Divine

I have believed all my life that there is a necessary interaction that occurs between a person and the divine. This interaction does not come only to prophets, bodhisattvas and other great spiritual masters, it also comes to us – ordinary people in our ordinary lives.

It is part of our natural human capacity to call out one of the thousand names of “God”, and our capacity to perceive and interpret the response. We know there is power in spirit but we put off our willingness to entertain spiritual transformation day by day.

Sometimes, I think of the connection to spirit as being like a phone line. The connection is always open – its our half of the relationship to stay available for incoming calls. Sometimes, I turn the ringer off. Sometimes, I ignore the ringing. Sometimes, I pick up the phone with suspicion. Sometimes, I hang up in anger. Sometimes, I get impatient at the interruption. Sometimes, I have no idea how to respond. The problem is not in sending. Its in receiving.

And unlike a lot of other calls, the one from the spirit is the one we are hoping to receive. If everyday the divine is attempting to communicate its larger wisdom, then one of the most important things we can do is find a way to listen to spirit; maintain peace of mind; move at the pace of guidance; practice certainity of purpose; surrender to surprise; ask for what you need and offer what you can; love the folks in front of you; return to the world.


PS : This was written in July 2004 ( 4 yrs back)

Impossible

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they have been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. Its an opinion. Impossible is temporary. If there is something which is not easily possible some people term it as impossible, not knowing that impossible itself says "I M POSSIBLE". Impossible is nothing. Impossible is potential. Its not a declaration.
Some of the greatest feats in this world have been achieved by people who were not intelligent enough to understand that they were impossible. So they went on and achieved them.
So, guys - go on and achieve the impossible.

Cheers

Failures

Its very important to fail in life.
Failures are ladders of success.
Failures make one strong. A failure establishes that the determination to succeed was not strong enough.
There is a great practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.
Failures keep you humble.
Our glory is not in never failing but in rising everytime we fail.
Success is failure kicked to pieces by hard work.

कुछ शायरी

१ तेरे महखाने का अजब दस्तूर है,
जाम उसे मिलता है जिसे पीना नही आता ।

२ वही मुंसिफ वही कातिल , अजब दौर यहाँ देखा,
अब अंधेरे फ़ैसला करेंगे उजाले की वफ़ाओ का।

३ मुझसे मेरी कहानी मत पूछो हमदम,
इस में कुछ पर्दानाशी लोगो के नाम भी है।

४ जिसे फूलों से नफरत हो गई हो, जिसे काटों से उल्फत हो गई हो,
जिससे जिंदगी बेखबर हो गई हो, जिसको मरने की फुर्सत हो गई हो,
समझो - उसी की मोहब्बत ठुकराई गई है।

५ तू कही भी रहे , तेरे सर पर ये इल्जाम तो है,
तेरे हाथो की लकीरों पर मेरा नाम तो है ,
देख कर तुझे लोग नाम मेरा लिया करते है ,
मेरी मोहब्बत का ये अंजाम तो है।

Cheers

Life is about timing and confidence.

Most of the human beings are capable of doing most of the things. But its about time. Who does it at the right time ?

Today if I were to sit in class 10th exams I might end up scoring highly. But if only I had done it at the right time when I was actually in class 10th , Life could have been different.

Timing is important because opportunities do not knock the door all the time.

Confidence is an outcome of preparation. If there is right preparation, confidence is automatically generated.

Luck is a marriage of opportunity and preparation.
Be prepared all the time so as to have confidence and when opportunity knocks, just hit it hard.
That’s why they say fortune favours the brave.

Cheers

Welcome

Today ,
I am writing the first post on this blog. I hope this is the start of a long journey. I have chosen this way to express myself and pour out my heart. I hope this journey will be long, enriching and fruitfull.
Here, I will try and talk about life, my experiences, ambitions, truth and its face, my country, etc.
Cheers
Anurag