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"

||| The Perfect State of Mind |||

I liked this quote by Pat Riley very much.

 Patrick James "Pat" Riley is an American professional basketball executive, and a former coach and player in the National Basketball Association. 
He says :

There can only be one state of mind 

as you approach any profound test; 

total concentration, 

a spirit of togetherness, 

and strength.

....~Pat Riley

Netting The Mind to Perfectness !

There can be only one state of Mind which is perfect .

And that is when the Mind 

reaches a state of Unison with The Perfect One ! 

The Unison is achieved with Total Concentration of the Mind 

to The Point of Nothingness.

When the Mind is reduced to nothing , 

a spirit of togetherness is felt at all times.

When this feeling being with Him all the times is reached, 

you have achieved that One State of Mind 

which is Perfect for nothing distracts you and 

what attracts you becomes Seeing Him in all attractions.

The Living begins suo moto

when you believe that you are Living here to realize Him.

If you forget to grow this belief in you ,

all other beliefs are just sacrifices.

The fate is terrible because you die without growing the belief.

The terrible cycle is repeated till you sow

the seed of belief that you are here to believe in God and realize Him.

Lord Mahaveer, the Guru of Jainism Religion said that "A  living body is not merely an integration of limbs and flesh 

but it is the abode of the soul
which potentially has perfect perception ,
perfect knowledge perfect power  and perfect bliss."

If you Looking for Perfection ,

Perfect yourself by Looking Within

by isolating the Rule of Ego and 

Handing over the Reins 

of Karma Chariot to the Soul !

No one can do The Perfect Act for You 

but your Soul in the Presence of The Supreme Soul !
The flaws have been collected by us over so many lives.
Mind rules the majority since the basic vices are never shed.
The faults and vices can not be wished away but have to be dealt with the super laser light of the truth.

 Some Perfect Lessons to be Perfect .

The closest to perfection a person ever comes is 

when he fills out a job application form. ~Stanley J. Randall

The requisite for perfection is to have the common sense of how to excel.

The first lesson of common sense is to practice (act) . 
As the old adage says , practice makes a man perfect. 
But perfection is always a moving or rotating target and you always end up with an excellent score near the bull's eye.

So the second lesson for perfection is to have the perfect intentions while the perfection raises its bar.

The third lesson for perfection is to remain motivated while you strive for perfection for being off the target can be demoralizing.

The fourth lesson is to admit your mistakes to yourself while you still learning the KG lessons of tricks to be perfect.

The fifth important lesson is to obliterate the failures in pursuit of perfection by using the eraser of will power and 
begin afresh to rewrite the strategies and go back to the first lesson of practice without wasting any further time. 

As far as this world is concerned ,the world is full of people having perfection for varying moments because of moving targets.
Those who say perfection is not possible
have not encountered perfection yet.

The world would still be lighted by candles ,
had not Edison perfected the art of making a perfect bulb
after coming to know hundreds of ways how not to make a bulb. 

There is no one perfectly Perfect like Him.

But the world is full of partially perfect people who went in pursuit of The Perfect One and His Grace blessed them with many perfections .

That is The Final Lesson of Perfection. 

All other lesson from 6th lesson onwards would precede this lesson. 

...~Ashok "Anubhav"

Silence Decoded

In times of strife and struggle,find solace by going within.Learn the art of going within when you are - 

In times of routine happiness . 

Your faith in Him is your Soul's 
only 100% chance to Realize Him

Silence is never repetitive !

Each time you enter the Silence 

It has something new to offer. 

For The Starter on The Journey of The Self-Search, 
It Is advisable not to resist The Flow of Thoughts- 
Go Where They Take You ; 
at The same Time OBSERVE The Thought & 
Try to Know why It is 
Flowing in A Particular Direction ; 

Once You Know The Why & Wherefores 
of The Thoughts , 
It Is Easy For You to FOLLOW Your Destiny! 

In fact The Destiny of Everyone is The same - 

GOD -REALIZATION . 

God is the friend of silence. 

See how nature--trees, flowers, grass--grows in silence; 

see the stars, the moon, and the sun, 

how they move in silence.

.....~Mother Teresa 

Silence is the only reality 
to Know about all Illusions .

When the Mind is Zeroed Upon 
& Reduced to Nothing ,

Your Consciousness is able to 
break all the barriers 

while moving outward in all directions - 

outside your body , 

outside your room , 

outside your house , 

outside your locality , 

outside your city , 

outside your country , 

outside your continent , 

outside the planet earth ,

outside the Milky Way, 

outside the Universes , 

out there in Nothingness !

Silence is The Only Reality 
which can remove all The Illusions. 

Forgetfulness has to pass the tests of 

Calmness,

Cheerfulness,

Focused one pointedness,

Victory over senses,

and Purity of the Mind !

Only then you become fit to

attain God realization.

In complete Silence ,
all the senses forget their role
& race with each other 

to be able to have some clue of Him.
Begin , Now !
The Silence awaits you to be decoded !

......~Ashok "Anubhav"

Karma is No Chameleon !

Karma is No Chameleon ! 

It is all Compounded Search for the Truth .
Action lays the foundation for the Truth .

If you think you can do , you can .

If you cannot do , you have not thought .

If you think you have to try , you can not do .

Either you do , or do not do.

There is no such thing as trying to do !

Do not pretend to do ! 

There is always ambiguity in our thoughts .

Action brings an end 

to the see saw of the mind to go which way . 

Thinking always precedes action ,

you can not do you have not thought about it. 

Action does not require half attempt. 

It is equivalent to " can not " !

Many times we pretend to do ( work ) ,
it amounts to not doing , 

The "Giving Up " happens in the mind first - 

it is mind which throws "if" and "buts" your way 

and once you become calculative , 

you fall into the traps of quid pro quo of actions 

and the Karma is missed. 

Mostly the Karma is missed for the thought of fruit 

first comes into the mind.

This is a flaw which becomes Blemish on the soul ! 

Beware of the fruit of action 

while you are getting aware of your Karma.

Be persistent -Results are inevitable ! 

Because the Question Paper of Life's Exam Is OUT !

Life is The Exam of Ego - 

Result is For The Soul !

Transformation of The Self 

is The Journey you Have to Take 

to Know All The Answers about Self !

The Questions you should ask yourself are :

How I have to do my karma ?

Where do I go from this world ?

Why am I forgetful of Him ?

Who can help me rid of ego ?

Whom should I look up to for help on The Path ?

Which are the hurdles that 

deter the soul to Shine like the Sun ?

What are The Stations I Arrive at on The Journey ?

Look for what inspires your soul.
You have to go all the way to find 

what transpires in and inspires the soul.

When inspiration does not come to me, 

I go halfway to meet it.

......~Sigmund Freud

No one can inspire you if you do not want to.

When you feel down in Life , 

remember the purpose of your Life is 

to Bloom wherever you are planted.

Gather the Sunshine of courage for life ;

Fertilize the place with His Recall ;

Water your acts with Love and Compassion ;

Prune your Growth with the scissors of Truth ;

Perspire to do your Karma right ;

Let not your Karma miss you in action !

When you exceed your self 

by adding .01 inspiration all 365 days , 

The Karma is compounded !

If you miss your inspiration 

by subtracting inspiration all 365 days ,

you miss it by many whiskers !

If we are more concerned with 

the result of our actions then 

our actions will always end up below par. 

Action helps you cook the cake of result , 

the flavour and the icing on the cake 

is done by least expectations from cooking.

Karma is the seed of action , 

the fruits I keep on taking all the lives !

Some seeds fructify in the now ,some take lives long. 

What you call luck is the old seeds 

fructifying after lives long .

I wonder if it is His Concern - 

The Success and The Failure .

He leaves everything in our hands , 

once He has given us hands to act.

What is my failure becomes another's success 

and what is my success becomes another's failure.

Collectively by our actions , 

collectively we cause and effect 

each other's failure and success.

So my poetic appeal to you 

Oh! The Daughter and the Son of The Infinite Sun ! 

Cease to be a mere product of Excuses 

Stop taking whatsoever -decisions 

Refuse to be a slave of circumstances 

Block the negative thought as it rises

Act in the Now to make the future happen

Take a plunge in the Pool of the Universe !

Get out of the nth excuses called circumstances

Do not finite yourself to the mind's narrow lane.

You are the Son of The Infinite Sun !

Do not Limit yourself to the Mind's Cabin !

Do not just stand there at the Shores

Be there at the centre of the Universe 

Patent the Universe with your Karma !

.......~Ashok "Anubhav"

Alarming Mornings to A Balanced Life

Our Body is a Unique Construction . The five Elements in isolation do not go along with each other . These 5 elements have various characteristics. look what happens when air combined with water at great speed- tsunami ! I am trying to make a symbolic representation of Physical & spiritual nature.No religious Principles involved here! The whole ayurveda science works on the Principles of Imbalance of the five elements in the Body & the treatment .Whatever food you take would not be digested without the presence of water & fire inside.Life starts with the intake of BREATH.The First Element to Leave as The Last Sigh is the Air- What happens to the Body after that everyone knows.Pranayam is Management of Air element of The Body.Similar Practices by Yogis helped them to retain body for longer periods by balancing various elements.It is essential to regulate your life by managing the time you have into personal, spiritual and officeor business life.The priority of the balance in three is never equal and keeps on changing as you grow.My advice is to keep it in the order of Personal , Spiritual and Work.For managing your personal life only leads to physical health which in turn leads to a better spiritual life.An unhealthy person can not withstand the discipline of spiritual life.The key to success to allthree rings with the alarm clock since all the three have their dedicated allocated hours.As Benjamin Franklin said "You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.” 

Time management and meeting the deadlines brings the success alive. It is wise to divide big tasks and targets into smaller ones and then sticking to the plan of meeting the daily goals. Never be in awe of the big size of the targets. As you progress daily , the gap is reduced and you can not hurry the progress as each journey of each task begins with the first little success. It is good to begin the day early by pressing on the morning alarm button. After college studies , I set the morning alarm only when I have to travel to catch the scheduled mode of travel. A point of time came in my life , when I set the morning alarm regularly for many months in continuity as I began to prepare for The Travel Within .It is beyond doubt that the dawn is the most appropriate time for beginners who want to make inroads into travelling within by meditation. I used the morning alarm to get up in the ambrosial hours of the morning before sunrise for months altogether then the body clock adjusted to the timings and sleep pattern settled down into the routine. God is so generous and accommodating if you have set an appointment to meet Him ,He is graceful to hold the hand of your body clock to make you get up at the appointed hours. I always looked forward to those early wake up calls which helped the Awakenings .Imitate nature so that you can find your true nature.Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.Soul has come for a ramp walk on the earth under the glares of the Supreme Soul.

Nature evolves constantly and changes every moment .Nature does constant value stream mapping.We are no different from Nature.

But we do not even attempt Value Stream Mapping even randomly.

Value stream mapping is a lean-management method for analyzing the current state and designing a future state for the series of events that take a product or service from its beginning through to the customer.Our mind is The Master Salesman selling us This world and we are hooked to the Mind.

Our Mind is responsible for Misplaced Value Stream Mapping. He has designed the Mind in such a way.It makes us always looking for some clue, motive and always act with aim , pattern or reason the mind offers.Mind can never evolve itself but in one way , it can do a great service in human evolution by making it act as a slave of senses instead of it being a master.Once reined in mind does constant value stream mapping for the soul and evolution of human is evolution of mind only by changing the direction on His Path without changing its inherent nature.Keep your goals of personal , spiritual and work in mind and like a Good Captain adjust the sails without losing sight of the destination while living your day to day life.Remember that you can not sail in two directions at the same time.You may sail against the storms but does not let adversity harm your confidence.You have to keep the mast of morale flying high in the winds of adversity and propel the boat of life in the direction you want with grit, determination and persistence in the journey of life. 

.....~Ashok "Anubhav"