Life, Musings, Misadventures, Epiphanies by Arun Raj

There are times in life when we just need to let go. There are things that happen to us which are completely beyond our control. No matter what we do to counter it, it just tends to happen eventually. Then all our efforts towards stopping it seem futile and we lose hope. Here comes that over/under-rated superior being we all, with all due respect, call GOD. Being lost in contemplation, deep in the worry of things beyond our control we fret and panic at simple things. Daily activities seem like a chore and hope seems dead and beyond reach. Being here is the most difficult part as whatever another person tells you, you are just not able to hear it. You are lost in the noise that your incapacitating worry has caused you. 'Where am I?' a voice inside you cries out in search for an answer. You are but only ripe to hear a simple, lost voice called the inner voice or the voice from inside you. Some also comfortably call it - The voice of God, even others that call it the 'hear...

The Origin of the Chocolate Theory: Ok chocolates are known to be sinful indulgence and an aphrodisiac. I have been a loyal & indulgent fan of chocolates and enjoy every moment spent from opening the wrapper to relishing the last bit of it with complete surrender. And so while in a silent moment of centered & focussed indulgence, it struck me one day - the 'Chocolate theory', as if an apple on Newton's head. How uncanny but similar is the nature of Chocolate to the nature of the human Feminine? The Theory states that: " Chocolate & the human Feminine have a resemblance in its existential definition. Chocolate's nature may, based on prominent characteristics be extrapolated to the nature of the human feminine. The feminine nature prominently reflects certain scientifically proven pleasures & consequences of the consumption of Chocolate which we will see in the flow of this theoretical blogumentary about the Chocolate theory. " Here is an interes...

The Patao Secrets is a series I have wanted to start for a while but did not get the right topic to begin it with. Then, finally I found it and here it goes ...  True Love is taken by hard work, not made in heaven !! I have always wondered why people are ignorant or lazy enough to not work towards finding the right person or the 'love of their life'. Its difficult to convince many to even work beyond what they think is right with finding a soulmate. While some say it is about waiting for the right woman/man, another says its about love at first sight, and yet another that feels 'who gives a damn, if somebody likes me the way I am them its fine.'  Is it the fear of failure trying or is it the fear of losing love or is it just no interest in putting effort into trying that girl or guy that they like (lazy in a way)? I say its all and mostly a mix of the above reasons. You might have observed sometime that the bad guys get the good girls and vice versa. But have you though...

Deep into this night I have reached A spot in my dreams reserved for you. Silence broken by a cricket’s might A distant owl’s cries echoes and dies. With you so far – a few physical miles, But a heartbeat away, there u stand; As I close my eyes – tonight, I just wish for you and only you. I slip into a dream so vividly real Love lanterns light, surreal sights. Oh, dreams they are; I wish were true. In your dreams I shall float this night. You & I, tangled with our eyes & sight Lost in the gardens of the seventh haven. Pearly petals of jasmine, dancing Along tulip meadows in a spring summer breeze. So deep I am, lost in your sight so awed, That I wish and hope not to wake and lose This sight that pleasures me, of you – A divine sight; now I wish for you and only you. ~ Arun Raj ~

Today morning I woke up with some remnant images of a dream/nightmare - is up to you. I could only laugh as I woke up and recollected the images. I am not sure what I was laughing at - Was it my inability to counteract in that moment in the dream or Was it because I could not able to believe it could happen or Was it how I would really have taken it? Sigmund Freud said ... "a  dream, if understood correctly, could lead to a greater understanding of the dreamer's subconscious." This thought put me into a fix. Why? you ask ... Here's the dream ...  There we were the three of us - myself, a lady that I had an a really high level of interest for (let's call her Tina for now) and one of my best friends (lets call him George, and george did know about my interest for Tina). I am sure about these two by the way I felt about each of them. After a late night party, we were all off to sleep at my place. The next thing I remember is waking up to the smell of coffee and the s...