!!! Happy Independence Day !!!

On the occasion of 64th version, here's wishing all my fellow brothers and their sisters a Very Happy Independence Day. Here's an attempt to pen down my thoughts on one of the most important day in the life of all of us, as Citizens of India!!!

When we were school going kids
When we stood in the assembly line,
When the National Anthem was sung,
When we raised our heads and minds,
When we thought about the martyrs,
When we learnt about the abundance,
Plethora of knowledge and divinity inherent

I loved my India

As we grew up,
As we started understanding the world,
As we learnt that We are Citizens,
As we learnt about Democracy,
As we saw the goods and the bads,
As we learnt the mysteriousness,
Wrong and the Righteousness,

I loved my country

Religions aplenty, dogmas a plenty,
Breakthroughs, happenings, bigshots,
Everything which is Dormant and Revealed,
Birthland of Zero and the Infinity,
Makes me wonder the vicinity

And for all that It has given me,
The mere existence of being Me,
In the Geographical demarche
On the Day of its Independence,
One thought in my mind,

I Love You My Country
I Love You My India !!!

Let The Children Play

A priest, having started a family, no longer had any peace for his prayers. One night, when he knelt down, he was disturbed by the children in the living room.

"Children keep quiet!" he shouted.

Thereafter, whenever the priest came home, they all maintained silence during prayers. But he realized that God was no longer listening.

One night, during his prayers, he asked the Lord: "what is going on? I have the necessary peace, and I cannot pray!"

An angel replied: "He hears words, but no longer hears the laughter. He notices the devotion, but can no longer see the joy."

The priest stood and shouted once again to his wife: "Let the children play! They are a part of prayer!"

Story apart, thing is we can't attain inner peace unless and until we make sure that our external paradigms are well taken care of. We can feel abyss only when we make everyone around us feel the same, or atleast do the best we can to make things around us seem better

Ramakrishna Teaches About Faith

Sri Ramakrisna tells the story of a man who was about to cross a river, when master Bibhishana came over, wrote a name on a leaf, tied it to the man’s back, and said:

Don’t be afraid. Your faith will help you walk on the waters. But the minute you lose faith, you will drown.

The man trusted Bibhishana, and began to walk on the waters, without any difficulty. At a certain point, he had an overwhelming desire to know what his master had written on the leaf tied to his back.

He took it and read what was written:

“Oh god Rama, help this man to cross the river.”

“Is that all?” thought the man. “And who is this god Rama, anyway?”

The moment this doubt became lodged in his mind, he was submerged and drowned in the strong current.

Which explains the fact that if we want to do the improbable, impossible, impertinent things to be done or happen in our life, we are supposed to condition our mind so that its got to believe and visualize things which have not materialized in the first place. We should have unflinching faith in whatever we do.

Keep Breathing !!!!

We were screening Tom Hanks starrer, Cast Away, in our office and there was this dialogue by him in the end which made me pen down this one. Hope it helps us to stay There and breathe...

When happenings happen,
When breeze turns into storms,
When tides are higher than your depth,
Keep Breathing !!!

When we know we would be down,
As nothing could be done,
When we know we did our best,
And nothing comes off blue,
Keep breathing !!!

When lumps fills your throat,
When your heart feels to be free,
When you feel the need to connect to You,
Keep breathing !!!

No matter what the fate brings to you,
No matter how much you can sustain,
No matter how many times you kiss the dust,
No matter whether Matters matter,
Still hang on And
Keep breathing !!!

Hit with an umbrella

A fervent Buddhist lady made every effort to love others. But every time she went to the market, a merchant made indecent proposals to her.

One rainy morning, when the man bothered her once again, she lost control and hit him on the face with her umbrella.

That same afternoon, she sought out a monk and told him what had happened.
“I am ashamed,” she said. “I couldn’t control my hate.”

“You did wrong to hate him,” answered the monk. ” But life is about communicating our feelings to each other – and you need to understand that people are different”.

“The next time he says something, fill your heart with goodness.

“And hit him again with your umbrella, because that’s the only language he knows.”

In short, sometimes we have to do what we ought to do, there should not be any second thought to it. But at the same time, we have to maintain the correct decorum inside us, so that we dont lose our feet and balance

Let Go Off It !!!

A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream.

The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation.

The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime.

But, a few days later, he came back to return the stone to the wise woman.
“I’ve been thinking,” he said. “I know how valuable this stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious.

“Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me this stone.”

Let no thing in this world be so luring to us that we cannot part with it for the noble and the right deeds. Think about it and keep in mind the conscious righteousness !!! Let go off It, if it is for the goodness of the whole !!!

Stress buster hang-ons

Stress is a wonderful enhancer of unwanted things happening in our life. It ensures that we are tapping the weakest potential we all possess inside the temple of mind and body.

While in a grocery store, a person overheard a mother, saying to her baby, "Dont yell Jennifer !!! Dont scream Jennifer !!! Be calm Jennifer !!!". The person was very impressed by her social understandability and he went on to her and said, "You did a good job by making your baby understand the correct behavior".

She replied, "I am Jennifer" !!!

We all need some stress buster to hang on, to ensure that our mode of functioning does not go into the reverse gear and we still maintain the same energy and vitality on our part, which of course, make sure that we are tapped to our utmost and best potential

Make The Heart Go First

In the middle of a storm, a pilgrim reaches an inn and the owner asks where he is going.

“I’m going to the mountains,” he answers.

“Forget it,” says the innkeeper, “it’s a risky climb, and the weather is awful.”

“But I’m going up,” answers the pilgrim.”It is my dream”.

“If my heart got there first, it will be easy to follow it with my body.”

That's why it is said that whatever and howsoever you do, we should first like the thing we are doing. If we like it from heart, then it becomes all the more easy to sustain and make sure that the thing is probably taken care of in its right form

It Takes Courage To Show Courage

It takes courage, To refrain from gossip
When others delight in it,
To stand up for the absent person
Who is being abused.

It takes courage, To live honestly
Within your means,
And not dishonestly
On the means of others.

It takes courage, To be a REAL man or a TRUE woman,
To hold fast to your ideals
When it causes you, To be looked upon
As strange and peculiar.

It takes courage To be talked about,
And remain silent,
When a word would justify you
In the eyes of others,
But which you dare not speak
Because it would injure another.

It takes courage, To refuse to do something
That is wrong
Although everyone else
May be doing it
With attitudes as carefree
As a summer song.

It takes courage, To live according
To your own convictions,
To deny yourself
What you cannot afford.
To love your neighbor
As yourself!

----Courtesy : Anonymous

Risk living your dreams

There are times when you know what you should do and you could not do. There are times when we think we can but we are not recognized. There are times when you dont get the right input and affection. There are times when external factors are more strong than your inner strength. There are times when day seems to be night. There are times when we are bound to think that things would never be the same. There are times when you lose your importance to yourself.

But......

When an individual remains calm and resolute, determined to prove his mettle, stoic in his belief towards living his dream and believe himself

There would be a time when you would be appreciated for what you thought. There would be a time when you would be the source of the right inputs. There would be a time when your dreams would nurture themselves. There would be a time when factors does not matter anymore. There would be a time when your night would bring a bright sunshine every moment in a day.

Its all a matter of inner peace and satisfaction which you have to learn to contemplate and balance so that you get the right waves from your inner spheres.