Man Without Sense of Smell

If a man without a sense of smell declared that this yellow rose that I hold had no scent, we should know that he is wrong. The defect is in him, not the flower. It is the same with the man who says there is no God. It merely means that he is without the capacity to discern His presence.

Ralph Richardson

What You Have

 “Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.”

— Marcus Aurelius

Good Friend

“To have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment. It is not inherited, as with a family. It is not compelling, as with a child. And it has no means of physical pleasure, as with a mate. It is, therefore, an indescribable bond that brings with it a far deeper devotion than all the others.”

― Frances Farmer, Will There Really Be a Morning?

The Past

“There is a stillness and everlastingness about the past; it changes not and has a touch of eternity, like a painted picture or a statue in bronze or marble. Unaffected by the storms and upheavals of the present, it maintains its dignity a SC xxnd repose and tempts the troubled spirit and xxs 22 22 by access ZZ z dressed up see do as er aa a aais see as the tortured mind to seek shelter in its vaulted catacombs. There is peace there and security, and one may even sense a spiritual quality.
But it is not life, unless we can find the vital links between it and the present with all its conflicts and problems. It is a kind of art for art's sake, without the passion and the urge to action which are the very stuff of life. Without that passion and urge, there is a gradual oozing out of hope and vitality, a settling down on lode tower levels of existence, a slow merging into non-existence. We become prisoners of the past and some part of its immobility sticks to us.
― Jawaharlal Nehru, The Discovery of India

 To receive a present handsomely and in a right spirit even when you have none to give in return is to give one in return

There is a still and everlasting thing about the past; it changes not and has a touch of eternity , like a painted picture or a statue in bronze or marble. Unaffected by the storm and upheveals of present. It maintains it's dignity and repose and tempts the troubled spirit and the tortured mind to see shelter in it's valued catacombs. There is peace there and security and one may even sense a spiritual quality  

Who/What are you searching for ?

It was one of those regular saturdays .... AP had made plans to watch the movie Ranjhana ... Our last moview together - English Vinglish was not exactly a pleasant experience with me whaling away the 3 hrs deleting SMSes ..... So it was with apprehension that I went for Ranjhana  the so called Different Love story whose 1 liners were becoming a craze on the internet..... Also there was a bit of controversy over the hindu and muslim roles by the lead characters .... And so with all this confusions I went and I was dead bored by the time first interval was approaching .... And it was at this time , the entire movie came apart with this song which in a very beautiful way mixed the longing for love with the longing for the salvation and the eternal peace

Jis ko dhoondhe baahar baahar
Wo baithaa hai bheetar chhup ke
Tere andar ek samandar kyoon dhoondhe dubke dubke..

Akal ke parde peechhe kar de
Ghoonghat ke pat khol de
Orey piyaa, piyaa
Tohe piyaa milenge, milenge
Tohe piyaa milenge, milenge..

Paa ke khona, kho ke paana
Hota aaya re
Sang saathi saa hai wo to
Wo hai saayaa re

Dagaa tune kee naa
Bas jee se jee mere
Bone seene mein wo tere dheeme dheeme re

Jo hai dekhaa, wo hi dekha to kyaa dekhaa hai
Dekho wo jo auron ne naa kabhee dekhaa hai
Nainon se naa aisa kuchh dekhaa jaata hai
Nainaa meecho to wo sab dikh jaataa hai
Tohe piya milenge..

Usi ko paana, usee ko chhoona, kaheen pe wo naa, kaheen pe tu naa
Usi ko paana, usee ko chhoona, kaheen pe wo na, kaheen pe tu naa
Jahaan pe wo naa, wahaan pe soonaa, Yahaan pe soonaa..
 
Tohe piya milenge, piya milenge, milenge
Tohe piya milenge, milenge milenge..  
 

The translation ---

The one that you search for, outside,
He's sitting inside (you), hiding..
There is a sea inside you, why do you search here and there..

Move the curtains of mind behind,
and open the veil..
You'll find your beloved..
You'll find your beloved...

To lose after finding, and to find after losing,
it has been happening (for long)..
He is with (you) like a companion,
He's a shadow..
 
You haven't cheated anyone,
Just live from my heart..
I have to sow Him in your heart slowly...

What have you seen if you've only seen that you have seen (with your eyes)
See what no one else has ever seen..
Such things are not seen with eyes..
If you close your eyes, everything can be seen..
You'll find your beloved..

I have to get him only, I have to touch him alone,
Nowhere do I find him, nowhere are you there..
Where he's not there, there it's emptiness.. here, there is emptiness..
 

 

Personal Mission Statement

Recently I attended a Leadership Development Program in which participants were asked to write our personal mission statements  Initially , I thought of writing something about the daily work but then the devil inside me woke up .This is what I wrote -

"I would like to be that person who would create the perfect world where all can live without encroaching on each other's rights and livelihood , where sharing and caring is the underlying belief. A world where person will be admired for his skills and encouraged to hone them. A world where family and professional endeavors gets equal importance"

The instructor said that this personal mission statement needs to be honed and changed so as to reflect one's value system.... So let us see where this world takes me.