He was walking… walking with quick steps. After taking one step, one only has to look at the next step. That much he had learned from his experiences so far. There was no light to see the next step, and there was no time. One, two, one, two… He was taking steps. One and two – only two numbers are enough. What is the need for the next numbers? Just one and two. But when I stop, the number zero will also come, right? Okay then, zero one two are important, he thought.

He was walking… one two one two… Every step had a number. He thought, is the number two even needed? Wouldn’t the number one be enough to show speed? When two comes, there is a conflict. Why is there a conflict between right and left steps? One step at a time is important, isn’t it? Who is thinking about the previous and next step now? That’s right, only one step is important. One one one… He started walking.

He was walking… One one one… one step at a time. He thought, this is the truth, this is karma. One is speed. I am walking, that means one, when I stop, it is zero. Zero and one… everything came into this. These two numbers are important. What’s purpose of the next numbers? Oh… but two came again! These two numbers, zero and one, that means the conflict came again! Okay, two is also important. Zero one two… zero one two… His thoughts were going on, every step had a number.

He was walking… zero one two… zero one two… every step had a number. Now he started to get confused. His thoughts and the pace of his steps were not in sync. Initially it was fine, one two one two. Now zero also joined, sometimes he called one to a step, then another number to the same step. The computation was going wrong again and again. It makes sense, the computation remains important till it keeps going wrong.

He was walking… Zero one two… Zero one two… His computations were wrong, his speed was stumbling. He thought, Zero seemed more important, now take it. That’s what zero does. If zero is mixed with anything, its importance will decrease. Even a thought of zero would slow it down! But still zero is important, isn’t it? When zero is gone, there goes the idea of stopping. Zero is needed. Then why not remove two? But conflict is present, so two will be present. What if one is removed? Then what will be the relation between zero and two, without one? There is one, therefore there is two. What to do? What is important, what to leave? He was walking… Zero… One… Two… Zero One Two… One Two, One Two… Zero One, Zero One… Zero One Two One Two One Two Zero…

-Bhushan Kulkarni