It’s ironical and woeful that to do good to society and mankind at large, you need to be ‘unconventional’. It seems to me that traits like undivided attention, unwavering focus, unrestrained enthusiasm and unconditional commitment, the ones needed to make a significant difference are not imbibed by default.
That way, existence within this macrocosm is meaningless; un-belonging beckons.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Saturday, March 17, 2007
The Quest
Courage awakened, arose an unrelenting will
To smile at life, and the pain it may spill
Pride marched forward, despair lay conquered;
The person in the mirror is whom I had discovered.
To smile at life, and the pain it may spill
Pride marched forward, despair lay conquered;
The person in the mirror is whom I had discovered.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
The Smile
In a disarray was my mind
Restless my heart chose to be
Then it dawned upon myself
It was your smile that was killing me.
Restless my heart chose to be
Then it dawned upon myself
It was your smile that was killing me.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
The Circle of Happiness
Try out this simple test. Draw a circle on a sheet of paper. Within it write down everything that you think makes you happy. Anything at all, small or big – fame, money, car, jewels, gadgets, or even just coffee. If you are not able to fit in everything into the circle you have drawn, draw a bigger circle, and repeat this exercise till you have a circle that fully envelopes all the things that make you happy, joyful. So, how big is your circle of happiness?
Most typically, our circle of happiness is unimaginably large – so large that perhaps, you wouldn’t be able to draw that on a sheet of paper. It is not so hard to deduce that the larger the circle, the more difficult it is to be happy. Therefore, the perfect state of happiness – no circle at all. It is when you don’t need anything to be happy; you are happy because you just choose to be. Perhaps, this is the state that is documented as the “transcendental state” in our religious texts.
So, let me go back to my circle of happiness and help see it shrink by the day - a lot of work to do here.
Most typically, our circle of happiness is unimaginably large – so large that perhaps, you wouldn’t be able to draw that on a sheet of paper. It is not so hard to deduce that the larger the circle, the more difficult it is to be happy. Therefore, the perfect state of happiness – no circle at all. It is when you don’t need anything to be happy; you are happy because you just choose to be. Perhaps, this is the state that is documented as the “transcendental state” in our religious texts.
So, let me go back to my circle of happiness and help see it shrink by the day - a lot of work to do here.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
In true Christmas Spirit
Our lives always yearn for priceless moments - moments of bliss, joy or of accomplishment. Well, the seemingly unfathomable act of singing carols on the busy Brigade road was definitely one of them!
While most passersby were thoroughly amused, some of them joint us in chorus, and that was a fantastic feeling of oneness. This flagged the beginning of a very special Christmas to us!
Powered by some great wine and the best fruit cake you could ever imagine, we visited several of our friends and family that day, singing carols all along. It is quite hard to put in words the warmth of the people we met and the spirit of unity amongst us.
Needless to say, this was the best Christmas I have ever had.
While most passersby were thoroughly amused, some of them joint us in chorus, and that was a fantastic feeling of oneness. This flagged the beginning of a very special Christmas to us!
Powered by some great wine and the best fruit cake you could ever imagine, we visited several of our friends and family that day, singing carols all along. It is quite hard to put in words the warmth of the people we met and the spirit of unity amongst us.
Needless to say, this was the best Christmas I have ever had.
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