While fixing it up...!

Couldn't do without sharing this part of a beautiful story I read this morning;

“…climbing a Himalayan mountain in search of a Swamiji seemed like a task. To climb up the mountain was not his kind of activity yet facing all those hustles, difficulties and extremities was surely worthy enough against the quest of knowing the answer to his question, to which he has been in search all this while. As informed by a few, he was asked to greet the Swamiji in a certain way of bowing down in front of him. 

Alas! When he reached that part of the mountain where Swamiji was sitting in his meditativeness… he bowed to him in the way explained, to which the Swamiji opened his eyes and blessed him. Looking at his worn-out condition then, Swamiji asked, “What has got you here?”

With utmost precipitation and excitement the man (in a hurried state with several thoughts rushing into his head) finally could ask his question , “Swamiji, please tell me what is life?”.

By the way this man aged 60… weird that he was asking this question at 60… it should have been asked when he was 6 or may be 16, anyway better late than never. 

Swamiji replied with a blissed smile and sparkled joy in his eyes saying, “Life is a gentle breeze with pleasant scent of jasmine having sparkling dew drops on it!”

This man was baffled with such an answer and said, “But back in my town all these years I was always told that life is like wretched thorns…” 

To that Swamiji, in his response said, “Well then that is what their life was about.”

Indeed true.

To experience LIFE is as simple and joyous as it is to live in it.
But then an attempt to understand life is made and the difficulty begins. All of a sudden it becomes painful like those wretched thorns.

Well if it’s so simple then why don’t we do it the simple way. Guess, the simplicity is certainly hijacked by the Monotony into everything and anything... happening around us. And surprisingly we also refrain to outgrow from it.

It’s in our face on daily basis; that on a certain day we be like ‘we are rolling in hay’ and on other days ‘be in a huff and sulk the way all along’. If the blame game had to be played; infinite contingencies can be inferred to. And if at all you were to take charge of yourself on this note, the reason and solution is none other than just ‘YOU'.

It’s equally interesting and confusing  at the same time. 

To add to it the dramatic shift of choices and chances shall just continue forever and ever... And Of-course that isn't a big deal.

About time this debate between the choices and chances is unwarily ongoing.

However I know that I have definitely managed to reach somewhere than being lost.

Just trying to make sure to be the CHOICE that I would choose to adorn so far. And take-up all the CHANCES them I wished had never given a pass (also I do drop a few of them, the chances which surely are unworthy of taking up ).

It’s eventually all about why and why not?

Repeating it again, LIVE it up! Definitely it’s never you who would find life while searching for it, but its life that hits you hard while you are unknowingly in a fix of fixing-up your own damn thing.  

In my case, I’m surely trying to fix up a few situations and would never give up on my side of search until life dares to confront me!!

That which is not...

Walking through this pathway in broad day light...
nothing could be noticed as far as the view comes into site;

Ain't on fire; still burning in the invincible possibility...

From outside its the questionable visibility;

Devoid of everything which comes with a meaning
yet this void having nothing is bright and beaming;

Remorse fragrance of impassiveness just about in the air...
makes me realize the stance of being alive with a flair;

Strange is the way this feather like touch felt so pleasant...
humming a timeless melody en-lived into an incessant;

Obscure, my identifications happens to dissolve bit-by-bit..
This rare magic resolves; getting me aligned with the existent;

Ridiculous are intentions running through directions those are diverse.
In prayers, to that which is not; 
minuscule me, desires nothing less than the universe of discourse!

Daunting Impression!!!

The damned Inadvertent Society.

Well to be diplomatic and politically correct is like the new in thing. No actually that's the only constant which is being followed. Self goodness is the only mantra… achieved at any cost; it’s certainly fine.

                                                                   

They say find a purpose to life and build your life around it… what if that purpose is taken away without giving any prior intimation. Oh well they merely missed on mentioning about what should be done in such unanticipated situations.

Yet another trouble with these stereotypical attitudes is; if any given happening conducts in their favor its meant to be good but if it doesn’t, its out rightly bad. Like do they even for once look beyond this good & bad nonsense and just accept the thing… situation… person or whatever it is just the way it is.

Sure enough; only that which is wanted is heard; not what is actually being said and meant to be. Ignorants be like “If it’s not mellifluous to one’s interest; it’s absolutely unimportant”; forget about reckoning the overall interests.

And then everybody also has ‘n’ number of expectations from all others around having an exception to themselves. Astonishing is the fact that a precise need of getting these mundane expectations complied with is a must… like literally why.

Funny times are when even if not asked for… some or the other chap definitely provides an advice which accordingly is also the apt solution as well.

Best of those supposed solutions said in a typical cliched manner is ‘Let it all go, destiny will take hold of it… it’s all play of each one’s karma’.

It’s more like giving a bland taste to a really spicy / tangy dish of chole-bhature.

With every day passing by, it seems to be a huge detriment in the quality of minds surrounded or may be being developed around and lived in. Ain’t this value decree awkwardly affecting our lifestyles and us particularly very evident? 

Burbling out all of the above at once looks to be haphazard; maybe it is so as well.

Not that this society or people or situations are new to me or anyone else but it does brings way more of perplexed curiosity in me, a lot of it overflowing for now. 

Surprisingly all the citations mentioned is just not enough… and can never be so; there’s always so much more to it, there is definitely so much more in the name of society.

But is there any way out to hold this abundant flow of all sewn up emotions?

While on the other end, to me all of these simply insert a set of copious daunting impressions into my head to fight along.

Ohh well! The main question is that, ‘In the name of letting it all go away; are we skipping over the crux of liveliness?

Or maybe is it all even worth it?

On that note...my words just come out this way:

while simply going with the flow...

life turns down its speed to extreme low!! 

those unsaid dreams come to be  true...

what was real turns into an hue!!

what is it all about this illusion...

is it an anxiety or confusion!!

Just like that.....

I used to think that when I have a nice car and a lot of money I would be happier. Though when I meet hundreds of people with all of it, there isn’t an ounce of felicity in it. Yet the main factor of being happy remains to be missing. 

The gist of it is simple; that if your bank balance outweighs your sense of purpose or your only sense of purpose is to achieve greater bank balance, finding genuine happiness is going be a huge struggle in life.

No one can teach you to be happy but there can be a few thumb rules, which can guide you towards it on your path…

Appreciate what you have; gaining more won’t make you feel good if you aren't happy with what you have right now. Moreover criticizing anything and everything around doesn’t help you grow.

 

Give more than you receive, be it time, money, gifts, love and laughs. When you give someone your best, the best surely comes to you.

Stop worrying about your future! The future is going to happen; you worry today or not, it will anyway happen to you if its meant to. We are all going to die one day, so just don’t wait for that day to happen, let your tomorrow come to you when it has to.

Love your work... your profession, as it will be a big part of your life and you as a person. If you want something then work hard towards it, cause words don't mean anything if not backed by actions. But make sure you are satisfied on your way there. 

Don't practice escapism just because your reality isn't how you imagined it to be. 
Just be real. 

Live in the moment and not in your cell phone, don't video record everything you see, just experience it while it's happening to relive it as a memory forever.

All of it gets more interesting when you enjoy the journey and not simply look out for destinations where you intend to be comfortable. Rather challenge yourself; comfort is merely where you slow down and get bored. 

Between what is said and not meant and what is meant and not said… all the love is lost!! It is always better to have loved and lost than not loved at all. 

Love generously... why hold back!!

In the process you are bound to encounter people who take you and your affection for granted and toss it away but then hurting is merely part and parcel of it.

Just don't stop loving as all this pain is just teaching you a few lessons, which the school textbooks didn't do.  

Don't worry too much of what others are doing or saying or thinking. They can mind their own business. Become a little more bolder in your attitude... Don't mind if people think your being weird or acting crazy... Logon ka kya hai... Aakhir kuch toh log kahenge hi!! 

Shine from the inside out and not outside in, cause it simply doesn’t work the other way round. 

What's in your heart and head shines brighter than what is on your wrist and neck…

The main punch is just that trying to cope up with life in per se, when it’s is not happening your way is better than being unfavorably judgmental. 

Trust yourself; enjoy every second of your TODAY and most importantly just BREATHE IN and BREATHE OUT!!!

Always do remember that…
The moon can shine brighter only when the sun isn’t bright,

Darkness is nothing but absence of light,

To find what’s right and wrong you got to be strong!!

Kyunki kya hai na "Zindagi humesha badi honi chahiye... lambi nahi!!!" just as Mr. Babumoshaaye said someday. 

Aur haan aaj ka gyaani pravachan pura hua ;)

Note: Thank you Chinmay Tambe for being a co-author to this amazing article. 

Searching for...

Quite a few times my heart drenched while searching for your presence even in your absence... 

It's not the time or the distance that matters... but all that what you made me feel was the difference...

Where my destination is... has no meaning cause now the road leading me to it shatters...

That sense of affection found rare... may be still exists in the air... 

Only thing that goes missing is your reverberance... is your reverberance!!