Saturday, July 3, 2010
Shake Hands With Life
Everybody is floating in a vacuum, so to speak. Or, they’re living on a surface. We are strangers to our own self. The world around us, glorifying glamour, celebrating the superfluous and taken up with virtual images, has become so disconnected. When one reads of a celebrity or student taking her own life, it makes me wonder, why would anyone wish to end what is essentially a beautiful life?
Loss of face, depression, weakness and fear of rejection by family and society are some of the reasons for dejection. All these point to one thing: lack of faith and stunted self growth.
Says Dada J P Vaswani, “Depression is not what happens to us. It is due to what happens in us.” However, it is failures and difficulties that make life so interesting, he points out.
It is unrealistic to accept success and profit all the time; it is foolhardy to consider life as nothing but a series of problems. “Learn to live life as it is. Bend and you will not break!” advises Dada.
During a crisis we do need emotional support from family and friends; but if such support is not available for some reason, it is necessary to find it within. Inner resource will help us detach ourselves from the maya of illusion. Remember the saying: This too shall pass away.’
Scientist and inventor Thomas Edison once remarked, “There is great value in disaster.” It is true that disappointments, pain and suffering have made life difficult for many of us – but surviving those against all odds has also made heroes out of us. Like a tea bag, we tend to become stronger when in hot water. “For every hurt, for every plight,/ For every lonely pain racked night./ There is a reason. / But if we trust the Lord, as we should,/ It all will work out for our good./ He knows the reason.”
There is a deeper meaning in life which is not seen immediately; it gets revealed slowly, later in life. But impatient as we are, we cannot wait – in our haste we forget to live and so we lose touch with our inner self that could have given us immense strength.
Insecurity grows by leaps due to lack of trust, and that hinders bonding and so leads to absence of true emotional support. Add to this the excess of material values, which makes an individual self-conscious of his weaknesses. He suffers then from low self-esteem.
If only we could tap into our inner source, we would get empowered to face all odds. That is why it is so important to make the effort to shake hands with life; then it will meet us halfway.
Unfortunately, fear of failure haunts most people. We sail in the same boat. We seek support and security in a relationship, in materialistic risk coverage, in money and friends. But the basic insecurity lies within. It can be transformed only with faith; by mental and spiritual exercises.
Perhaps the educational system should incorporate a curriculum of courage-giving courses to increase an individual’s spiritual quotient. Half an hour of yoga, meditation and storytelling of heroes and great souls and such inspirational talk would go a long way in making youth strong and courageous. And to face the challenges at the ground level, let schools and colleges make it obligatory for students to do social service to the less privileged. Let’s meet life halfway at least.
Loss of face, depression, weakness and fear of rejection by family and society are some of the reasons for dejection. All these point to one thing: lack of faith and stunted self growth.
Says Dada J P Vaswani, “Depression is not what happens to us. It is due to what happens in us.” However, it is failures and difficulties that make life so interesting, he points out.
It is unrealistic to accept success and profit all the time; it is foolhardy to consider life as nothing but a series of problems. “Learn to live life as it is. Bend and you will not break!” advises Dada.
During a crisis we do need emotional support from family and friends; but if such support is not available for some reason, it is necessary to find it within. Inner resource will help us detach ourselves from the maya of illusion. Remember the saying: This too shall pass away.’
Scientist and inventor Thomas Edison once remarked, “There is great value in disaster.” It is true that disappointments, pain and suffering have made life difficult for many of us – but surviving those against all odds has also made heroes out of us. Like a tea bag, we tend to become stronger when in hot water. “For every hurt, for every plight,/ For every lonely pain racked night./ There is a reason. / But if we trust the Lord, as we should,/ It all will work out for our good./ He knows the reason.”
There is a deeper meaning in life which is not seen immediately; it gets revealed slowly, later in life. But impatient as we are, we cannot wait – in our haste we forget to live and so we lose touch with our inner self that could have given us immense strength.
Insecurity grows by leaps due to lack of trust, and that hinders bonding and so leads to absence of true emotional support. Add to this the excess of material values, which makes an individual self-conscious of his weaknesses. He suffers then from low self-esteem.
If only we could tap into our inner source, we would get empowered to face all odds. That is why it is so important to make the effort to shake hands with life; then it will meet us halfway.
Unfortunately, fear of failure haunts most people. We sail in the same boat. We seek support and security in a relationship, in materialistic risk coverage, in money and friends. But the basic insecurity lies within. It can be transformed only with faith; by mental and spiritual exercises.
Perhaps the educational system should incorporate a curriculum of courage-giving courses to increase an individual’s spiritual quotient. Half an hour of yoga, meditation and storytelling of heroes and great souls and such inspirational talk would go a long way in making youth strong and courageous. And to face the challenges at the ground level, let schools and colleges make it obligatory for students to do social service to the less privileged. Let’s meet life halfway at least.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Golden Egg Technique
Golden Egg Technique by THE SPEAKING TREE(TOI)
When you purify your centre, you become receptive to higher vibrations. Creativity happens in this space. Carnatic music composer Thyagaraja discovered a new raga by listening to a bee. A monk observing a snake and a crane fighting discovered the martial art, Tai Chi.
When your centre is full of impurities, your perspective and understanding are confused. This confusion tends to act as blockages and so there is no scope for the blossoming of creative ideas. Hence there is the need to set about clearing the obfuscation.
When purification happens, higher vibrations flow in. New ideas become understandable. We should thus insulate ourselves from negativity and keep our centres pure and receptive, so that the higher states of consciousness can guide us.
There’s a technique called the golden egg technique: Imagine that there is an egg and in it there exists gold. The gold is hidden inside the egg. Treat every problem you encounter as one such egg. Imagine that there is a golden opportunity hidden inside every problem. Whenever you are faced with a problem, don’t lose hope. Instead of getting disheartened, try to understand that it is only an egg with precious gold tucked away deep inside. Delve deep into the problem and recognise golden opportunity. This attitude will invoke creativity in you.
There are many more ways of dealing positively with problems. Try this. When you come face to face with a problem, think of at least 20 ways of dealing with it. Play a game. Write down all the possible solutions. OK, now that you’ve written down 20 options, choose five out of the 20 and begin working on them. With those five kinds of solutions, find 20 ways of fulfilling them. Ask your friends to give ideas. The mother of creativity is the attempt to generate ideas. Play with it.
All these methods can be applied provided you remember not to view a problem as a pain. If you do so, then your hurt body will increase and you will pass on your pain to your children. Are you distressed that your son is lazy? Apply the golden egg technique. In the problem of your lazy son, there is gold hidden... an opportunity hidden. Treat it as a great opportunity to study the reason as to why he is lazy. Be an anthropologist and study the causes of his laziness. By doing this you are in a proactive state and this state of your being will motivate your son. Next, apply the second method. See 20 ways to make your son active. Take help from friends, as this will help in expanding your ideas. Creativity opens up when there are ideas. Include your son in the game plan and make him your teammate. You will observe the inspiring energy that you create and as a result your family will have a meaningful goal.
Use transformational vocabulary. Use empowering language. There are no winners in an argument. Hence use words wisely. Try and understand others’ points of view instead of branding and labelling them as something or other. The moment you brand them, you will see only the labels. As a result you miss seeing the person.
Stop treating differences as conflicts. View them as points of view. Learn to appreciate variety. Appreciate differences rather than viewing them as pain. The moment you relate to differences as pain, you will experience them as pain. View differences as creative versions and you will feel positive energy flow through you.
When you purify your centre, you become receptive to higher vibrations. Creativity happens in this space. Carnatic music composer Thyagaraja discovered a new raga by listening to a bee. A monk observing a snake and a crane fighting discovered the martial art, Tai Chi.
When your centre is full of impurities, your perspective and understanding are confused. This confusion tends to act as blockages and so there is no scope for the blossoming of creative ideas. Hence there is the need to set about clearing the obfuscation.
When purification happens, higher vibrations flow in. New ideas become understandable. We should thus insulate ourselves from negativity and keep our centres pure and receptive, so that the higher states of consciousness can guide us.
There’s a technique called the golden egg technique: Imagine that there is an egg and in it there exists gold. The gold is hidden inside the egg. Treat every problem you encounter as one such egg. Imagine that there is a golden opportunity hidden inside every problem. Whenever you are faced with a problem, don’t lose hope. Instead of getting disheartened, try to understand that it is only an egg with precious gold tucked away deep inside. Delve deep into the problem and recognise golden opportunity. This attitude will invoke creativity in you.
There are many more ways of dealing positively with problems. Try this. When you come face to face with a problem, think of at least 20 ways of dealing with it. Play a game. Write down all the possible solutions. OK, now that you’ve written down 20 options, choose five out of the 20 and begin working on them. With those five kinds of solutions, find 20 ways of fulfilling them. Ask your friends to give ideas. The mother of creativity is the attempt to generate ideas. Play with it.
All these methods can be applied provided you remember not to view a problem as a pain. If you do so, then your hurt body will increase and you will pass on your pain to your children. Are you distressed that your son is lazy? Apply the golden egg technique. In the problem of your lazy son, there is gold hidden... an opportunity hidden. Treat it as a great opportunity to study the reason as to why he is lazy. Be an anthropologist and study the causes of his laziness. By doing this you are in a proactive state and this state of your being will motivate your son. Next, apply the second method. See 20 ways to make your son active. Take help from friends, as this will help in expanding your ideas. Creativity opens up when there are ideas. Include your son in the game plan and make him your teammate. You will observe the inspiring energy that you create and as a result your family will have a meaningful goal.
Use transformational vocabulary. Use empowering language. There are no winners in an argument. Hence use words wisely. Try and understand others’ points of view instead of branding and labelling them as something or other. The moment you brand them, you will see only the labels. As a result you miss seeing the person.
Stop treating differences as conflicts. View them as points of view. Learn to appreciate variety. Appreciate differences rather than viewing them as pain. The moment you relate to differences as pain, you will experience them as pain. View differences as creative versions and you will feel positive energy flow through you.
Friday, June 11, 2010
If You Don't Ride, Then You Don't Know
Its a freedom loving lifestyle I adore
She’s waiting for me behind my garage door
She’s all dressed up and she’s ready to roll
Never talks back always begging for more.
If you don’t ride then you don’t know
Where I’ve been and where I’m going
Its all about the freedom of the open road
Open the throttle and roll
Everybody rides during riding season
They ride different there bikes for different reasons
Once you get on it it is hard to get off
If you go down I hope you lay her down soft
If you don’t ride then you don’t know
Where I’ve been and where I’m going
Its all about the freedom of the open road
We see more through our sunglass lens
Than you’ll ever see in your Mercedes Benz
It’s time to feel the freedom of the open road
open the throttle and roll
You don’t ride you don’t know
Its in our blood, its in our soul
Its all about the healing you get from the open road
Along the way strangers become friends
This brotherhood of ours never ends
we play lifes hand like a poker run
Sacrifice your time for the fallen ones
If you don’t ride you don’t know
Where I’ve been and where I’m going
Its all about the freedom of the open road
It doesn’t matter if your young or old
Running with the pack or rolling on your own
Its all about the freedom of the open road
Grab your handles and roll.
This is the video:
She’s waiting for me behind my garage door
She’s all dressed up and she’s ready to roll
Never talks back always begging for more.
If you don’t ride then you don’t know
Where I’ve been and where I’m going
Its all about the freedom of the open road
Open the throttle and roll
Everybody rides during riding season
They ride different there bikes for different reasons
Once you get on it it is hard to get off
If you go down I hope you lay her down soft
If you don’t ride then you don’t know
Where I’ve been and where I’m going
Its all about the freedom of the open road
We see more through our sunglass lens
Than you’ll ever see in your Mercedes Benz
It’s time to feel the freedom of the open road
open the throttle and roll
You don’t ride you don’t know
Its in our blood, its in our soul
Its all about the healing you get from the open road
Along the way strangers become friends
This brotherhood of ours never ends
we play lifes hand like a poker run
Sacrifice your time for the fallen ones
If you don’t ride you don’t know
Where I’ve been and where I’m going
Its all about the freedom of the open road
It doesn’t matter if your young or old
Running with the pack or rolling on your own
Its all about the freedom of the open road
Grab your handles and roll.
This is the video:
Thursday, June 10, 2010
What's in a name!!!!
Vindrider is similar to windrider in pronunciation at least. It reflects my riding spirit.I think this the only logic i choose this particular name.
Apni marzi se kahan apne safar ke hum hain
Rukh havaaon ka jidhar ka hai udhar ke hum hain.
i think above lines describes me well :-)
Apni marzi se kahan apne safar ke hum hain
Rukh havaaon ka jidhar ka hai udhar ke hum hain.
i think above lines describes me well :-)
first one
Time 20.45 hours
decided to start my own blog. got inspiration from one of my close friend.
lets see what comes out from this black hole.
decided to start my own blog. got inspiration from one of my close friend.
lets see what comes out from this black hole.
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