tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41740600145468492962024-03-06T07:04:52.430+05:30moments from a mystic's lifeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-57151646844471915802021-10-04T10:12:00.002+05:302021-10-04T10:13:48.684+05:30Back Again ! <p> Hello Dear Friends,</p><p>How are you all ? I am back to blogging again after a long time. Hope to be regular here again, as writing has always been my first love. </p><p>Today, I just want to share a recent picture that I have captured. It is from the corner of my home, a flower vase & some lovely flowers from the weekend market. And that's my painting on the wall. Hope you like it !</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGCvgFfRybVpM_YGks6lR_vjY_PD2wRrDE3yPoBfaPqjoD9NhtFK48IVhBG13uGYUsQM57cMKcg0rdjvM8pdw1v0cbLix4ed0aagEvLBZzI7B4QHl8bdIkSrR3DFQKUj1DWTuig-jZ2w/s2048/IMG_20211002_175725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGCvgFfRybVpM_YGks6lR_vjY_PD2wRrDE3yPoBfaPqjoD9NhtFK48IVhBG13uGYUsQM57cMKcg0rdjvM8pdw1v0cbLix4ed0aagEvLBZzI7B4QHl8bdIkSrR3DFQKUj1DWTuig-jZ2w/s320/IMG_20211002_175725.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-11277087067581814172020-02-28T14:32:00.000+05:302020-02-28T14:32:29.938+05:30Be Human <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-29068311686564397122020-01-10T18:19:00.001+05:302020-01-10T19:46:15.572+05:30দেশ বনাম চৰকাৰ by সংঘমিত্ৰা নাথ<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>দেশ বনাম চৰকাৰ</b> </div>
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আজিকালি social mediaত প্ৰায়েই এটা কথা শুনি থাকো- "দেশ কে গদ্দাৰ " (desh ke gaddar)। অৰ্থাৎ , দেশৰ বিৰূদ্ধাচাৰণ কৰা ব্যক্তি সকল । দেশদ্ৰোহী সকল । এই প্ৰসংগত আজি মোৰ blog ত, মই অতি চমুকৈ কিছুমান কথা কব খোজো :</div>
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মোৰ বোধেৰে, </div>
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দেশ মানে চৰকাৰ নহয়। </div>
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দেশ আৰু চৰকাৰ একে </div>
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নহয়, কেতিয়াও এক হব নোৱাৰে । </div>
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যিদৰে মা আৰু সন্তান এক নহয়।</div>
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আমাৰ দেশ, আমাৰ মাতৃভূমি, আমাৰ জন্মভূমি ।<br />
"জননী জন্ম ভূমিশ্চ স্বৰ্গাদপি গৰীয়সী " ।<br />
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আমাৰ মাতৃভূমিৰ মাজত ঈশ্বৰে যেন সকলো<br />
স্নেহ, ভালপোৱা, আবেগ, অনুভূতি, দৰদ, মায়া-মমতা,<br />
সৌন্দৰ্য একাকাৰ কৰি দিছে ।<br />
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আমাৰ চৰকাৰ, সেই দেশমাতৃৰে সন্তান ।</div>
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চৰকাৰ বহুত হব পাৰে ( ই পৰিবৰ্তনশীল)।<br />
চৰকাৰ যিমানেই বদলি নহওঁক,<br />
দেশ সদায় একেখনেই থাকে ।<br />
দেশৰ বিকল্প নাই, কিন্তু চৰকাৰৰ বিকল্প আছে ।</div>
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সন্তান যিমানেই ক্ষমতাশালী নহওঁক কিয় অথবা</div>
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যিমানেই মাতৃৰ হৈ ডাঙৰ ডাঙৰ কথা </div>
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নকওক কিয়, তেওঁ কেতিয়াও মাতৃৰ স্থান</div>
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লব নোৱাৰে ।</div>
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মাতৃ আমাৰ, মাতৃভূমি আমাৰ </div>
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পূজণীয়, আমাৰ আবেগ, </div>
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আমাৰ বিবেক, </div>
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কিন্তু, সন্তান নহয়।<br />
সন্তান হৈছে ভুল ত্ৰুটি কৰিব পৰা জনসাধাৰণৰ এজন ।</div>
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সন্তানক ইমানখিনি সম্মান দিয়াৰ </div>
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আগতে আমি বিচাৰ কৰি চাব লাগিব যে</div>
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তেওঁ সেই সম্মানৰ যোগ্য হয় নে নহয়।</div>
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সেইবাবেই, চৰকাৰক সমালোচনা কৰা বা<br />
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মানে দেশক সমালোচনা কৰা নুবুজায় ।<br />
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How true is this quote and how relevant it is to our times. In the light of today's encounter killing in Hyderabad, it appears to be true, at least. Although justice seems to be served before the guilty is pronounced guilty, it is a matter of grave concern that justice has been served in this manner. Three reasons come to my mind :<br />
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1. This 'quick' killing empowered the murderers. They died in a second. Whereas the woman victim suffered for hours and killed in a brutal manner. <br />
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2. The murderers were captured but it is not yet proven if all of them are actual murderers or innocent people caught by the police under public pressure. For that, they needed to go on trial. Also, whether it was a staged killing or real, we will not get to know.<br />
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3. This kind of justice is similar to the justice of stone ages where not only murderers or perpetrators of crime are devoid of any reason or rationality but also the authorities/ tribe leaders/ law makers who give in to public pressure and kill suspects much before justice is served. It is very similar to "witch hunting or witch burning" in the past. <br />
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Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-45017234140964765352019-06-29T00:07:00.000+05:302019-06-29T21:32:09.713+05:30How To Manage Energy Better; A Guide for Empaths, Feelers, Lovers and Idealists (Part 3 by Sanghamitra Nath)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Read part 1 <a href="https://mysticsmoments.blogspot.com/2019/06/how-to-manage-your-energy-better-guide.html?m=1">here</a> and part 2 <a href="https://mysticsmoments.blogspot.com/2019/06/how-to-manage-your-energy-better-guide_25.html?m=1">here</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1) <b>First, Try to Know Yourself : </b>Are you an unconditionally loving,
caring, forgiving, accepting ,co-operative, understanding, hopeful, gentle, silent,
free giver of emotions, positive and peace loving person ? Then, you are most likely an
empath/feeler/idealist. This is where your energy lies. </span><br />
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<b>As an empath, there are mainly two reasons why you should manage your energy.</b> These are-<br />
a) <b>As an empath, you are energy sensitive</b>. <b>You have unlimited energy</b> <b>for understanding,</b> loving, kindness and tolerating. You are a giver. You give more than you take.<br />
Unlimited energy + tolerance makes you an easy target /victim of a brutal society.<br />
b) <b>However, as an empath, you also have limited energy</b> <b>for negativity,</b> hatred, gossip, etc. etc. You get drained by too much external stimuli. Limited energy makes you the victim of your own circumstances and you fail to realize your full potential.<b>You create your own energy blockages.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2) Second, <b>Try to</b> <b>Know Others :</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b> </b> </span>When
you relate to another person, observe what is his/ her energy like ? Is it
opposite to your energy ? Is the person anxious, self centred, bragging all the
time, doesn't let you be, controlling, loud, hateful, negative,
non-compromising, interfering, forceful, gossiping, lying, spreading rumours, brooding, calculating,
giving only with conditions, withholding emotions, restless, type ?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3) <b>When you observe a mis-match of energies between you and
the other person, that is the first sign that you should draw a boundary.</b> Do
not try to fill up the gaps in energies or this mis-match by your efforts, or
by compromising because you have found a few likeable /similar <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>traits or by showing extra kindness. If you do
so, things will be better for a while but after some time, your energy will go
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">4) <b>If you feel guilty for not being able to show the level of kindness ( as shown by you previously) or
by drawing boundaries, then remember that guilt may occur due to the following reasons :</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">i. Guilt is a sign of fear or shame which you have forgotten now but it is still unconsciously rooted in your </b><b>childhood</b><b style="font-family: inherit;">/post-childhood/somewhere in your past. </b></span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Maybe, it is a sign that your inner child
was shamed by an adult </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">(from your past or felt shamed by society), from which
your adult self has not yet recovered. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ii.</b> Guilt also means "that you deeply
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</span>is ok<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>because you are "<b>not mature
enough to know the good from the bad</b>". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>iii.</b> Guilt may be <b>a sign of shutting down your emotions</b> <b>(because of something that happened to you in the past) but now you are
ashamed of that act and now you want to do the right thing by pleasing people/
society</b> who do not add any value to your life. For you, the relationship is
more important than your feelings or values because you can compromise your
values but you cannot compromise with your relations. </span><br />
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even if you feel empty and drained), is better than no relation. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>v.</b> Guilt is very tricky/ confusing and often very personal/ private. <b>If you feel guilty, remember that guilt makes you feel small in comparison to others whereas love makes you feel good/ comfortable/ happy. If you feel guilty for not doing something, then remember that anything that makes you feel small cannot be better than your failure/what you have not done. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">5) <b>If at all, you are forced to maintain a relationship with
mis-matched energies</b>, then you have to do the following things- <b>find a person or thing with a matching
energy and invest most of </b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><b>your emotions
into it. </b>That could be a friend, a pet, book,
internet forums, etc.etc. <b>Spend less and less time with the mis-matched energy</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">6) <b>Whenever you are with a mis-matched energy, hold yourself
( centre yourself) within your boundary. Do not invest any emotion or energy
into that relationship- only formalities are allowed.</b> The moment you invest energy/emotion
by showing genuine interest, extending help, listening to their sorrows,
complaints, etc.etc.,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you will spiral
out of control because from that point on-you will get sucked into their energy
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">7) Whenever possible, ( I know that it is not possible all
the time but ) control the urge to speak or give your opinions on matters
initiated by them. Control the urge to participate <b>not only</b> in their drama and
negative energies, <b>BUT ALSO</b> in their harmless or meaningless conversations. <b>Try to be a silent observer instead. It is the only way to give / return their
energy back to them</b>. Otherwise, you will absorb their energies even from simple day to day incidents. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">8) <b>Empaths are very vulnerable in the sense that they have
an open heart. </b>A heart that is completely open. But others can SEE it and that is why empaths are often victims of their own behaviour. Some signs of an open
heart are- agreeableness, participating and co-operating, patience, inability
to use violence, inability or disinterest in controlling others, letting others
do what they want (free spirit), coming to the rescue of others, sharing things
and emotions, ability to listen for hours (does not talk about self but rather
listen to others), hide their own problems, extremely understanding and
accepting of the flaws of others, very moral and fears the judgement of other
people/society and hence, ridden with guilt, god-fearing, harmless, will stretch
oneself to take care of the needs of others -the needs of not only those who
truly love them but also those who might occasionally mock them or devalue them
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hide these characteristics and put on a mask of mystery and un-reacheableness.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">9)There are some cons of maintaining boundaries too. <b>Too
much boundary maintenance or energy management may make you hyper vigilant,
anxious, suspicious, angry and fearful. </b>So, be careful about this too. Unconsciously, while still maintaining boundaries, <b>you may be projecting your hatred or cynicism on people whom you dislike</b> ( and also on people who are very close to you because you are still not getting what you want). So, do maintain boundaries but <b>see that all love is not lost for those people who are difficult to co-exist with.</b> It is difficult to achieve this balance but again, it is possible only with the regular practice of detachment and distance. In detachment, the expectations are lesser and hence, your anger is lesser. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">(10) When you practice boundaries, you may have to close some parts of your heart. You may have to forcibly let go of certain desires and expectations. <b>Your heart cannot be
totally open. But the paradox is that, it ALSO needs to be open. </b>Particularly, in areas where you feel safe. <b>Softness is a MUST ( in safe places</b>). Find such places and try to remain there everyday. Through self care, reading books on love and kindness and other mediums, you have to be in a space of loving and positive energy. Everyday you need to practice this. Only detachment and boundaries without any sweetness/comfort/self care will have a bad effect on your mental health.</span></div>
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read feel good books, listen to music, buy things to please your senses, cook,
be with nature, be creative and do things you love because </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">boundary maintenance
can be exhausting and you need BIG amount of love and relaxation<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to compensate for that.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">11) <b>Most important- as an empath, you need to be in tune
with higher vibrations. Because that is where the source of your energy lies.</b>
Once you tune in to higher vibrations, no force can stop you from anything, not
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">12) <b>The journey of an empath is a journey from lower energies to higher energies. Since empaths are naturally sensitive to all kinds of energies, that is why it is all the more necessary for them to do energy work</b>. However, a word of caution : Even if you are an empath or a naturally compassionate being and <b>you have managed your energies quite well, yet, you may still feel blockages.</b> This happens because we sometimes get trapped by the societal definitions of love and compassion and do not tune into a world beyond that. So, we have to look beyond it by reflecting, meditating or relaxing in a quiet environment to unlock our blockages. <b>Some answers come from beyond yet we foolishly search it within our societal parameters</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">13) Whereas, others look into the external/conscious world
to motivate or improve themselves, empaths have to tune into their inner world - both the sub conscious and the unconscious.They also need to
access their <b>dark/shadow-self</b> often to understand the mysteries of life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">14) <b>Even if you are an empath, it is not possible for you to
be happy, alert and loving all the time. It is because you are</b> <b>still a spirit
trapped in a human body which is still surrounded by social circumstances/ conditions. </b>This is an important eye-opening fact and this will
remind you to take things easy in times of crisis. However, your primary
identity is that of an empathy only - of a loving, feeling, compassionate being and that is where your
purpose lies-to spread love and touch the lives of people who need to be
empowered by empathy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">15) Managing your energy does not simply mean staying away from the wrong people. It is not merely a guide that teaches you how to avoid the wrong kinds of people. It is more than that. It is a guide that tells us <b>how to be happy in a chaotic world and how to realize our highest potential while still being with difficult people and relationships.</b> Whether you will stay, avoid, minimize contact or leave for good, is up to you to decide. But at whatever stage you are (at present), you have to "learn" to manage yourself because energy management helps you to live consciously. I am a big advocate of conscious living and also believe in discovering my highest potential. Sometimes, we may not want to change ourselves. Sometimes, we are not ready for change. Sometimes, we are tired, our soul is tired and we do not have time. Sometimes, we just want to <b>be</b> rather than <b>do</b>. But if we take a little time everyday ( reflect/contemplate/meditate) to seek newer paths and discover what we are "capable" of, then a whole new world is waiting for us, we will soon see that world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you for reading !</span></div>
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Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-26432203426899606702019-06-25T17:13:00.001+05:302019-06-25T22:49:58.261+05:30How to manage your energy better : A guide for empaths, feelers, lovers, idealists ( Part 2) by Sanghamitra Nath<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In my previous post, I have concluded that if our idealism, love, hope and positivity is not reciprocated, we might turn critical,
negative and violent over a period of time. So, the question now is how can we
channelize our idealism without getting hurt ? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Idealist
people need some kind of connection and passion. They require an idealist
atmosphere to thrive. They either need to "give or share" love. They
need to do something that is related to love. But how do we express love
without fear ? How do we express love without being taken advantage of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The moment we are taken advantage
of, all love turns into fear, anger or violence. Yet, at the same time, we
cannot do without love.</b>
We cannot go on in our life when love is lacking or missing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Initially,
what happens is that we give our love and we continue to give love even after
we are hurt or taken advantage of. It is because we have an abundance of love
that we are willing to give and share even after the initial hurt. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But as
time goes by, this non-reciprocity makes us bitter and we cannot give love,
anymore, any longer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We become bitter
and hard. This hardness makes us cold and uncomfortable. Then how can we
continue to feel love or give love ?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What LOVE means to you - which is something very deep and committed is "seen" very differently
by others. For them, love is not as deep or selfless. Rather it is selfish (when they use you
to maximize their selfish needs or when they pressurize you to do things for them or simply use you and then conveniently forgets to address your needs when they arise). <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">So, even if you give or share
love selflessly, you will never get the same/ exact feelings back. Because they "DO
NOT FEEL or <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>EXPERIENCE" <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>love the same way you are experiencing it.</b> You have to understand this. For
other people, it is an act, an acting, a mask to get their things done and also a mask to function normally or socially. They are not deep and true.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So,
think about it. Where are you investing your LOVE now and where should you
invest rather ? And even if you are investing or giving selfless love , do
other people feel the same way ? Probably not. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Moreover, for them, love is constant talking<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and communicating without any feelings
involved. Only small talk about "how are you, how is the weather" without
having any feelings for you </b>. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">if you think that by communicating and by taking part in all these conversations will make love come alive, it will NOT because the basic energy
is missing. ( somebody can copy you but cannot copy your vibes/energy). That is
why, we feel drained even after a normal conversation. So, talk and communicate
but do not expect any compassion or emotional empathy from that communication.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What is love according to you is
very different from what is love, according to them</b>. Maybe, for their loved ones (
their children, parents , grandkids, etc.etc. ) they have a bit of emotional
empathy, but for you, and in regard to your feelings, they have none. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">For you, the only thing that is there is to
have meaningless conversations (aka small talk that drags on for hours and
brings them and their close circle to the centre of attention) which will drain
you, confuse you and even make you angry later on.</b> So, tread carefully.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But then
the question that remains to be answered is -How do we, (as idealists, empaths
and feelers ) stay sane, happy and content if this world is sometimes a very difficult place to live in ? Stay tuned for the third <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>part of this blog post, where I shall discuss
about how an empath/idealist can thrive in the midst of difficulties. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you for reading !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">People
like us want deep and meaningful relationships. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But it is not possible with
someone who </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">do not value
your values. Right ?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You may
not experience any value, kindness or empathy while you continue to relate with
certain people. These people may be your family or friends or even work
colleagues. You have met some of them and often wondered why do you feel so
"different" around them. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You
mostly feel "confused" by these relationships. Sometimes, you may
feel a "deep pain"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and
sometimes, "emptiness" even if you had a so called "normal"
conversation with them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is because even
if some kind of human feelings and values exist between you and the other
person, these are simply for the moment, to fulfill a particular need. This is particularly
true in the case of a short term relationship. In the case of a long term
relationship, these feelings will fluctuate often from kindness one moment to mocking
or derogatory comments the next moment and eventually to hate and devaluation
on a daily basis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If a
relationship is difficult, an empath tries hard to fix it. An empath puts more
and more effort until all her energies are exhausted and she starts feeling
frustrated and angry thinking why everything is not working according to the
principle of <b>"how it is supposed to be".</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, as an empath and a feeler, you are not
doing anything wrong. But there are certain things that you need to know and
learn so that you do not spiral into irritation, negativity or depression while
dealing with such relationships. Today, I will discuss about these issues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes,
empaths often spiral into negativity, anger and irritation because they want to
"forcibly assign", <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>meaning,
love, value and feelings" to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>certain relationships. You also lose valuable
time, sleep and energy by trying to "do good", <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>make the best out of the situation and by
thinking that "things will be better if you put a little more effort
". The fact that you are losing sleep or time or energy does not matter to
you because you value your difficult relationships more than your lost sleep or
time. That is why those who are not empaths can sleep peacefully even after
devaluing you. They can be successful in their work life even if they ignore
you. They can make plans of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>having fun just within a few minutes or seconds after hurting you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, an
empath tries hard to make a difficult relationship work. But in all of this,
you have to remember that it is "YOU", who is looking at the situation
from "YOUR ANGLE", from the idealistic, hopeful, rose tinted glasses<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. This may have worked in some cases in
your life but it is no longer working because this time, the people<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>involved are not interested in making this
work.</b> Maybe, these people only want to maximize their interests. Maybe,
these people are constantly thinking about how to get the best deal from all
relationships. Maybe, they are the cold calculating types who have already
prioritized whom they want to give more<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>interest and energy in their life ( rather than you ). You have to
accept that it is not "YOU", no matter how hard you try to win their
affection. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">So, you cannot make the
relationship work with ONLY your efforts ALONE. </b>But first you have to ask why do
you even think that you have to make something "work" in the first
place ? Well, the obvious answer is that "it is my nature". It is
your inborn nature to do good and have an idealistic outlook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To create harmony and feel empathy. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But have you ever noticed how other
people will not think like you or fail to see things from your perspective ?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Have you also noticed that how
this "inborn" nature of yours is harming you over the years? Are
these habits and nature allowing you to be happy all the time ? Yes, of course,
when you meet like minded people. Then, you feel good that your inborn traits are
being reciprocated or acknowledged. But what about those occasions when they
are not valued and when they produce the opposite results ? What about those
dark times ? Darkness is natural and bad things may happen to good people, but
how often and for how long ?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It is difficult for you to be
detached because detachment is not your original quality.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This idealistic, inborn nature is so close to your skin, you have grown
up with this for so long that you start feeling uncomfortable the moment you are
told to act opposite to your nature.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But you have to realize that this idealistic and empathetic nature is
disturbing your inner peace. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Although empathy and idealism is
a positive motivating force in human life, yet with certain kinds of people and
in certain situations, it may create pain, hurt, sorrow, irritation, anger and
even violence, if these hurts remain unaddressed for long. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When idealism, empathy, kindness
is NOT HEARD or NOT VALUED, the way you would like it to be heard/valued/reciprocated,
then love can turn into hate, anger, irritation and even violent behaviour. <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, no matter
how idealistic you are, it is always better to be safe. At least with certain
kinds of folks and in certain situations. I would say " with all kinds of folks
and in all situations because you never know who is going to break your heart
later on ".<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>( please continue reading this post in Part 2 )</i></span></div>
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Dear Friends,<br />
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I am writing again, after a long long time. The last time I wrote was 5 months back and before that, 3 Years back.<br />
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Sometimes, I wonder why I don't write as much as I used to even though I love to write so much ! Maybe, one of the reasons is that I have lost the connection that I used to have with my own self. Or that for a long long time, I have forgotten what it means to have a sense of self.<br />
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Today, some of my old Blogger friends were discussing about the lost art of writing and blogging. Their conversation has motivated me to write again. So, after a long gap, I am writing again.<br />
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Writers like me live in a highly abstract world- a world which cannot be understood by many and sometimes, if you begin to describe it, they may call you weird or strange. So, it is best to put down my thoughts in writing (to self ) rather than speaking ( to others). It is very essential for abstract people like writers to express their thoughts and in the absence of many people not understanding us, we have to get it out of our system not by trying to explain to people by speaking out but by writing out in a journal or a blogging platform. Of course, we are speaking to an audience but that is later. First, we are speaking to ourselves. We are putting ourselves in front of the world but before that, we are "coming out"of our shells in which we have been hiding for so long. This is a sign of establishing or asserting our identity.<br />
Writers write about what is important for them.What they have known for so long. What they love. What they want. What they hope. What keeps them going. The conversations that they have with themselves. What they want to release or surrender.<br />
And these conversations can be sometimes very long, absurd and abstract for the readers but not for the writers. For them, writing is life itself.<br />
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Anyways, I am already feeling so good for being finally able to write after a long long time. So much has happened over these years. I did not even document these incidents and events in my writing. But that is not necessary. I am not saying that analyzing or keeping record of our lives is not necessary <b>but what is perhaps more necessary is our connection with our self even after all these years and not getting lost in the events that overpowered us.</b><br />
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I think I have said enough for today. I hope to keep writing in this space as frequently as possible.<br />
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Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-76636537441351463462019-01-02T01:39:00.000+05:302019-05-17T09:22:16.483+05:30Flow ( by Sanghamitra Nath) <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Life is good,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Life is wonderful,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Life is pain,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>It's all a part of the game</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One
of the most beautiful things about life is to accept things as they are rather
than resist. Last year was very hard on me, it still is but much less. I had to
learn and re-learn how not to resist.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Non-resistance
means going with the flow </span><span style="color: #222222;">and</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> surrendering to life. It means not blocking your "flow" with
your analysis, judgement or control. It means just be and nothing else.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I can't do anything to change the situation, its better to
accept and move on. And that's what I am doing. Sounds very harsh and rigid but
over a period of time, I have realized that it is possible to achieve our
dreams and wishes even in the midst of acceptance and non resistance. But
how ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This
is what I have learned from my experiences from the previous year :<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1.
Both happy and difficult moments in our life come in a cycle. Just like happy
and difficult people or </span>pleasant<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and painful relationships. There is no need to be prepared for or
become anxious of the best or the worst. BOTH good/bad, better/worse, </span></span><span style="color: #222222;">pleasure</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">/pain always come and go
just like an ongoing cycle. One day, you realize how both keep changing or keep </span>coming<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and going <b>even if you </b></span><b>don't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> want the bad to come or even if you </span>don't</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> want the good to leave.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2.
It is possible to find happiness even in the saddest times and find love even in
the hardest times. It is because even in sadness, or in hardship, there
are moments or things that misses our eyes because we are too much engulfed in
our miseries and painful circumstances. So, we have to take out some time to
find happiness in hidden places. Either we have to notice and make some effort
or we have to become calm and still <b>to sense the serenity in the chaos.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3.
We have unlimited potential in us. We do not realize that and easily give up. I
think that every day, we should <b>try to test our limits a little more</b>, go a
little deeper, move an inch more or create something new, rise a little
higher. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4.
We are inherently beautiful. Our beauty spreads in proportion to our belief in
ourselves. The more confident we are about ourselves, the more beautiful we
will look on the outside. Self doubt will take us ten steps behind whereas,
<b>even blind faith can transform our lives beyond our imagination.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">5.
When logic doesn't work and circumstances doesn't change, we have to take
refuge in the abstract realm. When the conscious or the real world is beyond
our control, <b>the subconscious world comes to our rescue.</b> We need to search deep
within ourselves through our fears, dreams, wishes, anxieties, hopes and desires
to make sense out of this nonsense that we face everyday. Sanity can be
reached only by exploring the subconscious or unconscious complexities or the pains of everyday human
existence. <b>We are with the flow when acceptance and exploration takes place instead of too much control, resistance or too many questions.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are some quotes on <b>Flow </b>:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Everything is temporary. Emotions, thoughts, people,
and scenery. Do not become attached. Just flow with it.” Anonymous<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Those who flow as life flows know they need no other
force.” Lao Tzu<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></strong><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">“Just flow with the
time, do with the flow. Then there is no agony. There is only contentment all
the time.” Mohanji<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Let it come. Let it go. Let it flow.” Anonymous</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">“Going with the flow is responding to cues from
the universe. When you go with the flow, you’re surfing life force. It’s about
wakeful trust and total collaboration with what’s showing up for you.” Danielle
LaPorte</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #202124; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 23.8pt; margin: 18.8pt 0in 12.5pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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trusting that whichever way it goes. It’s for the best.” Mandy Hale</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-48535420215671241302016-08-26T16:03:00.001+05:302019-05-17T09:23:09.804+05:30On Beauty ( by Sanghamitra Nath)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It is human limitation only that tries to understand and analyse it's limitations, shortcomings,etc.etc. </div>
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( Meaning: we cannot analyse anything correctly or truly from a limited point of view. ) <br />
What we see, believe and perceive , everything...that we are seeing .. as a person or as an observer...that person, that " I" , that observer itself is unknown of its capabilities of observing...he, himself is limited by his limited knowledge and wisdom...so what shall he judge ? </div>
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The judgement or observation itself will be flawed...For example, when a girl says that she is not beautiful like other beautiful girls. That girl does not know the idea of true beauty and is thinking and acting from the idea of beauty constructed and fed to her by the society.</div>
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To know true beauty, the girl has to first examine how false beauty is termed as true beauty by the society. <br />
Secondly, she has to understand how subjective or relative beauty is. <br />
Thirdly, she has to discover that the very 'idea' of beauty does not exist.That it is all created by the society to fulfill its ego and desires. Only love exists, love for all things exits, beautiful or not. </div>
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This process of three fold examination is very difficult because one can go through the first and second stage of examination with some effort but to understand the third stage is very hard. </div>
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To go through the third stage, one has to have a different kind of consciousness, a consciousness or state of mind which is very pure and unaffected by social norms, influences and definition.</div>
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For instance, a child loves his mom no matter how ugly she looks (ugliness as defined by society). That child does not love or choose a beautiful woman over his mom. This is what is called a pure and uninfluenced mind. </div>
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Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-24337442432644111962016-02-15T16:55:00.002+05:302019-05-17T09:23:30.770+05:30Ghost from the past ( by Sanghamitra Nath)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My association with my grandparents was for a very brief
period of time as they left this world before I could grow up to tell ALL of their
stories. All I remember about those days is specifically about my grandfather
who was very gentle, humble and used to give us his childhood books to read. He
was very quiet almost in a mystical way. Since we lived far away from both our
grandparents, we used to visit them only once a year that too for a few days
and all that came to an end very <span style="font-family: inherit;">quickly</span> as they passed away too soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My childhood days were<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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way<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>carried their legacy. I remember
about my grandma's house, in which my aunt used to live after grandma's
death...I recall the deep brown ceramic mugs (now lost forever, don't know
where they are...), the deep green wooden reading/ writing<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>table , the colors started peeling off much
before I could even begin to describe how it looks like...and of course the
embroidered cushion covers, the crochet work...the backyard garden with lemon
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etc. etc. as there was no other source of water in those times... ( The well is called <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"Kua"</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> in our native language<span style="font-family: inherit;">)</span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My aunt was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and used to quote
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So many years have passed by since then...now our entire
family has changed...they no longer follow the quotes of Mahatma Gandhi. Perhaps,
with the death of my grandpa, grandma and now, with <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the days remaining in the lives of my ailing
aunty, an era has come to an end, an era that signified innocence and
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<i>An End of Innocence, </i>perhaps.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am not sure whether we can give as much love as they
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they went through...maybe it is simply not in us or is it because we have
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I do not know yet I know this much that an entire lifetime
of memories will still linger in my mind....perhaps these memories, this
attempt of looking into the past will force me to embrace that old, simple life
into the folds of my new life until I feel satisfied that I have done enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Perhaps nobody will listen to the echoes of the ghosts from
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Attachment means to be attached to the outcome. Attachment
means doing something with the hope that something good will come out of it. Attachment
means clinging to something or depending on something because it gives us security,
acknowledgement, value, recognition, good feelings or good returns in terms of
self -gratification. Attachment also means trying to control the outcome of
events through our actions. So, when attachment does not work, ( i.e. it fails
to give us good returns or good feelings), it brings pain and disillusionment
to the person. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how attachment
works in our daily life and this is how attachment brings pain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our society thinks that it is natural to be attached to
something because of the simplistic thinking that if a person does something
good, it must come back to him ! So, when something good does not happen to
him, he becomes negative. In this way, attachment controls people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Why does attachment sometimes not work ? It is because
everybody is attached to something , everybody is expecting something good in
return. Hence, a situation is created where everybody is dependent on each
other for self gratification. Without the other person, the person does not
feel complete or adequate. He needs the other person to satisfy his needs in
attachment. He thinks that it is "natural" to expect and it is
natural to be dependent on the other for self satisfaction and happiness. So,
dependency turns into something natural, something like the "law of
nature", as if we cannot live without it (like we cannot survive without
water ).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Through dependency and attachment, we create a situation or
condition of survival, where in fact, such a condition does not exist. We
create a cage and enslave ourselves in it whereas, there is no cage there in
the first place. It is a self created cage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is like saying," If you give me something I want, I
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conditional. Something that depends on a condition. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Without that condition, there is no relationship, no love,
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our entire life is conditioned by it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are many aspects of our everyday life which we take
for granted. Not only that, they are the source of our subconscious pain. Yet
we are unaware of them. Attachment is one such aspect of our life.</span></div>
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Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-62091474831978841532015-06-17T16:42:00.000+05:302019-05-17T09:24:10.148+05:30New Home ( by Sanghamitra Nath) <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/98341991@N05/18266794493" title="1-1-IMG_6441 - Copy (2) - Copy by Return To Innocence /s, on Flickr"><img alt="1-1-IMG_6441 - Copy (2) - Copy" height="640" src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5551/18266794493_85735fe905_b.jpg" width="533" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Finally, I have arrived in my new home.
And suddenly, I am feeling that so much have changed in all these years.
I am in a place now where I never thought I would be. Therefore, more than ever before, I believe that it is LIFE that chooses us and prepares us for its next turn and not us. We would like to believe that we are the doer of things, the creator of events but it is not us. We are being prepared by LIFE to do things. Even if you don't do anything, something will come up and turn your world upside down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Among many things that I have noticed is that I have become more and more reclus<span style="font-family: inherit;">ive</span>. Once upon a time, in the Victorian age, being a recluse or a solitary man was not uncommon. Writers, poets and artists were often like that. Hermits, scholars and <span style="font-family: inherit;">monks also led a solitary existence.</span> In fact, some amount of silence and solitude was even mandatory for writers to write,<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>artists to paint and monks to pray. Not only to write, pray and paint but also to cook and tend to the garden. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Even if things can be done without silence and solitude, yet with <span style="font-family: inherit;">silence + solitude</span>,<span style="font-family: inherit;"> an ordinary moment </span> becomes beautiful and starts having a soul of its own. I believe that magic often happens in silent moments when nobody is watching or influencing you. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Where you are not </span>even influenced by your own thoughts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Solitude means being in your own company rather than in the company of other men all the time. I have noticed that I gain very little in life if I remain with a lot of people all the time. <span style="font-family: inherit;">I tend to react more, get upset and affected more. And I lose a sense of purpose, a sense of well being. I get lost in the chatter of the world. Only solitude helps me to listen to my inner voice. Solitude helps me to create beauty<span style="font-family: inherit;">,</span> beauty in everything including beauty of thoughts, actions and purpose.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Although I may not be able to live for beauty always, it is something that I aspire for. It calms me down. The kind of beauty that is created from trash, brokenness or ordinary things fascinate me even more. Like alchemy. Like hay turning into strands of gold. Like life that was once broken, repressed and hopeless but now, healed and empowered. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But the big question is : Can we be in the midst of chaos, a society full of people and their mindless chatter<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>and disturbing noise, yet be able to silence our minds ? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is something that I am exploring now. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/98341991@N05/18882223222" title="1-IMG_6538 - Copy by Return To Innocence /s, on Flickr"><img alt="1-IMG_6538 - Copy" height="427" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/328/18882223222_64622526c1_b.jpg" width="640" /></a>-----<br />
Picture 1 : Home decor /my living room<br />
Picture 2 : My watercolor paintings
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Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-70095738704129328662015-04-17T14:15:00.000+05:302016-02-11T10:00:27.760+05:30Beauty and Madness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For a long time, I have not updated my blog. That is because I have been dealing with a lot of events in my life lately. My husband has been transferred to a new city. We will move there as soon as he finds a new home for us. Meanwhile, I have left my old city for good, with bag and baggage and right now, I am living with my parents in my childhood hometown. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My health is also improving though there is lot left to be desired. At my parents home, I am getting enough time to take rest, eat good food and soak in the sunshine, all of which is good for my health.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I did lose interest in photography, writing, blogging and other such creative pursuits because of my health and also because of the adverse reactions of the strong medicines that I have been taking for a while. However, in spite of all these events, I have been thinking of beauty and seeing beauty everywhere. I do not know how this happens, but I can just “see” that. Something about life still intrigues me…the fragrance of flowers, the wild plant that grows between the creeks, the voice of certain singers ( Linda Ronstadt , Lisa Stansfield ), their soul stirring melancholic songs, their voice hitting a certain note at a certain point of the song…and a lot of other things like the play of light and shade through the window in a room at odd hours…certain colors, like the color pale green or white and the mood created by them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Beauty is beautiful indeed. To live , to feel alive as if my face has been splashed with a sudden gush of water…rain water, forcing me to come alive at this very moment..like a newborn calf that wants to run just after it comes out of its mother’s womb…it happens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Life gets more mysterious as time marches on. It plays tricks on us, on our senses. We fall apart sometimes but there is something that pulls us up in the midst of nowhere….it takes us by surprise…it shows us the madness that is called life. Madness and Chaos. And Beauty in the midst of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Photo Description: Flowers I decorated in a brass metal <i>urli</i> (bowl) filled with water. All flowers are from my mom's garden.</span></div>
Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-80012020250265674182015-03-10T16:08:00.001+05:302016-02-11T12:45:06.401+05:30Never Let Me Go<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>( dear city of joy, didn't want to bid goodbye without a smile )</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The leaves of the plants once put in our flower vase are
turning yellow. They are going to fall off anytime now. In their place, new
light green baby leaves are emerging ...such is the cycle of life...the new
gives way to the old...and the old ? The old vanishes somewhere...into the
folds of some memory that we once used to have, which is no longer relevant
perhaps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, the plant mimics my life. Dear friends, I am leaving
this city forever. I am leaving my place which I used to call my dear home in a
few days. I am going to a new city. And ironically, this new city will also
turn out to be like that plant in the vase...one day, we are going to bid farewell
to the new city too and march on to another city...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">People who get extremely and intimately too attached to
everything that they meet on their way, people who are like me, cannot handle
such a transition with ease. I get too attached to objects and people too soon.
That is why I crave for some kind of everlastingness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Something that will stay forever. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But as I am growing up, I am learning that everything
including this life that you and I have do not last forever. Everything is
transitory. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">We love, we get attached and one day it is gone...be it your
home, your loved ones or your feelings that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>gave you some kind of security...even feelings and thoughts that we
lovingly and tightly held since childhood are gone now... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I vividly remember the first day I arrived in Kolkata. After
the flight landed in the airport, we took a taxi ...the taxi drove past rows
and rows of slums... children bathing in the street with abandon...women
drying clothes...the chaos, the noise, the heat and the dust..the big
trees..cotton trees with big dark green fruits hanging over the branches...so
many of them...people talking in loud voices because the noise coming from the
vehicles around them are even louder...the rich and the poor co-existing with
not much gap between them either in terms of housing or in their mental make
up...I made a few friends among them...and today..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today, I am leaving. From being a total stranger to an
intimate friend, this city changed my life forever. Yes, that is a big
statement to make, but it is also the truth of my life. I was never born in
this city. None of my relative or family member live in this city. Yet, it took
me up in its lap just like a new mother would take care of an adopted child.
That an adopted child is capable of receiving so much love, I never had any
sense of that before arriving in Kolkata. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was only a human being before I came here. This city made
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patience, sacrifice, happiness,melancholy, absence, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-any emotion worth experiencing was made to be
experienced by me ...was forced into me ..by this city..in all its depths.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Only friends and relatives cannot make you human. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The trees,
the strangers, the sky and the air that you breathe in, day in and day out,
everything has its role to play in your life....not only they make you and
change you but they give you so much when no one else can give you...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I remember
many a nights and days when I used to stare out of my window into the vast sky
and into the big tree with many branches...I could find something that no human
could give...at least in that moment of human absence, or lack- the sky , the
tree and nature gave me company..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, I am leaving that very tree, that sky...and that home
that I so lovingly decorated and caressed with my own hands like a mother would
caress her own baby...for some it is just a change of place ...from one to
another...but for me, it is like leaving everything that I got so used to, so
attached to...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">From now on, the mornings won't be the same forever. Neither
the nights. And that tree which I used to look at everyday...right outside my
window...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One day, I will come back, many years later to this same
place and look at that tree once again. And the sky, my old house...Or who
knows, I might forget it all...new memories will rise up in the place of old
ones, forcing me to adapt and adjust ...like the plant in the vase, shedding
its old leaves, giving way to the new ones...</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But what about everlastingness then ? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nostalgia. Looking back. Looking back with fondness or
sorrow...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As long as these memories are tightly etched in my mind,
even if new memories are forcibly pulling me by my hair and telling me to look
elsewhere, the<span style="font-family: inherit;">y would be </span>everlasting indeed.</span></div>
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Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-11062613428776155772015-02-25T17:09:00.001+05:302016-02-11T12:43:36.612+05:30Home Decor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For a long time, I wanted to share some snapshots from my mother's home in our native town. The last time when I was there, I put some marigold flowers, a banana leaf and some other leaves in the vase. All the leaves and flowers are from my mom's garden. Here are some pictures from the living room.<br />
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Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-43365428585319803952015-02-14T15:40:00.001+05:302016-02-11T12:48:04.967+05:30Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Today
it is cold outside. A beautiful cold morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Today
is also Saturday. Most offices and workplaces have a half day of work. Today is
also Valentine's day. So, the young office goers will get half of the day to
celebrate V day with their family, friends or their beloved. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">As
for myself, I am fortunate that I have a beloved in the first place.
Celebration comes much later or not at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<br />
<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Everybody
who has a beloved child, sister, relative or a husband will know what I am
saying. We have a valuable gift. And those who don't have anyone, we have to
give them our love. By our kind words and beautiful gestures, we have to heal
the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Last
night, I was talking with my 65 year aunt over the telephone. She, who never
married and has no child of her own, she, who lives alone away from me in a faraway
place, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it was her voice, her empathy and
the kind words that she spoke to me over the telephone that reminded me of the power
of love once again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
power of love is that, love has the power to heal. No, not to heal that much,
but to assure us that we are not alone in this universe. The power of love is
that it allows us to belong somewhere...in someone's heart, in someone's home or
in someone's thoughts...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
sense of belongingness that love gives, nothing can give. Love gives us the
sense that we are not alone. That we are not left out. That we are accepted. And
we are allowed into something...into the life of someone else and also allowed
to be ourselves, I guess. No, not by someone's permission but by someone's
kindness...the look <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of love says it
all...it says, you are allowed into my life...but more importantly, you are
allowed to be yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Times
are changing. The world is not what it used to be when I was young. But thank
God, Love is. In this foreverchanging world, love is perhaps needed more than
ever before. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Whenever
you feel sad, down, or betrayed by life remember this :</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
have the power of love to change the world. So, go out and reach out, even if
it is a single soul, a single person or a single plant...give it a part of your
soul ..who knows maybe it is the only thing that it was craving for so long....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">~</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter";">I
believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter";">That
myth is more potent than history. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter";">That
dreams are more powerful than facts. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter";">That
hope always triumphs over experience.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That laughter is the only cure for grief. </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter";"><span style="color: purple;">And
I believe that love is stronger than death</span>.</span></b></div>
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<b><br /></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter";">~Robert
Fulghum</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">My
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">--------------</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">Some
of them suggest corrective surgery while all the while they must be thinking
that I look like a little devil incarnated as a human. Some of them feel pity
at me and lament about how hard it must be for my parents to bring me up like
that. Some of them think that my body can be fixed with the latest developments
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">And
some others might think to themselves that oh how lucky they are that at least
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">Sometimes,
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mode and ask them the same question again and again. But I understand their
anger. After all, they are human beings too. They also have a certain level of
tolerance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">---------------</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I can feel all these ...and I can see
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lust..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">---------------</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">I
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<i><span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">I
can feel the strong winds blowing outside my window,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">I can feel what you feel towards me even if
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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meanings that lie subdued in my heart, I cannot express by words because when
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a perfect sentence through my twisted face and my pointed teeth...finally what
comes up is a cluster of jumbled up words that my mother tries so hard to
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">Yet,
I can feel..</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">The
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<i><span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">The
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">---------------</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">I
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too long anyway. Sometimes, I just wish that it comes true. But sometimes, I
just want to enjoy an ice cream and look outside my window for hours. I love to
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter";">------------</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: small;">All
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This is the second short story that I
have published in this blog. You can read my first short story <b><a href="http://mysticsmoments.blogspot.in/2013/07/love-will-keep-us-alive.html">here </a></b>} </i>
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some questions that often comes to my mind : "Can the 'observed' exist or
have any value without the 'observer' ? Can a person be enough all by herself ?
Does she needs the society to feel valued?</i></span></div>
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subject to our perception and according to my perception, a person can indeed
have an independent existence.</i></span></div>
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"observed" entity {beautiful world) has no independent existence of
its own, and that it gets a meaning only when someone /the observer defines it,
she also gets increasingly aware of the power of her feelings and emotions
which she uses to define herself and her relationships.}</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Intense
is her name. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Her other name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt;">she
can forget who she is but not how she feels from within. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt;">for
her love is not merely sweet love, but a burning fire in her heart and her
belly that never fades...she needs to keep the flame alive, forever. because
her own life force is hidden inside it...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt;">she
will not rest till she goes to the deep end of the ocean..she wants to see what
lies beneath and beyond....but she does not know that she herself is the ocean
bed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Everything
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control once they are inside of her...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt;">God
never made her the waves of the ocean where things float on the surface but the
ocean bed itself which collects everything ...every sorrow, every pain...where
everything sinks to the bottom...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt;">she
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aware of her own depths...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt;">she
wants to force other ( mostly unwilling ) people to take that journey with her.
But she cannot do that. Because what she sees, she cannot make others see that.
When she realizes that, she comes face to face with loneliness for the first
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<span style="font-family: "bohemian typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt;">"I
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Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-91680139112026554692014-12-12T10:04:00.000+05:302016-02-11T10:17:05.565+05:30Embracing my Inner Artist <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/98341991@N05/24323075303/in/dateposted/" title="01-9199283005_014c7de0c9_o"><img alt="01-9199283005_014c7de0c9_o" height="442" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1625/24323075303_a59fd03ba5_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>It took me sometime to realize the significance of the gifts that God has given to all of us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Prior to that, for almost ten years, I stopped painting. That was the time, I was <span style="font-family: inherit;">doing my <span style="font-family: inherit;">research</span> </span>and was simultaneously teaching in a college. My art book, my painting brushes and my old paintings were gathering dust somewhere in an old chest somewhere in my parents' home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But I was not happy, after all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is not easy. In a society where money is everything. If not money, then the cause itself, the cause of doing something solely for your own interest { where the society is not directly getting any benefit from it } is considered selfish in itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But only the heart of an artist can feel the longing of another artist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In a short story written by Rabindranath Tagore, titled "The Artist", the mother { a homemaker and an unknown artist herself }, says of her artist son, defending him against his uncle who discouraged art :<i> " If he ends up a street beggar, that would be better. But I pray, he never turns out like you ".</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Actually, I was obsessed with art and creativity from a very young age. I did not even go to any art school, yet I was drawn to art like anything. It would be very simplistic to say that I found solace in art. Life was art for me, or rather art was life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Art, not only in the form of sketching and painting, but creating anything be it making a collage, making a bag, decorating the room, writing poetry, getting lost in music, styling food in a plate, designing outfits, or photographing objects and subjects or simply feeling and seeing the beauty of nature with a sense of awe and wonder... finding beauty in day to day simple things...in <span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">the structure of a coriander leaf or a citrus fruit..</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">For me, everything in life was art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I would talk about art and creativity to disinterested friends and relatives. They would find my ideas, "abstract" and "philosophical ". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Gradually, I began to keep a distance from these people and stopped bothering them with my over enthusiasm for anything artistic or creative.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yet, I had to sit with them and listen to their conversation about the topics that interested them, topics like whose daughter eloped with whom and who is good and who is bad and what will they be wearing at which party. But I felt uneasy, particularly with the gossip and the hatred that people had for each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Gradually, I distanced myself..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As a result, I was called aloof and unsocial. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">But I was lonely in a sea of people.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was not comfortable with this loneliness.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But then, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Almost all creative souls are lonely."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Years rolled by. I could clearly see by then that it would be difficult for me to fit into a lot of places. But I wanted to follow my heart</span><span style="color: #b2a1c7; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themetint: 153;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Fast Forward to the present. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I started painting again. I started sketching. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The first time, I took the pencil in my hands, after a gap of ten long years, I was frightened. I was trying to sketch the figure of a woman and I was not getting the strokes and the shapes right. Somewhere I was feeling a lack of a natural flow. The lack of spontaneity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That day, the sketch did not turn out to be good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So the next morning , I woke up and re-sketched. I corrected the features with the help of an eraser. I used the eraser again and again. I corrected the sketch so many times, until I got all the expressions on her face according to my desire. I was finally happy. I finally felt confident. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, I started sketching again, I started feeling the music and rhythm of my life again, I started writing poetry again, I started renewing my creative life.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Finally, I embraced my inner artist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After cleaning, cooking, mopping and washing, I had the entire day left all to myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I plunged myself into the sea of creativity.</span></div>
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Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-52527092630012446622014-12-11T00:40:00.004+05:302021-02-13T16:26:01.723+05:30some artworks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When health is not well, it is difficult to focus on anything, let alone creative activities. Reading seems much easier than the rest. Writing or painting requires more energy. Therefore, at first, I took to reading. Then I went back to photography and writing when I was feeling
slightly better. But finally, I went back to painting and
sketching...that too, after a long time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway, I thought of sharing some photographs of the sketches and paintings that I made during this period. </span><br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129019809@N04/15992103675" title="1-IMG_4831 by s ., on Flickr"><img alt="1-IMG_4831" height="426" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8648/15992103675_46cb77f1fc_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <i>watercolor-1</i>- I love to paint bird sitting on a tree.<br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129019809@N04/15990132411" title="2-IMG_4851 by s ., on Flickr"><img alt="2-IMG_4851" height="640" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7473/15990132411_be31686443_c.jpg" width="427" /></a> <i> </i><br />
<i>watercolor-2</i>, bird again.<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129019809@N04/15966343356" title="3-use2 by s ., on Flickr"><img alt="3-use2" height="384" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7545/15966343356_5f5a249ebc_c.jpg" width="640" /></a> <i> </i><br />
<i>pencil sketch-1-</i>portrait of a girl.<i> </i>I love to create portraits.<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129019809@N04/15804726708" title="5-IMG_4880 by s ., on Flickr"><img alt="5-IMG_4880" height="384" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7568/15804726708_1bb26b26f7_c.jpg" width="640" /></a> <i> </i><br />
<i>pencil sketch 2-</i> I love to sketch portraits in different moods.<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129019809@N04/15990128841" title="6-IMG_4883 by s ., on Flickr"><img alt="6-IMG_4883" height="427" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7536/15990128841_deed2550f6_c.jpg" width="640" /></a> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129019809@N04/15804844280" title="7-IMG_4889 by s ., on Flickr"><img alt="7-IMG_4889" height="427" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8579/15804844280_b98327460a_c.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Do you like them ? I hope that I will do some more paintings and share with you in my blog. Meanwhile, I wanted to also share that I have created a pinterest board in this long absence of mine. This board is currently dedicated specifically to my personality type. I hope to add some other stuffs soon. You can visit it here.<br />
<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/sanghasn/">My PINTEREST</a>.</div>
Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-75224012847497403332014-11-10T17:19:00.001+05:302016-02-11T12:38:22.147+05:30To the river of secrets<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="line-height: 150%;">{For
centuries, the rivers of our country have been guarding so many secrets of the
soul…<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="line-height: 150%;">In our
tradition, when one dies, the dead body is burnt in firewood and
afterwards, the ashes are immersed and
floated away in the river…. Therefore, our ancient rivers know every secret of
our soul which remains unknown even to this world or society …}<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="line-height: 150%;">-----------<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></i></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="line-height: 150%;">I have always wondered.... </span></i><span style="line-height: 150%;">Why should our differences come
in the way of our love ? Why are we using our differences to create a rift in
our love that we have for each other ? Does these differences really matter and
if these really really matter, then love is needed perhaps even more now than ever before to
heal the wounds created by these differences.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Or maybe, you don’t need this
love or healing because to you, these differences are so vital and of so
much significance … and perhaps love would make them appear less
significant. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Whatever it is but it is true
that I need love to hold on to you but do you ? Do you need love or do you just need to hold
on to me with or without love… with me
sitting by your side, living under the same sky that shelters us and
that is what you would love to call love …but I want a little more than that …I
want to enter your soul and I want you to enter in my soul…to the extent that
you and I no longer remain two separate entities…so that I can forget who I am
and who you are…is that even possible ? I am sure, it is …in my dreams, in my
imagination but most of all, in my daily efforts to reunite us, each moment,
each day…<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Are you even aware of what is
going on in my mind ? about the thoughts that I am having about you and me ?
Perhaps not …<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">And that is why my thoughts are
so precious…I love you not only in reality and through my actions but also in
my thoughts..everyday my thoughts live
up to my expectations of a perfect love…<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Yes, I am that kind of a girl. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">I do not come from a broken
life. I have a life, a good one and that too, that fulfills all your criteria
and standards of a good life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">But I come from a broken heart. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">My soul cannot reach most of
you. So I came this far in search of a perfect life in spite of having a good
life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Yes, I know that millions of
people are homeless and friendless. Still, I am looking for something more than
that ….</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">You see, I have my ideals
firmly placed in my heart which I have been compromising for too long but
compromising <b>does not mean that I will not keep thinking about what I ideally want
to have.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">That which God does not give us
like - love, peace and </span><span style="line-height: 26.7px;">fulfillment</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">, I will try to get them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"> I will try even if I don’t get them<i>. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">There are three ways that I
feel fulfilled:<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">In <i>trying and searching</i>, I feel half
fulfilled…<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">In <i>dreaming and imagining</i> that I have got
them, I am more than half fulfilled …<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">and<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">In <i>believing</i> that one day, I will get near
them and acquire them, I feel ultimate fulfillment and happiness. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Thus, happiness for me is : <i>believing in the near impossible.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Maybe, it seems to you that I
am talking like a frustrated child but I am not a child. A child may not think
consciously but I am writing & thinking with full knowledge and awareness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">It does not matter whether you
call me a fool, a crazy girl, or something else, I will still continue to think like that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">You will never think like me
and I will never think like you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"> And sometimes, when we do think like each
other, we call it love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">I am grateful for the things
that God gave me and I want them not replaced but reformed with more feelings,
more love and more attachment and connection. It is not with the things that I
have but with the gravity and depth of the things and the dimensions of the
things…</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Also, I need something extra,
something extraordinary that is there in my visualization and one day my visualizations
will take form, I believe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">I am not ignorant.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"> I am aware that I might never get what I want.
In fact, I have a doubt that the things that I want may not totally exist also.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">But I like to doubt also.
Because in doubting, there is 50:50 chance !!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">So rather than not dreaming,
not wanting and not wishing at all…let me at least dream, wish and then doubt
it all…<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Let me fantasize and visualize
and only after that, I will throw all of it away in your
waters where you will secretly guard my secrets forever…</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Because you know that the soul has a
life of its own…</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Thought
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I wrote a few poems. One of them I am posting
below. Also a photo of me, with my short haircut, I am posting above.</span>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">" I Create My Dreams "</span></b></i></span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Everything
about my past is existing still,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Still
growing within me like as if I am carrying an unwanted child within my belly,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">My
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And
I can't sleep because of that.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Dreams
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All that which is not there in my surroundings to soothe me, </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I
create in my soul.</span></i><br />
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Because I felt so alone in my loneliness.</span></i></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">------</span>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">(
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Sometimes,
for me, that which I imagine, i.e. the imaginary is as real. In fact at times,
there is no difference. Sometimes, we would like to desperately forget the real
or want to escape from the real. In those times, the real is not needed,
reality does not give solace. So we imagine something else. </span><br />
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">So, sometimes, there
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Imagination is an alternative reality.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Candara; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Candara; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
feeling of the imaginary is so damn real that sometimes it feels like someone
is breathing down our shoulders or someone is running a razor over our arms.
The feeling is totally real. We can create any feeling or any reality we want
at any instant and to any extent like magic. This is so powerful, I feel.</span></div>
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Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-16399398873773761292014-01-17T22:58:00.000+05:302016-02-11T10:08:59.225+05:30Being Unique and Imperfect<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the most likeliest causes of depression is comparison
frenzy, I think.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In our society, we tend to measure our self worth and our
values with that of the dominant class ( read: the celebrity types, the wealthy,
the powerful, the beautiful, the youthful, the front page hoggers). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We also measure ourselves with the current trend, rejecting
anything old as old fashioned and useless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The victims of this comparison frenzy are often the old, the
young, the women and also an important category whom we mostly forget : the introverts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For instance, the introverted people feel that they are less
smart than the extroverted people. There are many forums in social media
which are run by the introverts to learn the nitty gritty of how to become socially smart. Many introverts suddenly
become "people pleasers" just to fit in a highly extroverted
society.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are many more cases such as this. For instance, the case of an old man
comparing himself to a young man and feeling "out of place ". Or the
case of a young man comparing himself to a celebrity and getting stressed out
because he has not achieved his idol's body type ( or personality type ) yet.
Or the case of that young woman comparing herself to that gorgeous looking
woman who happens to be her friend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The old man who compares himself to the youth, feels that he
is unwanted and left out in this age of texting, and internet and
movies which are solely targeted at a young audience. The old man feels
redundant and feels left out of </span>conversation which they are not able to follow.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To get over his redundancy, the old man desperately attempts
to color his hair or give some unasked for advice (masked as wisdom from an experienced old
chap) to the younger lot. He goes to such an extent just to fit into a society,
which he feels no longer needs his participation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Similar is the case of the common man obsessed with the
celebrity types. Many want to buy similar gowns worn by their favourite
celebrity on the red carpet even if they can hardly afford it . Some people go
to the extent of following a celebrity
everyday in Twitter or Facebook, just to say "hi, good morning
Julia ", unconscious of the fact
that those were fake celebrity profiles. Some would copy the celebrity
lifestyle by feeding their kids the same brand of breakfast cereal that the
celebrity is seen promoting on T.V.,
even if the celebrity actually does not use that product on her own
kids!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Apart from comparing oneself to celebrities or getting
influenced by them, common people also
compare themselves with other common people of their own herd. A homemaker compares herself with the
working woman, for instance. In our society, a homemaker is always looked down upon
as if homemakers shouldn't have existed in the first place. I myself have been
looked down upon by women and men -by both the earning/working and the non-earning type.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All these comparison that we make, points to one fact: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Low Self Esteem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Only people with low self esteem ( who do not value their
individuality or uniqueness) compare themselves with others. They think that
others are better than them in some ways. They also think that by doing
something "extra" ( i.e. buying
that wonder cream, getting a new job or getting their kids admitted to a
prestigious school ), they would be able to "fit in".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But far from feeling satisfied, this tendency to fit in
leaves a man still hungry for some more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Maybe, some more "fitting in " ?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">However, the more one tries to compare or fit in, the more
anxiety and bitterness one encounters in the process. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I feel that an old man need not act like that
"hip" grandpa or a young woman
need not buy so many cosmetics to feel good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Even as I am writing this topic, I am wondering : Who am I to judge or
question other people's choices ? Let the grandpa color his hair and the young
girl go on a diet...who am I to judge them ?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But I am writing this because I feel that as an individual
and as a nation, we have begun to make changes and make comparisons because we
dislike ourselves. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">These changes are not coming from a positive/informed place but from a place of deep dislike for the self, from a sense of lacking rather than from a sense of well being.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, each one of us would know actually from "where" it is coming from-so, let us look within and perceive ourselves rather than judge others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I deeply feel that if we depend on something
"outside of us " to give us some sense of identity then we would be,
as individuals, forever restless and unfulfilled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Only by looking within ourselves, we can discover our real
identity. The "flaws" in ourselves can never be compared with the so
called "perfection" in others. We can only be our own best version rather
than being the bad version or the bad copy of someone else. Sometimes, by embracing our own
flaws and by even liking them , we can be happy in our own skin. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The urge to prove ourselves to others in this society is the
greatest mistake that we can make. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Why try to prove anything to anyone at all when God did not
ask for any proof from our parents when he
created us in the first place ? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Why did God not make each one of us looking exactly the
same- with the same size, the same striking beauty or the same flawless
complexion or even the same brain ? It is because, he wanted us to cherish our
uniqueness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Why did God not mean us to
become forever young and healthy but rather age and become old ? It is
because he wanted us to accept what is obvious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are no flaws. Only differences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Some people hate us because of our flaws, some love us in
spite of our flaws and a handful love us
only because of our flaws ( because they have been there too ).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, be Unique.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Revel in your individuality.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Stand Apart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Do not follow the herd mentality.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Love yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Discover your own hidden talents rather than copying others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Be your own first rate version rather than being somebody
else's second rate version.</span></div>
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Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174060014546849296.post-73475233655796932552014-01-08T01:09:00.003+05:302016-02-11T10:07:51.096+05:30Happy New Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I said in my last post that I will be more regular with my blogging.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But blogging took a backseat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not that I was deliberately staying away from my blog. I was
rather wanting to write time and again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yet, I got lost in other issues. I got busy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Even when I had some spare moments thrown in between, I was
taking my own sweet time, giving myself
permission to be lazy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Whatever it was, my writing suffered as a result of that. My
preoccupation with other things such as- the much
awaited year-end holiday, unexpected sickness and stress in the family, the usual get-togethers
and socializing with friends and so many other expected as well as unexpected events came in the way of my desire to write.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Writing needs contemplation and I have not had the time to
contemplate.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Writing needs silence and peace which is hard to get when we are socializing or constantly talking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But now, slowly after the end of the holiday season, I am coming to terms with myself and realizing that writing is necessary for me, more necessary than many a things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For me , right now, I am lucky that winter is not yet harsh here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, I am still keeping myself very active, both physically
and mentally.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once the winter changes its colors and warmth, I might go
into hibernation just like the birds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But now, the weather is beautiful and cosy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I still don't mind waking up in the morning to do some cooking for myself and my hubby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hope my spirit shall remain like this because this is how I
love to see myself-Mentally active and alert for the rest of the year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A lot has happened since the beginning
of this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First of all, I celebrated my Birthday. I turned 36 this
year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am also slowly going back to my old hobby of photography. After
a long time, I took a walk in a nature park. I told my hubby to click me with nature. </span><br />
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And this is what I captured that day. A beautiful flowering branch. I wish to plant this flower in my house someday. It grows into a very big tree with ever expanding branches, so right now I cannot plant it in my small balcony. But in the future....I would love to grow this plant !<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am feeling good now. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">All is well as of now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My mind is relatively free now after going through a lot of inner and outer turmoils { in 2013}.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And only when my mind is free, I can pay attention to my inner voice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have noticed that a free mind is a beautiful mind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And the mind goes into a crazy and wild mode when it is free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And therefore, I am afraid that any time I might turn philosophical ....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I might be writing something
philosophical or something romantic or passionately poetic in my coming blog posts.</span><br />
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Just because now my mind is free, its wandering and roaming here and there....I am getting enough time to contemplate.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh the joys of a free mind !</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I cannot tell you enough quotes on the joys and the power of a free mind !</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">“There is nothing more powerful and nothing more dangerously beautiful than a free mind.”</span><span style="color: #181818;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">― Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">“The most beautiful things can only be created by the most free minds!”</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">― Mehmet Murat ildan</span></span><br />
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Wishing you all a Happy New Year !<br />
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<span style="color: #181818; line-height: 18px;">{ Hmmm...I cannot tell you how many times my mind was wandering here and there while I was writing this post !}</span><br />
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