End of the search

Drop everything in this world

and the world will be yours.

Then drop the world too

and you will become the world.

Mumbai Terror attacks - An eye opener

I am one of the millions of Indians shocked at the unprecedented act of terror that hit Mumbai. It has stirred the depths of my heart and tormented my soul. What perplexes me however is the way in which most people vent their disappointment and anger about our politicians and the governance. Among these are not only the poor but also doctors, engineers, top officials, rich merchants and industrialists. The media seem to covertly enjoy pride in zooming the voice of the people. I completely fail to understand as to whom this blatant expression of anger is targeted.

Has anyone among these well-off responsible citizens who can't afford to keep children off the traditional elitist jobs and professions, ever wanted their children to be politicians? Has any one of us got the guts to train ourselves or our children to become leaders to govern the country? We want peaceful, high placed white-collar jobs. We say politics is rotten. Who left it in the lurch to rot? Isn't our non-participation responsible for it? We are so hypocritical. With so many intelligent people around I am surprised we are incapable of making deeper analysis than populist media. Don't we know that the anger needs to be understood and leaving it as it is, results in chaos and irresponsible behavior? Anger is always pointed at someone, and that someone here is a fictitious entity which serves as an essential escape from our responsibilities. Only when sustained and sublimated can anger bring out positive action.

What happened to the Taj and us as citizens of India, is indicative of our attitude of resorting to the luxury of the back seat. We never wanted to drive. The nation seemed to function on its own. Occasionally making fun of the politician is the pastime of our people informed or uninformed. We never gave leadership any serious thought. Now that a huge terror attack from outside has shaken us, and, we have realized that we have no leadership that we expect some "alien species" to come and lead us because the present species of politicians is too weak for the job.

This is the time for us, if we are sane, to point the finger at ourselves for having us brought the country into this condition. Like a cat one could close ones eyes and drink the milk and pretend that running the nation is not our job. But the terrorists eyes are wide open and they will easily see a state of laxity and absence of care, and a laid back and unprofessional attitude towards politics. A person who despises "politics" and dishonors leadership is , no doubt, lazy and deeply hypocritical. I for myself hold the full responsibility for the terror strike and am ashamed of myself for having let my countrymen die, because I chose the comforts and luxuries of the back seat.

Finding everlasting love

Right from my childhood I have been yearning for love. I met many in due course of time who loved me a lot. But there seemed to be something that kept them busy. They said " it is enough now, I have lots of things to take care of ". Something seemed to drive them away. I kept wondering what are the things that they needed to take care of. What is there in life other than to love and to be loved. I felt alone. I felt there is something seriously wrong with me , because everybody said such love never exists on this earth and not to bother them because they had "other things" to take care of.

I moved on, trying to get busy in things that all of them said were important. But I was not happy, nothing can replace the need to love and to be loved.
And one day I met a man who said he can show me where to find the love that I was looking for , he walked with me hand in hand telling me about love and life, and I realized that it is indeed possible to find that love, but I had to devote all my energy and attention to it.

At last I could see very clearly the source of it, shining and embracing all: it was seated there, deep inside my heart, ever expanding and giving, immersing me in immense joy.

Thank you Buddha.

Do we see the world as it is ?

Werner Heisenberg:

"What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning"

End of the search.

lost in the middle of nowhere
heart gripped in pain and despair
endless search for what was lost
what remained was boundless silence and void

and as it sunk into me I saw:
it had everything:
all the love and all of them and myself.

-Poem by Carol Elaine Faivre-Scott

"Friendship
Each of us has a hidden place
Somewhere deep within ourselves;
A place where we go to get away,
To think things through,
To be alone, to be ourselves.

This unique place, where we confront our deepest feelings,
Becomes a storehouse of all our hopes,
All our needs, all our dreams,
And even our unspoken fears.
It encompasses the essence of who we are and what we want to be.

But now and then, whether by chance or design,
Someone discovers a way into that place we thought was ours alone.
And we allow that person to see, to feel and to share
All the reason, all the uncertainty
And all the emotion we've stored up there.

That person adds new perspective to our hidden realm,
Then quietly settles down in his own corner of our special place,
Where a bit of himself will stay forever.

And we call that person a friend."

The Proof

The proof of the surety that you are
on the path to happiness,is that things fall in place.
Everything starts falling in place,
if it doesn't you are heading the wrong way !


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Einstein says:
"The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible."

The path

When I discovered the path,
I have not discovered
something which
no body has discovered.

It is that, that which
everybody sees, and feels, walks
without knowing
that it is the path.

I am not alone, for there my fellow travellers,
with me all the time.