Spiritual Serendipity

The mind clings to what it knows, and it clings to what it doesn't know oh, the mind, feckless and reckless unobservant of its own features knowing not itself, nor otherwise, clinging to its image, made of itself clinging to its own pretentiousness clinging to the extensions of a cloud filled day clinging to trappings of associations In the intolerance of unfulfilled dreams. promises that torment the imagination with a shattered life splintered like broken glass into countless reflections of clinging distorting the sense of wholeness Clinging to the thoughts, improvement and prosperity clinging to worse or better, wrong or right sweet or bitter, yesterday or tomorrow presence and absence, opened or unopened unhelpful or helpful and the fickle edges of inner movement

I vow to remember that today is a new day Full of new beginnings and fresh moments Today, I will not cling to events of yesterday nor yesteryear But stay connected with what today brings. I will not madly pursue my desires at the expense of others Nor flee from challenging tasks. I will remain true to the unfolding process of today Without losing myself in thoughts of what was or what might be. I will treat today with awareness and sensitivity Even in the most ordinary of tasks. I will apply myself wholeheartedly to the fullness of today For I know that today holds the resource for authenticity. --Anonymoous

Navratras, or navratris, or nau-ratri - various names in which Hindus celebrate this festival worshipping the nine - roops or forms of Godddess Durga, is beginning 23rd day of September this year. So, here's wishing you all Very Shubh Navratras!!!!! Celebrated all over North India as Navratras, this festival is also the main festival of the Bengalis - and is known as the Durga Puja. The ten -day long celebration also coincides with the manchan of the Ramlila - that is, the depiction of the story of the Ramayana - of Lord Rama, Ma Sita, and Laxman - of their vanvas, i.e. exile for 14 years from Ayodhya; their stay in the various forests spannig entire India, various encounters with demons (rakhshasaz), kidnapping of Ma Sita, meeting with Hanuman, burning of Lanka..., and D fight with all the biggest demons of that age, and finally the victory of good over evil as they say. This victory is celebrated as Deepawali - the festival of lights - wow! that's the beauty of India - one f

With Janamashtami round the corner .. lets explore the meaning of Hare Krishna.... Who is Krishna? Why do people dress in robes and chant His name on the streets? What is the philosophy of these Krishna devotees? What's the meaning of their chant? Krishna is a name of the Supreme. It means "all- attractive." Anything that might attract you has its source in the Supreme. Therefore the Supreme is also known as Rama (rhymes with "drama"). "Rama" means "the highest eternal pleasure." All of us are pleasure-seeking creatures. So you can say that directly or indirectly we are all seeking Krishna. Chanting Hare Krishna is a way of seeking Krishna directly. As for the word "Hare" (pronounced huh-ray), it's a call to Krishna's divine energy. Just as the sun shines forth to us through its energies like heat and light, the Supreme reveals Himself through His multitude of energies. If the Supreme is the source o

The Dumbest thing is to..... .....is to waste your time :P This might sound glib, but two people especially friends, relatives, or partners not talking to one another over a mutually perceived slight, is a complete waste of time. Obviously it follows, that the longer they remain incommunicado and persona non grata, vis- a-vis each other, the more time they must be wasting. Yet people are capable of speding years. even tens of them, and often close to or including a lifetime, that's left to them without resuming any form of relationship with the other. When and if they manage to get away successfully, it;'s because each believes the other is to blame without thinking that it takes two wrongs to make a third. So, whose time is being wasted? Clearly, not the rest of the world's because that has its own demands to deal with Clearly, not that of one’s immediate folks and kin since they too eventually abdicate any concern they might have initially harboured. What’s clear,