An Indian Vision

An Indian Vision

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An Indian Vision

Franco Basso

Climbing the curve of existence along the cold mountain

I could hear the singing bowls filling the air in the dark

of a subtle vibration

lightly I relived the unlived without rancour

Feet going with joy

They walked on a carpet of sweet clouds

And the heart beat only at the persuasive mantra

of the breath of the wind

I was the curve itself, I knew it

but the announcement of the distant dawn was radiant

SO this was the path.

And still in the yellow plain it shone

The Kingdom of the Blue Flower

beyond which it would have been revealed

The mystery of time

and to the children of man given relief

But not for me, I should have gone beyond

Where promises are not in vain

Where silence is not a condemnation

Where darkness is not fear

Where peace is the stormy sea

Where to end is just to begin

where the human is superhuman.          

Franco writes:

Dear Deshpande,

Miranda mentioned that you suggested featuring my vision on your site. I would be delighted to proceed—thank you very much. I maintain an Italian blog titled vagabondaggioletterario.blogspot.com.

Best regards,

Franco

“announcement of the distant dawn”

The Blue Wind — Part of a Painting by Akash Deshpande

“the breath of the “wind”

Here is the original in the Italian:

UNA VISIONE INDIANA
Risalendo la curva dell’esistenza lungo la montagna fredda
sentivo nel buio le campane tibetane riempire l’aria
di una vibrazione sottile
leggero rivivevo il non vissuto senza rancore
I piedi andando con allegria
procedevano su un tappeto di nuvole dolciastre
E il cuore batteva soltanto al mantra suadente
del soffio del vento
Io stesso ero la curva, lo sapevo
ma l’annuncio dell’alba lontana era radioso
DUNQUE questo era il cammino.
E ancora ancora nella gialla pianura brillava
il regno del fiore blu
oltre la quale sarebbe stato svelato
il mistero del tempo
e ai figli dell’uomo donato sollievo
Ma non per me, avrei dovuto andare oltre
dove le promesse non sono vane
dove il silenzio non è una condanna
dove il buio non è timore
dove la pace è il mare in tempesta
dove finire è solo cominciare
dove l’umano è sovrumano.

Dawn at Auroville 28 Feb 2026

3 responses to “An Indian Vision”

  1. sylviekabir Avatar
    sylviekabir


    Bhāva, l’émotion esthétique, véritable outil de manifestation du réel, permet à la Conscience de se (faire) ressentir. Le temps, le devenir et la transformation sont des instruments pour dramatiser et rendre vivante la plénitude.Le drame fait ressentir l’universel à travers le particulier et le temporel. Le devenir, l’évolution, la lutte ou le chemin héroïque sont dramatisation, perception, goût esthétique.


    L’évolution est une lecture linéaire d’une totalité intemporelle. Qui perçoit le monde comme devant être transformé ? C’est la conscience contractée, limitée, oublieuse de sa propre plénitude. La perception d’imperfection appartient au niveau de limitation. Un monde reconnu comme parfait n’a plus besoin d’être changé. Mais il peut continuer à “se transformer” comme une danse n’a pas besoin de destination pour continuer à se mouvoir. Pendant des siècles, l’homme a cru que la matière était solide, dense et séparée. La physique classique considérait les objets comme indépendants, tangibles et réels dans leur “substance”. Puis, nous avons compris que la matière n’est pas solide en soi, mais vibration d’énergie, champs de forces et probabilités. La matière n’a pas “évolué”: ce qui a changé, c’est notre perception et notre compréhension.


    Si on accorde réalité positive et irréductible au devenir, on perd la liberté de l’Un: Si le processus est irréductible, il y a quelque chose qui s’impose, même à l’Un. Si la contrainte est réellement contraignante, la liberté est limitée. Si la contrainte est seulement apparente, le devenir n’est pas irréductible… Soit le devenir est réel et alors la liberté est relativisée, soit la liberté est absolue et le devenir est relatif. Pour préserver la liberté totale et donc la vérité de l’Absolu, il faut que le devenir soit une modalité, et non une nécessité ultime. On peut soutenir que l’Absolu est plénitude intemporelle et que le devenir est réel dans son propre ordre si cette réalité (du devenir) est incluse et non extérieure à la plénitude : c’est une auto-articulation. Devenir et Être sont deux angles d’une même pulsation. Chez Sri Aurobindo, le monde n’est pas seulement contraction ; il est présenté comme involution réelle d’une conscience qui doit se redéployer : une métaphysique du devenir héroïque à l’intérieur d’une réalité déjà complète, une dramaturgie de la Manifestation. La plénitude est constante, mais ses modalités s’intensifient réellement : cela exige une distinction très fine entre Essence et Manifestation. Il faut choisir ce qui est premier : la complétude absolue ou la créativité historique réelle ? Si rien n’est ajouté, le devenir est perspective. Si quelque chose est ajouté, l’éternité inclurait le temps comme dimension réelle. L’éternité ne possède pas de dimension pour inclure quoi que ce soit, mais elle peut générer la dimension. Ainsi le temps n’est pas contenu, mais émané, le devenir n’ajoute rien à l’éternité : il est expression réelle de sa puissance. Si l’éternité est puissance parfaite, a-t-elle besoin d’évoluer ? Non. Une puissance parfaite n’a aucune nécessité d’évolution. Mais elle peut contenir la possibilité d’auto-manifestation. L’évolution ne peut exister que comme révélation. La manifestation ne peut pas avoir une réalité “progressive”. La plénitude est constante. Mais ses modes d’expression peuvent différer : cela ne comble rien, cela explore. L’évolution perçue est expérimentation cosmique, une variation dans l’expression de l’être. L’Absolu ne change pas, mais la manifestation peut s’intensifier, par jeu de déploiement, car une évolution réelle ne peut être justifiée que par liberté de puissance, pas par nécessité, ni par incomplétude. Ainsi, puisque rien ne peut manquer à l’Absolu, l’évolution est possible comme variation interne, comme modulation de la puissance, comme auto-expression vibratoire. L’évolution devient : fiction, processus relatif, ou auto-expression vibratoire. Sri Aurobindo semble tenir à son idée de devenir cosmique, même si la cohérence interne de son propre système démontre que la réalité du devenir n’est pas requise. Ainsi, l’idée d’évolution chez Sri Aurobindo relève davantage d’une perspective poétique et dramatique que d’une nécessité de la Réalité. C’est exactement le rôle de la dramaturgie poétique : la forme et le conflit dramatisent ce qui est déjà complet, pour que le spectateur le ressente.

  2. sylviekabir Avatar
    sylviekabir


    “..what you must aspire for is peace in all the being, complete equanimity, samata. The feeling that peace is not enough must go. Peace and purity and equanimity once established, all the rest must be the Mother’s free gift, not a result of the demand from the being.” [Sri Aurobindo: Letters on Yoga] 

  3. sylviekabir Avatar
    sylviekabir


    Bhāva, the aesthetic emotion, true instrument for the manifestation of the real, allows Consciousness to be felt. Time, becoming, and transformation are instruments to dramatize and make fullness alive. Drama makes the universal felt through the particular and the temporal. Becoming, evolution, struggle, or the heroic path are dramatization, perception, aesthetic taste. Evolution is a linear reading of a timeless totality. Who perceives the world as needing to be transformed? It is the contracted, limited consciousness, forgetful of its own fullness. The perception of imperfection belongs to the level of limitation. A world recognized as perfect no longer needs to be changed. But it can continue to “transform” itself as a dance does not need a destination to keep moving. For centuries, man believed matter was solid, dense, and separate. Classical physics considered objects as independent, tangible, and real in their “substance.” Then we understood that matter is not solid in itself, but vibration of energy, fields of forces, and probabilities. Matter has not “evolved”: what has changed is our perception and understanding. If one grants positive and irreducible reality to becoming, one loses the freedom of the One: if the process is irreducible, there is something that imposes itself, even on the One. Indeed, if constraint is truly constraining, freedom is limited; and if the constraint is only apparent, becoming is not irreducible… Either becoming is real and then freedom is relativized, or freedom is absolute and becoming is relative. To preserve total freedom and thus the truth of the Absolute, becoming must be a modality, not an ultimate necessity. One can maintain that the Absolute is timeless fullness and that becoming is real in its own order. But this reality (of becoming) is included and not external to fullness: it is a self-articulation. Becoming and Being are two angles of the same pulse. In Sri Aurobindo, the world is not merely contraction; it is presented as real involution of a consciousness that must redeploy itself: it is a metaphysics of heroic becoming within an already complete reality, a dramaturgy of Manifestation. Fullness is constant, but its modalities intensify in reality: this requires a very fine distinction between Essence and Manifestation. One must choose what is primary: absolute completeness or real historical creativity? If nothing is added, becoming is perspective. If something is added, eternity would include time as a real dimension. Eternity does not have a dimension to include anything, but it can generate dimension. Thus time is not contained but emanated; becoming adds nothing to eternity: it is real expression of its power. If eternity is perfect power, does it need to evolve? No. Perfect power has no necessity to evolve. But it can contain possibility of self-manifestation. Evolution can only exist as revelation. Manifestation cannot have a “progressive” reality. Fullness is constant, and its modes of expression can differ: this fills nothing, it explores. Perceived evolution is cosmic experimentation, a variation in expression of being. The Absolute does not change, but manifestation can intensify. Not by lack, but by play of deployment, for real evolution can only be justified by freedom of power, not by necessity, nor by incompleteness. Thus, since nothing can be lacking in the Absolute, evolution is possible as internal variation, as modulation of power, as vibratory self-expression. Evolution becomes: fiction, relative process, or vibratory self-expression. Sri Aurobindo seems attached to his idea of cosmic becoming, even if internal coherence of his own system demonstrates that reality of becoming is not required. Thus, idea of evolution in Sri Aurobindo belongs more to poetic and dramatic perspective than to necessity of Reality. This is exactly the role of poetic dramaturgy: form and conflict dramatize what is already complete, so that the spectator may feel it.

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