A lot of People Love Negativity

With the grace of the Supreme power, I am usually a very positive person, but I also feel that a lot of individuals act very negative. If you are discussing and being positive despite the challenges you may be facing, they will try to sneak in the pessimism in a very subtle way … don’t know even if they realize it. It could be given as a compliment – “Nice that you are being positive else most of the people will feel that they are really unlucky in such situations.” Seriously, I think it’s a very subtle way to sneak in the negativity.

Now to delve further into why people would do it … well one possible reason I feel is that when a person is feeling low, you can start giving them positivity gyan and justify your own existence. What will you do to a person which is being positive- that person in some way makes you more aware of your weaknesses.

Any thoughts…?

A beautiful Journey

God you filled me with love

A carefree soul I was …

… a person who said love is nonsense

… a play of hormones

But you had a beautiful lesson planned

You filled me with love

A love which was to be unrequited

… and that was the beauty

I lost myself… I was willing to merge

I was willing to annihilate my identity…

And then I realized what love is

What one point centeredness comes with love

You see your love everywhere

It opened the doors to loving the Supreme

Wow… I must thank you… a beautiful lesson and a lovely journey

It brings me where I am today

I love you oh Supreme!!!

Being Spiritual in the Corporate World

I feel that whenever there is an institution or organization, the hierarchies come into play… even if they are spiritual focus organizations. My understanding is that even in those organizations, there starts a one upmanship about who is closer to the guru and who has more access. That’s one reason that as of today, I don’t think that I can ever be a part of such organization … I can love them, be devoted to them, support in whatever capacity possible, but cannot be part of organization. (Pl note this is as of today, I have also learnt that “The Power” makes you do stuff which you say that you will not do … so lets see J)

Anyway, so given this kind of thought process, think about how tough it would be to be part of a normal corporate setup with all its power play, politics and schmoozing. My definition of spirituality tells me that I should make sure that I give 100% to every moment I spend at work and do my work with utmost honesty, sincerity, integrity, passion and intelligence and not worry about the kudos or criticism.

My question is that how do you deal with the corporate world … your boss will push you down as he knows that you do not worry about getting kudos, your team will push you to get more than what they deserve, your colleagues will offload their share of work to you and still walk away with kudos … what is to be done?

The spiritual solution I feel lies in doing your bit as you are doing but also stay firm and not let people walkover you.

Are there any other suggestions… PL share. Would really appreciate the inputs

Remembering your End

A few years back, I was having a discussion with a friend and he said … “What is life, but a preparation to die”. I did not agree with him saying that life is to be lived happily and fully and is not a preparation to die.

Some time back, I was talking to someone, and listened to her as se vented her complaints about her relatives … and suddenly in the midst of that interaction, it occurred to me that if this woman became aware of the fact that we are all going to die and that moment could be any moment, probably she will not hold grudges against others. Pl note, I am not saying that what she was saying was wrong, but when you suddenly remember that everyone is there temporarily, it becomes very difficult to hold a grudge. Taking the same thought forward, if everyone at all moments could remember this fact of our temporary existence, I feel we would not indulge in all the human drama that we normally do. It would be a more peaceful and harmonious existence.

… and then suddeny I was reminded of the conversation with my friend from years back. I don’t know if he meant it in this way, but yes, if we were to take life as a preparation for death, then possibly we would be able to remember this natural fact better in every moment and end up being better people. I am not saying being fearful about it … it is a certainty, so why fear… trees shed their leaves, … death for those leaves but get fresh ones. It’s a natural cycle. But remembering this or preparing may make this world a better place.

Funny, how life teaches you different perspectives at different times.

What is your One Wish?

I remember reading a story as a child where a poor person had blind parents and a wife who was unable to become a mother. Stressed by his situations, he sat and prayed to the Almighty to show up and help him. He prayed with all his being and “The Power” appeared and said that I offer you one wish. He was confused and asked for a day to decide. He went and told his family and everyone wanted their own wish to be asked for- parents wanted sight, wife wanted son and he himself wanted to ask for money.

He was confused and then J he found a solution – he told “The Power” that his wish is that his parents should see his son drinking milk from glass made of gold. “The Power” laughed hard because using his intelligence he had actually managed to get all that he wanted.

This story had got me thinking … If I were to ever meet the supreme or otherwise being given “One Wish”, then what would that be. Will it be money, power, health, happiness… and my answer to this is that I would ask for PEACE. When I am peaceful, the external surroundings being conducive or not will not matter.

So, PEACE it is for me.

What is your one wish? PL share.

My Surrender

I keep saying that I have surrendered now and am fine with what is in every moment … and no, it is not that I am being negative or depressed. I consider myself extremely lucky in terms of the higher power having bestowed me with reasonable intelligence education, family, friends etc. As anyone else, I have tried to plan some stuff in my life (fortunately, I never planned too many, but yes tried a few J) and I have fallen flat on my face every time J . So, you may say if you have fallen flat on your face every time, then why is the smile there… well let me explain.

I tried and failed … it could be a simple thing like, which city I wanted to be in… it never happened. And then, I said, let’s step back and see my current situation… am I OK? and YES, the answer was a resounding YES. What was I doing, I was using all the energy that the higher power has bestowed on me to struggle and change what is… and it wasn’t that it was a bad situation. It may not have been what I planned, but I am ok with it. So, I analyzed and realized that it was a combination:

1.       I was not in the moment… struggling in this moment to create a different moment at a later stage

2.       I was not having faith in the higher power that I am being given what I need at this moment

3.       Most people feel that as a human being it is your duty to try and plan, try and change what is not to your liking… I was prey of that concept

I changed to the below:

1.       Stay in the moment … is there any problem with this moment- usually there is none, then pl make the best out of it. When you make the best of every moment, at times, you will find yourself in much better situation as the energy being used in positive way

2.       Whatever is happening is the best possible situation for my growth and depleting the karma account

3.       As a human being, I will make the best of every moment without trying to change it. It does not mean that I will not act, but I will not struggle for the result (suddenly gita gyan started making a lot of sense J)

Think about it … when a seed is put in ground and the farmer puts all the soil on it… the seed may think that what’s happening to me? I have been put under so much pressure and burden, but it is needed for the seed to sprout and start another journey.

We also go through tough situations (karmic) and feel burdened, but instead of struggling, let’s make peace with the fact and wait when we will bloom.

Lets Grow up

The other day I was driving to work in the morning and while I was on one of the main high speed traffic road, I suddenly saw that a young boy of about 8-9 years was holding the hand of a small girl of about 6 and she had another younger child holding her hand. This boy accompanied by the other two, decided to cross the road and suddenly came on to the road with his right hand held up in a stop sign. I had seen him come onto the road and so I stopped and so did the others, so that the kids could cross the road safely.

What caught my attention was the look in the eye of that 8 year old boy … he had a triumphant look… as if to say …” see I can make fast moving traffic stop with my hand”. Most likely, this kid is going to boast of this feat to the two younger kids, who anyway saw it and to other friends of his… “Traffic stops for me”.

But, the reality is that, traffic stopped because they did not want to hurt the children.

Is it not similar to what happens to all of us… we keep saying, we achieved this, we accomplished that, but probably its that at that particular time, that higher power wants to keep us safe or else wants us to accomplish something… and we like that small child keep thinking that we have the power…

Time to grow up…