Sunday, August 23, 2009

Dispassion - 1

Have we felt that when we go to some hill station or any place for travelling & after some time than we feel tired & than we want to go back to home.
It happens correct? Mere sath to hua hai & I feel that yeh sab ke sath hota hai.
In a similar way, when the mind tired of all the things in life of repetitive use of everything may be the car of all varieties, houses of all kinds of stuffs, listening to music, watching TV games ,movies, making sex , eating of variety of food , sleep, producing, upbringing & playing with childrens ,travelling, & travelling in sky, travelling in sea, travelling in jungle travelling on hills, travelling on continents ,any other things which we can think of may be its get tired of everything & than it really wants to come back to the point where it feels that enough is enough I am bored of everything. I think that point where in we really want to return to the home for rest….the mind want to come to the rest.
I think that’s the point from where the journey of self starts. Dispassion starts. Which happened with 2500 yrs back to the son of a king at the age of around 25-30 yrs. HE must have tired of all the things of the life which was available to him & HE must have frustrated of that also, HE must have tired of that also. When we have everything in life than what we will do?
So its really very important to check our mind when we get tiredness of everything around us. Then only the Dispassion will start.
But Kabir Dasji has ritely said that its not easy to recognize this tiredness also
Maya Mari na Man Mara, Mar Mar Gaya Sharir
Aasha Trishna Na Mari, Kah Gaye Das Kabir.
& that’s why Kabir Das ji has also said in the another beautiful mystical couplet
Kabira soya kya kare , Uthi Na bhaje Bhagwan
Jam jab ghar le jayenge, padi rahegi myan.
Means Kabira is sleeping & not reciting the name of god for liberation & one day will come when Yamraj will take him along & the body will remain here. ( Kabir has used the word Myan means the holder of the Sword- Here sword means the soul)
Beautiful mystical couplets of Kabir Dasji.

Monday, August 10, 2009

265 Days in Lagos Nigeria

265 Days in Nigeria…& 100 days to go for 1 yr………………………………………….
Everything is uncertain in life……….our body….our surrounding…..people around us…..things around us….everything around us……& we are so much involved in uncertain things as they are certain…as they are perpetual…..as they will be here permanently…..including our own..body….which is changing every moment…….I was looking to my pics of just 1 yr back…..& I found the change in my face ……..
Guruji says that everything around us is changing & uncertain…..& we are ..into it stuck…..& only certain thing…is we our self …deep our soul….& are not aware of it….never…looked in to it……………….isn it
Lagos taught me exactly……what can be the height of the uncertainty……….this is the country…..where actually we can feel that uncertainty all around. Like the worn torn Iraq or Israel where the people can feel the uncertainty all around every day because of war. But here uncertainty is because of by the people & for the people.
It is amazing that 7th largest producer of Crude oil in the world has not a single Refinery of its own, they don’t have a capability to store the natural gas & burning it, they don’t have a power in their main commercial city & all over the place there is noise of Generators day & night. Amazingly fertile soil. This country has all the resources to become the best except management of human resources.

Some of the very interesting observations of this country viz a viz India.
Nigerians wish each other by smile even you don’t know them , even you are just passing on the road. We Indians seldom do that !!
Nigerians not only smiles but also greet you by saying good morning or how the night was or how was the weekend. We Indians seldom do that !!
They enjoy the weekend with the fullest. No body works on Saturday / Sunday. We Indians seldom do that we are the busiest in the world !!
They earn & they spend , they are not good in savings. Indians save & save & don’t enjoy the present !!
Maximum Christians will go to church on every Sunday at 10 AM & Majority of Musilms will pray 5 times a day. No comments on Indians!! We are secular!!
The people are simple in general but greedy about the money & corruption is very very high. We are equally bad may be more cunning & greedy than Nigerians.


There is more affinity towards there tribes than the Religion. Surprisingly in one family we can find one brother is Muslim & another is Christian & they are living in harmony. Its Impossible in India !
Woman are very respected here , Rape & crime against woman is almost negligible here. India is not safe for woman !
There are no thieves only the Robbers are here. In India we have both. After Robbery generally the robbers will not hurt the persons but in India anything can happen!
There is a very negative image of this country in the world but as such this country is not bad. Around may be more than 40000 Indians are living here in Lagos alone. There is an Indian Language school here with more than 1500 kids. Majority of Sindhis are in trading business here & making huge money.
Interesting days & Interesting life here in Lagos NIGERIA.