From Coding To Decoding

I have been trying to decode an intricate question from quite some time that why people take things for granted or better to say why people take love for granted. Today by god’s grace, answer for the same was revealed to me in due course of spontaneous reflection while going through few timeless love stories.

Love is something as old as the history of humankind. On the contrary, technology is relatively a new phenomenon. Now, how these two co-relates each other and how they are concerned with my question. That is how I went to decode the same.

Today I was in a mood to browse through few timeless love stories and then after reading, I found an answer to a long unaddressed question-----“What makes someone to take his/her love for granted”. The answer lies deep within the advent of technology. Yes, it may sound bizarre but that is true. Love is a vast ocean made up of mystery, purity, longing, hope, union, severance, etc. Earlier, in order to experience love, one would require embarking a mysterious journey that was full of co-incidences, one after another, as there was no such real time medium to be in touch.

The depth of love would be enhanced with the absence of your beloved. With the longing, respect for the presence of your soul mate would be inevitable. Now sans elaborating more on the same let see how technology created a dramatic impact on love. Finding a soul mate is just a click away or just one co-incidence away in any form, these days. Thereafter, one need not wait for long to encounter a chance to be in touch with a loved one.

Technology has literally taken a toll on our patience. Older time, love was patient but modern love does not believe in having patience. It is about if things do not work, let us opt out. Where is that longing? Where is that respect of another’s presence? Remember… Law of diminishing marginal utility? When there would be no longing, how can we expect that taken for granted attitude does not creep in? So far I would struggle with this question what makes someone to take his/her beloved to take for granted. Here, revelation comes to me------Technology. I wish if I could belong to a golden era only to find the infinite joy in witnessing that someone has been looking for me from years and has come all the way from far by crossing mountains, rivers, dense forests, risky trails----only to show me a glimpse of depth of love.

"I stopped looking for light and decided to become it instead"

Impulsive rush of quitting is finally over. I have heard that cyclones are horrifying ---Inner and outer, both. However, it is still difficult to make a comparative analysis that which one is more horrifying. Is it the one that give physical wounds, or is it the one that give wounds to your soul? Both may turn fatal if the magnitude is intense. I had been waiting to have a glimpse of heaven.

Amidst an unexpected encounter with deadly cyclone that my soul experienced for 3 weeks, I managed to catch a glimpse of heaven. When I landed in ‘Brahmakumaris Center’, I felt speechless. Rajyog meditation course began. The first day satiates my quest for getting hold of such a powerful mantra for which my soul was yearning from years and years. With the passage of time, inner cyclone began to subside. Sense of tranquility began to prevail. In between, I made a promise to see myself in the mirror only when this course gets over. After 7 days, I could not believe on my eyes. A dull face with puffy eyes was radiating with inner peace. As the illusions began to fade, duality began to disappear; inner peace began to come naturally. Family life began to stabilize.

People around me noticed the transformation and applauded. Majority of the people believe in Angels and so do I. I also do believe that God gives us clues to enable us to take up a right direction but due to being absolutely lost in our own illusions, we fail to catch those clues. My mother had been asking me to take up this course since last few months but I kept on delaying. When I met my childhood and school friend after the gap of 20 years, she too asked me to do the same. In no time, I did comprehend that I should not delay anymore. The very next I enrolled for the course. It has been 3 days since the course got over but the tranquility still lingers. A wish to reside in their Mount Abu Center for few days is latest wish my on my Wish list.  

Through following the path revealed by Brahmakumaris, I no more crave to reserve a place for myself in heaven. Instead, I dream to create heaven within my own self. 

                                                    "Om Shanti"

                                                                                               

A Wish For Blank Cheque!

Recently she did come across an extremely inspirational story.

It is about a businessman who suffers huge loss in his business. One day when he is sitting on a park’s bench, he meets an old man. When that old man asks him why he is looking so upset, businessperson tells him about his financial setback. In no time, this old man takes out his cheque book and writes a blank cheque to him saying that I am (Some big business tycoon) and I offer you this cheque. Once you cover up your loss you pay me back after an year at this same place. Thereafter, that old man disappears.  This unexpected and extremely kind gesture leaves the businessperson speechless. He thinks that if a stranger can put so much faith on him then why he cannot trust his own capabilities. He folds the cheque, keeps it in his pocket, and thereafter leaves.

He begins to work out all possible solutions to recover from financial crunch. Within a span of a year, he manages to rebuild his entire business empire. He reaches to the park to hand over the cheque to that old man. Few days pass but old man does not arrive.

Ultimately, a day comes when he does notice that same old man, sitting on the same park bench. He goes there, expresses his heartfelt gratitude to him, and hands over the cheque to him. Amidst this, he sees that a female nurse arrives there and chides old man. Businessperson asks about the entire matter. Nurse reveals that this old man is no business tycoon but he is mentally challenged. Whoever he comes across, introduces himself as a business tycoon. Nurse takes that old man along with her. Businessman continue to stand there in a state of utmost shock and disbelief. He shudders for a moment while thinking that if this old man would not have had offered him black cheque, how would he be able to transform impossible into possible.

Yesterday while ruminating about many aspects of her life and this story, she began to confront many questions that why she has not able to prove her worth so far? Why she has not been able to be confident in whatever she does? May be because she is yet to find her blank cheque that puts more trust on her capabilities than what she has for herself? 

It is a high time that we need to look beyond materialism.At times,we are unable to comprehend that how an entire life may be changed just through few simple kind words. We are unable to realize that just through a single act of kindness; someone’s life may turn for better. 

She fails to understand that:

What does it take to say to another “I trust You”?

What does it take to convey to another “No matter what, I am there”?

What does it take to spare out few moments from a hustle-bustle life to say “Yes, You can make impossible possible”?

She is truly unable to grasp that what it takes actually! All she knows, the moment she will find her ‘Blank Cheque’, she will be able to prove her worth to the entire world.

She looks up in the sky, heaves a sigh and makes a wish,

 “God, will you soon send me a blank Cheque”!

Dream-Bridge

This blog is an attempt to nurture my feelings, emotions and dreams. Almost entire world seems to battling with a strange phenomenon of ‘Being Practical’. However, I believe that my so-called unpractical approaches and attitudes towards my life, makes me stand out from the crowd. Thus, I came up with an idea to create a ‘Dream Bridge’ by weaving those desired thoughts and characters that already exist in my life and those that I would like to experience in my life. To simplify, ‘Dream Bridge’ is an attempt  to impart new wings to my broken soul through which my soul would find comfort and solace by embarking on a journey from Emptiness to Substance and Love.