Aaj Meri Mulakat Ek ajnabi se hui

Rah par anjane se kuch puchu ,ye pata nahi?

Badi uljhi raah par thi khadi!

Anjane rahi se kuch meri baat aaise  shuru hui…

Maine pucha…kaun ho tum?

Sawal ka jawab rahi ko pata nahi?

Maine kaha..aap apne aap ko nahi ho pehchante?

Rahi apne aap mai kho sa gaya…!

 Apne rukte kadam ki aur dekhte hua bola….!

Mai tho ek anjana ,ajanabi ,dar dar mara har dham feeru…

Meri  pehchaan ek paheli hai…!

Ajnabi  rahi ne mujse sawal pucha…!

‘Aap batao aap ki pehchaan kya hai?’

Maine Ajnabi ,Anjane rahi ki taraf mudte hue jawab tho bahut

dhunda..?

Parantu…mai kho si gayi ..apne aap mai…!

Na naam pata tha..???

Na apni pehchaan….???

Aab ek pehchaan kiski kya hai?

Astiv..?

Sanchayi…?

Vishvas…?

Maryada…?

Atma vishvas…?

Dusro par vishvas…?

Apno par vishvas…?

Kadi mehnat…?

Sukhi  rehna…?

Sukh ,Dukh batna…?

Ya keval har mode par ..har lakshya mai..

Sanchayi ka samna karna?

Kisiki Pehchaan hi ek  jhoot hai..!

Hum ,tum ye sansaar…har safar par rehte hai…

Apne aap mai ek ajnabi,anjane rahi!

Ab  har khoj rok do….!

Aur  apne jeevan ko na bane rehne  do  ek mahas Ajnabi..

sanchayi ko apne saath  …

Ekdam karreb le aayiye………

Wah jana pehchana  ajnabi(sach)  kabhi  sawalo par nahi

ghere rahegi!

Sach unhe dhoond legi…..har raah par har sawalo  ka jawab 

keval sachayi  hoga!
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The simple things in life are sometimes the best. We all go for something that is way out of our reach and we have to settle for less. As we grow old, our views of what is important is probably not what we ever intended. I believe we get smarter and want less

What is enlightenment? the act of enlightening is defined as “the act of enlightening or casting light where there was darkness”. Spiritual Enlightenment is pretty much what all spiritual studies strive for. It is the hope of anyone studying the topics within spiritandsky to come to this stage of being. Imagine understanding life, the universe and everything? It is not likely anyone of us will achieve “total” spiritual enlightenment in our lifetimes, but many have and will at least gain partial enlightenment.

This is such a universal subject it would be hard to put it into a can and give it a label. Mystics, theologians even religious fundamentalists all have people within their ranks that claim to have, or can give spiritual enlightenment. The bottom line is this; If you learn something deep, profound and true, and it sinks into your heart and becomes a part of you, then you have achieved, to at least a certain degree, enlightenment.

All religions seem to have a claim on enlightenment. But can they all be right? Most people would say no, but if you look at the basic core teachings of most mainstream religions you will find basic similarities. Things like “do unto others as you would have done unto you”. Don’t steal, kill or desire another’s property.. But is this “spiritual enlightenment”? Not really, even though it sheds light on how we should live our lives, or to feel better about ourselves, and care for our fellow people, it really sheds little light on what “really” happens after we die, and what happened to those already past.

Many people attempt to directly achieve enlightenment through meditation, fasting, prayer, even occult means. Though many have tried, and many may have succeeded in gaining this knowledge, there exists today no one single definitive source of spiritual enlightenment (very religious people will, of course, disagree…), it is up to you, only you can find this path, and ultimately you must do it on your own. To give you an idea of how diverse the people on this planet are that seek spiritual enlightenment, here is a quote from noted scientist Albert Einstein:

“A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest… a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”

- Albert Einstein

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.

Watch your words, for they become actions.

Watch your actions, for they become habits.

Watch your habits, for they become character.

Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny

Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice."

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become."

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten."

"I may know the word, but not say it. I may know the truth, but not face it. I may hear a sound, a whisper, sacred and profound, but turn my head, indifferent. I may know the word, but not say it. I may love the fruit, but not taste it. I may know the"

"Who loves not a false imagining, an unreal character in us; but looking through all the rubbish of our imperfections, loves in us the divine ideal of our natures - not the man that we are, but the angel that we may be."

"It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so that, for want of true objects, they must attach themselves to false."

"People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway

The little wave

The story is abut a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He’s enjoying the wind and the fresh air ' until he notices the other waves in front of him, crashing against the shore. "My God, this terrible",the wave says. "Look what’s going to happen to me!"

Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him: "Why do you look so sad?" The first wave says: "You don’t understand! We’re all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn’t it terrible?"

The second wave says: "No, you don’t understand. You’re not a wave, you’re part of the ocean."

Believe what you feel

On this day, Morrie says that he has an exercise for us to try. We are to stand, facing away from our classmates, and fall backward, relying on another student to catch us. Most of us are uncomfortable with this, and we cannot let go for more than a few inches before stopping ourselves. We laugh in embarrassment.

Finally, one student, a thin, quiet, dark-haired girl whom I notice almost always wears bulky, white fisherman sweaters, crosses her arms over her chest, closes her eyes, leans back, and does not flinch, like one of those Lipton tea commercials where the model splashes into the pool..

For a moment, I am sure she is going to thump on the floor. At the last instant, her assigned partner grabs her head and shoulders and yanks her up harshly.

"Whoa!" several students yell. Some clap. Morrie finally smiles. "You see", he says to the girl, "you closed your eyes, That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them too ' even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling”.

King Arthur and the witch

Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur’s youth and ideals. So, the monarch offered him his freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer and, if after a year, he still had no answer, he would be put to death.

The question?….What do women really want? Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch’s proposition to have an answer by year’s end.

He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everyone: the princess, the priests, the wise men and even the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer. Many people advised him to consult the old witch, for only she would have the answer. But the price would be high; as the witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged.

The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no choice but to talk to the witch She agreed to answer the question, but he would have to agree to her price first. The old witch wanted to marry Sir Lancelot, the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table and Arthur’s closest friend! Young Arthur was horrified. She was hunchbacked and hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like sewage, made obscene noises, etc. He had never encountered such a repugnant creature in all his life.

He refused to force his friend to marry her and endure such a terrible burden; but Lancelot, learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur. He said nothing was too big of a sacrifice compared to Arthur’s life and the preservation of the Round Table.

Hence, a wedding was proclaimed and the witch answered Arthur’s question thus: What a woman really wants, she answered….is to be in charge of her own life! Everyone in the kingdom instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and that Arthur’s life would be spared. And so it was, the neighboring monarch granted Arthur his freedom and Lancelot and the witch had a wonderful wedding.

The honeymoon hour approached and Lancelot, steeling himself for a horrific experience, entered the bedroom. But, what a sight awaited him. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen lay before him on the bed. The astounded Lancelot asked what had happened

The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she appeared as a witch, she would henceforth, be her horrible deformed self only half the time and the beautiful maiden the other half. Which would he prefer? Beautiful during the day…or night?

Lancelot pondered the predicament. During the day, a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his castle, an old witch? Or, would he prefer having a hideous witch during the day, but by night, a beautiful woman for him to enjoy wondrous intimate moments?

Noble Lancelot said that he would allow HER to make the choice herself. Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time because he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own life.

ON PROBLEM SOLVING
THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS. THE PROBLEM IS EXPECTING OTHERWISE AND THINKING THAT HAVING PROBLEMS IS A PROBLEM.

: ONPROBLEM SOLVING SAYINGS
THE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WE FACE CANNOT BE SOLVED AT THE SAME LEVEL OF THINKING WE WERE AT WHEN WE CREATED THEM.

: ONPROBLEM SOLVING SAYINGS
WHEN THE ONLY TOOL YOU OWN IS A HAMMER, EVERY PROBLEM BEGINS TO RESEMBLE A NAIL

ON: ATTITUDE
ABILITY IS WHAT YOU’RE CAPABLE OF DOING. MOTIVATION DETERMINES WHAT YOU DO. ATTITUDE DETERMINES HOW WELL YOU DO IT.

ALTHOUGH AT THE MOMENT THEY MAY BE EQUAL IN THEIR LACK OF A REAL ANSWER, THE MAN WHO REPLIES I’LL FIND OUT, IS MUCH MORE VALUABLE TO HIS EMPLOYER, HIS NEIGHBOR, AND TO HIMSELF THAN THE MAN WHO REPLIES L DON’T KNOW.

ALTHOUGH FATE PRESENTS THE CIRCUMSTANCES, HOW YOU REACT DEPENDS ON YOUR CHARACTER.

AN OPTIMIST IS A PERSON WHO SEES A GREEN LIGHT EVERYWHERE; WHILE A PESSIMIST SEES ONLY THE RED STOP LIGHT. THE TRULY WISE PERSON IS COLOR BLIND.

IT IS COMMON SENSE TO TAKE A METHOD AND TRY IT. IF IT FAILS, ADMIT IT FRANKLY AND TRY ANOTHER. BUT ABOVE ALL, TRY SOMETHING.

IT IS SURPRISING WHAT A MAN CAN DO WHEN HE HAS TO, AND HOW LITTLE MOST MEN WILL DO WHEN THEY DON’T HAVE TO.

IT IS SURPRISING WHAT A MAN CAN DO WHEN HE HAS TO, AND HOW LITTLE MOST MEN WILL DO WHEN THEY DON’T HAVE TO.

IT IS THE NATURE OF THOUGHT TO FIND ITS WAY INTO ACTION.

On Character-
OUR CHARACTER IS WHAT WE DO WHEN WE THINK NO ONE IS LOOKING. GEORGE ELIOT: CHARACTER - EDUCATION: QUOTES
OUR DEEDS DETERMINE US, AS MUCH AS WE DETERMINE OUR DEEDS.

PEOPLE GROW THROUGH EXPERIENCE IF THEY MEET LIFE HONESTLY AND COURAGEOUSLY. THIS IS HOW CHARACTER IS BUILT.

PROMISE YOURSELF TO BE SO STRONG THAT NOTHING CAN DISTURB YOUR PEACE OF MIND.

QUIET MINDS CANNOT BE PERPLEXED OR FRIGHTENED, BUT GO ON IN FORTUNE OR MISFORTUNE AT THEIR OWN PRIVATE PACE, LIKE A CLOCK DURING A THUNDERSTORM.

REPUTATION IS THE SHELL A MAN DISCARDS WHEN HE LEAVES LIFE FOR IMMORTALITY. HIS CHARACTER HE TAKES WITH HIM.

REPUTATION IS ONLY A CANDLE, OF WAVERING AND UNCERTAIN FLAME, AND EASILY BLOWN OUT, BUT IT IS THE LIGHT BY WHICH THE WORLD LOOKS FOR AND FINDS MERIT

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On Doubt

CONSTANT KINDNESS CAN ACCOMPLISH MUCH. AS THE SUN MAKES ICE MELT, KINDNESS CAUSES MISUNDERSTANDING, MISTRUST AND HOSTILITY TO EVAPORATE.

ON JUDGMENTAL PEOPLE:
PEOPLE WITH OPINIONS JUST GO AROUND BOTHERING EACH OTHER.

ON ANGER:
HOLDING ON TO ANGER IS LIKE GRASPING A HOT COAL WITH THE INTENT OF THROWING IT AT SOMEONE ELSE; YOU ARE THE ONE WHO GETS BURNED.

ON TRUTH:
THREE THINGS CANNOT BE LONG HIDDEN: THE SUN, THE MOON, AND THE TRUTH.

ON ANGER:
YOU WILL NOT BE PUNISHED FOR YOUR ANGER; YOU WILL BE PUNISHED BY YOUR ANGER.
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ON FRIENDS:
AN INSINCERE AND EVIL FRIEND IS MORE TO BE FEARED THAN A WILD BEAST; A WILD BEAST MAY WOUND YOUR BODY, BUT AN EVIL FRIEND WILL WOUND YOUR MIND.

ON LOVE:
YOU, YOURSELF, AS MUCH AS ANYBODY IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE, DESERVE YOUR LOVE AND AFFECTION.

ON ENVY:
DO NOT OVERRATE WHAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED, NOR ENVY OTHERS. HE WHO ENVIES OTHERS DOES NOT OBTAIN PEACE OF MIND.

ON GOOD DEEDS:
NEITHER FIRE NOR WIND, BIRTH NOR DEATH CAN ERASE OUR GOOD DEEDS.

ON THOUGHT:
THE MIND IS EVERYTHING. WHAT YOU THINK YOU BECOME.

ON GRATITUDE:
LET US RISE UP AND BE THANKFUL, FOR IF WE DIDN’T LEARN A LOT TODAY, AT LEAST WE LEARNED A LITTLE, AND IF WE DIDN’T LEARN A LITTLE, AT LEAST WE DIDN’T GET SICK, AND IF WE GOT SICK, AT LEAST WE DIDN’T DIE; SO, LET US ALL BE THANKFUL.

ON HATRED:
HATRED DOES NOT CEASE BY HATRED, BUT ONLY BY LOVE; THIS IS THE ETERNAL RULE.

Developing your own belief system as you mature

Most of our most memorable moments are felt within, or when we are alone. The reason for this statement is that the older we get, specific emotions are really internalized. They are pasted in our memory as prolific moments. The experiences that brought about these emotions are never erased from our minds and it is these experiences that change our frame of mind, build or tear down character, overall, it is at those moments when u can actually feel a change in your soul.

The emotions/moments that I am referring to, may be moments of true happiness, depression, betrayal, anger, pain or even anguish. . The fact is life can change your mind,as u move on ,as you tend to meet diiffernt situations,people,places and many more ..as u grow the way we take things,handle situations changes too.

Our mind is a hub that houses our values, thoughts, u know the rest. I mention values as our value system is also our belief system. Values are taught many sociologists say, but are they really? Do we still practice all the things our parents tried to instill in us. No, instead we were busy living life and making our own rules to live by, and our experiences served as the basis for what we believed in. Sure we all may have a bit of our parents in us, but whats real is that we make our own values to pass on to our kids at the end of the day.

Too often we blame people associated with our past, our families ,friends ,education,etc. as the reason why we haven’t grown, why we have nothing to say when asked. We say nothing because many of us will stand on “I learned it all from you, so if you don’t like it you have nobody to blame but yourself”. That is a very lame excuse and we should be able to stand our ground with as much of a belief system that we have developed over the years. As we age we become stronger, have learned so much more and are able to balance what others throw our way, grasping tightly those ideas that have meaning and a ring of truth and disposing of those that cause depression, rejection and ultimately silence.

This being said as we find ourselves in this world, as we get older, as we mature spiritually (internally), it is best to some profound values to live by, stand for something, as we have too much to lose if we don’t. To explain, maturing is not simply getting older, it is BUILDING CHARACTER. It has a lot to do with what your varied experiences..challenges ,compromises , your own contribution as a human being..and ability to live by your own … , that life changes your mind. Life develops our belief system and a positive belief system aids us in being better individuals. We all need something to live by, some character and finding oneself does that.

Character is having a belief system that assures you that you will not compromise who you are within for anything. It helps you classify the trivialities in this life, and know what is most important to you. Without character there is no maturity. We need something to stand for and believe in. It tells us that our conscience is active, that we have heart, and it motivates us.

In conclusion developing a belief system is natural as we get older. It is what we believe in that makes the difference. That is what is important.

Let us all remember that life transformation is rooted in mind transformation.