Sometimes...i love you

My father says, i am an excellent observer. I observe myself consistently, to improve myself. If there is nothing there to observe, then i confirm myself that life is becoming stagnant and try to mould either myself or the circumstances.

At all times, i feel an invisible helping hand, throughout my life. Though, mixed are my emotions towards my friend, same is the response, i recieve at all times from my friend.

This weekend, strangely, i tried to look into past. Though not productive, this thought lead me to pen down my mixed emotions towards my friend. I don't knew what it should be called as. May be it's a poem or a short essay. I just pen down it because i have to.

O' My Friend,
Sometimes i smile at you
Sometimes i admire you
Sometimes i complain to you
Sometimes i scold you
Sometimes i pray to you
Sometimes i thank you
Sometimes i agree with you
Sometimes i disagree with you
Sometimes i dream about you
Someimes i have faith in you
Someimes i believe you
Sometimes i trust you
Sometimes i doubt you
Sometimes i even bribe you
Sometimes i forget myself looking at you
Sometimes i read about you
Sometimes i think about you
Sometimes i remember you
Sometimes i follow you
Sometimes, within myself i try to experience you


Precious are the circumstances, which leads me towards you


I pen down these feelings,
                     not because i expect something from you
                     just because simply i love you.

Get and Become

Am always mismerized by these two words - GET and BECOME.

If understood properly, and put into practice, i feel it has the potential to transform one's view about a particular situation or strategy.If you happened to read interview of anyone who is at top ladder of any domain, whether its engineering, sports, medical, enterntainment, when they were asked about their secret of success, they say that it was their passion to become so and so. In recent blockbuster movie, 3 idiots, Amir khan's character beautifully highlights - "Learn something, so that you become something in future, but not to just get highly salaried job".


I feel its better to do job not just for sake of salary but to become something, so that it shapes your future. To frame this idea in real life, let me take an instance of software field, as i am part of it. If you are interested in techinical area, do your job, well.. to become a technical architect. If you are interested in Management, do your job, to become a Project Manager or any designation higher than you are, at present. Have a vision infront of you. Constantly strive to achieve it. In doin so, you shape your future. As you become fit technically, opportunties welcome you and magically, you will be payed more than your expectation :-). But if you stick yourself to carry-on your work being salary-minded, you restrict your development by yourself, you restrict your hidden talents to be exposed.


No doubt, everyone does job to grow financially. But financial growth, should not be your aim. Financial growth is the reward you get in this material world, in process of transforming yourself to become something ahead. Remember, knowledge, experience, wisdom can't be stolen by anyone, whereas , god forbid, your financial status can be curbed down in no-time. So, i feel, it is wise to concentrate to become something, rather than to get something.


Dear Friend, "We must have only one aim in life, not to get but to become".

Fear and Temptation

Ensure yourself that Fear and Temptation doesn't get involved in any act that you do.

In your career, Fear of failure and Temptation for success diverts you from concentrating on the work-to-do.

Fear of being punished for the mistakes committed in past and Temptation for fulfillment of desires in Future had been the tools of religion fanatics since ages to manipulate the masses. Beware of such acts. No religion says that GOD punishes a person for mistakes that he had committed. (I am not referring to the degraded principles in any religion that exists today but am referring to the original principles that was, when so called religion is formed for introducing the concept of GOD to masess for betterment of society) No one exist to punish you, except your self. Thought is powerful. Fear for mistakes committed in past makes you guilty. Guilt is the only sin, if it ever exists. Guilt makes you uncomfortable and naturally seeks a way to get out of it. In the process, to satisy your ego, you'll involve in some charity related activities or become captives of religion fanatics, doing whatever they ask you to do, not knowing what it really meant. "Past is past. Nothing can change it. Keeping this simple fact in mind, if ever one accepts the mistakes commmitted in past and takes a resolution to not repeat the mistake hereafter, there ends the formation of guilt. This is all one really needs to do."

Temptation for fulfillment of desires in future makes you involved in foolish things. I, myself after my graduation, had an agreement with GOD that if ever i get a job i'll offer HIM my first salary (its a one side agreement :-)). Temptation for job made me to even bribe GOD. This is just an instance in my life. I had such agreements with HIM in many phases of my life. But fortunately, not NOW anymore. Imagine the consequences, if u bribe your Mother to make your favourite curry. Mother definately feels odd, perhaps laughs and forgives your ignorance in lack of understanding her LOVE for you and ofcourse, makes your favourite curry. Mother does everthing for you out of love without expectations. So is GOD. Mother knows what is good for you. If you ask her to make an icecream for you in cold winter. She denies because she knows that its not good for your health, So is GOD. GOD knows what to give and what not to give to each indivdual. So temptation for future is utter foolishness.

Dear Friend, fear for past and temptation for future marks your absence in PRESENT and diverts you from doership. Simply avoid Fear and temptation. Thereafter, you will experience the beauty of living in PRESENT.

Truth And Fact

I was goin through Sadhana by Rabindranath Tagore. I feel, every Indian should read the book. It constitutes of series of papers read before the Harvard University. Its all about Indian Culture and the way of Indian living. I can definately say, most of us even don't knew that such is our great culture. Even if some of us knew, we just boost ourselves boasting about the greatness of our culture, instead of living in it. I believe an ounce of experience is far better than loads of knowledge.

My soul enjoys reading Tagore literature, mysterious is the cause of its joy. Expressing a thought in least possible words, which conveys meaning to even a lay man with pinch of language is his own art.

Below is an excerpt from Sadhana by Tagore on Truth and Fact:
"Facts are many, but the truth is one. The animal intelligence knows facts, the human mind has power to apprehend truth. The apple falls from the tree, the rain descends upon the earth--you can go on burdening your memory with such facts and never come to an end. But once you get hold of the law of gravitation you can dispense with the necessity of collecting facts _ad infinitum_. You have got at one truth which governs numberless facts. This discovery of truth is pure joy to man--it is a liberation of his mind. For, a mere fact is like a blind lane, it leads only to itself--it has no beyond. But a truth opens up a whole horizon, it leads us to the infinite. That is the reason why, when a man like Darwin discovers some simple general truth about Biology, it does not stop there, but like a lamp shedding its light far beyond the object for which it was lighted, it illumines the whole region of human life and thought, transcending its original purpose. Thus we find that truth, while investing all facts, is not a mere aggregate of facts--it surpasses them on all sides and points to the infinite reality."

My heart feels to draw an anology on truth and fact following the path of Tagore. All religions preaches only one TRUTH that GOD is one, yet we have so many idols to worship. Each idol is a fact. Facts are numerous, so are the idols. Worship Idol of your choice, remembering the truth that GOD is one and the idol is the symbolisation of Man's thought about GOD, who resides in each and every creature's HEART. Mere acceptance of this truth can transform an individual character and brings an end to the fight between masses on the name of religion in a false impression of protecting the sanctity of the religion.

Dear Friend, aim always at the truth, by collecting the facts through your daily experiences. Please don't waste your time and energy in mere collection of facts, throughout your life. Try to stretch beyond the facts and attain the truth.

Thought

From my childhood, a thought used to pinch me now and then, probing me to find out why thoughts arise ? Being a shy natured, didn't dared to ask anyone, unaware of its validity in context of society.

Atlast, i gained some knowledge on it :

Our mind has descended from the original mind, the divine mind. It has come out of it. As it is associated with the divine mind, it will not permit any dirt or uncleanliness to be taken into itself and keeps throwing them off. That which is thrown out comes to our experience as thoughts arising in us.

FAITH

"Faith can move mountains". This is a well-known age old saying.

What does FAITH means ?
1. Does it promise achievement of impossible things without any action ?
2. Is it achieving impossible things with action but wthout undergoing much of the difficulty ?
I fear, most of us may chose option 1, but in reality its option 2.

In day-2-day life, we see elder people adivising a troubled one, with soothing words such as - "Dear, have FAITH, all is well, everything will be for your own good".

What does this advice signify ?
I feel it simply means - "Dear, Have FAITH in almighty, so that you will be given enough strength to face the difficulties. Take them as divine gifts and consider them for your own good".

I would like to drive forth a vital fact that having FAITH doesn't mean that some miracle happens in the event of difficulties and relieve us of the trouble in undergoing them. "It just means that you will be showered with enough strength to face the difficulties. With this Strength as you overcome them, your innerself will be strengthened. Now, in future even if you have to encounter such problems again, you doesn't step back as before but will step-ahead to accept it with confidence. After all, now you know, you can overcome and it will not last forever. "

Dear Friend, let us not be in a false impression that FAITH means a miracle. Remember, miracle doesn't happen in your life, unless you strive for it.FAITH is an abstraction of proverb "GOD helps who help themselves".

Will Power

Will Power is bestowed upon us for certain purpose. Its proper usage in day-to-day life is of paramount importance. In my experience, it can be used to uplift ourselves from bad habits that tend to pull our legs and the same can be used to suppress ourselves by repeating the same mistakes. Its an instrument like sharp-edged knife. With Knife you can cut vegetables or cut yourselves. It depends upon your intention.

Take for instance, you want to rise before dawn say at 5.0 clock. You knew it is good for you. Unless you will, to apply the principle, you will not be able to do it. On Day 1, apply your will to get up. If you succeed, do the same on Day2. As you go on, you experience that your will power is being enhanced. This enhances the confidence in your SELF. This is Self-Confidence. After practicing it for considerable period of time, you see that rising before dawn is as natural as breathing. Here comes forth a vital conclusion that will power increases only by its application in day-to-day life.

Following is an excerpt from a book, which i love to read again and again, being mismarized by its wisdom.

"Willingness denotes a very important mental state. It indicates that a person has evaluated himself and sees the need for change, and that he is prepared to act to bring about such change."