Kathak aaur Me

 

Vaibhav (jiyomaitry) · Kathak Aaur Me | story untold of dance as sadhana - Vaibhav

यह कथक जो  

गुरु शिष्य परम्परा से चलता आया

ज्ञान मनोरंजन भक्ति को पाना 

जीवन कथा को नृत्य रूप दिखाना   

मंदिर दरबार से रंगमंच तक छाया।  

कथनी करनी को हर रस में सजाना 

घुंघरू संग ताल पर नाचना - नचाना 

पलटे भाग्य रंग अभिनय दिखाना 

बहिर्मुख से अंतरंग को जाना। 

कथक का मेरे जीवन में आना

जैसे प्रेमी का प्रीतम को पाना

साधना का यह मार्ग अनोखा

लय यात्री की आरोह गत-चाल चलना  

इस तन की धारा का होमित होना 

भूतल से परमप्रिय  को पुकारना

जैसे राधा - मीरा का समर्पित होना

कुछ ऐसा मैंने तत्कार के बोलो को जाना 

ता थई थई तत

आ थई थई तत।।  २।। 

परमप्रिय को अपनी बात बताना

जीवन में स्थिरता को पाना

सम आदि का ध्यान लगाना

कथक से मेने खुद को जाना। 

कथक से मेने खुदा  को पान। 

- vaibhav pandya

February 2021

for

Ions of Karma

 In Basic Chemistry  courses we all must have learnt about cation and anion. Formation of negative and positive charged atom. Where in ground state all the atoms are neutral. Only through exchange of electron, a process of ionization - removal or gaining of electron on outer most shell of electronic configuration of an atom , brings ion. Many of the atom are either found in ionic form or they combine with eachother to form a compound. 

Now, Just look at this two words

ACTION and INACTION

and read them like , Act - Ion and Inact - Ion.

from outer behavior of human life, either of the Ion would be seen.  and yoga asks us to come to this natural state without getting affected and still doing electronic game of life. 

There is lot more into subject of Act - Ion and Inact- Ion, but right now just this much to ponder upon.

Death

It's been a surprise for me,
How thought to write a blog on death came to mind few moments back.
I had started writing on something in morning, but it wasn't working right. There was a desire to make 201st post, something special.
But ...

I no longer wonder - in recent past came across the word, thoughts and reflection around death.
As thought arrived very first thing i observed the word 'eat' within 'death'. How wonderful, isn't it!

DEATH - Divine Eats His creation. annihilation.

No one wants to experience this.
Everyone thinks it happens at the end or something which finishes everything.
How stupid such mind to believe that it happens at the end and finishes everything?
Death is present in very present.
Kaal is another name of death - Samay - Time.
And this constantly nagging thought of do - work - finish up else kaal will come... we keep on hearing but mind sleeps off in myriad of sensory enjoyment.

That's remind me of Kabir and his words.
Expressed in this song by Neeraj Arya's Kabir Cafe in modern version...



All our smartness is nothing in front of him.

So far, I had one equation given by my master, Pt. Sri Ram Sharma Acharya - Life = Time

We all love life, but life moves on, just like Time.
So logically, equation comes down to this
Death = Kaal (0)
kaal = time - (1)
life = time  - (2)
From equation, (0), (1) and (2),
life = death
Is there any difference... !!
A powerful equation to base your life upon.

Once one start working based on the above equation, i guess there will no loner any question.
little word play here too - only one letter differs question and equation. moment something goes 's' silence , 'a' answer arrives. so moment you are that silence, answer of everything... equation and question become same.

Death brings so many association, shivering in spine. So many right and wrong things we keep on doing, without realizing death is going on. It is always there, forever present.

Death - a point to contemplate about.
Every moment, as time passes I die and this false identity wants to stick with that past image. It want to create new, bigger and better pictures in continuation of that identity, without dying. How is that possible? one has to embrace death and than move ahead.
Die every moment and be born every moment. forever child.

Are you ready to die? Right now?
die for being better version of yourself
die for something larger than yourself.
but die, what is kept in living, sticking with already dead. die is new living.
Fearless, Love ... ufff... all of them ... moment I die... I live...
To live truly live in now. die now.

diving in death, emerging in life
Lord of death, wants to bind you in those dead images, wants you to see non-existent images, that which is not existence can not be alive, it needs to be dead too.
Stop this logic mind, and experience it.

look at it...
feel it
dive in
die
live



[read steve jobs quotes on death and dying... and

Flip-Flop

Who wants to be flop?
You, Me or We!
No one wants to be
but its easy to slide
a downward slope.

I have an issue
which makes my attempt flop
might not  be seen
out, but very much on
in present past
so subtle now
that comes as a surprise
takes me on a ride
by the time it gets
some another tide
It seems I need to tie
myself with big anchor
some calls it sankalp
yes, that is an issue
desires moving freely
unquenched
making decisions go flip-flop
just like a hit-me-not
without a base,
topple any side
and get hit from all the sides

flip-flop
a sure sign
for making a flop
I know,
I have it.
I know,
How to deal with
but I know only.
I am trying
bringing it in Do
do-do-do-do
require a quiet a lot of strength.
I can still put a blame
on someone or on circumstances
No! I can't make more excuse
have to try out
bring in all courage to
remain stick.
no more flip-flop
do not apply a logic
as you know its a gate to flop
don't go aflot
come back and toil
ground is available
here and now

no more flip-flop
let me plough
grace will come
and harvest will shine.

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Written in a state of constant flip-flop going on at subtle level and manifesting at outer.
whether its money, marriage or work or simple daily task to eat or not? there is a flip-flop.
can a control, a order come in? Yes, Very much. and as one dwells, observers and work upon.
Right time, guidance comes. Here is one such source.

In between Sri Rama & Sri Krishna, you will find appearance of

In between Sri Rama & Sri Krishna, you will find appearance of ______________ 

When one sees the life of Lord Sri Rama and Lord Sri Krishna from surface level. What one finds is contrary, two extremes view points. Many time logical rational mind stops working after baffling with thoughts 'around who is the ideal to follow?'

As one starts observing one's own mind and look at the source, core principle on which life of our great heroes revolve around. One starts getting a sense that there is more than what mind can comprehend. Habitually mind looks at the part and forgets the context presented by place, time and circumstances. Why mind does like that? Maybe mind has been trained to work in that way - Observe - bisect - make small pieces - investigate - understand - plan - apply - analysis - repeat. This seems a process mind follows. Wait! there is actually few steps more in the process about which we are not yet trained fully, consciously. After apply, there is a reflection and synthesis as well at plan and apply level flexibility or say allowance for emergence is need to be taken care along with initial process from observe to understand one can not afford to forget the framework in which (context) all this is done. Once three important point of reflection & synthesis, allowance for emergence and keeping context in mind. we will find something emerging in our mind. Allows us to go higher than the mind. 

And when we see the life of our two heroes little more intimately, we will find that there are many common points. One among them is standing up for the values which was most appropriate and needed to safe guard in their time. One will soon find that such situation arises in everyone's life too. There is a gradual evolution, a progression of mind - to set life on higher & higher principles. Not to misuse the gift and live rightfully. Leading on the path... In between doubt-Belief-faith; restrain - freedom - Equanimity...  

... Somewhere we will meet, in between Sri Rama & Sri Krishna - Buddha. A Buddha who is in you. 

A guide to handle both the extreme of the life. 

Life full of actions & rest, serious & joyful. Ability to hold contradictions, dillema, paradox life presents. 

On the day of Buddha Purnima, May our soul sets on fire. In between Sri Rama and Sri Krishna, we also meet Lord Buddha. May we find our middle ground to hold the value, unique & special to us. Just like each one of them hold few values and principle. 

PS Note:

There are plenty of stuff, which I can not write and describe right now. Nor i thing I have such ability or language gives me such power. If its unclear, let it be. If it offends someone, I am sorry! forgive me. Writing is also somewhere influence by writings of Sri Aurobindo and what he has talked/written about them. 

शिक्षक से आचार्य : परिवर्तन

शिक्षक से आचार्य : परिवर्तन

आज से बारह (१२) साल पहले शिक्षक का पेशा मेरी परिघ् के बाहर था. हलकि उसे सन्मान की नज़र से देखते थे, पर कभी उसे पेशा नही बनाना चाहते थे. हद तो तब हुवी जब हमने शिक्षक प्रशिक्षण के ३ वर्षीय अभ्यासमे जुट गये, ९ साल पहले. वहा भी जब पूछा गया 'अभ्यास मे जुड़ने का कारण बताओ?' और मेरे उत्तर मे उन्होने पाया की मे शिक्षक नही बनना चाहता. तो भैया थोड़े हमसे नाराज़ भी हुवे थे. उस समय अगर कोई मुझे शिक्षक बोल दे तो मुझे चीड़ आती थी. वह शब्द मुझे बेहूदा, घटिया लगता था. मेरे ही समुदाय (मनुष्य) के कुछ लोगो ने उसे शायद ऐसा रूप दे दिया हे. शिक्षक - जो शिक्षा करता हे. वो जो पगार ले कर मस्त हे, घ्यान और ज्ञान  उपार्जन से त्रस्त हे. ऐसी कुछ छबि थी. और मुझे ऐसा चिला-चालू तो बनना नही. करना भी अलग हे, पढ़ना अओर पढ़ाना भी अलग से था. मिराम्बिका के शिक्षक प्रशिक्षण कार्यक्र्म मे जुड़ने का इरादा कुछ वही था, अपने को बदलना, थोड़ा अनुशासन जीवन् मे ले आना और योग के मार्ग पर चलना.
यह चीड़ २०१० से २०१८ तक रही. अभी कोई शिक्षक कह के बुलाता हे तो बस हलके से मुस्कुरा देता हू. क्यूंकी मिराम्बिका माई ने बहुत कुछ बदल दिया हे.
एक बदलाव का ऐसा किस्सा आज 'शिक्षक दिवस' पर टीचर प्लस मगेज़ीन मे छप्पा - यह लिंक से आप भी पढ़े.

अब यह मेरी मिराम्बिका माई ने बताया की बनना हो तो आचार्य बनो.
आचार्य शब्द का प्रचलित अर्थ तो सब जानते हे, जो अपने आचरण से द्रष्टांत दे. शिखना उसी से होज़ाये.
दूसरा अर्थ नियमो को तोड़ के आज मेरे सामने आया. जो सब कुछ श्रेष्ठता के, सत्य के चरण मे अर्पित कर दे वो आचार्य. क्यूंकी श्री माँ ने कहा 'उसे एक योगी और नायक बनना पड़ेगा, जो अच्छा शिक्षक हे|'  और योगी तो सब कुछ अर्पित कर देता हे श्री के चरणमे.

यह परिवर्तन सरल नही हे, बहुत कठिन हे. मज़े की बात यह हे की बच्चो के लिए प्यार. और  बच्चे ही हमको बदलाव के लिए याद दिलाते रहते हे. यह परिवर्तन कभी पूर्ण होगा की नही? यह बता पाना आसान नही हे. शायद जिंदगी भर यह क्र्म चलता रहे. मेरी माँ ने सब देख रखा हे. और इसीलिए एक सुंदर सी जगह पर, कुछ बच्चो के संग, यह परिवर्तन को जारी रख पा रहा हु.

  

Anchor

Last friday i asked a boy of 10 years old. 'Hows your boat going on?' 
He replied, 'what did you say?'
I repeated the questions with explanation, 'whether your boat of life is sailing smoothly, hows current, up-downs, joy, boring....' [I must have said more words, but I can't recall them now.]
He replied 'I have put an anchor, right now!'
'Ohh!' I exclaimed, asking question to continue conversation 'but boat is mean to sail.'
He responded, 'Yes, right now vacation is going on. It's bit boring but good'. 
Then he said something which blew me away.
He added, 'size of an anchor is big. If I have bigger than this i can't move or even can get topple down.' [He had said something very similar to this. again, can't recollect exact words, which he spoke.]

I was stunned. In Awe! I thanked him.
Anchor.

One of the Dictionary meaning, apart from naval use and T.V. or event Shows is,

 a person or thing that provides stability or confidence in an otherwise uncertain situation.

Now, assume your boat (life , with your loaded living philosophy, will power, psychological taste & attributes and all what consists your 'I') and size of anchor or anchors you keep (religion, perspectives, philosophy, masters/guru, dream).
There has to be a right proportion between size of boat and destination you want to reach with size of anchor you require in your life.
Many times, i see people who keeps high anchor are still at shore, they never able to lift that anchor and sail to other shore. They feel very secure, can tell you all in words what their anchor is all about and how strong it is. But in their own life nothing. In fact highest, noblest, ideal is been summed up as a small anchor.

Or some time they haven't got that strong faith or high anchor to safeguard in midst of storm. 

while in some cases, may be many we have very big physical ship but our anchor of life are so small. [ All thugs are there to rob them away, by selling lockets of anchor. 😉😜]

Thanks to him, i landed up onto another shore. Little one with great Insights. He talked about many other things. May be some other day and other time, I might share. Grateful to Divine, for sending sweet anchoring moments in life.

ક્યારે થશે સમાસ?

લગાવીને બેઠો છું આશ,
ક્યારે થશે સમાસ?

શું કાયમ રહેશે પ્રયાશ?
છે અણદીઠો વિશ્વાસ!
નહિ થાય હ્રાસ
ભલે લોકો કરતા મજાક
અડીખમ રહેશે મિજાજ.

લગાવીને બેઠો છું આશ,
ક્યારે થશે સમાસ?

આજ તો તપસ છે,
શુદ્ધ પરિપૂર્ણ થવાની તરસ.
ભેદ-ભરમના તોડી શ્વાસ,
ચણતો હરિનો આવાસ
લગાવીને બેઠો છું આશ,
ક્યારે થશે હરિનો નિવાસ?

ખુલો થયો, વહેતો થયો
એકજ વાત કહેતો થયો!
કે હૃદયમાં ઉજાસ ને
સર્વત્ર સુવાસ
હરિ કરશે કૃપા અપાર
હૃદય તંત્ર ખોલો જરા.

લગાવીને બેઠો છું આશ,
ક્યારે થાશે સમાસ?

કે ભઈ, રાખજે સમતા

તા તા થૈયા
ઉપ્પર નીચે ચઢતો
સ્વર જોને ક્યાં અડતો
જો ક્યાં રહે છે મમતા
કે ભઈ, રાખજે સમતા

સુર બેસૂર થાય કે મધુર ગાયે
તાલ બેતાલ હોયે કે લયબદ્ધ ગાયે
ગમા અણગમા, મનને સમજાવતા
કે ભઈ, રાખજે સમતા!

સ્થિરતા છે, સ્થગિતતા નથી,
ગતિ રાખજે પ્રકાશ તરફ, ને
પ્રગતિની પ્રણાલી
મમ્મત નહિ, ગમ્મત થોડી સહી
મનને સમજાવતા, 
કે ભઈ, રાખજે સમતા!

જે સામો છે, સ્વને મળ્યું છે
મારું મારુ છોડી, થોડું સામાનું પણ જોજે
જીવન સંગીત પર કરતા તા તા થૈયા
કે ભઈ, રાખજે સમતા

- વૈભવ
૩૦-૦૩-૨૦૧૯

Puducherry Diary - Part X

After a gap of three years I went to puducherry. There were short of excitement as well as anxiety. About how things will shape up. From travelling, staying, meeting and learning. Concern , apprehensions, planning and so much of control we look. Yet.

There is always something unknown. Which we can call X of our life. In equation of life, we want to make our life equal to something. Equal to someone. 

We are given some constant like physical body, time, space and mind. Few variables which seems under our control and few which are not. All variables as well as constant seems under some influence. 

From what we know, our attempt is always to make things suitable, equal to other side of equation. Other side of our equation we want to set as per our expectation. Our projection and predictions of future. Our wish and demands from the universe for a better future.

Yet our ways to solve those linear or quadratice equation of life. Hinges on that one unknown factor X. 

Many approach work for putting a limit, differentiating each and every thing.

While few work for integrating and bringing X in.

If we would have known X.

What is this X in terms of Life?

On first two days of puducherry and one day in transition. I was setting up various equation to get the desirable outcome. 

R.H.S. = Desirable outcome = meeting friends, visiting place, doing things etc.

L.H.S. = time, space, contact details, schedule and planning

Did it ever happened everything you have set up on left hand side meets exactly like that on right hand side.

I know, answer will be NO.

Despite knowing this fact, many time we plan, worry and mind & emotions creates web for us. We tend to get caught and missed up in that web of creation.

Something similar, was happening with me too. But She was there to take hold and bring in change. All planning and scheduling thoughts were running on when I enter samadhi. It went on till I settled down at one place. And soon with Her grace, all of them also got settled and clear.

From that moment on... Many things worked out so well. Unexpected, unplanned meeting, visiting and doing... Life became more joyful and wonderful flow.

Just because the X, which generally remains unknown were known. One set whole of life based on the DIVINE PRESENCE. Which guided, and sets every equation right. 

Many time not equal to also appeared as X has set few more wonderous responses.

One need to find and then trust the X, the unknown of our life equation. Which not only solve our problem but also creates write equation of life.

line and curve in stories of life

"There is a meaning in each line and curve."

- Sri Aurobindo, Savitri, P.460

Today, February First marks six month being out of Job. Last six month spent in Exploring world through various lenses and finding a life.

31^st July 2018 was a last day in The Polymath School. Farewell has been a touchy thing. Specially when you have deep rooted connections. To organize simple task of putting cake and begin celebration, no one was coming forward and passing games were on. At the end, one has to stand and order, get oneself doing few part.

There are and will remain many stories around sudden move of mine. Leaving a established job, work, students, friends and many more. Especially when you been to USA tour for school purpose just a month back. Let all versions of stories remain with their respective speakers and listener. What I want to share today are two things – first and foremost questions and few pointers which lead to Resignation and early exit. Secondly, answering another question. What I am up to, now?

Why?

 It's been six months and many people still ask this questions. My answers are various stories, different each time either with all facts or few facts & rest. Sharing this also give me sense of clarity and way to share curent and next move. 

Questions and Pointer

1.      Are you under influence?

2.      What do you want to do?

3.      You say, I will do it in 2020 or from 2022 onwards. Why not now? Go for that Now.

4.      Going back to the root [words are altered here and put in more positive tone.  J ]

5.      Watching Marathi Movie, ‘Bucket-List’ (Madhuri Dixit’s first Marathi movie) [final seal on resignation letter, came after watching it.]

We are always under the influence of various forces of Nature. It is a Nature - human, animal, earth and others which acts in and through us most of time. Very few have a control, rest of us are always under some influence.  

-         What is meant by ‘sincere’?

-         Sincerity means to accept the Divine Influence only and not that of lower forces. – Sri Aurobindo (CWSA-29)

In simple terms I found that we are either influenced by Fear, Love and in between them.

Last six month went behind experimenting and finding what one wants. What are the things which affects and influence this being.

And what I wanted to start or do and live from 2022, when I will reach age of 35. I will be consecrating at the feet of The Master on his 150^th Birth anniversary. I intend to start and try to live from now onwards.

So, what is that... second part of sharing thus begins. Still all is in its very primitive stage. What I am sharing is few basic where about and work.

1.     Pause to the work of ‘School of Universal Life’ (S.O.U.L.) may be for a whole year. It is a pause till emergence of better program and formation of few things.

2.     Being Part of community living. Lovingly called Anahad – beyond limits. Here its location details, for those who are inquisitive to know more about what we are doing and other things please mail on jiyomatiry@gmail.com or call.

3.     Few project work in Mumbai as well support to few individual & organization will go on for a year or two.

But most importantly a base for all above is living a life. Life as one should – connected with Self, with nature and living from within. Goal is a transition from Teacher-Facilitator to Aacharya.

At the end of six months, here I am.

Filled with stories of past, its various versions heard and unheard.  With full of possibility in present and future to draw lines and curve, by connecting dots, weaving yet another stories. Looking back each line and curve holds a deeper meaning, moving somewhere. Now what is require is to see next connecting dot and next connecting dot and others are in direction of progress or not?

Eti Shubham

[Ref: http://sasp.collaboration.org/individual.html ]

Do you have a Dream Team?

Do you have a Dream Team?

Your own personal team. Not of IPL or EPL, but your personal team which has power to guide, mould as well as make you a happy, successful Person. A person you truly deserve to Be.

I am going to share something very personal with a hope that it may help you to lead a life.

The phrase ‘Dream Team’ is not new or well held secret. It was known secret by many different names. In Indian tradition it used to be called as kula devi and ista devata [clan goddess and personal idols]. In Arabia they were called farishtey and In Rome-Europe they were called Angels. Here we are not going into region and religion, but will take up that very idea into our Age.

What we going to do is, take an overview of the process and products. Than i will answer common question pertaining to Dream Team and last will share my own experience as an example, to see how process works.

Imagine you have an appointment with five person whom you consider as your ideal/well-wisher. May be they are among Gandhi and Vivekananda or Einstein and Bose or Abdul Kalam and Kalpana Chawla or Steve Jobs and Tata or Krishna and Christ or Your Father and Friend. They all are going to come together just to meet you at mountain hill top. Out of their busy schedule and hectic work-load, all of them are coming just to help you, encourage you. This time you have some particular questions for them. Those question may be about problems you are facing in relations/family/study/work or any thing under the sun or just question out of curiosity. Those questions doesn’t matter to them, they are joyful ever and what they are looking forward is to see you and have a conversation with you. You are also excited about meeting them, personally and sharing your life moment.

After meeting… you come to your home and still cherishing those moments you recollect what they had said to you. You are at peace now, as you have found answers of your questions, solutions of few problems and you are confident enough to tackle those problems now. This is what Dream Team does to you, sets you on positive note. Rekindles spirit within you and make you in touch with solutions hidden within you. believe it or not, all of them are there to help you and guide you. Only thing you have to do is to take out some time from your schedule, seat in silence, call them, meet them. Spend some wonderful time with them. As you will relax, flow of creativity, abundance of love and bliss will engulf you. They will fill you with new hope, new energy to work with patience and perseverance till you achieve your goal.

So are you ready to meet your Dream Team? To Unleash power of yours with them and creating a better future. Here is a way towards that in a question answer format.

What is a Dream Team?

It is a team of personalities with highest qualities and virtues. Those who have done something significant in their life-time. This significant things may be for their families and friends or for community or for profession they were in or for whole nation and world. All member of team, has a vision to see beyond and courage to follow up their vision. Or may be they were hard-working, happy individual who walked the path with dignity.

You have some good connection with them. You have now become fellow traveller with them. and as your journey move on, Whenever you are stuck or want some assistance or help, they come to meet and assist you. They are link between your problem and solutions.

Whom to take in your Dream Team?

One can select any one in this team. Someone you adore for their well doing. Someone on whom you have trust and know that they can give you right guidance. It may be any person from your family to famous personalities. That person might be living or has left a legacy. There is no upper-limit for how many members one should have in one dream team. May be you want to start with small three or five member team. take care that they represent different domains of life, from relation to religion and profession to personal.

Some important pointer for selecting your dream team:

1 - You should have fair amount of knowledge about those personalities, either by personal experience or through their acts or through their biographies.

2 - Select one who matches with your personality more.

3 - Rather than thinking about them, just close your eyes, go in silence and they will find you - they will come to you.

How to meet them? When and Where to meet them?

Once you have prepared your dream team and known who’s who. You are ready to meet them. You can select any beautiful place where just you and your dream team can spend some good time. You can call them anytime and from anywhere. At initial stage keeping time and place [physical ones] fixed, helps a lot to continue the process. Whenever you call them, don’t go because you have problem. first just start meeting with them, feel how much in awe you will be when legends like them are in front of you. What kind of thoughts and feelings will be there. Share those things with them. Once you establish a relation, narrate your problem or ask your questions to them. remember be specific, provide every detail yet remaining to the point. They have come specially for you, so take care of their time. Sometime you can be direct and ask “How you have tackled so and so situations?” they might give answers then or they inspire you to read something from their works or come in contact with silence. Sometime [mostly when mind is too active] it seems they are not coming or telling what you want, than don’t keep on persisting to find something, Rather wind-up your meeting and talk about that in your next meeting. There are no rules of how many time you can meet in a week or a month. Its upto you, meeting daily or once a week might be good start.

Still, I am not able to understand and follow you?

Ok, no problem what you can do is find 30 minutes of time from your schedule. Download this meditation file. Seat in your room or any place where you can be just with yourself for half an hour. Play this audio file and follow the instruction. link for file : https://soundcloud.com/nithya-shanti/dream_team or you can google it ‘Dream Team Meditation with Nithya Shanti’. I came across this somewhere four years ago and had practiced it few times. Even Though I have never got chance to do dream team meditation personally with Nithya Shanti still audio contains same amount of power as you are with him. Audio gives clear instructions and by second and third attempt you will be familiar with what to do and how to do it. The Dream Team Meditation always solves my questions at least, may be because method came to me naturally some nine year ago. My own example may help you to understand dream team little better.

In audio file it is mentioned as dream team meditation. But for me it did not came as a meditation technique or as part of any technique. I was reading Swami Vivekananda’s Book in year 2006. Where He had mentioned that Indian Youth should worship Hanumanji, Sri Ram, Sri Krishna and Kali - Ma. Swamiji elaborated what qualities they have and why youth should worship them. [Hanuman - Service and Humility, Ram - Discipline, Krishna - Perfection and love, Kali - Power] And in same book he talked about having your personal Ideal and Master in life.

Taking hint from Swamiji’s message on night of Diwali, I wrote a letter to whom i call Fabulous Five and Superb Seven. In letter i just stated that I have selected you as my team member, I will be happy to receive you and share many things with you. Thereafter almost everyday in my diary i used to address them and share incidents of days to them and sometime ask questions about life, work, situations to them. Sometime answers comes soon and sometime never, sometime it comes in very unusual way and from unexpected sources. for example, last week I had asked my dream team certain question about life and before i complete my questioning and sharing. I received call from my uncle to come at his home urgently. I went there and found he had some urgent work and need to go with aunt far. grand-ma is alone at home so to take care till night. I was not prepared for spending time at uncle, no laptop or mobile or any book. I was stuck there just with food, grand-ma and television. After some time I started watching movie and as somewhere i was in half-sleep suddenly one of the member came and said pay attention, this movie are going to give answer of today’s question. And to surprise they gave it also.

When something like this happen, first of all it's hard to believe but as you trust and move on you will find that you are filled with peace and bliss, which stays like a tranquil water of lake. Over time I have extended my dream team. Let me introduce them to you, so you have little more idea. I have three teams. Fabulous Five is direct inspiration and as per words of Swami Vivekananda. Instead of Four of Swamiji’s - Hanumanji, Sri Ram, Sri Krishna, Kali Ma and Ganeshji. I kept ganeshji as I like him a lot and believed to be giver of intellect. To make further link with them out of many spiritual Master I have selected few, and they have some inter-related link. They are Ram Krishna Paramhansh, Swami Vivekananda, Maa Sarada, Sri Aurobindo, The Mother, Pandit Sri Ram Sharma Aacharya and Maa Bhagwati Devi.

And now the last one, whom i imagine in any normal situation and find what they would have done if they were in such a case. This team consist of Dr. Abdul Kalam, Nithya Shanti, Rahul Dravid (cricketer - only exception) and two more member from my profession, my seniors & mentor. Even though I can meet and talk with them, but sometime it’s difficult to find or share everything. Just knowing them and following dream team works out well.

What are you waiting for, your Dream Team is waiting for you. To realise your Dream…

• Vidhyut Veg (26-05-2015)

Is life a circular road

Why I should think, talk and look atthe road not taken?
Isn't it I look at, think and talk about road I have taken.

If life is a circle, 
soon a point will come.
In fact at every next moment,
neighboring point waiting
asking with all its force.

And not with two options, Rather three. Would you like to move towards the center, a little next step? Would you like to move away from the center, a little next step? Would you like to keep the balance and 
move on maintaining the distance from the center?

At this very instant, I always wish to get a conviction, courage to tell, take me through and united forever with the center, love.

- Vaibhav Pandya

26/11/2018

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Above words were somewhere roaming and forming from many days. Today, came across following video.

https://www.facebook.com/TEDEducation/playlist/177317723203840/?hc_location=ufi

A trigger to pen down.

Most quoted and searched poem of all time 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost.

Few months back only, I had read few article, presenting one here.

https://nypost.com/2015/08/16/the-famous-robert-frost-poem-weve-read-wrong-forever/

which carries some mark and find voice in above words. As I write them, so many images and learning of philosophy to physics, human psychology to poems comes into mind.

What is Yoga?

What is yoga?
A question so easy to answer. Just repeat from the scripture or what siddha said on it.


Before you read anything further, please note down or at least frame your own answer. What do you know? What do you believe? What you understand from the word Yoga and Yoga in your own world? Are both the meaning word yoga and yoga in your world in complete alignment?

At The Yoga Institute, we were encouraged to define our own meaning, deepen our own understanding. So we were not only taught tradition and other meanings of yoga. Rather to define and make it our own.

I got mine...

Yoga is alignment. At least that's the first milestone on the way and at the end. When there will be perfect individual, perfect society. Not as per our imagination and mental thinking, but when alignment of every parts been achieved. When oneness be felt, what seems scattered, dispersed are unified and brought at its right place. But for a time being, for sake of practice. It's always better to know and talk of near goal. Thus Yoga is Alignment.
Alignment of our thought, speech and act; Alignment of my whole body; Alignment of Head-Heart & Hand; Alignment of individual with society and universe. Alignment at all level...I can relate to it much easily?

Have you find out for yourself, What is Yoga? With what you can relate to easily? Something which you can practice?

Will be sharing more on Alignment soon. At the end sharing one of the very famous words of Sri Aurobindo, from his book 'Synthesis of Yoga'.

Goddess Laxmi, economics, me & practices - Part 2

Continuation....(part 1)

Can we study and put few concepts of economics in our life? How wonderful it will become.
Currently just running a race, accepting things in its very crude way. Just floating, without personalizing or internalizing.

Can Economics be studied through mythology and history?
Can Economics be studied and practice from Great Legends life - from all walks, all stature of life?

Let's go from near to far,

Inspired to core

I was inspired by few people and their life. Except very few, I never met them. Just read about that. Not in books of economics but in textbooks of our language course.

let me share about one person, one idea and my story.

It must be in 9th or 10th standard Gujarati, first language textbook of Maharashtra Board, year 2001. Interview of Ila Bhatt, gandhian, founder of SEWA. 

What attracted me and I wanted to practice was idea of minimalism. How she had tried to live a whole month in very less amount. This idea used to run a lot. Always try to calculate things from this point.
It was after my Master, during almost every job interview. In final rounds, when they want to confirm and discuss about salary. My mind used to work on those minimalist life and how much money requires only considering Present.

Obviously, I used to get selected. May be because of this low demand of money. It has still continue but with lot much change and view.

This practice has continued till now.

One more story

How about checking your psychological (emotional and mental) state during following moments.
1- When you are at receiving end of big amount
2- When you are at receiving end of amount which is lesser than you expected
3- When you have to give something precious and near
4- When you have to give something at very low price.

Check.. this practice of reflecting, observing and introspection.

Last 4 years, I am reading and trying to put some elements of sacred economics (also known as gift economics).
I have found even though we want to offer it, mind is ready.. there are parts within, thoughts around which captivates. They are not yet fully ready, mind still calculates, heart still wants to cling. One needs to work internally. Need to find the root and solve from that level only.

Unwisely expectations are harmful for human life and world.
and for Divine life, one need to offer all ones expectation. Drop all expectation till the time, one offers all, is contented in whatever comes whether riches, diamond, palace or bowl, water and rice, tent.

There are many stories, which comes to my mind right now.

From mythology - whether its comparison between Goddess Laxmi and Goddess Saraswati or Goddess Laxmi with God Vishnu. Trying to find out who is big, powerful?

To the stories of saint poet - Kabir & His son Kamala, Narsinh Mehta

Stories of Pilgrimage, stories of Chachaji (Sri Surendra Nath Jauharji) and many more.

Stories of countries, innovators, Visionary and many more

Process

As I write this piece, I feel more connected & centered within.
Putting things in practice makes it more clear, base principal more strong.
One gains more understanding of core principal.

I feel a strong need to truly understand forces of money, Mahalaxmi. based upon our nature and aim, set down few principal. On which we can lead our life.

Deep Observation, bringing light to every corner.

Before writing, I had noted down few points and made an outline for the article. As i started writing, many changes, new and much refiner thoughts came in.

Most importantly, just following on few principal of sacred economics, I see a change.
Program which I wanted to offer in 2015 based upon gift economy and its failure.
To current programs, skepticism in 2018 is much lesser. More faith and less attachment.
Specially, when you are working in Education field.

Current Practice

One can not sale ones learning. I rather love to share them freely with all. I surrender to universe and offer all work at her feet.


PART 1

પ્રયાસ

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ની મુક્તિની આકાંક્ષાઓ, ટકાવે, ભ્રમરાવે...

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ઘડી ઘડીનો પ્રયાસ,
કે હવે થાય તારો વાસ, હૃદય-મંદિર અમાર.
શ્વાસ-પ્રશ્વાસ નો પ્રવાસ,

વ્યકત કરે, ફેલાવે તારા પ્રેમની સુવાસ.

- Vaibhav
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