HAPPINESS :)

The word Happiness is used so very often and so very easily by everybody but now everyone in this world today is really trying hard to understand the real meaning of Happiness. Everybody is looking for Happiness. Happiness in daily soaps on TV, shopping, promotion in the field of job, travel, food, listening to songs on radio etc, internet : that has opened a world of entertainment, fulfilling dreams, appreciations..etc. Everyone is trying to catch hold of Happiness by 'getting' or 'achieving' something. Yes, we all get Happiness in all these things but somewhere inside we are always hungry for Happiness because these Happiness are always momentary,it fades away soon. Happiness is a matter of heart & the heart is within us & what our heart needs is not all these things, it craves for Real Happiness.....TRUTH.      

We can get Happiness through meditation. whichever God you pray to, just sit in front of him/her & pray or chant with your pure heart & meditate on his/her name. You will feel the difference immediately. Your life will be filled with Happiness inspite of problems & difficulties in your daily life. At least once in a day try to meditate, you will be experiencing tranquility for a whole day..whole month..a year..& years to come..!


Here I quote..."In the stillness & silence of meditation we glimpse & return to that deep inner nature that we have so long ago lost sight of amid the busyness & distraction of our mind. Meditation, then, is bringing the mind home."  Sogyal Rinpoche.

Life without war....

War is a disease infected with power, popularity, greed, hatred, fame, ego, ruthlessness .......
Divides the Earth into pieces;
Destroying Dreams & relations once created with love.
Cuts Hearts into small pieces never to be recognized again by their loved ones...
I know, where there is oppression...revolt is soon to come, 
But why they oppress & why they revolt, why can't we solve the problems with love...Life is too short...why can't people have love & compassion for each other 
and stay together ?
Do you ask questions after the change?
Are you alright?
Has your life changed or has become better than before?


WAR IS NOT A SOLUTION, LOVE IS.....!!

LET US CREATE A BETTER WORLD FOR BETTER LIVING....!!

Punishment or Opportunity !

As I sit alone at home locking myself from the outside world in a tiny flat....
Memories fly past me....I try to catch some & some I try to release in the thin air,
Never to come back again....
So many things had happened in the past....
Many to be remembered & cherish...
And few to be forgotten forever.

The moment of solitude that I got now,
I don't know whether it has come as a Punishment ...
Or an Opportunity for me.
Punishment in a way to be away from my loved ones,
For hours, days, months or years...
or could be...
An Opportunity to evolve myself as a good or rather better human being.
An Opportunity to come nearer to God.
An Opportunity given by God the Almighty for realization!

Time...

There is always a Time for everything.
Nothing comes before Time.
Realization too does not come as we think it will....
In Time everything falls into places...
Like a jig-saw puzzle,
All the pieces are scattered ...
But slowly when Time comes,
Every piece falls into its correct place.
For some it may come fast....
And for some it may come slow.

But life becomes whole one day.

Principle of life

Wisdom...

If you wish your misery to end,


Seek also to loose your wisdom_


The wisdom born of human illusion,


That which lacks the light


Of God's overflowing grace.


The wisdom of this world increases doubt;


The wisdom of Faith releases you into the sky.

                                               Rumi 

Circumstances & Situations

Circumstances are created & situations are made so that you realize, what you are. It ultimately leads you to the goal.

People are born in different circumstances & situations. They are supposed to fight the kind of life given to them.Its not that God created divisions in the society....of rich & poor. Money was not created by God. He created us....the most beautiful creation of all! We have to fight our own situations  & circumstances to make life happy for ourselves & for others too.

God & Life

Known faces....unknown smiles & laughters...
Underlying emotions crossing all barriers rising above...
Wandering through the by lanes gone by...
Card on a window sill...
Gifts peeping from a bag...
false smiles..unknown laughters;
Love thrown all around..sharing & caring each other...
Still known faces...
Unknown smiles...
Unknown laughters..
Looking for a strong hand..
Walking hand in hand in the sand;
Collecting shells & building castles...
reminiscing memories...
Passing by unknown faces;
Unknown places.
Searching for little peace, sharing happiness for a while;
And still happy to keep promises that we have promised.
Loving life whatever it gives.

Because I know & strongly feel,
That this life is not only mine,
But its God's too!!

On Meditation....

The spiritual life does not have gain, honour & fame for its goal, or the attainment of virtue or the attainment of meditative concentration or knowledge & vision. But unshakeable freedom  of mind is the goal of the spiritual life.

Peace of mind & heart

When your Heart & Mind is at peace with the nature.....

You will generate Peace all around you.... on everything & on everybody....

Likewise, if you are disturbed;

It will permeate through you to others, forming a chain;

& travelling from one mind to another..till it gets rest (peace).

Thankfulness!!

My father was posted in Rangpo, Sikkim.Our house was at Sikkim mining corporation area. It was beautiful with a lovely garden in front & lush green courtyard where we had a badminton court. The gate of the house was built with  bougainvillea plant & it looked wonderful. At one corner of the garden stood a mango tree..an old mango tree.


On our (elder sis & elder bro & me) request, a swing was hung on one of the branches of the mango tree. We enjoyed swinging all the time & sometimes our friends too joined & had fun...never thought once about the tree..as I am now..it was an old tree. It was laden with fruits during the summer seasons. My mother use to make jam & pickle out of it. In the afternoons, we all had to sleep....my mother's order. But we never, especially my brother, he always waited for the sound (thud) made by the falling of mango from the tree. He use to run to collect it. In those days I use to hate mangoes. My brother & sister always fought for the mangoes.I was amused to see them fighting for a single mango.


Winter holidays were long. One of my friend use to come to visit her uncle, who was our neighbor. We spent most of our times under the mango tree. We collected small utensils from our kitchens & made small fire & cooked vegetables & rice.Sometimes I could  see my mother at the veranda keeping a watchful eye on us whether everything was alright. Most of the time the food was not cooked properly but we still had it joyfully. How stupid were we..how happily we could eat those tasteless, half-cooked food!!

 I often sat under the tree & watched the ants moving in a line making their way to the holes somewhere in the tree or under it. Sometimes I was surprised to see secretions oozing out of the trunk...I thought that time, the tree might be weeping or its hurt & that's why its oozing blood .....innocent realizations!!....now I know the tree was becoming old.....It had seen & experienced so many things in its life, standing tall in one place for so many years ...how difficult/happy might have been its journey of life....meeting different people, animals, insects, seasons.....if only I could feel & know!! So utterly different from human being who can..talk, move, think.....!


Years after, still when I go to Gangtok, I never miss a chance to try & see the mango tree from the road when I pass from Rangpo & every time my memories come back as if it was yesterday. I don't know whether its there or not but I am always thankful to it for giving me so much happiness in my life.

Magical Healing Mantra: Om Mani Padme Hum

On negativity...

Negative experiences are often the most misleading because we usually take them as a bad sign. But in fact negative experiences in our practice are blessings in disguise. Try not to react to them with aversion as you might normally do, but recognize them instead for what they truly are, merely experiences, illusory & dreamlike. The realization of the true nature of the experience liberates you from the harm of danger of the experience itself, & as a result even a negative experience can become a source of great blessing & accomplishment.
What we have to learn in both meditation & life is to be free of attachment to the good experiences & free of aversion to the negative ones.

     
   Taken from..."The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying" by Sogyal Rinpoche.