STOP THINK AND MOVE FURTHER

Many people follow a set routine... be that pertaining to a social, religious or spiritual aspect or a sports practice.......Some religiously follow a practice which can be a social service event  or a daily visit to a religious place or  getting up early in the morning at a particular fixed time.....

It is definitely very difficult to follow one particular path daily without fail.With passing time one does acquire the ability to follow that more conveniently and of course with a decreased effort with each passing day.

Well here if we try to analyze the state of mind, body and spirit at the onset of following a set difficult routine when one is preparing oneself into following a set routine.....What happens....one needs lots of energy and motivation.One falls many times. Every failure teaches a lesson if one still insists on that particular path.One needs more energy mentally as well as physically.The expansion of energy is further enhancing at this stage.

As the habit of a daily practice develops....What happens now.... no longer much effort has to be put in.Things get automatically followed.No stretching of energy is required. One starts enjoying the comfort zone. And also a vice that is ego silently creeps in.The person starts feeling superior to others.
Here two aspects start...one no further elevation in the output due to lack of expansion of energy...
second energy depletion due to enhanced ego.

This stage hinders further progress in every field one intends to elevate oneself in.....
Then how to not let ego come in the way.....
Over the years  have found that if one takes very short breaks in between the daily routine pattern one follows it rather gives better results....like not to follow it say once or twice a week....
This practice doesn't let the ego enhance  and so further stops positive energy depletion.....Ego chapter gets stabilized.

Secondly after every break one starts with new increased energy and intent...so a constant in flow of positive energy remains for further progress to the desired goal.......

HEALING WITH MEDITATION

Noise somehow was always a big deterent for my normal thought process. Loud sound coming from even my own mouth numbs my nerves, rather would say has more ill-effect on the clarity of my thoughts.

I remember an interesting episode that happened when i joined my NGO.I visited the preprimary school in slums with around three hundred odd students.The stench around was very obviously felt as i parked my car.More disturbing was the constant noise emanating out of the school hall, with shouting of teachers and students alike.

There are no walls in the school to contain the sound to a limited area or to the respective classroom.It is a temporary shed, open from all sides....so a free flow of din was the result.Umpteen number of efforts to counsel and motivate the students not to shout or speak aloud or abstain from roudy behavior failed. Similar noise was created by the students all the time with hardly much difference.

Then we started the practice of meditation in the morning assembly.Behavior and concentration level of students improved day by day.Still at the time when school gets over similar shouting and fighting and mischivious behavior used to start.

Then we introduced another meditation session of five minutes just before the school gets over. There was marked positive difference again. Now no one standing outside can judge easily that there are so many students studying inside the school.

Definitely there was improvement in physical as well as mental state of the beings, here small children in the age group of six to fourteen. Probably small children are very easy subjects, as they get motivated with a little effort......

This is just a small incident.......
Benefits of meditation are generally felt on all levels....physical, mental as well as spiritual.........

MY TRYST WITH NAME AND FAME

As a twenty something I had a strong desire to be famous, outstanding have a name……..the one really outstanding in the whole crowd, wanted my dreams of teens to come true. Time passed. Years, decades rolled. Nothing called name or fame happened in the real sense, may be due to non-perseverance in my efforts or some situational bends of life, that dream to become famous got the dirt of time over it. Although remained there as a memory …a sweet aspiration of my life.

Decades passed. During these decades tried to perform all my rightful duties to the optimum level in a very balanced way and by grace of God was fairly successful also….and still keeping up with my social responsibilities. At this stage when not many of worldly duties are there to be taken care of, just tried to take off all the dirt that had accumulated on my sweetest desire of being famous. Tried to push some fire into it to ignite the flame again, but lo…. what I realize is that it no longer matters.

The desire to be famous is gone…..when it went away …have no idea.

As a twenty something when started having tryst with society on my own…unprotected …unguarded…

Had to always prove my point….at every point

Had to prove my worth….at every level.

Every time was required to solve all the problems of that particular phase…. whether I was worthy of finding a solution or not.

How very conveniently we accept this very fact that a twenty something person is apt to handle his own life as well as take all responsibilities what so ever fall on him.

As the time passed probably realized the reality of life that helped in moving from self gratification to self awareness…Leading one’s life successfully to the optimum level ….in a balanced way  taking care of all the aspects of life is probably more important than a freak experience with fame or any other …be it power, money etc.

Life is difficult for all. A person who takes it as a challenge and tries his best to achieve the desired result is definitely a successful man irrespective of the positive or negative outcome of this challenge that surfaced in his life. He is famous in his own way.... may be in a very personal way.

He is star of his own life…………..

Important is the input for a positive result….the sincere hard work that one puts in during that course of trial in the wide, varied field....the life.

The sincere effort….is the most important to make one a star.

DISPELLING VEILS

Extreme positive energy is felt whenever there is a chance to have a close interaction with either small children or infants or newly born. Life in its most fresh state. Similarly a blooming tree with half closed buds n freshly bloomed flowers infuse deep color to the surroundings and passing exotic fragrance to the pleasant breeze which moves miles to spread a rejuvenating impact to everyone around alike.

As the days pass the flowers wilt , dry n fall.....No longer the prevailing fragrance is there or deep hues of color are seen. Sometimes i wonder why still trees always give a positive impact....as long as till its last stage....May be because trees have a true natural identity.These are always beautiful n emanating positive energy.....receiving sunshine n spreading diverse positive aura......

Innocence of small babies or children freshens up and also leaves a rejuvenating impact with their simple natural identity. As they grow old they start discarding their natural self or rather cover up their natural self and start behaving like the people around them.They start learning from their
parents, teachers and other members of society with whom they come in contact with. Their actions and reactions are similar to the people around them.Later they acquire similar behaviour patterns and sometimes diseases as well. Veils inherited from the family.......society ......and also to certain extent acquire self imposed behavioural patterns for a specific type of personality that they admire.....

Certainly all the members of the family are not exactly the same.Some difference is definitely there and sometimes there is drastic difference in the thought process amongst the family members also.
What is the reason behind this...may be character development in accordance to some karmic balance over the last births.....Some members may be more evolved, more confident to be in their natural ,simple and vibrant state..... personality..... without any cover-ups.

Life cycle of a butterfly is very interesting. A caterpillar is wriggling around and then transforming itself to sedentary pupa. Pupa dispelling veils to come out as a beautiful and colourful butterfly flying around.... spreading a pleasing vibration.

Its beautiful to live a simple life without any veils....a natural and vibrant state of life.....
Spreading and receiving positive energy.......

FINDING MY OWN GOD

Life is going on. Of course will last till the very last breath....may be beyond that also.Certain thoughts from unknown source do strike the mind unexpectedly time to time.The course of life changes without any prior indication without our preference asked for.

Life is a bunch of different experiences....whether we grasp or say learn from that or not, still certain imprints do mark their space in the data of our psyche.It doesn't really matter whether that experience is totally unimportant, mundane or trivial.....their presence is marked.

The topping adds, just like the one in pizza and we get life pizza with ever accumulating toppings with each passing moment.Then is it so that any small or big event happening around us leaves an impact...definitely so it seems. And surprisingly these storing memory chips are ever growing, always alive, efficiently processing and reproducing data all the time.

Every one has a different, unique concept about everything and that goes for God as well....One has his own idea about whether someone known as God is there or not...
Does He really exist....
If He exists how is He like.....
Does He think or not.....
Does He think like us.........
May be or may be not.

Why impermanence of all emotions exist in us....the duality....
Why everyone of us has rich experiences in life which can turn into a very interesting and informative encyclopedia.....

Why everyone thinks his own life is unique...
What is so unique about the intrinsic details of the events those happened from probably even before we were born....

Sometimes i really feel i have come to life just to experience certain things, say as we go to the market or to meet a relative or go to see off a friend or go for a daily morning walk..............and so on.........the experiences....yes.... but not as important as may be the data i collect.....

The data that i accumulate is the most important....
Just like as on a holiday, whatever pleasant or sometimes unpleasant memories, we have during the visit, we add.......irrespective of the place we went to....where we stayed......what we ate....what we argued about......

The only important aspect is what overall gross impression we added as a memory.......
So if i trust in the presence of God, i definitely accumulate such ideas consciously as well as unconsciously.....getting closer to the idea of God....trying to find my own God....................

SPARK OF MY LIFE

A long train journey has always been a great learning experience from  maddening crowds to some valuable quiet moments......from small observations around to big introspection inside.
Company of unknown people around....a chance for actually watching all their activities and still not be accused of being intrusive.Good scenery around as the train speeds up and a mild glimpses of the culture of the village or town the train halts at.

Different people, different places and varied cultures...Still that smile is the same, that laughter, the warmth are all  the same.The language of love or hatred, jealousy or humbleness and kindness,or for that matter any emotion are the same every where and can be perceived without utterance of words.

Wonder what that mode or medium of transfer of thoughts and emotions from one person to other one is and how that affects the other person and his life.There is always something very important in one's personality ....the basic trait...which actually triggers the basic actions and reactions in life.....Which determines real essence of the nature and behaviour of that person...Which pushes the person forward or rather initiates enough energy to encourage one to reach out wider...cross all barriers and move on the untraveled path.


Who is behind the wheel....What is pushing......what is the drive...what spark is the triggering factor in my life......What is that internal quest that is giving rise to external results.....

I remember while coming back from my school, some decades ago, i used to see a very old cobbler cycling his way to work .He was quite old as i could see the wrinkles on his face and his trembling legs on the paddles.Still that spark in his eyes was always there accompanied with a pleasant smile on his face.That spark of contentment...where from it originated......nothing made up ....all original feelings....what was it that was giving him extreme sense of satisfaction in such odds also.

We have some general goals in life which we definitely work on to achieve ....
Are there any inherent goals which are beyond this present life.........some accumulated data from the past for the future beholding...................close to one's basic instinct....
The instinct that constantly guides and assists to reach the final destination....

A POWERFUL ACTION----TO GIVE

There is an old saying for what and how to donate, prevalent in India.
That goes like this.....
 If you are donating food, never think twice,simply give to the hungry or who so ever is asking for it.
If you are donating money think before giving. Review the pros and cons regarding the usage of the money donated by you, but still give according to your judgement.
If you are getting your daughter married which is considered the highest degree of donation for a parent in Hindu System, then think as many times, for as long as required. Make sure of each and every aspect before committing to someone.

What to give....
A million dollar question with a simple but befitting answer.............
Whatever you anticipate to take......
Giving enriches the environment...soothing the psyche of the giver.
 And giving without expectation is simply a divine act....

Giving gives a deep satisfaction as a return gift and that is for sure. A small gesture of giving love,warmth or encouragement to someone enhances the level of received joy for the self in bargain. A smile back from even a stranger lights up the spirit.Joy on the face of some oldie while asked about his or her well being is simply amazing with a deep impact.

An old neighbour once made a passing remark that with passing times people have started sticking to their home more and don't come out to interact with other neighbours.Although modes of relaxation and entertainment are drastically different from as it used to be decades ago still talking pleasantly to someone gives relaxation to the mind. Exchanging views also gives knowledge as well as company.
Give company to receive one.

Even if one gives unrestricted love or warmth without any expectation in return, still giving is in itself a genuine enhancer of well being for both....the giver as well as reciever......Not giving gives a negative input to the mind while giving gives a positive impact.

Blessed are ones who choose to give and share.

WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE

Life is, as some say beautiful, full of surprises,achievements, happiness,unlimited freebies in the form of nature, air, water,serenity of stars and galaxies and others say it is full of shocks and disappointments, ugly and vulgar display of wealth, emotional drama.........

What is life for me is very important as far as i am concerned.
Is it name, fame, power, health or wealth.....
Or it is set of responsibilities or duties, relations or friends......
Is it love or acceptance by others........
Is it eating good food or leading a luxurious life, travelling to the farthest end or achieving the unachievable.....

What is the most important in life.....
My status....or my well being on all levels that is physical, mental, social, emotional or spiritual...
Or the people whom i love or the people who love me......
Is happiness the perspective that is the most important...

I read somewhere "Laugh like a mad man or a child".....
A mad man laughs but has no conscious backing his loud coherent laughter. He is absolutely unaware of the pleasantness which arises out of laughing. A child is conscious of a laugh, but does not know the value of a good laugh.So that means even he is not fully conscious.
Is laughing loud and clear a parameter of happiness.I saw many laughing even when they actually want to cry their heart out.

So what is the most important for me....a big question....
Is it my past, the ever passing present or the unseen future.....
Good follows bad and bad follows good.Nothing is permanent.Every permutation and combination is changing constantly.Change seems a permanent factor.
Nothing remains for ever, neither beauty nor status......
So what to cling on.....

The awareness of this constant change is suddenly falling on the soul....
This knowledge does create  big or small ripples on emotional, social, physical, mental or spiritual front depending on the present status.
I feel this consciousness, this awareness of basic essence of life that is a constant, unhindered change, is the most important aspect to have a deep thought about.Life is like a river.The water of river passes through different, varied terrains.Every moment the scenery around the flowing water changes, it has no control on its motion also and still it moves on and on uninterrupted....till the end......
Just like life........

VIRTUAL REALITY.......HOW MUCH REAL

Virtual seems related to what is not actually present as matter i.e. no physical manifestation and so can not be known by our sensory organs....that has no physical form, but is present in imagination, thoughts or may be beyond our conceivable limits which has the capacity to trigger a chain of physical aspects and reflections which can be seen, heard, felt, smelt or tasted........

Before an important meeting everyone likes to plan and virtually tries to figure out all the pros and cons of the different situations that can arise before,during and after the meeting......As the meeting actually happens some or majority of virtual thoughts crystallize to reality.

We read in old scriptures that even a thought of committing an evil deed must be considered as the evil actually committed.Why is it so......
 Similarly we can think or wish for positive to others, can heal from a distance with positive affirmations......Telepathy is a strong contender for virtual thoughts realizing a form......Then sometimes certain dreams also show us that whatever happens is not always seen with eyes.....may be eyes of mind or soul at work.

Virtual reality is how much real........
Trust in Almighty and we feel His presence, His intervention wherever required and His guidance at all intervals we get......How we feel His presence......
Are things in reality at different planes...whatever we see, we call it real while all the rest that is hidden visually or otherwise not perceived, we tend to ignore....or consider virtual.

How is it that this most complicated  machine of ours...the human body...is designed, the detailed structure  and its working, nothing but perfect. Even the systems working in the smallest living entity are wonderfully intricate and perfect.We can't deny the divine presence.The solar system, the galaxies,the milky ways,the whole universe......the whole existence is amazing in its perfection...Nothing stationary, all moving on their own respective path.

Do we feel the presence of  more than one set of crystal clear thoughts simultaneously at different planes. Certain intuitions or a flash of idea from no where land or a solution  to the present problem being worked on coming so easily......

Definitely we simply don't have the level of concentration to hear the ever prevailing primordial sound.......
Of course sometimes a sound from a little far away can be heard provided the mind is at peace with certain level of clarity.......

Virtual existence is also a reality..........ability and strength to perceive can vary markedly.........

CHAOS A HURDLE IN GROWTH.....

While surfing net today got across a word by chance, i. e. Harmony.........
The meaning for harmony as written in dictionary is of the likes ....agreement in feeling and opinion.....being in order....pleasing combination of elements in a whole....a consistent and simultaneous arrangement.....accord in pitches, tones or notes for music.....or for the music called life.....a balance in everything

Chaos on the other hand means  a very opposite of harmony.......Chaos means ...a condition or place of great disorder or confusion ........a lack of organization.....missing organized behavior....an imbalance to sum it all.
A screaching sound or a badly composed music is a soar to the ears while a melodious number enriches instantly.

Carefully if  we watch around our biggest display...i.e. Nature....we definitely see an order, a balance, a complete harmony........a pleasing overview.....a constant growth....a peaceful, positive ,energetic and revitalizing undercurrents....rejuvenating the soul.....while we see in natural overtones,the natural calamities, a complete reversal of this orderly condition.Devastation is the outcome of each and every natural calamity...... a total chaos is witnessed in those unfortunate times leaving a trail of misfortune, overwhelming shock and grief.....A terrible destruction is the regrettable and inevitable result.

So if the nature, which is surely, a powerful infinite divine display can't handle a strike of chaos how can we as human being manage to grow in a condition of disharmony.......

Order at all levels is the pre-requisite for moving even a single step forward....All has to be planned, organized and put to order.

Chaos in the place, conditions, mind has to be taken care of appropriately, to be blessed with a balanced mind. Whatever comes in the way of harmony, should be either taken care of or removed completely....be it an environment, a condition , a person.......anything which has the capability to create confusion should be duly handled.

We do concentrate or meditate to clear our thought process, clear our mind, remove the confusion.....improve our prospects of growth on all levels of life.....physical, mental, social, financial and spiritual......

Is it possible to concentrate or meditate in a chaotic environment..................

AM I EVOLVING OR INVOLVING

Ever since it dawned on me that the most important scripture to be read and understood is self and self only, i wonder if with the passage of time i am really able to understand my real essence....the real me.

Over the years with every passing day some additional information gets imbibed in or it would be more accurate to say additional veil covers the real me....The forgotten purpose of this life goes a bit more beyond reach.And me as everyone else is struggling to get ashore.

After five decades of life, its becoming more clear that the life which was provided to me was supposed to be a very simple affair without any questioning from my side......only acceptance was required from my side and i would have sailed peacefully, but just for the reluctance to learn the lesson of acceptability over the years........

Just like birds soaring the sky, fish scaling the oceans, butterflies fluttering their wings in joy .....................with freedom...............without any question.....

Somewhere i became more skeptical, more intrusive, worrying more for the outcomes of my day today actions, losing my freedom, increasing my bindings while controlling others life as well.......losing the trust on my own abilities, which was my inherent asset......

Living a complex life definitely invites trials and strife, where as a simple life always gives an opportunity to enhance the quality of life.....physically, mentally and spiritually. Life of a small child is simple, with very small needs and the happiness of the child is unlimited......As he grows older, varied complexities enter his life also, making him lesser content.

So do i really evolve with passing years or i get more and more involved surely the sole onus lies on me......
The journey that is life has a limited stipulated time....not even a second less or more....
So am i running against time .......or with time.....
Self introspection is definitely required......

WHY DO I BITCH

I was having lunch with a friend at a local restaurant.There was a party going on, on the very next table.Some ten twelve beautifully dressed females were chit chatting happily, having gala time.

 Generally that is the scene while old friends meet after long time.I wonder what happens when they meet more frequently and go beyond the usual niceties....a marked change in behavior of some is witnessed....like true colors of the personality show up. The same set of old friends now become competitors and try to either outshine the other by bestowing about oneself or by degrading others.Why a change in stance for the same set of people is there.

Certainly there is change in the thinking process of the individual viz a viz that group after that comfort time which then tries to push others beyond the comfort zone. Closeness brings about familiarity and that in turn rises the level of comparison which sometimes turns to ugly competition...bitchiness....

Surely these are not healthy traits.It shows, as in some inner weakness or some frustration in life or some grave pain is at play. Deception is the basic trait in women and is as strong as lust is in men.....That's a known and accepted fact.Still every woman doesn't deceive and every man is not lustful.Why is it so?
A mother is recognized as an incomparable epitome of love and care.Why then such contrasts in behavioral pattern are existent.....

What does a particular behavior of a person show?
Does it reflect the actual inner condition of the psyche?

BE YOUR OWN GUIDE OR GURU

Down the passing years, while living the life everyone comes across different sets of people, from various backgrounds, with varied approach towards life.Some leave a pleasant impression in your mind where as others leave a bitter impact behind.Still everyone gives something or the other, giving some kind of trigger for the thoughts, leaving a big trail of thoughts and counter thoughts.

We all are in the process of evolution, some are a little or more ahead and others a little or more behind.Definitely we all are traveling the road called life.So we are all traveling more or less together.....some trying to lead and others trying to follow.

Everyone is still struggling with duality, pros and con in some condition if not in all circumstances.So for sure no one out of us has reached the destination, but at the same time everyone has the potential to reach the destination....the inherent capacity and intelligence to be there......That inbuilt affinity towards that unknown eternal goal is so strong that it is enough to know all....understand everything seen or unseen,explore all aspects.

We are constantly learning in each and every moment of life from each and everyone around us. Some teach us about one aspect of living while others show us another way to deal. So virtually everybody around us can be safely considered a Guru.We are learning from nature and from all living creatures alike.

No one else knows one better than oneself.No body can know one's actual condition as oneself. So no one else can know the solution  to the problem also as oneself. Anyone else can access to or address may be to some limited extent on physical or to still lesser extent on mental or on emotional level.So a general view point to solve issues is not appropriate as every individual works or thinks with different approach.

Generally speaking it either needs a life to understand another person or very close affection to know anybody else.How many persons we live with or have very close affinity towards.At the same time as we are on priority, concerned about ourselves, we know or can understand what exactly is required to be done, much better resolved than anybody.So why not to be your own guide or own Guru.Learning from everyone but still have reliability on self the most.

A LETTER TO MY YOUNG SON

At that time i was an eighteen or nineteen year old when i read something similar probably in a daily news paper...."A letter to my young daughter". Basically it was all about how she should behave and take important decisions before as well as after marriage.How she should take care of all lovingly and adapt to the changed environment and culture after marriage. Why she should have her first child as soon as possible....Why her husband's career is more important than hers....How she should help in binding the family......things like this....Extremely suppressing for today's generation ...but may be appropriate for the Eighties of the last century.

 Over the years much has been written for the daughters and surprisingly the girls are still learning and trying to improve and generally speaking, doing well too.Still there are some marked changes in the viewpoint of females which is quite visible. Now these young girls are very sensitive towards their own career and they definitely need support of parents as well as spouse and rest of the family. They are aware of their rights and duties equally and choose to exercise the same too which is good for the equality without any disparity in our society.

Earlier only sons were pampered, but now daughters are equally encouraged to perform better.We can't rest upon the ideas of last generations for a clue to set pattern of actions and reactions for that. It is a new, modern era which requires equal participation of both husband and wife to accomplish in life.Sharing of all the responsibilities equally is the key factor which can always help in keeping long lasting relationship.

 We are moving towards equality for males and females, which is a very positive sign for a balanced and ultimate growth of the society. Both giving and accepting love and respect is important.Performance of both weighs equal in all varied fields of life.......Certain responsibilities like financial or social security which were male oriented are now being shared by females too.Similarly certain female oriented responsibilities are also being shared by males, which is progressive.More and more females have become an asset and not a liability for the society.... She is equally capable....so value her presence in your life.

Definitely we are moving towards a more balanced home and society. So son, it requires  intelligent and dynamic participation of you equally.....All the best.....for all your future endeavors.....

EXTENDING BOUNDARIES OF LOVE AND COMPASSION

There was an interesting line in the newspaper today why limit this wonderful feeling of love to just one person in a life…why not to spread the arena of this love….why to be compassionate towards near and dear ones or towards people we know personally…why not to extend love and compassion across the continents….

Why not to actually feel that the whole existence belongs to me and I belong to the whole existence…when I know that even a small flutter of a bird makes a difference on the rest of existence….A ripple in water impacts the ocean……rays of sun pierce whatever comes on its way to reach its final destination……or may b goes much further than we know about…….I realize even my thoughts ,forget my actions have an impact on my fellow beings……my immediate environment…may be going much beyond than what I may have the capacity or capability to perceive.

 Almighty has given abundant resources equally to all the parts of Earth for example. Nature of resources may be different, but we all know there is abundance stored the womb of our mother Earth. We have priced the extracts according to our fancy. There no distinction by nature.

As the child grows old he starts getting ideas about his line of control. We see it’s a general tendency of everyone to extend his/ her boundaries of control. This gives a boost to false self image or power, satisfying the ever bloating ego. Whatever other benefits one gets out of increasing one’s area of control, all ultimately runs to feed the false ego…nothing else.

What if all boundaries are erased mentally…then there won’t be need to greedily grab a lion’s share when one doesn’t deserve even an ant’s share…..How much mental peace would be there when there would be no need to accumulate without any sensitivity……All is mine and I belong to all…Definitely as an individual we have a duty towards every single existence…life…

Adopting all mentally in fact benefits self the most…of course one has to responsibly do the specific duties those come with living in a society, still the pressure goes when one mentally accepts that we all co-exist in this beautiful world and nothing is stationary…everything is ever changing…Nothing belongs permanently to anybody…

Then why waste time and energy in falsely creating specific limits…why not to relieve self from this limitation of physical existence…mentally …while still enjoying the sweetest fruit…..The Life.

BASIC PRINCIPLES...LISTEN TO YOUR BODY

Our body is one of the most wonderful machine, so intricately and explicitly designed by the Almighty. Its so designed that it can withstand any extreme conditions provided it is first trained for the same. Generally it is tuned automatically to rectify the illness instilled with aging, certain abuse or abnormal lifestyle to an extent.....It is capable to regenerate the healthy tissue where ever required provided it is allowed to .....can heal itself regardless of age, only varying in time factor that it may take.

Then the question arises if its such a self healing machine then why sometimes its unable to revive itself.....Why then we find a certain person perennially sick at very young age as well...why there is existence of chronic disease....Why some people lead major part of their life in disease mode.
 Is there a link between our thought process and health of body and mind.....
 Do the cases of repeated abuse of chemicals of all sort or faulty lifestyle or non-constructive mental disposition give due addition and support to accumulated toxins in the body over the time.

Our body is so designed that it can work wonderfully beyond a hundred years of healthy life.Then why majority of us witness weakness with every passing year.
Why at the age of say thirty or forty more than half of  the teeth are badly affected.
Why there is general muscular loss.....or bone density depletion....

 There is an interesting incident which i would like to share.At the age of probably 10 or 12 while i was reluctant to brush my teeth a second time before sleeping, one fine night my dad said reluctantly... alright never mind that's your choice.He quipped..... most probably life of a human being stretches to say eighty year and if a person doesn't clean her teeth twice a day, the life of teeth will shorten to say a little more than half the years of life of the body. So probably beyond your forties you would end up without some or majority of your original teeth. Although that was just his way to make me understand the need for a proper cleansing.....but it made sense that i have to take care if i want to take fair use from my originals throughout my life.

Now what happens over the years... why our body gets so weak to do its natural process of cleansing.Toxins accumulate making it more weak.Its rather very simple. We have not been taking due care of our body...subjecting it to daily abuse and then reluctantly expect it to work wonders. Sometimes we overwork physically and rather more mentally without a genuine break or with bare minimum rest and sleep  for rejuvenation.....we hardly take time off to take rest physically as well as mentally.

Listen to your body.It definitely tells when we are going overboard. It needs rest to heal to cool down...to heal itself...It needs 6-8 hours sleep daily. It is natural.All birds also go to their nest to take rest. They don't eat after the night fall. They don't party or overwork at night. Dogs don't accept oily spicy food. Plants die with overdose of chemicals. There are numerous examples in nature we can follow and get inspired.

Its not difficult to remain healthy throughout the life. If some people can do that, everyone can also be healthy and cheerful the whole life.Come close to living natural.Be close to nature to strike another inspiring example of healthy natural state of life.Let's learn from nature, feeling abundant celebration with stillness around.

ME......THE GRAND SCRIPTURE

How often i stop to think about myself....my true nature...read my own thoughts...understand my inherent values....my unwavering need which actually moved linear without an impact of time and situation.....

Over the lifetime we read, hear, research umpteen number of varied books, articles, scriptures,spiritual discourses on broad spectrum of life and beyond....follow a daily routine, spending some time of the day as God's time...remembering or praying to God......may be spending as little time which may be not more than a few minutes.Certainly we do follow the ritual.

Our thoughts and actions remain reserved for our physical life most of the time.....uni dimensional. And that physical existence includes our daily ritual of God time also without any serious introspection.Most of the times we are leading our life on a singular plane. Hardly we have time or courage to go beyond that.Following such daily routine we pass whole of our life without even touching the most important scripture of our basic existence......me ...myself.

Why we shy away from the deepest of all words.... me or myself......
Why are we scared of the true or real picture of self.......
Who knows the best about me........
Can it be anybody other than me...myself......

No...not really. As i know myself nobody else can ever get even closer to the farthest periphery of me. Then how can anybody else understand me when nobody else has that close approach to me ..the real me.

Isn't it only me who has access to my true nature....
Isn't it only me who can truly, rationally and successfully analyze myself and nobody else can do that for me.....
Isn't it only me who has to accept myself....for whatever i am...whatever my affinities are towards....whatever positive or negative attributes i possess..

The need is to read myself by me only....understand my approach...my reactions...my quest for this incarnation...
When will i try to understand this grand scripture that is me.... and use the applications of life to comprehend my basic need....................................................

CHALLENGES OF LIFE

What is a challenge.....Over the years we develop fixed ideas ,opinions or thoughts for each and every aspect, situation or event of life.Everyone has his or her own views on each subject or a peculiar way to think,follow or to understand or to react or to find solution to a given problem..... to any given situation.If any given situation and its handling is in unison with the idea of the person's thought process, then that is an adaptable issue otherwise its a challenge,because at least some effort has to be put in to get even with that.

Life does not traverse a fixed pattern for all throughout a lifespan.Generally everyone experiences certain and sometimes many deviations from the original or the chosen path or the set pattern in a lifetime.Sometimes these deviations are too strong and jerky just like a hairpin bend on the hills, which means a U-turn or a drastic shift in the path one was following earlier.

Generally people witness at least a few such unexpected changes and they adjust to the same.Then after say some years again comes a distinct shift which again needs lots of adjustments to be made.Some people adapt the drift easily...take the change in its stride, while others have to put in an extra effort and time to really get accustomed to the new status.

Why is it so........Why such deviations on the road of life,an off and on drift pulling one into a definite, but deviated path.........Why life is not simple and straight for all.

Sometimes i feel that the moment one is at ease with the whole scenario of life,whatever the environment,the achievements and the disappointments, whatever life provided.......this ease asks for or rather must say throws a big invitation for a big change to happen.....and a big deviated pattern of life shows up as a result.......with a totally different and contrasting scenes.

Do these big turns of life in a way help in adaptability and evolution of mind....
Does this happen with almost all or a few chosen ones.........
Change is the essence of life....yes....heard of that....an old saying.....

I think people who generally have the ability to handle the deviated path are the ones shown one.They have the courage to swim the alien waters.They can successfully scale the unknown terrains...........They can ably handle small as well as big changes and still strive to reach that most sought after comfort level.....Challenges of life practically improve the cognitive abilities as well as help the soul to evolute.

Rest of the people remain cocooned in the shell.....either well protected from any big diversities ....in the safe set pattern....within the set parameters.......or in a state of total devastation on the onset of a drift....lost with hardly any initiative to take the challenge head on..
No big challenge ....no big learning...no big evolution of mind and soul.

EPICENTRE OF CHANGE.......ME

People who are crazy enough
 to think they can change the world are
 the ones who do.
                      ----Anonymous

 These few words are epitome of the syndrome the catalyst to bring about change for betterment of self or the cultural or social environment around. The basic urgency,the intensity with what these words crystallize in the mind or are spoken or written shows the great jest for an enormous progressive change which makes a difference.

A person while young has many aspirations, hopes and great confidence to achieve big in life, take the world on....make a big difference.....create a totally different scenario.Last week while on a visit to a primary school in slums i noticed same kind of enthusiasm in the students, irrespective of the actual fact, that they seemed either ignorant or not aware of...... their very humble circumstances.Quite pinching to the heart.
 
They had great aspirations of becoming either a doctor or an engineer, a pilot, a teacher, a banker or a chartered accountant.A very few of those will definitely achieve fairly big going by say, the law of probability, but what about the others who don't.Will the rest be leading a below average or an average life......contributing an average effort for the change as well.......what for the budding aspirations in all.

Generally this happens within all the classes. Efforts of a person who inherits more than sufficient from his parents also diminish to average or below average.....generally speaking, with a very few exceptions.So with leading an average life comes very little or no change. Although this wealthy friend has much more resources and may be, is much more capable to effectively contribute towards major progress...a big leap...but what about the inclination...the strongest catalyst for progressive thoughts and actions...the basic raw material.

The power of inclination is boundless.....

Sometimes i wonder about the enthusiasm of a party freak.....The moment he or she gets an invitation......the step by step minute detailing of all the aspects goes into every single preparation....the clothes...the hair do.....the friend list who accompanies...The invitee and the invited guests......the venue details......etc....etc....
Well that's all to make the time spent worth while..... a hit...to enjoy to the fullest....
Inclination of the self is at play.Same ways the relevance goes with each and every aspect of life.

Workaholics get a kick by accomplishing jobs.Power of the brain is exercised to the fullest....be it in self doing or delegating the work......The job is managed meticulously till the desired result is achieved.For anything that one wants to grab hold of, one has to be crazy for that.........

A usual tourist who likes to climb hills can climb a mountain also but just for the strong inclination to scale the height.The energy, strength or the training are all preparations to reach the set goal.Thoughts play a major role.Motivation to bring about change comes from within.....no outside force can inculcate any such desire and then give utmost strength required to fulfill it.

Great singers or dancers or painters or writers don't happen by chance.....Everyone who achieved had a desire to do so......an inclination to the level of craziness was present.....

Pr-requisite to bring about the final change is self only....Self is responsible in all its capability and possibility.Nothing else is a contributor.





                      

I HOARD..........AN OPEN LETTER

The disparity in status of living beings around me activated my sensibilities to once again retrospect on this old issue....A problem of plenty for some....and a problem of pretty meager or non-existent means.One of us is privileged to choose from unlimited variety of delicacies and another might not be able to manage a square meal a day.........By the way food is a birth right of every living organism.

Still i love to hoard....be it cash or electronic money....the properties or unlimited jewellery.....or be it paper money.......etc...etc......any thing that gives me the power of accumulated wealth does the trick.

But why do i hoard....is that a habit or a compulsion.....or a compulsive behavior.
And what i am giving in lieu of this abundance.....Generally speaking one has to give something to get something in return.......may be some of or all of my time, out of my fixed number of days on this planet Earth.Well seems to be a good deal.

Will i enjoy all that i have accumulated......not really....but yes my next generation can enjoy the fruits i accumulated, toiling hard, against, my stipulated time.....my health.....my well-being.....my pleasure....and may be number of such mean things.

May be my next generations won't be smart enough to earn their living.....so m i putting the seed for a lazy, callous and unworthy next generation....may be yes....i am preparing a rich ground for such unproductive next generation.Many a times i wonder, when that so and so property will be sold....as that money is not required in the present circumstances....may be or may not be in my life time....so who will sell it....the next generation...when and if it is required..........Is that a worth reason?

Well is it really worth it....i mean spending so much of my precious time on earning more and more....kind of unlimited stuff....that won't be required to maintain the status, i feel i am worthy of...............
Or this hoarding is in simple words accelerating or fertilizing the production of my incapable next generations.........
Is it worth it?