A poem - Impromptu lines written while coming by bus

चलें किसी ओर तो ऊजाला करें
बहुत अंधेरा है हर तरफ

ऊजाला ना सही बिखेरो लाली

जहां आज हर तरफ है रात काली

कोई उम्मीद की किरन ही दिखा दो
अरसा हुआ पलक झपके, आज सुला दो

ऊगता सुरज ना सही ना सही
कोई डूबता सुर्ख सुरज ही दिखा दो

अपने सपनो की पोटली बाँध
निकला हूँ मैं बचपन से

कोई बूढ़ापे से पहले मेरे
कुछ सपने ही पूरे करा दे

जो ले के आया था सपने मैं आँखे मीचे
कुछ कम करा के ही अपने पास वो खिचे

Life is in the pause

Life is in the pause.

There is a continuous stream of thought running in the mind. And what is life. Most of the people think that whatever they think is life. The life is run through their thoughts only. Mind takes over and start running the life. That is not life, that is suffering. Yes, you as as self suffer when it is all in the hands of mind.

The actual blissful life is when you start observing. Observe the pause. Observe the pause between two thoughts. Life will start happening then.

You will be at peace when you stop running and start realizing the pauses. You will be more quiet and feel more powerful.

Present - The bliss

Life is in this very moment
The moment you shouldn't repent

The bliss is in the present
Come out of the body on rent

You are neither the body nor the mind
You are the consciousness that is kind

Consciousness that is in one and all
That is the only one standing tall

Everything else is illusion
In fact there is no creation

All is in our thoughts and mind
Which we have to always remind

Through all the living creatures
Consciousness expresses its treasures

Be with the one and ultimate
You will be at peace with your state

Timelessness

What is time. Since childhood we are told that time will pass on, time will move on. But what is time. Is time real or time is just a concept exploited so much. Time is a concept. Time is one dimension like length, weight etc. Why are we getting carried away with time. The reality is present moment. When it was past, it was at that moment present. And when it will be future, at that moment it will be present only. So there is no other thing other than present. When we live in past, we remember some incident of past, we are doing that in present only. Similar is the case with the future.

Time is just a dimension of measurement. Nothing more than that. The concept of flow of time is created in mind by the conditioning of mind. Time is a reflection of change. If something is changing, the concept of time came to measure and observe the change.

If the reality is present, why are we so worried. The difficulty is to be at present in thoughts. To be present is to be in now and in the situation of thoughtlessness or in control of your thoughts or at least aware of your thoughts. If you are aware of your thoughts, you are at present. That is you are observer.

Acceptance is the key

I have realized that once you accept the present, there is no suffering. Accepting the thing as it is is difficult but can be practiced. Every second if we have the desire of something different and want to escape the present, we can never live in the present. And that is disastrous. Life will end and at the last breath we will realize that we haven't lived.

Living without desire is bliss. Mind is a very bad master but a very good slave. If you observe closely, you will find that mind wants to take things in its hand and it does, unless you closely watch the mind. When you start seeing the mind, mind will disappear. Mind dislikes being watched. The existence of mind will disappear at that instant and you will find self.

What is mind. Mind is just bundle of thoughts. Thoughts come and goes, another thought comes and takes you to a ride. Its a never ending process. By regular practice, you will be able to see the activities of mind and see how naughty it is. Mind is occupying your home and takes you anywhere in a split of a second. Why do you want to allow someone to occupy your self and involving you in different mind activities.

To come out of this, a regular practice of being in present should be done. Question yourself, who are you? If you question, you will know that you are not your body, you are not your mind. Then who are you. You are something else. You are the observer, the seer. This will connect you to your inner self. But what is that inner self. It is difficult to express in words. But you can feel that once you connect to the emptiness. That is the soul, the God, that ultimate, whatever you may call it. But it will give you peace.

Let there be peace, within you, within us, within everyone. You will realize in all of us there is One, that consciousness, that is expressing from our body, senses and the mind. The problem is that we think that we are the body or the mind. Once you surrender to the ultimate, the consciousness, things will start happening automatically. You will not be involved in getting used by the mind.