Vision

Once two men met with an accident. With blessing of almighty they were saved but both lost one of the eyes. Situation was traumatic and painful. Relatives were coming to meet both of them for consolation. And behaviour of both the men was noticeable. One of them was crying a lot. He was full of distress due to his loss. He complained a lot for his grief. He was cursing God for his desolation. He tormented his mind with misery. He was full of sorrow and sadness. While one was very happy as his one eye was saved. He thanked a lot for his recovery. He was blessing God to be saved. He was smiling in such pain. He elated his mind with gratefulness. He was full of joy and mirth. Same is the situation at both sides. But one is complaining and one is blessing. It’s a state of mind that makes a vital variance. What I think and feel is my inner main. An immense truth to know is : I have freedom to choose my thinking. I am not a victim. I can direct my thoughts. It’s an abili

In this age of crises, in these days of discomfort, everyone is craving for joy. We may try to find it in outer world. And when we fail to attain it; we grieve, we grumble. Our heart fills with gloom. In such dryness and dreariness, this poem fills internal jollity. Whatever the situation is, however the happening does, sing a song of joy and mirth. To be happy is an inside job, never outside. When we realize it, we can develop positive understanding of life. We can not control the outer circumstance. It is beyond our reach. But definitely we can control our inner circumstance. It is within our reach. In any condition, we have a choice; weather to be gloomy or to be jolly. So why to choose negative. Choose to gay and glee. Youth has a concern with mental state. When we have spirited thoughts, we are young. Why to think negative and worried about death in young days. Death is celestial and heavenly. Greed and hunger makes a man slave of passions. What we enjoy makes ric

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. Towards life, how my attitude is? Do I perceive it with a negative mindset or do I perceive it with a positive one?  Do I pursue a day with complaints or do I pursue a day with blessings? The quality of perception defines the experience. The amount of mental energy spent is the same. But the result differs. One makes us miserable and one makes us worthy. It’s completely due to outlook.  So let’s look inside. Let’s sublime within. God has gifted the freedom to choose. I am not a victim. Thinking is the greatest blessing. Let me be aware of my power. I can direct my thoughts. I can choose positive over negative. I can choose hope over despair. I can choose faith over doubt. Here is a wonderful short poem. It teaches; how to take up a day? To open my eyes with gratitude. To greet a day with reverence. To approach work with holiness. To meet difficulty with hope and faith. To act for the ultimate purpose of life. To meet people

સૂર્ય, ચંદ્ર, તારા ઘણાં છે આભ મહીં; આશાદિપ્તી રશ્મિ બનું તો ઘણું છે. તપ્ત થયેલી મન-ધરા પ્રખર અગન મહીં; પ્રથમ વર્ષાની હેલી બનું તો ઘણું છે. ભોગપ્રચુર સ્વાર્થાંધ થયેલી માનવતા; પંક મહીં જો પદ્મ બનું તો ઘણું છે.    ઉત્તુંગ શિખર વાદળ મહીં ગગન આંબતા; પ્રગતિ-પથ પર એક ડગલું ભરું તો ઘણું છે. અનંત વેગે વિસ્તરતા વિશ્વ મહીં; આત્મવિજય અર્થે અંતર્મુખ બનું તો ઘણું છે. ઘોર નિશા ને ધુમ્મસ વ્યાપે અંતર મહીં;   સૂર્ય-તનય પ્રકાશ-પુંજ દીપક બનું તો ઘણું છે. ~ સિદ્ધાર્થ મિસ્ત્રી x

Life is a game; play it. Do we really feel it ? We forget it when we live. In making money, in building bungalow, in gathering lumps of gold; we forget that it’s too a play. Here is a little sweet poem that makes us realize: Life is a play. Everything is a play and articles we get are toys that God has gifted us. A little child is playing in dust with broken twig; still happy in play. We live in luxury and still unhappy with all. If a child will see us he will tell us that what a stupid game we are playing. He will refuse to spoil his morning with such pebbles. Actually we have forgotten the art of being absorbed in a play of sticks and mud. We seek costly playthings. We don’t satisfy in havings. We crave for things and rush after them. Out of experience we realize that they are unobtainable. Ultimately we lose happiness of life. It’s called an ocean of desire in philosophy. In a frail canoe, I am struggling to cross it. In hassle I forget that this life is a play and pl

We have been celebrating Independence day for many years. But still a question arises in mind: Are we really free and independent ? We are mad about materialism. We abuse our Motherland and fly abroad. We are ready to compromise anything if we get paid high. We do useless tasks in foreign lands for the sake of money and procrastinate India. Braindrain is the critical tragedy of India. Man is becoming more self centered day by day. We are not ready to let go in family. We choose to live in nuclear family now. Human relations have lost aroma. They are more artificial now. Actually we are being professional. We are crazy about Economic development and Technical development. We ignore Human development and Character development for that. Moral and spiritual values have been  degrading everyday. Humanity is being hunted. We are giving priority to foreign languages. We consider the most scientific and rich language Sanskrit is dead now. A few is interested in learning it.

Heroes! In any field! We watch them, listen to them, follow them. We call them the top influencers of the age. We try to think and act like them. And we hardly give attention to losers. Even we ignore them. Our definition of success is the man with all possessions. We think that the man is successful when he is highly educated, having a high post, having a bang in banking, having a big bungalow and a luxury car, and so on. Let us try to go deep into this. It may be possible that who is having all these, lost his mental balance, or damaged his physical health, or degraded in family values, or descended in spiritual values. They may have compromised many other aspects of life in achieving worldly articles and artifacts. Aren't we find it necessary to think over it? It is very difficult to decide success or failure. What seems to be a success, maybe outer glitter only. What seems to be a failure, maybe an inner ecstasy. In the right sense, success or failure doesn’t matter. Wha