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Metamorphosis...The Flowering

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:13:00 +0000

"All appears to change when we change."
~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel

All appears to change when we change! Such an apt quote for the following story....Two kids strolling in the garden were debating upon beauty and how they wished to be the most adored people in the world when they grew up. Both were from middle class backgrounds and 'knew' that they couldn't afford what the rich could and their wish would probably never come true.

What they didn't know was that someone was eavesdropping on their dialog...The person who heard them both smiled to himself and came from behind the tree from where he had been listening to their conversation. He was a person of average height and spoke with a smiling voice with conviction. He said to them, the universe conspires to help you and that is not limited to anyone in this world which ever caste, creed, status you may belong to. For the universe, you are but a child of nature and deserve the very best.

So, I will give you a gift and that gift is of your flowering. The first step towards achieving what you wish to achieve is the belief that anything is possible (ompossible) and in order to experience that belief you need to do something for me. And the kids asked what that was?

He asked the kids to bring a Jar each from their home and meet him at the same exact spot in the garden the next day.

THE NEXT DAY...

The children couldn't sleep that night with excitement and found a jar each and took it to the spot at the appropriate time to meet the person in the garden. He said to them that he was placing an insect on a leaf in their jar and to observe the insect everyday carefully and that they would see magic along with the potential of the universe.

So days went by and the kids would look at the leaf in the jar. Nights passed, days passed but the magic did not happen. Every time they would look at the jar and wish for the magic moment!

It was sometime in the afternoon, a few days later when one of the kids got up from a nap and detected a tiny movement in the jar and viola the cocoon cracked and out flew one of the most gorgeous living creatures on this planet - a butterfly. The Butterfly stayed on the leaf for a few seconds staring at the kid as if to proclaim its victory over the world and then flew out of the jar to head for the window and then out to discovering a new world.

The kid then realized that 'limitations exist only if you let them' and that infinite potential awaits you. Whoever you are, where-ever you are, it is time for you to stop being a caterpillar and flower into a butterfly. Life is calling out to you so look good while you live it, all it takes is the first step in deciding that you don't want to be caterpillar any more.

Copyright 2011 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

Life or Death???!!!

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:22:00 +0000

I used to fear death???!!!

And truly speaking - who doesn't? Who doesn't fear the unknown? Who doesn't fear the darkness, the void? The assumption of being alone in a place without dimension, without reality and maybe without your close ones - so to say?

I have heard such varied expressions from many and thought of them at times and the consequence of such a situation? But then once it came to me and hear me out before you make a judgement and / or an inference on the line thought this blog is going to take.

'I have died several times in this lifetime only to be reborn - once again'. How have I died, you ask? Isn't death an end of a phase and the phase could be - a situation, thought, moment or just a dream? I moved on?! The death was so real, sometimes so delightful and sometimes really painful. For many questions in my life, I have looked at nature and tried to understand how a particular situation could apply to me and I have seen death in the plucking of the rose, in the setting of the sun, in the tearing of a leaf or the squishing of a fruit. But is it final? NEVER!

For every leaf plucked, another grows and takes its place. Each piece of nature only exists if we understand and acknowledge its existence. Without our acknowledgement, it has no existence in our plane of consciousness and therefore for each of us - without our acknowledgement, it simply does not exist!

So back to the question of death? Why are we so afraid?

Is it because we don't want to let go? Or is it because we are so intensely happy with our life that it means so much to us that death is frightening? Or is it both the above?

Fear is the anchor that ties us down. Fear conjures up the images which create a revulsion towards something as natural as death and that intercedes in everything else we do - from a dynamic, independent human being - it turns us into a slave of life who is afraid to take any risk and finds the easiest escape from it all.

I haven't seen many failures in my life but I have seen people who are afraid to try as they are afraid to fail?! Let us not give death - its due. It is not death but our fears that weigh us down. Life goes on and it will go on. If it has to end, enjoy it until it does. Try doing everything that you thought you couldn't and find within yourself the power to do it all and conquer. For you are an individual with infinite capacity and nothing is above your reach.

Ompossible is everything! Ompossible is The Can-Do!

Copyright Raj Sukheja (Evocat) January 2011

The Child & The Angel on Diwali!!!

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:32:00 +0000

The day turned into night and the child eagerly awaited the coming of the Diwali Angel.

And came the Diwali Angel and said to the child - "What is your wish?".

And said the child, "I have a family which cares for me, I have love and care, I have food on my table when I need it, I have heat and cold when I require it. I have protection and comfort. What more can you offer me that you haven't already taken care of? I just wish to say - Thank You and Wish You A Happy Diwali!!!!."

And the Angel Smiled with Tears of Gratitude, thinking - maybe mankind still has a chance....

Copyright 2010 Raj Sukheja, Author of Masters Playbook of Ompossible available at Amazon, Flipkart, etc. You can follow my motivational writing at Twitter and Instagram @rajsukheja

What If????!!!!!!!!!!!!

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:50:00 +0000

What If?

We stuck to old dogmas all the time - Would then, we have evolved?

From mindless creatures to intelligent beings!

What if?

I wanted to stop the world from changing - Would it stop changing?

What if?

I am now driven by responsible thought - rather than irresponsible greed?

For Power, Wealth & Dominance!

What if?

I am the architect of a BETTER TODAY - than a plunderer of tomorrow!

What if?

I count the whole of humanity and life as it exists today - as my community!

Rather than divisible objects of dominance from which I stand alone with some of my brethren?

What if?

Nothing more is important to me - than seeing Myself, Life and The Earth FLOURISH?

What if?

Everyone saw clearly - what I am able to see today!

What if?

"God wants temples built of love and men bring stones" (A Quote by Rabindranath Tagore)

What if?

All of us are crying inside and none of us can see it?

What if?

Our paths are wrong?

Who then, will pay the PRICE?

Copyright 2010 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

This Generation...

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:53:00 +0000

Time moves Fast! Especially for this generation.... Relationships whiz by at lightning speed. Fashion is so temporary - The 'In' Style is just really not 'In' for long. Mind-Space can no longer be at Peace, Motion is the name of the game - Video, The Idiot Box, Video Games, Cellphones, Texting - just anything to keep busy and leave no space in the mind.

Quiet is Boring is the New Mantra!

It is the age of action - of doing, believing, action, speaking straight and to the point; unfettered and un-flustered. It is also the age when memory is short term, belief needs to be renewed on a regular basis, trust and happiness are commodities, almost everything is a trade, confusion is rampant, suspicion is predominant and love is over-rated!

It is the age when simplicity is absent and complexity is abundant. The domain of man is just an illusion of perfect smiles, perfect looks, perfect possessions, perfect mates with imperfect desires which always mislead.

I die when I don't live!

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 13:44:00 +0000

I am 44 years old but I just learnt to live. Simple truths that many know weren't known to me. Life passed by as a struggle. A daily battle to survive. I searched for an answer, knowing something was wrong but found no answer.

Maybe, I wasn't ready, maybe – the answer wasn't just there. Maybe it wasn't time for the truth to be found.

I searched everywhere. I experienced and analysed, thought and thought again. The answers were there to be found, the understanding to be comprehended but the results not forthcoming.

I was loved and condemned. I was loved and hated. I was loved...

I was alone in the midst of a crowd. I was alone in the midst of a family. I was alone.

I experienced several masters, none of whom I met, I experienced several life times, none of which I lived.

Each life began with a new breath and ended with its expulsion. A new me was born several times – finding, suffering but learning. Sometimes, I wondered whether it was meant to be. Sometimes, I just knew, I was round the corner. Just a simple turn, a tiny shift in perception and I would find myself.

But it evaded me and I looked and I looked. A tiny shift in perception is so hard to find! Simplicity is so complicated.

The answers came gradually but they did. Each answer leading to a conclusion. One block in the puzzle fulfilled.

Baby Steps helped. Action helped. Action postceded by thought helped. Introspection helped. Meditation helped. The connect with the force helped.

When the disciple is ready – the master appears.

I am my own disciple and my own master.

I found the spring of life that keeps me buzzing today.

Moments are infinite. Effort is without limitation. Action is Spontaneous as if its a call from beyond.

I have died and Just Beginning to Live!

Copyright 2010 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

An Apology for the devil...

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:27:00 +0000

“An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.” Quoted by Samuel Butler..

This quote got me thinking...is it true? My mind screamed in its defense but I still couldn't help but deny the brilliance of the author!

This quote is not about The Devil or God - it is about the fact that whoever shouts the loudest and reaches farthest is right; the common person, the less important simply don't matter any more!

What a Quote?!!! Most situations in life are the same too, the popular get away with quoting nonsense and it is accepted as gospel leaving the poor less important ones to be quoting sense with no one to hear them. It is the age of the powerful. The one who can shout loudest is heard first and believed. Right and Wrong have ceased to matter any more. It is the age of the powerful and the invisible!

What more can be more apt than the analogy above?

Maybe it is time to listen and listen well to the invisible rather than the powerful. Maybe it is even more important to listen 'within' and begin to understand 'whom' to listen to? Maybe it is the devil now playing saint and showering wisdom! Maybe..Just Maybe...

Copyright Evocat 2010 Raj Sukheja

Finding God!

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:50:00 +0000

When life begins anew
I am there
When death knocks at your door
I am there
During success or failure
I am there
Live Love or Feel Hate
I am there
As you awake or the time you sleep
I am there
Enduring Pain or Selfish Pleasure
I am there
Who am I?
A being within your being!
A life within your life!
I am there
Whether you call be by any name?
Or refuse to recognize me at all!
I am there

Tat Tvam Asi

copyright 2009 Raj Sukheja (evocat)

Your Wish Granted Here!

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:14:00 +0000

This is a wish granting blog Read On!

This blog is reinforced with faith, love and belief that it can offer a wish to everyone who reads it. It is a blog that is written with prayer laced with strong emotions and is therefore emotionally charged. It has the power to grant you a wish, although you may have to follow certain guidelines before you make the wish...

And the guidelines are :

Be sure to know what you wish for, be very clear and definite in your wish, then visualize it as already happened.

Be sure that your wish doesn’t cause any harm to anyone either directly or indirectly.

Be sure that it is a positive wish.

Be sure that you are one with your subconscious when you wish it, if any part of your being doesn’t want the wish to happen, it probably won’t.

You should also realize that once you make the wish, the universe will conspire to make your wish come true and that you will set into motion - events to make this wish come true and the responsibility to live upto the consequences of the events will now completely be yours.

Setup a reasonable timeframe for the wish to happen. You should know the anticipated time-frame within which your wish will come true.

Put your best foot forward and head towards the goal you have wished for, slowly but surely you will see results - Action has to follow thought!

P.S. Pls note that there is a difference between a wish and a chance; Buying a lottery is a matter of chance. Getting your dream job is a wish!

A definite goal is necessary to getting your wish fulfilled. This blog comes from my subconscious - I have not written it! You may ask me any questions in this context and I will try to reply to the best of my inner abilities

Copyright 2009 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

Aspiring to play God!

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:14:00 +0000

A sense of FALSE self glory with an aspiration to play God!
Is what makes us human beings weak!
To revel in the absurdity that - We Know It All!

It is the humble that hold the power to make the world tremble.
The Buddha in me satiates in knowing - I know what I know and if I hunger for more, I CAN LEARN!

The lure of greed, power can entice and control but not fulfill our quest for happiness.

RESPECT and HONOR are the only ways to live a Fulfilled Life.

The word 'I' is only a symbol of my independence and freedom and it clearly suggests that 'I' exists only because you do, for if you were not you then 'I' wouldn't be 'I', so although I am free and independent, my freedom is dependent upon Your existence or otherwise what or who am I free from?

Someone with a sense of FALSE self glory with an aspiration to play god needs to remember that the path of glory leads but to the grave and that below the earth, all is equal - Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust.

Copyright 2010 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

A Coherent Statement!

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:59:00 +0000

For once I would like to make a coherent statement...

A statement absolutely without doubt...
with confidence...
knowing that I mean what I say...

A Coherent Statement...

For once, I would not like my mind to intrude...

with all its insanities...
its rambling...

with all its confusion...
keeping me stumbling...

enhancing my fears and apprehensions...
without reason or cause...
day or night - without pause...

For once, I would like to make a coherent statement...

steady and sure...

That my mind and heart agree!

Copyright 2010 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

The Pride in Being Human!

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 03:53:00 +0000

The night began with the setting of the sun. It was so dark that it seemed the universe had given up on the world. Not a single star blinked in the sky.

The precipice was lonely and cold. I shivered internally and watched the city with my arms folded to insulate myself against the chill of the night.

I stood there and saw the city move in a blur. All lights - but no warmth. Living objects moving fast with no time to stand still. This day was no ordinary day! It seemed the horizon and the darkness had blended into one.

All that existed was I and the Darkness.

A dense fog seemed to be enveloping the city landscape, ever so slowly as if eating away into the very fabric of its soul. Seeping into every nook and corner as if screaming vehemently, 'you are at my mercy' and then swallowing the whole fabric of existence in its entirety.

I could seem to hear the cries of pain, fear emanating from all across the city. The fog seemed to highlight the fact that I was alone and no one could help.

An entity that feeds on blood is called a vampire. A vampire is one of the fearful creatures of the night. It seemed this was a night for the vampires to feast. At least, it seemed perfect for the purpose. Were the vampires hungry tonight?

A movement nearby made me realize that I was alone and vulnerable and standing at a place that offered no defense. Breaking into a cold sweat, I realized a new predator existed, more frightening and dangerous than all the monsters, I ever read about.

A being that fed on anything it laid its eyes upon and destroys wantonly - even without purpose or hunger! A being that destroys out of greed knowing fully well that it will ultimately lead to the annihilation of itself, its own species and those that are connected.

We call this being - Human!

Copyright 2009 Revised 2010 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

The Mool Mantra

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 06:26:00 +0000

The land of the spirit beckons.

India calls out to its sons and daughters to come together as One. It reminds all of us of the wisdom and knowledge available to us since centuries and asks us not to just take solace but learning from our ancient texts. Some of the information is bound within our genes and passed down our lineages but some we need to relearn for aren't we all transcendental beings?

Let us walk the footsteps of the Guru by beginning a new quest when life achievement is measured only with how much we have learned and implemented. Let us begin with one of my favorite verses from the Shri Guru Granth Sahibji called the Mool Mantra. This verse has carried me since childhood and I cannot cease to be a part of it nor can I deny it to be part of me.

The Mool Mantra

(Definition in Italics, permit mistakes if any and please correct me if I am wrong In order to adhere to specificity, I have used excerpts from Wikipedia after researching different sources and finding these similar to my understanding This Blog titled Mool Mantra is organized in the following way The Mantra and then the English Translation followed by a verse written by me in context Finally at the end of the Mool Mantra is my perception of it and what it personally means to me)

Simplified transliteration: Ik Åaá¹…kÄr sat nÄm kartÄ purkh nirbha'u nirvair akÄl mÅ«rat ajÅ«nÄ« saibhaá¹ƒ gur prasÄd ||

English: One Universal Creator God, The Name Is Truth, Creative Being Personified, No Fear, No Hatred, Image Of The Timeless One, Beyond Birth, Self-Existent, By Guru's Grace

Ek Onkar - One God
The one without form exists
And its existence is not dependent upon our beliefs
It does what it has to
As per Natural Laws which Govern The Universe and Beyond (Evocat)

Sat Naam - Truth and Reality
Being Centered is Sat
Validating Existence is Satya
Who Am I
Is the question that I am trying to answer? (Evocat)

In Sanskrit, there are two words which have this root: Sat, which means beingness or existence, and Satya, which means truth or validity There is a great difference between the two Satya is the quest of the philosopher who seeks truth What is this truth? It lies in the rules whereby two plus two always equals four, and never five or three - So Satya is a mathematical formula, a man-made calculation, but it is not Sat. It is logical truth but not existential reality. Sat is that which just is and always has been, eternal God is both Sat and Satya, existence as well as truth. Being both, He can neither be fully attained through science, which probes truth, nor through art, which explores existence. Both are incomplete in their search, because they are directed only towards one half of Him Where both meet, where the mind and heart meet, religion begins If the mind overpowers the heart, science is born If the heart overpowers the mind, the realm of art is entered: poetry, music, song, sculpture Science and Art are dualities; religion is the synthesis.

Naam means, literally, the Name A fuller definition of the word can only be found within the Sri Guru Granth Sahibji Naam is Gods Word, or the Divine Essence Etymologically, the word has a striking resemblance to the Greek neumena, or the Bright Essence, as opposed to phenomena Naam is not merely the "Name of God" as is commonly believed; it symbolises the Being of God filling all Creation Naam is also referred to as Shabad in the Shri Guru Granth Sahib.

This Essence/Naam /Shabad is formless, colorless, and featureless but, as said, is present in all creation There is no plant, no creature, in which it is not present
The physical dimensions of Reality (the outer shell) are always in flux; they keep changing While birth, death, creation, destruction, etc occur in the physical dimensions of creation, the Essence, being Sat (Sat-Naam), never changes; it transcends space and time

Karta Purukh - The Creator, The Doer

I do but I dont, I dont but I do! Who is the doer Me or someone else? (Evocat) Karta translates literally as the Doer, the Creator Purukh translates literally as man In the Sankhya system of Hindu philosophy, Purusha (the Universal Spirit), eternal, indestructible, all-pervasive, is without activity or attribute, and it is left to Prakriti (primal nature), itself an uncaused cause, and an ultimate principle, to bring the phenomenal world into being.

Nirbhau - Without Fear Niether fear Nor Hurt Can Shake my Root None can change what I am?! (Evocat) Bhau translates as fear, and Nir translates as without God is without fear: fear always involves the other, and such fear is possible only if there is another being besides Him A corollary to this attribute, stated positively, is that God is all Bliss.

Nirvair - Niether Anger, Nor Enmity A Clear Mind Is My Prized Possession For I am simply spontaneous And flow with myself Neither holding back, nor letting go The task is done and my intent is no more (Evocat) Vair translates as enmity or hostility, and Nir translates as without A corollary to this attribute, stated positively, is that God is all Love He is above all fear and is free from all thoughts of enmity.

Akal Murat - Being Beyond Time Do I belong here or there? Do I belong in the past or the future? I simply belong in the now And I exist here and now This is my life and This is my death (Evocat). Akaal translates as "not subject to time or death" and Moorat translates as form, shape, or image God is a Being beyond time: an eternal, indestructible Entity.

Ajooni - Beyond birth and death If I am born I must have died sometime If I have died I must be born sometime Both are part of the same cycle and both interdependent to each other (Evocat) Joon is a feminine noun and translates as birth or existence; the A- suggests 'Beyond' God is Uncreated, Beyond Incarnation: He Himself, being the Primal Being, no being prior to Him can be conceived.

Saibhan - Self-existent I exist Who is the I? It is! Who is the it? Love is? Where is it? (Evocat) Saibhan is derived from the Sanskrit swayambhu and, as stated above, is translated as self-existent.

Guru Prasad - By the favour of the Guru I dedicate this to my Gurus Who came to me in various ways And helped me evolve in this cycle of life I am but their flute through whom the wind blows (Evocat) Gur stands for Guru: Master, Spiritual Teacher, Guide Prasad translates as favor, grace; thus He is attained by the Grace of the Enlightener Now use the same verse while imagining it addressed to yourself and feel the miracle happen.

The Mool Mantra gives me LIFE whenever I recite it to myself with conviction

Ek Omkar - One Supreme Force
Sat Naam - Being Centered is Sat
Karta Purakh - Bound by Dharma
Nirbhau - Unafraid of anyone or anything
Nirvair - Neither anger or enmity affects me, my mind is clear and unclouded towards decisive action towards any adversity
Akal Murat - Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent Ajooni - Forever & Indestructible in Spirit
Ajooni - Beyond birth and death
Saibhan - Complete within myself
Guru Prasad - Blessed by The Supreme Force

Copyright 2009 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

A Prayer

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 06:15:00 +0000

I choose to be a LION.

As I live in the Now & Here.

& grow beyond myself - every - day!

There is A Prayer, That I Say.

Don't move the mountain for me

I will find the strength within myself to climb it

Don't part the sea for me
I will find the spirit within myself to swim it

Don't stop the storm for me

I will find the courage within myself to face it

Don't end the pain for me
I will find the solace within myself to bear it

Don't make things easy for me
I will work my way by myself around the difficult

Don't Do things for me
I will begin by doing things for myself

Don't help me in finding the solution to my problem
I have the resilience to face it head on

Don't support me in the quest of my knowledge
I will find and assimilate it

Don't work miracles for me
For I know Now

That I am your Greatest Miracle!

That I am Limitless.

Copyright 2009 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

My Haiku

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 06:12:00 +0000

Clouds gather in Mind
Dust Everywhere
Who Travels Within?
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Bullseye Beckons
The Arrow Queries
And The Eye Fulfills
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The Bird Mocks
Flying Away
Body leaps from the cliff
Hands Outstretched!
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Water Sizzles
Fire Steams
Element within Element
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Sweating Hands
Mind In Darkness
Eyes look inwards
Who goes out there?
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Too much in a bucket
Too little left behind
Too little is hard to carry!

Please note these haiku's do not necessarily follow the strict format of an Haiku as followed by the Masters. Although in essence, I have followed the discipline and these Haiku's should convey their message in a moment of understanding!

Copyright 2009 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

I may be wrong!

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:47:00 +0000

Maybe I don't want to see what is wrong
Maybe its just a dream that I don't want to wake up from!

Maybe I am wrong!

Life goes by everyday and I make decisions
Thinking, Analyzing that it is the right one

Some pan out well but others fail leading me to think¦
Maybe I am wrong!

Understanding that I don't understand everything is the key
But what then do I lay my premise (for decision making) on?

I believed in black and white for a while
Then I believed in shades of grey
And now I am back to black and white again¦

Maybe I am wrong!

Life hurts at times,
And sometimes I am deliriously happy
Living the moment, I realize of the consequences of my
actions - Whether they are spontaneous or planned

Maybe I am wrong!

Should I keep risking this attitude,
Knowing fully WELL that I may be wrong
and imagining the far reaching consequences of bad decisions I make...

Or should I just give up and let life flow by?
Leaving everything to the whim of nature¦
For if nothing works out, at least I don't have myself to blame
And I can always pass the buck somewhere else!

But then if I give up on life and living,
I have given up and that is wrong!

But then I cannot say in such a situation -

Maybe I am wrong!

For I truly will be

Copyright 2009 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

Who Am I?

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:42:00 +0000

I am nothing but purpose personified
Take away my purpose
And I am no more
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My purpose allows me to stand against the waves
however large they may be,
however strong they are!
I am stronger
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I am but flesh and blood
As an ordinary human being
I can only exist
Â
I am but flesh and blood
As an extraordinary human being
I don't just exist but live - If I live with purpose
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Purpose takes me screaming to the core of not just who I am but who I ought to be...

Copyright 2009 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

Just Love!

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:38:00 +0000

ORIGINAL QUOTES BY ME ON LOVE DEDICATED TO THE RAIN IN MY LIFE

Love speaks its own language which can only be felt

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Love makes a man feel young despite his age

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Love feeds on your mind and heart as if it owns them

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Love is the catastrophe that precedes heaven

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Is it enough to be loved or is it enough to love? Both may
not go hand in hand every-time!

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I could walk on broken glass and not feel a thing but even
the strongest tremble at the slightest touch of love

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I thought I was you and you were me but now - I know, I was me
and you are you! You complete me

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In the desert I walked for miles with a parched throat â€“
almost dying I didnâ€™t know of the thirst then cause I was only thinking of
you
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I tried understanding love but gave up when I realized that I am not in love, it's just that love is me!

Copyright 2009 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:34:00 +0000

I am in the process of making myself obsolete.

Life seems to be moving too fast for my liking The day barely begins - to end. Most of the day is spent fighting battles at the office front or in terms of personal issues that may need tending.

The rest of the day is spent either in front of the computer, idiot box, theatre, parties or speaking on the mobile phone.

It has come to a point that I am restless while at rest because I am looking at something to do during intervals of non-action. So I have decided that the war has to be fought on a different tangent - I need to make myself obsolete! The need to be at the center of things has become an addiction! I need to breakaway and the world will not stop if Raj is not in the midst of it I also need to de-technologize (if there is such a word). I need to encourage physical contact instead of contact through technological means at the very least with friends who mean something.

I need to progressively sway towards silence rather than noise and I need to return to my bouts of silence frequently and cannot let this headless horse gallop away with me holding onto its tail for my life. I need to get back to my reading which I used to love so much I need to find time for my treks and quiet solitude where I found myself even if it has to be planned ahead.

Looking back into time, I realize how much I have changed from the kid that I was! The only thing that has remained a constant has been my hunger to learn, assimilate and grow within. I have always been bonded within to my essence, but there are times now that i feel the essence is missing and without the guiding force I do not think my decisions can be intuitively correct even though they are made from careful thought. It seems that the spirit is missing and I need to keep at the task of finding myself and be on the path in order to reach my goals in this life.

To be obsolete or not to be - is the challenge now! I think that there is no other way as I cannot let the addiction of action or technology, control me or my day I am a free spirit and cannot be burdened by chains from outside however golden they may seem!

I plan to make myself obsolete!

Copyright 2009 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

Blaming God!

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:26:00 +0000

To blame god is the easiest way to pass the buck and evade responsibility....Is it true???

The answer is based on the premise 'God Exists'. I don't know that and neither do you. I also agree that there is no point debating the issue of God's existence since it is a matter of personal belief so it is best to accept each other as we are. My point here is that we 'human beings' consciously and with full intention have been initiating destructive projects (wars, polluting industries, deforestation, creating chemical and biological weapons, mutating food crops and much more) which we know are detrimental for the entire species as well as for our host planet. Practically every major non-natural catastrophe to hit earth including many in Africa, Somalia, etc. are man made and the cause is Profits - Enormous Sums of money which justify the sacrifice of our resources and the people in it. Do we all not know it and yet, it hasn't deterred us (God's Subjects) not to do those things.

It is not in our place to judge God but what about ourselves? Are we true to our inner self, do we listen to the 'God' within us? You and I are only able to perpetuate God's original intention but do you really mean to tell me that other's don't know of his intention? Everyone knows! Everyone can feel it for they are and we are part of that intention?! I am also not addressing good and evil and polarities - they are subjective and perspective based rather than real.

Yes, we cannot blame God for our problems - we have to blame ourselves for initiating the causes which lead to problems on such a massive scale. Problems which are compounding even now. We have to blame ourselves for the buck has to stop here. There is no one else to blame and there will be no one else to pay the price but us, our children and all the living species on this planet. People like you and me who claim to understand more than the average human being have to stop giving other's the power to get away with irresponsible acts by showing gracious patience for that is the one thing the world and its people lack now - TIME! We have overstretched our stay on this planet and although it may be good to be patient the reality is that we (the human species)are tethering over a cliff and it is time now to either come back to safety or fall. Please think about it. :)

Copyright 2010 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

Fear Breaks You Down!

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:25:00 +0000

Stray exciting-happy moments put together into a collage - Life!

The attempt to survive routine lifeless moments scattered in the midst of life is called existing. We probably exist in order to ride the wave of the exciting-happy moments which keep us alive and going in our daily life. That is all there is to it.

An individual lives for his happiness. That is the nature and that is the root. I probably think I should justify this statement since it will involve a lot of hot debate between my blogger friends who will misconstrue the nature of this statement. An apt example would be that if a mother feeds her hungry infant while remaining hungry herself, she is doing it because of her happiness. Satiating the hunger of her child gives her immense happiness. Any person taking care of his family at the cost of sacrificing his personal desires does so because it gives him happiness. In this manner, no one is obligated to another and so goes the cycle. Whatever you do - you do for yourself, so don’t blame another for the things you have agreed to do for the other and expect the same return.

I am not straying from the topic but rather making a foundation towards the blog topic - fear. It is when your outlook changes to inner and you are able to understand that whatever you do, you do for yourself. Your expectations simply drop. Once there are no expectations from the outside world - you are free. With freedom comes responsibility. In fact freedom asks for the greatest responsibility.

Freedom also translates into lack of fear. The chains - Golden (Golden Chains are Chains set by yourself - Limitations to your freedom) or Otherwise are broken. So there is no fear of failing, doing, acting (for the sake of other’s) and no fear to be anyone but yourself. A analogy I like to use is that ‘one becomes water’ and welcomes everyone to share from its essence and be blessed. Water niether uses and nor is used. It just is.

Fear is what causes us most misery in our lives. We pre-determine our failure by believing we cannot succeed. Nature clearly states that the impossible is possible. I call it the ompossible phenomenon. Ompossible - anything is possible (check out www.yetworld.com/chapter1.asp). Look all around you. If anything, failure is a difficult thing to achieve. It takes a lot of hard work to fail and failure usually happens because you didn’t believe that you would succeed anyway.

So let go of the fear. The earlier para’s of this blog are meant for you to understand the root of fear. Fear is not something you have to fight as most ask you to do, it is rather the result of a lot of hard work from your end in believing that you will fail since you believe you are dependent on the environment, other individuals, other individuals opinions or something else.

Fear not Fear for Fear Only Exists if You Allow it to Exist! Richard Branson, CEO Virgin Group has published a book called - Screw it, let’s do it! There is no scope for fear in that situation. Action negates fear whereas worrying enhances it and creates an environment where failing becomes a viable option to get rid of the suspense of your intent.

So Act (Action). Just Do. Fear will wither away. Be the free spirit - you already are!

Copyright 2010 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

Belief

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:23:00 +0000

Life begins and belief begins to set in. As the foundation begins to get laid, our perspectives change. Our perspectives force us to see life from varied viewpoints. Each being creates its own world based on its visual, kinesthetic, audio and other input filtered by belief.

The world is dynamic and spontaneous but we see it as a still photograph as if time has stood still. That is our perspective. Consider what is happening around me now while I am meditating to write this; the fan is whirring, lights are on while being fed by electricity which is generated many miles away by huge generators managed by many people operating the complex energy generating plants. My radio is playing FM, broadcast by the effort of so many people at the radio station. Thousands of micro-organisms live in the air around me, within me doing whatever they are supposed to do. Outside my room, each of my family are doing their stuff. Outside my house there are hundreds of people living in their homes, walking on streets – doing their stuff.

My point is, right now – I can only see the laptop screen in front of me and I am am alone but the question is – Am I really alone?

Am I a lone, un-influenced being which has the capacity to perceive truth as it really is or am I under an illusion of being able to see ‘reality’ right in front of me? Where does reality – really begin? With me, in me or outside me?

The premise of belief begins here – we usually tend to believe anything that we receive as an kinesthetic (touch), audio (hearing), visual (sight) and other input many a times and especially from people in our circle of influence. The circle of influence is either people who are near to us or are respected by everyone. Once belief sets in and gets a foundation by being seconded by another person it becomes firmer as time goes along and your perspective is clouded by the very belief that has accommodated within you. That belief is the color that makes your essence murky.

Your essence is like water – transparent and colorless, completely pure. Add to it a belief system and it just looses itself and becomes part of a thought process and an identity which may or may not be conducive to its fitness. The most difficult thing in the world is to keep your essence un-affected specially while living in the midst of varying human thoughts and emotions. It is like seeing a mirror – a mirror reflects only what faces it and then once the object facing the mirror is gone so is the reflection. The mirror never changes. It just is.

If we human beings would be similar and not accept any belief patterns but learn just to be – we would be really human and I say that in the proudest manner I can say it.

Imagine – no caste, creed, religion, citizenship, position or designation. Just human beings living with and amongst one and another as a single indivisible unit – independent and yet dependent on each other!

Each with its own space, freedom and respect! Each with its own thoughts leading life to its fullest, doing what the being wishes to do!

Take away belief and you take away the excuse of passing the buck. You now know the hardest truth – that you are responsible for yourself and no-one else but you can help – yourself.

Copyright 2010 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

My Daughter

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:21:00 +0000

I need you to realize who you are
as I realized who I am.

It happened as a process for me
slowly, ever so slowly.

Life began and ended many a time
and the metamorphosis continued.

Sometimes mind and sometimes heart
and I needed both!

You are my arrow that will leap forth
into your unknown finding, creating your own way,
your own path.

Tread on it Bravely. Experience! Experiment!

You are an adventurer of your own right and identity!

Fear not the unknown for it is just an adventure
to help you transcend the ordinary.

And Ordinary you are not!

Fear not the speed with which you leap for you
are a force to be reckoned with.

Love with all your heart and
Live with all your life.

No Half Measures.

For tomorrow is tomorrow and today is today.

This is your moment and this is your day.

Totally in Love with you Doll!

You make Dad Proud.

Copyright 2010 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

My Son!

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:19:00 +0000

I may be with you all my life

Or I may not

I will always wish you success others have only dreamed about

You and I are only a microcosm in this universe

But each of us counts, in our own special way

For each of us create our own universe

With the Innate Ability that each of us have

Making us into individuals and not a collective herd

You stand for tomorrow!

I want you to count for today

Each day, each moment lost

Is a fortune, a treasure that you could have achieved

The wait has to stop

Action needs to post-cede thought

Life has to move on

As does the stream searching for the sea

You will meet many hurdles on the path

Some of which I will clear for you

But most of which you alone can face

My son, heed my words

There is no day like today

There is no moment like now

Yesterday was a legend

Tomorrow is a myth

Neither exist for you

You are the creator and the architect of both

Yesterday and tomorrow

Use today well

Both yesterday and tomorrow will be Great

Your only limitation in your lifetime - is yourself

Your only limitation in your today - is procrastination

What will be - will be!

What Is - Is!

That is the only reality

You are a sword being forged by fire

To become stronger and sharper

Face more of Life - so you become better by the day

You are a being of limitless potential and infinite sanction

Promote your life - to the limitless realm

Where your Will lays the path for you towards a glorious moment - every moment

This is all I can wish, that you hold your head up high and say

I am ALIVE!

Copyright 2010 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)

The Wrong Answer!

rajsukheja@gmail.com (Raj Sukheja) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:09:00 +0000

I know not where the eagles fly,
nor where the lions hunt.

I know not where resides the creative spirit,
and where communication emanates from?

I know not life itself,
and I have the gall to explore beyond.

I know not love in its entirety,
but a glimpse has shaken me to my roots.

I know not - the now
but I choose to worry about tomorrow and yesterday.

I know not the seed
and I imagine I can spring forth a tree.

My answers are flawed.
My domain incomplete.
My knowledge erroneous.
My Superiority beyond control.

Silence is absent. Noise Abundant.
Actions come not from spontaneity but from decisions of a clouded mind.
Rushing in is the norm - stillness devoid.
Where are you heading mankind?

The Serenity of Being God is found Within.

Copyright 2010 Raj Sukheja (Evocat)