Power of NOW: Caught in this mad race, where do I have the time to view things as they are? I keep labeling things and have my own perceptions on everything that I come across. A victim of my own mind, I am caught in duality, Good – Bad , Beautiful – Ugly, Rich – Poor and many more. Oh Lord!, let me break free, relieve me from this illusion. Let me view things as they are. Let me view a flower without labeling it good or bad, let me talk to a person and not judge him. Let me experience the power of NOW and let me understand that my perceptions of the future and my worries of the past all arise only from the NOW. As Kalidasa said,

“For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope”

Such is the salutation to the dawn...

The potential of a tree lies in a small seed. I look at a seed with great admiration, for it contains a beautiful tree in it. Nature is Natural; I guess that’s why it got its name. It does not resist, it does not boast of knowledge and does not have any perceptions. It is just there, It allows sunlight and water to act on it and then flourishes and blossoms at the right time. I have never seen a tree crib about the lack of sunlight or water, never seen it go on a strike. How beautiful is nature. Oh lord! let me be like the tree without resistance, give me the power to understand that each time I resist I don’t allow you to work through me, yes my lessons in physics teach me that energy always chooses the path of least resistance. Let me not resist, let me not question your nature, let me just be, just like the tree, like the river. GOD, I am the seed; there lies within me the potential to become you. Act on me as you did to the tree and let me blossom.

We are constantly in search of a role model a person whom we can emulate or imitate. We would want to be Amitab bachan in making, Abdul kalam in intelligence and Aishvaria rai in beauty.

I just came across this beautiful story

“Ever since I was a little kid. I didn’t want to be myself. I had great admiration for George and wanted to be like him. But george dint even like me. I tried to walk like he walked. I tried to talk like he talked. I tried to imitate him even signed up for the high school he signed for.
Which was why george changed. He began to hang around Jackson; he walked like Jackson. He mixed me up! I was confuced! I began to walk and talk like george who was walking and talking like Jackson.
And then it dawned on me that Jackson walked and talked like Michael and Michael walked and talked like peter.
So her I am walking and talking like George imitation of Jacksons version of Michael, trying to walk and talk like peter.
And who do you think peter is always walking and talking like
of all the people SAM, that, that little peat who walks and talks like me!"

We are the best the way we are. Look into yourself and let others go their way...

"When the shoe fits in the foot is forgotten
when the belt fits in the belly is forgotten
and when the heart is right
good and bad are forgotten"

Who decides what is good and bad?. We have been hearing this constantly from our parents and our so called friends from the society. They decide what is good and bad for us. Lets think for a second, No doubt with all love and compassion they keep telling us, but how do they know what is good and bad for us. We think they no better about our body conditions and our inner feelings; we have made to think so. From our childhood we respect their authority and are servile and that keeps continuing even when we are grown ups, we listen to our friends, our bosses and more importantly the society (super boss). The innocence is lost, the urge to dream and feel is lost. Ultimately we know ourselves as what we have come to believe from what we have heard from them. Just an illusion an image. That which is robbed by clubs or guns can be retrieved but who can give us our dreams that are robbed. Let us beleive in ourselves and remember we are the best the way we are. The almighty has not created junk, he has created diamonds. Let us keep in mind that one needs to process coal to get diamond; similarly life is a process, let us leave it to nature to do all the process to get the diamond out. Let us not resist, let us not allow others to rob us of our dreams.

Life doesnt treat me fair..Why do i have to face all the problem when my neighbor and friends are enjoying their life. "It looks like GOD is partial and he has not been favoring me at all". Am I echoing your views, dear friend wait a second, numerous men have asked this question and never have they got an answer. Nature cannot err, in the entire cosmic movement, the universal law stands impeccably right and we fail to realise it. We reap what we sow, when a Mango seed is sown only a Mango tree grows and not an apple tree. The knowledge that we have is limited and can only witness the micro movement and not the macro. In hindsight we feel that all that happened was for good. However during that particular instant we fail to realise and get dejected. Friends look beyond, humans err and the nature doesnt, what we get is what we deserve and not necessarily what we desire. Nature has a bigger plan, surrender yourself to nature and it knows what to give you when, where and how.

Dreams are the only source of power. We have been robbed of our innocence by the society and have foregotten how to dream. As toddlers it was never a problem, it came to us naturally. However with this faced paced life, we have no time even to dream. Wait a second you might still feel that you get your time to dream.. but my dear friend look back and see what you have done with that. Its time that we realize our potential. Mankind from time immemorial has never been happy, they have been wandering in search of happiness not realizing one bit that it lies within them and not elsewhere. So friends dream and make dream a reality and thats the way to lead a happy life