MAY: The Month of moments

Wow...

what a month it has been!! simply amazing things happened in a span of this 31 days.. many things which I felt were impossible came true both in a positive way and also in a negative way.. overall a dream is going on in my life..

In the first week my parents, sister and my newly born, yet to be named niece came to bangalore. I always thought my house would not be sufficient if my parents come here but I just dont know how it happened but it was more than enough.. in the three weeks of time when they were here at no point of time that we felt like a conjusted house.. It is in this three weeks time that my sister got operated once again.. its her second operation in a span of 40 days.. however it gave me a chance to realise my potential as I had to stay in the hospital as well as attend the office.. somehow at no point of time I felt tiresome.. may be thats what they call "GRACE"

In the second week Guruji's birthday was there and we celebrated it well.. I personally took responsibility for few of the plants and now committed to the well being of those plants. I dont consider this as an act of philanthropy or something because EOD Bangalore belongs to me NAMMA BENGALURU. In this week there a happened a great satsang by Rishiji.. this was at whitefiled organised by AOL whitefield.. and boyyy.. that was just unbelievable, the flow of energy i experienced there was just amazing.. I felt like going mad that day.. Kudos to team AOL WhiteField.

And then came by birthday.. the best birthday of mine till date.. all through the day my mobile was busy either with the calls or with messages.. the best part being my old  friends calling me after some years.. that was always a gr8 feeling and as always ravi was the first caller at 0000hrs.. that day I had cut the cake which my mother personally went and purchased.. thats something really special for me.. because my mom hradly know any shop in here.. Divine preparation was so great that my sister completed her TTC and became an art of living teacher that day itself.. thats icing the cake for me..

The last week was also good as I actively started working in the new job.. however this week was marred by a couple of untoward incidents one is the gun shot at ashram.. ashram is such a serene place with so much of divine energy and yet such a thing happened!! i'm completely puzzled.. I reached ashram a little later than the incident and surprisingly everything was perfect and as usual.. in fact no one knew that such a thing happened untill Guruji announced to us at 8:45PM..

the other happened was me losing my sweet mobile.. I belive my maid has taken it away.. however now I lost 8K one.. its not about the money but it subconciously makes me to look at the maid/servants through a filter called "DOUBT".. I will try my best to be aware and not fall into such mind traps..

On the financial front May is the month where I took a real beating.. Barring my sister's wedding I never spent so much of money in a ftile way.. I almost spent 50K for all unexpected and untimely happenings..

Overall, I learnt a lot and hope to implement them in future..

Sarvejana Sukhinobhavantu..

-Karthik

PS: As I lost my mobile I request junta to mail me their contact numbers..

Power of Forgiving..

Kathy, a girl, became physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually ill by justifying her hatred towards her father. Her father reportedly abandoned the family - Kathy, her mother & six other children. While at home, he physically abused everyone and they were all terrified of him. None of them knew when he would lose his temper and turn violent.
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Kathy was affected by chronic state of anger which caused lots of imbalances in her own life more than anyone else's. She would lash out at those nearby with only the slightest provocation like her father. Her actions cost Kathy heavily, ending up with strained, unhappy relationships and changing job after job.
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Hatred and bitterness percolated to her physical levels and she suffered from headaches, stomach problems and eventually developed arthritis. By her twenty-fifth birthday Kathy looked middle aged. She would re-live the miseries of her past each day and cry out that 'he was a terrible person'.
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She knew she would be better off if only she could learn to forgive her father, but she just couldn't do it, nor did she wanted anyone else to forgive him.
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Kathy started the process of forgiveness. Lead by her inner guidance and persistent effort, tried to soften her emotions and change her thought patterns. Slowly she came to understand how her father could have acted so violently, she began to feel pity for him, then compassion and then love.
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A person can move forward with a renewed sense of peace when there is no longer the burden of withheld forgiveness. When Kathy learned to forgive her father, she began to forgive and love herself. Her life transformed into a better one and her physical problems cleared up.
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" Sharvam shiva-shakthimayam "

Sarvejana Sukhinobhavantu

-Karthik

Happy B'day Guruji

It is today that beloved Guruji came to this planet.. just a quick wishes for him before moving to the tree plantation drive today and a pledge my side to strive for his vision of violence free society... his message is very simple "Productive at work, Peaceful at heart"

Jai Guru Dev

-Karthik

Death: Not Sufficient

Finally some sort of justice has been done for the murder machine which threw doom on 200 innocent people and sent waves of panic across billions of people in the world. 26/11 created different responses across the world. Many in India were worried because it once again reminded them the bitter fact that their safety is compromised. Many in Pakistan were worried that this might tempt the United States to adopt a stick approach in their diplomacy replacing the existing carrot approach. The FBI & Co. is afraid that the next generation terrorists might use 26/11 as a model for the future attacks.. On a whole the impact of 26/11 on the world in general and on sub continent in particular is quite significant. 

Given such an important happening we have a criminal captured and we took some 17 months to finalize the punishment on that blood monger. Thats Indian judiciary for you.. now, my doubt in this whole saga is  "Is death sentence sufficient??" the obvious response that would pop up is "what else can you do? thats the maximum".. In my perception death to him is a obvious response but I cannot support the "hanging till death" funda.. He would have been made to run in a open ground and ask the people particularly the kith and kin of the victims to throw stones so as to kill him. I am saying this with the hope that it will reduce the pain of the victims a little.. I completely share their pain and grief so I have no hesitation to go to any extent for consoling them. My suggestion sounds very rude and beastly in nature but it is the "jab we met" funda where kareena kapoor goes on to scold the person who dumped her and claims that she feels better after doing that.. Personally I dont believe in scolding/cursing someone for any reason but here the case is no ordinary. 

Another punishment which I would suggest is to burn him alive.. this one suits the case more because given the belief system of the terrorist groups involved "Burning is the worst kind of death" so that would actually hit them where it hurts the most. I remeber using Nasam bombs in "Operation Vijay" because that would kill the enemy by burning and burning to death is the worst form of death for them. My whole point is to show the world that we would not tolerate anyone who harms us.

Though I have given a couple of suggestions the chances of Kasab getting hanged look a little dim, because the Congress govt. might add him into the list of people applied for president's courtesy plea. This will turn him into another Afzal Guru. and the story continues..Yesterday I saw a debate in a television where in one lawyer says that Kasab is already getting punished. According to her being in jail is a punishment enough for the crime he committed. He was treated as a political prisoner and he got access to newspapers also.. I got a doubt that the Indian tax payer spent some 4-5 lakhs a day for that man and some 30% population lies below the poverty line.. so who is getting punished now? the tax payer or Kasab?

Sarvejana Sukhniobhavantu

-Karthik