Tagged by Me

Normally I enjoy the tag games from a distance as I am a person who stays in the shell and silence most of the times. Having tagged by Impulsively Me, I am too glad to honour her request.

Here I go...


*Last Movie You Saw In The Theater
Billa - a Tamil movie

*Which Book(s) Are You Reading?
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda (nth read)

*Favourite Board Game
Scrabble

*Favourite Smells
After-bath baby
Smell of sand when the first drops of rain touches the soil
and many

*Favourite Sound
Silence, Silence, Silence
Nature's therapeutic sounds
Baby's laughter
Puppy's bow-wow
....
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*Worst Feeling In The World
When the person whom I love hurts me deliberately

*Favourite Fast Food Place
Not interested

*Finish This Statement: If I had a lot of money, I'd...
First thing, I'll arrange for my visas and tickets for a lavish & leisurely world tour. :) Simultaneously, I shall be of financial help to near, dear, far and unknown ones.

*Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
No but don't mind if I have one

*Storms - Cool or Scary?
Scary

*If you could dye your hair any colour, what would it be?
My hair colour (brownish black)

*Future Child's Name
I have one already. No plans for another one

*Do you drive fast?
I don't drive

*One nice thing about the person who sent this to you
I was stunned by Me's language skills and expressions when I read her first poem for the poetry contest that I hosted. I was really surprised when she invited me to visit her new blogspot. Out of the crowd, she extended her elegant hand to me to join LiL. Her candid comments in LiL make me laugh many times and am getting to know her dearly. :) God bless her always. (Me, I have told not one nice thing but many) :)

*What's under your bed?
Books

*Would you like to be born as yourself again?
Yes, of course. I know that I have to be born again and I have no regrets about my life and experiences

*Morning person or night owl?
Both. I sleep for only 5 hours per day :)

*Over easy or Sunny side up?
Sunny side up

*Favourite place to relax
In the bedroom hugging a pillow with a book in hand

*Favourite Pie
I don't like pies

*Favourite ice cream flavours
Kulfi

*Of all the people you have tagged this to, who is most likely to respond first?
I am going to tag my one and only dear friend, Latha who blogs frequently. :D

In memory of my Father...

May 17 is my late Father’s birthday. He left his near and dear ones 11 years back. I feel like writing a few words….


Into the abysmal void of creation
You vanished in need of integration
Rolling the dice of my years with you
I reminisce on the principles that bound you

Never a harsh word neared your tongue
Never the anger touched your mind
Never the truth relaxed out of tiredness
Never the kindness stabbed your chest

Proud was I in taking up your features
Glad was I to be inspired by your silence
But never you taught me how to lead my life
At times of heart’s trials and mind’s wanderings

All I learnt looking at you
Is to maintain silence at times of crises
All I need to learn still
Is to spread love at times of pain

I know you are watching me even in darkness
I know you are blessing me with all kindness
I know you forgive my misgivings with a smile
I know you beg the Eternal Father to hold my hands

I am disconnected

I stand apart from…
Trodden thoughts
Honeyed feelings
Disturbing emotions
Choking pleasures
Spoiling gestures

I watch as a witness…
Faces of all ages
Soothing and killing words
Relations broken and alive
Praises and curses
Truth and untruth

I wish to…
Run wild in the open
Sing along coarsely
Dance to the beat
Travel the world alone
Stand mutely in a corner
Hug a flower softly

I feel so strong
Loving and forgiving
Smiling and laughing
All embracing
Like the expanse of the sky
For once
I am disconnected
From emotions & intelligence

A will to live...

Trampled by the green shores of memories
I turned around once to see the footprints of feelings

Choked by the brown mounds of bygones
I stumbled down to get a hold on loose sands beneath

Storm of tears thrashed my sight in a hurry
For the beaten heart awaited my signal to stop

My red blood ran all over my being in confusion
As if conscious of my decision to commit suicide

A cosmic dissolution occurred in my mind’s eye
Blinding my rational thinking and poise

Even as I struggled hard to stow my life force
Pastels of stray, painful thoughts played in random

Unaware of the sunrises that washed my face
I grounded on the beach as a senseless weakling

A vision of objects floating in the cosmos
Whirled past me without any base to hold

I realized in a flash amidst the orderly motions -
Intimacy in relationships causes only pain

Holding my broken heart with two hands
Now I resume my solitary walk with a will to live…


This is my contribution for Contest Week 22.

http://meerajay.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/04/express-yourself-contest-22.htm

Guruji speaks...

Every month, I eagerly await the publication of newsletter. I derive immense inspiration and strength inside when I read them. This enables me to face the world outside with a smile. I have recorded a four line poem in Lifeinlines today morning after reading the newsletter.

Here are the glimpses of Guruji's wisdom...

* A journalist asked me, “when we have entered the twenty first century and are living an advanced life, why are you taking people back to Meditations and old centuries ?” I told him that Meditation is the way of the present and the future centuries also. There was no time for further explanation. He had no time. The media has no time for understanding and explaining greater truths. To explain, one has to understand first. To understand, one has to have time.

The media spends so much of time on murders and scams. It has no time for Meditation !

* When I am entering my seventieth year, so much of work that I have to complete stares at me, teases me and challenges me. And I never shied away from challenges!

* It takes some time for many to accept that Spirituality is different from religion. Similarly, Sadhana is different from the Work of God. Sadhana is a personal occupation and involves the individual's growth while the Work involves everyone. When we take up the work seriously, it involves everything in this Creation and Sadhana takes a backseat. Those who are involved in the work are aware of this and may not find time even to meditate. But the Work has its own rewards. Even then, people who take up the work seriously should not neglect Meditations. But they should feel confident that they are doing the Work of God.

* If you believe in any path, go ahead and follow it. Do not stop. If you have belief in anything, please go ahead and follow it. When you reach the end of the road, you will reach the same goal. We may not have enough courage to pursue even the path that we believe in. If you are sincere, go ahead. If we believe in a bit of this and a bit of that, there will be confusion and wastage of time.

* We give too much importance to human relations and interactions, which sometimes bring us pain. A person who takes up Sadhana should try to minimize the relations and expand or shift them to some other area. Try to relate to nature, trees, plants, even inanimate objects. There will be absolutely no unpleasantness or pain.

* Freewill and destiny are inseparable. Because we had freewill, we broke the laws and because we broke the laws and accumulated the Karmas or the effects, we created our destinies. Since we continue to have the freewill, we can undo these effects and create another destiny.

My humble prostrations unto His Feet!