Monday, November 26, 2012

Life: Here and Now (Part 3-last )


Think of beauty, joy, hope, love, and everything that is good

paromita sharma photography
The more you embrace what is positive and beautiful in your life, with all your thoughts and feelings and expressions, the more you attract positivity. The more you chose to ponder on or react to what is not good, painful, and shameful or embarrassing in your life, the more you invite negativity.  There WILL be negativity, always around. You can decide not to include it in your life by not reacting negatively at the negativity. Replace whatever is negative, like a feeling, an event, with positivity. How? Just by changing the way you feel or react to it. 

For example, one fine morning, when I reached office, I came to know that my colleague was promoted to the post, which was my target for the year. I felt a sense of betrayal and jealousy at that moment. But I simply replaced that with hope, “who knows may be there is something much better than this in store for me” and I went back to work happily. A few days later I came to know that the post, to which my colleague was promoted, involved a change of location, which was impossible for me. And then again I got an additional role, which later let me pursue my dream career, plus a hefty increment!

Life does not happen, you create it

By changing the way how you feel right now, you take charge of your life.  Life does not happen to you any more, keeping you at the receiving end. You start giving out what you want to receive back. Be loving and happy in your thoughts, feelings, and reactions with people and situations around you. You will receive love and happiness…and all that you want.

This is YOUR life, and YOU are to choose your destiny. By choosing between positive and negative energies at this moment, RIGHT NOW, you change your life, the way You want.

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Sunday, July 22, 2012

The ultimate truth is "Change"

We always try to hold on to things...love, youth, beauty, money, relationships, position, recognition and everything which comes on our way or what we earn. This is a very common human trait, and the biggest challenge in itself. This is the biggest challenge of a human life as this trait in us takes us against Mother Nature. Yes, the Nature...change is the ultimate truth of nature. Being a part of this nature, change is inevitable to us, in every aspect of human life.


Change is inevitable...unstoppable...inescapable, perhaps this the truth each and every human being is fully aware of, deep down in his heart. In worst cases, the truth dwells in the subconscious and unconscious minds, bothering human constantly, making him build a strong resistance, a delusion, in his real life and conscious mind that he has everything under his control. After that, his ego and eventually his fear overpower him and make his life a total mess. 

Men struggle to accept this ultimate truth of the entire cosmos, “change". What comes in between? What causes the struggle? Is that ignorance? Is that our Ego? Is that the frailty of being human? Holding onto and letting go... the whole life, as if, a permutation and combination of these two phrases. What do we hold onto? What part we let go? Who will decide? Time or I? The processes, the struggle, the wait... all of it incur both pain and pleasure in our life span. This is the mystery of human life, makes it beautiful, interesting and worth living.

At the end, accepting the reality gives us freedom from pain… change is inevitable. Let us accept it and move on. J






Monday, July 16, 2012

Apna Gham leke kahi.n aur na jaayaa jaaye

Apna Gham leke kahi.n aur na jaayaa jaaye
Ghar me.n bikhri hui chizo.n ko sajaya jaaye

Jin chiraGo.n ko havaao.n kaa koi Khauf nahi.n
Un chiraGo.n ko havaao.n se bachaya jaaye

Baag me.n jane ke aadaab huaa karte hai.n
Kisi titali ko na phoolo.n se uDaya jaaye

Khudkushi karne ki himmat nahi.n hoti sab me.n
Aur kuchh din yuu.N hi auro.n ko sataya jaaye

Ghar se masjid hai bahut door chalo yuu.N kar le.n
Kisi rote hue bachche ko ha.Nsaya jaaye

-Nida Fazli

Chalo chalein

Khwahishe jo ehsaas se banti hai
Bhula deti hai bandisheyn
Urne lagte hai asmaan par
Kya duniyadari, kya ranjisheyn

Shayad ek jahan aisa bhi hai

Jahan urrne par  paandhi nehi
Behne par nehi puchhte nehi "kiyun"?
Len-den main hi zindegi ke maine nehi khoti

Naftrat ki andhi har raat jeet ke nehi laut-ti

Aansu hasi main zaroor badalte hai
Mohabbat se roshan ek aadh  diye bhi
Khamoshi se andhera mitati hai

Jo diya jalakar tumne,

Ruh ko mere roshan kiya
Wohi roshni bikharte dekha
Jaha tha chhaya andhiyara

Chalo wahan chale savera ban ke

Jaha raat kabhi khatm hua nehi
Muskurahat bikhrayen motiyon si
Jahan aansuyon ne daman chhora nehi.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Not all who wander are aimless!

Remember the film Mona Lisa Smile? I watched it several times...loved it, without contemplating ever on the reason why I liked it. Two days back, while surfing the channels, I caught last few scenes from the movie. The last part had the key dialogues, told me why I liked the movie, back then, and even now. I am going to share a few lines told by Betty Warren, with which I totally, completely and whole-heartedly agree. This particular dialogue and its meaning made me realize deep inside me, as to why I loved this movie.

Betty Warren: I've heard her called a quitter for leaving and aimless wanderer. But not all who wander are aimless, especially those who seek truth beyond tradition, beyond definition, beyond the image. I'll never forget you. 

Those who have not watched this classic, please do watch. :) You will know that quitting on something at times does not make you loser, neither holding onto everything makes you any stronger or winner all the time. When we seek the truth, we must not follow any tradition, any set rules, any damn format. We must be dare enough to let go of all pre-conceived ideas, free enough to perceive things without prejudice, beyond pre-defined texts, break free of all self-developed subjective truths to perceive that ultimate Satya, the truth!

The search may and will turn you into a wanderer in the eyes of the normal world...they will say, "oh the aimless person on a rudderless ship". But in reality, you are a wanderer, but not aimless. You, the lucky one to have started your journey to seek the truth.....you are actually much more ahead of your peers in that search! :)

Here is to us, the wanderers... the seeker of truth! Cheers! Love live our journey! Long live the quest!

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Friday, June 15, 2012

Lost and found...

These are a few water color paintings by me....painted in 2007, Kolkata. I lost these somewhere, but these remained somewhere in my almirah. I miss painting, an activity to calm down the racing mind. Will start as soon as I get time, hopefully. :)

All are damaged, discolored... but still a part of mine...remind me of the happiness I felt while painting these. I do not take care of anything at times....which is bad.My parents have kept my paintings back at my paternal home, in better condition.


Thursday, June 14, 2012

A note to all on my 34th birthday!

                                                                                                                  Today is my 34th birthday. :) 
 
As always (post 2002), my husband was the first one to wish me. Then came wishes from my parents, brother and a few closest friends. And right now my facebook page is flooded with birth day wishes. All wishes of course make the day really special.
Birthdays, till now, have been special in terms of gifts received and how I celebrated. But this birthday, being the first one in Bangalore, I am physically away from my near and dear ones. This is the reason, I will not be celebrating the day the way I do usually. But, may be this is the first birthday, in which I am seeing a new me, and can actually differentiate me from pre-14.06.2011. This birth day is exceptional. 

Today, I take it as an opportunity to thank all, who have directly or indirectly helped me for being what I am today.
  • My dad...I actually have started understanding you...which I did not in all these years. I love you so much. I know you will never read this blog. But may be that is why I am able to write here that I am proud of you. :P
  • My mom...I know what you want to say, even when you are not able to set your words right. I know you are proud of me. :)
  • My brother...thank you for understanding me when no one else could...I am proud of you, for the person you are.
  • My son, your very existence kept me going...when nothing else worked! 
  • Thank you Mridul, a friend still exists in you, beyond all other roles I play, you can see me as a human...
  • Thank you Pankaj Pandey, Rajib Chaudhary, Sanhita Nag, Payel, Sangeeta Das, Holly McCulloch, Someswar Chakravorty for being there for me…you will always remain close to my heart.
  • Thank you Ram Sankarda, Gurumurthi, for being friend and guide in my spiritual journey
Thank you Team Acteva, and Virtual Den members for giving me many fun-filled moments, when I needed them the most.

I thank all of those who are connected to me in the real world or virtual, and who have somehow touched my soul and inspired me. I thank you all! And I love you all....This birthday is special for me...because I never was in love with life. I wish to share the joy of living with you, which I do through my blog.

And at last, thank you my Lord Shiva...you showed me the truth, and its beauty. Be with me always!

Om Namah Shivay!



Thursday, June 7, 2012

I am blessed

I am lucky that it did not take more than two to three months to learn how to live in moments. Earlier, I only heard the phrase without actually knowing the real meaning. I came to know about it and practiced with honesty. Here I am, happy, peaceful and satisfied.

When I get up in the morning and when I go to sleep at night...I see a happy me in the mirror. I was never so thankful for everything in my life. I feel blessed...

But let me tell you that there is no reason I may give for my thankfulness, no achievement to record...no new love in life, no additional money or asset I have accumulated. Just that everything around me seems feels so good or not/less irritating. The anger within seems to have got replaced with joy and hope.

I am full of gratitude for everything I have in my life, for all the experiences, fortunate and unfortunate moments, moments of hope and pain, betrayal and gain, love and hate. All of those make me what I am today. I am hopeful, and I do believe that nothing is actually impossible for me.

If you read through my blog…go back to the initial days...you will know how I have changed for better...You might get an answer too.

Believe that everything you wish for is possible. It is you who is going to do it for you, no one else. There is no one else to blame for your hopelessness, since the day you were sent to this earth you were equipped with a powerhouse within you, which remained unexplored, unused.  Ignite that powerhouse in you by taking charge of your life. Know yourself, accept situations as it is and then move on...to make changes  pro-actively to get the desired results.

This world is a great and vast jigsaw puzzle, the parts of which are dynamic...changing shape with every action you make. Our fate is in our hands...so there is no one to blame. Start right now...by believing in YOU. YOU ARE BLESSED...never forget that. :)

I will come back with more realizations...till then

Keep the faith!