Thursday, 12 November 2009

This one is for you..

This one is for you.. I read it online and I knew it was only for you..

She walks in Beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express,
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

And I think again

There are times when we wish to own a time machine such that we could either go back in time and change certain things/events that had occurred or visit the future and find out what outcomes certain events have. Then there are those times when we just want to have the time machine and sit next to it with a feeling that the ticking time was not a worry to you.

Interesting as that might seem, this thought put me into profound thinking mode. Every time I begin to think something that is deep and intense, I enter a room with an aura that inspires thinking. In the city of my mind, exists several areas. Some are very good ones, the ones that I enter when I am happy. Some are very relaxing, like a walk in the park. Some areas transform into a mystical jungle, filling me with adrenaline rush. I visit this area of my mind when I am having fun. In addition to all these, there is one specific arena, more like a sector. When it is time for me to think, I see myself standing in this area. Fuzzy objects around me, dim yet bright light around me. Nothing makes sense in this area. Its more like a room. when I enter this, nothing is clear to me. As i begin thinking, and deducing, slowly everything in it begins to take shape. Mostly, offering me solutions to what I have been thinking.

So as I begin to think about the time machine, I find myself in this room. In this huge room, I find a clock that is ticking, 3 seconds forward, 2 back. It appeared as if the time was flying, but it was moving just a second at a time. When I turn around, I see a wall paper, not sure what was on it. It was fuzzy. Nothing was clear in it. I was curios to know who it was, but that was not why I was in the room, so began focusing on the need of the hour. The time machine.

I walked back to the clock that was ticking. 3 seconds forward, 2 back. I looked at it. It was a very simple one. I wished if I could use it to go back in time and relive some moments. Just as did so, I saw an option to enter date in it and press a button. Heart began pounding. I began wondering which day of my past life should I revisit. If I did revisit, should I change something there? If I did want to change something, what would it be? And with that, began a sequence of questions that just did not stop.

Just as they continued to pop up, I asked myself one question, ignoring all the ones that were popping up. "Am I happy now?" Answer to this was "Yes". I asked another question, "Do I really want to change something in the past?" I answered to myself "Nothing. Everything that has happened, has led me to this place, this current state, the present stage in my life."

I was surprised with the answer I gave. Keeping my answers in my mind, I looked at the clock, and this time, the bottuons to enter date and the press were gone. Just as I began wondering, another thought came in. This time around, it was more like a wish. A wish to see what happens in the future. An eagerness filled in me. An excitement dawned upon me to see answers for the questions that are still lingering over me. I was eager to know what outcomes were bound to occur, how my life would be etc.

I asked myself, "Do I want to visit future and see what happens in it?" and I answered to myself "Yes". I immediately followed up with another question, "Is it the right thing to do?". There was a pause for few seconds. I looked up at the clock, the buttons were present, to enter the date and press the button. But somehow, something in me told me not to do it. Something in me told me not to do it, no matter what. I just did not answer my question. So there I was, looking at the clock, deciding not to answer. The buttons began appearing fuzzy and in few seconds they were gone. I blinked few times to ensure I was seeing what I saw.

I closed my eyes, opened them. Looked around. Everything was very clear. I was in a different place altogether. I suddenly saw a lovely garden with lawn spread for quite a distance. I saw green plants, none artificial whatsoever. As breeze struck my face, I felt and told myself "This is the place to be." My eyes were closed, experiencing the exhilarating atmosphere and lovely energy that was surrounding me. I see a little girl, in her very light blue coloured t shirt and a denim jean. She was around 3 years old. Her face was so calming that my heart began throbbing. Who was this little angel? I turned around to see if someone was around, and there I was, standing in the garden of a lovely house. A house that I always dreamed about. I saw it again.

Wow, I thought.

Sunday, 8 November 2009

Joy ki jhappi is indeed jaadu ki jhappi..

Time was 0420 am. I looked at the clock and smiled.

For over 30 minutes, I was walking in the compound, listening to the songs in my ipod. Came back in, had some chocolate flakes. This time, there as no milk and pickle involved in it. Just plain chocolate flakes. Few minutes ago, I was reading what I had written. Of several things that I usually write, only few go onto my blog. As my blog appears to have several posts, I cant even begin to imagine how many posts I have actually written and how many of them I have not posted.

Right now, at this very moment, as the dusk is approaching closer, there are so many things that are going on in my mind. For starters, my body is wanting me to sleep, my mind is generating pulsating thoughts, several hundreds of them. Delighted as i have been in past few days, happiness continues to grow within me. In ways that I cannot explain, the joy within me increases. Perhaps, the thoughts about,for,of her make me rejoice in sanctity.

It has been very eventful weekend. I guess, there are lessons imbibed in every moment we live, most of them we miss, some of them we learn. Those that we learn change the direction of life and they inject a new meaning to life. To love someone is easy. To realize it is hard. To perceive it is harder. To not expect anything in return is hardest, but nevertheless, it is not impossible. This is something that I have mastered over the years. For all, almost all, to expect is so natural. For me, it has just become so difficult to think. Somehow, no matter how much I try to expect, I cannot.

Over the weekend, I met several of my friends. Some of them were committed, some of them were not. Every time I meet them, there is something I learn from them. I guess, learning from the lives of others is an enriching experience. For instance, when I meet friends of mine who are single, I know what I should not do when I continue to remain single. When I meet friends of mine that are committed, I learn how not to make life a routine, if at all I get committed. As much as I put an effort, I know that there will be a time when I will be with that special someone, and when I am with that special someone, no matter what happens, I will ensure that life never becomes a routine.

On a personal note, I think to make life a routine is the most easiest thing to do. To make it not a routine is the most challenging thing to do, and yes, I love challenges. So no matter what, I will ensure that life never becomes a routine, come what may. As these thoughts dawned upon me, I began thinking, an activity that gives me profound serenity in the most unforeseen situations. The moment I think of her, somehow, she personifies right in front of me. So much has changed within me, ever since I met her, I never realized it. Somehow, happiness that always eluded me, found me. Somehow joy that always maintained a distance, hugs me at the start of each day. Joy ki jhappi is indeed jaadu ki jhappi..

Thursday, 5 November 2009

What is greater than Energy?

It is said that energy can neither be created nor be destroyed. It can just be transformed from one form to the other. Now that is a wonderful thing indeed. A thought provoking one.

Ever since I read about that in my school, I always wondered. Is energy the only thing that can neither be created nor be destroyed? Or, is there something out there that is similar to energy? Back then, life in school was all about Kinetic Energy, Potential energy, forms of energy and what not. But there was one thought that constantly kept striking in my mind. Is there something out there that is something like energy or perhaps something beyond it.

This thought, over the years faded away. Got busy with college, followed by graduation. I then got busy with work and corporate life. It so happened the events of life kept me busy from my very thoughts that made me ponder over few basic things of life. However, this had to change. Almost always, those thoughts that get imbibed in us during our childhood almost always bounce back when you least expect them to.

It had been several months since I read any books before I went to sleep. I usually read a book or some article before I fall asleep. This I do to fine tune my thinking ability. Old habits die hard. So I continued reading my latest mind diverting book, Becoming a person of Influence. I am not reading because I want to be a person of influence, I think that as a concept is over rated in itself. I am reading this book because I am intrigued as to why this is one of the best sellers.

As minute as thoughts can possibly be, they cause an impact strong enough to cause ripples in the waters of the mind. A similar thought caused a ripple in the waters of my mind that were still for a long time. Just as I was reading the book, the thought came back in my mind, After almost 15 years. I wondered why. I asked myself the same question, Is energy the only thing that can neither be created nor be destroyed? Or, is there something out there that is similar to energy? As I tried to find the answer to this, no matter as hard as I thought, I just could not figure it out. So with a very pondering mind, I fell asleep.

I woke up to the sound of the vegetable seller in the morning. It was around 0800 hrs. Somehow I managed to curl back into a quick nap for few more hours. Two hours later I woke up, with sleep filled eyes, I managed to wake myself up. Checked my ipod to see the face of the one I love the most. Smiled. I went out to get the newspaper. It was lying right infront of the door. Took it and found that the weather was very cold, cloudy, and it was drizzling. I stepped out of the house, Stepped out of the compound. Felt the rain drops falling on me, slowly yet steadily. With newspaper in my hand, and rain drops falling on me, I looked up to the skies. Grey was the color for it were the clouds that filled it up. I closed my eyes as felt the cold breeze crash on my face, felt the cold water droplets. The first thought that came to my mind was her. And just as I thought that, I got the answer for my question.

Is energy the only thing that can neither be created nor be destroyed? Or, is there something out there that is similar to energy? Well yes, there is, it is Love. Love can neither be created nor be destroyed but it can definitely be transformed from one form to the other. Love makes all things happen including the very presence of energy. There I was, standing and closing my eyes with this thought in my mind. I opened my eyes and felt the cold droplets falling on me and this time, I had a smile on my face. I had a smile on my face for I finally found the answer for a question that lasted over a decade and a half.

And thus began another great day filled with happiness and joy.

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Coincidences

In my effort to divert my mind from things that have been happening, I decided to read a book. But before I get to that, let me pen down what has been happening at my end.

A month passed and after a month, a wait begins for another one to pass. While the first one was the restless one filled with anxiousness and being eager most of the
time. The second month that I am now waiting to end up is slowly making me get there. Initially I was not sure how this would go. But as last four days have been, I now know that there are less days to look for. On a much deeper thought, I realized that I have always been too close to the puzzle to see the picture. It so happens with most of us that we are so focussed in the puzzle that we forget to see how the actual picture looks like. Sometimes we tend to sit in a vehicle with the seat belts on that we forget how it would feel to let that go.

So there I was, at home, lying on my bed. I had a great day and was wondering how would it all be. But at the same time, I thought to myself that I should not spend too much time in thinking about it either. It was highly ineffable to do so. As a result, I had to do something to keep myself busy. So there we go, back to the first sentence of this post.

I decided to read a book.

Off all the books that were in my reach, I began reading a book that I had brought several months back and never got a chance to read. Titled 'How to influence people' I was kinda curious to know what this book had in it. So I began reading. Twenty minutes into the book, I was into a page where there was an incident that the author began sharing. While I read it, I noticed that of the four characters in it, one name struck several bells in my mind. That same name of the girl that represents hope to me. Another coincidence.

At that moment, I asked myself a question. How many coincidences would we need to understand what is meant to be and be? How many incidents should take place to gather more belief on our hope? As much as these happen to me, do they also happen to her? Hmmm interesting as it might seem, there is one thing that I know for sure. She fills the incomplete part of me.

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Tuesday - 03Nov09 - I am happy!

Tuesday. An interesting day.

When I woke up in the morning, for a reason unknown to me, I had a huge smile on my face. I walked to the wash basin, washed up my face and looked into the mirror. I was still smiling. I thought it was a great start for the day.

On the way to work, cab picked me on time, reached office on time, met some old friends online. I even spoke to a very good friend of mine after several months. We exchanged latest happenings of our lives. It was pleasing to know that he was doing great in US. He went through a lot of tough times. I am really happy for him. I told him about things happening at my end. He was happy for it too. Somehow, the day was filled with happiness, not the fake one but it was filled with genuine happiness.

Last night, I spoke to my friend, and told her everything that had happened for the last month, especially about how truly, madly and deeply I was in love. She was happy. Somehow, for a very long time, happiness eluded me. But now, looks like it is hovering around me now. She was genuinely happy with how my life now was. When I look back in time, I do realize that it is now that I am happy, so much so that I have never been this happy before. May be because I am completely content with what is happening around me, for me, with me, by me and things that I have with me in my life. It just makes me smile.

For a long time, I have been unemotional. Nothing really moved me as a person. May be because I had willingly shut that side down. For a long time, I was glad I did. Lately, that side is opening up. Perhaps, love really humbles a being. It somehow has a strength to humble a person and yet manage to glorify the same. I once read that if you sleep with an itchy anus, you are bound to wake up with smelly fingers. As that might seem, when I woke up today, I realized that it is how I sleep that determines how I wake up. The thoughts that I feed before I fall asleep are the thoughts that drive me when I wake up.

Today, has been one of the happiest days I have had in a long time.

Monday, 2 November 2009

Thoughts filled with verbs

As I was working today, I began thinking,
while thinking, I tried to understand things that I have tried understanding..
In the process of doing so, in my mind, with my thoughts, I began playing,
Around me, people were talking, some were walking, and in my ears, music continued playing..

As I continued thinking, it was you I was imagining,
Every time I saw your face, my heart never stopped throbbing,.
I then began wondering as to what continues to give my life a meaning,
Not a surprise, for it is you, and it is you that gives my life its true meaning..

Whether it is walking, working, sleeping or anything,
it is centred around you, in which all things about me continue revolving,.
thoughts suddenly increase in number, which is why I begin writing,
for the story is such enormous, I cant even wonder why it never is finishing..

I close my eyes temporarily and begin dreaming,
in it, with me, holding my hands, you and I were walking..
On the shore as we continued step after step, in silence we began speaking,
without uttering a single word, it was each other's thoughts we began understanding..

With every passing moment, I realized I have this feeling,
to look into your eyes while the candle continued burning..
As night gets deeper and darker, on the shore, we continue looking,
at those stars shining and twinkling, knowing with each other we will forever be living..