~ 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 for ‘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...

~ Thought Pollution...~

How to purify your thoughts – as eyes are the intake unit for images that you see and ears are the receptors of sound – they both are notorious to form a homogenous mix of thoughts that gets created in your mind – thoughts that are notorious of your seeing and hearing….

It is not the pollution in the air that affects your health but more so, it is the corrupted thoughts in your mind that makes you feel corrupted or differential in the society – the resultant depression and other mental illnesses on the rise are a clear vortex of these.

When you hear a 10^th class student ending his life due to academic pressure, the gravity of problem gets bigger – mental illness is a problem inflicting not only old or the middle aged, it has very much creeped in society in students and your lads… one wonders what will happen when they face the ‘Real Challenges’ life offers them on a day to day basis – when they leave the cool comforts of school and college life!

Be whatever, the concept of ‘GIGO’ – garbage in garbage out stands good in stead in these fast-changing time – so purifying your ‘Garbage’ of thoughts to be processed by the brain holds strict precedence – in order to live a hale and hearty life , one needs to be constantly self-evolving and nurturing good and positive thoughts.

So what is the answer to all of these anomalies which have started to persist in our decaying society – It is ‘Meditation’ and ‘Bhakti’ – yes, these two words sound quite mundane, but now a days it seems to be real remedy to obtain that absolute ‘Bliss’ for which you came in the human form – though we have tied our happyness and bliss to materialism and our sense of achievements.

Just the other day ,I met a somewhat happy looking soul who was out with his dog and was talking to him as if he was all ears and understanding what his master was saying – to my amazement the dog acted on the same lines what he was asked to do – this seems to be wonder to my eyes and senses – as I had never seen such a sync alignment between the  canine and his master – when asked, the old man said, I am alone and my only happy go lucky companion is my dog – he understands me and my temperament – it is him that keeps me going – my son and daughter are settled outside India and they don’t pay heed to me – my wife is no more – but I have found my ultimate happyness in adopting and befriending this canine!

All of us want that good companion who hears us patiently and is a fun to be with – loneliness is the worst growing ill in this society – the unending chase of materialism is breaking the concept of joint family , thereby shattering the ethos of a family structure societies abide by – the worst is yet to come though – the more lonely one gets, the more instable he / she is – the thought pollution and sense of disregard creeps in over a passage of time – it is then one needs that helping hand for support and tread the boat of life….the pollution of thought is everywhere to banish your existence – if you don’t pay heed to it now, no one will….