As usual as it is,
I was busy reading a book, "The nature of psyche" by Carl Gustav
Jung, only this time in a park( not the park where couples sit and snuggle :P
but a children's park) which afforded me the luxury of being outdoors and doing
my favorite activity at the same time.
Two guys were
sitting behind the bench opposite to me on the ground, almost hidden. When I
approached to sit and read, the furtive look of one them to inquire as to who
might disturb them at 3pm in the afternoon, gave me the feeling that they were
trying to hide something, that something fishy was going on behind the bench. I
almost thought that these people were getting stoned.
But I ignored them
and sat down to read. And what a book it was. Amazing. The concept of assigning
energies to the psyche as we do to physical objects was a novel one for me and
simply blew my mind. I got completely engrossed, when suddenly I heard
"…..aaja mujhe baahon mein bharle, inn faaslon ko ab mitale…."(I do not wish
to translate this).
I really do not
remember what my reaction was( all I
remember is that I did not scowl, for I know all too well that there has been a proliferation of such sentimental
songs these days). But it brings me to the question as to why such songs
are on the rise these days and what is
it in them that people literally get sappy on hearing such songs?
Has anybody
realized that such songs actually make you associate things and persons with
them and start a whirlwind of thoughts which usually touch the past and future?
I say so since I too have been a victim of such songs. I say a victim since
they make you think things which you normally would not do. Just take for
example the hero singing about sacrificing his life for just a look of the
beloved. I mean who in the right mind would actually do such a foolish thing?
They deeply affect the psyche of people. They distort realities by creating
hopes, frustrations, unwarranted expectations, happiness, fears and emotions of
the like.
Everyone wishes to
be loved and more so in a romantic way. And that is where these songs attack
the individual. But with the immaturity and foolish concepts of love that we
possess, we are more at a risk of falling deep into the hole than being just in our relationships. Because
again, they make you think things which you normally would not think, they make
you expect things which you normally would not expect. And attached with those
songs usually is a very strong image of the beloved.
All I wish to say
that we need to be aware of such songs, with no intention of mine to condemn
the listeners. In fact I enjoy hearing such songs occasionally myself. But we
need to be aware of the effect they have on us and our relationships.
I wonder how Carl
Gustav Jung would have rattled in his grave on hearing such songs.
