Grounded to Reality..!!

 I'm a dreamer. I love dreaming all the time. Transporting to a magical land that doesn't exist has been my daily to and fro journey. How I wish I could stay there forever. Forever happy, forever good.. Imagining something is 'as real as' living a perfect life for people like me. Getting out of the dream to reality hits us like a bitch! I always wondered what i should do... I love my magical world, at the same time I need to be realistic. I finally got my answer in the book - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.  Ketut's magic drawing has stuck such an impression in my mind, heart and soul. It's such a beautiful concept.....

"To find the balance you want, this is what you must become. You must keep your feet grounded so firmly on the earth that it's like you have 4 legs instead of 2. That way, you can stay in the world. But you must stop looking at the world through your head. You must look through your heart, instead. That way, you will know God."

        Howwww beee-yooo-tiful...!!! From the time I first read it, I've read it over and over again a million times and i still haven't been able to digest the beauty of this. How simple and how genius! I call this concept as being 'MAGICALLY GROUNDED'. It helps me see the world as a magical beautiful place while i keep myself grounded to reality. The legs keep reminding me the harsh reality, the practicality of life, while the 'Looking through your heart and not the head' helps me connect to every person, every creature around. It gives me the calm, undisturbed mind I sometimes need. A peaceful atmosphere to dwell a tired mind.      

  Just looking through your heart without your foot grounded firmly would never help. I plan to draw this picture myself soon and stick it to my wall of fame... ;-) There's so much to learn, there are sooo many beautiful theories out there.  Tathastu.

Where does your ladder take you to?

  Times like these i feel- the life in reality, what we call practicality, is nothing but a fake world...The so called REAL world is not really real at all...That's the world we have created for ourselves as a result of the competition to succeed, to make a name, trying to be one step ahead all the time, stamping and suppressing the weaker folks on their way up the ladder...But my question is once you are up this ladder of the practical corporate world...to d very last step... then,what's next??? There's no more to go... and then its FREE FALL... back down to where it all began! And that's when you'll wonder what was the use of climbing this ladder at all... You would have achieved a great name, great fame... But once ur down, how many of them remember this... It's all temporary, not permanent!

       Permanent happiness lies in climbing the ladder of life that people ignore till its very late...But sooner or later everyone starts climbing this... Very few people reach the topmost step.. and those who reach here, unlike the other ladder, do not fall down where they started, but climb higher straight to God's abode. They attain enlightenment... for which no physical steps are needed...They understand there is no significance for name and fame... All that matters is the peace in your mind.
       Today our minds are so much in conflict...It yearns for some internal silence... for internal peace...! Trying to forget our problems by concentrating on the finer aspects of life is what helps you gain stability in this chaotic world...! Everything always has the tendancy to be chaotic... It's upto us to bring our mind, heart and soul together! I am of the opinion that the so-called REAL world has been created by US for ourselves, not GOD...The world God has created for us is not the one we see today. I believe God's world is not free from problems, but in His realm, we know how to deal with them and make them seem insignificant!
        It's true we wouldn't know happiness till we've suffered sadness, wouldn't have known right if we knew no wrong and so on... One doesn't exist without the other, but yes there exists an understanding where we experience both.. but at the same time not lose our peace of mind by accepting everything gracefully.. We need to learn to live with no breakdowns...! That's the key to true happiness is what im feeling just now... i donno how true this is... this is what i felt just now!
       Everyday new ideas come up and every one seems right...I have not yet reached the step where i can decide once and for all the right thing... But i don't think that can ever be decided...Even God has neva set a rule book of right or wrong. It is all relative to the components contributing to the situation!
      Nevertheless, as i hav said earlier, this is just one of my thought-processes at the moment. And there's no harm in sharing something which doesn't harm!!! Is there? ;-) Just wanna end this up by saying.... Just do the right thing, and expect nothing in return from others, for at the end of this journey, it's between God and you! It never is between You and other people! It never was! So i leave it here, wishing we atleast start climbing this ladder of life!!

Look into that Mirror...!!

    For some reason today i feel, if i followed half the things i truly feel, with complete faith and perseverance i'll make a  great human being! There's so much of a difference between saying, feeling and doing. What's the whole point of saying something you don't feel??? Once you realize that, what's the whole point in feeling something you don't put into actions??? I realized there is soooo much of a difference in 'knowing' what is right and 'doing' the right thing! There are many people who live an ignorant life, not able to understand the right thing in life.

       Then there are those who know what is right, but spend time only knowing more but not really implementing each of them! The REAL heroes are those who diligently practice what they preach! I just came across this song by Michael Jackson, 'Man in the mirror'. The lyrics of this song refreshed my desire to do right! I'm starting with the Man in the mirror, I'm asking Him to change His ways, And no message could have been any clearer- "If you wanna make the World a better place, Take a look at yourself, and then make a Change!" I've always believed no one is perfect. Being in the constant process of changing yourself is what leads you to near-perfection!

         As we've heard CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME. On similar grounds, if you want to change the world, then first take a look at yourself and make the change. Who can be a better first volunteer than yourself...! This world when looked through magical eyes, is such a wonderful place to live in. We are so lucky just to be born as humans and not just any unicellular creature. Why not live a life with that happy quotient. Things change, circumstances change, but don't let that change what you really feel deep down inside. Every time i muse, i go look at the mirror. The person looking back there is the only one who knows you inside out. That is one person who won't lie to you, who doesn't think twice telling something on your face. But most of us try pretending we can't hear the inner voice which is always guiding us to do right. Why not give some time to the real YOU...!? So go on....! Look into that mirror, use those beautiful eyes to look into the inner YOU, shut those ears for the outside world for a moment, and listen to the soothing inner voice calling you....!

When Walking Down On The Reality Lane..!!

There is always a subject so very dear to you, that you cannot write nor talk about it. You know all the words, they flow out of your mouth like the glimmering water from the tap, but then when you open your mouth, there is silence. The moment passes and you lock it in again, careful enough to never bring it up again, until someone/something finds the key and then there is a an uproar! An uproar of unsaid words and unseen emotions.

What when that which opened the lock is the one to close it all in again? It's like freeing a bird from the cage, teaching it to enjoy freedom, and just when it is ready to fly high, you lock it back again. It's like forcing a vegetarian into being a non-veggie and then asking him to never eat meat again! There you are, locked up all over again, and this time you don't have the key either. You don't know who/what is going to find it.. you don't know when it is going to be found.. you don't even know whether it'll be found at all!

I wish to write, but my hands refuse to type. My heart is speaking, but my mind refuses to listen. There are times when i wish something.. anything.. went the way i planned it to go. Sometimes the magical spark disappears, and there's just a plain world out of my window. The moon, the stars, the music, the lights.. nothing helps!

The sunset moves on to welcome twilight, and i'm wondering... the twilight bids goodbye at the arrival of the night, and I'm still wondering. I wonder how it would be if I just slept and woke up the next day to find out my dreams were not dreams, they are true. What if dreams turned out to be the reality and reality was just a long horrible nightmare? Will you please wake me? Probably that is the key to my lock, so wake me up, I've been sleeping a long long time now.

I dream of a world not very different from this,

But with more laughter and less tears.

While stuck deep in this harsh reality crisis,

Often there is less relief and more fears.