YOU HAVE TO GIVE TIME TO EXPERIENCE THE RIGHT TIME: Brahmastra and the Concept of Purpose, from the lens of a Spiritual Seeker
You need love, a terrific gang of friends and a phenomenal guide to reach to the place where you were meant to be.
This is not a movie review neither a valorisation of Ayan Mukerji’s fantasy saga and I am not a film critic. I am writing this article from the perspective of someone who believes that everyone in this world has a purpose and every human has to come to a standpoint where they shall realise what that is. For a little more than two decades, I never understood or made an attempt to understand what I am supposed to be or should be. Not many people had expectations from me either since I was a timid kid and mostly stood by people pleasing. I now do, most of which can be identified on Google. I digress, my apologies. I now begin my analysis of the title aforementioned.
Shiva (played by Ranbir Kapoor) is a common man who is oblivious to whatever the ‘good’ or the ‘bad’ guys are doing around the world, the latter causing mayhem and attempting at resurrection of a certain entity (basic storyline of a Bollywood film that stands on the premise of good versus evil and incessant efforts of the latter to oust the former). He meets Isha (played by Alia Bhatt) and falls in love immediately, pursuing her like a maniacal lover. Enter Guruji (Amitabh Bachchan), a teacher who shall, in due course of time, teach Shiva to channelise the latter’s power to control fire and allowing him to reach his truest potential as AgniAstra. I must mention ShahRukh Khan’s VanarAstra and Nagarjuna’s NandiAstra as these two characters are guardians to a happy-go-lucky guy whose main aim until the end of the movie is to save the girl he loves (that is what you take away from the film when you watch it on the basis of face value).
There have been comments regarding the dialogues being cringeworthy and half- baked, I do not disagree. When you have a stellar cast, expectations rise undoubtedly. If you are a Seeker, like I am, you will understand the deeper aspects of how a warrior is born and what eventually makes you worthy, capable to fight for your purpose and stay on the path of what you truly believe in. All of these demand time.
As much as I believe in quantum shifts and jumping timelines, I have always advocated the idea of ‘being worthy’ of something. Reason being, if one is offered something that they cannot take care of, they may misuse it. When I look at my own manifestation journey, a lot of the major events that happened in my life were only witnessed when I was ‘worthy’. When I say ‘worthy’ I mean an individual who can understand the responsibility he is entrusted with. Shiva, is a lot like most of us in our early adulthoods. Bachchan delivers one of the very few noteworthy dialogues about the ‘right time’ requiring one’s patience (willingness to give anything the time to develop or grow). If you can understand this idea, you are going to be a manifesting genius!
There are two reasons why this is a major juncture in the divine world Mukerji has created :
- Because all things in Nature have a course to evolve.
- When you meddle with a ‘motion’ (through manipulation or sinister methods), the Universe responds back in the same energy. No spoilers but, the power of Love has been emphasised in the movie and ‘allowing’ something to happen led to a magical turn of events. For more discussions on this, I am available on mail: anjashi.work@gmail.com.
Mukerji’s vision of a love story has been tainted as flawed and haphazard primarily because there is an absurd first interaction between two people. However, Shiva’s ‘obsession’ makes him appear desperate for some kind of acceptance; it seems juvenile yet organic as we all have sought the same at some point in our lives. That, in ‘time’, leads him to do everything we can associate with ‘a heroic stance’.
Conscious creators function by the ‘abundance versus lack’ spectrum and that is seemingly well articulated in one of the scenes where Guruji explains to Shiva the reason why he must not fear something that has the capacity to welcome something beautiful. For example, I had stage fright and suffered from a stammering problem for 15 years. I was harsh to that Anjashi who had no public speaking skills, which gave way to more self- loathing and did not contribute much to my personality. It also led me to believe that I might never be able to face a room full of people. Let us think of an alternate situation: I refrained from the self- blame and accepted myself the way I was, furthermore not attaching my self- worth with an ability or capacity to enthrall a second person. I would be telling myself a different story, isn’t it? It could be anything from “I am not perfect at this but I will give my best at this and get better” to “I know I stammer and one day this will stop so that I can express my views without fumbling”. Guruji, in a simplistic manner, emphasised on the value of self- love because if you hate yourself for the way you are, you will never acknowledge the good parts of you and may never be able to help those who perhaps could benefit from the special talent you shall one day excel at. That requires time as well.
The world of Brahmastra will remind you of the power you have within but you do not look at it because everything around you seems to have more strength than you do. A number of reality shifts happen because one chooses to find a path. The ‘choice’ that you make decides what reality you want to be in. If you ‘choose’ despondency, you get to experience it. When you ‘choose’ happiness, you align yourself to that which can open the gates to the same. Choosing to live by your purpose each day allows time to be on your side. Don’t believe me? Read up on how billionaires made it big and still continue to do so. Their “Purpose” is not self- centric. They have the prayers of those who serve them because if an employer is bankrupt, the employees suffer simultaneously.
Why a love story was important in this fascinating Astraverse Mukerji has toiled on for an odd ten-year period:
- Human beings are driven by love. You can manifest everything but manifesting the love of your life seems impossibly tough and you at times are ‘almost’ about to give up in a snap of a finger. For Shiva, love constitutes a substantial part of his character because he has seen both the sides of the coin- the one which he has been deprived of and the one he is blessed with.
- Love is the base for all kinds of creation. Anger, jealousy, greed and contempt can only cause destruction.
- When you love someone, you want to do everything that could unite the two of you. Also, you want to protect them. When you value what you have, the Universe gives you more of it because no one could possibly take care of it better than you. To be worthy of love, you must know to love too.
Make friends, friends who add value and can be a source of moral support. You do not have to be a wild, crazy social magnet but when you are there for someone, you get help when needed. The right kind of friends accelerate your self- development and spiritual journey because life seems hard when you are a lone wolf.
Get a coach (self- promotion plugged in, you know what I mean?) who can be a pillar of support and a light that walks until the end of a tunnel which you presumed to be scary and the darkest place of your life. A true coach knows your merits and demerits and motivates you to identify the Higher Self. Now that we are talking about this, I can be of help. Reach me through mail: anjashi.work@gmail.com OR DM me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/anjashisarkar
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