Rain Rain Come Again!!

The Korean car company had created a huge interest in the market with their latest launch. From the hype created that it is competing against the entry level hatchback of the biggest market share holder and is fittingly priced, I too was eager to get the details. During the weekend, I visited their showroom but only to my disappointment, I felt it is a bit overly priced. With all the canvas build around the vehicle slowly going out of shade in my mind, I came out of the showroom amidst a heavily overcast evening. It was getting darker and darker because of the fast accumulation of clouds around. Within no time, weather Gods started their musical extravaganza, much to the excitement of nature lovers and the nature as a whole.

Crossing line of the path of Rain God after a long time, I decided to stay back sheltering myself in a Bus stand and enjoy the real music of nature. The rhythm of the heavy downpour was just too good and the temporary streams across was kindling the kid in almost everyone. There were a lot of working group returning home assembled around and waiting for some clearance. Being a weekend, most of them didn't bother the wait and seemed to enjoy. In the middle of the group, a cute interaction between a couple caught my attention. Being within their vicinity for a brief moment, I was not able to make up if they were good friends or partners in making, whatever it is, I felt something special about them.

The girl offered the umbrella she had to the guy, which he was reluctant to use; probably he too was mesmerized by the beauty of the rain. In a soft matter she insisted him to use it and not to get drenched. The boy meanwhile found a mom with a baby on hand nearby, so he opened the umbrella and gave space for that mom and kid in it. At this time the girl was in the center of the shed and allowed others on the edge to be safe under the umbrella she provided. Meanwhile a bus came and the kid and mom got into it. At this time the girl joined the guy and they started discussing about something. It was very obvious that they were in their own sweet world, no artificiality was around in their conversation/reactions and there was 100% involvement, which displayed the immense understanding they shared. Though that was the case, they also looked around, not because they were worried/keen to see if someone was noticing them, but to ensure none got disturbed because of the water drops that fell from the umbrella that they had.

In the mean time, another group with an infant and few small kids took shelter in the bus shed. Since the bus shed was almost full, they were getting wet standing at the edge. Few guys gave way for them to move to the center of the stand but there was a small leakage over there and it didn't help them much. Noticing this, the boy and the girl welcomed them to join them under the umbrella. Being a big group to get beneath that small umbrella, the kids were around their mom hugging her legs. The boy happily gave way to them and even suggested them better positions so that they didn't get drenched because of the rain drops.

In spite of a break in the intense conversation they were having, they were unaffected. There was more of completeness and satisfaction of being able to help those kids on their face than the normal expressions we would expect. It was like a cute movie telecasted live, such was the pleasant feel watching them. After a while, the rain reduced its intensity, as if giving an interval for the long performance. Capitalizing on this break, I decided to move home. Though the price of the vehicle disappointed me personally, I was happy with the visuals of beautiful life that I could encounter. Whatever be those two good souls’ relations, I wished that their understanding and pleasantness grow further and hold a relation of the highest value. I also wished "rain, rain come again, little me wants to see, how pleasant living is, with diamond hearted people in life".

SATHISH N

Decorating The Infinite Capacity Container

Recently I was discussing with my friend about the various types of people we encounter in day-to-day life. One common thing that annoys almost everyone is attitude issues and immaturity level of certain folks. Self realization and self esteem are vital for individuals but rating themselves to be superior to the rest is immaturity. An individual with real talent and hunger for knowledge and wisdom will least have time to dwell upon complexes, but will always be keen to fine tune and improve themselves. They will be respectful to almost all the people they come across for they get the opportunity to learn, realize, understand and implement the good qualities in others, and also learn from their mistakes.

Historically, one would see that some big troubles were created because of certain short-sighted and out-of-mind people. Those “empty vessel would have made heavy noise” that paved way to unpleasant sequence of events. There are many forms in which the empty vessels make noise and the most common format nowadays is “EGO”.

Any normal and matured individual will respect and appreciate a true leader. A true leader will be a great inspiration, a wonderful role model, and an ultimate motivator. A true leader will posses qualities like calm and composed nature powered by honesty, truthfulness, righteousness, unbiased approach with high analytical skills and optimal decision making. All these qualities are result of years of experience and on-field learning, company of great personalities, and self analysis. These qualities cannot be taught with a book or some sessions.

But currently what we are encountering is some people who maybe “skilled labors” misunderstands themselves to have grown to the stature of great leaders and start displaying their complexes just because they got some recognition among peers. Unfortunately, such individuals have the backing of similar immature guys and start making noise strong enough to spoil the balance of a progressive system and shake it out. Their EGO will put oil to the fire, only to burn themselves to extinct. By the moment they realize their mistakes, they would have lost precious time and great individuals from their life.

Imagine an “Infinite Capacity Container” that has two sections. Different people who pass aside the container share their possessions to the person owning the container. The person distinguishes between the good and bad and fills the respective sections in the container. Depending on the richness of the good, the content in the bad section will get churned and converted to good and transferred accordingly. Ultimately, the bad section will become empty and only thing that is present in the container will be goodness.

Whereas on the other hand, if the person in charge of the container is one who consider himself/herself to be superior to the rest, fails to distinguish the good and bad. Anyone who sings praise about him/her will be more appealing for them. Naturally, they will fail to segregate the content properly and the bad stuffs may be dumped into the good section. Indirectly this will result in lower churning and the container will be dominated by bad features. Also if the person is an EGOist, then it is like a hole pierced on the lower part of the good section through which all the goodness (only goodness) leaks. As long as the hole of EGO is present, the goodness however accumulated will keep on leaking and ultimately make the container a rotten and stinky one.

The aforementioned phenomenon is what happens with human beings. The container is nothing but our mind that has infinite capacity. If we could be neutral and support the good, our aura will be good and so will be our deeds and such people will be respected and considered with at most importance. But if a person is addicted to his/her EGO and wants to dominate others, they will be flocked by parasites and will stagnate, and the deeds will start to sting. Their aura will be very negative and normal people over time will hate to accompany such folks.

All of us know what is right, only to satisfy our petty greed we fail to dedicatedly travel in its path. My simple request is, let’s not get blinded and chose the wrong route that lead to self destruction. It may look colorful at the early phase but just like how good rivers were transformed to drainage over time, one's life will also become unpleasant, useless and poisonous if we don’t place our vision at the highest level.

My suggestion to others who are disturbed by the deeds of negative people is to ignore them. There is no use wasting your valuable time and energy at a wrong end. A person who honestly is willing to grow as an individual will voluntarily be dedicated to accept the goodness, churn the bad, carry positive vibe and never be an egoist. So share the knowledge only if the person is worth it. An egoist and superiority complex person is one who is blowing out the light around in his his/her life one by one and forcing themselves into darkness. The light that we may carry will be insufficient unless they are willing to use it to lit up the blown out sources and enlighten themselves and their surroundings.

Let only real talent and character be showered with recognition and grow up in stature.

SATHISH N

The Kid...

There was a small kid who was never taken out of her room,
She always looked at the ceiling and wondered how high it is,
She wondered how beautiful it has been decorated and wanted to have a feel of it,
She used a ladder to go up and realize it for herself,
Filled with unexplainable joy, she jumped with happiness.

As time passed the kid grew, she was taken out to a castle,
She was astonished by the intricate work on the top and was eager to feel it,
She knew the solution by now, it is moving herself up,
She asked for some assistance and with adequate resources she went up and had a close feel of the art,
Again filled with lot of joy, she felt gliding around.

Days went by, and when she was taken out, she found beautiful clouds roaming around,
She was thrilled by God's creations, and again was eager to feel it,
She knew the solution for sure, it is moving herself up to heights,
She started preparing herself and when the right time came,
She flew in a plane to know the clouds more close,
Again filled with inexplicable joy, she looked up to marvel the God,
There she found the sky and beyond saw the universe....

She didn't try beyond but she was content and happy,
For she knew she has grown from a kid in a small room to someone who has felt the clouds and the marvel of the God!!!
She graduated to become composed and cool, for she realized herself and her means to height!!!
She recognized the ladders, the assistant and also the plane for they were the instrumental for her realization!!!
She realized her fellow being, for it was the true humanity!!!
She realized herself, for it was the true bliss!!!


SATHISH N

I LIKE SERIES - 4

Life is Beautiful

Recently we had a debate in our office on marriage. No, no it was not on the usual love marriage vs. arranged marriage, but on whether a marriage is needed or not. Though I am not going to brief the debate, one point struck my logics very badly. A point of argument on the necessity to get married was, "what happens when you fall sick or you get old and are depended". "Who will take care of your day-to-day needs?" Is marriage mainly aimed at that? Doesn't it have something more than that? Mostly weddings have become sort of a business agreement where an MOU is signed but in the marriage register office (fittingly the government has made it compulsory for any marriages to be registered).

According to my knowledge, partnership is the most sweetest part of life. More than the pleasures and services, it is identifying yourself in your loved ones. I have come across partners who may chat all the time when on phone but when they meet they will have nothing to speak but will be happy to rest on each others shoulders and involuntarily doze off. It may look odd, but I strongly feel this reflects the most intimate love than anything else. A peaceful mind and soul goes to rest when it sleeps, which a disturbed or tensed person can never be able to do. There is a sequence in yoga known as Shavasana which aims at emptying the thoughts and resting the body, and it will be noticed during that posture invariably the person who succeeds to perform it with extreme conscientiousness sleeps. I would relate the above happening within the couples to the same effect of Shavasana. It is the intensity of peace that one experience from the other resulting in this.

There is a saying that if one gets the right partner, he/she has the entire world to enjoy whereas if one gets the wrong pair, he/she will lose the right to live his/her own life. The primary reason for failure of any relation is impractically high level of expectations and we call it with a new terminology as possessiveness. Another reason for failure is personal needs and greeds. True love will always be happy only in giving, and less be concerned about personal benefits. The main expectation from the partner will be to see him/her happy. I may sound ideal, but you can check with any pair whom you feel respected for their relation, the above statement will fit perfectly.

Brian Weiss, a well know psychologist, in his book Many Lives, Many Masters elaborates on the existence of Soul Group and Soul Mate that occurs for everyone in every birth. I would advice reading the book to get a clearer picture of the concept. On a short note, the Soul Group is the one that becomes the best friends and the Soul Mate is the one who shares the life. So, even scientifically, for n-number of life spans we have been going through the cycle of sharing our life and it would be ideal to start looking at a higher value than relating it to a servant’s job or a business deal.

In a life that is filled with internal responsibilities and external challenges, we are tormented to the core. But these all end up to be trivial and easy to handle if we look at the highest value of true love. Any business will hit rough weathers if the profit margin is not good and may slide too during the worse-case scenarios. So don't practice business with relationships but rather know its true value and hold it at greater heights. Now there may be complaints that I am not peaceful with my partner, so how am I supposed to hold the relation at a higher level? The answer is quite simple, had we accepted the relations to satisfy our personal benefits and needs and they are done and dealt with, the relationship will start tasting sour because of (if we can call it) the materialistic bubble-burst. Rather, if you were really looking for your true soul mate, then you would be by default experiencing the completeness within you and at peace and harmony with the world.

A journey through long path that has streams that supplies tasty water, entertained by singing birds and beautiful flowers, fed by healthy and tasty fruits, enjoyed by pleasant climate, enveloped by cool and calm atmosphere, towered with a clean sky, basked by mild sun/moon will always be healthy and happy; such is the journey of life with the loved ones, just enjoy it and immerse yourself, you will always enjoy good health, and happiness will always enrich your life.

SATHISH N