Prospectives- An Eternal Musing by Emeera

Reflections are an instinctive part of my being. Every conversation and action is analysed and then categorised under one of many vast theories. Sometimes I wonder if I’m too critical, but curiosity is my essence; I am the mythical Monkey King, Hanuman, who, thinking the Sun was a fruit, burnt his tongue while trying to 'taste' it. Every object is a puzzle; I am enticed by it, break it apart, explore it thoroughly and then tuck it away somewhere into the vast consciousness of my being before moving to the next one. I move in circles; I live in circles; I am a circle.
A circle is a set of points that are equidistant, or at the same distance away, from a fixed point called the centre. If the centre is taken as the core being, then the circle is the membrane surrounding each individual that preserves their identity and integrity from the environment. The area contained in the circle is the accumulation of beliefs, hope and memories of a person.
When using one point as the centre, infinite number of circles, with varying radii, can be drawn around it. These are known as concentric circles, concentric meaning to have a coinciding centre. These concentric circles are layers and masks worn by individuals, rings of defence against unwanted intrusion.
A circle is also a family, as I see it, either biological or adopted. Sometimes people construct/find their own families. A family is an entity in which each segment of the circle, or family member, is connected to the others and has common values around which all the family members constantly revolve.
I use the laws of intersections of a circle to explain inter-personal relations. If there are two circles, or two individuals, on a plane there are three possible outcomes. The circle may never intersect; symbolising people who never encounter of interact with each other. The circles may intersect at one point at the edges of the circle, a phenomenon know as “One life, One meeting”; we may meet someone only once in our life as we never know which meeting is the last one. Lastly, the circles may intersect at two points, in which case they have a common area; this common area reflects the shared values, beliefs and memories created by those two individuals, just like in a Venn diagram.
My family is the people who love me. My Ni-san has the greatest area in common with me when out beings intersect. She favours the circle; along with all other symmetrical figures in general. For her, a circle is something "perfect; not flawless, just perfect”. My Sensei and Onee-san met accidently and managed to extend their boundaries to increase their common area. My Guardian, my Sun, is the largest segment of my family. I made my own family after years of isolated being.
“Circles”’ my Guardian says, “are the path travelled by the soul.” He said that life is a circle that revolves around the soul. The soul travels in life and in death-Karma. When every new life is born, the soul starts its journey and when it is satisfied, it sheds the exterior skin, may it be that of a human, insect or a majestic lion, and returns to the circle of rebirth. According to the balance of good and bad deeds committed, the soul moves up and down the hierarchy of spiritual evolution. A soul previously inhabiting a human may, in its next journey, travel in a cat. If the soul is taken as the centre, they each point on the perimeter of the circle will represent an incarnation of the soul. Therefore, the purpose of each incarnation is to get closer to the centre that we are attracted to. This is quite a difficult task as the incarnation is held a fixed distance away from the centre and therefore is not able to reach it, instead just ends up turning and moving around it- a principle of centrifugal and centripetal force.
Life, as I see it, is a circle of circles, infinitely increasing and stretching out into a multitude of directions.
I move in circle; I live in circles; I am a circle. Therefore, I would like to be a circle big enough to engulf the entire world and small enough to still keep my centre- my essence, my soul- in sight.