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“Sprung Rhythm” by Frank Lyon, at Sit and Read Gallery in Brooklyn. Feb. 9th – 26th. The opening reception is from 7-9pm tomorrow night, I hope to see you there. Details here.
A shower of rain, cool breeze and a winter night, all got up together for making it a perfect time to travel.
What more could add up. ??? Yeah, it was my mood which could and really had added up.
I was about 30 minutes away from home. But i was longing for another 300 minutes to feel what i was feeling since last 150 minutes.
Before i could wish anything more,I had to stop, due to a traffic jam. Unaware of the reason of the jam, i kept on listening ‘Free fallin’, one of the best of john mayer.
Those moments of life were ultra slow to feel. Vehicles started to crawl. All of sudden my eyes caught a mob encircling something lying by roadside. I hadn’t any interest in finding out what they were encircling. I moved forward. But here i heared people of talking about an accident. Now i opted to go outside and to see what exactly had happened. If i say truly, i wanted to help the victim if there was any.
I could see the rainwater lying by roadside.
By getting a little closer, i saw wreckage of a bicycle.
Got more closer, saw a tiffinbox,
Got more closer, oh god! You can be so cruel! muddy rainwater had turned red, i could feel the silence even in the heavy motor horns.
I could see a body of person who had been crushed to death.
I was in despondent mood. There was none who could be helped.
Rather than being a dumb spectator i chose to move on.
That person was dead, but he was spelling the ultimate truth of life.
Yeah, He was saying that desires never end,
this cycle of life never ends,
this hardwork for earning life never ends,
this love for family never ends…
If anything can end then it’s life and yes, it had ended for him.
No more desires, no more hardwork, no more love.
Just a single moment of death and everything was over. Nothing had left now for him. If anything which left, was only few unsaid words and lots of unfulfilled commitments.
That person might be a poor labourer who was returning home. Her wife who had packed his lunch in morning would never have imagined this bitter truth of life at that moment. That person never knew that there would not be any next morning in his life. He never knew if Next ‘morning’ would become a ‘mourning’ for his family.
His children who would have waved their hands to say goodbye to their father weren’t aware that it could be last goodbye to their father.
Such is the fragility of life. None can predict what’s going to happen in next moment.
Life teaches everyone at every moment. Sometimes we don’t understand hundreds of words which are being said and sometimes a silence teaches us more than anything…
1. “yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata abhyutthanam adharmasya tadatmanam srjamy aham”.
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Four
verse 7)
“Sri Krishna said: Whenever and wherever there is a decline in virtue/religious practice and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself, i.e. I manifest Myself as an embodied being.”
2. “karmany evadhikaras te ma phalesu kadachana
ma karma-phala-hetur bhur
ma te sango ’stv akarmani”
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two
verse 47)
“Sri Krishna said: You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to
not doing your duty.”
3. “na jayate mriyate va kadacin nayam bhutva bhavita va na bhuyah ajo nityah sasvato ’yam purano
na hanyate hanyamane sarire”
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 20)
“Sri Krishna said: The soul is never born nor dies at any time. Soul has not come into being, does not come into
being, and will not come into being. Soul is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval.
Soul is not slain when
the body is slain.”
4. “nainam chindanti shastrani nainam dahati pavakah na chainam kledayanty apo na sosayati marutah”
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two
verse 23)
“Sri Krishna said: The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind.”
5. “vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya navani grhnati naro ’parani tatha sarirani vihaya jirnany anyani samyati navani dehi”
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two
verse 22)
“Sri Krishna said: As a
human being puts on new
garments, giving up old
ones, the soul similarly
accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.”
6. “buddhi-yukto jahatiha ubhe sukrita-duskrte tasmad yogaya yujyasva yogah karmasu kausalam”
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 50)
“Sri Krishna said: A man engaged in devotional service rids himself of both good and bad actions even in this life.
Therefore strive for yoga, which is the art of all work.”
7. “durena hy avaram karma
buddhi-yogad dhananjaya
buddhau saranam anviccha kripanah phala-hetavah”
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter
Two verse 49)
“Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, keep all abominable activities far distant by devotional service, and in that consciousness surrender unto the Sri. Those who want to enjoy the fruits of their work are misers.”
I was awaiting for 4th oct to see what Apple can do without steve. October 4th came and so the next iPhone. I wasn’t impressed by checking the specifications of next iPhone, Because Apple is best known for its iNnovations and not for its improvements.
2 days after, i was googling to read reviews of next level iPhone. But i got the news of Steve’s passing away. I was in despondent mood.
I felt better when i read specific bit about him.
He had something which impressed me a lot.
No it was not that he was the inventer of the PC.
No it was not that he gifted beautiful fonts to the world.
No it was not that he got
kicked out of his own company.
No it was not that he built Pixar.
No it was not that he brought to market the Mac or Mac Pro.
No it was not that he invented the little iPod at a time when world was busy in jogging and listening songs with their bulky walkmans.
No it was not that he launched a phone that changed the definition of smartphone.
No it was not that he created the Macbook Air which is so slim that even Kate Moss feels insecure.
And not that he invented the iPad when world was busy in reading heavy books to invent new products.
None of the above did it for me.
It was the news that Steve
Jobs was a vegetarian that caught my eye.
“Steve”, You weren’t great only for your innovations, you were great because of your thinking too. We’ll miss you. iVeg.. iRock..
Somewhere god was jealous of humans because they had STEVE and he hadn’t!
God also wanted iNnovations. may that be the reason why he called steve back.
This blog isn’t specially for Hindus, muslims or sikhs. It’s for everyone who considers himself or herself as a human. By writing a blog i don’t mean that it will stop cow slaughter, but it surely will be helpful in spreading awareness, and awareness is only thing which can help us to stop this devilish act. Cows aren’t slaughtered only for beef (meat). The main reason behind it is leather business. Shoes which we wear, wallet which we use, belt which we fasten, leather bag which we carry, everything is made up of cow’s flesh. We the HINDUS who consider cow as a god, wear our GOD’s flesh for protecting our feet! Are we really justifying our veda’s and
spritual books? Do our ethics allow us to do this? We are living in a country where 1st revolt against british rule took place just because of the ethics of Mangal pandey. He revolted because he was ordered to use cartridges which were greased with cow fat. He sacrificed his life for cows and we the so called young generation are sacrificing COWS for our STYLE.
Almost everyone loves to eat Macdonald’s burger, but do everyone knows that a non veg burgur of macdonald is a BEEF.
India is estimated to have 30000+ slaughter houses, in
which 1 lakh cows are slaughtered everyday. We shall have shame on ourself, because we are the consumers of these items which are made up of cow’s flesh. That’s the reason why 1 lakh cows are being slaughtered everyday. So please do not promote this
devilish act by using all these things. Next time whenever you buy any such item, think twice before making any choice. Our god lord krishna, (also named as GOPAL or GOVIND), took birth on earth for GAU SEVA (to
serve cows). Lord krishna
proclaimed: “The piety that comes from bathing at holy places, the piety that comes from feeding brahmins, the piety that comes from giving generous charity, the piety that comes from serving Lord Hari and the piety that comes from all vows and fasts, all austerities,circumambulating the earth, and speaking truthfully, as well as all the devas, always stay in the bodies of the COWS. The HOLY places always stay in the COWS’ hooves. father, Goddess Lakshmi always stays in the COWS’ hearts. A person that wears tilaka of mud that touched a COW’s hoof attains the result of bathing in a holy place. He is fearless at every step. A place where cows stay is holy. One who dies there is at once liberated. One who harms a brahmin or a cow is the lowest of men. He commits a great sin, as if he had killed a brahmin. Of this there is no doubt. A person who harms the cows or the brahmins, who are the limbs of Lord Narayana, goes to hell for as long as the sun and moon shine in the sky.”
