Creativity flows in...

Creativity is the mother of invention. We in India now lack creativity these days, so we resort to copying from others. Today while on my daily ritual to the walk to the Nirvana park, this thought popped in me, so thought I will write it here. I have not been very regular in this blog these days as complained by one of my very good friends (she is one of the reasons I write here:)). In any case, I have noticed when I do a nice nature walk a lot of nice thoughts come in including very creative ones like on new research ideas, programs, topics for the blog etc. which I can't do even if I sit quietly for long hours on my desk or try to read an article. This gets me into thinking about the rationale behind pupils sitting under a tree and getting education in vedic era. Now also this practice thrives in Shantiniketan.

Today, I saw 2 street dogs walking slowly, then I heard a noise - a noise of a dog crying. Then suddenly one dog started running and the other also competed with this one. I was wondering what could be the motivation. May be there is some food somewhere. As I walked close to the place where they were running, there was this dog looking at the lake and crying. These two were just running to be by the side of this one!! We call this humanity (If humans do it), do we have a term called as doganity? There was incessant rain and the water level of the lake was all time high, may be this crying dog lost a loved one and all others were rushing to be by his side and were wagging their tail back and forth near the lake to draw attention for help. This type of things we only see in India I guess.

Ever since I came here, I think I have become more mean. Earlier I used to just believe the intrinsic goodness of people, even many instances I used to leave my door without locking. But now I am kind of suspicious on people. But then there is this amazing thing as going overboard and helping each other that I have seen with some street people and now with these dogs. After all we have not lost it all. Still there are remnants of good being lying within us. When I used to go to the office by car, for six months I felt really restless. I kind of missed the energy of people around me. That happens when you walk or take a public transport, you brush with people and get their energy. Now why I am writing all these things when the title is about creativity. There is a link. The spirituality of humanity (or doganity) can be the creative energy that we need at this hour. The feeling of bliss well being will start flowing if we just get past our self  loving self and step out, be with nature, be quiet, give some time to our own thoughts, introspect and meditate. Om Shanti.

A renaissance of sort...

This post was due last month, sorry folks I delayed it.... Spring came and went by summer came and almost on the verge of going, I documented my life and surroundings took pictures but never posted'em:) Today I am kind of delayed to work since my brother is coming and some electric work is going on in my house, so thought let me blog this long pending subject.

I have become a nature, green, exercise freak for sometimes now. I live by a great park, which according to me the best park ever in India (although my memory of parks in India is not very rich). When I walk in  the park in the morning, I feel divine. Lately I found a spot in the nature park and do meditation. At that point, time just stops, serene divine feeling sets in - What could I ask more?

In the morning, it is endearing to see people walking, practising yoga, meditation, pranayam. I have never seen this duing my childhood. It has reached a renaissance of sort. I went to Delhi, and on Lodhi Garden, the same scene was there. You go to any place in India these days in the morning, you will find regular walkers/joggers/yogaikars and so on. Behind all these there is a hand which we often fail to acknowledge and that is of Baba Ramdev. He began popularizing yoga and pranayam and deshbhakti through Astha channel. And now a couple of years back, there is this Brahmakumari revolution. This is just so amazing. As some people would say, kalyug is going to end and satyayug is going to come and that is what I am feeling. How incredible that will be if that happens during my life time?

Thoughts are very powerful...

I have been watching sister Shivani's program for quite sometimes now. Not that I want to become a monk soon, but her teachings are very convincing and helps us analyze ourselves better. Many things I agree(around 95%), many things I don't (about 5%), but nevertheless I thought it makes us a better human being if we practice what we hear. But sadly most of us don't including me.

I will give an example here. My father calls me almost everyday, sometimes during office hours, and mostly after work hours. Many times I am not in a position to take the call and then he keeps calling repeatedly till I pick up the phone and then asks why I was not taking the call. Although I understand that he is very anxious, but often I loose my cool. Recently, I got so irritated that I told him to stop calling me. That is not what I meant, but I don't know why I got so irritated. Having practicing and believing myself to be a follower of sister Shivani, this sounds really uncanny. After the episode I tell myself several times just cool down and never get irritated. Since thoughts are very powerful and can be channelized to reach the impossible, it is extremely desirable that we control our thought and conquer over our anger.

After I shifted to my official quarter, I have developed a great interest in decorating it and making it beautiful - which I never did in my entire life. In the middle of the apartment, there is a large room with one side open with glass and the other side with a structure that has abundant amounts of holes. I was advised to buy a unsightly plastic sheet  and cover it, other wise there will be bird menace as well as rain menace. I have been thinking about it and suddenly a thought came to convert that space into a vertical garden. Then I often imagined to have hanging baskets there covered with plants. Then I was not aware where to get them and how to get the desirable plants. One day while on a haat, I accidentally discovered large nurseries filled with plants. Then little bit of more probing, saw these hanging baskets. Now my unsightly wall is a beautiful garden. So, the point I am trying to make here is to generate good thought, which we are perfectly capable of converting into reality. So, why waste our thoughts in negativity where as so many great things can be achieved by just mobilizing our thoughts in the right direction and  doing something great for the humanity...