Life is not thoughts

Many people just live in thoughts. Life is not thoughts. Thoughts are just the mind game of brain. The actual question is "Who are you?". And to dwell into the answer is the meditation. It is called self inquiry. The initial answers are the fake answers which are not correct. You cannot associate yourself to the body, mind. You are something other than the body and mind. Then who are you? I am. Nothing needs to be mentioned after I am. "I am" or "I am that" is the truth. You are not your thoughts, you are just the observer of the thoughts. One that is observing the thought, from where the thought is originating.

If you want to experience the inner you, you need to be in silence.You can get some answers which need not be explained. Imagine yourself just the eyes without brain. That should be the true way of living in the present. Just be in the present. No application of brain. Just seeing the presence and feeling the presence. That is it. The actual you is in the silence. Observe silence not just physical silence, silence of the thoughts too. In between two thoughts if you observe even one second of silence, you will touch your inner self. That inner self is without any thought, without any desire, pure you.

Koi baat nahi

"Koi baat nahi" my 7 year young son Shaurya says when we question him on the tasks which he hasn't done or done some mistakes. Why did you break the toy? Why are you so late? Why didn't you study? Why are you watching cartoon, tomorrow is your exam? For all these questions, an innocent reply comes from the little boy " Koi Baat Nahi". I take cues from Shaurya's life on how he is so much in the present and do not worry much about the past or future. These are the qualities of child which they forget as they grow older and become adult.

We are born to be in present but while growing we start living in past and future. As soon as Shaurya gets break from his study, he indulges himself so much in watching cartoons that it seems that he himself is in the character. And when he studies, for the initial few minutes he has to be dragged and forced to study but after the initial 10 minutes, once he understands that there is no escape, he start enjoying the study and engrosses himself. I hope I could be like him and be so focused in whatever I do.

I derive inspiration from my father and son. My father has done so much of hardship for his 4 children. I wander if I had been in his shoes, I couldn't have survived. To manage the education of four sons with limited resources seems impossible for me. But yet we survived and had a good education and yes we were happy compared to these days when it is a stressful life. Looking at my father remind me that this shall also pass. No matter how hard the situation is, if you are honest to yourself and your family, the hard times will pass. Looking at my son I hear a message from God, to live in this very second, this very moment. If yesterday was tough and you are not sure about tomorrow, Koi Baat Nahi, live in the present moment. Do your best in the present and not worry about the future.