Frozen Heart

    

The warmth of your gaze, echoed a moment that was lost in time ,

             

         And it kindled the fire in my frozen heart that I carried within.

                    

An eternity passed before you walked again ,

                           

          On the barren soil of my soul.

                                 

With the flickering flame of dreams ,

                                     

         Some young buds of hope filled my senses.

                                           

Far away dreams, took shape ,

                                       

         Your presence, a promise of togetherness ,

                                    

Filled my empty universe.

                              

         Your steady smile, your hold on my hand ,

                        

Awakened the love of lifetimes.

                   

         Such Infinite our love is, in infinity it dwells  ,

              

And now a deep silence prevails  that is louder than ever...

 

For that loving omnipresence in my life...

With heartfelt love,

..by anupama

At least 100 times

I Recently read The Pilgrimage, Paulo Coelho's first major novel. M sure He needs no introduction since He is the inspiration behind the beautiful lives of readers like me. I started reading him during the year 2006 with The Alchemist, his book on how to find your heart's desire. M blessed to have that kind of time and mind set to read such, life changing books..or manuals :-)                                           

   It took four months to complete The Pilgrimage...that's  the longest time I have ever invested in a book. But the book is such that it did need that much of time , and I patiently read each page ,and tried to perform the exercises and felt something transforming within...Book has most incredible moments that will make u more aware of things we fail to acknowledge. It has made me bit more watchful, and open to the silent messages that universe wants us to know and change us accordingly. I hope m not sounding weird but at the same time even if I do, I really don't care .

All must read this book but for the few who think won't b able to go through the whole Book,m sharing really nice paragraphs from the chapter Personal Vices, as for self help. Hoping to share the bit I read with the world I think needs help just like me..read carefully..

"We are going to say a prayer concerning the only thing that can defeat you as a pilgrim after u find ur sword( result of ur quest) : ur personal vices. No matter how much u learn from ur master about how to handle the sword, one of ur hands will always b ur potential enemy. Let us pray that if u are successful in finding ur sword, you will always wield it with hand that does not bring scandal down upon u". 

🙏 Pity us O Lord fr we r the pilgrims on the road, and our being here may b a vice. In ur infinite pity, help us never to turn our knowledge against ourselves. Have Pity ,Lord,on We who seek out and dare to take up the sword(result of our quest) that u hv promised, and who r a saintly and sinful lot scattered throughout the world. Because we don't recognise even ourselves,and often think that we are dressed, but we r nude; we believe that we have committed a crime, when in reality we have saved someone's life. And don't forget that whatever we do with the hand of an Angel and the hand of a Devil, are both the same hand. We will always be in need of thy Law that says,' When I sent u without money bag, knapsack, and sandals, you lacked nothing." 

Thy Law That Says🙏

"But the very hairs of your head are numbered .

Be Ye therefore as wise as a serpent and as harmless as the doves.

He who heeds my words I will liken to a wise man who built his house on rock.

For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

Except that one is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.

Whoever drinks the water that I shall give him will never thirst.

Whoever does  not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.

Let he who has no sword sell his garment and buy one"

👉I have read many a times Bhagavad Gita..(The Bhagavad Gita, referred to as simply the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata) and I find lot of similarities in Thy laws says, as it's exactly what Krishna's ( The great exponent ,Krishna is one of the most powerful incarnations of the Godhead of the Hindu Trinity of deities)

preachings are about. 

I have made a small effort to use this post as a handy manual as to continuously remind us about the Supreme Presence who governs all our actions.

Krishna says in Gita:

"I am the conscience in the heart of all creatures

I am their beginning, their being, their end
I am the mind of the senses,
I am the radiant sun among lights
I am the song in sacred lore,
I am the king of deities
I am the priest of great seers…"

नमस्ते 

Never say No

There are basically two types of people , says Paramhansa Yogananda-those who r governed by the ' never say die ' spirit, full of confidence, ready to face all sorts of challenges in life; and those who see the gloomy side of things ,are given to worrying, and lack the confidence to fight adversity.

Indeed, the habit of negative thinking could shatter your confidence and impair your judgement. Negative thoughts like" I won't be able to to climb that steep hill" or " I am not hopeful of making the grade " constantly occupy the mind of a person with a pessimist approach to life. To such a person, success proves illusive .

The National Science Foundation estimated that on an average , people have 70000 to 80000 thoughts per day, with 80% of those being negative and 95% being repetitive.

This implies that we are not really thinking, our mind is being governed by the memory of earlier thoughts. Negative thoughts , over a period of time, becomes so deeply entrenched in the mind that a specific groove is created on the brain that makes you behave in a certain way, often against your wish. Special effort is required to eradicate negative thoughts and to create brain pattern of positive thinking. 

One way of doing this is that we strictly avoid categorising thoughts as good or bad. Understand that these thoughts come and go voluntarily from the collective consciousness and do not really own them. You might not have control over what enters ur brain , but u definitely have power to remain indifferent to these and watch them like witness.

Secondly, try to keep ur mind constantly occupied in sum constructive activity.

Thirdly, through deep meditation, make efforts to get connected with the positive energy,the cosmic current that constantly flows within u. Do introspection on a regular basis and invoking the power of ur will. Constantly assert in meditation:" By the power of Devine will, all my negative tendencies will soon b destroyed " . 

It is correctly said that "an idle mind is the devils workshop" don't pay attention to temporary emotions created with negative thoughts. Don't take actions based on temporary emotions as they will soon b gone. Let ur actions b based on ur permanent prevailing feelings.

Article courtesy: Anup Taneja from speaking tree.

Luxottica

Today I am completely thrilled, as m going to write abt my favourite accessory..a must have that completes our look...sunglasses. If you are wearing a nice pair of shades, u probably are wearing theirs..

Few days back while watching a programme on Tv , I came across this interesting piece of information abt an Italian company that has acquired 80% of worlds eyewear brands..and though we are aware of all the big brands we are so unaware of the worlds largest eyewear manufacturing company for most famous wannabe glasses....Luxottica..yeah that's the name..ever heard before..!!

A name that revolutionised how we see sunglasses. When glasses were not so cool it made them a fashion statement. They made glasses a face jewellery.

Most famous amongst all are Ray ban, Persol and Oakley.

It also makes glasses for Chanel and Parada. Other names are, Giorgio Armani, Burbury, Stella Mc Cartney, Versace, Vouge, Donna Karan and many others. It makes for retail as well as wholesale. It's headquarters located at Milan and Italy.

Luxottica is a luxury brand and controls a big chunk of the business. Half a billion people wear glasses by Luxottica. Last year they made 65 million pair of sunglasses.

Ray ban is their top selling product . They bought it from an American company Bausch &Lomb and made it a 200 $ product from a 29 $ product. Luxottica has excessive dominance and is a price maker.

I thank Luxottica for making people look fashionable from geeks...though this transformation doesn't comes cheap...

Books

The best companion

            

Honestly speaking...i have always loved reading magazines and novels more than my course books...i love the smell of newly printed glossy magazines or the very old novels from my fathers rack..i myself own a decent collection of all kinds of books....my taste in them kept changing...i grew up reading all kind of stuff..now that m located in Delhi my thirst with reading is in full swing..u go to Nayi sarak and spend all day shuffling through one shop to another full of books...ohh i love doing that ..and m surprised by the knowledge of those helping boys in the shop...u dont have to go through the preface they have it all for u..at times i take their help and suggestion to pick a book for my self...its a hub for all kind of books..from subject to languages..fiction to mystery..controversial books to spiritual gurus..fashion to politics...u name it they have it..my favourite topics being romance, mystery, fiction, i have also loved reading biographies of Gandhi, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Hitler, Amitabh Bacchan, Sunil Dutt...books from writers like Khuswant Singh, Shobba dey(didnt like her view point) and the list goes on....magazines like Femina, Cosmopolitan..i find them very informative and trendy....while growing up i started with mills and boons...lolz..wow..those near perfect heroes who lived and died in my imagination..and my mother'' needlessly scolding me for not taking my studies as seriously as i should have....''

..some of the books that i have picked have never been read..as they were the result of my impulsive purchase..never purchase a book at someones suggestion,,unless u r sure of his reading abilities lolz..only get a book u like reading..book u can associate urself to..reading is a passion to me so it really pinches if a book goes unread...''

i think our taste in reading shows part of our personality or the kind of book we r reading at the moment gives a clue about the phase we r going through in life...and when i say this not too many people may agree ...but its true as we only read mills and boon ..famous five ..goosebumps till a certain age.. books r also read to gain knowledge...to kill time...or may be fr the heck of reading...but still i think its more to do with our phase of life...so the choice of reading changes..we look in books fr the things that r going through our minds at that particular time...'or while looking for some answers we opt reading..but that is in case of going through the shelf full of spiritual books..even an amazing book may seem dull and boring if we are unable to relate..but nothing of the sort applies to magazines....they lift ur mood..with their luring pictures..tantalising articles...lolz...

let it be a book, novel, magazine..its the result of months of hardwork..''

organising..co-ordinating..all the right ingredients in right proportions makes a book ..ready to b read by u...applause..feedback ..(good or bad)..is what writer looks for...''

Inertia

Most of u must be aware of Newtons first law of motion, about Inertia ie. amount of resistance used to change velocity ..in lay man's language  it means , that an object will continue moving at its current velocity (speed) until some force causes its speed or direction to change ..  I never had clue when in school , that I will understand Newton's first law of inertia only well enough the minute it would hit me..I am in a state of inertia..hit, shaken, shocked, and in very bad shape of mind, direction less .,but one can't b in this state for long, and so m hopeful :)

Today when I look back i see how endless effort of my physics teacher to dilute newtons law of motion in our system had left him exhausted ... and he invariably failed to wipe our doubts with his knowledge...I wish To meet him and tell him..dear sir, I do understand today what inertia is ,, as life is teaching me  well enough and without any doubts..

"lessons that life teaches us , no one can and so we hear all the time ,"life is our best teacher"...and most practical of all,  I am really happy , if not about anything then at least about learning law of motion..

 ( velocity- is the speed of anything in a given direction or rate of change of position.... its speed in a particular direction  ) 

Love: only love

               ...What is love..??

Is love destined...does same call of love echoes through many life times...what's its destiny..what is the real knowledge of love..what is the secret of love..!!!

And How do we know that the path we are on is the path of love....when and how much is sufficient for love..

Is seperation,,from lover for the happiness of lover is love...
Or during the absence of lover when u urself feel incomplete is also a sign of love..
May be trying hard for love..sacrificing for love is love..

or the madness..the obsession ...louder heartbeats..heavy breathing...is it some kind of disease or a cure for all our sufferings...
Or if coming back again and again with the only purpose to meets ones soulmate is love..
Or is the very essence of love is love..and y does the search ends the minute we see that someone..who is a total reflection of ourselves..y does only his/her presence and absence matters the most...

To love without being loved..is that too love...or being loved without loving back can also be called love...how much of it is enough...

Here We are talking abt the most confusing emotion...LOVE...that makes you choose the path you Wouldn't  have otherwise...the most formidable of all emotions...

Yet....

It's Most beautiful emotion...emotion that takes you to deepest and highest centres of your being..one and only emotion that makes you stop and think about the purpose  of your being...emotion that makes you look around in search of an unknown presence ...which after finding will make you complete...when in love with deeper awareness,,it will rip you apart ..open and cut you through centre...to bring out a new you..a person who you never knew actually exists within you....the most beautiful soul..who only believes in giving even after being hurt ,is the real by product of love...

So are you in for the game of love...ready for the lookout of a newer you...a courageous,,truthful..forgiving..loving version of you..r u ready to embrace yourself...for it will take you to places you never knew exists..once there u will never want to return to the place you left to be there...it will drive you insane...take every thing from u..only to b replaced by itself...by bringing you on knees...a total surrender  of body and soul will happen...in a prayerful pose..

....u don't have to look for that special one...effortlessly your soul will recognise him/her...the one who will make it all seem worth it in the end....the one who will make you complete ....will love you beyond time...when your light and his light are just the same...it's will b spiritual connection...

To cut you from whole world only to reunite with it with a deeper understanding !

I remember reading a page where Osho beautifully said...

 "Without love a man is just a body, an empty temple without the deity .

                                           With love the deity arrives, the temple is no more empty"

                 

A transformation awaiting us all...ready to plunge..let loose...be in love.. :-))