The very thought of death gives jitters as a person grows by age. After all, death fascinates, intrigues even the wisest of the wise.
I also, as thinker, contemplated and continue to contemplate on the subject.
As youth was swayed by the mythological stories about Rishis living for thousands of years after penance and having the blessings of the almighty.
Thought that if I do penance I might also be blessed with immortality/longer life.
May be about 50 years agi I used to practise regular meditation and once in a way go into deep trance. During those days a thought used to come to my mind. If God gives dharshan and offers me a boon then what should I seek. Being into ascetic life I didn’t need any worldly things. As such only one thing I may seek and that was a longer life span; say1000 years of life. If I live so long I would then be a walking encyclopedia and would be able to give lectures on history of the world since I would by then be an eye witness to many past historical events of the world. After some time, however, felt a thousand years to be too much and I may get bored with my two banana a day, black coffee and smoking. Then thought of asking God for 500 years. As time passed the figure came down from 500 years reduced it to 300 then to 200 and finally left to destiny/Celestine plan. In the process I learnt that it’s not the number of years we live but the quality of life we maintain during our life; how our potentials are used to the brim. How we lived a life without any regret of any sort. Adi shankar lived for a very short span of just 33 years yet even after 1300 years he still lives in the the hearts of followers of his advaita philosophy/theosophy. After all it is quality and not how long one lives
Most men and women nowadays lament that their potential is being under-utilised at work or in other spheres. They curse their bosses or leaders and blame them for not being able to achieve their highest potential. They unnecessarily feel low, frustrated, disgusted, dejected etc., and fail to introspect that they lack perhaps in soft skills, effective communication, presentation, planning or execution. And instead of fixing the gaps, they go on blaming their bosses, leaders, the situation and even destiny!
Never was I a fan
Nor a follower
I suggest every one not to be a fan
Nor follower.
No masks
Nor shadows I have
None to breather over my neck.
I live a life of my own.
For this
I kept my eyes, ears and mind open
Collected data from the world,
Computed it and then consolidated
My thought, life and
My very being..
The world is about to end – yet again – on 23 September 2017 (yes, Today !), according to the latest doomsday prophecy. In my childhood I used to hear that England will be inundated under sea according to the predictions by Nostradamus. Later, I happened to see a book entitled Era ending by 1997. I was curious. The year 1997 started and ended. England was intact. So what about the prediction? Well, 1997 was the year in which England had to hand over Hong Kong to China as the 99-year lease ended. As the British flag was lowered, England I would say sank figuratively.
Today once again doomsday news is making rounds. Should we worry? Well, in the past, the world could have had “ended” in the sense of mass extinction at least five times. History tells us that people aren’t just good at interpreting the ancient relegious scriptures or predictions by nostradamus and the like on apocalypse. So I say we all relax and go about our business. I will most definitely be proved right on 24 September. (If the world does come to an end, then there would be no one alive to prove me wrong! 🙂 )
Some times we may have to buy peace literally and not figuratively in this mundane world.
Bananas are my staple food; two of them for my lunch. And that’s all the diet I consume for twenty four hours. I keep a stock of them, say a dozen.
In the recent past, a rat had been attacking bananas in my cottage. All my meticulous plans were in vain before that rodant’s intelligent way of overcoming all the hurdles I put in to ward it off. I started feeling frustrated since I don’t find bananas for my lunch. Sometimes I had to starve. As I was about to feel dejected a thought occurred. Why not buy peace with it. Now I keep a banana on its path of attack. Exactly the minute I switch off the light before hitting the bed in the night, it comes n quietly snatches the piecel and goes away to its hideout. Now it doesn’t attack the whole bunch of banana or any other fruit.
I bought and brought back my mental peace 🙂
Old time gurus(OG)
Modern gurus(MG)
___________
OG: used to preach/teach only after their gurus permitted
MG: self proclaimed
OG: used to study to improve their knowledge
MG: read (not study),collect data merely to pass on
OG: projected thought
MG: project themselves
OG: gave what was needed by chela
MG: give what he(guru) wants
OG: provided shelter
MG: seek shelter
OG: fed chelas
MG: fed by chelas
OG: were consultants
MG: seek consultants
OG: simple living and high thinking
MG: high status living and …….. thinking
OG: liberated souls
MG: ! ! ? #
Fan or follower for ever?!
Being a fan or follower in a limited way and for chosen occasions
seems to be reasonable.
As a fan, we may cause, in some situations, disturbance to the one to whom we are fanatic about and as a follower distract the one whom we follow.
Further,
If time at our disposal is used only
– to cut/copy and paste
– to eagerly forward
or
– in applauding/appreciating others’ achievements
then where would time be left for our own selves to do such things that we desire to do, use our protentials to the brim, exploit our creativity or to put efforts to do such activities which would result in our growth and betterment that might also help others and society,too.
“Every one has same 24 hours, be it president of united states or a poor man in panama. Nature is impartial. No one is made rich or poor by birth regarding time. If anyone says ‘ no time’ in reality he is not willing to learn how to manage time.”
‘You can’t hug yourself when in joy nor can you cry on your own shoulder’, they say.
A relationship needs nurture
Maintaining friendship is in my nature.
That’s why
I walk an extra mile
To make people to smile.
“I read read and read though
i don’t hav mouths to feed
knowledge i didn’t bring at birth
nor would i carry after death
thats all talking of past or future
living in the present is my nature
knowledge helps growth as a whole
as also realization of self and soul
thats why i read read read and read
though i don’t have mouths to feed”