I mean what does it mean to have “eternal sunshine of the spotless mind”? I need to know. My life has been going on without any real inclination. I go through mundane activities. I go about Recording bits and pieces of those into my memory cells. Well, you don’t expect me to record and remember everything after all. And then that’s about it, the day ends and I still am to set my eyes on that streak of light I want to see.

Will I make it to the end of the tunnel to see light? I do not know yet. But with such little motivation as I have at this point, I don’t think that will ever be reality.

A peace of mind, a moment of tranquility, a stunning silence that dissolves thoughts and a calm breeze of love in its true form; these I need to achieve. The four things I think will give me ‘eternal sunshine of the spotless mind’.

By far, I have yet to look at even one of these. Not all four, but one at a time is what I need, to alleviate the little I go though.

A smile

I always thought that a smile could bring joy, especially when a small toddler smiles, you know what happens. Any person with even the slightest of humanity can't help but smile back. Some times it brings out giggles and some times a little tear of joy as well.
Is this always what a smile delivers? A hidden truth. Yes!! For most part when you smile you are not smiling for the simple reason of smiling. You either put up a smile to annoy someone; or if you just were cynical enough you give this smile that sends chills down the backbone. A smile to just make sure everyone around you knows that you are around; there is this other smile where you smile for getting recognized. And the fact that there is a smile meant especially for a really happy occasion.

And then there is this smile I recently discovered. A smile that is used to hide emotions. It works well at that as well one might say. I wish I had gone though life without ever having to do one of these. Life isn’t that simple is it?
Guess there is more to a smile that one might ever find out.

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