DISCOVERING MYSELF!

Bhajagovidam bhajagovidam

govindam bhaja muudhamathe

samprapte sannihite kale

nahi nahi rakshati drukrun karane.

'Worship Govinda! Worship Govinda! Worship Govinda (limiting yourself to the ordained duties).. When the end approaches, the Grammar Rules (the craving for materialistic gain and recognition) will not save you!'

Says 

Sloka 1 of Bhaja Govindam 

forever stressing the futile attempts of materialistic pursuits in this world beyond a limit!

To say rightly, I'm ever running after that

'Drukrun Karane'

indirectly confirming the ever going on activity of mine Viz.,

'Craving for the worldly recognition of myself'

to the max all along identifying myself with various

'Roles I play around'

getting back a constant praise!

As the Sloka says

that any activity of this type is a futile attempt in life leading me nowhere ultimately, it's the right time that now itself

I step back,

rise constantly and try responding myself a bit more 

to the truth known to me thru'

a definite sacrifice from my end

where in alone I can truly communicate with

the Nature around,

the Family with me and 

the rest of the Society at large!

Seen thus

My Song of Life

forever goes..

'I'll ever be firmly doing the Right

all along not disturbing the other man thru'

a sure minimum sacrifice from my end 

'chipped in'

as adding this 

'delta to my life'
surely cheers me up in a big way paving for definite peace in normal times and 

equally in the God given tough situations too
where in place of despair,
a Sincere Prayer
alone takes over leaving a

sure embedded message 

with me that 

the Almighty has all such Greater Plans only
for securing my 

Ultimate Peace in Eternity!'

The Post is written in line with the

Prompt

What is it that we are running after? Isn't it time to step back and enjoy life, nature, family or anything we really love#discoverlife

'DEAR TIME, MONEY & ENERGY! WHERE HAVE YOU GONE?'

"God is not kind to me. I'm constantly loaded with problems and problems forever feeling short of time, monies and energies. I don't know why.. I'm a lost person in my life!"

Started the man his usual lamenting that Sunday morning.. The friend said,

"Let's go for jogging for a while in our park to feel better!"

• "You know the news? Our neighborhood man is a real brave man. Yesterday, there was a serious problem and he simply...... I went to his place, personally congratulated him and we spent some time......!"

Said the man with a distinct excitement on his face as they moved on..

• "Hello.. Oh, dear! How are you? What are you saying? No problem.. Please drop in. I'm waiting for you!"

He quickly answered a call on the way..

• "You please keep off from our personal matters. It's none of your business here!"

Shouted a man at him at the park as he tried to intervene to pacify a quarreling group..

• "I can't run further!" 

Saying thus the man sat on a bench before the last round which the friend completed and sat by his side..

"God is not kind to me. I'm constantly loaded with problems and problems forever feeling short of time, monies and energies. I don't know why.. I'm a lost person in my life!"

Again started the man his usual lamenting.. The friend looked at him and said,

“Dear! I sure now know the reason for your suffering!"

As the man looked at him totally astonished, the friend continued..

• "Yesterday you reacted beyond, went out of way and thus spent your precious time and energies which are indirectly monies with a distant neighbor where as others just took that in the right spirit and felt good about him at their own places..
• On the way today, you invited home your friend leaving the whole choice to him without informing at Home and planning properly ready to spend your precious time and energies which are indirectly monies beyond..
• At the Park, you unnecessarily intervened in the argument which would have come down by itself thus again wasting your precious time and energies which are indirectly monies equally getting back a rebuke..
• While jogging, you unknowingly chose the outer border of the circular path, got exhausted earlier to me and felt bad in spite of running approximately the same distance with me in total thus never claiming your precious time and energies which are indirectly monies spent in the right way!

Dear, remember! In life at anytime, if you are vigilant and disciplined without too much

Looking out,
Looseness and
Inattentive attitude

From your side, you sure will have plenty of your precious

Time,
Money and
Energy

For the required!"

Keywords: TIME, MONEY, ENERGY!

FOREVER, 'COMPLACENCE' AND 'EXCESS' HAVE NO PLACE HERE!

A King of 40s was childless for some time and equally had no major issues in his day to day Ruling and both the situations indirectly made him complacent as well as dull for a while.. 

The wise Minister noticed that and on a day proposed for the King a long vacation of two months accompanied by himself to a distant forest area where the King could come in direct communication with Nature and thus could feel better.

• “We'll have daily updates about the happenings in our Kingdom during our absence and Your Majesty can truly relax in this period of vacation!”

said the Minister. The King wasn't totally happy with the proposal but equally as he was dull what the Minister proposed for him looked to be appropriate at that point of time.

Accordingly, on a particular day they both moved on to their vacation. Thus passed a month and at that point of time the news came up that a few bad 'Elements' in the Kingdom joined hands together to create certain unrest in the Kingdom taking advantage of their King's long absence.

• “Sir! No problem. I've already made arrangements for all safety measures!”

confided the Minister.. The King admonished him and said..

• “But you only unnecessarily brought the situation to this level. Now these people know that I've become careless. Because of this I should forever be on extra guard!”

The Minister smiled and said,

• “You are right, your Majesty and that forever will engage your Highness with plans and programs. At last some work for all of us and no time to brood over and become complacent as well as dull!"

The King was astonished with Minister's Plan but equally had a doubt.. He said,

• "My dear! Have you planned all this with a surety that it would happen this way alone? Nothing too could have happened!"

The Minister smiled and said,

• "A few black sheep will always be there in every Group and here absence of your Highness had made them come out openly!"

The King had his last doubt,

• "Suppose, no one in my Kingdom had such intentions of causing disturbance to my Ruling?"

he asked. The Minister smiled and said,

• "Yes! In such rare cases, it equally doesn't matter whether the Ruler is there or not!"

The King had no words to say further at the back of the Minister's Wisdom!

FLOWERS (OF COURSE, THE ARTIFICIAL ONES ALONE) AT THE DOOR..

The old Post is modified and presented here without altering the basic message conveyed therein to reflect my view on this week's IndiSpire Prompt

"The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility." Vaclav Havel said. Your reflection? #BetterLife

I became conscious of success in my life and thought.. 

"I was the leading man in my life!" 

No flowers were at my door at any time but a beautiful bunch was in front of my neighbor's door daily. My consciousness remarked,

"You may not be aware.. In your success, many around 

Volunteered following you without a protest!" 

Leaving those thoughts, I thought.. 

"I was the strong man in my life!" 

The story was same with my Consciousness remarking,

"In your success, many around 

Were indirectly made weak!" 

Leaving those thoughts, I thought.. 

"I was the brave man in my life!" 

The story was same with my Consciousness remarking,

"In your success, many around

Had their own legitimate fears!" 

Leaving those thoughts, I thought.. 

"I was the intelligent man in my life!" 

The story was same with my Consciousness remarking,

"In your success, many around 

Were not blessed to be so!" 

Leaving those thoughts, I thought.. 

"I was the learned man in my life!" 

The story was same with my Consciousness remarking,

"In your success, many around

Had no such chances with them!" 

Leaving those thoughts, I thought.. 

"I was the best man in my life!" 

The story was same with my Consciousness remarking,

"In your success, many around

Were not allowed to express so!"

Leaving those thoughts, I thought.. 

"I was the wise man in my life!" 

The story was same with my Consciousness remarking,

"In your success, many around 

Happened to be of adjusting type!" 

Leaving those thoughts, I thought.. 

"I was the useful man in my life!" 

The story was same with my Consciousness remarking,

"In your success, many around

Were unable to utilize their skills!" 

Leaving those thoughts, I thought.. 

"I was the smart man in my life!" 

The story was same with my Consciousness remarking,

"In your success, many around

Were straightforward!" 

Leaving those thoughts, I thought..

"I am the successful man in my life!"

The story was same with my Consciousness remarking,

"In your success, many around

Were deprived of those opportunities!" 

Feeling helpless, I questioned back,

"How come my neighbor had 

Flowers At The Door 

Daily and myself not?"

My Consciousness smiled and said,

"All those days, that man 

Remained Humble, 

Had Consideration for the Other and 

Sincerely worked for his/her Improvement

But

You were proud of your achievements alone all along!" 

‘This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, 

an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.’

The Post is equally suited for the BlogChatter to #CauseAChatter..

Keywords:

FLOWERS, DOOR

THE TIMELY LESSON!

That evening after a day's out, the Little One of 4+ was seen turning very fast the huge Globe purchased by his grandpa as his birthday gift.. Seeing that, the grandpa instantly decided to teach his boy an important lesson along with the play.. He said,

"Dear, it's a model of our mother earth! Do you know our days and nights'll become shorter if our mother earth too goes faster?"

"Oh! That'll be really fun!"

said the boy looking at his grandpa with a distinct amusement seen on his face.

"No, dear! We should have only 24 hrs a day.. Else, our bodies and minds'll be confused and we become sick!"

"Oh! Then our mom earth should always go exactly at the same speed?"

"Yes.. Our inclined mom earth again goes round the sun at one speed only.. Because of that we get rains, water and all green around. Don't you want all that?"

"I like playing in rain with paper boats in the puddles!"

"Yes.. You can always do that.. So we shouldn't like faster speeds.. OK?"

"Yes!"

"Our mom earth, our sun god and our dear stars in the sky never like super speeds and faster life!"

"OK.. Can I move my globe slow?"

"No.. Even that's also not good.. Then we won't have all our things in time and our life becomes difficult!"

"So.. We all should move at the speed our mom earth asks!"

"Not exactly.. Our mom earth allows us going faster also for our happiness but not too much.. And she is asking..

'I'm moving with my speeds round me and round the sun no more no less and so you have green plants, many animals, lots of fish, plenty of rain and water.. You want all these, Isn't it?'"

"Yes.. I love playing with my pet, I like plants in my garden and I want to see fish jumping in waters!"

"She is again asking,

'Your favorite coconut water too which you had in the afternoon today?'"

"Yes.. I love my coconut water.. It's yummy!"

"Then our mom earth is saying,

'Follow what I do and if you want, do more bit by bit only not too much anywhere!'

Shall we follow her? Then our mom earth will be very happy and we'll sure have all these with us!"

"Yes.. Yes.. I'm going to listen to all what my mom says and what my mom earth says!"

The grandpa instantly felt too happy to listen to those sweet words from his boy.. He gently patted the Little One and wished him all the best in his life!

DEFINITELY A BETTER ROLE TO BE PLAYED BY ME AROUND!

My initial thoughts may be.. 

“I don't like this neighbor of mine. He pokes everywhere and interferes with the personal matters often. I firmly believe that, one should respect the individuals around him/her without getting into their personal issues. Instead, this man raises unnecessary topics and hangs on to others' problems till some one has to stop and send him out on some pretext. This's really a very bad habit of this man.. I've decided to totally cut him off to avoid this daily nuisance!’’ 

But soon the refined thoughts that follow should be.. 

"'A person may be bad today but he/she is not bad forever!' 

So, the only thought that I can hold today on to myself in respect of this man is ‘His behavior does not suit me for the time being!’ This attitude alone is the best for me in the present scenario that brings true calmness in me as after a while situations change so much that sometimes the earlier 'bad' appear 'good' and the earlier 'decency' may be seen with full of 'mistakes and hypocrisy!'"

Which equally is confirmed thru' the thinking.. 

“A poison with us too has the same elements of Nature as our food, the only difference being.. The elements there are grouped and mixed in a different fashion! When certain specific chemical agents interact with these poisons, in no time they turn them into harmless compounds! Exactly in a similar way, when I play a 'Higher Role' in the society around through the 'Right Interactions' with my next man, he/she may transform himself/herself to a higher level and thus become more useful to the society/world at large! 

Am I constantly turning a blind eye to this 'Greater Task' in front of me when I deal with my neighbor by bothering only about myself?” 

Thus goes the refinement in me as I live with my Community firming up on the ultimate that I only have to change and adjust here according to the temporary situations around and thus live thru' my life happily with an extended love towards my Community in which every one is finally a true member! 

Sri Ganesha Festival of today being a Community Festival on a large scale where in Idols of Sri Ganesha from every home broadly join together in the Sacred Immersion Process expressing that Oneness ultimately, let me too take this Pledge on this Auspicious day and thus live my life in Peace! 

HAPPY GANESHA CHATHURTHI! 

THE ETERNAL MASK WITH ME!

No doubt, Realization is the Ultimate Aim of every human being
The purpose of one's life being to Elevate oneself to that level
And each is equipped with all the strength and investigation capacities
To go ahead with that search and find out the Truth! 

Till that Ultimate is reached, masking myself becomes inevitable 

As sure there would be a difference between 

My thought, speech and deed due to thick ignorance of mine 

Else every moment of life becomes unmanageable! 

Here the task of masking myself is totally left to me 

As that is forever my free wish and will within the limits of law 

And here alone I should be highly cautious and attentive 

To never allow this masking for my selfish gains! 

The layers of this mask I need today would be infinite

Be able to take out these layer by layer alone is my job on this day 

Which sure goes with past pace when 

I start doing my bounden duties with greater sincerity! 

God has plans to sure help me out in this mission of mine 

The Almighty like a lovable parent is ever observing me whether 

I'm interested in peeling off my mask or like to continue my child's play 

Ready to support me in both the directions! 

Whenever I show extra ordinary interest to pursue the Truth 

The Lord equally helps me in taking off part of my mask at one stroke 

Thus reducing the thickness required by a considerable amount

Thereby making issues of my life more transparent to the world! 

That's called the Stage of Elevation in Philosophy

When part of my ignorance falls off suddenly

Myself getting elevated permanently in my life

With greater responsibilities of life around equally attached!

Thus goes my life and my masking 

And the ultimate layer of this masking 

Falling off from me with the final Truth revealed 

Is sure ahead but when never known!

Let me thus continue the discipline of wearing this mask 

And present to the world as much as required by the world alone

And wait patiently with a Sincere Prayer in my heart

Ever doing my bounden duties to the core! 

OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTIH!

The Post is written in line with the IndiSpire Prompt Take this poetic challenge.Mask and masks, masks everywhere. What is it that the mask tries to hide? put it in prose poem, poetry, micro-poem, haiku or anything lyrical.#masks

Keywords: Realization, Almighty, God, Lord, Truth, Elevation, mask