Life, Musings, Misadventures, Epiphanies by Arun Raj

There she stood in a Goddess stance With twinkling eyes – sharp and black,  That pierced my heart – fragile.    Tulip petals mixed in a dance of yellow & red - As though a spring summer blessed in bloom,  Fluttered along me in a consummate trance. Her fragrance spread in the lazy breeze Far-flung like the reach of a bright sun’s rays, Onto me; now lost only to be found by her. As she traced a path - so pearly white,  Towards me, I could not but fall  Weak in my knees; now powerless and entranced. As though in still grace, she appeared  To flow; unlike a human stride, While songbirds fluttered in symphony – Music!!  ‘Where am I?’ A question in such distraught  Arose in me - on the path of His love.  To win is to lose now and to lose is to win. “Oh Supreme Soul, beloved to you  Shall I presume now my humbled myself!   This love of You unto me, My Lord, perplexes me!”  What have I, but done to deserve  In my human sight, a blessed spectacle  Of one of your beloved Angel’s” In reply w...

Have you observed in your love for your mother, father, brother, friend, lover or best friend that un-questioned and un-ending flow of giving? There, lies the best form of true love. Here, there is no confusion or conflict and love becomes the most pleasurable experience. It gives meaning to life. It makes us feel complete. It makes us happy. Love gives meaning to life. It makes us feel complete. It makes us happy. But what makes this love difficult to maintain and sustain?!! Observe again! Why? As these relationships develop, there is a build up expectations around these relationships. In a friend and/or lover we expect loyalty and a return of the love given, when you need it. Parents expect respect back for the love they have given and we expect them to understand us and stand by us for our interests and desires. We get absorbed to the love to the extent where detachment or inexistence of this love would leave us meaningless and empty. As relationships develop, there is a build up ex...

Let’s start with a small exercise - Stick your tongue out and try to touch the tip of your nose. Put an effort at it, I know you can do it. OK! If you find it difficult then Wikihow.com takes you through the steps of getting it done - http://www.wikihow.com/Touch-Your-Nose-With-Your-Tongue What is you first temptation – To try and touch it or Is it disgust? Now, when some of you might have even attempted this, I know for sure you might have at least been tempted to click the link. The forbidden fruit or a relatively unusual activity like this is tempting at best, but that voice inside your head that cries “… Nonsense! Nonsense!! …” steals the cake from you. Why is it so? Why did Adam & Eve have to pluck the fruit forbidden by GOD or why do a lot of top notch leaders and ambitious people have difficult phases in their past to talk about or why does the Fox give up on the grapes that were a little high for him to catch hold off, why does he not try before concluding – ‘they are sour’...