गुजरता वक्त...

वक्त के साये में

सदा ही रहते हम,

लगता हमें कभी है काबू

और कभी बेकाबू

बस इसी जद्दोजहद में

जीते हम लोग। 

किसने क्या पाया

क्या अधूरा सा रह गया

जा रहा साल कराता ये हिसाब,

नहीं कभी कोई रहता हर पल 

होना ही है फ़ना एक दिन सभी को 

इंसान या वक्त। 

विदा हुआ वर्ष जो कल तक था 

हमारा अपना 

आज बाहें फैलाए हम मचलते 

नव वर्ष के लिए,

क्या नहीं तड़पता जूना वर्ष 

छोड़ उसे दिया हमने बस घड़ी की इक सूई पर। 

नहीं नहीं! वक्त नहीं रुकता कहीं पर 

हम भी साथ चले तो पाएंगे स्वप्न,

जो खड़े ताकते रहे

रह जायेंगे हो कर बदलते वर्षों का शिकार 

आओ, करे ये वर्ष अपने नाम

सिर्फ अपने ही नाम!

छोड़ सब व्यर्थ के बोझों को 

ले अपने कंधे पर स्वयं का सार्थक बोझ 

बुने नए स्वप्न,नई अभिलाषाएं

जोड़ कर हाथ ले ईश्वर का साथ 

और मिला कर हाथ करें जी-तोड़ मेहनत 

बस फिर हर वर्ष खुशियों के नाम 

हमारे और हमारे अपनों के नाम!

Wishing all my readers and visitors a very happy 2016. Dream big and work hard.

Image Source: Google Images

Yay! Good start of the New Year...This poem was selected by Blog Adda as one of the best for Tangy Tuesday Picks, edition dated January 05, 2015.!

Dreams!

Life is short to see dreams and even shorter to fulfill them. Why do we spend time just thinking about dreams...why dont we act as fast as we dream! Why do we sleep faster than we take time to wake up! Why do we see problems before we see opportunities!

Life is a celebration of being born...of being something. Madness is the answer to live it. Dreams, sometimes to me are like butterflies...colorful , vibrant but very quick in disappearing. Like butterflies, they come and they fly away before I can hold them dear. I guess, I am not good in catching butterflies and keeping them in jars. Hey there, don't take it literally :-)

Reaching a friend and a very dear & one of my favourite blogger, on her Facebook wall, I saw that she loves Paulo Coelho. Then, from one link to another, then to yet another...I found this image. I immediately knew it is the signal from HIM to wake me up from my deep sleep. The image instantly filled me once again with the enthusiasm and love for living the life, the right way. I think its once again (like many other times), the time to make a bucket list and start actually ticking the items soon, very soon before it gets late and me left behind with dreams in the bucket with no energy to bring them out and see them vibrant, colorful and full of life like butterflies.

When I am writing, actually when I dream...I see one person in my eyes, in my mind, in my heart and possibly in my soul- my husband*. He believes in me more than I do myself and I have never seen him sulking down when it comes to his dreams. Sometimes, his enthusiasm, his energy, his passion, his madness for his hobbies and dreams bugs me up...his energy terrifies me! I think, because I lack it. But when I think (and not feel), I see he is the best example for me to live life. Its not many days, we talked about our life (our new life, in USA from France) and the possibilities to live it fully and richly. I hope, this image in this post keep me on my toes for coming many days and weeks. I hope to create a momentum and roll myself up with energies that lead me on the path to my dreams. I wish, all my readers the same energy and sanity to dream and follow their dreams. Amen!

In the end, there's something meant for him*...(the rhyme, the similies, the meter does not matter) but just what comes out of the heart!

Holding hands,

Entwined dreams,

One life we are

Marriage as it is called.

You make me smile

like no one else does.

You think of me

like your own soul.

You dream for me

like I even don't.

Someday, hope very soon

We would stand out

as an energy unit

radiant, vibrant

full of life

& everything

that makes this togetherness a celebration!

HIM!

the silence you live into

the love you once fell for

the anger that seeps within you

the anguish your body feels 

the helplessness you see for yourself

the hope of yours that goes dim

the smile that's become a bargain

the tears that come like a high tide...

 ...Break it all,

life is too short for all this!

Get up,

Smile from within,

One day each day is 'yesterday'

& every day will be 'tomorrow'.

Do not sulk,

Have faith,

say a prayer,

light a lamp,

bow your head,

& love HIM again n forever...

 ...and you will be free, my heart n mind.

This poem is inspired by my recently strengthened faith in HIM, the Almighty. Life is too short and far more important than tears and thoughts spent on the very basic nature of life n people. I am happy in this festive season of Diwali, I have seen my light. Now, my head is stronger with the faith in HIM and my heart is filled with joy that he hears my prayers if they are good :-)

I wish all my readers & my friends a very happy Diwali and I hope that your life too will always be guided by HIM.

Day 82: Spiritual reality

I have yet to start my spiritual journey. Before I begin, I need to understand what it is. What is spiritualism? What are its goal for mankind? What goals it has for me?

I am so curious about all these words are so common, seems like people are running after them to get peace of mind and happiness in their lives. Are these words really magical? Is the process behind them so fruitful? My mind is so intrigued by words like vipsyana, reiki, Art of Living, RajYoga. Some 10 years ago I did basic course of Reiki and Art of Living. I think then I was too young to understand them. I must say life was full of enthusiasm, ambitions and passions for ambitions. Therefore, these words were not what I was looking for. May be when I go through the meaning of these words today, they will be more important and understandable to me. Life is still full of ambitions but the weight of responsibilites (to oneself and to others) put a person's vigour down. I want to read extensively about these processes and also do them practically. I think I will come back with more posts about them after reading about them.

Today I saw a DVD about Spiritual reality(given to me by my mom. This is the 3rd copy she has given me in these years as somehow I always kept losing them).  The DVD is the best I have seen till now on this topic. I liked the serenity and peacefulness in it. It is all animated and not some man/woman guru kind of person performing and delivering their lectures. Well, I am not against them. I often listen to many of them. But somehow, I liked and got hooked to the DVD because of its serenity. The DVD talks about cosmic energy, how we need more and more of it to solve our problems and how it helps us attain peace and happiness in out day to day grindings. It talks about meditation, thr right way to do it, the third eye, the listening to the usually unheard and unobvious sounds etc. It is all so temoting for me to dive deep into this process and see for myself if I can see the constant light before my eyes and my mind is all peace (devoid of any thoughts?). I understand it does not come with one session of meditation, but may need numerous (which I can not quantify now), I am curious and want to start with it as soon as possible. Tomorrow is my first day to start the meditation. I am definitely going to write about it tomorrow.

I want to understand these various processes which I mentyioned above and see why people are running after them. Sometimes I wonder do people who claim to have attained peace and seen the 'light' have really experienced it? Is there something actually called as spiritual reality exists? I want to know and experience it so much. If you have experienced it and know anything about it, don't hesitate to share through comments.