For my penultimate post in the musical series I have chosen the international hit from the early 90’s. Enigma is defined as something that is perplexing, ambiguous or puzzling. Life is an Enigma to many. Most of us spend our lives chasing happiness and joy when all that they want and need is already within ourselves.Most of the people go through their life sleepwalking, just drifting away with no real purpose or goals in life. As Les Brown puts in, most people are dead by the time they are 21 and are buried when they are 65. Life is definitely an Enigma. That’s what it was supposed to be. If not life would be so boring if everything was predictable. There would be nothing to look forward to. There would not be the joy of success, the dream of a better future, the search for happiness, a wonderful journey to discovering oneself.
Return to Innocence by Enigma captures this essence of life beautifully and urges us to life to the fullest and keep coming back to the innocence with which we were born.
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That’s not the beginning of the end. That’s the return to yourself The return to innocence.
The song starts of showing a man who dies and then his life in reverse leading up to his birth. It’s a beautifully shot video which tries to bring about the beauty and meaning of life. Life does not end when you die. Life is eternal. When we die our soul (and hence the life within our body) just leaves our body and enters into another state. As such we return to ourself to a state of innocence.
Love – Devotion Feeling – Emotion
Don’t be afraid to be weak
Don’t be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence.
Most people in life move around in life wearing on masks. Our egos literally control us to such an extent that we are scared to express our true emotions. Or we worry so much about what other people will say if they saw us as weak. What we forget is that each one of us was born the same innocent child and there is no need to shy away from our true selves. We should not be afraid to be weak at times. It’s ok to admit that we are scared or fear something. At the same time we should not have false ego and be too proud because of our strengths. Each one of us has been bestowed with a different set of goodness within us and each one of us has a capability to excel in the areas where we have been blessed with. So we should not hold any false pretensions about our strengths or achievements. All that ever was and ever will be is our true self, our innocence.
If you want, then start to laugh If you must, then start to cry Be yourself don’t hide Just believe in destiny.
Feel free, feel liberated to live life as you want to. Don’t hold yourself back from expressing yourself. If you experience joy and want to laugh, go ahead and do so with an open heart. If you are really touched by something and feel like crying, don’t stop yourself. Let the tears flow as this is how nature has made you. Don’t go against the laws of nature. hats how nature has designed you and research has proved that crying does make you feel better. The thing to remember is to Be yourself. You were born UNIQUE. There has never been anyone like you, nor will there ever be anyone like you. So why should you try to be someone you are not. Just believe in yourself and believe that you are here to fulfill a life purpose.
Don’t care what people say Just follow your own way Don’t give up and use the chance To return to innocence.
As we grow up most of our decisions in life are dictated by other people’s opinions and views. We draw safety nets around us because we are afraid of failure. As a child we were not scared of failing. We did as we pleased, we fell from the bed, fell down while trying to walk, dropped food on our clothes while trying to eat, but we dint stop. We had the innocence which helped us take chances and learn. While you should not ignore what others say, don’t make your decisions based on other people’s views or opinions. Listen to everyone, think and make your own decisions in life. If your heart tells you to choose path A while the world has chosen path B, don’t be afraid to go with your heart. This is how big dreams came true.Sure enough you will have a lot of challenges and obstacles in the unknown path, but at the end of it you will come above the rest.
That’s not the beginning of the end That’s the return to yourself The return to innocence.