A Habit of CONTEMPLATION

For the last few days I was regularly updating my blog. But yesterday I missed. I did not care much to sit silently for a few minutes and make any attempts to catch a few noble thoughts that might be surfacing in my mind.Although this had been a regular activity , I broke the continuity.But I was really pained afterward because a healthy activity which helped me understand myself better was discontinued.
The mind missed the peace of a contemplative exercise and its spiritual effects.Moreover, the feeling of loss was exacerbated at the thought of  the lapse of regularity in a healthy activity. The feeling of guilt about not maintaining a good habit prompted me to strongly realize that IT IS ALWAYS WISE TO REGULARLY CULTIVATE GOOD HABITS AND STICK TO THEM RELIGIOUSLY & CONSCIENTIOUSLY. Because habits  forms the character and the character, in turn, the man.Therefore a  journey in this direction is nothing but a process to manifest a perfected living and should be always welcomed.

Life without understanding is a desert.

Man shows an irresistible hunger for dominating the world around and satiate his egotism.In this process many constructive and noble ideas get crushed by the opposing and canceling forces of antagonistic human faculties.It seems as if the world was full of many little Hitlers all around us.Nobody is ready to listen what the other person is imploring for.We are deaf ,blind and dumb to recognize the stand of another contemporary human being.We are cocooned, insensitive and numb.  We love to be an exception to the laws of life.But life compulsorily teaches us  that "FIRST SEEK TO UNDERSTAND AND THEN EXPECT TO BE UNDERSTOOD." If not, our lives will soon turn into a  thorny cactus standing still and alone in the midst of a Desert like life.

A fallout

With a rude speed I snatched the computer mouse from PRADEEP & after copying the required file, saved in my pen drive, to the pc I removed the pen drive, put the pen drive in my pocket & left the office computer room without any word to Pradeep. I was unfriendly and blunt because for the last few days we were not in talking terms. And the last traces of sentiments between our relationship also started to vanish with my apathy and arrogance. . . . . . I held such a coarse reaction because often I had been a victim of such treatment by him. Although, I was pained for being ungentlemanly, I was strongly carried by the principle of TIT FOR TAT. But as every action has an equal and opposite reaction, my unkind behaviour also triggered an equally intense soft feeling in my heart. And that softness of heart compelled me to realize that "Friendship necessitates a sense of mutual respect. Lack of it wears away human relationship. Further, the world is a great mirror it reflects what you put in. Life is too short to entertain rancour and ill-feeling towards each other." At last Let me end the post with a question, "WHO WILL CRY, WHEN I DIE?" I expect that the answer of the question will ever remind me to be better and better till love finds a synonym in me. . . . . begging an excuse from my beloved colleague Mr. Pradeep Pradhan. Let us LOVE the world unreservedly without any expectation of being loved in return.

Happy like eating Rasgulla.

Sometimes mind gets exalted and starts to dance. The same happened today with me. Pains are there in life but still life provides a thousand reasons to smile At the very moment my heart whispers that in life I am meant to Cry and shed tears only as a means to clean my  eyes and I am here on earth to laugh and spread the message that life is a celebration.

It is never wise to shoot at your head to stop your headache. Similarly the people who feel like putting an end to life should think that life has infinite possibilities and within a moment many things change. So it is better to be happy and feel like eating Rasgullas at every moment the life has to offer.

A day of cheating.

In the morning I rang Ajaya & allotted all my classes for the day. Thus I freed myself to visit gupteswar temple. But in a way I cheated the students by depriving them of my class. Although the journey covers a good deal of sharp curved road and steep ghats, the journey was pleasant because of the panoramic view of the beautiful green hills by the sides of the road. It is true that the road badly needs repairing  and the dilapidated road is really a deterrent to a visitor. However, the cave lord majestically shines among the flames of shining diyas and the benign presence of the lingam relieves the pilgrim of all his aches and exhaustion.    The effect of somberness is further enhanced by the  various formations which resemble our mythological characters on the cave walls  .Despite the natural beauty and spiritual value of the place , the communication modes to this place is wretched out of neglect.