Deciphering Spirituality

2009-01-18T14:29:00.004+05:30

Greetings of Love and Peace to one and all :) Its been a very hectic week and i have some important issues to be taken care of and pending work to be attended to.So, there would be no new posts till the next month. So Sorry!I promise to be back soon ;)) Till then a big Thank-You and a bear hug for all those who visit this little blog and shine it up with their presence :) Sending you all

Thoughts from my Spiritual Diary-14

2009-01-04T22:48:00.008+05:30

I have been waiting and yearning with bated breath to have a glimpse of the clear blue sky wearing a new grey coat and yes, its finally raining and pouring cats and dogs here in Mumbai City…and I am ecstatic : ) The rains have always been my favourite season and I am so much at bliss during the monsoons. As I kid, I used to feel that when God was happy and He had a

Welcome Pari Jaan : )

2008-06-05T17:10:00.014+05:30

Dearest Friends, My Soul Sister Pari Jan has started a wonderful and beautiful blog called Seeking Noor. Please visit her blog and leave your blessings and comments :)Let us all warmly welcome her in our Blogosphere!My Sincere goodwishes and prayers for you Pari- My Little Angel :))Here is an excerpt from her blog..A very soothing post, an excellent read called, Stormy Night“Ours is

2008-06-01T16:25:00.003+05:30

Most of us come into this world with the seed in us- “Its not okay.” All our lives we try to correct events, people and situations but how much can you correct? It is like trying to rearrange the clouds in the sky. This seed does not allow you to be happy, to smile from your heart, to be loving and loveable.It is there all the time like a

The Art of Living :)

2008-02-18T22:12:00.002+05:30

Do not plan to live life, lets just live it. Do not solve a problem, lets dissolve it. Do not enjoy life, lets find joy in it.Do not expect a perfect life, lets fill it with perfect moments. Do not create an emergency, lets emerge and see.Do not judge "what" you do: lets just observe "how" we do it. Do not think "what should be" : lets just accept "what is". Do not think too much, lets blink and

Happy Valentine's Day :)

2008-02-14T18:05:00.003+05:30

On this beautiful occasion of Valentine’s Day, if you are going to ask me with whom would I be...I would say I am still miserably single but I am so blessed and fortunate to have a whole bunch of loving people who complete my little universe and make my life so colourful…!!!My dear God has been so very kind to me. Love was blessed in abundance in the form of a very Loving and affectionate father(

Krishna, Christ: East and West

2008-02-09T17:12:00.001+05:30

The root of the word ‘ gospel ’ in old English is ‘ godspel ’ which means ‘ GOD ’ (good) plus ‘ spell ’ (tale). So gospel in general means the message or teachings of a religios teacher, regardless of time and geographical location. Take Lord Krishna and Christ, the many-splendoured Apostle- Teachers. Though they wer born in different times, in different climes the twain have interesting

2008-02-09T13:05:00.001+05:30

“ Whatever in society is good and great and sublime is the working of Love. Whatever in society is very bad, diabolical- is also illdirected , working of the same emotion Love. It is this same emotion that gives us the pure and Holy Conjugal love as well as the sort of love which goes to satisfy the lowest forms of passion. It is the same feeling of love well or ill directed that impels

2008-02-04T16:02:00.001+05:30

My Dear friends,Below I am sharing with you a piece of inspiring writing by one of my favourite writer- Hugh Prather whose books I so dearly adore and love. He says,We are free to misuse the gifts God gave us, or atleast to imagine that we have that power. We can dream of a world where there is no real evidence of The Divine, where all things live off death of something else, and where

The Good Samaritan

2008-02-03T16:06:00.001+05:30

Once a traveler suddenly fell sick and lay unconscious on the road. All the passersby looked at him, but no one came forward to help. Some thought he must be a drunkard, others were just indifferent to him. At last one passerby, an ordinary person, took pity on him. He came near,felt his pulse and poured some water in his mouth and started tending to him. After sometime, the sick man got back

Thoughts from my Spiritual Diary-9

2008-01-27T16:49:00.000+05:30

Just last night when i stood looking outside my window, staring at the lonely roads, feeling the cool breeze across my face, devouring the sight of the ever splendid Moon, my thoughts turned within..Trying to strike up a conversation with My Beloved God and as i looked up with eyes that showed yearning..I became speechless..i guess He always knew and He would always know what i need rather than

The ultimate Salvation

2008-01-26T17:10:00.002+05:30

Glorious Lord,Giver of nourishing food,Bless us with a happy life, peace and prosperity.May the Divine ArchitectWith His evermoving Cosmic Chariot,Continue giving wealth, wisdom and purity of heart and soul.In the realization of Spiritual Bliss,The human soul is released from the bondageOf the physical sphere and rises above Celestial Realm.May we, with honest effortsAnd no consciousness of

Waking Up

2008-01-26T16:22:00.000+05:30

It is said that when The Compassionate Buddha entered a town, he radiated such security and joy that crowds gathered around him just to gaze at his blissful face." Blessed One," they asked timidly, "are you God?"" No, " he said." Are you an Angel? "" No"." Are you a Prophet? "" No. "" Then who are you? ""I Am Awake. " he said.This is the literal meaning of the word "Buddha", from the sanskrit

2008-01-23T18:11:00.001+05:30

"For the sake of it, you journey to sacred shrines and holy rivers: but this priceless jewel is within your own heart" -The Holy Guru Granth Sahib

The Enemies of Love

2008-01-23T17:27:00.001+05:30

“ What I needed most was to love and be loved. I rushed headlong into love, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers of jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by bursts of anger and quarrels.” -Saint Augustine Even in the most intimate of personal

Divine Love

2008-01-15T16:11:00.002+05:30

“ As one experiences Divine Love, attachment to worldly love drops away, and one begins to forget ones lower self. This does not imply loss of individuality; rather it involves the transcendence of the limitations of individuality, whilst regaining the true status of the Self…. Supreme Divine Love is a complete egoless love of God for the sake of

Enjoy the World Aright

2008-01-11T17:17:00.000+05:30

Desire nothing just for yourself; then the whole world is yours. It multiples joy a millionfold and no one has proclaimed the joy of it more gloriously than the English mystic- Thomas Traherne.He says, “ You never enjoy the world aright, till you see how a sand exhibiteth the power and wisdom of God….till every morning you awake in Heaven ; see

God Coloured Soul

2008-01-09T17:11:00.000+05:30

"When through Love the soul goes beyond all working of the intellect and all images in the mind, and is rapt above itself, utterly leaving itself, it flows into God: then is peace and fullness. It loses itself in the infinite solitude and darkness of the Godhead: but so to lose itself is rather to find itself.. The soul is, as it were, all God-coloured, because its essence is bathed in the

Putting Others First

2008-01-07T16:40:00.001+05:30

Concentrating on only ourselves builds a wall between us and others. Those who keep their thinking about their needs, their wants, their ideas, their moods, their likes and dislikes are more or less lonely and insecure people.They are the ones who don’t believe in sacrificing or letting go of personal needs and wants over others happiness….have you seen the satisfaction, joy and the smile that

Finding Him

2008-01-03T17:38:00.000+05:30

" All my questions have been answered, not through man but through God. He is, He is.It is His spirit that talks to you through me. It is His Love that I speak of. Thrill after thrill!Like gentle zephyrs His Love comes over the soul.Day and night, week after week, year after year, it goes on increasing- you don’t know where the end is.And that is what you are seeking, everyone of you.You think

Welcome 2008 :)

2008-01-02T17:25:00.000+05:30

A year full of new hopes, new desires, new fulfilments. A time to see dreams which were never dreamt, take on paths that were never tread, follow our passions we all yearned for.. A time to brush our sluggish souls into sparkling selves and shine up our lives with His Divine Omnipresence.. A time to wake up from our deep ignorant slumber and bid emptiness of our hearts a permanent good bye

In The End

2007-12-29T17:31:00.001+05:30

Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days. It wont matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you lived on at the end. It wont matter whether where you were beautiful or brilliant. Even your gender and skin colour will be irrelevant. What will matter is not your success

Conform Your Wishes to Reality

2007-12-27T15:28:00.000+05:30

For good or for bad, life and nature are governed by laws that we cant change. The quicker we accept this, the more tranquil we can be. You would be foolish to wish that your spouse or your children live forever. They are mortal, just as you are, and the laws of mortality is completely out of your hands. Similarly, it is foolish to wish that your partner, friend, family relative or employee be

Christ- Our Saviour Is Born

2007-12-24T13:56:00.000+05:30

Joy to the world, the Lord is come!Let earth receive her King;Let every heart prepare Him room, And Heaven and nature sing, No more let sins and sorrows grow,Nor thorns infest the ground;He comes to make His blessings flowFar as the curse is found, He rules the world with truth

My Angel without Wings :-)

2007-12-20T18:04:00.000+05:30

Happy birthday Kuni...!!!(Thats me and my Angel- Kunal..he is such a darling, isnt he?!!)20th December, 2007.Today is a very special day. 25 years ago on this day I was gifted a sweet sibling- my brother Kunal. My innocent joy knew no limits. He came in my life as God’s sweetest blessing.And yes, my life changed forever. He is my real hero, my emotional anchor, a true rockstar and my guardian

2007-12-07T15:35:00.000+05:30

Peace and love to one and all, I am going out of town for a short holiday with my family from the 10th to the 17th December. There will be no new posts until then . I will get back again on the 19th with lots of zing and energy ;-) Till then you all have a good week, take good care of yourselves and keep the faith.

Thoughts from my Spiritual Diary-8

2007-12-04T15:45:00.000+05:30

A pretty as a pink rose little girl in a pretty pink dress, walked into a beautiful candy shop and found a beautiful old man with a beautiful white beard behind her regular counter. Who are you, she asked sweetly. “ I am God”, was the soft tender reply. “What sweets would you like?”. The pretty girl thought for a while and then said, “if you are God, why should I bother you with sweets, I’d

Thoughts from my Spiritual Diary-7

2007-12-04T15:33:00.001+05:30

To curse grief is easier than to bless it, but to do so is to fall back into the point of view of the earthly, the carnal, the natural man. By what has Christianity subdued the world if not by the apothesis of grief, by its marvellous transmutation of suffering into triumph, of the crown of thorn into the crown of glory, and of a gibbet into a symbol of salvation

The Path Of Pure Bliss

2007-11-29T13:31:00.001+05:30

Bliss cannot be understood. It is extremely difficult to get into bliss. After many lifetimes you get into bliss. But it is even more difficult to get out of bliss. All that you seek in your life is bliss, that Divine Union with your source, and everything else in the world distracts you from that goal. There are a zillion things to distract you from that goal in so many varied ways. So many

2007-11-29T13:24:00.001+05:30

Those you know Love Know its facility in all matters; Others find it useful ocaasionally While the broken- hearted bitterly laugh And deny Love altogether. Can you hear in their laughter The sound of Heaven? God is not to blame for the separation. He has never turned His back on you. Blame is the disease Which blinds you to unity’s truth.

2007-11-24T16:56:00.002+05:30

“I want to ply my boat, many times,Across the gulf-after-death,And return to earth’s shores from my home in Heaven.I want to load my boatWith those waiting, thirsty ones who are left behind,And carry them by the opal pool of iridescent joy,Where my Father distributesHis all-desire quenching liquid peace.” -Sri Sri

The Buddha's Fragrance

2007-11-24T16:48:00.002+05:30

Lord Buddha tells us that it is possible for ordinary people like us to learn to love not just a few people close to us- our parents, our partner, our children, our friends, our family, or even our entire neighbourhood- but to become love itself; loving men, women, children, aged, animals, dogs ,cats everyone.When you go near such people, says The Buddha, you will find that there is a fragrance

Thoughts from my Spiritual Diary - 6

2007-11-19T15:39:00.001+05:30

The Blue Ocean Being an ardent water lover, I would love to play around the beaches with my younger brother. The vast blue sky, the brown carpet of sand and the limitless expanse of the water always brought a twinkle of awe in my eyes.They overwhelmed my Inner child and I felt so much in complete bliss. Finding words to describe my true feelings and joy was always a difficult task.

2007-11-15T17:35:00.001+05:30

“With My punishment I afflict those on whom I will, but My mercy embraces everything; so, I shall confer it on those who are God fearing, pay the Alms, and believe in Our messages: those who shall follow the (Last) Messenger, The Prophet, who they find mentioned in the Torah and the Gospel (that are) with them- I enjoin them what is right and forbid them what is wrong, make lawful to them

2007-11-15T16:44:00.002+05:30

The following things have been declared and ascertained by all the Sacred Scriptures of the world to be the greatest good to mankind; First – To delight in the Self which to is to love God and be one with Him Second- To be without attachments to anything else in the universe. Religion is not for the purpose of securing a place in Heaven. It is an

2007-11-15T16:36:00.001+05:30

“ He who is satisfied with wisdom and direct vision of Truth, who has conquered the senses and who is ever undisturbed, to whom a lump of earth, a stone and gold are the same, that Yogi is said to be a Yukta , a saint of established wisdom .” -The Bhagavad Gita 6;8 Do you see the irony of it? When you know everything Already belongs to you,Your cravings subside. <

2007-11-11T21:54:00.001+05:30

The flower of Love Is seen in the garden of our Earth As though in the eye of one’s face. Love is within and without; In the mindheart, In the smile of a friend, In the twinkle of a child’s eye. To be we are; Balanced Whole Focused Happy Limited only by our mind’s delusion. Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried; quietly,

2007-11-03T14:58:00.001+05:30

There is no Divine punishment.What seems like God’s punishment is a reflection of our own resistance.

Thoughts from my Spiritual Diary-5

2007-11-03T14:50:00.001+05:30

An Infinite Moment: Every spiritual master, saint and mystic has declared that the present moment is the home of Spirit ; nothing to be attained in the form of wisdom, love and truth has to be postponed. Yet we all postpone the day when we will be loving, wise and inspired by the real vision of the Truth. This implies that the present moment is a very

2007-10-30T16:49:00.002+05:30

When there is so much love, you take total responsibility for any misunderstanding. For a moment you may express dismay on the surface. But when you do not feel that dismay in your heart, you arrive at a perfect understanding. You are in a state where all problems and all differences slide away and only love shines through.Usually we are stuck in our differences because we have lost sight of

Thoughts from my Spiritual Diary-4

2007-10-30T15:38:00.001+05:30

God in His Infinite mercy gives to us His joy, His inspiration, a blessed life, True Wisdom, immense happiness and a True understanding of His mysterious ways through all the various experiences and events which He sends our way. But the glory of God is only revealed in the quietness of the soul, in the intensity of the inner effort of our minds to commune with Him. It is there that we find the

Thoughts from my Spiritual Diary-3

2007-10-26T18:08:00.001+05:30

One of the prime lessons that I have learnt over these past 7 years is that – GIVING IS RECEIVING. In every sense of the word, I needed to give all that I already have in my being in order to claim them from others. Virtues of unconditional Love, Mercy, Kindness, Empathy,Compasssion, Peace and Gratitude. The mystics have always said that these are parts of your very nature, they belong to

Discourse on Good Will

2007-10-25T16:16:00.001+05:30

-From the Metta Sutta,part of the Sutta Nipata,a collection of dialogues with The Buddha; is said to be among the oldest parts of the Pali-Buddhist Canon.(Translation by Stephen Rupenthal) May all beings be filled with joy and peace.May all beings everywhere,The strong and the weak,The great and the small,The mean and the powerful,<

Thoughts from my Spiritual Diary-2

2007-10-24T17:28:00.001+05:30

Over the years, as every sunrise brightened my day for a new beginning and as every sunset gave me a chance to bury my hurts, I have seen myself grow in soul and spirit. Every offering of life, whether pleasant or unpleasant came with innumerable lessons only to enrich my being. Only now I realize that they were an essential pre-destined series of events which had to be unfolded for me so

2007-10-23T13:42:00.001+05:30

To emphasize what I have posted on my previous blog, I would like to quote a beautiful passage from the Bhagwad Gita, India’s oldest and best known Sacred Scripture of Hinduism which to me is extremely inspiring and contains the parameters of becoming a true lover of The Supreme One. To all our seeking souls, The Lord Krishna says- “

2007-10-21T15:09:00.001+05:30

The most important lessons of life have been taught to me in my weakest and darkest moments. I have heard that you don’t choose SPIRITUALITY; it chooses you – to guide you, to teach you, to protect you, to bless you, to transform you, to pick you in its arms when you are crying and make you smile again by gifting you His mercy and compassion. Let me quote this extremely beautiful piece of

Thoughts from my Spiritual Diary-1

2007-10-21T14:58:00.002+05:30

Ever since I came into existence, these two eyes have witnessed glimpses of the supreme ruler’s glory - His gifts of a kaleidoscope of emotions (joy and sorrow, tears and smiles), success and failure, highs and lows, blessings and blessings in disguise (in mysterious forms which I failed to comprehend initially), triumphs and disasters, humans in the form of angels and humans cloaked in the devil