Water flooded in my House....

Today was an Amazing day.... I realized that when I "accept problem as it is"; acting on it become more easier and rational actions can be taken.

After lunch, I get call from one of my room mate, asking me to come home as soon as possible... Voice was surprised? There was question mark ? and Confusion in his voice... Like something wrong or unknown is there.... Then I insisted him to tell, he said there is water all over the house, Washing machine's water outlet was kept outside only (While coming to college we normally put our washing machine on so when we come back we can have washed clothes).

But scene was different today, there was water all over our house, so I and krishna finally went home with total acceptance of situation... As soon as we reached we started acting on the problem, it was more like action oriented than "arguing on why this happened and how some one can be so careless in small small things and stuff" never wanted to disturbed my peace of mind so we took rational actions to find the solution than cribbing on problem .... Actually I remembered one Guru Story "Once Guruji was suppose to stay in one room and one of his devotee or someone suppose to look after room. When Guruji actually came there was water in his room, people around thought he will get angry now, but he acted fast and started throwing water out of the room, with full innocence and smile on face."

I liked today's experience... It was good learning "Accepting problem and acting on it is more easy than sitting and cribbing on it..." Cribbing is waste of time... that is what I realized today.

Back to School Days

This Saturday was a day of adventure, with my School friends... Our most awaited visit to ShinhGadh (Shivaji's Fort near by Poona, will discuss about it briefly in later part of this post).

Rainy day, three bikes and five old friends, biking till we reach top of the mountain. During rains this fort is under clouds; nature is at its absolute lovable mood. I am always in love with such places. On the way there is Khadakwasla Dam (Whole Poona city drink water because of this Dam)... We specially go to sinhgadh to just chill out and have typical village food on top of the fort.

Its is really wonderful to have school friends and being able to freak out with them... Each one of us have some or other nick name (given by someone in school in some and the otherway.) .
Nikhil named nikhlya, nikhya, taklya.
Uday named udya
Rupesh named rupya, rupdya..
Ashish named ashya,ash,ashu,ashi, kashi, boo, lambu,tangya, tangs... ohhh my god so many names these people gave me during my school days...

Sinhgadh is one of THE spots for us... Whenever rain starts first thing come in our mind is just to visit sinhgadh. This place has its own beauty which I just can't explain...

Yes... this time also I was doing crazy thing there, I went up on top of some hill on the range of high mountain, to take snap of one flower... :).... Only thing is; the WIND was in its full speed and felt a big time push to valley, I was about a one-and-half foot away from valley and somehow managed to hold some small stone... Flash of time... and ... I was smiling with a wonderful WOW experience, uday with his stupid and helpless face looking at me...


Ofcourse we visit Wind Point (This point has historical back ground too...) to experience treamandous wind force and clouds moving directly on face from damn green valley... Wind point is too good place...



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Brief history of SinhGadh


Tanaji Malusare (Maratha worrior) is responsible for the capture of fort named KONDHANA from Mughals, this fort is strategically placed in the center of a string of forts of Rajgad, Purandar, and Torna. The capture of Kondana was necessary if Shivaji Maharaj was to re-establish de facto control over the Pune region.

Recognizing the strategic importance of Kondana, the Mughals had maintained a battalion of 5000 troops led by Udai Bhan, a relative of Mirza Raja Jai Singh. The fort was built in such a way that all its approaches were covered by cannon-fire. Only on turret was not well defended as it was at the top of a vertical overhanging cliff.

Tanaji decided that this was the only way, he could enter the fort. He dressed himself as a Gondhali (devotee of the Goddess Bhavani of Tuljapur) and roamed the surrounding villages. He won the trust of one Mahadev Koli who was in the service of Udai Bhan. Koli presented the disguished Tanaji to Udai Bhan, who was suitably impressed by this "devotee" and allowed him free access to the fort.

Tanaji carried out a careful surveillance of the fort and at that very night when he was told that at the overhanging cliff Udai Bhan and all his senior commanders would be celebrating a usual party with an alcohol and dance orgy; Tanaji decided that he should seize this opportunity.
With almost all his troops, Udai Bhan had a roaring party on top of the overhanging cliff. Unknown to them after midnight, Tanaji and his brave followers who numbered 300 scaled the cliff using ropes tied to a reptile called Ghorpad. The Ghorpad can stick fast to any surface and a number of adults can use this force to scale a vertical cliff with the help of a rope, one end of which is tied to the Ghorpad. Silently Tanaji and his comrades slunk up to the top of the cliff.
On the other side his uncle Shelar Mama and his brother Suryaji had moved close to the other gates of the forts with another 300 Mavalas (Maratha Soldiers). On a signal from Tanaji, all his comrades who has taken up strategic position all round the celebrating Mughal army, broke into the party and mercilessly fell upon their enemies. They started slaughtering the surprised and ill-prepared and drunken Muslim soldiers.
When Udai Bhan saw that Tanaji - the leader of this invading band of Marathas was no other than the devotee whom he had given permission to visit the fort, he flew into a mad rage. On seeing Tanaji, Udai Bhan rushed at him and we are told that for a few fatal seconds, Tanaji started dancing in the same fashion as he had done as a Gondhali (devotee) when he had met Udai Bhan earlier in the day. The enraged Udai Bhan lunged at dancing Tanaji and cut off the arm with which Tanaji was holding his shield. But undaunted Tanaji used his turban to ward off further thrusts from the blade of Udai Bhan's sword and continued fighting him for 2 hours in this state with his wristless left arm bleeding profusely. It is for this feat of Tanaji, that he is called Narvir - Brave amongst Men.At the end of this ordeal, the exhausted Tanaji fell to a fatal swish of Udai Bhan's sword. But Udai Bhan too was throttled by Shelar Mama and thus lost his life.
When Tanaji was in midst the festivities of his son's wedding and he was summoned to fight and recapture the fort of Kondana. All the guests persuaded him not to leave until the wedding of his son was over, but he was determined to fight back and he said the following words in Marathi," Aadhi lagin Kondanyache, mag lagin Raibache", (Marathi: आधी लगीन कोंढाण्याचे, मग लगीन रायबाचे) which means"First the marriage of Kondana(Fort) and then the marriage of Raiba(his son). By the statement, what he meant to say was that first priority was to recapture the Kondana Fort and then attend the wedding of his son Raiba. Due to his bravery and courage and his selfless devotion towards Swarajya and Shivaji, was he able to leave his son's marriage and die a martyr's life for the Maratha kingdom. So deeply moved was Shivaji by his devotion, that Shivaji himself quoted, "Gadh aala pan sinh gela", (Marathi: गड आला पण सिंह गेला) which means,"The fort is ours but we lost a lion". and this was the time when Fort Kondhana became SinhGadh, in the honor of great Tanaji Malusare. He was the Lion (सिंह) and Gadh (गड) means fort.

WIND POINT is the exact place from where Tanaji and his soldires came to Sinhgadh, top of the cliff... (How they would have manged to climb in Midnight.?????)...

I feel really proud to know so many things about the Great Marath Shivaji Maharaj and his loyal army, who were always ready to build Swarajya for Shivaji. Somewhere in the English literature I have read that, if shivaji would have lived for more 5-8 years, british people whould not even looked at India to cpture it... They were so much scared of Shivaji so Mughals too...

Affection that matters not perfection.

After being in banglore for such a long time, some of the really wonderful things and learning experiences happened... Some of the learning (sweet and bitter but pointing straight to the situation) are here...

Never being dependent on anyone though there is a direct confirmation from the other person or a friend; they may not be ready to go out of the track for even few moments.

People say, "give more and expect less", I feel you only give don't expect anything thats the best sutra.

When you have nature of giving,caring and sharing, never think that things wont go wrong,right intentions may lead to wrong result... At times its a happy realization "Ohh!!! I Never thought of it???"...

I wonder about this city, people who are not supposed to be stressed out, are under stress, then what will be the state of the mind of other normal people... It's a big city, but everyone here is alone... How can people live here without being affectionate with each other...???

Some evening one may have a really big fight with very close friend, but can both of them are affectionate enough to just drop whatever is happened; that matters...? Just like fight between two small kids... They fight and next moment they are together...

Nobody is perfect (I never understood, what is exact meaning of PERFECTION...???)... Mistakes, miss-understanding, miss-communication and miss-behaviour are part of any relation. It should be like that only right?

Never take anyone for granted, you never know, what the individual must be going through, be bit sensitive and non judgmental... Just let go.

Some days are just better and some are not so good... So what???... Just be calm...
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There was one day in banglore when I was sitting on a foothpath(on a stool); when I went to stich my formal shoes(Formal sucks), that cobler was so calm and happy in his work, he was giving 100% and i was just observing his work.(After a very long time I was sitting under a huge,green tree.) Sitting there and obersving people like me was again a fun part.
On the same day evening I was in a big 5-star or 7-star hotel with my friend for dinner, waiters there were also very happy and giving there 100% in work. we both were also giving our 100% while talking, shraing and listening... I felt, whether I am on footpath or in a big palace, nothing is going to change inside. The person inside remains same...
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Some days back I got a SMS on one of the perfect moment saying, "If you trust some one trust till the end; whatever the result may be, in the end either you will have very good friend or a very good lesson..." And this was THE moment when such kind of thought was required. It was the perfect timing for this sms...

Come what may what finally matters is the affection and not the perfection, no one is perfect...

When Time Stood Still...!!!...

When time stood still….
There were some blissful moments when time stood still for me… This is just an effort to recollect all those moments.

• Sitting on the edge of a fort and watching never ending valley… Everything remains the same except me… time just stop making its presence, no one is around only I and the valley- full of silence. Wind is the only one who was touching my existence…
• Getting very tired, doing tough hard physical work… Coming back to home and taking cold water bath. The very 1st drop on the body and that ahhhh!!!! Feeling….. That very moment, for a fraction of second time stood still.
• Sitting on the top of hill and looking at setting sun… dance of colors in the sky…
• Mid night, no moon, sitting on a beach, listing the silence between two waves and watching the sky- full of stars … Time stood still big time…
• Playing a piece of music and all notes touches at exact point … music just flows with in… Time stood still…
• Closed eyes, body is still, sitting for meditation… time stood still…
• Going close to nature, looking at a big waterfall, only I and that waterfall… Sound of falling water and movement of white color… Time stood still…
• Early morning, open eyes, lovely sea in front of me …. Time stood still…
• Rainy season, going for a long ride on bike, getting wet and looking at beauty of three parallel rainbows… Time stood still…
• Floating in sea water, looking at sky and relaxing the body on moving waves… listing to sound of breath… Time stood still….
• This one is Scary… Going in a Jungle with full of enthusiasm, going in and in; and at one moment I realized “I have lost the track, don’t know how to go out, no one is around, all directions look exactly same, mobile but no range battery was about to die, look up and look down, listening to the sound of wind, leaves of trees, some voices and sounds…. Body feels cold and breath becomes hot…” TIME STOOD STILL… This was a big time stillness I have ever experienced…
• This one is more Scary… During trekking there was one cliff almost vertical with very less ups and downs to hold while climbing and I had no equipments to climb, Somehow I managed to climb half and there was nothing to hold on, neither I could climb up nor could go down, nice cool wind was moving in the deep valley… I was in between couldn’t even float in air… I looked down green jungle and nothing was moving everything stood still….. !!!...

For me time always stood still whenever I came across something which is very vast either inside or outside, may it be a silence, music, water, personal experience or a Big Scary Jungle…. Time stood still is a very beautiful phenomenon I always loved to experience…

Not many photos to post .....

It's My Birthday....

Yesterday was a charismatic day; I was waiting for this day from last many years, to meet Guruji on my birth day. Yes it was my birth day and I was in the ashram to celebrate it. I experienced a shift of mind in some moments.

“Feeling normal!” Actually it’s a state of mind I was missing from the day I came to Bangalore. Many things were buzzing my mind for no reason. uff.... I was observing my mind at times and use to tell myself "chill this will also pass, and there will be shift in mood of my mind." during these unstable days I tried to be quite. I was waiting for my birth day; I knew that there is going to be change in the state of my mind.

On Saturday only I went to ashram for stay, and got a very good accommodation. In the morning I woke up after breakfast timing. No breakfast!!!... In night many calls on mobile to wish happy birthday, so couldn’t sleep on time (feels good to receive so many calls on birthday). I got ready by the time of 10.30am and Kriya starts at 11.00am. I had decided that, “come what may I am not going to do kriya, I am not feeling well so I am going to canteen to have hot milk.” I convinced my 4-5 friends that I am not coming for kriya. Around 10.50am one of my close friend called me for birthday wish, asked me to come for kriya, “Now this voice was like an angelic voice for me and message I got was, Birthday Dude what are you doing come for the kriya….” This was really like an angel talking to me, my ego of not going to kriya just melted and evaporated in atmosphere. Now I just can’t resist the kriya and ran to do sudarshan kriya.

“After kriya” experience was the special effect of THE KRIYA and THE CALL to get me back to the normal mood. Yes form that moment I am feeling absolutely normal. Exactly same way I use to be, I just came back to my original nature and feeling more stable. It’s like a transition from one state of mind to another state of mind. I feel that, this one month was a time required for transition and my mind was wondering big time… After being in Art of Living for years, handling mind and situations in the utterly pathetic conditions was a fun for me. Just apply all the sutras learnt and get ready for the magic, yes it is magic just breathe, and there is better world in front of you.

Once I came back to normal, there was a treat in kitchen; I was very hungry, happy and normal… I hogged. It was like my birthday and whole ashram was celebrating it, food was delicious- chapatti, subji, rice and dal along with curd rise and khir (Of course everyone around me was happy with food). Wow food I really hogged big time. (Actually in Banglore all the time, what I ate was Dosa or some food belongs to Dosa family.)

Canteen people were waiting for me to order a cake, almost all people in canteen knew that it’s my birthday. I ordered cake, the chocolate one! Now I wanted to buy some gift for myself so I bought one nice kurta (I was missing one kurta, I am very bad in choosing good cloths. My friends helped me out for it. Everyone also liked the Kurta.) No need to say that I was missing my family people there and some of my old friends who always use to be around for my birthday…

During satsang time I was waiting with my cake for Guruji to call all birthday people on stage. I prayed that “there should be only one person who have birthday today” there were some 3-4 people with me, he blessed me and gave garlands…

After I met guruji some small kids came running to me for cake, I did give cake to all the people around and managed to keep some cake for my near and dear friends. ..
This birthday was really different one- Lovely atmosphere in ashram, the call, sudarshan kriya, delicious food, meeting with guruji, and extra ordinary presence of my absolutely lovable friends (there were more friends of mine than expected, feel good to get birthday wishes from few hundred people)…

This was a real transition for me… Yes I am back to the normal mood…. Feeling Normal….

There Exists Better World Few Breaths Away

"There Exists Better World Few Breaths Away" this is by BAWA, my teacher... He said this yesterday when I attended one of his session in Banglore.

In Art of Living, what we do is just “Sit, meditate and Breath...."; ofcourse we do lots of fun.
The most important thing in our life, which is our breath, is something which we are least bothered about... and after coming to Art of Living, understanding the breath, really make huge difference to me….and whatever is a problem, there is always a better solution for it... there is always a better way to live life and it becomes even more simple when it comes to breathing...

Seriously a better world exists just a few breaths away...

Something to Say or Say something

I wonder at times - it happens that, when you desperately want to do something, or say something to some one, or you are in a such a condition that you really want to share it with your very close friend and then some how you can't do so....?

At times others are busy or you are busy and time just flies!!! forget what you wanted to say.... Many times you wait, wait and wait for the other person to get free or situation to change so that you can still go ahead and share what you wanted to share.... But you keep on waiting ......
All small-big things remain unsaid-unanswered and intensity of sharing just diminishes..... Deep down.....

I think and thank for all those moments I were able to share with all my close friends things from mid-night Maggy to long long chat on mobile, small-small things and huge differences... Some times just a simple voice call of friends make huge impact and at times just a smile works.... Wonderful experiences and... now.... I wonder....

They say "Just Be silent when you can't do anything..."; I say "Other than being silent what else we can do? when we know that we can't do anything..." We can bang and bang, but not necessary that door will open, person might be wrong or just a wrong door....