The Other Side

Who can know 

What my dreams are 

What I want to do 

Where I want to go 

How can they know 

To do that 

They have to live 

My life first 

But then these shoes 

Fit only on my feet ! 

Not everyone can 

Do as I do 

Stand in another's shoes 

And see life 

From the " other side "

Vikaas Nafde Feb 19 KTM

Emotional Poise

Gaining Emotional Poise -Remember the Hourglass – Extracts from a sermon by Dr James G Gilkey

“Most of us think of ourselves as standing wearily and helplessly at the centre of a circle bristling with ,#tasks, ,#burdens, #problems, #annoyances and #responsibilities  are rushing in upon us .At every moment we have a dozen different things to do , a dozen problems to solve , a dozen strains to endure . We see ourselves as #overdriven, #overburdened, #overtired.

This is a common mental picture – and it is totally false !No one of us , however crowded his life , has such an existence . 

What is the true picture of life? Imagine that there is an hourglass on your desk. Connecting the bowl on top with the bowl at the bottom is a tube so thin that only one grain of sand can pass through it at a time .

That is the true picture of your life even on a super busy day. The crowded hours come to you always one moment at a time. That is the only way that they can come. The day may bring many tasks , many problems, strains , but invariably they come in single file 

You want to gain Emotional Poise ? Remember the hourglass, the grains of sand dropping one by one ……….. “

 

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Dance of Seven Veils

The #Catalyst
This is totally my view and represents  a thought that came to me .
In different traditions and mythologies , separated from each other , have two different stories about
The Dance of the Seven Veils ,  both having approximately similar endings .
One by Draupadi for the Karavs and the other by Salome for King Herod .
I have been wondering as to the reason why they appear .
In my view , sooner or later - knowingly or unknowingly , all Humans search for the  Divinity or The Divine .
To do this , they have to pass through Seven Layers that mask their goal from them .
1.The #5 senses of Sight , Hearing , Smell , Touch and Taste
2. The Sixth Sense or instinct
It is when the Seventh is reached that God manifests . In the case of Draupadi it is when 6 drapings were removed that The Divine Manifested as Lord Krishna .
In the case of Salome she achieved her goal of attracting King Herod .
This is what i think is the lesson we get about meditation and overcoming the senses to achieve that which is Paramount .
Omnipresent, Omnipotent , Omniscient