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Mind flows like the river. It has not seen the ocean but still carries own in search of the ultimate bliss that it has glimpsed but not yet become.  The water finds the lowest point. The mind becomes humble. Humility blossoms. The water overcomes the rock solid obstacles. The mind develops patience and perseverance. A never give up attitude. The water irrigates the fields and leaves fertile soil. The mind shares stories of hardship, toil and makes inside and everyone around light. The water jumps and cuts through hilly terrain. The mind exhibits its youthful exuberance.  The water keeps flowing. The mind keeps exploring the new. The clouds come and meet the mountains. The rivers of life are born. The seeds of mind are fresh from pure rich showers of rain.  The river is born. Streams innocently flow and bubble down the hills. Gathering experience and water to form rivers. They become lazy and lame in fields, dwindling wherever the slopes takes ...

The last words of  +Michael Fischman  before we parted to our individual destinies were "Enjoy your family". Thanks to him the bonding with the spouse have improved over the last few days. She is wondering "Why didn't I met Michael many years ago". She has been struggling to put good sense into my head but has failed miserably. A gentle collection of wordy slap from the conviction of Michael has brought me back into the path. What is your family? At first shot it looks your spouse if you are married, your kids if you are parent, your parents, your siblings, your cousins. As you meditate more on the term "family" it gradually gathers momentum and expands to fill the universe. It simple is a reflection of your sense of belongingness. If you think your neighbors belong to you , they become your family. If you think your neighbors neighbors belong to you then they become your family. If you think everybody connected to +Art of Living   belong to ...

The night went by The dances subside The ear deafening loudspeakers went quite Only few plates chairs and the stage leftovers from modern civilized enclave dwellers were scattered around Aho!! A loud thud of voice Coming back with breakfast in hand I woke up to see two elderly women beside the fountain One hand was up and waving other was somber and quiet I followed her gaze It went past me sensed two more elderly women behind They smiled HAPPY NEW YEAR!! came the scream piercing through the wind a spontaneous smile spread over my wings The ladies behind reciprocated to the ladies ahead They must be in eighties or could be more but still they welcomed the new year with aplomb and gaiety Each day is a new beginning for them and us Sun brings new rays The wind is fresh Every moment is born anew Every moment dies too soon Does not matter if we are young or old we are anew and ancient too Welcoming you all to a new beginning 2012 d...

You go to school and college. You get a job. You listen to Upanishads. What do you get? You know, your every act, your every thought is towards getting happiness. You earn so that you get a comfortable lifestyle. You take up a project on your own because it appeals to you and promises to give you happiness in end. You have progeny to get happiness. You become a householder to get happiness. Happiness is single most vital motivator behind every thing that you do on this planet. The master too says that at end of upanishad discourse the only thing you get is happiness of heaven. Your mind settles down in knowledge. The striving continues but feverishness stops. You self is getting wedded to infinite soul every moment. Your body is a miniature of entire universe. The finite body is becoming one with infinite universe. In India there is a tradition of doing the marriage of Radha and Krishna. You dont get caught up in that, you move on to higher planes. For one, there was n...

Every animal on this planet manifests a form of divine consciousness on this planet. Every extinction of animal loses that manifestations. That is what the  string theory  is also all about. They are the carriers of those energy. We, as humans, are carrier of knowledge. A few ShivRatries (a hindu festival worshipping Lord Shiva) ago, on solar eclipse day, an incident occurred in a village temple in Tamilnadu. A cobra was climbing a particular tree ( bael ) and plucking its leaves and moving towards the Shiva Linga in the temple premise. All got scared looking at the serpent there. But he repeated the process 4-5 times and some had sense to take photos and videos. He is associated with Lord Shiva and was washing his sins on Solar eclipse according to local priest there. Every part of our body is associated with a particular grain, a planet, a color, a flower, a god or goddess. Like Saturn with mouth , jaws. Jupiter with nose. Chick peas. M...

As humans you get 8 units of life. A stone has 1 unit of life. There are male and female in stones too. Ancient traditions and sculptors know it. Water has 2 unit of life. Air has 3 unit of life. Space has 4 unit of life. Trees have 6 unit of life. Animals have 7 units of life. Humans have 8 units of life. We are here and we need to move forward. Geniuses have 9 units of life. In both sense either for great political system or social change or people like Hitler. Your spirit has 9-10 units of life. In a while when you leave your body you become more powerful. You have more access and flexibility. The constraint of body is lost. Your ancestors have 11 units of life. In many traditions we pray to ancestors. They can give you boons according to their capability. They cannot give all the boons. Your pitr पितृ  have 12 units of life. Kinnars have 13 units of life. They bless or curse with wealth. You will have great wealth but you will not be happy with your prog...

You know yet you dont know. Know that and assimilate. If you cannot manage that knowledge in this lifetime even after hearing it then its a great loss to you, the greatest of losses. You will yet again gather bundles of miseries and carry on to next lifetimes. Like the man behind the projector sees only the light. The people in the cinema see only the movie. There is only one bulb that throws light on the film reel and all characters are projected into the big screen. The single consciousness flows through one and all, through the hero and the villain, through the heroin as well as the side-kicks. It does not discriminate. Its you who has the visceral experiences and get lost in the characters. The characters around you are the reflections of you. And if you extend that vision and project your identity on environment around and still wonder why there is so much negativity around you, why people shout at you, why do they spit and why do they turn away from you? Is it them or is ...

Self-effort, a holy person's grace and knowledge can take you to immortalilty Consciousness has four faculties. They are one but still for the sake of understanding we can divide. Experience - happenings in and around you, there is a complete movie that can be played even with   eyes closed Intellect - some aspects of brain Memory - you create some but nature has it all around you - mind Identity - your self - ego We have five sense objects Eyes Nose Tongue Ears Skin We have five senses See Smell Taste Hear Touch Everything in Nature is permutation - combination of  Fire Earth Water Air Space We experience the following 5 from nature Through Seeing/Light/Fire we experience/see day/night, color of flowers, trees, heavenly objects Through Smell/Earth/fragrant particles we experience fragrance of flowers, food  Through Saliva/Water we get the taste of food/fruits Through hearing/air we experience music/voice/noise Through t...

A nation which had given up. A nation which had no hope in the system. A nation which believed in nothing. कुछ नहीं हो सकता , क्यों वक़्त बर्बाद करते हो, सौ रुपये दो और आगे बड़ो,  ज़िन्दगी मैं और भी गम है,  यह सौ रुपये बचा के क्या करना,  फालतू की कीच कीचक क्यूं करना.  Senior citizen narrated their times of less corruption. Youth wondered was there ever a time of less corruption.  The common man sweats and burns his blood everyday of his life.  He wants a little money to buy some bread. He wants a little money to buy some education for his kids.  We created a generation of whales who learnt only to gulp big money.  Huge monsters. You dare not raised your voice against them.  They were your representative. They were your killer too.  Murderers. More than the money they made you hopeless.  More than the society they forced you indoors.  You just bothered about your life.  You just cared to meet both ends meet.  What ...

Your spouse makes a mistake, could be in business/relationships with kids. You knew all along that it was not the right decision but your spouse persisted and failed. How will you feel? How will your spouse feel? You decide to analyse the failure. How will you approach analysis/post-mortem? What intentions will you bring on the table of discussions? Will your intentions be pure? Will they be muddled with your personal victory of your assumptions? Will it be to prove that you were right? Will the conclusions be driven by your feeling better about their failure? Or, Will it be purely on learning's coming out of a failed decision? Mistakes happen. Actors change. When you make mistake you pray that world is turning a blind eye. When others fail you want to glide in with eagle's ferocity and rupture their flesh with your sheer momentum? What is the best way to empower failed people? Empower means to give power to a sulking soul. Poor thing has already lost the game...