The regular cleansing in life ..

As I was going on with the regular jogging schema of mine around noon time in the park right at the back of our apartments there happened some insights that I share here..
A gentleman aged around 50-60 yr was brooming the fallen leaves and other stuff off the walking track. What stuck me was the patience with which he was doing his work and the gentle and timeless perseverance that was so visible. Now, those leaves will fall again, and some other stuff would be again scattered there on the tracks, still he would come again and again and do his work of cleansing with the same presence in the moment and the same concentration.
This is what I call the regular and unending process of life. We just have to do our work of cleaning the dust from the life again and again. Don't worry yourself if they keep on reappearing. your job is "to clean them up". And life is nothing but a constant process of learning and unlearning....

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

If I find myself going down and down and stuck in a vicious circle.. Here is something that when taken in with ultimate absorption, brings you back to compassion, gratitude and to life itself.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Where there is injury, pardon.

Where there is doubt, faith.

Where there is despair, hope.

Where there is darkness, light.

Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,

grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;

to be understood, as to understand;

to be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

Get up Stand up..

I have seen the warmth in the chilling cold my friend,
Yes I have seen the warmth that is possible oh my friend..

Its not that easy and yet not that difficult too,
the one thing that I know you ought to do..
is to get up, stand up, wear your gear and just do it..
and yes, there's no any other way to it..

Just get up in the chilling weather, give your thoughts a little break..
Open the door, and get to the woods, before the baker bakes that cake.
Just open the door, step outside, warm up your frozen body,
Oh yes, you could as well admire that lady..
Do the running, do the jogging, or else do a bit of brisk walking..
and feel the warmth the Sun showers upon us, from behind the gray clouds..
and feel the radiance your soul showers upon you,
feel the bliss, feel the feet on the ground, and be thankful..

So, you know its not chilly and there's no pain..
it's just the laziness that keeps us from the gain.

Importance of Stopping ..

Now, those of you who are thinking its the stopping on the traffic lights.. or stopping to give some one a way.. or its the stopping to help some one cross the road.. Yes in essence it is, as all Stopping is indeed connected..
Now, Why the hell Stopping is so important..

I would invite you all to look back at your life. And I am sure many of you do that from time to time..Now, can you remember the problems you solved, the projects you completed well, the things you really really enjoyed?
What was happening when you were into all these things..
Well.. I gave you a hint right here in the question above. "when you were INTO all these things".
Cant you see that whenever we have done something to our satisfaction, we always have Stopped at that thing/problem/situation and then we have been with that thing for a good time.. We have given our company of understanding to that situation and out of that understanding the essence manifested in front of us and graced us with its beauty.

So, when we do anything well.. if you look back in retrospect..
All the things that we have done well.. are because we stopped at them.. became them.. dissolved the duality..

So, Here it is... We have a ready made solution for every problem or situation we encounter.
Now a problem is a problem only until the time its not understood well. No matter we keep on saying things like "I tried all the things I could" "you dont know how hard I have struggled" "its bad luck for me" or "They dont understand me at all, and they wont". If we REALLY sit with the problem, I mean HONESTLY be with it, so that the problem dissolves in us.. then the reality dawns upon us and we get the answers like "I actually have NOT tried all the things, as I dont even know how many things are possible"
"I actually have NOT struggled at all, its the complaining I like the most about the situation"
"I am creating the bad luck by my actions"
"I dont understand them and I actually cannot be sure that they do not understand.. may be they are doing what feels the best according to their understanding"

So, a problem is in need of understanding. I can guarantee you that you can solve it yourself .. just sit with it in love and acceptance and let us go with the flow that Stopping reveals to us..

ढूंढते हुए, यूँ ही

कुछ शोर यहाँ, कुछ शोर वहां, 

कुछ भीनी भीनी खुशबूएं भी हैं, 

थोडा सन्नाटा, और थोड़ी अटखेलियाँ भी..

हर तरफ यूँ ही बिखरी पड़ी रहती हैं. 

यूँ ही एक पल, 

हमने चुना शोर को, 

तो यहाँ वहां, सब चला गया 

ना पता चला यहाँ का, और वहां भी लापता हुआ, 

शोर शोर शोर, शोर शोर, एक ही हुआ, एक ही तो था ..

फिर नज़र मिली .. छुपे हुए, 

छुपे हुए, सन्नाटे से, 

थोडा उदास हुआ सा लगता था.. 

कहता था हमें यूँ ही..

"की आजकल हम से खफा हो क्या भला? क्यों मिलती नहीं, बतयाती नहीं..?"

मैं हंस पड़ी.. बस यूँ ही.. मैं हंस पड़ी ..

बस सन्नाटा जाने ही को था फिर से छुप के..

पर थमी में एक पलको फिर अभी.. और कही.. 

"क्यों अटखेलियाँ तुम हंसे किये जाते हो? तुम हो गवाह..

तुम में ही बनी हूँ, और तुम ही में जिए जाती हूँ..

तुम में ही कुछ अक्ष हूँ में लिख रही, तुम में ही कुछ गीत कभी गुनगुना लेती हूँ..

और या मौला, क्या ये तुम्ही हो ?

जो ये अलफ़ाज़ मुझे सुनाए जाते हो, और मैं हूँ के, कही जाती हूँ.. बस तुमसे ही कही जाती हूँ..

कुछ शोर यहाँ, कुछ शोर वहां, 

कुछ भीनी भीनी खुशबूएं भी हैं, 

थोडा सन्नाटा, और थोड़ी अटखेलियाँ भी..

हर तरफ यूँ ही बिखरी पड़ी रहती हैं.