The human potential

(1 Jan 2020: writing at around 1:06 am of 2 Jan.)

The energy inside human being is immense. The potential can be used effectively to do anything one aspire for. There is nothing which is impossible. The mind tells that it is not possible but one has to stop listening to mind for some time and try doing what one really want to. After few iterations of these kind of activities, mind will understand that the person is not listening and then the real game starts. Mind will start listening to the person. Life is a mind game and one has to be above the mind to move forward and guide the mind, else one will not be able to find when the mind overtakes the person and start dictating what it wants to do.

Sky is the limit for a person who is willing to put his energy and focus to good use. He will stop complaining and start being grateful for what he has.

Quotes to ponder upon - written by me

These are some of the quotes which I had written and posted on twitter and posted in twitter. Just posting it here. 

1. We are born to be happy. The experiences and the life tries to change us and make us feel different. But our inherent nature is to be happy.

2. 'I' is born and dying innumerable times. That I is for the thoughts at that time. And when the thought dies, that I dies. A new I is born.

3. The moment of dis-identification with anybody or any object is bliss. Those moments are few but worth.

4. Do not take life too seriously. It is all cooked up story in your mind. Be free be your true self.

5. Stop living your life through your thoughts. Take the reign of your life from your thoughts. Observe your thoughts. Thoughts will vanish

6. Use your mind. Let not mind use you.

7. Life changes in split of second. Do not be bogged off by the current situation or problem. It will change.

8. My body is so closely coupled with my mind. A bad/negative thought immediately affect the body. Trying not to be the mind.

9. A person's attitude and behaviour can be checked by seeing how he does a small task. Big task will be done similarly.

10. Try to derive happiness from small things. If you wait for bigger things, you will miss all these intermediate happiness.

11. Look behind the dense fog of thoughts which is becoming denser as you grow. You will be surprised to find the real you.

12. Why wait. Life is right here and now. Be in the present. Do not be a pendulum of past and future. Just be.

13. If you are doing a work, or just started a work, the premise to start should be positive. No point in doing halfheartedly.

14. Do not be attached to a particular outcome or the moment. You never know the next second the scenario is changed.

15. There is no beginning and no end. The consciousness was there and will always be there. The body and the mind are just means

16. If you become pure from heart, you will not be able to think bad or do bad to anyone even if the other one is bad to you.

17. Deep inside, you know very well whether you are right or wrong. You can lie to others but you cannot fool yourself.

18. Some people are not too happy during great times and not too sad during bad times. Neutral, Well in control. Sthirpragya.

19. Life energy is there within you and it wants to come out. It has huge power and potential. Do not stop. You will become Life

20. Time is a relative term. It is not absolute. Mind plays very well with the time. Beyond mind you will feel timelessness

21. Interpretation of a situation / problem gives you trouble more than the situation itself.

22. When you are at peace with yourself, things start happening. Surrender and be the part of the universe. Do not resist.

23. If you think life is an exam, then it is not over till it is over. Be in exam till last minute, attempt as much as you can.

24. There is no beginning and no end. All is in the mind. Dwell upon the question of "Who am I". Someday you will be left with just I

25. Cold call is like coffee which became cold. Initially you do not like it. But after calling so many people you get knack of it.

26. Your mind keeps running your fear again and again on the mind screen. Consciously you need to dis-identify with the mind

27. Is there anything to loose in life? When we got the life, we didn't have anything.

28. The problem arises when one has something in mind to compare with. If the situation is given and one accepts it fully, then no problem.

29. Question your assumptions. You take your assumptions to be hard truth which might not be true. Break your assumptions and find the new you.

30. You will certainly fail in the event in which you do not participate. Participate to increase your chances and who knows you can be winner.

31. Life is not fair. It will not be always. You cannot give this as an excuse. Do what you really want. There are many examples who have done it.

32. One should treat his thoughts box like a database. In a program we do call database when there is data required. The data doesn't flow always. Similarly thoughts should not be retrieved every time, only when required.

33. One can easily connect to genuine smile of another person. God's gift.

34. Evolution theory- Few generations from now human will be born with head completely down because of looking down while using smartphone

35. Sometimes in silence, I feel whether I am seeing or I am being seen

36. We are balloons filled with water floating in an endless ocean. The real self is water. Some realizes and some live as balloon.

37. If the mind is free from clutter, I am at peace. Mind is like a sheep grazing anywhere and everywhere. Just observe and be.

38. Things and activities are destined to be done. Why interrupt by putting so much of mind. Put your mind inwards. Doer is sufferer.

39. All is in the mind. You just need to observe your mind and correct your thoughts wherever it is going wrong. Be the observer.

40. If one is moving out of a place, he roams around and cover all good places. Why doesn’t he do good deeds before moving out of the body.

41. cd ./ Go to the root drive of your life. You will find the purpose of life.

42. What if we forget time and just live. Live freely without waiting for tomorrow and without having the guilt that yesterday has passed. Be.

43. Imagine you aren't there. In an instance you'll feel more like observer and will think if I am not then whose body is it. Are you the body?

44. Do we really need anything to be happy? Aren't we already happy? We add a desire which makes us unhappy till the desire is fulfilled. Happiness is the period after a desire is fulfilled and before another desire arises.

45. You have the capability of divine creation in your hands. You need to let divine take over you and get yourself out of the way.

46. Why do we always look for the end? Always trying to go to the end will one day take you to the end of the life making you realize that in the middle life was present. Stay right in the middle of the moment. Do not try to look for the end.

47. It is wise to take the first step and test the water to cross the river rather than just waiting at the bank and thinking that you will be able to cross the river. Not trying to cross the river will strengthen the fear and taking the first step may change everything.

48. Do not play against life / universe. Play along with life / Universe. Then suddenly you will realize things start working for you and you will be at peace. Life is there to support you. Best utilize the life.

49. Treat life as the last 15 minutes of an exam. You have to perform at your best in the limited time. And the exam is going to end.

Ant in a lift

An ant in the middle of lift was totally unaware of how and why he is in the lift. He was unable to comprehend what actually the lift is or to be precise he was incapable of comprehending so big a structure compared to his shape. His only aim was to not to be under someone's feet or even if he gets down under someone's feet, to escape alive. He was able to achieve this till now. He was able to get something or the other to eat like dead insects, sugar etc. He wasn't able to find the reason why he was born. The lift used to go up and down from ground till 20th floor.
Somewhere near the ground floor, there was a small hole, where he used to go deep and has his home. His whole life was spent in the lift till now. His life was going fine until a cat came who used to be with one person living on 19th floor. Whenever the cat used to come inside the lift, ant was very afraid of the feet and claws and he used to avoid the sharp eyes of cat. Cat used to be his biggest scare. Everyday in lift the ant had the apprehension that the cat will kill him and he started living in fear. He was unable to live freely as he used to be. He was very depressed and used to question God why he has given this life.

After may fearful days and nights, once the lift opened and he saw the same dreadful cat with greedy eyes and claws coming upon him and he closed his eyes and accepted the death and his heart stopped. After few seconds he opened his eyes in anticipation that he will be seeing God. He was about to ask God to not to send him back as an ant in the future birth. But when he opened his eyes, he saw a cockroach entangled in the claws of cat and he realized that the cat has just saved him from the cockroach who was about to eat him. In this whole encounter which almost took his life, there was another ant which just dropped off from the fur of the cat. Then ant was very similar to this ant and in no time both ants became acquainted and in few days became good friends. The situation which the ant was thinking as the most dreadful and which almost took his life was not as the ant imagined but it became the golden moment. He got the best friend out of this situation and got his inner strength and belief in himself back.

Time and situation which you think may be very bad may actually turn out to be good in the long run. Difficult times which is perceived as difficult may have come for a bigger purpose.

After a long time

After a long time I am writing on this blog. You know why? Because of lazyness. Yes, because of lazyness not willing to open the laptop. So writing this blog from my mobile. As I am typing these alphabets my 9 month old is roaming around my lap and playing and observing things around him.

Updates since I last posted. As you would have known from above lines, I am blessed with a new life. The life is Saksham. I am back with my family now after a stint of 15 months in Pune. I am in Gurgaon now.

As per my habit, trying new things to beat the boredom and monotonous routine. Tried playing flute, but left after few days. I will again be trying my hands on flute. Also on the technical front, I would want to learn Artificial intelligence and machine learning. I will also revive what I have learnt in Cloud technology.

From now on, I will try to put regular updates in this blog. 

Is there a goal in life

What if you realize that there is no goal in life. What is the destination ? Where will the journey end ? Will the journey ever end ? Is the journey itself a goal / destination. The sudden realization that there is no goal in life, although you feel that you have many goals for yourself , will make you empty. The emptiness thus created will soothe you and you will feel that you are part of a larger emptiness. Everyone is running, is in a hurry to reach somewhere. The cluttered mind is always talking, directing you to reach some place, some destination. Are you made to obey your mind and run unending for one or the other thing till your last breath.

If you stop for some time and think what are you supposed to do. The goals are created by you or given to you by someone else. I think the goal should not be material. Think from bigger perspective as what is your potential. Did you come into existence to run after small things and then die some day. Even if the goal, which you think is the goal, is material, you should dwell how that goal is helping you to justify your existence. You can think of these things only when you are able to take the rein in your hands from your mind. Else, mind will always produce cacophony in which you will not be able to listen to the silence.

The solution to this cacophony is give yourself some time. Think what is the reason of your existence. This will help you to break your own limit. Listen to the silence within. Spend some time meditating. Feel your breath. How is breath connected to your body. Are you the body ? Are you the mind ? Who are you ?

100 days of running completed

A mail popped up in my company's mailbox somewhere during the end of April 2017. 100 days of running to start again this year from 29th April till 6th Aug. A voice inside me, as always, spoke "Lets take this challenge". And there I was. Running my first run in this challenge on 29th April. Challenging myself excites me and gives me a kick. I have done this on few occasions in the past. But this challenge was very different. It is not a single instance. It has to be done again and again, without a single day of failure. Running for 100 days continuously, no matter what, running for at least 2 km. I stretched the least 2 km to more than 5 km since beginning. To be precise, the distance was 6.5 to 7 km daily barring the initial 7-8 days, when it was 5-6 km. The journey of running, getting into a new routine, thus began on 29th April 2017. I asked few of my friends in my company whether they want to be a part of this, thinking that there is no reason why one would not participate in this event. But to my surprise, I found no one taking interest to join. But that didn't deter me to join in the event.

I would say the journey was exciting but not easy specially in the beginning. If I look back in the pages of past, I do not see myself running, not in my professional life, not in college and even not in my late school days. Somewhere during early and mid school days, I remember myself running after football during games period. But that is long back, almost 25 years back. What should be the distance I should run was a question in my mind. I decided lets start with a figure 5 km which I increased to 6 just in 9 to 10 days. Then in few days, I fixed up a distance of around 6.75 km (as per Endomondo tracker). So, my daily run was fixed to almost 6.75 to 7 km. I made sure that I run daily, irrespective of whatever happens. Whether it is hot, it is raining, I am tired, no matter what, I have to run. If I miss running in the morning, after coming to office I ran. I remember, on few occasions, I ran at 9:30 - 10 pm at night, in rain. Something inside me kept me going.

Running for me was not just running. It was a time to know myself, It was as kind of meditation for me. Every step, every breath in and every breath out gave me a feeling of accomplishment, satisfaction, enjoyment. Running daily for 100 days made me realize, one can do anything if one decides. The difficulty is only in taking the first step.  Once the first step is taken, the next few steps comes and the journey starts. I think starting anything or continuing to do anything out of your comfort zone is greatly resisted by the mind. I have heard so many things inside from my mind saying, " You cannot do it. You should not do it. Why are you doing it? Are you crazy? You should not run so much, it may affect your health. I know you will stop this after few days ". But I didn't stop. It was a mind game. Doing anything difficult is really a mind game. One should not give the rein to mind. I took control of myself and was just observing my minds murmurs but not obeying. After a certain point of time, mind stopped saying these negative things.

Today is the 100th day of 100 days of running. The journey which started on 29th April 2017 came to its intended destination of 100th day, 6th Aug 2017. But this is not the end. I intend to run daily, not for 7 km, but for at least 2 km so that the habit which I had inculcated continues for long. I am thankful that the mail which came to me about 100daysofrunning. Some things are destined to happen. That is how a story is made. Some one said that fitness is not a destination, not a goal, rather a journey. I am traversing that journey. It is good to see myself changing, transforming and in the process enjoying myself. Running made me realize, if you are determined you can use your body as per your will. Signing off with a feeling of accomplishment and few pictures.

#100DaysOfRunning Data Entry and Reporting

Hi Amarendra Kumar Sinha, below is the summary of your reported runs.

Number of Days Reported	100 out of 100
Total Distance	665.84 km
Total Time (hours:min:sec)	77:28:16
City	Pune
Running Group
Corporate	Infosys

Be in the moment. Be here and now

What is life? Is it past , or is it future. No, it is here and now. Yes, it is present and not past and not future. The past and future are just thoughts in our mind. There is some extra power and energy in Now which you can feel only in the present. Focus on now, focus on present, meditate on present.

You will not be sad, afraid, anxious and worried if you are always in present. Do not be identified with the mind and also not with the body. It will be difficult to always be in present. It requires practice but it is not impossible. The mind is so conditioned for the last so many years to think unnecessarily about the past and future. But daily practicing to be in present helps.

Ways to be in present :

1. Meditation - Be in silence daily for some time. Start with 10 min of silence daily and slowly increase it to 15-20-25-30-45 min and may be 1 hour.
2. Focus on breathing : Try to focus on breathing (in and out), just observe breathing. Make a habit of doing this many times a day. Slowly this will become habit and will prevent you from unnecessary thinking.
3. Feel like an observer : Try to detach from body and mind, whenever you can and think like an observer. You will be more happy.

These are some ways to be in present. Will write more on similar topics.