God – Your all Weather friend….

Why a God and Guru is important entity in your daily life? …Since time immemorial our grannies and oldies used to believe in the power of Unknown – call it GOD , they were regular visitors to temples and had an earnest belief in the fact that there is someone out there who is controlling the wires of this world. Our life being ephemeral and time bound, the limitless boundaries of time and consciousness had to be predicated on the belief that someone out there must have created this perfect existence – with right amount of ingredients that can sustain life and its living. 

Coming back to modern era, we all are living a life of uncertainty – anxiety, stress and frustration have become our constant companions in our daily lives – we cannot discuss same and same feelings with our friends, family and acquaintances – by doing so , we can be castigated as a pessimist and always thinking about the negatives – more so, not everything personal can be discussed with all beings – so considering the type of environment we are living there is something / someone you are looking for as a constant companion – whom you can talk to endlessly and take power and energy to refresh yourself for your next bet and struggle – that true companion whom you can always fall back on at the time of crisis and who you can share your deeper feeling which otherwise you are resistant to share within your closet.GOD can be a true friend and always available all the time 24X7 day and night – he doesn’t argue and is receptive to your silliest of the thoughts – he is all absorbent and listening to your cries and inhibitions and of course your grandeur future plans.

Prayer is a medium to talk to HIM and take his grace – one thing you must have observed, post your visit to a temple, Gurudwara of any place of GOD which your sect allows you – you feel a sense of peace, satisfaction – as if you have shared your burden with someone so close and deep inside you – now that you feel light and charming – inside yourself, you get that sense of assurance that All will be well and that I am always there for you to listen to your anxieties and overthinking. That is more than a hint that the entity you have worshipped and prayed too has listened to your cries – he is all there to help you whenever you have fallen back on HIM.

Just remember, all of your plans and efforts will not bore fruit according to your expectations – you will surely fall and will feel dejected many a time, but after some time some energy or zeal will ask you to try again – that inside voice of your conscience and inner being is nothing but the iota of GOD that resides deep inside you – after all you came from the other world and surely are being watched ay and night for all of your acts, good or bad.

Many a time your prayers will not be answered too as you may have prayed out of greed or jealously and that asked for something which you don’t qualify or that it may not prove good for you – the result would be that you may feel angry from our constant companion and may not talk to him, or visit any temple – this is also a phase which will happen in ones life – but what if there is no one who can talk to you now – the only last being , you have stopped talking to as you believe , he hardly listens….

Believe me, you will again fall back on him, may be after some time or if something exceptional good or bad happens to you – that is his Maya and his power to pull the strings…

So finally, come what may, your relationship with almighty is too personal and will go through its ups and downs – but as per my experience, HE would always turn out to be your last resort – and one day you will realize this fact sooner or later – for every relationship you are in – everyone will leave you or vice versa but not GOD and his mercy upon you – that is the beauty of Bhakti and the power of prayer and falling back on HIM…for he knows what is good or bad for you in life….

~ Life's Anxiety..~

 The successful are anxious now a days ..but Why? …many people I meet and try to figure out the real cause of their anxiety and suspicion… the real answer is “Expectations and Aspirations from life….” – Everyone wants a Money laded lifestyle which they perceive is panacea of all ills and deprivations. they have a notion that money can cure all of their problems and they can instead live a calm and composed life…

Instead, I could also converse with ladies and gents who have done good for themselves in lives and earned well but are still anxious and not satisfied in life…their insecurities are of different type – and certainly they are not after money now but instead, how to preserve it – with multiple sources of income as FD’s, house rent and other benefits coming their way , they are always on their toes to jingle all this throughout the day…

Just the other day on a beautiful Sunday morning, me and my friend sitting in park after doing the rounds and our regular Yoga schedule, he was talking about his plan for the day but suddenly his tenant called him – “uncle the bathroom is leaking as a pipe has burst. Can you please come and make arrangements to repair it!” – hoosh !!! His Sunday is gone and would be consumed by this task… a sense of frustration was there on his face…as I said, the perils of owning multiple properties!!!!

Similarly, lot of my friends owning multiple cars are running to and fro on their weekends for some sort of repair, wash or servicing of their vehicles…often the whole day goes in these petty tasks… in the evening they are facing the “Monday Blues” syndrome… that is the fact of today’s modernity and urban life…

So what is the way out – it would sound mundane but “Minimalism” is the only way out of this vicious circle of materialism…. Believe me one day you will have stash full of cash but you would have left with no choice but to give or donate this to someone… your health would not allow you to consume it.. sugar, BP and other ailments would have become your constant friend… and medicines would be your new companion...

Likewise, sitting with minimal expectations from life and relationships, and just thanking the almighty for this human birth would make your realise life’s full potential … your search for who am I ? and what you are here for will make you feel satiated on different tangent… it certainly would be a different living out of the rat race of modern world…

Sitting idle and giving time to yourself and your thoughts would one day be termed as “Luxury Living” and believe me that day is not far off…. With many youngsters started to feel the pain of constant running around and dream chases… the thought of quitting early and devoting yourself to Grand design or Godly living would be the next state of living for many…. Just wait and watch…!

~ Paradox of being 100% ~

 So you tried hard…infact the hardest and you failed…so what is new in it? , Enjoy!”

These were profound words I heard after ages from a father who is doting on his daughter who could not get 95% marks in her 12^th board classes… Surely, she is a hardworking student as I know her personally but quite intriguingly, she could not

A school topper, she was expected to get through the merit and get accolades which she has already got in school since class 10^th – the teacher had high hopes on her and this came as a shock to them as well – only 85% ? , I mean is this a joke or something ? “- remarked her class teacher…I just can’t believe it and something must have gone grossly wrong in checking or evaluation -it probably could be that there could be a totaling error or a mathematical mistake! 

Hearing all the comments of what she told me as she was in somber mood – my friend – jovial as ever, tried to make things lighter for her – you know Varsha, I only got 67% marks and in those time ( in 90’s) that were supposed to be average marks indeed but on the same pedestal I somehow crossed the league of a “First Divisioner!” – an honour of that time – though , my friends who secured 70 % and more are on the same league today as I am , many of them turned out to be very average in life ….so there is no point in sulking about what you have secured…life will always throw you better options and opportunities with coming time “ .

 As I heard these golden words of wisdom, I could decipher that Manoj – my friend, has grown tremendously well in life in terms of living it… as I know him for almost three decades, he was also in the rat race of marks and securing the perfect 100 in those times… 😊 …but as I was observing him , he has for sure changed his stance about life …

In todays competitive world, everyone is stressed beyond a measure, the ‘to be successful’ human being is widely accepted in the society, with onslaught of “Ai” – this has stirred our stable world…and has bought much uncertainty and anxiety in our day to day lives… students who are on the verge of giving entrance exams to qualify for good professional colleges have much pressure – not only from parents but peers too… the ‘Visibility’ to showcase success is taking a toll on them….

My question has always been this “ What if , it doesn’t happen or your don’t hit a bullseye on the dart of your life…? And your backup plan fail ?” – do you have a second backup plan ? … schools and teachers don’t teach this… as there is no failure as a word for them…rightly so in a way, you have zillion other options to progress and slowly and subtly you will realize that life makes you reach your karma and destination for which you were born…

I have myself seen ‘Early Success’ birds falling in midway – a health hazard due to continuous running and dream chases, family disputes and divorces due to unavailability of time, ..and finally loneliness and depression…high BP and Sugar and other multiple diseases at middle age..all due to a round the clock chase….

Is that we were born? Who much success or money is enough” who will put a full stop on this mad race ?...we have to teach ourselves first about this paradox and then to our next gen….till then keep the anxiety level high ..you might loose your job or else your earnest position you so very cherish in this fake world of showbiz….!

Life's Misses...

 So, you have missed out in life after much trying and didn't get what you had aspired for? ..You pacify your heartbreaks by telling yourself that this is what Destiny had stored for you....Your friends did well in life in job , career and in personal space and you felt left out in many of these fronts, inspite of putting in your best foot forward - The icing on the cake being that when you introspect your life, you cannot figure out what went wrong - the decisions you took were in the best interest and the outcome favoured you!

As the years pass, your will realise that all the 'Misses' and 'Failures' were part of that subtle design which was meant for you explicitly and that was unique for you. Acceptance is the way out of this drama of life; it was always and will be the eternal guidance that would tread your life although - your cleverness will not fructify in the long run.

There are many examples of such thinking - there has been very miraculous escapes through the clutches of Death - just because you missed that 'Important' flight and that was due to a pathetic traffic jam which made you reach the Airport late and you were not able to 'Check-In' on time and were thus denied the boarding pass - soon to realise that the unfortunate Plane just got Crashed consuming ALL the victims - You sit back and profusely 'THANK HIM' from the core of the heart for saving his life  - All of your trial and tribulations surely has a purpose - even your super success as that is the responsibility and pedestal given to you to act in a way to help downtrodden souls... as Who has given to you also knows how to take it back…

If you live consciously day by day, you will start to have the tinge of life and its behaviour... the grand design will start giving you messages, it is you who should be qualifies to receive them and act accordingly and with a true purpose.... Your 'Burnt Toast' in the morning has a life purpose and a underline message... It has not happened just out of the blue ...!!!

I still remember the "Challenger Story of a Teacher" who was the only civilian selected by NASA to board and fly to space  for the "Teacher in Space" program in 1985 - as a human behaviour the teacher broadcasted the news to her near and dear ones but at the last moment she was relegated as a backup and denied the opportunity to fly to space and watched quite humbly the launch of the Challenger space craft towards the skies - Minutes later all the 7 cosmonauts were blown up in space after 73 seconds of its launch - one cannot gauge her predicament after going through this episode and what she might be thinking about all the cribbing’s and blame-game - Life certainly had a different purpose for her -

It is like this that things happen in our lives - subtly and under the table and without any noise… 

So always oblige your failures and delays and denials... things meant or you will fall in your lap as the time comes and if you qualify, things will happen naturally...You will be made to realise when you live life consciously and with awareness.... the parallel world always reaches out to you and sends those subtle happenings and messages...it is you who has to humbly accept those.... Happy living...!!!

~ Embracing Change...~

 In today’s fast changing world of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data , robotics and what not ..all the jargons are manifesting in our real lives and forcing us to change and adapt to their percept…. your world was always about change and over a period of time, we realize that the change should always be welcomed with open arms and positive affirmations…as they say “ The Change is the only Constant…” that will live with you till eternity….

Many of us are not adept in the change that is warrant of the time, because we don’t want to leave our cozy zones…we are so used to performing same jobs, following the same routine that has seeped into our daily lives…any hiccup or change that should happen is not acceptable to our living – for that we need to adapt and learn new things…we have to teach us the new dynamics of living and working and leave far being what we have been doing since ages…. For those who quickly see this coming, they take the advantage of this happening, for the rest, they loose their footing and are left over….

Certainly, we have been oblivious to the life that we have lived so far…change was and has been always the norm of the day,,, you were once a toddler and then entered school and college after some years… then came a time when you went for higher studies and finally landed up in a job and got married and became a parent… it all happened in front of you. 

You were not asked if this can be done…it just happened as a natural phenomenon of a human life…you didn’t warrant it nor could you stop your growing up….phase by phase things happened and it so happened for good…

Life is progressing in its own pace and will do so…change being the inevitable eventuality will happen ..you want it or not…the best thing you can do is to embrace this change and be in line with what the universe demands….the signal and the tinge of the other world is always right and beneficial. It is just that we don’t understand that change as we don’t like it either…as a human psychology, no one wants to leave his /her comfort zone and embrace the change….

Simply observe the time when you were born and have reached the stage you are in today… slowly and steadily time makes things happen…now that you look yourself in the mirror… you see the adulthood in you or may be approaching age…. Change happened but in silence…that is the beauty of it… it is happening and it will…as someone has beautifully articulated …” Change is the only Constant…!!!”

As Luck would have it...

Success is 80% luck and rest hard work…You being at your rightful place…. Be at the right time where opportunities are waiting to be taken by You only and nobody else…

Even if you are brimming with talent and education and what not if you don’t get any opportunity to showcase it all goes down the drain…. You need an eventful and lucky opportunity to showcase your latent potential and make your mark on the global landscape for you to be recognized and felt like that you have actually arrived …!!!! 

Going by many successful entrepreneurs and other big names in the World…if you would read between the lines and what they have learnt from their life over a span of team…almost everyone will parrot one line “Luck had a Major role in my achievements!” – It remains a holy grail for many, as many of us are not that exceptional ‘Lucky’ to have achieve major success in life…

Many of us remain like ‘Common people’ even if we slog through the day…as that special tinge is missing…. As they say “Tea looks good depending on the amount of sugar and other ingredients it has” the other “Ingredient’ in life is that ‘Divine spirit and touch or Mercy” which is needed for us to achieve that brilliance….

SO is there a ‘Da Vinci Code’ to attract Luck … the Karma theory here suffice – “Do Good and dharmic Karma and you will get the returns” … “do wrong towards someone and you will have to suffer…” this postulate has been the spinal cord of the “Hindu Philosophy” and is eternal to one’s living…

Quite surely “Someone” out there is watching all of our acts and have made the ‘Rulebook’ for our earthly living – else there is no optimum reasoning for many of us living sedentary lifestyle with best of the degrees and effort, while many others with none of this are making merry. Internally they know it very well that they didn’t deserve all the success and adulation and there are much better souls who are sincere and faithful towards achieving their goals but have not been successful…no pragmatic explanation satiates this philosophy….

So if you want to have HIS divine Mercy …do your work with a tinge of conscious thinking – that you don’t overstep someone’s boundary for your personal goals, Parents are living Gods…respect their living and dignity and revere them for they made you come to life when you were literally nobody…Have that cognition that you are NOT the DOER and that someone is there overlooking your acts …. These simplicities when implemented in letter and spirit would make you feel life on a different tangent…believe you me, life is not so complex that what we have made out to be…overburdening us with false expectations and never ending aspirations….Leave thoughtfully and rest will be taken care of…HE is surely There… and will always be…!!!

Gratitude is Important

Have you ever counted your blessings and been considerate to consider how fortunate you are in your present life? Things we always crib and criticise about for “Have Not’s” and for those you tried your exemplary best but didn’t able to achieve….

You need to take a 360-degree holistic approach to ponder and process these thoughts…one side view of your life cannot be a mitigation to arrive at a definitive conclusion.

If you are hale and hearty, healthy and in right frame of mind, even if you are not well accomplished in your career , business or earning but able to somehow balance things out – consider yourself to be the luckiest being on this planet – for the matter I have seen many ‘Successful Professionals’ cribbing at the peak of their career and have lost their health – having BP , Diabetes , are in depression of losing their sought-after job and accomplishments which they so famously announced when they achieve it…internally they know, they have lost the plot and are more unsuccessful than the rest of the beings but cannot elucidate their predicament due to societal pressure – talk to them in person and they will ‘Pour their heart Out’ as to how they feel to be living under stigma of a broken relationship or a divorce, health issues and kids not listening to them and in fact abusing them… the loneliness creeping in with no Real friend for guidance and support BUT many minions  pumping your ego….

If you have caring family with a loveable wife, kids and you live with your mother and father ..consider yourself living in Grace…as this is a rare sight now a days, people are preferring nuclear families and don’t want to accommodate their elderly parents in their ‘Modern Life’ – oblivious of the fact that once they were too young to stand on their own feet and were taken care of in all spirit by these very parents who now are themselves grown old and cannot take care of themselves… this is the biggest irony of our society in current times….but its happening…

Finally , if you have no debt and are living an ‘Emi-free’ life, and have no major repayments lined up for decades…consider yourself to be thankful towards your elderly….for their sweat and blood has made you the man free from a debt trap – as most of the working professionals have engulfed themselves for 20-30 year marriage to the Banks….and have gone bananas …surely they want super luxury lifestyle and big flashy homes to showcase their success to all and sundry who hardly care about their living…. Just a ‘Vow’ moment for them and life moves on…. The decade ahead burden of paying high cost emi’s rest with poor soul who ends up paying more than the ‘Double’ amount to the bank to suffix his loan….

These are basic tenets of nowadays living …. If you have somehow steered away from all these anomalies of life…you are lucky, have gratitude towards Life and the Divine…. Consider you may not but that is and will remain an internal truth…a time will come when surely you will realise this….till then…”Happy Living…!”

~ After All...Its Life...~

The Complexities of life are simple…it is us who have made it uniquely complex to a phase where we can’t handle it…

Sit down a bit and go through the day – ponder how you start and plan your day…many a time you would have made big aspirational plans and achievements which you want to accomplish…just out of the blue…

As night falls and you get tired to the brim, you contemplate your whole living past 24 hours…what you had planned and what you actually realise or did… you will be flabbergasted many a time to see the variance in the results… That’s the summary of life in a day…!

Well, living over a considerable number of days in my life, what I have summarized…. Live situations as awareness….and accomplish them day by day...not grandeur plans…not big hopes and aspirations…Afterall , you were never here to accomplish BIG FAT things…but to remain happy and what all is needed to do it….it is not ONLY titles, money, power , fame but family time, health, a soothing tea cuppa, sitting idle watching nature, birds , flowers , street dogs, cats…they are all around you to make you realise…that .. when you would be gone and your time is up …it is just these fond memories which you will take along…your karma will accompany your soul to the next birth….Just remember You are who you are in this birth. Your titles , fame , accomplishments are here for this time not for eternity…

Life’s not that complex and complicated…we have made it to be…as we have to make a mount hill  first and then make efforts to achieve it throughout our life…. As I give a real life example of a man I know who is very fond of playing soccer and wants to accomplish a feat of hitting every goal for his team…. As we play, we finally give him a pass to just shoot at the nets…instead he takes the ball away from the goalpost and then tries to hit with a 45 Degree angle like Ronaldo only to be missed!!!!

That’s all what we do…. Life’s simplicity is not very complex… live it with all the resources you have…your family ,friends, acquaintances… animals …what not… and see for yourself your happiness quotient makes a tangible mark in your living… your face shines with all ear to ear smiles always and in all situation…as you now have started to live in tandem with nature’s laws and have correctly understood your presence as to who you really are and for what purpose and that is to be Happy…..!!!

~ khush bandeyan nu haale tu taan milya ee nahi. Jehde mile ne bechaare bas kaamyab ne ~

[You havent met any Happy person...all You met were Successful People!]

~ The World We Live... ~

 We live in an uncertain world where everything is uncertain and ephemeral – your best of efforts may go in vain without any applause and recognition.

Anxiety is now inborn in our living – we are seldom calm and in comatose state of our living , fearful of our future and what lays ahead – so what is the problem that engulfs us which make our life pitiable? – it’s our overthinking! 

We create scenarios which in all likelihood would never happen – in all probability, we create demons in our heads and engulf ourselves in continuous negativity – to the extent that we take drastic decisions – even ending our lives!

Sit down with a calm mind and ponder over your past, what you thought and what happened … you would realise that more than 90% of the happenings didn’t happen as according to your thoughts – the amazing part of our cognitive mind is that we think worst for our future ..what if this doesn’t happen or what if that doesn’t materialize….

Quite inversely to this, we never are exceptional optimistic about our future outcomes…

We ration our positive thoughts but fill our cup till the brim for our negatives…that is nature of the mind. It pre-empts negative thoughts and creates a world around them.

Many of my friends who are at pinnacle of their career are facing bouts of anxiety and uncertainty – even after having achieved much, the level of fear and opaqueness of future takes them to bouts of anxiety – this is the cruel living of today – nothing is surely certain, alas it never was!

The only way to get out of this whirlpool is “Bhakti” and prayers and complete and a whole heart submission to God…as HE knows the best what is going to happen – though it seems a cliched thought but that is what has gratified me! Your best of the plans and efforts will go in vain and you remain clueless of its outcome – inversely, your half-hearted efforts reap stupendous results with all praise by your peers and bosses – that is the irony or rather funny part of life…We all have to live with it…

Just observing the people’s life around, you, you will see that it is all happening without one’s expectation and control…job losses, business failures, stock mart downturn , relationship failures, health standard declining…everything beyond one’s control.

But, once you sit and start to meditate on HIS form – whosoever you pray or whatever religion or sect you follow, immerse yourself in all unison – the peace and the calm that follows will give you eternal happiness and your zeal would be uplifted to do new and creative things – The adrenaline rush would turn you to be a go-getter and you will always feel “Someone” or “Some Power” or a “Guardian Angel”  guiding you and steering your life for a better purpose.

“Life is like this and would function in its own trails and travels and you have to adjust yourself with time…” – this noble advice about living life has ever been a staunch day to day philosophy and sooner or later many of you will fall in line with this idiom of wisdom…till then …Live Free…

~ MIND your Business...~

The Mind is a great generator of thoughts – it is doing what it is programmed for – your thoughts are originated because of situations around you and your current circumstances.

Your thoughts won’t let you sleep and would keep you on toes – sometimes you will feel good out of nothing and sometimes you will feel depressed – that too with no reason.

The mind generates thoughts and you cook them to ripe to your fears and anxiety – In the current tumultuous world, when nothing can be predicted and things change within seconds, your thoughts get breeder with these scenarios.

So, the basic question is “How to control this razzmatazz of your mind?” – as your mind is doing the right thing by creating thoughts…. But the quality of thoughts is upto you … I mean you can create good thoughts by being in situations which create positivity – for that you need to position yourself into situations which are positive and life changing… situations that brings happiness and contentment.

Degrading and negative thoughts would arise from your negative thinking which in itself will arise from the situations you are living or hope for – such is the mind’s nature…the way you see your life , the archetypal thinking patterns will make you the person you visualize and also put yourself in situations which you have thought – In simple sober language , it is called “Manifestation” – what you strongly think is what the physical matter gives you – what you reign in your mind is what is in front of you in particular…

There have been so many examples in our lives – all we need is to sit back and think about such examples which the cosmic intelligence has manifested as per our thoughts – your success and failures, those friendships and heartbreaks, the loss of your near and dear ones ( again arising out of your worst fears!) and much more – you have manifested those!

Mind in itself is a great manifestation in the human body as it not only controls your life but also life ahead ..which you are projecting and want it to move a certain way – it gives you “Hints” by way of “Intuition” Or a “Hunch” about the happenings and miss happenings bound to occur…

How you connect with your intuitive mind is altogether a different ball game – there is a very delicate line to decipher the difference between intuition and absurd thinking – for the latter you have a fully conscious mind functioning for a particular happening , on the other hand “Intuition” is something which does not come from rational mind but “Just a beacon of thought” what pops up out of nowhere – but in actuality is the message from Cosmic intelligence – very few souls understand and observe such divine messages and it is through practice that one can attain a sanity of thoughts and actions !

Remember, Mind is all elusive and will always keep you on toes, even if you sleep – for it will give you thoughts in form of dreams – again which are intangible thoughts of your mind – many a time which are reverse manifestation of your physical life – example a friend you might have met recently or a incident that might have happen – this will propagate in your mind as a dream !

So next time you dream or think , try to observe the positivity of situations , be in reality or dreams – the cosmic intelligence is smart enough to give you leeway to act for your betterment – trust HIS Plan… if HE has sent you in human form …there surely must be a purport to your living – the only catch is …you have it find it what it is 😊…!!!

~ Let it Go...~

Why Do you want to find logic and explanation in everything and every happening in your life… Let things be in his domain and Command…let HIM do things what he deems fit…at the end of the day you will realize that it had to be like that….and it was destined for your betterment…

You make plans and try to control the things and outcomes of your actions – you want things to function and behave your way but it is just not everytime that you shall win or your all wants and desires be materialised….

A quote from Bhagwat gita suffices this percept -

“Karmanye vadhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachana, ma karma phala hetur bhur ma te sango ’stvakarmani.”

This famous proponent forms the foundation stone of the ‘Karma Yoga’ Philosophy of the Bhagwat Gita.

In your control are only actions and NOT the outcomes, we flounder whilst we try to control the outcomes of our actions – FAITH is the only answer which can propagate feelings of trust and moving forward.

Seeing the current scenario of the world we are living and abiding by its rules – the mayhem – the fights and frictions amongst populace and countries – the eccentricities , one is bound to think about all the chaos that is happening in this World – by the means of it, we are all bound to have a “Negative” feeling with no hope of revival – The only hope that emerges out of all this tumultuous nature of the world is  the leap of “Faith” that we all have – one day everything shall fall in place and will emerge for our betterment.

Reminiscing our past, this has happened too – think of the times when many of us have gone through this situation – be it in our younger ages – our academic failures and our relationship failures, it seems that there was no world ahead of that happenstance – but you gently and subtly moved one day at a time and overcame that distress – also, think of people in your family whom you lost or got separated due to varied reasons, you still moved on – rather time made you move forward as that is the best thing about it.

As Mr Raj Kapoor – the great Showman of Bollywood quite often stated “The Show must Go on!” – it had a singular meaning – we must move on and we will – time will always do the trick and make us move ahead… one day at a time – the scars will be healed as a subtle remembrance.

Now, as we think about the lived time we adjust and accept the fact that it ought to be that way only and we only reacted quite humanly – things would have happened the way they did…we only reacted….

The cult is to “Let it be..” philosophy as you just cant change scenarios that would happen in your life… live it, accept it and devote yourself to HIS command ..remember you came to this planet not at your own will, nor will you plan your exit… in the middle of your existence don’t control things which you didn’t whilst you came to this world or when you will exit... Let time play games at its own pace and you be at firm peace and apply patience...life will unfold layer after layer with each passing second...!

Trust your Fall, it’s for a Purpose!

Fall is never the result of a failure but an aftermath of knowing something which didn’t materialize and didn’t happen… It will surely convert to opportunities and more of them…as now that one has no respite other than to get up and work hard and show more focus on the “Aim” …now a days that is life…

I keep on observing the aftermaths of a failed venture or a job loss ..it seems to be a devastation and people come to terms with it after some days pass but the efforts double and surely a man is an inquisitive being, people try again and again till the land up with something what they had ever yearned for !

Just recently I had two instances of my near and dear ones when one of my friend after much dedication and hard work of decades was laid out because of his profile redundancy – no wonder, this has become the norm of the day now a days…you keep on listening to much of it as it has become a standard corporate norm – instead he is taking this as a blessing in disguise and has started to explore other avenues – to start up something of his own – may be from home or with a colleague or a friend but he is not going to repent and sulk on this inevitability! – as I called him, he didn’t had that somber mood but surely was not in his good spirits… he has some plans and I guess from his perspective, the time has ripe to execute them….

The second case was more dramatic, after five years of running a small restaurant with his wife and 3 staff, suddenly , my friend saw business dwindling with online orders taking precedence than people coming to his eatery – once he was earning much and had sure shot plans of opening another instance of his restaurant but suddenly the economic activity or call it a sudden surge of online eateries and cloud kitchens , the business dwindled and the restaurant lost its sheen – my friend took this as a blessing in disguise and has now entered the cloud kitchen and online eatery business – “Its very tough BUT Competitive!” – he is not new in this business but is partially into it…

These two instances are a miraculous coincidences that has happened in past one month – surely, India is changing and the economic advantage and disadvantage is playing sport here – there would be souls who would take this changing times as a “Blessing in disguise” and you will get to know that someone started a small business venture with a paltry sum of Say “ 1 Lakh or Rs 50,000” and rose to “10 crores” or so by 2030 and simultaneously gave employment to 50 people – this has been the rule of the game ever. 

If you study the startup journey of big business houses in India and the world, You will get to know that the journey of thousands miles have begun with the FIRST step… I am pretty sure my friends have taken that “First Step” and soon we will see other such souls doing so…as I see the youngsters entering the Job market have NO plans to work for someone for decades as we and our fathers / mothers did….Amen! 

 

~ New Year Resolutions...~

 Its that time of the year when most of us start thinking on another tangent – first , you start memorizing the good and the bad days of your past 12 months – what went past well and what not.

Second you focus on the ‘Good’ that happened, the achievements and what went in your favour – obviously the ‘Bad Days’ and the losses come a close second, but still the remembrance penchant does not shy away …and it should not , because you are an emotional being and emotions is what makes you live through in your life…

As the final 24 hours of this year start to count, our mind automatically start inculcating the thoughts for New Year Resolutions… and what we ought to be doing and what not!

Well, for most of us, it is a routine exercise every year but it is a mandate that we do ..though in first week, we have either broken our favourite resolution Or are finding it tough to carry it through…knowingly fully in our hearts that we will surely be breaking it…

Just talking with some of my close confidants at this time of the year as to what they intent to do and revolutionize , I could get some thought provoking answers…

While many of them have passed their mid 40’s and are in line to slow down a bit in life and start to spend time with family and friends, many others want to travel to far off places in ‘Silence’ – surely this mad rush is taking  a psychological toll on them and of course on us – some want to ‘Read More and More’ – it is a true genre for me too as I fall in this tribe!

One very unique new year resolution came from my pal , he wanted to be close to nature and start a small farm where he wants to grow organic food – surely that is not in vicinity of this urban clap called ‘Delhi’ – for he is planning some investments in far off region of Himalayas – probably ‘Uttrakhand’ – he wants to lean on the majestic beauty of the hills with fresh intake of Clean air, water and of course healthier food – as for him a clean lifestyle is the need of the current hour – I am all in tandem with his thoughts and many of us would surely be!

There are others in my circle who are mischievous and want to shake a leg with a female fantasy and life a life of king size this year..no matter what , they are married or not but still they want to regain their bachelor status and put that little ‘Spice’ in their life…. Cant help though ..after all it’s their life….and they should live the way they want..you can only tell them the aftermaths of such a risky venture 😊 ..surely when you are married and kids of two …!!!

Of my female friends , many are on one page and that is to remain healthy and devote more time to kids…but with a silver lining and that is to gel up more with their mother-in-law and make peace in the house with her…surely this is a tough one but if you are determined enough , you can surely achieve this miraculous feat… 😊 !!!

Finally , as I close this writeup for this year, I would like to thank many who read this blog and take out your precious time out for me … the numbers humble me here…I promise in return to write more about the life we all live. The situation we all abide by and the challenges we all face but still move step by step and day by day with a never ending hope…. Happy New Year to ALL of you…God Bless..Stay Healthy and Stay Happy!!!

~ Change - it always Will ~

 One thing in life is inevitable and you certainly cannot stop it …it is “Change” – surely it is!

For those who are living consciously and observing each day of their life, so much has changed around you – even you have changed.

Think about people – your parents, friends , foes, situations and places everything has changed since quite some time – ever since you were a kid , a toddler, you had your grandparents, toddler friends and other souls who were part of your upbringing – they may have gone or left the world for good – now that you are grown up and probably married, ‘Change’ occurred as there are souls who have entered your life subtly – kids , wife and other relatives and family who joined your being as and aftermath of getting married and you didn’t see it coming…

Sit down and talk to your septuagenarian father, mother and other elderly and start a conversations of time when they were young – talk about their life as toddlers or when they were young and see a sea of emotions and timeless examples showering the conversation – they are always filled to the brim about life and its experiences and how time has changed the whole perceptibility of living.

The Bhagavad Gita’s verse 2.22 sheds light on the ever Changing nature of our being “ The Soul” and compares it to a person changing clothes..

Just the other day talking to an elderly neighbor about the traffic situation – I was reminded about how Cycles and scooters were an elate class of transportation – with not everyone having the capacity to buy one – now that almost everyone has at least one Car – a luxury of lifetime then – as he spoke “ A lot of Change has happened in peoples perceptibility about life”.

Indeed change is the everlasting constant which will always happen – you are living the moment now, some decades later as time transgress you will be just one off memory in lives and times of next generation who would be totally engrossed in chasing never ending dreams…that’s life …but change will always be there! 

In today’s world of living, whosoever is adapting this change – good or bad, will survive others will be termed ‘obsolete’ – for world is quickly adapting to new technologies, precepts of living and to a different dimension of existence – it is you who needs to change as the universe is changing too – see the cycle of birth and death happening around you – people getting born and leaving this world in silence – the world is tuned in this fashion and will go on ever in a circular timeline…

In your body, millions of cells change every day, many die and many take birth but to that you are oblivious – Change is happening in silence, time is the essence of that change as it awaits no one, from opportunity to a certain regret, from life to death, the eternal nature of Time is ‘Change’

So Be the change and absorb yourself in its fluid sense…you will certainly see yourself immersed in your being love for life…!!!

~ Our Wants from GOD ~

 In my recent advent to one of the famous shrines of India “ Jagannath Puri”, the same question repeated incessantly in my mind – what are we seeking from ‘GOD’ – the timeless questions “ What are we here for?”, “Who am I?” and “Where will we go after our Death?” cast a shadow in my thinking.

I could see long queues of devotees with watery eyes – being “connected” to their lovable devotees, I could sense the deep love for theirs for GOD and what he can do in our lives – but there were seekers like me who though not question his existence but certainly ask him some set of Karmic Questions.

There is no doubt the immense faith that devotees had , as they stand for hours to just have a glimpse of their love – Lord Jagannath – though this thought triggers one question in my mind and that is “ What we want from him, are we always seeking and demanding innumerable blessings from him or also side by side “Thanking” him for being in our lives – and that what he has given us the most resolute “Human Form” – up the 84 Lakh life forms encrypted in our Vedas and Upanishads! – these intriguing questions always remain in our objectivity and as far as humanity is concerned , there will always be a “chase” to find HIM and observe his ‘Miracles’ in our lives!

My mute question always remain in deep corners of my mind “ How should I Thank Him for what he has bestowed on me – Health, family, dignified life, friendships , foes and almost everything  which is quite essential to make a decent living in today’s tumultuous world “

“Faith” is another thing that I observed that keep people going – devotees lying down on floor to pay obeisance to the mighty lord makes you think his presence in the universe – there have been chain of miraculous stories in everyone’s life through – the biggest miracle being all of us Alive and living for the next day – So how are we paying back to the “HIM” and more than that how can we pay him ?? will money suffix and make the GOD happy when we buy Goodies for Him? OR pure obeisance would be enough to get his warmth – these are thoughtful questions which many of us befall during our lifetimes.

I could see many devotees standing in awe of the LORD as being fearful and respectful at the same time – our hidden vibes are all known to him, and that only we know what wrong thoughts and actions we have done in our lives to attract his reprimand – with folded hands and a submissive posture, we pray to gain his mercy – though my belief is certain that HE  is all merciful and know our acts inside out – in this Kaliyuga, we all are bound to make mistakes and learn from those – our thoughts and actions can’t be sacrosanct every time.

Our faith in HIS presence define our belief too and logic is easily superseded – finding GOD is important but much more important is to find answers to the most intriguing questions of our living, for we surely know that HE exists and is watching our daily acts as we live our Karma...