PARTYING THE CHRISTMAS

Our neighbor's daughter around eight nine years was decorating her Christmas tree with colorful ensembles like ribbons,balls,bells, gift boxes, candles, stars etc.She seemed too engrossed in creating her beautiful tree to even notice that i was observing her.The joy of doing her mind was too obvious from the peaceful expression on her glowing face and chirpy exhilarating speech with the friend, helping her......displaying a simple charm of a satisfied being while deeply involved with art creation.

This time of the year...around Christmas,with pleasant cool breeze outside and constantly flowing warmth and love from inside of all individuals...a refreshingly satisfying sight...isn't it..... Everyone around is happy either mixing with near and dear ones or friends..... partying hard....Opening and sharing a champagne...or a bottle of wine, eating goodies...chocolates,walnut brownies, caramelized puddings.....singing and dancing......celebrating till the last breath... as if these few days are the last days to enjoy.Of course there is celebration and joy in the air and we have prepared a ground to receive all the joy and happiness, forgetting all the differences we have with people...all hassles at work place....keeping all the issues at bay.
So who made the effort..........................we ourselves.....who else.

We wanted to come out and enjoy the life to the fullest.....such a pleasant state of mind.Can we repeat such a state at will....at any phase of the year or at every phase of the year...is it really possible.Can we relive such moments for even a fraction of time, similar to this frantic behavior.Of course we can't afford to party each an every night due to the foremost issue of health.But still can be in a lighter state of mind at least throughout the year.They say life is a journey and we are like so called co-passengers......nothing less and nothing more than that...so living the life to the hilt without attachment to the various outputs...How about that.....

Jobs that we do around the year are very important and definitely feed to sustenance in our life....Generally the pressure of various responsibilities takes over majority of our time and we keep on pushing us physically as well as mentally to enhance our productivity.Aren't we carrying all kind of burden too far mentally...which in that case weakens us physically as well as mentally...and it is probably.......or definitely not required to each time test our mental excellence.

We definitely are what we think we are...heart in heart we know our capabilities....In major issues we have to show results...to excel and so have to work hard for that......but every time,in every single small issue its not important to excel....to show supremacy........Certain things should be left to be taken care of by the others....Give an opportunity to others also to resolve tasks......Delegate work and trust others for their capability.....Keeping mentally free...at ease.... while accomplishing minor as well as major tasks.

We have limited time and capacity to work....and our mind plays the most important role in managing the time as well as our well being at all levels.....mind, body and soul.
But can we switch over to the pleasant state of mind at will...
Yes....for me yes.........
And if any one of us can, then take the clue........................................

HEAR SILENCE------------TRAVEL LIGHT

Life is a long journey. During a life time we encounter varied situations, people, ideas......virtues and vices alike.Positive or negative energy is constantly generated depending on the essence of our actions and thoughts.We can't escape this automatic reaction ....the generation. This important energy gets deeply embedded in the mind....stored simply as it does in micro chips.....staying there in the mind for ever, until there is a real effort to erase that memory......or overhaul the mind.

Whatever our actions are, these give rise to reactions in the thought process also......there is no escape.There is deep connection between health of a mind and related body and soul. Whatever is stored in the mind, does impact the body and the soul, positively or negatively.Certain things like accumulation of data in our mind need no intervention....no help for its constant growth with each experience recorded, good or bad, these are simply there....totally effortlessly memorized.

Such storage in the mind whether good or bad, creates thoughts and counter thoughts...again adding to the memory pool.....overburdening already over-accumulative mind....
Is it like adding junk to already over-cluttered mind.................carrying huge baggage of thoughts.....
So life is a journey....right.....and we are travelers...and they say travel light.

This huge baggage can't us let travel in peace....... in enjoyment.......in a state of contentment......in a state of bliss..... which is rather a normal state.
Till the last fraction of either troubling or ego enhancing thought is there, this oversize baggage grows.. should be considered a burden.....until the real flow of  pure love comes off a state of silence in mind.

Hearing the silence in mind....rejuvenating the mind, body and soul...enriching self...knowing and being self....
....these are not far reaching....these are very near....much nearer than expected.....
So happy being aware of......................of the presence of this wonderful nectar....the silence...a gift provided to us by the supreme soul.

RELATIONSHIP......... ACCEPTANCE OR LOVE

Acceptance can be engineered. Relationship with a friend or spouse, a brother or sister,a neighbor or colleague,with parents......all relationships need acceptance to some extent at least, depending on the closeness of the relation.That means it can be maneuvered according to the need of hour, the circumstances.

Upcoming, millennium generation...is a very fast and intelligent one,which handles various electronic gadgets, computers probably right from their toddler years.Then there are young people from the later decades of the last century who contributed in the development as well as advancement of technology, equally intelligent and hardworking.

 The mind is a very strong tool and definitely must be handled with utmost care.

 The best thing about these generations is that they have a transparency of the mind matching the clarity of a crystal......Right from the childhood generally they got encouraged to speak their mind and so the decision making capacity definitely improves.These generations are privileged ones...they got such an atmosphere in the family and encouraging exposure in the school, that they learnt to decide confidently from a very early stage which helped in improving the capability to demand for whatever is actually required.

Acceptance for whatever is available comes with a little difficulty in such a mind set generally, but still is a virtue required for maintaining and improving relationships......we all know that...Acceptance may be a manipulated virtue, but is still required for peace and harmony.....between two individuals, in the family and in the society alike.

Love on the other hand comes instantly, without any effort.Power to accept each others personality reaches its highest possible altitude while in love.....comes without any interference of mind.....Acceptance without any rider, hindrance.... without any difference in opinion......all comes automatically. Potential of acceptance in love is exponential and this gives rise to extraordinary courage.

Look at the acceptance of a doting young, first time mother for the newly born infant.There is hardly any spec of emotion called motherly love before the baby is born. The first introduction to this love comes when she holds the baby in her hands close to her chest and with that comes a total blissful acceptance.Its simply marvelous how motherly love develops stronger with each passing moment...........A complete acceptance by the young naive, but loving mother of the baby.

Love is definitely wonderful.

STEP INTO THE VOID

Today in the morning while reading the daily paper i came across a picture of a five sided glass floor installation on the top terrace of the Aiguille du Midi mountain peak (3842 meters), above Chamonix, in the French Alps, with a 1000 meter drop below top view......a perfect view, giving the visitors an impression of standing in a void. As the projected floor is also made up of transparent glass, so one has a clear feeling of the height of mountains and depth of the valley beneath one's feet.

A thought came across,what is it like standing in a void...nothingness...or absence of the knowledge of the obvious floor...a support...seems quite adventurous and risky at the same time.

Generally in life we plan for the future, or at least try to have a well researched and fair idea about the outcome of any action that we take in the present. Very rarely we try to venture out in the unknown territory, be it on our decisions for education, profession,social calls or for religious or spiritual realms.

We have well guarded approach or decisions without leaving anything on chance.More or less we know what is the outcome of  that certain path we have already chosen. The whole life goes on and on as had been for earlier generations without much change, differing only in the compulsive show and output of the era, which is definitely mandatory....for example as an X or Y-generation has to breath with enormousness of say internet........still having a tendency of taking well calculated steps or risks.....holding the floor beneath.

Still sometimes in life we do find ourselves in certain situation we had never thought about, never ever researched about, had no first hand information about.Suddenly we come across a path we had never tread before. Life throws us in unseen circumstances where in, none of the data of past reaction, stored in our mind, determines the impact of our present action.

We find ourselves in alien situations...................

Life is a constant process of learning.The lessons keep on adding, getting bigger and bigger in altitude as for learning. Many a times a situation like stepping into the void comes, without a hint for the outcome.....Venturing into the unknown....stepping into a void......

THE TOUCH

As i was walking down the canal, i noticed leaves of wild plants on the bank of the canal had started wilting, as the soil around was dry....Water of the canal was unable to touch the surrounding area due to the heavy embankment...Gallons of water was flowing through the fixed course of the canal without touching the dry cracked land on the sides.Direct touch between the roots and water through soil is mandatory for the life and growth of the plants....we all know that.........the touch for life........for physical existence.

 Last Monday i visited an ailing relative, a very old, fragile woman, not feeling well for quite some years now, completely exhausted with frequent admissions to the hospital, administration of intravenous pricks, on an ever increasing dosage of medicines.....increasing with every subsequent stay at the hospital.Today again she was in pain,unable to breath normal.Her condition could simply be described in one or two words....Extreme exhaustion .....at all parameters of life.

The moment i touched her hand to assure her, she tightly clasped my hand in between her skinny and cold hands  and informed me that she was not feeling good and asking me what she should do now.I failed to respond to her query. As the time passed she smiled, started inquiring about rest of the family. Probably getting some warmth from the touch....some relief.She held my hand till the moment i remained with her. Her attendant told me that throughout the night she had been holding her hand also in the same fashion.She feels better this way.

So the touch that she was feeling with her heart, her emotions, was making the difference....a warm touch...not on physical ground only, but also the warmth of  the heart was at play..... The two way communication between the patient and the attendant was at play......... touch from a caring person was helping her feel better, probably momentarily only.......the touch for well being..... for mental peace.

A flash of thought came to my mind,  what if we lose the essence of this touch while sincerely performing our religious rites...what if we fail to practically imply in day to day living whatever we read in our religious books daily.....What if we are unable to feel the touch ....fail to touch the crux.....the soul remains untouched.....the real essence for the spiritual up-lift......................

MUSIC AN INTEGRAL PART OF HEALTHY LIFE

I was hardly seven or eight years old, as i can recollect enjoying an old  Hindi song played on All India Radio....a number from a Hindi movie...That was a daily routine in the home at lunch time....the radio played on good volume....mom cooking food for lunch...me playing in the courtyard with my brother and sister.I remember i always had my ears tuned in to good old music.

A few other incidents i clearly remember of listening to melodious songs or waiting for the next program so that i can enjoy the played songs....as at that time nothing of the recorded music was so easily available as it is now.....We had to wait patiently for the next aired program of music from the radio station...As a child i had a keen interest in listening as well as singing.It came natural in my case.Music was always there...as an integral, inseparable part of my life...i don't remember even a single day of my childhood without music ever....May be i started listening to music way back when i was in womb as my mother also had a basic instinct to sing....she has a very good voice.

 I never realized for quite some years that music has a refreshing impact on my mind....its giving me relaxation of mind...Every time i sing or listen to good soft music i feel a fulfillment of the soul......a thrill in life...a very positive lasting impact physically too...so soothing mind, body and soul all at once...getting in harmony with the source of energy.

It soothes the tiring exhausted nerves...replenishing the lost strength.
Music is therapeutic...as we hear from researchers of today.....They claim music can heal patients off many chronic ailments....People get sick when they lack such lighter and refreshing side of life....All our religious hymns are form of good soothing music only......Generally we don't give much importance to such alternate source for our well being... But no harm in giving it a try.

Pleasant, soft, melodious music only gives and takes nothing in return........ It rejuvenates the weak and aching nerves.
Healing nerves in turn means healing the mind. And when mind is on the road towards healing, body gets healed automatically.Remember healthy mind resides in a healthy body....rather it is more appropriate to say that health of body directly depends on the health of the mind.....If the mind is healthy, then there is no scope of the body to be unhealthy........any doubts.

LIBERATION....FROM WHAT

Everyone talks about the liberation of soul....Soul....we perceive that there is one.
Liberation originates from LIBERATE...if we try to understand what does liberate mean...it seems like a command...an action...an active participation seems to be closely linked with the word....

But whose participation...is it not self..
And what to liberate...is it not self...So self is what.................everyone understands that...
But liberate from what....i think the most important query...
Every where its written liberation from the past and the future, both, is equally important....living in the present is advocated by all...but how to go about it..

How not to get back to the past achievements or sufferings ....both facets are equally important....past is past... whether good or bad.....Past accomplishments give a pleasant feeling while past failures leave a bad taste in the mouth....but origin of both is deeply embedded in still very fertile soil of the past which is making may be not so futile efforts again and again to resurface and show its barren and ugly face.....

Similar is the case with future planning where the soil is not even ready for cultivation....we put in maximum effort for planning...and may be or may not be, maximum action of the present phase irrigates it....definitely depending on the motivation behind actualization of the plans......No harm in the future planning....but overdoing it won't solve the issues and rather will add to the anxiety levels.....Step by step approach in baby steps, reviewing the situation at regular intervals is rather going to help more effectively....so no long future plannings....

Now what about the present.... the most important and most fertile land which can actually be beautifully cultivated with hard work and right information and approach.....the seeds have to be rooted in this soil of the present with the right effort.......when maximum effort goes into improving the workability in the present...it definitely gives positive results and sense of achievement with it...and a kind of liberation from the thoughts of the past and the future...

So what is actually required........liberation from the thoughts of past and present...
 And also thoughts of attachment with the way we think....we relate....from the past, the future as well as present....Do all the work with best of effort possible...physically, mentally or cognitively...
Once any work is accomplished ....the attachment with the joy of achieving that also has to go....taking all the achievement in its stride....

And if a failure is on the cards then leaving aside the attachment with the sorrow related to it....One always learns much more from failures...as failures are definitely ground for more preparation and rock hard action afterwards....converting failures to learning experiences...the great and very personal stepping stones....

Liberate is action...its not a passive word....it demands a strong push towards freedom from all sorrows and joys alike.....from the inherent thought process....liberation from attachment to all the good as well as bad thoughts.....

LESSONS I LEARNT THE BEST

All learning comes from exceptional circumstances,be it exceptionally comfortable or uncomfortable situations.A normal life teaches normal lessons only.Any life which is exceptional in nature has a lot to share. The experiences of a fully lived life are definitely interesting and exemplary.

Life in itself is a great teacher and all people we meet during a life time are contributors to our learning experience.We are constantly learning from others....be it a bad guy, or a good servant, a learned relative, or an unsympathetic brother,or a passerby, or an illiterate or a highly qualified one, or an authentic debater of the subject, or a naive spectator....a dog.... a squirrel....a tree.....a bird..... a rock....a broken glass, a poor mother and her playful child......There is no end to this list.....

We do learn from each and every event that happened in our life....we make certain opinions about people or situations and circumstances based on our inputs....our learning....our experience.
Whether one is open to learning or is non receptive, still the data is being constantly saved in our personal hard disk called brain....to be used when and where required. Brain definitely acts as a synthesizer of ideas and knowledge exposed to it.

Sometimes we get only one chance to learn a lesson in a life time....such precious lessons....The inputs are unlimited............
And every single input has the potential of an encyclopaedia.....the need is how we actually take it...say for example.... a playful child of a poor mother shows the intrinsic very happy disposition of human life.....wagging tail of a dog shows unconditional love of the animal.....the swaying branches of a tree show the power of wind and at the same time show the strength of the stem and expertise of slightly tilted leaves and branches, how these let the powerful stroke of wind to pass......a rock may inspire strength and stability......an illiterate servant sometimes shows a solution one is looking for.....each piece of a broken glass shows full image, irrespective of its status,size...

So many wonderful things, phenomenons are happening around...the need is to keep our eyes, brains and hearts open....there is so much to learn from slight activities of day today...........

SELF-MY MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY

Life is like a constantly moving, roller coaster ride, with no time to breath,one event after the other...all streamlined as in having a common link in between moving as on a conveyer belt. How the years pass without much notice.....a continuous chain of happenings good, bad or neutral.......
Every passing day eventful in itself, but still quite mechanical....certain fixed routine....normal inputs and expected outputs.....days pass changing to months and years.
Sometimes i feel there is some set pattern on which every one traverses his journey...the life......perhaps fixed number of days, minutes or seconds too.....generally people are so busy that they hardly realize what actually is happening......generally have no time to think that the passing moments are expended out of the fixed time provided...
Somewhere i read that if in a life time we don't learn to enjoy the things provided by Almighty which come without a price tag,somewhere we failed in finding the basic purpose of life...Let's review a few thing that come without a price tag... wonderful Nature is the biggest example.....unconditional love and sympathy is another very important example......the air we breath in...the water of rivers and oceans.....the soothing rays of Sun...the light and life provided by Sun....beautiful Moon....twinkling Stars.....unlimited beauty of diverse landscape... unlimited joy associated with each unending resource.
Until and unless we learn to humbly accept and appreciate such free provisions by the Higher Force...we fail to recognize Him....and also the self...as self is part of Him.
All these tag less assets provide us extraordinary joy...the need is to take some time out and be with this natural abundance......feel the freshness, happiness being provided constantly day in and out........rejuvenate the self.....feel the presence of most important entity of our existence........THE SELF

ATTACHMENT DIFFICULT TO LEAVE

We are social beings and so feel comfortable in the company of other human beings.The new born finds comfort in mother's close proximity.As a young child also parents' proximity is soothing, reassuring and supportive.As teenagers generally one tends to get into company of friends more, which is again a tendency to interact within that age group.

As life passes on..... the faces change from parents to friends to spouse to off springs and then to certain relatives, friends  or may be grandchildren. An endless opportunity we seek to communicate.Generally everyone is too happy when others are present around.....

In the absence of people we start using different communicating or entertainment gadgets or watch television or play a music system or seek virtual communication with unknown people on internet....why is this happening....why that reassurance is not coming from within.

We try to create an environment so that we never find ourselves alone....some people have fear of spending time without company....the moment they are alone they start behaving differently.... either depressed or aggressive......so a constant physical or mental activity is sought after even if tired physically or mentally...

This constant communion with others and unending communication starves our inherent ability to sustain alone.The mental dependency on others.....on our relations increases with each passing year, making it so difficult to live alone in solitude.

Attachment to the relationships increases, making it more difficult to spend some time with self for self introspection,self analysis.
That enriching experience to know self is lost.......................

I AM THE BEST

I remember a habit of mine which even i never took note of and was subjected to notice around more than thirty years ago.One day while on a visit to my uncle's place one of my cousins teased me on that.And that's how i realized that people noticed whatever i was doing.

Now what i was doing actually...

At my uncle's place there was a mirror in the passage,and we had to pass through the passage very frequently.This is something very normal..a mirror and a passage...and every body passed through the passage frequently...nothing special.

But what became a teasing tool in the hands of my dear cousin was that every time i passed the passage, i would turn my face towards the mirror and have a glimpse of my self and felt pleased and that showed on my face,and that was the cause of amusement for my cousin.

Jokes apart but yes...definitely a reinforcement of such kind for uplifting the self esteem is a must for all...at any age...at any status....in any culture.Deep down everyone needs some assurance...then why not to give this beautiful self assurance that all is perfect,go ahead.

How good it is to feel that ..yes...I am the best....
It definitely improves your self approval.The confidence level improves and definitely all this positivity helps in improving self worth.Your health improves if you feel confident about yourself.All the skills you possess get enhanced.

Why this happens actually......
When you see and appreciate yourself say for a moment intently...the level of concentration improves.Have you ever observed anybody praising self.....one look at his or her bright face....he or she is the happiest at that moment and is trying to extract the information of self from the self with full concentration without any distractions...so the basic reason behind the enhanced concentration is the happiness that one derives out of self praise.

You don't have to be authentically beautiful or outstanding in any way.........Every body is perfect in his or her own right....It is only about feeling positive about self.This mirror exercise is worth giving a try.
Happy being the best............

THE MUSIC OF DESTINY

Destiny .....what is it....before going to that, let's have a look in the dictionary for its correct meaning........
Sometimes i feel that whether i may like it or not many things in life don't happen as expected.We may chalk out the path, the goal, everything well planned for reaching that goal, having perfect ability to accomplish the task....suddenly something happens and the course of plan diverts to unimaginable bends.........and here you reach a goal, but different from what you had set for yourself initially.

Someone once said.... that if something happens according to my wish then its good...and if it happens according to His (God's) wish its even better.....We are prone to doubt the very existence of super consciousness, the supreme wisdom due to our own fickle minds which are full of fear of numerous diversified elements, aspects.........constantly wavering mental disposition.

Nothing happens just for the heck of it.Everything that happens in life has a deep hidden or it can be obvious motive. So why have doubts when He never commits mistake as we lesser beings do due to our ignorance.Plan we do, but what actually happens depends on his will.

Just a small example,i conduct early morning Yoga Classes in open natural environment six days a week and generally don't miss one without a solid reason.It so happened that due to some preoccupation had to miss the class for two days consecutively.So it was obvious that third day in a row i won't miss it.The night before i planned accordingly as it was a must for me to attend the class the very next day.

As i opened my eyes in the early morning the next day i could hear the sound of rain pouring in....out of no expectation for such hurdle i could only remember His Ultimate Will......Although it's a small incident, we do find contrasting diversions in our path time to time in life.Somewhere certain readjustments are happening.

What happens if we resist these readjustments, we do expend major part of energy resisting the change of plan.....whole of our energy is wasted in that act and there is hardly any motivation left for the final goal......Then why not to be with the flow.I think that's a more intelligent choice.Still that does not mean that we should stop planning or dreaming.....the need is to also understand and accept the Supreme Wisdom and act accordingly.

As it is raining i was thinking about the birds in either their nest or perched on a branch of a tree....These birds hardly get wet...and even if these are ...these are able to dry up in seconds....God has genuinely thought of a super plan for every being.....its better if we understand that also and be in sync with it.

Enjoying each and every note of life .....accepting diversity in all forms......listening to the silent music of destiny with joy fearlessly in perfect surrender mode.

ONE THING I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

Well that's a common question all my favorite personalities are asked by an interviewing journalist.....Some of the persons will speak of a genuine necessity in their life which probably they are dependent on and others may reply in vague.

Sometimes i wonder what if i am allowed just one thing with me....a hypothetical question.....probably not easy to answer.....i sincerely can't pin point on a single item.....may be a book....but how many repeated reads i will be interested in....or some musical instrument.....because i can't carry any music player as that won't last long.....power issue.......

Most probably i would like to take some musical instrument only which i can play and sing along. But i feel i would love to have a natural, green, fresh environment....full of natural positive energy.......So the bare basic necessity for me is clean and natural environment.....that may belong to any century or country..............
More raw..... unexplored.....untouched ...the better............Serene peaceful environment.

Well this introspection has led me to another issue...that is... can all other things that i have collected over the years.....over my life time....can be meaningless for me in some given situation......May be yes......

Well earlier i never gave a damn to this question, as i felt its just a gimmick carefully exercised by celebrities to gain more attention.....but on exploring  more about it, has really helped me to reach at a decision about what all i may need in the last years of my life.................What i can't actually live without....

LIVING YOUR ECCENTRICITIES....

Being normal or being oneself is the advice we generally hear for self realization and for self liberation.
What is like being oneself.....isn't it very close to being natural....with natural actions and reactions.........following only natural reflexes....inborn instincts.

How far away we move from this so called natural behavior with every advancing day, month or year....depends solely on how much one is not living in accordance to one's own inherent capability and capacity.....How much influence an outside environment has on one.

People and culture around do have a tendency to leave an impact,there is no doubt about that.......but how much to get affected depends on practically how much one has trained self....whether we are positively confident about ourselves or not.

In such a constantly changing environment around, finding something which is a constant and can be banked upon is the inputs given by self......We can't say that we are always thinking perfect.....there can be certain fall outs and then some uncontrollable series of events....which are beyond anyone's control .....not possible physically.Still self is the most important companion of all.

Knowing oneself needs lots of patience and perseverance.... It needs lots of time spent with oneself only.Once you start knowing yourself you start finding different aspects of life....thoughts.....your eccentricities..... wrapped and kept away from you yourself, by yourself only due to some umpteen number of reasons.....be it societal or religion or emotional or cultural bondage......

Generally people who escalate good heights in their field have followed their eccentricities may be to the hilt....and achieved something big in their respective fields.
Knowing your eccentricities and then following them can be a way to find out what one needs out of life.....

THE INHERENT INTELLIGENCE OF THE SOUL

State of life as perceived by us, generally, in its most misunderstood form is physical.We as individuals send and receive messages mostly looking at the physical self only.......we make a judgement seeing the physical aspects only.Everybody around tries his or her best to display whatever can be seen or felt by our sensory organs so the image that goes to the brain is actually being perceived by the sense organs and processed by the brain.

Physical appearance is God gifted only with no contribution of self. So it may not be fair to assess anything or anybody for its physical beauty or ugliness.

I remember an incident where we went to wish parents of a new born.The baby was blessed with rare good looks and everybody around was praising it.One look towards the proud parents was sufficient to assess the happiness level felt by them.

Another common episode that i recollect which i would like to share ,although there can be umpteen number of such instances,is when we friends visited another friend's newly built house.Obviously everybody praised the newly built house equipped with luxurious amenities and excellent interiors and surroundings........ that really made the hostess very pleased.

Sometimes when we visit a place we sense a kind of discomfort or negativity.....although on obvious physical plane nothing is amiss.At other instance we feel sudden gush of positivity or happiness in very humble surroundings.What is the reason behind this positive or negative feedback.

Is there something more to be perceived.....explored....understood....may be on a different plane rather than mere physical.
Are we apt to experience much beyond, what, we actually feel.
Are we equipped with much more sophisticated sensors beyond our sense organs.
Beyond physical realms.....towards mental or spiritual realms.

Once multiple plane existence of self is felt, the journey begins beyond physical show and acceptance.
Majority of our life we spend for our own well being...... physical only.
How about exploring the other aspects like the power of mind or soul.......on psychological or cognitive or spiritual planes..................for the inherent intelligence of the soul.....

How about an hour or less of my time....the time devoted solely for me....... exploring my  thought process ....my inherent inner needs and affinities.......repulsions and aversions.....habits and likings.
How about experiencing the basic quest of the soul.....hunger of the soul....

Getting a wondrous joy.....contentment.....completeness.
Getting to know my real self....
Let the inherent intelligence of my soul guide me uninterrupted.....towards my ultimate state of unlimited and unending joy.
Where my search in life will take me to....... explore the unlimited, unknown with vast and constant guidance of my inner being.......

SIMPLE TECHNIQUES TO FOCUS BETTER

Focus......how important is that simple word in life......for smooth sailing down the years.....for small or big achievements...... for accomplishing small or big jobs....and day to day work too..

Self esteem of an individual gets a boost with each success and tends to fall with every failure......Though it is a common known fact that a person actually fails when he stops trying for achieving higher.....or for his goals.... and no longer tries to convert his failure into a stepping stone to move ahead.

So an unwavering focus on the goal is rather the most important for reaching there.......They say it helps more to focus on the aim rather than failure to get a positive outcome.Positive and progressive company gives support for the journey towards success.....but generally one traverses the path alone or with minimum possible support.

How to strengthen the mind then ...so that it can withstand the adverse impact without even the smallest speck of  any kind of scar on the psyche.........and also still hold the capacity to move towards the aim without losing focus or enthusiasm.........Here are a few simple tricks..............

Having one goal at one time helps.
Repeating your aim in your mind daily, energizes the goal and reassures the mind.
Certain mental games, puzzles help to improve concentration.
Reaffirmation about faith in one's own capabilities is also one of the most important aspects.
A pleasant state of mind and a good night's sleep really helps keeping mental disposition at ease.

Long deep breathing is fairly helpful to calm the mind and so focus better in the serene state of relaxation.
Focusing on a point or object or candle light helps in getting rid off the irritating and wavering thoughts.
Mirror exercise is an excellent way to reenforce the confidence level......one has to look into the mirror and actually say and feel that ' i am the best'.

Closing sensory inputs through eyes.......eyes are the most important to lose energy.....the constant feedback that we get through eyes helps to increase the volume of already existent clutter in mind ....So for diminishing loss of energy...the Vital Energy... and to free the mind........it is recommended to close eyes for sometime and sit comfortably and breath deep...... concentrating more on each exhale...... or meditate for ten to fifteen minutes.

Silence is pure gold.Silence helps in increasing inner silence...which is the most fertile ground for seeding all one desires. Its very important to learn how to make use of this virtue to self introspect and fine tune the aim.

EMBRACING MY FEARS

Yesterday i saw a picture of two lion cubs playing with a rabbit in a daily news paper.These were being observed by the researchers for behavioral pattern of the carnivorous animals in earlier age.The rabbit seemed pretty comfortable in the company of the cubs.The cubs were also playful.

Similar behavior we can watch in small children who are not yet introduced to the element of fear.Once i remember while on a visit to Mussorie i saw a family of foreigners, parents with two sons aged around six or eight.There was a giant wheel in the Central Park,which was handled manually by two experts by putting their weight on the spikes for movement of the wheel....... At that period of time....that is around two or three decades back.When the giant wheel stopped both the children wanted to go up there to the center of the wheel to have an idea how it spins.They were of course very small and their weight could hardly move the locked wheel.The parents didn't stop them.The kids went up to the center of the wheel ....the two experts constantly giving them directions. There was no fear in the eyes of either parents or sons.Fearlessly these small kids had accomplished what they desired to do.

Kids are generally fearless and bold enough and we as elders due to our own set patterns of thinking about safety and concern for the well being of the child start instilling fear in him or her. In a way elders transfer fear in younger generations.There is no doubt that one should be careful enough not to get hurt or harmed in any way, but being bold to an extent gives freedom from the unwanted clutches of fear.

With every bold action one dispels fear of the unknown, traversing the unknown path realizing the abundant inherent potential of the self.The best way to get freedom from fear is to embrace it with confidence.No fear can ever be greater than self. Face it head on to move ahead.....

AM I READY FOR FORGIVENESS

During a life span we commit mistakes knowingly or unknowingly resulting in loss for somebody else.Sometimes there is an ill feeling only in thoughts and not translated into action.Whether an action is done or not if certain feeling has come to mind....it is said that although it is at a more subtle level but  in actuality is much more powerful .......Subtle way of mind has woven the script and is considered as action accomplished.

Mind is a very strong tool in the hands of a human being....Generally we don't give much importance to the sequence of our thoughts......Missing out on the importance of flashes of thoughts...in a way we are accumulating Karmas unknowingly.A constant chatter of mind helping in piling up.

Getting back to the forgiveness....am i ready for seeking forgiveness....Yes if i feel guilty myself about the crime i committed...No if i don't give a damn about it.
Yes if i want to change or have changed myself to better ways......No if i don't think i have committed a mistake or crime.
Yes if i have strong intention of not repeating the mistake.....No if i have no control on my intentions.

The fertile land of love and compassion where a seed of forgiveness can be sown has to be cultivated.A humble mental disposition needs to be fed by positive thoughts without ego or self righteousness...Seeking forgiveness is also not an easy task,but still more important is the present inclination of self with which forgiveness is sought.

There has to be preparation done and commitment for not committing that mistake again has to be sought.....only then one is ready for asking for forgiveness.

GENDER NEUTRAL

That day one of my female friends told me how difficult its getting day by day to work in male dominated environment.She said it is so embarrassing when any male views one as a female body only..... forgetting other aspects altogether .It is simply humiliating.Any colleague or subordinate or anybody having that kind of  psychology irritates........demeans a female. I somehow calmed her.

That reminds me of a similar incident I was discussing with a friend.Out of the blue she suggested....why don't we try this....
Don't make him a man....We as females feel uncomfortable when anybody looks around like that.Simply ignore his overtures, his glance.......Don't bother at all.
If somebody has such idiosyncrasies he would rather like it to disappear when you stop responding to him as a female.....Respond as a person and make him gender neutral.....Speak to him as in you are speaking to a female only.....

There seemed some genuine food for thought.What happens if we don't take what the other person is giving....it reverts back to him with force and that handles the idiotic behavior.
It's always better to be gender neutral oneself for sure and not let others be any thing other than that.

Practically speaking it helps.It improves your confidence level, your thinking capability also improves as you can now focus better without any other distractions or thoughts.People will behave the way they are accustomed to........Change the way you feel about it......Stop being the target......Rather target the opponent with no expressions.....with full confidence.

A LESSON FROM YOUNG

Love and romance are integral part of life at any given stage.The emotion is so powerful an energy.This very energy is pro-life, pro-happiness, pro-health,pro-well being.......for growth and for evolution of soul.
As we put on years we slow down generally on all aspects of life. I have observed many persons  who preserve enthusiasm in life ......experiencing lighter side of life............ and others who are hardly pulling their strings of daily routine... getting heavier at heart day by day.

The enthusiastic ones are full of joy, happiness, doing great tasks with ease.They are also having problems in life, but know how to peacefully solve problems or accept the odds. This category belongs to people who are problem solvers. They may or may not reach great heights, but their happiness quotient is quite high.

The other category of people are always complaining. They somehow don't want to solve problems, rather they give undue limelight to the problems and problems associated with solving those problems.They are so called problem mongers. The approach rather should be how to face or solve the issues.

A close observation of youth in their late teens, twenties, generally shows that they possess exuberant energy, joy, happiness, zeal for life.......Sometimes i feel they are happy for no obvious reason....a carefree disposition of mind, newly found understanding of their existence....the power of their presence, an unending hunger for life, trying to explore every aspect of existence, strong affinity for life....... the sheer motive that pulls their being...... love for constant change and romance of experiencing the unknown.

 They do have trust in themselves and want to see themselves in the highest position possible.Sometimes dream of very high seemingly unachievable goals. We can find many interesting examples around in our daily life.What is the basic driving factor......They have the energy to push things in their own way to achieve levels, sometimes seemingly beyond their scope.
Their love for life is so alive, fresh and ever increasing...........

As we age we stop dreaming ..... noticing good things in life and start brooding about bad things happening around. Lack of observation for positive things translates into experiencing only negative aspects. This ignorance about the abundant beauty and positive inputs prevalent all around adds to our not experiencing the greatness of life......and hamper us... fully being alive and enjoying life.

Where that enthusiasm of childhood and early adulthood goes....
Why we stop celebrating life with advancing years........
Nature is celebrating all the time......love and romance in nature does not evaporate with passing days......that remains the same following the natural course demonstrating spectacular beauty in all the seasons......be it summers or winters,spring or autumn.

We can also experience the joy of living in all the stages of life ....the choice is ours.......only point is what to choose ......a positive and progressive attitude for life ....or a negative and demeaning approach towards this beautiful river of life.

A LIFE LOST

Why life happened to me....is a big question......
Why was i given this thought about trying to find the purpose of my life is still a bigger question.....
 How can i commit this grave mistake to ignore this self introspection.....

As we have a close look on a normal person's life....he takes birth, grows up, takes education and knowledge, gets employed and earns money.......gets married and has children.Then he raises his children, meanwhile looking after may be his parents or close relatives.....and later on his grandchildren and so on the life goes on.....taking care of his own clan.......Nearing his last few years gets care from his loved ones....And one fine day he dies, leaving behind all his blood relations , friends, accumulated wealth or whatever he saved.

Is this all that we came for...... took the pain of a life .......What happened to the insight that was provided to we humans only........... to help and guide us to choose the right direction to lead life.....make right choices at right time.......to have a judgement to choose right options in lifetime.......why an inability to discriminate wisely is prevalent......

Why that insight provided to us by The Almighty is not working.....are we sleeping.
We are doing everything for our loved ones only although whether we will be reciprocated with the same or not we rarely give a damn to it....
We are trying to provide the best only to people who are near and dear ones....although we have the capacity to take care of much more.
We have the capability to shower our love and affection....... to provide and guide many more....some unknown or unrelated also.
We can really touch many more hearts.....lives..... than what we actually do in life....
Only if we go beyond the boundaries of our own family and consider others also part of the family and help out.

We try to seek God in  religious places....but God resides in hearts.....
Hearts of fellow humans.
Why not to extend our hand to the hand seeking help....touching his heart....feeling the presence of God then and there.
Man seeks God through mind, but God is seen through hearts only.

OPTING FOR ILLHEALTH OR HEALTH

Another day while walking in the park, i heard an old man telling his friend that age is just a number.He was saying that at seventy eight  he feels as young as he ever felt and he is rather mentally much more at ease....and has all the time in life for pursuing his hobbies....He looked really content and happy.Otherwise at this age majority of the clan are always complaining about their health.

I wonder why certain people remain healthy and why others fall critically ill.It is the ultimate truth that everyone has to die and leave this world.....Umpteen number of causes for justifying the death have possibility in our life.Sometimes one fine day we get to know that Mister so and so passed in his sleep .... didn't wake up in the morning........although he had no health problems, but had a sudden unexpected death.

On the other hand there are numerous examples of people suffering for years.....sometimes for decades at a stretch,but they don't get back to their state of health n well being even after getting best possible treatment.......They bear health problems throughout their life.

Now we hear ...... that there are many diseases which are actually life style problems.
How does the life style impact health....Today's life style that people follow is generally a major cause of ill health...May be certain routine we follow these days enhances a possibility of health problems.

Does a certain life style impact the mind also ?
Do certain things we follow impact our thinking process....our mind. Our mind is probably one of the strongest tools that we explore with throughout our life.Even a critically sick person's mind also works quite fast. An old man or woman can always suggest on varied topics although they may not be physically very active.A good or bad attitude towards self , others or for life are strong deviated excursions of the mind only.

Generally we observe that while we indulge in negative emotions like jealousy, anger or delusion, healthy or unhealthy competition,work for unrealistic goals we over press the body and the mind both. Increased awareness of everybody about everything and many other factors contribute in building physical health or reversing it.......

All our body secretions,the enzymes and hormonal system get disturbed, the digestive system gets affected, elimination  of toxins gets hampered. What happens when such negative emotions give rise to more negative thinking and that remains there for longer durations.

The physical health starts deteriorating with deterioration of thought process. A very good example of this would be.......Suppose you are walking down trying to cross a very busy road.Suddenly a vehicle crosses you with speed.... rather fleeing past precariously close to your body.........What happens? The fear of getting run over by the vehicle triggers such enzymes and hormones in the body immediately and one feels bitter taste. A negative thought of fear could infuse such an impact although the feeling of fear sustained for a very short time....... one second or two........
How can we deny accepting the grave deteriorating impact of negative thoughts......

Such an incident can trigger such huge change in taste. So what happens if the thought process deteriorates....isn't that an invitation for bad health.The food we eat does not really help at all beyond a certain level. Basically what and how we think..........whether the thinking process is constructive or destructive......... is the most important basic ingredient for good health....i.e. physical,mental,emotional and spiritual health.....

All the systems of the body remain affected badly until a pleasant feeling comes on the way with a full force and impacts the mind for longer duration......As a single bad thought has an impact on the well being.......similarly a single good and positive thought also has an equal impact....the choice is with oneself.

They say every breath that the Almighty has assigned...... one will have to take....whether in good or bad health......So how to lead life....riding on excellent health or drowning with the burden of sickness  ..... the choice rests with the self.

CAN STRAY MINDS BE TAMED

Yesterday i observed an incident which forced me to think deeper....it goes like this. As i was strolling on the roof of my house i saw two kids of a laborer coming towards my house, a girl and a boy of around five or six....They had biscuits and chapatti in their hands....both were playing and also eating these in between...There they saw a stray dog.The girl tried to shoo away the dog, but the boy went forward and started patting the dog....holding the food in one hand.

The dog was wagging its tail..as it was pleased with the boy.The dog sat down.The boy hugged it.....caressed it.The dog didn't get distracted at all by food held by the boy. Then the boy started giving it food bite by bite.....sometimes trying to put a bite in the dog's mouth......And the dog was enjoying every bit of that love and hard and dry chapatti.

This incident catalyzed a thought process in my mind....that its amazing how a stray dog can be tamed in no time with love.....
Then how about the antisocial elements or terrorists or misguided miscreants or negative seekers.......can they also be changed with love.....

May be in their life they didn't get enough affection or care.May be they had to bear all the odds in their childhood.May be no caring parent was present in their growing years.May be there was no body to guide them in positive direction.
May be they were never adequately introduced to this positive emotion that is love, care or affection.May be that's why they lost touch with life and adapted unacceptable means.

We can't ignore this problem by taking refuge in a karmic explanation.......
Can they also be streamlined with love and affection.....yes...definitely so.....
The need is to recognize the absence of affection in their formative years....and do the needful by understanding them......showing genuine concern and affection and giving them a guided progressive direction.....

My grandmother used to tell me an interesting concept.It was like this...... She used to tell that a human being's mind is just like a vessel and the vessel is full of thoughts..... emotions.These thoughts and emotions build up over a period of time. These vary in quality in accordance to the inputs and experiences of life and flow out whenever an output is required.

The quality of out flow from the vessel that is mind definitely depends on the stored inputs over the past..........
Whatever was stored there over a period of time flows out...
Genuinely...... love, affection and care can help in improving the content and quality of outflow.

RELIGIOUS ENTERTAINMENT

Religion ........what is religion....everyone knows about that.....So much is already available to read to listen to or to see......A more appropriate question probably is ......what is the purpose of religion.......some people know about that........and very few actually understand that and even lesser want to tell the truth about religion to their fellow beings.
So generally speaking every one is simply accepting what ever little knowledge is available or understood......majority of people have no inclination to go deep and understand the actual purpose of religion.....or they have no time or means for doing deep study.
Then there is this bigger problem of politicizing the religion which acts as a deterrent for the actual seekers.Another problem of superstitions and misguiding advisers is quite prevalent.....The innocent follower of the religion accepts all as told by the priests.....or so to say more experienced followers....without an iota of doubt they accept.
There is one more interesting class of followers which takes pride in following the rituals...the whole essence of religion lost in performing daily rituals...and beyond that no research on the subject of religion is ever exercised....except for propagating the rituals.
No self research on the highly respectable scriptures is practically done. We actually start worshiping the scriptures without putting in an effort to analyze and understand the meanings.......or we simply read scriptures without actually thinking about the hidden guidance in these.
Why we practice the religion with ignorance.....without proper analysis and research.......Why this whole practice of rituals......daily visit to the shrine...becomes nothing more than a good routine followed daily.
The whole practice becomes a kind of religious entertainment ......without actually benefiting the practitioner.....Its time we rethink our concept of how to follow the religion.....how to get maximum benefit.......
An introduction to God is propagated by all the different faiths...and its an automatic first step for a child to get introduced to the concept of existence of a higher force... The Almighty....So role a religion can't be ignored........

LIFE IS TOO VALUABLE FOR SOCIETY NONSENSE

That day i called a friend, she was at a party, thrown by her friend celebrating her fiftieth birthday....well its really good to reach your fiftieth birthday hale and hearty......and its good to be with a select group of close friends........but a celebration with more than fifty or hundred odd guests doesn't justify the quality of time spent for fifty odd years.....

It seems people all around are trying to find odd reasons to either throw or attend a party........generally a behavior of teenagers or persons in their twenties or thirties to the maximum......but here we see people from older age groups as equally active or sometimes more frequent party goers.....

Everybody around seems to be in a never ending race with ever growing number of competitors from all walks of life.....My maid was asking for a day off one day, as i asked the reason for that she in her rustic style told me she has to attend a reception at night ......... her nephew got married and the reception was in his and his bride's honor.......its so amazing how people from even lower class are adapting these activities which are unduly propagated by the middle class and rich alike.......

Its neither a matter of money nor time........its only the inclination ....the psyche.....an unmindful copying of good and bad alike.....the highly contagious trends of the era......the distorted opinion about self worth......shallowness of thought process.

All practice gets infuriated to inexhaustible levels to feed ego....blow it to peak the highest level possible......just to enhance a false feeling of happiness .......distorted self esteem......surrounded by false company...actually not realizing being alone there.

Our behavior is a mirror image of our inner feelings.......priorities........justifications.....jealousies.....competitions........happiness......contentment......joy.
Whatever is inside comes out as a reflection...a true copy.

One of my teachers once told me that there are two ways to draw a longer line........one is to physically draw your line longer than the line of comparison...........another way is to rub the line of comparison to make it shorter than your own line...........in both the cases your line wins..........

But there is a lot of difference in the actual interpretation of both the actions i. e. drawing your line longer and the second action..... rubbing the line of comparison a bit or more to make it shorter......

Drawing your own line longer needs an effort to work harder, longer inputs with more dedication.....to grow one's own line or let's say self esteem.......a positive outlook for growth.....

Rubbing or erasing other line or say leveling the other person's self esteem needs a wicked gesture or a highly manipulated and motivated action............A negative practice to heighten your own ego.........

So why this run for the show is experiencing new heights and dimensions......varied approach and all variety of indulgence........fake show of affluence...happiness....with bankrupt peace of mind and values........

And the biggest bankruptcy....that of time....of life ...all actions accomplished without a single progressive thought ....without taking notice of progress in evolution of soul....
Without the basic objective of the valuable life ........... blessed to we mortal beings.......by the Supreme Power........ by His Grace

MY MOM'S FUN GROUP

I remember as a teenager i used to admire my mother for her sets of friends........her club activities....her outings with  her friends.......
Although she used to take up her duties as a mother,wife and a house maker too well still she always found time for recreation......meeting her neighbors....friends......and she used to feel very happy.....

Over the years as i grew up i realized that she has an ability to make friends with even strangers with ease.....she would strike a conversation with anybody if she feels like doing so.....that is an admirable quality in her which continues till date.

Last month she fell sick. She got cut off from her social groups for almost a month due to her illness......
I found she was very eager to meet her peers as soon as she gets well......and moreover loved when somebody visited her home to inquire about her health.......slowly and slowly she recovered as at the age of seventy three it really takes time to get back to the original health level........
She had this thought at the back of her mind that she has to again mix up with her group of friends.

This whole episode put me to a thought process........
Generally as we grow old we start losing interest in keeping....maintaining friendship...........
Sometimes we avoid certain set of friends and at other times somebody avoids us.........
But the end result is the same.....that is we lose friends and lose opportunities to make and keep friendship alive........

I remember one more incident that of my father when he retired from his job......serving for around thirty five  years.....
Suddenly he found himself to be too free.....without any work...with very little responsibilities to be handled on daily basis.........
Too much time....and not much to look forward to during the day.....in the evening.......
Earlier he had a set routine of working in the office from nine to five....and had little time and option left for much serious social activity......now he hardly had any friends so to say.
He started feeling a little sad.......

Someone suggested him to visit a nearby park....or some community gathering... or a senior citizen group....
By and by he followed the suggestion and found for himself good learned friends......and groups..... like him....where he communicated well.....which brought his happiness back......

At any stage of life one definitely needs a group of people.....the fun group..... where one can interact freely.....that is quite rejuvenating........

A QUEST FOR A SOUL MATE

We meet different set of people in our life at different intervals.........
Some of the persons have fixed relation with us..... like parents,brother or sister, kids ........these relationships don't change with any change in time or permutation or combination........
Then there are changing or adapted relations say.....with spouse, friends.......

We tend to choose friends in accordance to our physical or mental disposition.........The friendship or relations remain healthy depending on how much compatible we are mentally...emotionally....socially.
We tend to get attracted towards people who have similar preferences....... or likes and dislike.

We are drawn more towards people who are on a similar platform....value the direction that should tread in this life.............are aware of the growth process..........have a desire to grow psychologically and spiritually.......

Spending time with such people is a treat in itself.......one doesn't feel the passage of time....the duration of time spent always seems to pass very fast...... although actually it might be a very long duration......

The exchange of thoughts enriches all or both......... emotionally and mentally..... encouraging and aggregating.......and if the closeness is more directed.......more piercing .......spiritual enhancement may also happen....the exchange at soul level........which is the basic quest of the being.

Who can be my soul mate.........Any other human being who has the greed...the quest for the similar purpose......is a potential soul mate....The scriptures also tell us that we should meet other entities to grow physically, mentally and spiritually.......

Generally we learn more in good positive company......so definitely if the exchange of views and concepts is within  people at similar wavelength.....it helps to accelerate the learning and growth process for both........

PLATONIC LOVE

Relationship between two individuals may be casual, social, emotional, and physical…….. or exchange and co ordinance at a higher level……may be platonic, psychological, spiritual.

Some persons are supportive and others give support…..Of course sometimes one has to take support and sometimes one gives support ………. Psychology of a human being is too complex to be understood in one go……sometimes I feel it is rather impossible to actually understand even a single person fully…….

Mind is so complicated with varied thoughts…negative as well as positive…..and let’s not forget that negative and positive…good or bad……virtue and vice …are all relative concepts …differing in their interpretation in different circumstances….

We eagerly try to understand the other individuals……but do we actually have the capability to know others well………

Probably more important  and appropriate introspection would be whether we have the capability to understand self……its needs physical, emotional, social, psychological…..…..its tendencies…….its aversions and influences…..its approach towards life………is it a balanced one or more materialistic or spiritual.

Basically we don’t understand ourselves…..me, myself……..then how can we understand anybody else.

I, self is the most closest to the being…still sometimes its own reactions are beyond acceptance……..we don’t accept because we don’t expect certain behavior or reactions from self………….

Why do we have relationships……..beyond social reasons there is a search or quest of the self for getting a feel of completeness…………..In itself…… self has a feeling of incompleteness……..an emptiness……a shallowness……a gap between it and fullness………so we start searching…… beyond self……. towards others…….

Can two or more incomplete entities make each other complete………I don’t think so.

Everyone is complete in itself…..just like Almighty……..

The need is to go beyond falseness of others…and falseness of self….

The quest is to fully understand, accept…approve…and be in a kind of platonic love for the thy self…

WHO WILL SPEND THE PENNY I SAVED

Comfortable living is anybody's dream......generally we spend our life time earning....saving......
more earning...n more saving.......We save for a child's education...marriage.....our old age.....
Someone more enterprising will save for helping children for their growth also....
A more dedicated one will save...invest for his whole generation.....may be unseen generations also.....

Why we do that....to safe guard ourselves....our generations.........or it is a mere tendency to get hold of that extra penny.......God does not give this chance of holding extra money to all..........and we can't take anything physical from this life after our death.....that everybody knows......still irony of the situation is that almost everybody who gets a chance is doing it.............without any discrimination of status....cast.....creed.

It is so amusing......to seeing every body trying to out do others with amazing zest and zeal......every opportunity is taken for that so called accumulation........
Sometimes i wonder if my parents...........or well wishers had saved some fortune for me.......what would have happened.......i would have learnt to enjoy the money for which i had no contribution in earning......

Without learning the value of a penny i would have been spending millions.....and that also without any awareness of whatever i am doing........why i am doing it.......without a second thought........millions would have gone down the drain.........leaving me may be heavier.............. without enhancing any values in me......may be instilling some negative traits as gift of surplus wealth............wealth without sweat......

Wealth with sweating.......working hard.....toiling ..........is it different......definitely so.......the happiness that emerged when i was paid the first time after the hard work was unlimited.......
The satisfaction of doing something for earning.......and holding the self earned money.....gives immense pleasure.....probably much more than expected.........spending such money always gives inner happiness.......peace........re-enforcing the level of growth with ever increasing capability............

Then why to not let the younger generation enjoy....... the taste of success.......satisfaction of accomplishing something big or even small................Why to steal their opportunity to experience the joy of creating.....excelling.......showing their true worth........

The elder generations of course should enjoy their life.......they deserve it........of course supporting their younger ones to become self reliant and creative..............

SALVATION.....DECODED

Entire life of a human being is passed in either trying to create a balance or achieve that is desired by him........giving result to average accomplishments in every field of life...........the desires.....money......position.....power....harmony in different situations.....

We are very comfortable in our average performances........don't want to leave our comfortable .....very soothing......protective blanket.

Why we got this life is a very big question......not an average question.....
So the answer to it can't be so average....let's introspect and find out together....

The moment a child is born this cycle of life starts....it cries if it wants something ....is hungry....or is wet....or wants mother's comforting touch.......whatever....and all..........that's a pure and a hundred percent honest action.....her honest attributes......no impurity.....

Passing months or years make the child smarter...now she can act....can pose .....knows how to demand whatever she wants......how to get things done in her favor........the purity of the soul lost......or gets covered by impurities...........the truthful actions are lost somewhere during the growth to adulthood..........and more loss of natural attributes happens with passing years..........

So why we got life.......the big question......was it for losing whatever we had at the time of birth......

The basic attributes....qualities of any person are always very strongly present there.....the need is to identify whatever we have forgotten.......or have sidelined due to the so called compulsions of life.......

The need was to fully experience all the male or female attributes in its full power......our natural reflexes.......our inherent reactions...............not to suppress....rather give a direction to the flow with ease........being observant all the time.....

So what was life given for.... to us.......
Is it for living the half truth........
Or for..... at least knowing....or realizing the truth as a whole....not in parts.....
My own truth........full ......complete.......and then realizing it..........a hundred percent truth of me......my basic ingredients.......how ever positive or negative in the view of social.....religious.....or spiritual norms.......

All these norms are fixed by our fellow beings....we should never ever forget that.......there is always room for certain deviation here and there.........some error on the part of humans.....

Finding one's own norms....with or without a deviation .........
Being comfortable about oneself is the core truth of salvation..........

Salvation is to accept oneself..... fully......truly..............without any shame.....apprehensions.......pride.......
We are here to accept ourselves first.... as a whole........freedom of the soul follows automatically......

My opinion.........

A POTENTIAL ULTIMATE ENERGY

The universe is boundless,unlimited and widespread beyond our knowledge.......our recognition........beyond our scope of vision or perception........a never ending infinite, unrestricted constant flow....... consisting of matter, energy beyond our sense of estimation.....

I have been observant ...... since many decades the natural calamities, disaster, tragedy, mishaps, catastrophe, accidents beyond my judicial understanding of the concepts.Still the life moves on after every such miscalculation...... with a scope of ever evolving......constant progress....

Sometimes there is hue and cry of water table getting lower day by day.....or it is global warming and a glacier melt down.....or a population burst leading to food problem.....or even pollution problem getting  worse in cities..............umpteen number of such issues.............hundreds of major as well as trivial unsorted problems.

A close look at the working of the universe encourages one to think...that if such a big universe is not collapsing in a day......is working in an order....has been working perfect since unknown periods........without anybody's interception...............May be the universe is looked after.....being taken care of........then mere earth is also being looked after by some supreme energy.

Then is there a higher force.....an apex governance..... guidance which is governing the universe.......all the planets, stars, galaxies,the universe.....or may be unlimited sets of universe......you never know.....being watched and lovingly taken care of by the ultimate force.......

We are also a part of that major picture......although a very miniscule speck......but still the presence is there ......so we are also energy only in accordance.......in combination...... with other elements....parts of the universe.

Universe is pure energy...............God is an ultimate energy .....................and me is a potential ultimate energy---
Not much difference....only a level up or down....isn't it very simple.

SELF DISCOVERY

I remember when i was hardly 7-8 years old i was being motivated by my mother to be a physician.With passing years i started believing that i intend to be a doctor...so of course tried hard to get admission in a good medical college .....nearly got admitted to one also........

During that period i was lucky enough to analyze my feelings.......my approach .... for pursuing the profession and found that it was actually my mother's dream not mine......I hardly could dissect....of course had i taken up the course i would have completed it as generally everybody does ..........but that was actually not my call..........

Sometimes it becomes hard to find what one actually wants from life......still there are instances......certain moments......some situations.......which guide one towards catching the real talent.....or aptitude.......or liking....

People get stuck in wrong profession for whole life.......they  sometimes make choices not in accordance to what they actually love to do.....how they actually want to spend their free time.......how their life should be.........one is bound by the choices of the parents, family, friends........
That is a vicious cycle pleasing everybody around...............

A better way definitely will be to self access......self introspect.....make the choices which are more in harmony with self.......Chase your dreams....your own dreams............the ones which are compatible with your mental set up........
Do something you are best at.....you will excel in that without much extra effort......have courage to follow and then achieve your dreams.

Our life is not for making money.....earning name or fame....keeping others happy.....Loving others or loving oneself only......................These are certain aspects of life that are needed for sustenance of life...........So certain things which are only sustaining factors can't be the actual essence...the meaning of life.

Life is much beyond that........life has a much deeper meaning....much  larger prospect ........much greater vision..........but generally people don't understand..........a larger picture for why life happens at all.......

Life happened for us to visualize......understand self...discover the inherent aspects which have long been dumped deep somewhere......we don't even get close to that..............
A soul is born with an aspiration.......in the end goes back without any progress on self discovery.........
What a wasted life.........