મુલાકાત

હું બહુ ઓછો મળ્યો ઍને,
પણ જ્યારે મળ્યો
ત્યારે મનમૂકીને ભળ્યો.

મિલનમાં અમારા મસ્તી અનેરી
ભલે હોય માત્ર ઘડીભર ઠરેલી

પર્વતો ચઢ્યો, સમુદ્ર કિનારે ફર્યો
મિલનની બે ક્ષણ સારુ ક્યાં ક્યાં ભમ્યો?

ખુલ્લા મને અમે સાંભળ્યા ઍક બીજાને,
સંભાળી લીધા કિનારાઍ, પણ કોરા ના રહ્યા.

તેના રંગોની આભા, દરેક વાર જુદી
અરે, સંધ્યાની હરેક વાત અનોખી.
યાદો કે યાદી નથી રાખી અમે
પ્રસંગો જોવા ને મળવાની ઍને.

બસ ખબર છે,
રોજ મળવાને આવે છે ઍ,
હવે મોડુ નથી પડવું ભળવાને!



-વેગ

૧૨-૦૬-૨૦૧૩ (સુધારિત ૩૧/૦૩/૨૦૧૯)

પ્રેમ પામવાનાં કાય નકશાઓ હોય?

પ્રેમ પામવાનાં કાય નકશાઓ હોય?
કદી નક્ષત્રો જોઈને નજરો મળતી હશે?

image credit: http://feelgooder.com/wordpress/why-you-need-a-love-map-and-how-to-improve-yours/

જો આપો તો પામો,
આ સરલ વ્યવહાર છે? ના,
વ્યાપાર નથી, સથવાર છે;
સાંભળશો ને સંભાળશો તો
જીવન અણમોલ ભરથાર નો સાથ છે.

વેગ
૦૬+૦૬=૧૨ ; ૨૨:૨૦

ફરજ પડે

હૈયુ મારૂ જ્યારે જ્યારે બેચેન બને,
હાથમાં કલમ લેવાની ફરજ પડે;
ઍ મુક્ત સ્વરોને, સ્વના કરવા,
શબ્દો મહી સજાવવા ફરજ પડે.

નથી કોઇ ગુણ અંદર કવી જેવા,
તે છતાં કલ્પના કરી,
વિચારોને વાળી, ઈચ્છાઓને વ્હારે
આમ હમેંશ ખેચાવું પડે.

ક્યારેક સરળ તો ક્યારેક જટિલ પ્રશ્નોને,
નવી દ્રષ્ટીથી વારે વારે જોવી પડે;
હૈયાની જુબાની અને હાથે જવાની,
સુર ને તાલ મેળવવાની ફરજ પડે.

- વેગ
12.6.2013

નકલ, પ્રેરણા, પ્રભાવ અને પ્રથમ પગથિયુ કાવ્ય યાત્રા પર

નકલ, પ્રેરણા, પ્રભાવ અને પ્રથમ પગથિયુ કાવ્ય યાત્રા પર

20 વર્ષ પહેલા, અમારા વાઇસ-પ્રિન્સિપલ સાહેબે અમોને (હું અને બીજા બે મિત્રોને) તેમની ઑફીસ બોલાવ્યા. પહેલા તો ખબરના પડી શું થયુ હશે? અમને શાને બોલાવ્યા? ત્યાં પહોચ્યા ત્યારે જાણ થઈ કે, ભઈ! આ તો કવિતા લખવાની સ્પર્ધામાં મોટે ઉપાડે હા પાડી હતિને તે બોલાવ્યા. પોતાની કવિતાના ઉદાહરણ આપીને સમજાવ્યું, પ્રોત્સાહ્ન પણ હતુ, તે પણ ભાગ લેવાના હતા અમારી જોડે, મોટા લોકોના વર્ગમાં.

અરે વાહ! કવિતા લખવાની. પણ આપણને આમ કાય બહુ આવડે નહી. અટલે કરિયે શું? ક્યાંકથી પહેલા ધોરણની ચોપડી ગોતી ઘરમાથી, નરસિંહ મહેતાના ભજનને લીધું તેમા થોડાક ફેરફાર કર્યાં ને લો, હાજર કવિતા.

બીજી બેમા, ઍક પ્રભાવ નવી નવી શીખેલી કવિતાનો અને ક્યાંક પ્રેરણાના છાંટા. આમ બની ગઈ પધ્ય રચનાઓ.

હોંશે હોંશે, સ્પર્ધામાં ભાગ પણ લીધો. પહેલી વાર બાર વર્ષની ઉંમરે ઍકલા, મિત્રો સાથે જવાનું. ઈ પણ ઍક ગમ્મતજ હતી.

20 વર્ષ પહેલાં, ગ્મમત રમત ની મમત રૂપે શરૂ થયેલી યાત્રા હજુ ચાલુ છે. ઘણું શીખવાનું ને સુધારવાનું છે. 

Judgemental Hai Kya? : Mathematics and Life 3

You might be wondering from the title, is there any relation between a movie 'judgemental hai kya?' with mathematics and life.

No! There is no relation between them. I can't say that 100%, there may be something in that movie too. I haven't seen last week release but attended another most interesting story.

Last Saturday evening instead of a movie with old colleague. we had simple plan to meet, eat and chat. But within my heart, I wanted to attend another event happening at same time and at far distance from place of our meeting. Heart was longing to meet best friend. And when heart wishes truly, something really works and move. Due to God Rain, meeting with colleague got cancel and time got open to meet best friend. His name is 'The Little Prince'.

Those of you who haven't met and heard about him, let me tell you little bit. First of all, best friend I am talking about is nothing but books. 'The Little Prince' is one such book, more than a character as it lives within you, me and everyone. A fantastic work by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. A classic for children as well as adult. 

I came across new friend of mine at mirambika library in 2010. Since than little prince and i have been together. Me more as a learner and He as a Great Teacher. 

Back to Saturday evening exploration. The New Acropolis (khar branch) had a pubic event "The Little Prince: Great Teacher."  I missed starting exploration of universe with the little prince. I joined him late, he had already left from his plant B612. By the time i reached he was on third planet.

image source: https://wallpapercave.com/the-little-prince-wallpapers

By now you might be thinking, what is going on? May be judging me or recollecting your moments with The Little Prince.

That's exactly were I would like you to ask you for a Pause. Take a Pause! Look at all the internal voices coming and see whether mind 'Judgemental Hai Kya?' and Now be attentive to internal voices and whats going to come.

While listening story, exploring teaching on this adventure. Our presenter called four volunteers and I volunteer. We had simple role play to be done. School friends meeting after a long time, they have their conversation. While at same time there internal voices are speaking up. After exercises story continues, explanation goes on... and that's when Mathematics enters.

Face Value & Place Value

Ohh! In numbers we get confuse for the same. In our innocence we take everything on face value, never consider place values. number 248 as per mathematics is not, Two, Four and Eight but it's Two Hundred Forty Eight. Illusive zero brings all trouble into such simple life. All the matter of consequences, trust, not taking things as they are, and so on.

Back in elementary school we have learned and now teaching children too. Baby, don't take everything on face value! As children we get so surprise, just like the little prince. Over period of time, copying adult behavior, life circumstances & experiences, defense or coping mechanism of competitive race makes us show something on face (outside), while keeping the place (inside) all confused, unheard.
A small seed grows like 'Baobab' tree and it's dangerous menace. We stop listening to true place value voice, lot of internal noises and all show speech & action. We stop listening, can't take anything on face value. Sometime become so judgmental, everything we want to put at places of words, tones, behaviour, past experiences and evaluate the value.

Unlike in mathematics, where we are trained to see and read number correctly. We know it's silent or invisible zero there. 'Zero' makes whole lot of different. Sadly, in life we hardly fine Great Teacher like 'The Little Prince', who shows there is a zero, Shunya. Shunya of buddhist or, lila of Divine, or Maya of Brahman or you can explain in many ways & yet fall short of reaching to express shunya. 

Two, Four and Eight looks same as Two Hundred Forty Eight - 248.
In reality from their position or quantity they have huge difference. 
same way, whether it's a material life or moving towards spiritual life, one needs to be careful about putting things at right place and showing right face. We can only put things at its true place, when clutter, noise of mind silences. Stillness! Shunya!

The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, puducherry also told while working on psychic education.
"... Never take physical happenings at their face value. They are always a clumsy attempt to express something else, the true thing which escapes our superficial understanding. ..."

Knowing right places of its origin and placing it at right place. It's like taming animal, which we are so far. except we have brilliant brain and mind. which can turn into friend or foe. Just like fox in story ask the little prince to tame him. he can be his friend, instead of looking outside for people. 

I hope by now you must have understood connection between Face value and Place value of Mathematics and Life. 

Still have something in mind, like to discuss or want to work upon knowing and practicing I invite for a learning adventure: yoga and education ! Happy taming. 

why it comes to me?

In life we meet many coincidences, some we take for granted, few we feel lucky about, few we ignore and very few we cherish. When some coincidences keeps on happening with you again and again, we start wondering. Wednesday late night, it happen again.

I handed over rickshaw fare to driver. He took out change from his change bag near steering wheel. As soon as coin came out, my eyes were glowing. I knew this is the similar special coin, I am going to get another one. Heart was jumping on getting the coin in hand.

Above picture was taken on 3rd February when I had fifth coin from 'National Integration' series. 

Four different year of minting. After that, I have got two more coins. 

NATIONAL - INTEGRATION

National Integration, a phrase made of two words. Some strange but long association with the word I am having from past many years and may be from life. I knew the phrase in hindi, marathi and gujarati but in english came across the phrase 10 years ago. When I participated in All India Youth Came for National Integration. Participants and Facilitators from 13+ states of India. Learning, exploring and living together for 9 days in serene environment of Puducherry. A place where strong proponent of Nationalism, Sri Aurobindo spent half of his life in doing intense sadhana. 

During camp, we had one round of problems and solution for National Integration. Where different people got various chits and they had to share their views. Topic varied from ancient architecture, scripture, languages, current problems of pollution-population-terrorism-etc. I had got question on 'National Integration'. How to achieve National Integration? 

For many year the chit on which question was written were in my wallet. I don't know exactly why i had kept it and for how many years? I still might have it folded in partition of old wallet. There is something within which resonates and jumps up, when i hear about national integration. 

Since I lived little conscious life, I have memories of writing my first poem on Kargil War. While selecting stream in college after Xth examination or attempting for NCC after 12th. From selecting a career path, one thing was always there. Service to Nation. In my heart and mind, concept of service remains with much refine and better sense now. credit goes to The Master again.

Relation with nation might be from previous life or this one only or may be all this can be sheer coincidences of life. As they say what you think about you attract them more. I doubt they are mere coincidences. 

As a learner, one thing i am certain that there is still lots of work needs to be done. many misconceptions and ideas are prevalent among people, which requires fresh & true meaning. Even though one tries and work out a plan, execute with diligence to remove it, No big change will happen. Can't achieve National Integration with outward mechanical solutions. True and lasting change will only come when consciousness gets change. That's what Sri Aurobindo has told and I have a firm believe and trust on it. And change of consciousness always begins first from oneself, from within. Than it will spread outwards naturally when right time will come.