Relation

The Difference

Do good to others

In Gujarat there lives Hirbai Lobi of Siddi community. She is illiterate but the work she has done many literates also don't think of doing it. She has encouraged entrepreneurship through various activities including organic fertilizer manufacturing, neem oil production and animal husbandry having brand name "Panchtatva" by setting up 11 all women co-operative societies. More than 600 women are working under this covering 18 nearby villages. They also have mango orchards, coconut trees, vegetables and sugarcane crops. She has formed Self Help Groups (SHG) having more than 95 women working in 12 SHG known as Mahila Vikas Mandal. She has also started a day care school for children followed by a primary school and now her dream is to start a college in her village Jambur. Poplularly called as "The Diamond of the forest" Hirbai is  truly an entrepreneur. She is awarded Janki Devi Bajaj Puraskar and CNN IBN Real Heros for her outstanding work in social and rural development and for women empowerment.
She says:
Do good to others and you will get the best. & Selfless service gives you more satisfaction than anything else...!!!

Let's be selfless in our actions and do good to others and I am sure we will get the BEST in return......

We INDIANS....

We Indians...

We like to have coke or pepsi but milk, tea or buttermilk makes our day.

We love to have Pizzas, Italian, Mexican, Continental and all the cuisines of the world but Roti, Aloo, Dal, Rice tops the list. We wear western clothes but Saree, Kurta, Sherwani makes us look gorgeous.

We work in multinationals, dream to touch the sky but our foot is grounded on the earth.

We use latest technologies to keep touch but still letters from our loved ones bring smile on our faces.

We welcome all the religions but at heart we are human first.

We earn a lot but helping somebody is our top most priority.

We listen to rock and pop but song of the birds, wind and nature are soothing to us.

We believe in culture and values; we may not make compromise but guests are like God.

We love to travel in the world but internal travel excites us the most.

That's what we are...!!!

Happy Independence Day to all in advance.

Proud to be an Indian...!!!

Dedicated to all the GURUs...

On this special day of Guru Purnima I dedicate this to all the Gurus...

India is a land of culture and traditions but religion and spirituality are the feathers of the crown. As a part of this tradition; Today in India we celebrate Guru Purnima and dedicate this day to our Guru.

What is Guru? Gu means darkness and Ru means Light. So, Guru means who directs us from darkness to light.

According to the most popular Sanskrit Shlok, Guru is Brahma (Creates), Guru is Vishnu (Nourishes), Guru is Mahesh (Destroys)

Let us understand this with a different perspective. Guru is who creates path to self realization, who nourishes values and morals and help us to build a strong character and who destroys all our negativities with help of knowledge, wisdom and authority.

It is said that taking a birth is a part of journey to unite with the highest soul- the God almighty. We all take birth as a part of this journey. Guru is the one who shows us the path. That is why Saint Kabir has ranked Guru higher than the God almighty and he has said,” Guru Gobind dono khade kisko lagu pay, Balihari Guru apki, Govind diyo batay.” This means...Guru and God both are standing in front of me. Whom shall I bow down first? It is because of Guru I am introduced to God almighty so I will bow down to Guru first.

Yes...I am talking about Spiritual Guru who introduces us to God almighty and show us the Godly good path to lead our life to attain our highest goal of being united with God almighty and dissolve ourselves.

There is another shlok in Sanskrit about Guru. ”Agyantimirandhasya Gyananjan Shalakaya, Chakshu UnmilitamYen Tasmai Shree Guruve Namah.”

This means...The one who directs us from darkness to light is Guru and I bow down to him.

According to Indian Philosophy not only the spiritual masters are called Guru but everyone who teaches us something, gives us knowledge and shows us the right path is also our Guru. Guru is one who passes down the knowledge. Today in the modern era we call them Teacher, Guide or Mentor.

Let us strengthen the Guru and Disciple relationship by putting highest level of trust on our Guru and demonstrating commitment, respect, obedience and devotion. Let us nourish this special relationship by love and care. Let us uplift ourselves by growing and developing into a better human being and try to fulfil our Guru’s expectation.

Let us develop an attitude of gratitude and remember everyone for touching our life and showing us the right direction. Let us thank them for bringing change in our life. Let us be grateful to them for guiding us and showing us what is right and what is wrong. Let us understand the value of everyone for making a difference in our life to be better. Let us bow down to everyone for helping us to identify our real self and for always being there.......!!!

Do We Have Mirror...???

Every day morning we look into the mirror and observe ourselves from head to toe. So many questions flood in our mind. Is my hair style ok? Does the dress suit me? Does the shirt match with the pant? The colour suits me or not? How many pimples and wrinkles I have got today on my face? Is my moustache well trimmed? Do I need to shave today? How do I look more beautiful and attractive? Etc.

Many of us can spend hours and hours in front of mirror to change our outer personality. We groom the physical body to look more beautiful and attractive. Why? There are two reasons. First we want to look good and the second; most importantly we want people to accept us.

But by only grooming our outer personality, can we say with surety that people will accept us and we will be more beautiful than before? Does only outer personality make all the difference?

Then... why if we are sad, we don’t look happy? Why if we are stressed we don’t look relax? This means that our outer and inner personality has close connection. But only in grooming our outer personality and spending the hell lot of money and time to be attractive, we forget our inner selves. Have we ever thought of grooming our inner selves? Have we ever spent hours and hours in looking deep within? How contradictory it is...!!! We are more conscious about our outer personality and forget our inner one...!!!

The outer beauty will never give us eternal happiness but the inner beauty will. We spend hours and hours to groom our outer personality and we never think that our inner beauty also needs our attention. Our inner beauty is very important as it reflects on our entire personality but we are mesmerised with the outer beauty so much that we don’t look within...!!! What is the use of putting all the artificial things to our outer personality and trying to look beautiful? Is this the beauty all about???

The real beauty is beauty within...

We need to look deep within and make our inner selves more beautiful. For this, we must have a mirror which helps us to show our inner self. The mirror can be anybody- Father, mother, sister, brother, better half or our mentor, guru or may be our best friend. Do we ever feel shy in front of mirror; asking how we look when we see it? Do we ever try to hide our pimples and wrinkles in front of mirror? No...!!! We closely look at them and try to rectify them. Similarly we should not hide anything from the person who is mirror to us. We should never feel shy; instead we should be honest and truthful. Sometimes our thoughts may sound stupid, ridiculous or childish to them but at the end of the day we will be happy and satisfied for being honest with them and not hiding anything. Even if we commit any mistake; we should accept it in front of them. They will show us the right path. They are always there to help us, guide us and protect us. This will surely help us to groom our inner selves. We will be better human being. We will grow and learn every day. But one thing is sure and we must always remember; we should be totally open and frank with them. We should trust them completely which will build strong relationship. It will blossom every day every moment.

Let’s ask ourselves...Do we have anyone who helps us to identify and rectify our mistakes? Do we have anyone who recognizes our weaknesses and guides us how to improve them? Do we have anyone who is there to show us the right path and direction? Do we have anyone who introduces us to our real self and helps us to make it more beautiful? Do we have anyone who cares for us and accepts us as we are but still wants us to grow and develop? Do we have anyone who leads us to journey within? Do we have anyone in our life who is mirror to us...?

Let’s identify them and groom our inner selves to be more beautiful and attractive. This will help us to grow not only physically or mentally but spiritually as well.

Let’s have a mirror in life and start our journey within and be more beautiful.............!!!

A Flight Of Independence............

Few days back we warmly welcome a new guest in the house...A baby parrot. This parrot- I call "Mitthu", fall from its nest from a roof. When he came, he was hardly few days old. He was under tremendous fear as he parted from his family. He was very much surprised too. For some time neither we nor he could understand how he was saved though falling from almost 100 ft height. But as it is said..."God is the supreme power."

After really trying hard, we were accepted as his friends. Only thought in our mind was to give our best and do whatever to save his life. Slowly we gave him some food & he didn't eat then we realized that he is so small & he can't eat on his own. His mother must be feeding him through its beak. So, what we should do to feed him? Then we tried to feed him with our hands. We continue doing this. The very next day to our surprise his parents found him and came. After seeing him alive they were so happy that they started chirping and singing. Now they know where their little baby is...but the baby has not learned how to fly....!!!

They started to move around the baby....They come to him...They feed him and they are waiting eagerly for the day their baby will learn to fly....

We are happy to see "Mitthu" with his family. Mitthu is now friend with us. He is growing day by day. Today he learned to eat on his own. And we know he will soon learn how to fly. We don't know whether he will stay with us or will fly away with his parents. But we are happy that "Mitthu"'s life is saved. He was saved after falling from the height but we had to protect him from cat & dog. We are doing our best.....His sweet chirping makes the atmosphere lively. He doesn't bite us as he knows we are his friends....

He knows recognizes my whistle and my way of calling him “Mitthu”. Everyone is asking me whether we want to keep him in a cage or let him fly when he learns.... I always reply “Let him fly...” I understand the meaning of independence or freedom. I don't want to keep him behind the bars though I love birds....!!!

It’s been more than a month now, Mitthu is with us. Giving him food, water and taking care of him is part of our daily routine. His parents visit him every day and they are around him. We want Mitthu to be independent and we are eagerly waiting to see him flying. He is trying but cannot go on height. He will need some more time.

Now, Mitthu has learned to fly and now he can fly up to 20- 30 ft. He is learning to believe in his strengths and now he feels confident. Deep within my heart I know that Mitthu is with us for only few days. As soon as he developes confidence on himself, he will take his flight for a new journey.

And that day also came....There was a big gathering of Mitthu and his family. So many had come to welcome him again and take him back with them. We all knew that he will go back. They all were very happy and demonstrating their happiness through chirping and singing. And Mitthu took a flight....A flight of independence...A flight of freedom.....A flight to a new journey....!!!

Now Mitthu is happy with his family and again we are back with the same routine. Now we don’t have to worry whether Mitthu will stay with us or not....we don’t have to worry for his food. We don’t have to worry whether a dog or a cat will attack him or not. Because He is now capable and can find food and eat on its own. He can protect himself from a dog or a cat as he can fly high. He is aware about his strengths and knows how to utilize them to survive and be independent. We all are very happy for Mitthu as he learned to fly and is back with his family.

This small incident taught me many things.

1) We don't put trust on strangers but when we realize that they will not harm us we become friends. When we become friends we build a bridge in between and slowly we start putting trust on them hoping that they will not break our trust.

2) Parents always care for their children and they want their children to be always safe. It really doesn't matter whether they are humans, birds or animals.

3) Everybody needs freedom.

4) Everybody has challenges in their life. We have two options- face it or escape...

5) God helps those who help themselves.

6) People are there to guide and support...but alone only we have to face all the situations.

7) Everybody has to follow theory of survival....

8) Every one of us wants freedom. We love to fly. We don’t like restrictions. We want freedom. Freedom of expression, freedom of thoughts, freedom of choice, freedom to speak, freedom to hate, freedom to love and care & freedom in everything. Then why do we don’t give it to others???