Manohar Kahaniyo wali philosophy...

December अंक.......

I have always had fascination towards stories of people who went upstream, in quest of space, which their hearts said, was theirs. I usually take interest in gathering anecdotes about this species, and knowing what drives them into the "reverse mob mentality"

This is about an individual, who would be now 45 years of age, and his journey in these long years. It is about how he forewent a good academic life, to pursue the path of nirvana, and how on being refused space in the ashram where he wanted to be, came back to make a living, decided not to marry for years together and yet at 40 settled with a partner into a mortal living similar to yours and mine.

This is not one off case that I have come across. Have known a couple of people who would have left their well settled employment for things that would interest them otherwise, without backing, who would have given up immensely in love, who would have suddenly left their families, their riches, in search of peace, for spirituality sake or like.

W. J. Slim said,"When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take - choose the bolder."

To me it all sounds too astonishing to be true. But what makes me curious is after choosing bolder of the two decisions, were these people more happier and satisfied than what they would have been had they followed the herd? Or were their lives difficult than ours?I searched for an answer to this question long, and then someone just told me" May be they did, cos they were happy that good or bad, they chose their ways, but they all paid a price"

True, YOU HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE.

Apparently in their last letters they would have wrote, life could have been led with a thrift in dreams, and compromise of wishes.... cant say... was paying that price worth it for them? Did they regret? Yes or no - But surely they would have been a bit different to have the courage to tread rockier paths, and if I have known things ever, I feel, you donot regret so much about things you have done, than about things that you wanted to.. but didnt.

Open forum...

What really makes a woman happy?
( lets pick up some creative and useful ideas from all the lovely ladies and men reading this blog)

Path not chosen....

Sometimes it is only enough to know,
The lanes we donot want to tread,
And sometimes knowing that alone,
Would lead you to the road,
That you should call your own.

Sometimes it is easier to figure out,
Of Thousands of things, what not to do,
Particularly so, when rattling brains,
And convincing self, what all to do.

And by this golden rule of elimination,
Great Choices are made, and great decisions,
Enough only to know, and have good clues,
About paths, you would never choose.