kranebits #8

a better world

let us ask ourselves, "what is my contribution, in making this world a better place to live ? "

  

kranebits #7

 
      loving you is everything,
being with you is a different story altogether
 

Spirit : essence of Life

We say Time heals everything, because passing Time is a mighty thing, but have we ever wondered why is Time such a great healer. Its because the human Spirit lets it to be, the real Good thing is the Spirit. Because if the Spirit never let go off things or if it permanently clung to good or bad things, or it was altered forever by certain events, then even Time would fail as the great healer.

Our Spirit is the innermost, sacred and most powerful thing that we have with us on earth, to our disposal. In a single lifetime we go through thousands of ups & downs, hundreds of joys & sorrows, several setbacks & high-points, but we continue living and never let any of those things affect us permanently. The primal instinct to Live & carry on Living, coupled with a ever shining spirit are the true cause of man-made wonders. Even in adversity men sail through and alter the course of destiny. When everything fails, nobody and nothing seems to be in our favour the mind continues to believe and even struggles to the point of dragging forward, it ultimately surpasses the dark period, all this because of the guiding Spirit, that just doesn't give up.

We may have a lot of problems in life or maybe we are fault for not performing our duties or even have committed sins, the Spirit is never affected, its always as pure as it was when we were born. The mind may be guilt ridden, conscience maybe full of remorse, the heart may be full of pain, the brain may have given up on logic; its the Spirit inside of us which says that being a better person is still possible, that putting an end to all wrong-doings is still possible, a hope for a better life is never beyond the horizon as long as the Spirit inside us Lives on.

Believe in the eternal sanctity of Spirit, that it stays as pristine as it ever gets. Whatever may be your situation, predicament or problem connect to your Spirit, shake off all the negativity and breakthrough your inner barriers. Just rekindle your Spirit and live your life to the fullest. In my belief Spirit is the Essence of Life.

kranebits #6

Whether planting a Green Tree in the heart or soil either way we are contributing to a good Atmosphere.

Prayer (प्रार्थना)

❀ ॐ ❀ 

हे भगवन,
जिनसे मैं प्यार करुँ, मेरी खुशीयाँ उन्हें दे देना।
जो मुझसे प्यार करें, उनके दुख मुझे दे देना।

हे प्रभू,
इस जीवन में कर्म, धर्म और फर्ज़ का पालन करुंगा।
आप सुख, शानती, सम्रिद्धी और सद्बुद्धी की कृपा  बनाये रखना। 

❀ ॐ ❀  

kranebits #5

Work as if Today is the Last chance, Enjoy as if the Life would Never end.

 

kranebits #4

You may help with money the people you are concerned for, but the ones you love and care for shall always get your time and energy.

kranebits #3

At all times be 'DRIVEN'  by Something, Someone,  a Dream, an Aspiration or a Cause; else you might be living but not ALIVE.

 

kranebits #2

अगर खुदा से दुआ में किसी का प्यार मांगो; तो उनसे बाँटने के लिये सुहानी धूप, खुश्क हवा, बह्ता पानी और पक्षी-गान भी मांगना।

kranebits #1

Believe in Yourself and then Take the Bull by its Horns; after-all problems need to be dealt with.

Taj Mahal

In 1632 A.D., Taj Mahal was built by Mughal emperor 'Shah Jahan', in loving memory of his third wife 'Mumtaz Mahal'(Arjumand Banu Begum). She died during the birth of their fourteenth child, a daughter named 'Gauhara Begum'. Though the famous monument is technically a mausoleum, where eventually Shah Jahan too was buried after his death in 1666 A.D., but due to its magnificence and sheer beauty we overlook that fact and count it among 7 wonders of the world. Though I haven't visited the great monument but looking at its images, makes me wonder that so much was the love of the king for his queen that he spent many a years and huge sums of money on construction of such a gigantic structure. That would be considered symbol of love world over, even several centuries later.

Today in 2012 A.D., the year of troubling questions (Prophecy of Nostradamus and Mayan calendar, etc) about continuum of our existence and possible destruction of earth by natural disasters and man-made causes, people still Love. Amidst fast-paced life, suburban rush hours and health complications at an early age, true love finds its place in young and mature hearts alike. With today's world economy a common man finds it difficult to buy an appropriate house for his family along with securing admission into A-Grade schools for his children, let alone getting a blueprint of Taj Mahal. These days life is tough to even get by, i.e. if not stricken by accidents or sudden illnesses or other silent killers, if any of this happens then hell breaks loose.

But I believe, Love still enjoys being one of the best things in a Human's Life, thriving upon pure and deep emotions. When you are in Love, and at the same time struggling with economy and social life, you still try to be nice and keep each other happy. This undying effort in all times is fueled by true Love. You may not be able to build a Beach side Villa, for your loved one but, you can love them to pieces. You can make your partner feel as if their body is your place of worship, and yours is a fort guiding them from worldly troubles of this life. You can lead a life, giving them the key to your heart forever and making them feel privileged of it, of course both partners have to come forward for such arrangements to work on both sides.

In love, communication is the key to a fruitful, satisfying and a successful relationship. If you leave aside frequent meetings, roaming in malls, showering each other with expensive gifts and even reduce physical intimacy to an extent, just try to maintain good communication. And with that your relation would still be in a state of bliss, owing to communication. The human mind is no doubt a complex structure; on top of that a Lover's mind is entirely a different thing. Communication is a bridge between these two complex structures, i.e. the minds of Lovers. In a new relationship, the bridge is large and long. As both partners mature along with their relation, they get close and the bridge becomes shorter and narrower. When lovers recognize each other fully and their Love is at its deepest state of selfless love, the bridge vanishes and the two minds become One. The One Mind entity is nothing but their Taj Mahal. And it can be rightly called so, because of the love, time, efforts and sacrifices both partners have put into it.

Thus, in this modern day Life one can aspire to build such a Taj Mahal out of Love for their partner.

Take the Plunge

If you are waiting for someone or a particular day or something else to happen first and then plan to move ahead, don't wait. It's not advisable. Many a times in life we wait for certain condition or event, when in reality that's just an excuse not to move forward on our own. The reason can be any fear of risking something, anxiety of losing, lack of enthusiasm or plain laziness.




When we think that, there will be a better tomorrow, and we would be a nicer person on a cheerful day and do all the things we have kept on hold, it's an illusion, such tomorrow never comes. Believe You, Me. Only when we do something Today, it's then that we enter a new Tomorrow, else there's nothing, keeping on hold & waiting with an excuse is a farce.




The biggest problem in such cases is, we take a hell lot of assumptions like, I would never be involved in a fatal car accident, my butt can never be on the line of fire, I am always right, I will do it tomorrow if not today, etc. We are fooling ourselves and no one else. We take people, parents, siblings, love and other relationships, even our Life to be for granted. Which we never should. Because, the longer we take such things for granted, greater the Reality Bites us.




If Nature were to punish us, it would move a finger and we would be standing buck-naked in Sahara Desert, don't think that this is absurd; Nature has a logical way of doing all the things, that we consider far-fetched or impossible to happen to us.




Whatever it is that you need to do or want to do, get it done now, today or at-least get it started, if not finished, Life is short if we start regretting about things. But Life is Large, if we keep on moving ahead. Be Bold, move ahead in Life, Take the Plunge.

Crumbling World

My world as much I have is crumbling down to bits & pieces. The relationships are just antiques. I am useless to the socially active community. No light falls upon my ugly state of affairs. The ignored leakages will drip me to plague. I was never dutiful, and never experienced bountiful. All the loneliness that I've ever experienced, has summed up before my eyes, swallowing me whole. Maybe some fears are worse than death can ever be. Death will take us away, while fears torment us profuse.

You went away without a reason, in-fact were never near, I realize now. It was just my wishful thinking that you'd be mine, you were never a chance in the real world. I don't know how much time has passed since you ceased to exist. Now, there's nothing of you and nothing else left for me. I threw away your presence, whilst day-dreaming I'm in Love. If only I could live with you once.

The undead chest still breathes, the slack muscles would pack a punch. My pain says I'm alive. Fears give me a cause to run. The Satan Bull is raging towards me, perhaps my survival is dismal. If somehow I could getaway from, still have to survive with a neurotic brain. Starting my journey thusly now, I spearhead through unknown territories, only to land one-piece on a place, that would somehow be called, Life.

Soaring Higher

01:30a.m., 27th Oct 2011, I wake-up half-ok with a hint of acidity in my chest, a dash of short breath in my lungs, I help myself with the icy cold water from earthenware red pot, ummm Yes it does feel good, only later does the acid attack becomes more acute, with HCl burning the way up my esophagus. All this against the backdrop of a late Diwali night, God am I a diseased mortal, ready to embark on a journey leading me to really Soar Higher...


The colorful frantic lights, some here some there, a few with whistles, some with bangs, an occasional thud, all goes on & on, onstage the tinted black screen behind me, a little dose is good, but soon lights disappear and booms & bangs fill-up the scene, I try to be polite & understanding about the fact that it's Diwali, #@~^this acidity will burn me up today #@~^ but still the high noise guys, seriously it's NOISE POLLUTION, for God's sake it's 02:01a.m. While I'm at this, you people are
pulling off few occasional bitchy ones, some crackling sparkles & a rare Big-Bang, fine go ahead and burn the fun, if that's your way to be content.


As they say, one thing leads to another a man standing right there, checking up on my work of lighting up the home with electric lamps, oil-lamps, correctional lantern, #@~^knock, knock Acidity ? #@~^ the electrician put in the lantern at the 9p.m.th hour, who by the way works independently, freelancer I must say, was pressed into service for few odd-jobs, two to be precise by the established
electrician in my area, who never takes up a service-call seriously(#personal experience) what to do ? where am I? what ? where are the crackers, noises, thuds & bangs? still there....shucks!


So, where was I, I was traveling inside a deep train of thoughts on a dense track of concentration completely unaware of disturbing surroundings, well concentration of mind is a virtue I guess #@~^ seems subsided #@~^ Some disturbing thoughts, well no worries, will take care of them. A concentrated mind does a wonderful job, even when surrounded by complete chaos.


As I rose, half-dead today, may I rise as does emerge a Phoenix from its Ashes, completely burnt by own Karma, but born again with the same heart of gold. The sins, the mess, working crass and living depress, sometimes I feel to give it up all, Oh God, and by working my way up like an Eagle hovers above this world, I shall cover everything under the wing-span of my experience, #@~^shit keeps coming back#@~^ and thus once and for all, may I with your blessings My Lord, Soar Higher.

India Today 2011

>>>दोस्तों मौजूदा हालातों पे कुछ टिप्पणी कर रहा हूँ, ज़रा गौर फ़र्माईयेगा, अगर पसन्द आजाये तो comments से नवाज़ियेगा और sharing से फ़ैलाईयेगा  ।<<<

• इन दिनो चाहे आपका नाम बड़ा हो ना हो, पेह्चान ऊपर तक होनी चाहिये।

• स्कूल में पढ़ाई चाहे जितनी भी की हो, काँलेज के लिये लाखों रुप्यों का donation तैयार रेह्ना चाहिये।

• आपका दोस्त नया हो या पुराना, हर हाँलिडे पे उसे लम्बा चौड़ा SMS ज़रूर पहुँच जाना चाहिये।

• Girlfriend भोली हो याँ चालू, chocolate का डब्बा हर संन्डे को देना।

• पानी आपके घर आये ना आये, water-tax का बिल ज़रूर आयेगा।

• Computer, T.V., Fridge चाहे जो लेलो बिजली कटौती के आगे सब बेकार।

• हमें आँफ़िस से छुट्टी हो ना हो, कामवाली बाई को regular holiday चाहिये।

• घर बड़ा हो या छोटा माँ-बाप की ज़िम्मेदारी बोझ लगने लगती है।

• ' अतिथी देवो भवः ' भुलाकर, नया नारा है ' अनचाहे मनुष्य का प्रवेश निषेद है  '।

• समाज में हो दंगे या कहीं लगजाये आग, हर कोई सुनाता है बस अपना ही राग।

• दरवाज़ा हो या music-system, पड़ोसी को सताने के लिये हर रोज़ जोर-जोर से बजायेंगे।

• चाहे हो कोई गली, मोहल्ला या अपार्टमेंट, कूडा-कर्कट तो रास्ते पर ही आयेगा।

• चला रहे हों साईकल, मोटर-बाईक या कार, लाट-साहब का एक हाथ mobile पर ही रह्ता है।

• नौकरी हो स्कूल, दफ़्तर यां फ़िर किसी फ़ैक्ट्री में, गंदी office-politics शरीफ़ इन्सान को डंस ही लेती है।

• धर्म और फ़र्ज़ का तो ठिकाना नहीं, अपना हक़्क माँगने सब पहुँच जाते हैं।

• पैसे से बहुत कुछ मिलता है सब कुछ नहीं, मगर पैसों की लालच में इन्सान कुछ भी कर सकता है।

• छोटी बात, मुश्किल बात, या गैर ज़रूरी बात सभी लोग कल करेंगे, वो 'कल' कभी न आया और न आयेगा।

• चोरी, बलात्कार, घाव और कत्ल जिनपे बीती उन्होंने जानी, बाकी सबने तो बस कहानी मानी।

• वक्त की मांग विश्व-शांति, लोगों की जान sheila aunty।

• शरीफ़ को डर, सज्जन को लाज, बच्चों को डाँट, जानवर को मार, अपाहिच को शर्म और, कमीनों को अईयाशी; हे भगवान कैसे तूने ये अनोखी जोड़ियां बनायी।

• प्रेम-सबंधं अथ्वा विवाह हो ना हो, sex-partner ज़रुर चाहिये।

Perfection Exists! ?

        When we err and fail, people try to cheer us up by saying "Nobody is perfect, better try again", and when we tend to be lazy we get to hear "Practice makes Man perfect, get up and work". Does it mean that, perfection can't be achieved? and that we always work tending to be perfect, while never really achieving it ? Have you ever thought about Perfection, whether it really exists or not ?



        In my view, a thing, a place or a person may not be perfect in itself, but their togetherness or a certain combination or a harmony in which they work or are related can be perfect. For example, meeting a celebrity on your birthday, winning a lottery on an auspicious day, running into an old friend just before your engagement, etc. are all instances when we say, "we were lucky", meaning somehow situations were perfect as a whole and not necessarily each thing in its own might.



        When we have a good holiday with family it's a perfect getaway, when a couple suit each other in personality and character they are termed as a perfect couple, scoring full marks in your favorite subject is a perfect treat, etc. all such things are called perfect because we couldn't ask for more in each of these scenarios.



        Thus, perfection can't be searched in individuals or in pieces of steel or glass for that matter, it has to be observed and felt in the synergy of things, which is the real beauty of it.



        In the spiritual sense, think about the joys and sorrows, sunny and rainy days, ups and downs, dusk and dawn, etc. you just can't pick out a single thing and go on scrutinizing it for its value or its characteristics, it's their presence together which makes them worth and meaningful. Think about the planet earth, cold mountains, huge rivers, dense forests, endangered wild animals, We Selfish Humans, etc. are useless alone but, with everything synergizing together as humans, flora and fauna, seasons, etc. earth is a perfect place to be. We have to just recognize the underlying patterns, then we surely would be marveled and start believing in perfection on a scale larger than life.

In this World...

When I feel powerless, I look up to God

When I feel lonely, I yearn for friends' company

When I'm hurt, I seek my inner consoling self

When I need love, I call my Jaan

When I want to travel, Lord sends opportunity

When I'm hungry, refrigerator is not so far

When I'm lost, I trust my instincts

When I'm tired, I take the day off

When I'm happy, SMSes are forwarded to all

When I'm in a dilemma, my heart takes the charge

 When I fall ill, my family absorbs the shock and rejuvenates me above the usual par

In this world, I have truly got it all.