Giving Love a chance

No one has a problem that they cannot deal with by themselves.
They got into it by themselves, so they can get out any time they want.
Or if they so choose, they may stay in it and enjoy dealing with it.
What is the point of staying in it and being miserable and spreading misery all around?
God has given us a fund of abilities to deal with all the problems we may get into in our short life.
It is only a matter of using these abilities.
Let us stop treating each other as people in trouble who need to be rescued.
Also let us not take upon ourselves the onus of being the rescuers.
These two mess up all our relationships.
Let us stop criticizing each other and in stead let us appreciate whatever is.
Let us give love a chance to blossom
Ganoba

Clearing the Mind

Let us remove all reference to war, to fight, to struggle from our vocabulary.
Let these words not come in our daily use.
"War against poverty, fight for peace, struggle to achieve calmness"
what contradictions in terms. Shows muddled thinking.
When we use foul words they get embedded in our minds and then influence subsequent thoughts, which would also be foul.
May peace be with you.
Ganoba

Meanings

You are so right.
Every word has layers upon layers of meaning.
The depth to which we can explore and be enriched is incredible.
Ganoba

Education

There are 2 kinds of education:
education for making a living, and
education for living as a human being.
It is now being recognised at the highest academic levels that while the education system the world over is doing a fairly good job about making a living, it pays almost no attention to education for living as a human being.
That is why we have these enormous financial and moral scams.

The need of the hour is not an increased emphasis on the first with its focus on technology and skill development but on the second aspect.
We need to emphasies what it is to be a human being and how to relate with other humans and the rest of the created universe.
Ganoba

World class quality

What is world class quality?
A myth, created by the intellectuals.
Every moment I give the best I can to anyone I come into contact with.
The rest does not matter.
Ganoba

A New Opening

Whenever a difficulty arises in our usual path,
it means a new branch is opening up for us.
It is foolish to continue the old path
and feel frustrated.
Much wiser to explore the new opening
and find a new lease on life.
Ganoba

The Beginning

Often I am asked, Where do we begin?
The answer is obvious.We begin with ourselves.
The next question is, How do I begin?
Let us all take a pledge to clean up our living spaces,
remove all things which have not been used, say for 6 months,
like books, CDs,clothes, shoes etc.
Let us reduce our consumption of things that are status symbols.
This will also help to reduce clutter from our minds.
The results are dramatic.
The tenor of life is completely changed.
Ganoba

Time an empty vessel

We say, "Have a good day"
We wish our friends "A happy new year."
A day, an year are units of time.
Time is like an empty vessel.
We can take out of it, only what we put into it.
What are you putting in your empty vessel?
Ganoba

Answeing the Call

If an idea has come from within,
it is doable for you.
treat it as a command from your maker.
treat obstacles as stepping stones,
to proceed further.
Ganoba

The Festival

FOR ME EVERY DAY IS A FESTIVAL
to love, to cherish and to celebrate
I live in love
like fish in water.
Ganoba

Nothing to Know

Let us think without accumulating thought.
This is not thinking.
Then ideas (also called thoughts)are free to come and go.
Let the mind remain empty. Always.
This is no mind.
Then the spirit shines forth
and there is nothing to know.
Ganoba

Life

Life has no fixed purpose.
It does not move with at a pace of our choosing.
Let it be the boss and let us be its humble servants.
Ganoba

Love

Love or hate,
if they are a product of a fixed location,
are both ephemeral
and not very different in the residue they leave behind.
Get out of the cultural closet
in which the mind is locked
and experience pristine, unadulterated love.
Ganoba

A Retreat

A retreat is being with the self, immersed in it.
All interactions with the other are to be avoided
to experience the ONENESS of all creation.

Ganoba

Silence

do words have the power
to capture the mystery
of pain and passion
or of any thing else
for that matter?
see what a mess
I have made
by opening my mouth?
Let silence prevail.
Ganoba

Happening

Pain comes and goes,
God knows from where
and why?
songs sing in silence
for no rhyme and reason.
the mortal me thinks
I make it happen.
Ganoba

Creation

The world as created
by the supreme artist
is beyond classifications.
ugly and beautiful,
serene and turbulent,
awesome and boring
all and none
at the same time.
Make no effort and enjoy it,
try to see this and that
and it passes by.
Ganoba

The myth of Progress

How does one measure progress?
By comparing with a pre-determined standard.

When entering the spiritual domain, we are entering a space where no one has set a foot before. How then do we compare?
Here there are no standards, no yard sticks, no reference points. You are completely on your own with the creator. Just have a ball.
At least that is what I do.
Ganoba

Reality

This moment is the only reality.
All else is just speculation, the play of Maya.
Ganoba

Random Musings

when all are one
who is left out?

one day
one smile
let us walk
for a while


a walk
from no where
to no where.
every step
on sacred land.
Ganoba