नदियां, पंछी, बादल और धुप
प्रकृति का अनुपम मोहक स्वरुप
कल-कल करता वह जल-प्रपात
भय प्रेरित करता मेघ नाद
तितली का संदीप्त मनमोहक नृत्य
वह देखो भ्रमर का उद्धरण कृत्य
सबमे है वह अलौकिक ओज प्रधान
वह प्राण संचारक तत्व समान
है सर्व प्रथक है सर्व विलीन
संसार सकल जिसके आधीन
कर अक्षय अर्पित सर्वस्व उस पर
तुम कार्य करो उत्तम पथ पर
मन में पुलकित नव विचार हैं
क्षीण हो रहे सब विकार हैं
नव प्रेरणा का उदयघोष है
मन मद स्फुटित नव आक्रोष है
आशा अभिलाषा विसार है
आह्लादित होता रक्त संचार है
मन में दृढसंकल्प प्रगाढ़ है
तुच्छ प्रत्याक्ष सीमा विसार है
हरि कृपा से प्रेरित पोषित, सरल सिद्ध सब जटिल कार्य हैं
सरल सिद्ध सब जटिल कार्य हैं
Of all the things i came across,
The most precious ones, i always lost.
While those i didn't much care about,
Stayed with me in countless crowd.
Those gaps i see void and stark,
Staring at me from the dead from the dark.
An array of likings i chased in my time,
All those missing treasures sublime.
Is this only me whom life robbed off pleasure,
Or all else are dealt in the same dispiriting measure?
Or there is peace, equanimity and eternal joy around,
That, which to sages in meditation found.
I asked myself, thy grace in me,
Are deeds mightier than my destiny?
Or is it that, what is to be, is shielded from what I do, think or see.
Spellbound with these entwining thoughts,
I seek refugee under the divine lord.
A mortal mind is too trivial to comprehend,
Those gifts of love from thy kingdom sent.
My eyes are too short-sighted to see,
What he, plans and wants me to be.
All those things one greatly wants,
Must he set them free from emotional bonds?
Transcending the realms of joy and grief.
It is the present, where seeds of wisdom reap.
Joy is not in chasing the future;
It is in living the present, presented to nurture.
Life can’t be rushed upon or lived on a controlled pace,
But to do what I must do, honoring thy grace.
And to venerate all the things in life found,
Peace is in the simplest things around.
Year: 2009
Location: Earth
A typical day of a human begins with sunrise, a shot of caffeine enriched drink to the neurons and an attempt to gather updates of what the whole world went through since he concluded yesterday. This attempt is not a mere act of curiosity but also a way of caution to what the day might confront as it unfolds. If the alert level is normal with no major anomalies, the day is a usual one with minor upheavals and usual struggle for peace, joy, and equanimity.
This scenario is more like a preparation of battle and a continuous struggle throughout. Awkward moments, difficult situations and intense flux of sentiments challenge us every day in varying intensity, flavor and impact. And as we evolve we learn to deal with them with increasing efficiency but there still are times when we are knocked down by daily commotion and challenges of life. Such situations are frequent and test us to the limit of our ability, intellect and emotional intelligence. The art of living is not in stonewalling ourselves from such bitter traps of life but in our ability to recover from such disruptions and moving on towards positive growth. These challenges can be in terms of unethical ideologies and deeds, sudden wave of negative emotions, loss of men, money or material and in all, our way of usual life. It is not always that we can totally recover from such losses and there are times when we find ourselves shattered, hopeless and filled with pessimism. This is when our philosophy of life and ethics is tested. The quicker we are able to remove the negativity and pessimism out of our system, the better we recover our losses and evolve there on. It is this unique ability of life which has kept it alive from past 3.2 billion years making it increasingly sophisticated, independent and secure. Any challenge that does not break us makes us stronger. This is the key of evolution and also the key of peaceful and less turbulent life for humans.
When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.
n Les Brown
A rational and calm mind is the best enginery against tough situations. And it is only the power of reason that is victimized first when we confront such challenges of life. How well we manage our emotions decides how quickly and efficiently we recover from our losses and attain an alert and positive state of mind. Experience plays a very crucial role, and the guidelines of famous philosophers, regular readings also help us in eliminating the negativity out of our system.
I personally believe that problems are signals that some changes are required. Problems are not positive or negative, they are neutral events. It is up to us, how to perceive them.
