Sunday, March 27, 2016

KILL THESE UNHOLY CLICHES MERCILESSLY WITHOUT AN EXCEPTION!


The popular Saying very much may ascertain that.. 'Old is forever gold!'
But the associated silent reality behind that Saying
forever goes thus.. 
'Equally, cruelty too was part of that old!'

If we keep this Truth in it's entirety in our mind, all that the so called old related which truly support the youth of today for their betterment and upkeep of their dignity alone should be respected and straight away be taken by them as guidelines for their future of course, ever remembering in that context that the final search in the process Viz., that does the ultimate good for them should exclusively be carried out by each of the individual alone in their life and none else on their behalf..

Thus seen, One can easily recognize all that good told to the world thru' the time tested parables, stories, sayings, proverbs, advices, speeches, guidelines etc etc interwoven with few cliches which often emphatically assert the core message of that talk and equally all of us should take the same if those Cliches truly uphold the dignity of humanity in general respecting every expression around!

In this context, the Cliches of today can broadly be classified into 3 groups,

No 1 being.. Those Cliches which are very much expressive of today's contemporary world speaking of our day to day problems around giving importance to the feelings of the youth involved there in.. 

All such Cliches which are very much on the lips of the younger generation of this day come under this group which anyhow need not be mentioned here..

No 2 being..Those Cliches which are expressive of the earlier times no doubt not much relevant to the today's language, living aspects, slang and the values but those which speak of the worthy traits of yesterday's life which truly did a great service in those days and which indirectly support the expressions of contemporary world for the ultimate betterment..

Some of these Cliches may look rough or crude on the face of their saying and a little funny as well but never aim at to speak lesser of any segment of the world. These have their own value and importance in our today's living if one looks at them a bit deeper and we all can truly be benefited thru' these sayings.. A few examples of these Cliches which the modern generation may not be aware of are..

In the nick of the time,
At the speed of the light,
As old as the hills,
Brave as lion; weak as kitten,
Frightened to death,
The writing on the wall,
waking up on the wrong side of the bed,
till the cows come home,
It's Greek and Latin,
love may be blind but neighbors aren't etc.


And finally to say the No 3 being.. Those Cliches which of course, not relevant to today's times but which had their footing in times when certain dictatory forces ruled indirectly the world very much suppressing the freedom of speech and expression around and were forcibly made popular, they, a 100% need to be taken out from today's list, never to be allowed by any civilized community to speak of and have to totally be driven away from the today's cultural values and vibrations.. In fact, the single statement for all that doing is..

Strictly kill all these Cliches mercilessly without an exception which any how can never be listed on these Sacred Pages at any point of time in our life!

(This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda).

Friday, March 25, 2016

THAT'S HOW LIFE IS EMPOWERED..
#CauseAChatter 

When vagaries of nature appear never relenting, 
When life around loses certain luster,
When few people who looked close till then instantly become strangers,
When certain beliefs of life suddenly look dry without substance,
When escape from the present looks meaningless, 
When involving heart and soul is seen disheartening,
When monies, power and status are perceived of limited use to solve the knotty problem in front,
When mind starts oscillating between involving and getting off,
When Sun, Winds, Seas, Mother Earth and Skies appear silently doing their job endlessly in spite of turmoil within which hitherto was never observed so closely
and
When the Sacred Books kept in cup boards all those years are taken out as they alone seem to be supportive in the situation..


That day is indirectly the 
Auspicious Day 
For me as 
I would start firmly believing in the
Omnipotent and the Omnipresent
and reset my sails to steer my future ready to face the up coming life with a heart but never deviate an inch from the path of being a firm 
Believer in God 
Which Faith indirectly is nothing but sticking to the 
Truth and doing the Duty 
Thus ever remembering the Advice of erstwhile 
Great Men of the Earth 
Who forever believed that 
The Almighty alone is the Ultimate!

The Post is written for BlogChatter too to 
#CauseAChatter

Keywords: 
Auspicious, Day

Saturday, March 19, 2016

WHAT ELSE COULD BE THE 'EVER LOVED SINGLE PROFESSION' IN MY LIFE?




I wrongly got myself into the present Profession I'm very much into.. no doubt a life time mistake I made. Initially, I was lured by better payments, many perks and other extra facilities offered by this job against my own inner deep interest which at that point of time, I could never recognize. 'It's truly a white collar job with a fast career growth' I thought in the beginning.

But all that glitter soon averaged out if not gone below the average and all that initial interest that was bubbling for a while was totally lost in me!

At that stage, I started very much envying my college friend who got into exactly the same job I loved most in my heart and on a day, I decided to make an imaginary exchange into this job to just experience the best of that job at least once in my life time. The friend too instantly agreed to help me out here with his experience so that the imagination would become almost a reality to me..

The imagination went thus.. Yes.. 

It was instantly a great proud feeling in me that I work for the Defense Forces of my country thru' a constant Technical Support to their Aircraft.. 

I was happy that I got into details of millimeters and grams while designing my aircraft.. Meaning..Precise to the core aspects of design.. 

My personality had become that of being constantly conscious of weight and clearances everywhere as I got into my active design work.. 

The core design of mine forever happened to be a constant bargain between the maneuverability and stability of the Aircraft as it flew.. 

A simple bolt costing just 10 Rupees in the market was costing a few hundreds on the Aircraft as no compromise could be made there on the safety of fitment.. 

It was forever a tug of war between how smartly my designed Aircraft would attack the enemy and how quickly it would return to the base.. 

And finally everywhere around were seen nothing but constant checks.. checks.. checks.. thus ensuring forever that the laid out procedures were followed without an exception!

Further to that implemented design, 

As the test Aircraft rolled out and took off to skies with a thunderous roar carrying the test models of my design, subsequently as it flew in the sky with all cool evidently undergoing all the required tests not making much sound except a constant murmur-like for a while and finally as the the flying bird landed with reverse thrust in full go making a deafening roaring sound with a milestone achieved in the tight schedules in front, it was truly a moment of a great happiness within me being one of the Designers behind 

ALL THAT FLYINGGGGGG!!!!!!


Suddenly the Alarm Clock went off wildly sending a piercing sound into my ears that woke me up from the deep sleep I got into.. It took some time for me to come to senses and as I laid on the bed with my thoughts running backward, it slowly brought a smile on my face that I just dreamed of.. 

That single ever loved Profession of mine alone in which I worked for 38 yrs as Aircraft Designer and retired with all grace and pride..

And the friend with me in the dream was 

None other than 
My the then close colleague at my work!

(This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda).

Friday, March 18, 2016

ASCHARYO VAKTAH ASCHARYO SHROTAH!

That's how the Sanskrit Saying glorifies the Basic Learning in the world meaning..

'(In this world) the Speaker is a Wonder; the Listener is (equally) a Wonder!'

An example of this Saying goes..

  • A night watchman on his usual rounds at mid night was shouting aloud, “Awake and be alert!” Every one woke up, looked out, re checked the locked doors and thus peacefully went back to sleep. A Great Personality too sleeping like them got up with the watchman's words and instantly thinking within, “Am I sleeping in my life?”, opened out the doors, moved towards forest to meditate and finally attained Salvation! 
Thus, any learning with an individual truly starts from this basic urge within and continuously moves in a particular direction endlessly so that all the subsequent contributions of the person from that very learning would be directly helping to meet certain requirement of world invariably existing by the side.

By carrying a high level of respect towards this Learning Process wherein the Teacher and the Student actively participate in the Curriculum of Education System around, let's get into the basic ingredients of this Learning as then alone we would be able to address the defects of this particular System if any that might have crept in over a period of time.

The main activities of this basic System of Education include:

  • Molding the personality from the tender age, 
  • Inculcating certain qualities of morals and ethics of life, 
  • Developing the basic learning skills, 
  • Expanding the knowledge base, 
  • Developing equally the competitive skills,
  • Developing special skills for taking up specific job/work etc. 
Subsequent to this basic Learning, the same is continued at advanced level thru' various Developmental Programs at work like
  • Improving the special skills related to the basic qualification / job, 
  • Developing the Managerial Skills, 
  • Developing Interpersonal Relationships, 
  • Organization Development, 
  • Personality Development, 
  • Quality Management etc. 
Thus seen in the whole structure of this Learning at any point of time, Marks or Gradation given indirectly may define the level of achievement in the specific field and as such they need to be with us all the time which instantly speak what a person is but they alone would never complete the assessment in this Complex System of Learning as the actual interactions that continuously take place over years alone speak that, whose assessment and recording truly become a difficult job.

Here, the Certificates of Achievements in the Extra Curricular Activities in which the Learner actively participated all along with a Record of a few of human traits exhibited by him/her towards higher qualities of life like

  • Caring for the fellow human being, 
  • Taking a lead in a movement, 
  • Upholding truth and justice around. 
Culminating ultimately to the quality of
  • Humility and a Service Attitude with certain level of Sacrifice from within!
complete the assessment to a great extent.

Thus seen, if an individual has to be fully evaluated in this comprehensive Learning process, no single index can speak of that as each person excels in one particular area and become almost 90-100% proficient there and that requirement too exists in the surroundings. 

As such every individual of this entire learning process overall should truly be kept on High Record for his/her dedication all along except very few individuals countable in numbers who strangely miss this very purpose of expanding in their life and suffer indirectly in spite of being fully capable of doing that!

(This post is written in line with the requirement of IndiSpire Post #EducationSystem)

Thursday, March 17, 2016

THE 'EVER LOVED FRIEND' OF A LIFE TIME!

An elderly man thought thus..
  • “There is a lot of difference between values of life of my times and those of the present day youth. Some of these are not all acceptable to me and a few are equally disgusting and repulsive. It’s a wonder how the youth of today accepted all this and are happy. I don’t know, where they are headed to in this scenario. 
Let me keep off from all this and lead my life thus in my own way!” 

Another man of the same age thought..
  • “There is a lot of difference between values of life of my times and those of the present day youth. Some of these were repulsed and straight away refused in my younger times. Today the youth are bold enough to bring out all this. This's the actual life and we missed all this in our times. 
Let me support all this and lead my life thus with no conflict!” 

The contemporary 3rd man thought..
  • There's a lot of difference between values of life of my times and those of the present day of the youth. Definitely, there's certain good in these expressions around and that's truly in the direction Human Uplift. In fact, the same were suppressed in my times, sometimes beyond a level and a few disadvantaged people used to suffer silently. It’s good to see that all such people are boldly coming out and expressing in the way they wish. 
  • But life is never that simple and it’s very difficult to be free from the associated downfalls here where the earlier values and culture protected there for a long time. Reckless enjoyments under the guise of expression of freedom are very much around and a few unscrupulous elements are making a hay out of that eternally keeping the present day youth under their grip. That way seen, it's another trap and the freedom gained in one hand is bound to be lost through the other. 
Let me actively support the true expressions of today's youth to free themselves from the chains of barbarism imposed by a few vested interests of my times simultaneously advising them on the pitfalls of reckless enjoyments under the guise of expressing their freedom and thus be doing a Sacred Work for the rest of my life in tune with Mother Nature's Original Plan!”

No doubt, subsequent to their decisions, the 1st and 2nd elderly men were soon repulsed by the youth of the day as nonsocial and odd without a say but the 3rd gentleman was simply just accepted by them as their True Adviser and Well-Wisher of a life time!

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

AS 'INNOCENCE' FLOWED AROUND IN ABUNDANCE....


### The child traveled to his grand parents home along with his mom on a holiday of one month. Seeing the grand parents, instantly he became too active and noisy.. As the little one's activities were going beyond the safe level, the grand father decided to keep them well under control.

That day, the little boy standing on the huge bed started jumping continuously precariously going to the edges and equally started rolling over from end to end, the elderly man took the boy's favorite soft toy and said, "Dear! If you come to the edge, am going to throw this out of the house!"

The little one instantly shouted back.. "No, No, No.. Don't do that. I'll be in the center!"

And the grand pa's trick worked there 100% without a say.. The elderly man was jubilant for a while that he could control the boy in no time.

That day morning the grand father just sat 
for a while on the bed waiting for something.

The boy came in, saw his grand pa sitting on the edge of the bed and instantly screaming aloud, "Grand pa! You are now sitting on the edge. Am throwing the toy out!" threw the same favorite soft toy out of the house before the old man could respond!

### The grand mom along with other family members took him to her favorite shop to buy a good costly dress for the boy for the up coming Function.

The family for a while sat thru' the various selections at the Child Section and finally the grand mom selected one of the best dresses for the boy.

She wanted to try the same on the boy to see how the fitment was, accordingly she got it checked and found it to be a perfect fit for him.


She took the child nearer and asked him, "Dear, do you like the dress?"

The boy said,"Yes" and immediately asked, "How much it costs?"

The grand mom instantly got wondered at the boy's question and as she was about to tell him the price, the daughter smiled and said, "He means nothing. At our place whenever we go out for purchases, his dad invariably checks the price before buying and here, he's just repeating those words!"

### The vacation being over, the family moved back and it was a dull time for a while for the grand parents. After some time, the grand mom decided to buy a good gift for the little one on an occasion and send it to him.. That evening she made a video call and asked the child, "Dear! For the Festival, what gift you want from us?"

"Gold and Silver!" said the boy.

"What are you asking? They are very costly. Tell me, what else you want?" the grand mom asked again.

"Gold and silver!" repeated the boy.

"He means shining items like gold and silver as he had seen a few shining plated ones here and was fascinated by their glitter!" clarified the daughter with a smile!

### Later after some time, the child was given a few Certificates in his School and one day he was proudly showing those Certificates to his grand parents on the video call.

The grand father said, “Oh, dear! You already got 3 Certificates. Nice!”

The little one, wide eyed exclaimed, “No, I've one more!”

The elderly man asked with all curiosity, “What's that? Where's it?”

The child cutely replied, “It's my Birth Certificate and it's with dad!”

Monday, March 14, 2016

MY 'OPINION' IS INDIRECTLY.. 'MY OWN ENEMY!'

"I'm a bit cynical about this place and the people here..There seems to be no basic order and well defined mode of action anywhere.. Anyhow having settled here, I got to live with all this and there's no go here..

Compared to this, take the case of the place....... There the systems and people living are truly unique. Everywhere there's a discipline and every man you meet is well aware of that. I very much love that place. Anyhow, this summer vacation, I decided to visit the place for a fortnight and explore........!"
  • "Dear! I got your point but I wish to say something here. I strongly feel that there's nothing like an absolute good place and totally a bad place around us. Every place has its own plus and minus. I equally know certain evils of the new place you've talked of so high and......."
"Sir!  Do you mean to say that those evils are not there in our own place? I too know what goes on in our place like........ These are the most common issues of every place on this earth.. What I'm saying here is.. Keeping all common issues aside for a while, the specific greatness of the new place is..........."
  • "Dear! am too not ignorant of all of that you say.. But the problem here is, if you carry such a special importance in your mind for the place you are talking of, you are likely to sideline the evil existing there to a certain extent since you proceed everywhere with an extra enthusiasm, believe beyond and are likely to be more easily targeted or made use by the evil forces of the new place. 
  • Again, by carrying constantly a remorse attitude to your place, you are likely to doubt everywhere more than required and assess the certain evil around as a greater evil thereby forever becoming non social around and constantly living with a hatred feeling unknowingly within. 
  • Both these attitudes are never in our interest as the right approach everywhere should be..
'Believe around but 
Believe with Care!'
  • And neither more nor less of it at any time. When you thus remain without taking any sides anywhere since the appreciation / condemnation indirectly misguide you, you are likely to behave as the right person in both the places with the required care from you being never neglected at any point of time. 
  • Tell me now.. Don't you want to retain this.. 
'Precious Jewel of Discrimination' 
between 
'Encouraging the Right'
and 
'Keeping off from the Wrong'
in all your actions instead of acting based on
'A Mere Opinion of just the Good and Bad'
out of 
Your own Feelings?"

Sunday, March 13, 2016

THE TIMELY HELP!



At the back of a great enthusiasm and with the help of the Time Machine, I traveled into my Past to correct a few of mistakes done by me in the Past because of which I find a certain quality of life missing with me Today..

But there as that correction needed a specific time of undoing, I quickly found that spending my quality time there definitely was going to affect my Present the other way which once again I could not afford..

Subsequently, I traveled back to the Present and further thought of traveling into Future to see what is in store for me there but that thought instantly reminded me of wasting my time unnecessarily musing beyond which once again was seen affecting my Present..

I instantly firmed up..

Let the Past be Past.. And let the Future be the Future.. I don't want into get into all this dead as well as promised worlds of mine losing the lively Today's world of mine..

This Present with me is all Sacred, sure Worth Living and Divine one hundred percent.. And such a Present living to the best of my abilities alone wards off the evils of my Past and molds my  Future.. And that living again truly needs every sec of this day and every bit of energy of this moment..

Let me thus divert myself here to the sacred tasks in front and thus truly rise in my life for the ultimate happiness and peace.. And nothing else is great in this scenario!

Thank you Time Machine for the timely help.. Sorry, there's no further time for you!

(This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.)

Friday, March 11, 2016

THE VERY MUCH SOUGHT 'HAPPINESS' IN LIFE!

  • When the king offered the men of his Palace to sleep in his own Palace for a night out of a great reverence for the work they were doing, they could not do so as there they missed their usual noisy surroundings, proximity of many people, the regular hard beds etc and were restless for a while. Soon they left all that comfort provided, together went to a corner and finally slept there on the hard floor happily.. 
Thus confirming the very much sought certain happiness existing with mankind at Tamasik Level!
  • When God bestowed the routine of 8 hrs of body and personal care, 8 hrs of family take care and 8 hrs of regular work on the man, the man was not happy, wanted more, accordingly started running round everywhere and then alone was happy and relaxed at the end of the day.. 
Thus confirming the equally sought certain happiness existing with mankind at Rajasic Level!
  • When 3 sculptors were once asked what they were doing, one said, 'I'm chipping!', the other said, 'I'm carving an angel out of the stone!' and the third Great Sculptor said, 'Don't you see the angel imprisoned in the stone? I'm just freeing her!' 
Thus confirming the finally sought certain happiness existing with mankind at Satvic Level too! And beyond all, we equally have stories like..
  • When the parent of the Famous Devotee was sleeping resting his head on the lap of his son and right at that moment as the Devotee started praying to God, God appeared in front of Him and granted Him the instant Total Liberation asking Him to join with the Ultimate. The Humble Devotee smiled and said, 'Right now, I cannot leave my body and come to you disturbing my parent's sleep. I can do that only when he wakes up all by himself!' 
Thus indirectly confirming the ultimate sought happiness existing with mankind beyond these 3 Levels again!
  • Having said so, the happiness with us is ever seen as a mixture of the first 3 Levels mentioned above in this mudane life and is constantly tending to rise to the Ultimate Level as said in the 4th example called the 'ETERNAL BLISS' where in the SEEKER, the SOUGHT and the act of SEEKING truly merge and become ONE!
(The Post is written in line with the IndiSpire Prompt#Happiness)

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

SOME TIMES, THE OTHER FACE OF.. 'A SINCERE CUSTOMER CARE!'

  • “I've a problem with my......... I'm not able to operate………”
the man requested for a solution through E-mail.. And pat came the reply..
  • "Thank you for contacting us.. Your problem will be resolved in 2 days time!” 
The man waited and sure got a call after 2 days..
  • “Sir! There's a problem with the Software and right now we are working to set right...... Please bear with us for one more day.. Sorry for the inconvenience!” 
Got agitated with the reply, the man raised the level and shot a mail with a copy to the GM. 
  • “Your staff are unable to address my problem…..” 
The next day, he received a mail from the GM himself which stated..
  • “Sir! I'm very sorry on behalf of our staff for not able to resolve your issue in time. I ordered them to look into this on priority and your issue will be resolved by tomorrow itself.. 
  • By the way, for the trouble we had give you, we decided immediately to upgrade your status as our Esteemed Customer. Please visit us at your convenient time to experience this new service and come in contact our new products offered with a discount specially for you. Hope you make use of this opportunity!” 
The man became cool and felt confident that ultimately it worked. He wanted to advantage of the new Facility given to him and accordingly, he visited, experienced the good Service and returned with a few Products at discounted price. No doubt, his problem was set right the next day but intermittent failures continued!

The man finally got fed up and straight away wrote to the CEO on the persistent problem with him with no solution from down the line.

The very next day, he got a mail directly from the CEO himself. Through the mail, the CEO profusely apologized on behalf of his staff for the delay and promised a speedy solution. He further wrote,

  • "Sir! For the deficiency in the timely customer care from our end, I offer you and your spouse a free 2 day stay in our Hotel in the Picturesque..... Please make use of this offer and enjoy your visit!" 
The man was truly thrilled. He instantly planned, went on a trip, enjoyed the stay and returned happily. His problem too, no doubt was resolved in the end!

After a while, one evening while he was on his usual walk in the park, he happened to overhear a certain conversation next to him.

  • “Now a days some of these concessional offers have a trick behind. Through these, the operators in the field straight away push unsold products on their customers, equally promote their new products and indirectly bring in customers to their Ventures during lean times.. But these costs are again indirectly recovered through the extra charges laid on the other facilities used by those customers at these places!”

Monday, March 7, 2016

THE IMPORTANCE OF 'PRAYER' IN OUR LIFE!



The car door might have been closed, locked and in addition the 'child lock' too switched on
Still we are constantly advised not to lean on to the door and keep off as the vehicle zooms!

The sophisticated Aircraft might have been fully automated with the Flying Machine being capable landing perfectly and safely in thick fog conditions too without a look outside
Still the cockpit is equipped with basic instruments and controls for direct manual application too, in addition!

The electrical appliances might have been made shock proof thru' earthing and a few times, double earthing too backed by stringent standards of safety in manufacture and supply
Still we are 100% advised to keep off whenever the appliances are in use!

The lift might have been fully automated, provided with instant communication facilities for emergency hold ups and checked fully for safety of operations
Still a few times countable in numbers, they are avoided in order not to get trapped, when it's possible to use the stairs!

The thick walled steel wardrobes at home might have been kept locked and double locked, further the home itself is firmly locked/bolted and carefully checked before going out or going to bed
Still we are advised to keep all the extra cash and valuables in a reputed bank!

Many nutrients and essentials might have been added to foods on shelves thru' dedicated research and further checked for stringent quality and safety in use
Still it is often advised to use the food direct from Nature!

Stringent travel plans might have been made backed by good monies in purse, essentials in carry bags, emergency contacts in phone and details of instant stop-overs in the mind
Still while leaving, the ever Green Message/Wish often passed on is ‘Take Care, Good luck!’

The man may too often, believe in money, power, status with the related forts and people around
Still constantly wishes for ‘Lady Luck’ to favor him ultimately!

As Uncertainty looms and Fear rules endlessly everywhere and every moment in spite of the best care taken, 
Let me Surrender to the Almighty thru' my Sincere Prayer 
For 
Ultimate Take Care
And on the 
Auspicious Day of Mahashivratri 
Invariably that 
Single Prayer of mine to Lord Shiva 
Goes thus..

'Om Trayambakam Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushti Vardhanam
Urvarukamiva Bandhanath
Mrytor Mukshiya Mamrutat.'

'We worship the three eyed one lord shiva who is of spiritual essence and nourishes all beings. May he severe our bondage of samsara and thus liberate us!'

Sunday, March 6, 2016

'SAFE' >>>>> 'SAFER!'


'Safe, Safe.. Sure Safe'
Said
Sophistication showing
Surrounding sky-scrappers.. 
'Sure Spider-less Surroundings
Something Special!'


'Safer, Safer.. Sure Safer'
Said
Survival Spirit 
Showing
Sober surroundings.. 
'Spiders should stay simultaneously surrounding!'

(The Post is written in line with the IndiSpire Prompt #YestoS)

Keywords:
'SAFE', 'SAFER'

Saturday, March 5, 2016

TWICE GUIDED.. FROM THE WRONG TO THE RIGHT!

The story starts here with the Goodness that accrued by following Srimad Bhagavad Gita..

The young man was too straight forward..

"I can't allow a wrong to happen in front of me.. Let me take the lead here and see to the end of this non sense drama right this moment!"

Thus he thought, got actively involved himself in questioning the wrong doers knowing little that they could put him down in no time, was soon snubbed beyond by the powerful in the game and finally had no go but to retreat.

Feeling sad he was directionless for a while not knowing what to do to uphold the righteousness around till a day when he incidentally happened to read the Sloka 35, Chapter III from Srimad Bhagavad Gita which boosted an indirect strength in him..

'Shreyan swadharmo vigunah paradharmaat swanusshthitaat
Swadharme nidhanam shreyah paradharmo bhayaavahah.'


'Ever safe is one’s own duty than the duty of another even well discharged. Better is even death in one’s own duty than the duty of another full of fear!'

The young man soon motivated by that Message, decided to go ahead in his life in that path which is said safe for him.

Thus the first Sacred Book Srimad Bhagavad Gita truly helped the man stabilize in his life diverting his mind towards his own duties in front!

And again moved on his life.. Soon, he was in mid thirties, life in front had become more alluring, more cheap advices were around him to divert his attention from the swadharma he vowed to follow, and that way, he slowly slipped into the wrong path as the related bad people surrounded him and held him tight there for a while. As riches and comforts started coming to his door step, the man had no go but to welcome them yielding beyond and in no time became haughty and authoritative in his surroundings.

That again had its own effect soon, when one day the then man of mid forties was straightaway cornered beyond and was made to shiver with fear for a while.. He had no go other than weeping in himself and equally was vehemently searching books for a solution for true peace in the situation.

On one of those troublesome days, as he was casually going thru' a few religious books for a desperate solution, the second Sacred Book 'Bhajagovindam' was spotted and again when he was having a quick glance thru' the same, Sloka 9 there captured his attention in respect of truthful living.

'sastangatve nissangatvam, nissangatve nirmohatvam
nirmohatve nischalatatvam,nischalatatve jeevanmuktih'


'From the company of seekers of truth non attachment develops, from non attachment comes freedom from delusion, from the freedom from delusion develops self steadiness and that self steadiness (alone) leads to true liberation (in one's life)!'

Greatly inspired by the Message there in, the man firmly decided immediately to get off from all that easy life and easy going people thru' some actions and sacrifices and that change itself made him closer a few good people in his own vicinity. As he thus started living with good people, the right interactions with them soon followed whose ultimate motive was ever to do good alone to the world and that path alone ultimately established theTrue Peace in the man for rest of his life!

Thus the second Book 'Bhaja Govindam' truly helped the man stabilize in his life the second time diverting his mind once again towards his own duties in front!

The story ends here with the Goodness that accrued once again by following Bhaja Govindam.

Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Part of Mahabharata in Sanskrit is traditionally ascribed to Sage Veda Vyasa and Bhaja Govindam Devotional Composition in Sanskrit is attributed to Sri Adi Shankara.


This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.

Thursday, March 3, 2016

THE SWEET MEMORIES OF OUR LIFE TIME!

We regularly converse with our grand child now 4 yrs+ staying in foreign land thru' video calls.  As some of our past experiences with our loved one were unique, I wish to share some of them in this Post. 

It was almost a year and half back, when he was nearing 3 yrs, these funny instances happened which are ever fresh in our memories.. 

### One day, when his grand mom asked him what he was doing, the boy said with a smile, "Am making a special cake for you!"

We were thrilled at his sweet talk but as he could not pronounce the word 'special' so easily at that point of time, the grand mom helped him out to say so with great difficulty but the next moment, he said with all pride, "I made it.. Come and eat!" so innocently when he couldn't speak the very word 'special!'

###On another day, my wife said with all seriousness, "Dear! Today, I'll teach you a Prayer. Repeat with me closing your eyes. Come on.. Say now!"

Thus instructing, she started, "Om! Jaya Jagadisha Hare, Swami Jaya Jagadisha Hare........"

No doubt the boy faithfully tried his best to say all that but finally when the grand mom said, "Say now.. Baba.." and paused for a while due to some cough to complete the saying there, '
Take care of me well!', the boy with all zeal continued, "Ba! Ba! Black sheep.. Have you any wool?......"

### My wife used to tell many Epic Stories to our grand child.

One day she said, "Dear! You know.. Little Krishna is very funny.. He used to eat lots of butter, play with children around, save all good people and help them. Once he ate even mud but when his mom........ So little Krishna is great and every one liked him. And here.. You are my little Krishna.. Who are you?"

The boy with great difficulty said,"Little Krishna!" but the next moment said, "But I can't eat mud.. Butter.. Daily I eat a bit. Not so much!" 





Finally, it was time for both of us to visit our grand child at his place and as such we planned visiting the place for a stay of one month. 

###I packed a number of toys and play items for the child in a separate check-in bag to handover to him directly at the Airport itself when they come to receive us. By bad luck the particular bag had not arrived with us and we were told that it would take a day or two to receive the same. When we came out, my daughter was at the airport with her family and the child ran to us calling aloud!

I was feeling bad for the boy as immediately I could not give his toys. As I was telling the matter to my daughter, the little boy instantly said, "Grand Pa! At home, I've a bag with me. You can take it!"

### During our stay there, on a day we were going in the car and the car stopped at a signal. I said to the boy, “Dear! This Road is called Jamboree! Can you repeat?”

The child instantly said nicely to the amusement of every one in the car, “Jamboree!”, paused a while and blurted out with a smile, “The next is February.. The next is March..”


At another stop, the signal was red for a little while.. The boy said, “Go.. Go.. It’s green!”

I got amused and asked, “Hey! Where's the green here?” The little one smilingly said with all softness pointing out the trees on the side, “Green!”

After a while at another signal when it was green, he suddenly shouted, “Stop!”


I got wondered and asked him, “Why? What for, dear?” He pointed out at the setting Sun in distance and said, “Red!” 

### One day, I was educating the child on the names of the rooms at home.

“Dear! This is the bed room and we sleep here. This is the dining room and we eat here. This i
s the living room, this is the rest room, and this.. Closet.” 

The child sincerely repeated all the names and as soon as we came out of the closet, he pulled the door tight saying "I closed it!”


### On a day, the boy was playing with me and was too fussy with me for a while. Suddenly in the middle of the play, he shouted aloud near to my ear.

I instantly screamed at him saying, “Ohh..! My ear is gone!”

The boy carefully looked at my ear from a side for a while and said with a big smile, ”It’s there!”


These funny experiences with our grand son forever remain in our heart as truly the sweetest memories of our life!

The Post is written in line with the requirement of
“Share your #MemoriesForLife like I’ve done at BlogAdda for HDFC Life.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

WHEN DO I COME OUT OF THIS COCOON?


“My knee has a specific problem. It's not allowing me to walk fast as well as go down the stairs. Others have already started noticing this. I feel bad for getting into this problem at this age itself.. 

It appears, God is not kind to me!”

“Me too suffering from a similar problem. Of late, my shoulder and right hand are creating a problem and I'm not able to lift loads like earlier. I'm forced to handle lighter loads in a different fashion. None of my colleagues have this type of problem.. 

God is not kind to me too!”

“The other day, I had to travel by city bus. I somehow boarded one at..... but getting off at our stop looked almost impossible. I got down slowly at the next Terminus Stop and then walked back home. Truly pathetic situation.. I'm put down once for all.. 

Sad.. God is not really kind to us!”

“I too faced a similar situation last Sunday. That day, I purchased a few items from our Market and as I started walking towards the Bus Stop carrying the same, suddenly the right shoulder gave way and I could no more carry the stuff on that side. It was hectic to carry that load in the other hand, travel in the bus all along singly and reach home. Very difficult to get on like this.. 

Yes.. God is sure unkind to us both!”

“We got to do something here. But you see, I already sought the Medical Advice and I was told to go slow in life along with a routine treatment. Means in coming years, I've got to live with the problem and I can never do many activities. Presently everything is a mess. And no one understand's my difficulty.. 

I don't know.. Why God is punishing us both like this?”

“Yes.. We can't do much here. It seems I'm the only person among my colleagues having this peculiar problem. Every one else is happily going around with their full freedom of movement. Truly a bad situation.

I agree.. God has totally looked the other way here!”

Feeling thus, as the two friends of early 50s finished their works and were returning home, they could see a smart well dressed man overtaking them along with an elderly man..

The man in his late 20s with 

Neatly shaven face, 
Well groomed hair and 
Pleasant smile 

happily chit-chatting with the elderly well-wisher smiling in between to which the elderly too was responding with all warmth appeared to be asking the two men softly,

"Why don't you walk a mile in my shoe before making hundred complaints?"

The young man in his wheel chair with partially paralyzed right hand and right leg the elderly well wisher and care taker helping him out where required..  The two moved on gracefully and soon vanishing from the sight!

‘This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.’

Keyword: COCOON