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......................