The Knowledge Game

When I started this blog one of my aims was to share Knowledge through it … I wanted readers to learn nice things from the blog :) … but then I realized … one who truly wants to learn (how to make his life better) can learn from anything and everything … !!!

I remember Saleel bhaiyya mentoning that Guruji says there is knowledge in each and everything … (Q : Guruji, if there is knowledge in everything … what can we learn from … chocolate ?!? Guruji : Chocolate teaches you to be, at the same time, both firm and sweet :) !! Guruji is Mind-Blowing isn’t He ?? :) )

Saleel bhaiyya encouraged us to play a game … look around us and try to take knowledge from everything … fans, lights etc .. :) (This game becomes playable if you are regular with your kriya and have done an advanced course or two) … Follwing this train of thought, I decided to try my hand at this … and here is some ‘knowledge’ I have gained from simply observing the things around me :) … here goes :

GROUNDNUTS (which I bought from ANC) : negativity (undesired part) is only the outer shell … people are very good (tasty :) ) on the inside … we should look only at the positives …

GUITAR : make noises only when required :) ... be a perfect instrument of the Divine … when not required, be totally inactive, but when needed … deliver 100% !! (Like for ex. , don’t worry or think about studies when not studying … but when studying, give ur 100 % … a guitar makes a sound only if it is played :) … this one has been quite useful to me !! )

TOILET SEAT : Accept whatever shit (garbage) people throw at you … and then … Flush it away (otherwise you will stink … so do your kriya regularly !! :) )

A TREE : hide your roots and share your fruits !! (kabir’s doha : as a tree bears more fruits, its branches bend lower, so as a man becomes more successful, the more humble he should be !! )

THE MOON : be cool, calm and detached … a quiet witness to everything …

Jai Guru Deva !

love,

vishesh

nice pic!! isn't it??

Son, I am there to support u at every point of ur life... be bindaas and go ahead... that's what each father feels for his son.... give back this faith to him when ur father reaches his second childhood!!

pic: clicked at Majauda beach, Goa, date: 8th March, 2009.


Rithesh

On Emotions

Emotions...I've ransacked every nook and cranny of my brain to get a hold of just what this word means. and how much importance should be given to it in my life's lexicon.

It might sound funny, but most of us are nothing but victims of these wickedly deceiving emotions. When our emotions say be happy, we become happy. When they say show anger, we become angry. When they say be sad, we start feeling sad...theres no end to it.
But do we ever try to find out the reason as to why these emotions are coming? Just try to find out next time when you get an emotional upsurge, and you will be amazed to see how pittifully small and incongruous the reason is.
Our mind is bombarded with so many of these worthless emotions everyday, and we gratefully accept and infact even perpetuate them.

For instance, imagine a very beautiful girl comes and says to you-"Gosh! You are so hansome. I really love you!" (I said just imagine.. :P). Most of the people will react-"Really?!"
But if the same girl comes and remarks-"You are so ugly and lousy", then I doubt any of you will react the same way.

Such is the human tendency, we always tend to doubt the positive and accept the negetive. Thinking so much as to what others might think of us, we have actually become a football of others opinions. But believe me...noone gives a damn. No one has time enough to waste on you. So why do you give a shit to it.

In life, there can be just two roles we can play - either a victim, or a witness. If we opt for the former, we will be a football of not only others, but our own emotions. Yes...our OWN emotions.
Howz that?? How can we be football of our own mind?
I will tell my perception on this.
Say, we own a car, we say-"Its my car", but we are not the car. Similarly, "Its my laptop", "Its my mobile", but we are not the mobile or the laptop.
Similarly, those are our emotions, but we are not the emotions. Don't you think we are much more important than some mere chemically activated electrical signals travelling through our neurons?

Well...I know that I am.
So I've opted to be the witness.
Ive opted to keep my happiness unadulterated from the emotions I get.
I've opted to RESPOND to situations, rather than REACT to them (catch the difference..??).
I've made my choice.

Now its your decision, what role you wanna play - the victim, or the witness???

Love,
Nikhil

A new blogger!

Hello folks!
Nikhil this side.
I will be posting on this blog too...
Hope I can reach out to as many as possible.
Watch out 4 more posts on this blog...

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Comfort Zone

I used to have a comfort zone where I knew I wouldn't fail.

The same four walls and busywork where really more like jail.

I longed so much to do the things I'd never done before,

But stayed inside my comfort zone and paced the same old floor.

I said it didn't matter that I wasn't doing much.

I said I didn't care for things like commission checks and such.

I claimed to be so busy with the things inside my zone,

But deep inside I longed for something special of my own.

I couldn't let my life go by just watching others win.

I held my breath; I stepped outside and let the change begin.

I took a step and with new strength I'd never felt before,

I kissed my comfort zone good-bye and closed and locked the door.

If you're in comfort zone, afraid to venture out,

Remember that all winners were at one time filled with doubt.

A step or two and words of praise can make your dreams come true.

Reach for your future with a smile; Success is there for you!