Stopping Over to Pay Homage

If God said, Rumi, pay homage to everything 
that has helped you enter my arms, 
there would not be one experience of my life, 
not one thought, not one feeling, not any act, 
I would not bow to.
.....~Rumi
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Out of nth experiences ,
let me highlight the turning moments
which I feel have helped me
to enter your arms , My Beloved !
I entered this world in my Parent's arms -
that was the first feeling of being with you !
I entered the school and learn obedience and discipline from teachers -
that was the second lesson
to develop myself and be near you!
I entered the college and learnt independence ,
self-sufficiency and confidence -
that was the third lesson to get away from you
as ego reached new heights as I grew up !
I entered the library and learnt from books that Library of the Universe is
yet to be tapped and entered !
I entered the office to work and
it became my Karmic Field
to sow the seeds of action
but remained aloof to you
as one by one new responsibilities
I have to shoulder as an employee !
I entered into matrimony and
my focus from my self divided into halves
and shifted to my better half and
I forgot to be with The One Beloved !
I entered your World , My Lord as you had planned, designed and timed the moment -
the moment The Arms of My Mother
were no longer there to hold me !
Like a lost son in the World Fair
I roamed here and there
till Mother's Soul held my hand again and
let go of it so that I can hold your Hand My Lord !
I bow to My Mother and Father ;
I bow to My Teachers and friends ;
I bow to Walls of the Alma Mater,College and Library;
I bow to Works of the Spiritual Gurus
( Paramhansa Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda , Paramhansa Yogananda and Rumi and other Sufi saints )
who who removed my ignorance ;
I bow to Temples ,Churches and
Gurudwaras I visited;
I bow to every experience
that my memory erased along the path ;
I bow to every person and experience
that I have not highlighted , My Lord
but brought Light into my Life and
Awakened me to your Presence , My Beloved !
.....~ashok "anubhav"

!! Mind your "P" Manners !!

If you have a Purpose to do or achieve something ;

first find a Principle to act upon ;

once you have the principle ,

lay the guidelines of Planning around it ; 

once the planning is ready , 

it is time to Practice and put it into action ;

while you practice , 

maintain the Preserverence and remain Positive ;

have Patience and act with Pride in what you are doing ;

While you are doing all these , 

you realize your Lesson of Preparation is learnt for Life 

for everything you are going to do !

So next time you venture , Mind your P's !!

The "P" manners may sound a very good strategy in personal and professional life out there in this world but the same kind of Preparation 

is required for the Spiritual Quest in your Life. 

For that is the Sole Purpose of all human births.The Preparation for the inner journey is no different.The Mind is impressed by The Ripples of desires & so also you if you are enslaved by The Mind !

It is all about acceptance of One Principle in your Life.

The Principle that tops all and everyone's List 

knowingly or unknowingly is "Knowing Thy Self !"

Once we have the purpose in place, life has to follow a distinct pattern of all "Ps" to achieve the goal of life times.for many a souls depart without knowing the purpose of life even.And the real culprit for the sorry state of affairs of soul realization is the Slavery of Senses under the Mind's Rule.

In the beginning of spiritual quest,a lot of Planning has to go into how you can develop your concentration.Meditation comes much later.
Concentration is basically reining in the mind 

which controls the five senses.

The Senses do not Know How to Behave themselves in their Natural Role !

They remain engrossed in The Outer World due to Mind 

which Makes everything looks Desirable & To be Sought after !

Once The Senses come to their senses 

You Begin to See The Light Within ! 

The senses comes to their Natural State 

when you deprive them of what the mind is making them crave.

If the Mind wants you rest and get up late ,
you have to break the ritual of getting up late in the morning.
This is A Very Good Beginning for it adds "Time" to your day of 86400 moments.
The Getting Up before The Sun Rise
is the first victory of the Body as a whole over Mind.
As you sit there quietly on the fixed place during the specified timings ,
the reining in of the mind begins.
The ritual of meditation upon the God you believe
in the early ambrosial hours is the First Step of Planning you have to Put into Practice till you can get up in the morning
at the specified time without the alarm going off.
Your body clock will get attuned to the waking up like you feel hungry
at a particular times of the day.

The nature is at its calmest before sunrise.
Even the collective wave lengths of the minds at unrest is at its lowest
due to sleeping and dreaming going on around you.

The Birds are yet to chirp 

and the Dogs have yet to bark 

as on the Inner Journey you embark !

Go there in your Within without any Expectations .
That is very significant and important in spiritual quest
for you are dealing with the infinite
to have a feeling of Being Infinite
and you just cannot finite your experience by asking God.It
is your Mind's Discipline that sows the seeds of the thirst
to Know Him through the Process of Knowing Your Self !

Persistence and Patience are the Keys to Spiritual Growth
that attracts the Showering of His Grace
to open the Gates to The Kingdom of His World.

Along side this morning ritual of course it is of paramount importance to schedule your way of life in such a way that the senses do not fall prey to Greed.

Anything you acquire and do beyond the required
due or needs is greed and it applies to all the Five Senses.

The taste buds,the art of speech and silence , the listening and hearing, the cravings to see the undesired desires,the lust of touch overpower your awareness of your own breath and your true being.As you devote your life in a disciplined way as a True Seeker following the Principles of Continence, the Mind falls in Line to become pure to fathom the Purest One and the Body, Heart and Soul align themselves. 

Once aligned, the awakening begins.

Once awakened, enlightenment  comes. 

Once enlightened, it is all bliss.

The Bliss is all Him and less and less of "I".

Like your Lighted Room ,
The Cave is All Lighted Within when the Mind Caves Within to Surrender to Him !

As the surrender completes ,you begin to Realize 

that the Body is His Living Temple with Supreme Soul Within.

Now The Mind is Ripples Free , The Stones of Desire thrown by Maya 

no longer affect you & you are able to keep the Mind Reined In His Direction 

with the Help of Other senses who know their Role !

We believe in the easy way
and look for wonder drugs and remedies 

for enlightenment without curing The Mind.

Once you are focused , mind also helps in zeroing in on your dreams.

And there is no greater friend like a mind
that has been made strongest positive possible by obliterating the ego.
The mind without ego is a seat of Faith in Him and
believes only in prayers only after putting in one's best efforts.

Once you have the positive attitude and given your best , 

it is prayer to Him and His Grace 

that gives you miraculous results
which are more than your expectations.

.....~ashok "anubhav"

Like the machines but do not be like machines !

"As machines get to be more & more like Men, 

men will come to be more like machines."

...~Joseph Wood Krutch

More than 20 years back ,the American writer wrote and it is becoming true now.

Men Will never be more & more Like Machines -

Because Men have been Designed by God !

However hard Men may try 

they can not replace themselves. 

Machines can never be like men because these lack the combination of 5 basic elements which human body consists of !!

Try to put a machine through the Fire , Water Test & you would know what I am trying to say. 

With the growth of use of gadgets & dependency of mankind on the machines is increasing 

which makes it appear 

that machines are becoming more & more like men. 

But the machines have only one purpose for mankind- to serve them & to save time. 

Serve is Okay but Save time is not happening !! People have less time now to do things they want. That is the reason the impression is generated that people are more becoming like machines as they spent most of their time with & around gadgets. 

TV is another member of the family ! 

The Laptop sits more in men's lap 

than their own kids !! 

Your neighborhood watchman is A camera (CCTV ). 

You try dresses on Computer without wearing them !

The Fun in shopping is taken away 

by Home Delivery !!

The Maid is replaced by 

vacuum cleaner and dish washer ! 

The Rains don't affect the drying of the washed clothes !!

The comfort zone of Saving Time is widening day by day yet you have less time for you & the things you want to do. 

Be a Man - 

get your Priorities Right !!

Spend some time with Yourself by Going Within - in the parallel Universe there , the Gadgets are The Soul losing its Sheen, 

The Heart doing overtime because of your Machine like Life &

The Liver getting damaged due 

to you keeping your image in parties! 

Wake Up Man , The Use of Machine is Alarming !!

Every machine has come out of your Brain 

but not a Single Machine can completely replace most parts of your Body !!

Your Replacement is not coming - 

Find a place for your self detached away 

from the machines !

Be There to help them save your time & 

make life comfortable at the same time but

don't be their Slave ! 

...Well, the Machine is Helping all of us to Reach all of You in a Short Time without Moving from the Comforts of AC in the heat outside- 

Both The Machine & Man have the Last Laugh 

when they Help each other !

......~ashok "anubhav"

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So Little Done,So Much to Do !

So little done, so much to do.
.....~Cecil Rhodes 
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How much money India needs
to meet daily needs in a week ?
Let us presume that there is no one corrupt in India as the opposition is making it out to be.It is good to be Utopian once in awhile especially in turbulent times like the present.
@ Rs.50,000 crores per day ,Bankers are ready to collect all of Rs.14,00,000 lac crore in just less than thirty days. 
But all of it is not coming to Banks directly since there is a boom in collection of Govt. bills receipts of Taxes,Railways, Air and Electricity Bills payments etc.Considering the deterrent factors of Income Tax Raids and Notices ; so much money had already been converted into gold in those 4 plus illegal purchases post 08-11-2016 ; money lost through mutilation ; money held for anti-national activities by naxalite and drug lords ; etc. - all of it is certainly not going to come back into the Banking system for exchange .Presumably if 70-100 lac crores comes back , the task for Demonetization can be easily completed by Banks in maximum 20 days of which 6 are already gone.

It is the exchange part which has become a channel for tax evaders that is creating crowds in front of Bank branches and outnumbers the Bank customers.
The Bank Branches are physically exchanging @ conservatively not less than Rs.20.00 -25.00 lac average meaning - the Banks are exchanging 1000-1250 crore per day without counting the money disbursed through ATMs. Once the money withdrawn and exchanged
is changing hands outside the Banks and the Banks start receiving Rs.2000/= and Rs.500/= currencies , the crowd will disappear in front of Branches. 
After 24th November, the Govt. should make it obligatory that the money has to be deposited first and then withdrawn from respective accounts in various Banks Branches only.Under CBS now it is possible for all account holders to deposit money anywhere in India.
Once the customers go to respective Banks , the crowd will become manageable and thin to a great extent to the comfort levels of Bankers and the step will deter people to be used as conduits.
That is a logical period for such a momentous task and the period is less than what PM Modi is asking for considering the challenge of demonetization.Even if the step wipes out fake and hawala money & is able to handicaps terrorists for a long period ,the step is worth it.Unaccounted money of parallel economy is just filled in every nook and corner of small or big cities and each HNW customer is pressing the Banks hard to route money in different accounts and exchange against multiple IDs.The transactions of Rs.49000/= is the case in point to consider the account eligible as for Filing of ITR.
Post Bank's Dealing with demonetization it will be an uphill task for IT Department to deal with the problem of bringing people into tax bracket.
All this upheaval is of Super-moon's doing it seems as it had come closer to earth and therefore its gravity has made people take out money from their pockets and lockers.

More About the Fight against Demons of Ravana (Black) , Hawala ( Kumbhakarn) and Drug (Meghanath )Money through Demonetization by the Ram Sena constituting of bankers , police, RBI and Govt. officials later as the battle progresses.
.....~ashok "anubhav"

Adversity is The Knock at the Doors of Opportunity !

Be the type of person you want to meet.Face the adversity in life boldly for the Life's best years of learning happen in the University of Adversity !

Adversity is the weakest camp and once you come out of it successfully you are a stronger person.Everyone is born with some characteristics in their genes.Till one is exposed to adversity,the parents and teachers are responsible for the development of character.

Unless someone is unfortunate enough in childhood to face adversity,it takes some years in life for the character to be tested by adversity.And if someone is exposed to adversity at young age,he has normally grown to be great and inspiring personality in life.This may not be true to full extent for the favorable circumstances normally test the character of the youth inherited or formed till that age.The real test of character begins when one is in a position to think and take independent decisions even when not in adversity.And then game of life throws bouncers of adversity and how you deal with those bouncers tells how good you are as a batsman with character.Once the nestlings fly out of the comfort zone of the nest, they are on their own to show their strength, their true colours and test the tenacity of the wings of their dreams.

Opportunity & adversity always come hand in hand in your life !
Adversity is always Handy to KNOCK the DOORS of Opportunity !!

Adversity does not build character,it reveals it.

.....~James Lane Allen 

A Good Captain adjust the sails without losing sight of the destination in the storms of adversity.He knows that he can not sail in two directions at the same time- he does not have the option have to go back in mid-sea.Life is no different.He may sail against the storms but does not let adversity harm his confidence.He keeps the mast of morale flying high in the winds of adversity and propels the boat of life in the direction he wants with grit, determination and persistence in the journey of life. 

If you turn your back to adversity and take a U-turn , 

you get way farther and farther from the truth.

The expansion of minds takes place only in the heats of adversity. 

Be there in the Now.There only the sense of discrimination develops to identify the truth in absence of any fear or expectations.One cannot be courageous without overcoming one's fears and the biggest fear is the fear of losing what one thinks as owned.

Health, Wealth ,Loved ones and your own life -

all are souls treasures which play a role in evolution of soul 

to realize its destiny of God Realization.

Once you realize this , you become aware of the challenges life offers 

in truest sense and it becomes easy for you choose the challenges offered.

Truth makes the job of meeting your destiny so easy 

for it becomes so easy to choose as it is the only option available.

Once born you are destined to die.

That is the only certainty in life.Once the biggest fear of this destiny is overcome , 

one starts living one's life to the fullest. 

The Sword of Truth is your Armour and 

the soul's defense to take on the challenges.

The Sword of Truth can pierce the Mountain of all 

The Adverse Circumstances of destiny 

and the change of destiny is in your own hands.

Once you start living your life in the Light of the Truth,

Challenges are identified by The Inner Instinct & 

Intuition helps you to See The Outcomes in advance.

Only the Sword of the Truth can fight with any challenge 

The Destiny has laid on your path.

Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- 

the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, 

the help you give, even your suffering. 

....~Bhagavad Gita

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Adversity is the best teacher 

provided you are not missing the class.

No one can proxy for you in this class.

One by one all the pride wears off and 

one finds The Truth of One's existence !

When in times of calmness , 

you offer your happiness and that is accepted ;

then God takes no time to accept your sufferings and 

mitigate it in the times of strife.

That is the State of Active Detachment 

one aspires for in one's spiritual life.

The state of maintaining the equanimity -

being unaffected by all conditions;

neither glad or sad in adversities and favorable conditions , 

in the praises and criticism and in happiness and sorrows.

.....~ ashok "anubhav"

The Concrete Jungle

It has been some time that I blogged due to my preoccupation with new office, new responsibility and trying  adjusting to the city I have come back to after 20 years. I feel like a stranger to the place of my birth when I see around the life moving at the hectic pace.It is such a contrast life in metros.I see youth moving around but rarely I find them belonging to the city in reality. With their hands holding the mobile , the ears plugged with earphones and eyes glued to the various apps , they seem to be lost in their own private virtual world.They are virtually or rather on three legs.

The one hand holding the mobile or being held by the mobile is virtually chained and two hands have forgotten to move with the normal walk.And now comes the visual communication through mobiles.With all the senses enslaved , the mind's job becomes easier.
From foul legged Monkey to three legged Inhuman Kind-is this progress?
There is big gap between the comfort zones of cities and its dwellers.The quote by the Swiss Philosopher of 17th century sums up the feelings of 21st century.Does it mean that each age suffers the deluge of material greed and moral backwardness along with sunshine of hope and spiritual progress.

Cities are the abyss of the human species.

.....~ Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Cities have become the regions of a deep bottomless chasm 

wherein character of people are sinking into 

but in the eyes of the world they appear to be progressing 

and touching new heights of never achieved materialistic growth.

I am deeply affected by the lowness of sinking levels of lust and greed

that has enslaved the senses of mankind and 

turned them into animals living in the concrete jungles of sky-scrappers.

There is no fear of law and it is the police that has been at the receiving end. 

BMW's overturn with drunken millionaires or run over pedestrians. 

The parents have to carry the dead in absence of medical help and for last rites. 

The rulers become the miss-rulers tormenting the very people who elect them.

The hooligans snatch away the latest model of car from the owners.

And the headings go on and on in a single day's newspaper.

There is a big gulf between the city and its dwellers. 

And love and respect for others has been replaced by lust and greed.

I had stopped reading the newspapers and 

blacked out the news for longer period some years back for many years.

I wonder if the time is ripe again to do it again.

But this does not seem to be right 

since it is not going to make the wrongs disappear.

But at the same time I think I will have to do it again
as it brings lot of pain to me
as my conscience travels to the oppressed and affect lot. 

The World is celebrating Mother Teresa who helped the poor and sick
and at the same time the rich are so poor
that they they can stoop to any level
to get rich and famous.

The city is becoming materialistically and mentally sick.

I just ask the netizens and the citizens to rise in this hour of crisis
of moral turpitude and materialistic greed  and 

become the spiritual towers that 

may lay the foundation of Love and Content.

......~ashok "anubhav"

The Lust has Busted the Society

It has been a long gap since I posted on blog. Due to shifting to
a new city , a new place of work and change in responsibilities
it has taken me some time to come back to my blog. The reason
for this is to share my following post written one year back . It pained
me when I went through it again for the crime against child girl and woman
in general continues to rise. I just fail to understand the collective evolution part
of evolution which we are undergoing.

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Knowledge is to understand, To understand who you are.

If you know not who you are What's the use of learning?

The aim in learning is To understand God's Truth.

Because without knowledge It is wasted hard labour. ...

~ Yunus Emre

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Do children really use all the knowledge that is given at school level in life ?

Every subject is mostly to cover the knowledge of things around you and does not include you.
Of course , I can only comment about my own country.
There was recently a news item covering some decision in court of law wherein the judge said that "Geeta" should be taught at school level in order to inculcate the child with the knowledge about himself .
I think the question is so much relevant in India of present times where crimes against the weaker sex as it is supposedly called has gone on an alarming rise.
"Mahabharata" was fought for the honour of "Draupadi" the symbol of womanhood .
And Lord Krishna has said that the honour of girl child will be a thing to be worried about in Kali Yuga.
Are we nearing doom with so much crimes happening against girl child?
I just shudder at the plight of young girls undergoing such traumatic experience at the hands of wayward animals in the guise of man .
And then to make the matter at worsest , the innocent girls are being killed.
The respect for the opposite sex has to begun at a very young nascent stage .
Are we failing as a society , as teachers , as parents , as law keepers , as law makers ,
as passive witnesses
that we have to do nothing about it ?

Is it the same country which worships Goddesses , Lakshmi , Parvathi & Saraswati ?

Are not we hypocrite nation which calls our own Nation " Mother India "
and forget to see our own daughters as daughters ?

It is about time that all of us should pray to Goddess Sarasvati the knowledge & wisdom to our children to be responsible citizen of society in this regard !

The Elders doing the crime against woman will have to be punished to set examples!

....ashok "anubhav"