Know your conflicting self

Swami Sukhabodhananda

Happiness is what we want but our overwhelming desire to attain happiness and freedom actually takes it away from us.

We are not able to love for we are filled with hope and expectations. We are all working for freedom but freedom is elusive. Happiness is what we want but in our overwhelming desire for happiness and freedom it slips away. We come to a master with the desire to be happy and that prevents us from being happy. What comes between oneself and happiness is desire. The possibility of attaining happiness is weakened by increasing one’s desire for it. So what should we do? It is not a question of doing but seeing the foolishness of the desire. Look what is happening now. There is an experience of what is happening and yet there is another part in oneself that does not want what is happening. That is, “I want something other than what is. I create a conflict with my self”. This conflicting self is the “me”, and with this self one wants to be happy. Unless one sees the whole foolishness of this conflict, unhappiness will exist and you hold it in your desire to be happy.

See that one part of you is experiencing what is happening while the other part says, “I don’t want this and I want something else”. See this basic conflict. Sharpen your seeing and let the seeing just see “what is”.

Now see this conflict of who you are and who you want to become as a dream. Don’t give it the importance of a waking reality; see it as a movement of a dream state.
Learn to dis-identify yourself from this conflict and go on witnessing it from a distance. Learn to see the witness and not the witnessed. See the witnessing consciousness- the ‘sakshi’ and slowly without any desire you will see it is complete and full.

Now from this fullness, you start living life. From this fullness even if you desire, then a desire would be out of fullness and not for fullness. Your desire is out of happiness and not for happiness. This is a state of nirvana — enlightenment.

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Happy New Year 2008!!

Another fresh new year is here …
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest …
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs

- William Arthur Ward

Taare Zameen par....

Makes you laugh, those songs of innocence, reminds the wonder filled school days, gives you goosebumps actually.. TZP is a beautiful movie, titles are very creative n awesome, amazing acting by the Darsheel, n not to forget great lyrics. Dont miss to watch the movie.

Official Website: Tare Zameen Par
Duration: Approx 2:40 hrs
Genre: Social, Kids, Family
Director: Aamir "Perfectionist" Khan
Story: Amole Gupte
Lead Actors: Aamir Khan and Darsheel Safary
Music: Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy
Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi


[Title Song]


Dekho inhein yeh hai onss ki boodein
Patto ki goodh mein aasamaan se khude
Angdai le phir karwat badal kar
Nazuk se moti hasde phishal kar
Kho na jayee yeh
Taare Zameen par

Yeh toh hai sardi mein
Dhoop ki kirane
Uthre jo aangan ko sunehara sa karne
Maan ke andhero ko roshan sa karde
Thiturti hatheli ki rangat badal de
Kho na jayee yeh
Taare Zameen par

Jaise aankhon ki debiyan mein neediyan
Aur neediyan mein meetha sa sapna
Aur sapne mein mil jaye faristha sa koi
Jaise rango bhari peechkari
Jaise Thitliyan phoolo ki pyari
Jaise bina matlab ka pyaara rista ho koi

Yeh to asha ki lehra hai
Yeh to umeed ki seher hai
Khushiyon ki nehar hai
Kho na jaye yeh
Taare Zameen par

Dekho raaton ke sene pe yeh to
Jhil mil kisi lao se uge hain
Yeh to andiyan ke khushbo hai bhago se beh chale
Jaise kaanch mein chudi ke tukde
Jaise khile khile phoolon ke mukhde
Jaise bansi koi bajaye pedo ke taale

Yeh to jhoke hai pawan ke
Hai yeh gungroo jeevan ke
Yeh to sur hai chaman ke
Kho na jayeee
Taare Zameen par

Mohale ki ronak galiyan hai jaise
Khilne ki zid per kaliyan hai jaise
Muthi mein masam ki jaise hawaein
Yeh hai buzurgo ke dil ki duyaaein
Kho na jayeee
Taare Zameen par
Taare Zameen par

Kabhi baatein jaise dadi naani
Kabhi chale jaise num num pani
Kabhi ban jaye bhole saawalo ki jhadi
Sanate mein hasi ke jaise
Sune hoton pe khushi ke jaise
Yeh to noor hai barse gar pe kismat ho padi
Jaise jhil mein lehar aye chanda
jaise bheed mein apne ka kandha
jaise manmauji nadiya
jhaag udaye kuch kahe
jaise baithe baithe meethi si jhapki
jaise pyar ki dheemi si thapki
jaise kaanon mein sargam
hardam bajti hi rahe
jaise barkha udati hai bundiya…
kho na jaaayeeee yehhhh
Kho na jaayee yehh
kho na jaayee yehh
kho na jaayee yehhhh..

Here I'm .... :)))

SAGAR/BHARATH MR
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If you can read this intinerary.. u'll probably know where i am!! :p
Watch this space for more.. soon!!

Warne-Muralitharan Trophy!!

Children's Day Thought

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any - Fred Astaire
APJ Abdul Kalam starts a newspaper "Billion Beats"

Former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam was the people's President, and on the occasion of Children's Day, Kalam dons a new hat by turning editor for an online paper. Never one to sit idle, former President APJ Abdul Kalam has moved on. Today (November 14) is Children's Day - a day when Kalam launches his own e-paper, which will celebrate the success stories of ordinary Indians. Anantha Krishnan, National Affairs Editor, 'Billion Beats', puts it, "It all started with an informal chat with Dr Kalam. He felt that there's an overdose of politics, murders, crime and there's a lot of negative stories in print. So, he felt that we should celebrate the victories also. Children's Day seemed to be the right time to launch the paper. Dr Kalam wants all the success stories of scientists, agriculturists, farmers and technocrats. Basically 'Billion Beats', will try to bring to the fore, the tales of unsung heroes."

Source: Timesnow.tv

Which one, which one..

OSO vs Saawariyan

Which one is a Bigger Hit? Which one did you watch this diwali?.. any reviews/thoughts/ opinions/warnings before i watch them (which i am planning to this weeknd)?

Btw bought the Sony Handycam Camcorder DCR-SR42 this diwali. Was into it all weekend, cant compare with the best Handycam ever, but should say, a cool piece of gadget.

Indian Advertising

Advertising in India has grown leaps and bounds from the 80's and the 90's. Todays ads are one of the most creative and innovative we get to see in the entire world. Arguebly the toughest job is convincing a customer to buy your product in the competetive Indian market. Ads are of many different kinds, the ones u watch on televsion, print ads that appear on mags and newspapers, and scores of them that you get to hear on Fm channels (which are not visual ads), and obvsly the ads from the wide web world. I came across some online ads which made me giggle and laugh. Hope you also enjoy them...

Each one is better than the other. Simply amazing to see how creative Indian advertising have become. I wont say these are the best, but they are certainly some of the funniest :). I am not giving out the product names, you gotta watch them to enjoy. The Chaalis Chor (click on the link to see), adopted from the 1971 anime Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, has been quite a hit. The next ad Udi (click on the link to see) sends a clear message to the consumers. The third on the list, Daddu's blessings (click on the link to see) is certainly entertaining, giving the ad a Bollywood touch, which has been aped by many. Next one is an innovative ad, Mast Bahaar (click on the link to see), giving out a message to all the youth, spreading awareness on one of the important issues plauging today's world. The fifth on the list is also inspired from Bollywood. I enjoyed, Train (click on the link to see), which has some Bihari (Laloo yadav) accent in it. The next one is quite creative as well. You like or hate ghazals??? then u must watch Chitti (click on the link to see), where the world's richest and popular product company is targetting Indian customers. I did smile after watching it. How can todays ads leave out the Sholay theme from wooing the cosumenrs. You might have seen many ads revoving around the sholay theme and this one is one of them. Watch Sholay-Thakur (click on the link to see) and enjoy!

PS:Make sure u have the speakers turned-on when you watch these ads :)

My all time favs however have been M-seal and the Nike ad, igniting the passion for cricket (n how Nike did it? Click here).

M-seal


Nike

Happy Deepavali

Wishing all the readers a joyous Diwali :)