Redefining Life - Recreating meanings

Pic credits: Sarvgyan.com “My son, listen up, Time can be same and different at the same time….. in the same time zone, people around the world might be experiencing varied emotions as an effect of their varied circumstances….for some the present minute can be a botched up Jenga game, for handful of others it might be a half solved jigsaw puzzle and for few more it might be a just then solved Rubik’s cube……”; “Hmm! but Appa, why can’t the entire human race be in any of the above states together, in the same time zone???”……….. Arrrrrrrrrrggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah I second all your opinions, the mention of so many puzzles instantly boggled my mind too.   However, hearing the above conversation that was going on between my father, who was in his own league of discussing life’s philosophy and brother who has taken life as a serious project and is writing a thesis on the same, stirred up a sense of perplexity in me, which meant, it was time for a sea depth thinking, t...

Few years back, when my life had thoroughly bottomed out, leaving me in a befuddled state of mind, viewing everything happening to me with an infant’s maturity, I felt immensely helpless and uneasy. Like Buddha, I too was dumbfounded and was in instant need of a Bodhi tree for self-introspection that would enlighten and persuade me to accept the reality and feel comfortable in the skin of my own situation. During this tough phase, “Destiny”, which is called as “destroyer of man made plans” by some and “driver to the man’s real destination” by others, cajoled me to encounter 3 deaths in my closest circle. These deaths no doubt caused unfathomable pain, but it surely was an eye opener for me as well. The exit of these 3 men to the eternal world absolutely unveiled my entry point to the real world. While they ended their lives, I began to live. The first one which sparked my enlightenment process was the death of an elderly family friend Mr. Murthy. He was diagnosed wi...

                                                                               Image courtesy -  depositphotos.com “One man’s food is other man’s poison” , quite literally in the current situation isn’t it not? This has definitely snatched the privilege of “carefree life” from the people and injected a sense of “careful living” causing serious turbulence among mankind. On the flip-side, this surely has given the whole of human clan the time to reconsider and rethink about certain practices & concepts, better understanding of which can help us regenerate peace & harmony throughout the world. Now let us take it one at a time: Entire world is locked down as this invisible pathogen has fixed its focus on defeating the humans- is having a tag of super power, developi...

In the arena of life, we put in all our might and fight for the fulfillment of our goals & desires with the intention of achieving imperishable happiness. Yet, one can seldom experience the phase in life where all our plans are materialized in our favor. While we come across such undesirable moments, a rudimentary emotion that we humans effortlessly slip into is “dejection or despair”. But, is our life merely limited to developing desires, feel happy when it’s achieved and slide into depression when it couldn’t be fulfilled? It’s time to enlighten ourselves to realize that the reason for being born as human beings is much more than just conquering our ‘wants’. The reason to perceive that, ” to be born as humans is a blessing”, is because of the fact that we possess this exceptional power, that is “to feel” the entire package of emotions bestowed upon us by the supreme power, that is not possible for any of his other creations. The ultimate intention of the Almig...

Pic credits: Wave accounting The most interesting part of our lives which involves continuous learning is “Travel”. Travelling might be moving within the city, country or even across the world. When we go on trips or expeditions, we get to experience an overall package of emotions which carves a deep relentless memory that we carry throughout our lives. However, no tour whether long or short can be satisfactorily completed without the assistance and guidance of a “Travel guide”.  While I was on a tour to explore one of my favorite historic destinations of Karnataka, which was also the capital of the “Vijayanagar” empire, that is none other than the spectacular “ Hampi”, I realised that without my tour guide, I would have definitely witnessed the obvious places but at the same time would have certainly missed noticing and recognising some of the unique and worthwhile spots which added so much more value to my exploration that would have otherwise led to an incomplet...

On a gloomy Tuesday morning, my brother and I were having a cup of coffee and looking through our phones, while I noticed this sudden shocked expression on his face and asked what had happened, with the same bewilderment, he said that one of his school mates had attempted suicide. And the reason left my mind boggled, yes! The reason was he failed to seize a suitable job for himself even a year after completing his engineering. When he was asked by my brother as to what pushed him to take such a drastic step, the reply that came was “an unsuccessful person doesn’t deserve to live”. My question is, on what basis did he judge himself as unsuccessful?                                                                               Pic credits; decisivemarketer.com Is “success” the ultimate m...

                                           Pic credit:Changebyexchange.com  Life involves various emotions like joy, sorrow, anger, fear , surprise etc. A person can never escape from experiencing or feeling all of them in his/her life span and it is a fact that can never be changed at any point in time. On the contrary, every individual is solely focused  on uncovering that one person, place or situation to which they can hold onto and consistently  experience this comforting superlative emotion of "happiness" throughout. The truth is that the creator is generous enough to bestow this super power upon us which says "Human beings can choose how they want to feel at a given point in time" . Once we learn to use this power flawlessly, no individual  will struggle to find happiness outside, as we can invariably feel happy from within with anybo...