Bitter is not always a taste

Bitter at heart…Cant forgive

Bitter from betrayal

Bitter from jealous.

Bit of pain bit of anger.

Bitter all over

Bitter from words

Bitter in relations

Bitten by life

Bitter is the juice

Bit by bit have to gulp...

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Unread Books in my Shelf

1. Clairvoyance by Leadbeater
2. Reincarnation by Annie Besant
3. Yoga Nidra by Swami Niranjananda
4. A Talk with Swami Vivekananda
5. Meditation and Spiritual Life by Swami Sukbodhananda
6. Treatise on White Magic by Master DK through Alice Baley
7. Upanishads
8. Super Brain Yoga by MCKS
9. My Experiments With the Truth by Mahatma Gandhi
10. Hidden Side of Things by Leadbeater
11. Man’s Eternal Quest by Paramahamsa Yogananda
12. The Divine Romance by Paramahamsa Yogananda
13. God Talks to Arjuna by Paramahamsa Yogananda
14. The Second Coming of Christ by Paramahamsa Yogananda
15. Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagath
16. A Night in the Call Centre by Chetan Bhagath
17. The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale

OMG!!!!.... Somebody stop me from buying new books. I so much want to buy Non Violent Communication, Rich Dad Poor Dad and Whispers to Eternity….. JJJ LOL….

Empty your cup: A Confession

Weekend was interesting….Saturday attended the first level course on Kriya Yoga…a nice bike drive in the rain. Thanks to my friend…..Mc D burger…. workout in the Gym to burn the calories… J

The course began with book sales. I AM SO GLAD I bought the book “The Second Coming of Christ”. Another worth set of books on Bible like the set of books “God Talks to Arjuna” on Bhagawad Geetha.

I am turning my shelf into a library. Ohh yesss I love books. Soon going to give away some of them at least to make space for the new ones coming in.

Then there were these lovely English Bhajans. These prayers are written by Paramahamsa Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda. The devotion touched the heart. Opening the heart is 50% battle won. I want to agree on that. I am not a kind of person who would go to Bhajans, but it was really fruitful. Ohh yes, the tips on sitting postures for long duration meditations were also useful.

But that is not why I attended the course!!!! At the end of the day, I still don’t know what is actually Kriya Yoga and how it can benefit a seeker on spiritual path.

There were 5 speakers. None sounded authentic on their subject. They were not sure of the syllabus defined for the course. Some were not sure if what they delivered as long speech was relevant. If you have already been in some authentic spiritual schooling, be it Art of Living, Pranic Healing or Bihar School of Yoga…..you may not appreciate it at all.

Having said that, these are not post analysis of the course, but were the train of thoughts running in my head, staring blank at the speaker. My eyes were dozing off. My mind screaming at me “you could have made me read some tough book….why this speech??? You missed the sketching classes for this?? Huh!!!!” ….AND….Suddenly there was a waking call from within, “Empty Your Cup….”.

I realized that I am full, and no space left for anything new. So many preconceived ideas, prejudiced perceptions….Not that I agree that the course was worth attending but that moment had an eye opening surge of current….Just three words from the consciousness and there were so many self realizations… I humbled myself and paid attention to the speaker. My yawning series ceased instantaneously. I was up and awake because I know I am being watched, every thought, every emotion is being monitored. Felt deep gratitude to my Teacher for the priceless teachings I have learnt from him. So true that when you explore something outside, you appreciate what you have been practicing so far. Adds more value, dedication and interest in details of your practices.

How much do I owe to my Guru, for monitoring me, teaching me, bearing my mistakes, guiding me, loving me, for being there every moment….Even a mother cannot watch her child all the time, but the Guru does and for many life times.


Time for me to get out of the well and experience the vast world God has made for us...

In Him I Trust

Allah

Allah Al Mukthadar!

Allah the All Mighty!

Allah Al Rahim!

Allah the All Knowing!

Allah Al Hafeez!

Allah the All Provider!

In Him you have to trust. Life may take you through tough moments but the Al Rahim knows that you can handle it.

During tough times, take the first step and tell yourself that in HIM I TRUST.

What next? The All Mighty will help you explore this immense inner strength in you that would have never come out into existence if not for this pain you went through. You will then look into this monster problem and say “You can’t break me. I will face you no mater what!!”

Not that there will be a miracle always and turn your life to what you wanted, but the end result will be beautiful. All is well when it ends well….

Take the next step and ask yourself “What is my lesson here?” You will be amazed to see the teachings that pour down. Life is undoubtedly the best teacher!! There will be one main lesson to be learnt but many more as complimentary J

So what? Ohh these teachings will transform you into a new person. You are grown up soul, with more maturity, more happiness, more awareness. You recognize your friends and foes. You understand the right-wrong, good-bad, easy-tough with better perspective. You are definitely more complete…. J

Allah Al Hafeez needs you to reach out his children in pain. Now, when you meet a person going through something similar, you know exactly what that pain is, what the person needs and you are the most apt to console and guide the situation. In the process of being a channel to the Al Provider, you become his favorite child.

Drenched in his love, the bliss is everlasting and absolutely priceless. And then one day you will look back at what you went through and tell yourself “For this Love of my Lord, I can take any number of such pains” J

Truth is Allah and Allah is truth. Sa Ai Baba: Truth is my mother, truth is my father. Parents will never put children through something that will perish them. They may sometimes get tough only to teach the child how to survive.

In Him I Trust!!

Dushera and ethnic colours at work

Joined pencil sketching classes on the weekend!!!!
So glad I did...finaaalllllyyyy :)

The Masters and the path

Reading this book all over again for the second time. This is one of my favorite books. Hope to find more insights this time.