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Every time I cross that road, I discover new things...

2022-11-11T14:28:00.004+05:30

Every time I cross that road, I discover new things...

though I saw I didnt see it exists..

the journey again and again through that same road made me aware of its presence...

while I see 60 degrees straight, how is it I failed to see what was present even in that 60 degrees view.. fully knowing that there is still 300 degrees view I would not be able to see at any point in time.

some times we need walking more often down that same road to observe.. or may be more then just the vision....

flowing water - that I am...

2020-04-15T12:48:00.000+05:30

I am that flowing water underneath,
though above I look like layer of ice.

Come summer and the ice will melt,
and open my real self,

should you wonder?

the floating leaf...

2020-02-11T21:15:00.000+05:30

That leaf , learned to adapt to the storms of the sea on which it was floating
floating left and right yet it adapted to float on its waves so crude and high ,
and not give in to its force as they hit it high,

leaf was carrying the ant on it...

from behind comes the ship with full force...
splashing waves and roaring high and carrying 100 people
moving in the direction of the leaf...
and ahead....

leaf bewilders on the ships size and its speed and it cries
that it is not able to carry 100 people .. it is not able to swim past in that speed
splashing and sloshing ...

the leaf will yet reach its shore..
was it as big as the ship.. not at all...
but it reached its shore with the ant ..

Atleast I planted the tree ...

2020-02-11T19:29:00.000+05:30

Dont know where we come from and where we go..

for each one comes alone and alone do they go...

is it not the fallacy that we think that we live in groups..

that groups and the surrounding makes us happy or otherwise,

each one ponders and wanders on their path, to learn or not...in their journey of life...

In life's daily matters,

I take false pride when I do some good by helping someone ...

I dont know what is good or what is bad in the larger scheme of things as my view is myopic

and that what is done cannot be undone..

yet that fallacy of good I perceived that feeds my ego

I create some friend and some foe

based on our own perception are the images each has built in their own minds of being my friend or my foe ...

but in my biopic

Atleast I planted the tree...

Who knows that some day who will sit on that tree ..

a chirping bird or colourful chameleon

or a passerby taking some rest under its shade

who knows that the rain water that tree beholds in its roots would water its neighbourhood and quench their thirst.

for i don't know what shape that action will take

but atleast I planted the tree..

Who knows that tree would cry on its lonesome standing..

who knows that the tree may have to stand the storms ..

and bear the droughts and curse some more on its hardships due to some one who led it to its existence ...

was it the hardships that it bore alone which was making it modest and wise or was it its virute...

and how would it even know the blessing that the others gave to it for the calmness and solace it gave to them...

Who knows who keeps the count of goodness or blessings..

but atleast I planted the tree....

I dont know who 'I' am who planted the tree....

some day "I" will vanish like everyone else..

will that tree remain ?

I dont know.

but atleast I planted the tree...

The wooden elephant ...

2019-07-04T12:04:00.000+05:30

He saw me and followed me to sell his bell hangings, thinking I was a foreigner started selling in broken English. "Mam 2 for 150 Rs only" , "Mam please buy it is my first sell for the day"

I deny him by hand as I make my way walking from park to home and he follows me.

Few steps and he realizes probably I am not a foreigner and switches to Hindi and the moment I respond in Gujarati saying "I do not want but here you could keep the 10 Rs" he switched to Gujarati - our mother tongue. Smart chap he was not more than 10-12 years of age.

He swiftly replied "we don't take free money but believe in hard work and hard earned money" I was impressed by his diligence to work hard to earn and perseverance to make a sell. As I responded with friendly smile, each in our brains having different thoughts me about how persistent and honest hard working can one be and he thinking someone friendly responded and that that connection should not be let loose, he comes down from 150 Rs for 2 to 75 Rs for 2. To which also I gently refused.

But his persistence of saying that he would not want to take free Rs 10 offered and believes in hard work and that this was his first sell of the day , so I said "I would not want the bells as I have enough but what all do you have to sell" , he mentions that this is all he has and would give away 2 for 75 Rs.

I later asked him "Don't you have such small wooden elephants which were also part of the bell string as loose products to sell" " I could buy one piece for 20 Rs", to which he was fast to say , "Didi, (sister) I can break this bell and you can just have this elephant piece" I reiterated that I would pay 20 Rs for that to which he was like in 20 rs we don't even get it at our place and he could sell me one at Rs 30 and he would go and remake this bell with other wooden elephant piece ..

Usually I do not like breaking things or destructing things, so I am insisting not to break the bell just for that piece but he also reiterates that its ok and he would remake that one at home.

The smart boy now thinking that he's convinced me sufficiently he gears up to break the bell and separate the elephant piece from the bell string before I change my mind and his fast mind gauging that he had to make quick sell breaks the bell and hands over the wooden elephant piece as swiftly he could. As I say I had told on 20 Rs he hackles and reiterates that it would cost me 30 Rs.

As I give him 30 Rs and take the wooden elephant appreciating his presence of mind and persistence internally , both of us had a smile on our faces...His was one of victory and smartness of how he could quickly sell and achieve what he wanted to and so was on mine .. me thinking that how education ( formal) was really redundant at times and learning on the go , street smartness can be acquired at any corner if hardwork and being present in the moment is applied every waking minute.

So it is. Such is life.. Learning every waking minute. Being present in the moment every waking minute

life perspectives

2019-05-08T19:01:00.002+05:30

I see them working incessantly, to put that structure frame by frame into a building day after day even in the scorching heat.. those masons...

No time to bloat the mind to think the non-sense that many times life circumstances offers ..its only work and go back home to their family tired and retire to bed to come back the next day.

As I sit, view them from my window and think, my mind is full of thoughts .worthy or not ... bloating my mind which many time lead to well of emotions ... too much time at hand it seems or is it luxury ... do I need to learn from them...

Footprints

2019-02-06T11:17:00.000+05:30

Yesterday I had left footprints in the park, today they were there not..
Why did I search for my footprints?

Contemplating...

2019-01-11T12:48:00.004+05:30

Let the flower bloom from the inertia of its internal force in its pace and time..if you think you want it to bloom sooner add nourishing fertilizers which help it bloom... it would not look beautiful if you use the force to open the bud petals before the time is right...

Contemplating ..

2019-01-10T12:02:00.001+05:30

One behaves based on their maturity..

Contemplating..

2018-11-16T17:55:00.002+05:30

Being rejected at wrong places is a good sign..

Random musings

2018-10-17T19:39:00.002+05:30

For any important internal change to begin - it has to start with penchant within

We experience what we want to...

2018-09-01T13:47:00.000+05:30

It was what we chose to experience.

During the morning exercise routine of cycling and walking at Racecourse, one can experience multifarious experiences...

first glimpse ...two young poorly dressed playful children with forehead covered with faith smeared 'tilak' ... lead by their mom with 'dhol' and 'chamat' to halt at an appropriate place where her children could do some acrobatic tricks and earn some money in the tune of the 'dhol' being played by her from the health conscious passerby's ...though with almost pauperly existence , faith led them to do what they thought they were good at irrespective of the results ( here in this case some gainful money for their daily existence)

--- X ---

Group of runners practice a group run....
boosting each others performance .... some lead the pack through their own conviction .. rest take inspiration and keep following the leaders and not give up ...

---X ---

A cyclist older then me overtakes me while I am observing... and then soon immediately a young chap overtakes the one who just overtook me...
Competition it was? or the will to test ones own limits...

---X---

Father - young son duo , while I take walk in the park are practicing run and exercising ... challenging the son ...
Father son bond it was.. or father as a hero / teacher to befriend his son and then make challenge his limits...

Through out this walk and cycle experience daily .. we try and bond with people of what experience we want to have... all were having fun in their own experience .....
...such is life..some like me cherish in observations too....

2018-04-12T16:50:00.000+05:30

Why don't you try my googles ? I mused ..
with denial and on her face she tried and the world of her opinions changed ....

Random musings..

2018-04-05T23:25:00.000+05:30

Our paths just needs to cross once..

Random musings!

2018-01-13T14:09:00.003+05:30

With the passing time and building on experiences ...I now realize how important time dimension is...give time to every thing and everyone...before it reveals its stories... before being judgmental, before jumping to conclusions...everything will reveal to you in its own course of time ....

Random musings!

2017-06-26T18:54:00.001+05:30

And they presumed it was dormant .. they didn't realize it was the struggle before the unfurling of leaves from seeds..

Random Musings!

2016-12-22T15:38:00.002+05:30

No matter what ... nature will bring me to people I have to meet in life..

Random musings!

2016-12-20T10:29:00.000+05:30

that seed needed a medium -water it was, to carry it to its destination...

- X -

( All of us need some medium - channel for us to grow and move to the greater level of our own functioning)

Random musings

2016-12-19T12:08:00.000+05:30

To an onlooker she looked like a fool for inaction to respond, but to her mind it was 'to let go'.

Intro - fintro

2016-10-24T12:26:00.001+05:30

Hi there,

Just thought of interacting with my fellow visitors.

How have you been? Was inquisitive of learning what made my coveted visitors land on this page and what country they belonged to? What is their journey of life?

Life brings in many interconnections most often unknowingly and we don't know when what will turn out to be a best , most fruitful, elevating experience / connection / contact etc etc ....

Should you not mind, you could share in comment on your journey or anything intriguing that you learnt of or experienced of from events of your life or others life events you were witness that made you grow as person ( mentally and emotionally).

If not thanks for visiting and Happy blogging!

Have great life ahead!

Seeking answers from unknown streams and ways .. universal ways ....

2016-06-25T17:21:00.000+05:30

Umpteen times I have experienced, If we are keen and establish links - life gives us answers in many unknown forms to the questions we are looking for... most often for me .. accidentally I land up with some text or conversation which tries to guide me to the answers of the questions I am seeking answer to...

life is ...

2016-04-23T13:37:00.000+05:30

Every iteration got tears in my eyes...

is the digital connectivity and technology making us 'smart' of dumb??

2016-03-15T18:17:00.000+05:30

In this hyper connected world where each of us has presence in all social medias and over internet , over various gadgets, and over cloud... is this over-obsessed digital world filled with data bytes and presence limiting our sight to the world only limited by data bytes and we base our judgement of what is right and wrong on that??? such limited vision!

when the world has more shades to itself where not every thing can be put into bytes.. where world exists even beyond our eyes can see and sounds that our ears can hear..where our own human existence is just about a blink of an eye as compared to creation of universe.. how is it and who are we to decide what is right and wrong ?? and for whom ?? .. where is the element of feeling .. of universal connectedness .. of super power above us .. ( not by any chance the big daddy - US or the king pins of the under world and terrorism ISIS and the likes..) and the plans of this world and our existence to be captured in digital world??

Ancient Indian wisdoms in form of 'religion' ( as such a guide to way of better life and living) relied on karma theory pinning down appropriately on our actions, wants and needs and of universal connectedness.. every change starts from self.. where does that digital world's imprints bring in changes to self journey and discovery of doing good karma of life beyond the span that we think of till 2100 or 3100..!! The more the self discovery journey , the digital world starts to present its clutter.. In the world we judge of what is right and wrong which has only yes or no or 0 and 1 as its outcomes.. we have stopped to analyse our complex human interactions to the world beyond.. while every thing is being filtered through the digital lens..

Our sense of touch is limited to computer keys or mobile keys..while our brains is powerful to process complex situations and people and surrounding which with the advent of ease of technology we are losing... how is it that we have lost the sense of wonder that there is a whole world existing beyond technologically driven world .. which we on the urge to spread are technological creations and the greed to buy ever new are also destroying.. the moment we lose our labour to ease of technology which in a way is a barrier to grab more.. our greed journey begins!

There is a whole world which human and its technology have been not able to create ! how could we not revere on it.. that if we destroy some thing we are not able to create how will we restore it ..and how will we survive without the other 'something' whose importance we have not realized!!

so is digital connectivity and technology making us 'smart' or 'dumb'?? Pondering over this!!

on good deeds and karmic connections ...

2016-03-15T14:12:00.001+05:30

the world is on its own charted / uncharted path ... which at times we feel is in chaos and is in utter need for corrective action... in our limited time frames we try and judge bad and good depending on the limited vision we have and on the circumstances we are placed in .. when we start worrying about the bigger change to bring the world back in order based on 'my' own perception .. we may feel discouraged to even take one step to do good contribution.. it may discourage me to even take one small step thinking that in the larger scheme of things that step would be immaterial,.. but this should not stop to do 'good', a 'good' which makes my conscience lighter and makes me feel good..
every action I feel has to weighed with karma being added or deleted from your life..

-x-

what connections we make with other souls of the universe we don't know ... there are karmic connections.. and may not sound logical but you connect to them beyond words... what name should a world call this relation which made one connect instantly as opposed to worldly relations which took its time to establish ? Pondering over the same ..

Random th8s

2015-11-05T11:43:00.000+05:30

While you were judging the other person, don't forget the other person is also judging you. Most often underestimating someone because you don't have idea of someone's potential will lead you to surprises..Calibre can be built but not nature of a person.. and while overestimating a heartbreak or angry bouts of expectations not fulfilled.