Today - January 6

January 6^th. What this day famous for?

Samuel Morse first successfully tests the electrical telegraph. Samuel Morse was an American inventor of the first type of electrical telegraph system which worked based on a single-wire telegraph system. This revolutionized the modern day system of rapid long distance communication. Say, Hi!

Also this day, Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work amongst India's poorest and diseased people. We all knew about her and her tremendous contribution for the Calcutta and India and the world. But how did it start or when? Born in 1910 only at the age of 18 she joined Sisters of Loreto as a missionary. She traveled few countries before coming to India in 1929 and went to Darjeeling. And slowly and gradually she set up the home for millions of helpless children. The rest is well known.

Take a bow. And a vow. Make a difference. Celebrate and be a reason for others celebration!

Jai Gurudev!

Love!

Celebrate - Today And Everyday

Once I read in ‘Like the Flowing River’ from Paulo Coelho about his experience of meeting some old lady, mostly somewhere in France. He figured out that the lady was always used to be happy, no matter what the reason may be. So one day he went and asked her. At this that old lady took Paulo to her home and showed him a calendar where she had marked everyday from that calendar for a special reason, because everyday had some history or events associated with that and she used to celebrate the day for that!

Now you see, that is something really fascinating and it should be! Let’s see some figures! The earth has a history of 4.54 billion years. That is 4540000000X365 days! Can someone tell me the number? Okay, let’s simplify. Historical and scientific evidence shows that ancestors of modern age human being existed around 35000-40000 years back. That it self is quite a long duration; is n't it? Okay! Much simpler than that is – right now it is 2010. So we have precisely (2009X365)+ days history during which billions and billions of people lived their life span. And now we have a little less than 7 billion people on this earth!

So the question is what all has happened during this time? Or how much we can imagine of that? Even highly classified probability researchers will not deny the fact that each day had at least one memorable event to share with all of us? And yet what we do is live for these specific moments – 1^st Jan, 14^th Feb, 25^th Dec and so on and on. But out of 365 days we actually have only very few moments like that! What we do is – keep waiting for one full year for one day and when it finally comes; we begin with a new period of waiting.

As I celebrated this year (it was indeed very special and different; remember Yes+. Posts will come) in a completely different atmosphere I realized that every single day is special. Worth a moment to live for and to celebrate! Every morning you wake up; know that it is very special. Because you are there to witness that time and what happens during that time. If this is not enough, look back and as I said everyday has its own story to say! Enjoy! Celebrate! Love! Live!

So I thought like that old lady I will post from now onwards for every single day saying why it is important for. What happened that day! This way I will be regular with my posts too! [J] And as it is already 5^th of January, I will briefly post about the last four days and for today. From tomorrow onwards everyday will have its own story!

January 1 – First obviously New Year! But at 45BC for the first time Julian Calendar was in effect. IST time zone officially adopted.

January 2 – Vulcan planet discovered.

January 3 – The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.

January 4 – Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.

January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Roentgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.

Jai Gurudev!

Love!

Christmas, New Year And … Winter Break!!!

Hello Everyone!

Hope you had a Merry Merry Merry Christmas!

Hope you had a brilliant starting to this year! And May God bless you all with all the joy and prosperity and happiness and peace in 2010 and ever after!

For me I had a brilliant Christmas, A mind blowing New Year. But what I also had along with this is – YES+ Winter Break ’09! It was just beautiful, amazing, superb, brilliant and so much so much energy!!!

There is going to be a lot of posts coming from me on this special occasion of Winter Break! Keep looking!

Jai Gurudev!

Love!

Confusion And Decision

I am so so so confused today! And that made me sad. I promised that whatever happens I will always remain happy, keep smiling. The starting of the day was not that like this. Indeed it was brilliant, great and absolutely amazing! While coming to the office I was thinking of something important and beautiful to do. And while I was swinging my mood between two poles suddenly I get a sign. Someone walks up to me in a signal and gives me a cute compliment. They really made my day and helped me gather the strength to do that important thing. Best part was yet to come. I come to the office and think that I will do that task in the evening before leaving. But things had to become better. The job got done early in the morning only. Or at least the process started. And then the whole day went quite good.

It was in the late evening when things started to become uneasy. I had quite a few tasks on my hand. And all those were important. I was going to take them on one by one and step by step. Then I got a call. People are going to the Ashram and Guruji is leaving tomorrow. So I should go also. Initially I agree, and then remember of the tasks. So hesitate little bit but finally prepare to go and thus reschedule the tasks. But as it got little late to start of, my mind swings again in opposite direction. One hour to go and one hour to come. I will be have another hour in between to sit back relaxed and calmly; listen to Him speaking. But at the back of the mind I will be always thinking of coming back early. So I decided to pull off. The person called me again and when he/she tells me something, it feels like He Himself is calling me. But I decided not to go. I could not talk to Him personally till now. But its through others I have felt His presence. And today when I again feel like its calling me, I can’t go or rather I do not go.

If I look back at the reasons they will be like –

- I need to work. Not that it’s very important. But what I am doing today is something I feel interesting. So I want to do most of it.

- Then there can be a meeting or mostly it will be cancelled. But my responsibility says that I stay back.

- I need to go and do my Kriya. If I go out, I will miss that. But I will be going to meet Him only. Then also in any case I should not miss it too. So I could have done it in the morning. Why did not I get up early?

- I have to meet someone today only. That’s quite important. Though I can meet him/her late night, I did not want to get very late.

- And lastly that time thing that I already told about.

And in between all these I am feeling very low! Recently I have been going through some other important decision making steps. Career, family, responsibilities and many other things. My friends and others have been helping out but their opinions vary. In one thing they all are very sure – it’s not the time to take that one step. I myself understand that. I need to do few things and take care of few more things before that. So I was trying to prepare myself for that. And that one thing itself was causing lots of difficulties. It was all coming to decision making in the end. Few things I wanted to start with but could not. So I was feeling irritated with myself because of that in the first place. And then I always feel He is calling me. They say if it ever happens that you arrive to a spot of making choices then that means you are not walking in the right path. The right path needs no choice, it leads you.

And now already with those confrontations, gets added today’s situation. Since then I have been listening to that one song again and again, repeatedly. It makes me feel more sad, but I just can’t stop that. I feel like whatever is happening (all the good things) because He wishes so. Or because of whatsoever little believe that I have managed to have in Him. I should be grateful to Him and try my best to achieve more from it. But few things in life become an obstacle to this path, which we otherwise term as responsibilities. Trick is to manage a balance between these.

Though I feel extremely sorry I am not going to ask for His forgiveness. Forgiveness lets you forget why you asked for it in the first place and thus you make the same mistakes again. I only pray, that Please give me the strength and the courage, show me the way. And help me keep moving ahead. Whatever happens, whatever comes on the way, help me become better to handle those efficiently. Bless me.

Jai Gurudev!

Today I am very ‘Happy’!

Today I am Very Happy.

Life has been quite busy since last one year. There has been lots of turbulence, doldrums and ups and downs. In one word it had all the drama and the emotions. Office and work was challenging and at the same time very interesting. But at the personal side of the life there has been a lot of pressure. Family, health, friends, carrier and love and life! At times it seems quite difficult. When I looked up there was no one, literally no one. A battle fought standing alone. There was support, but at far distant. There were hands to hold but the reach was not enough. So a grueling battle continued for a long time and finally I along with all my loved ones was able to come out of the misery of the pain and adversities. From nowhere I managed to find some resolute strength within me which helped me through that passage of time.

But even then things did not look very pretty as nothing was certain. There was an uncanny sense of anxiety all through out. I was hoping that we all recover from it as quickly as possible before the next dawn. And finally it happened. I found Him or He found me. That was also long due. I saw him or rather listened to Him for the first and only time (before now) in Two Thousand Two. That was more like a glimpse. But that itself was enough to leave behind an everlasting impact and so it had to happen sometime. And it could not have come to me at a better time than this.

That day itself I learned to remain happy even during the darkest of hours.

But that was not all of it. Could not be. I knew that and I wished He also knows that. And sure He knew too! It was a matter of time. He changed me. He did not try to do it in the first day. It happened gradually. Not during the first course. Not fully during the next course. But at the third time it all opened like a flood gate. It blown me away, not brainwashed. Because with time I learned to accept it. That came with His blessings or at the form of His blessings. Because of that I am changed today, for better. I know how to deal with things better now; I know how to be happy always. And it’s because of His teachings few months back while I was back home; I could talk to my parents like never before. I completely opened up and thus helped my parents to know more about me. I could have never realized unless, that the moment I had grown up; I have actually started to drift away from my parents, their feelings. I never shared my lies and happiness with them, I did not worry about much what they think or want, I could never gave them a hug or say, ‘I love you Ma! I love you Baba!’ How I wish how much they wished for all these.

But now things have started to change. As I told I was more open. I could easily share my secrets with them; I could say them all the things that I wanted to. And they listened to all of those very patiently and closely. It felt like I was close to them again. I am sure irrespective of how uncomfortable it was for them to know about my habits, crushes and secrets right from my own mouth, they would have felt much better at the end of it. But still I could not say to them, ‘I love you Ma! I love you Baba!’

And so I wanted them to experience the same. I was all the while praying to Him that, ‘Please! Please! Make them come to You they way I have seen it. Let them feel the same.’ And there was instant help. One of my aunty who herself was a teacher came for help. She spoke to my parents. When I asked them to go for the course, they agreed but it could have taken some more time. But with the help of that teacher, I am sure it became much easier. I wanted them to go and do the course, because it was very much required for them. Anxiety, Tension, Stress and Loneliness were their daily accompanies, in spite of all my attempts. They needed Him.

Yesterday when they called up I spoke to them for little over fifteen minutes. Normally it will last for 1-3 minutes maximum knowing about each others health status and at times few new updates. But yesterday I spoke to them about the technique they are going to learn, they experience they are going to have. And it was wonderful. They joined the course.

Today they are going to experience all of it. He has come to them now. Now I pray let this be a journey traveled together forever where they will find the complete peace and happiness. And now I am ready to say, ‘I love you Ma! I love you Baba!’

Today I am very very very Happy!

Thank you Guruji!!!