When Will Corona Go?
Never before were we concerned about the health and well-being of our neighbour this seriously
Never before did we imagine that we can get so much work done without stepping out and burning any fossil fuel
Never before did we explore so many beautiful ways of being happy and content without spending thousands on travel tickets
Never before did we realise with this much clarity how home food is not only tasty and delicious but also healthy and a shot in the arm for immunity
Never before did we wake up to the Reality this strongly about how precious every second of good health is and how grateful we should be for this blessing
Never before from scientists and intellectuals to shopkeepers and workers felt this humbled and submitted to a Higher Power with prayer, penitence and sincerity
The sooner we learn these lessons with alacrity
The quicker will Covid go leaving a better world for posterity-
The most famous plus sized icon you have ever known
None can beat his fame, popularity and international renown!
The most IT savvy with mouse-enabled
The most sweet savvy with diabetes-disabled!
The most ancient and the most artistic
If He touches you once, your creativity goes ballistic!
That's Ganesha for you, new and trendy as ever
Just look at Him once and your troubles run helter skelter!
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Ganesha is the only mantra
Everything else is etcetera
He is the Primordial One
Without Him there is None
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When the mind continuously speaks
You are in the maze of Loneliness
When the soul continuously speaks
You are in the bliss of Solitude
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Maybe COVID is Nature’s way of telling us to
CO - Cooperate, Collaborate and Care for the other
in our own interest and welfare
V - Value what we have, and not create worries and anxieties by over thinking about what we don’t have
I - as an Individual, be strong mentally and emotionally, and bolster our immunity to deal with any eventuality
D - depend on Divine always, for He is the only resort - the surest and the best, anytime anywhere!
To never forget God, to ever foster selflessness
And always be aware of what is permanent and what is not -
God, through Covid, is re-teaching Bhagavad Gita to humanity! :)-
Why the mask, you may ask
So that you don’t speak unless it is necessary
And unintentionally create another adversary
So that you don’t eat outside
And compromise your health
So that you eat and stay at home
And know that health is your greatest wealth
So that you live in the awareness that
You are not alone but part of a community
So that you realise every moment that
You are here to care, share and spread love and amity
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Maybe the mask is telling us -
“Feel more, speak less
Think more, say less
“As this is one of the easiest ways
you can save yourself from a lot of mess”
Maybe the mask is also telling us -
“Save energy, stop seeking attention
Cover yourself, enjoy the limitation
“Go within, get in touch with your real nature
This is the only way you can have a better future”
The mask indeed is not just for infections outside
Its true purpose is to protect us from aberrations inside-
The nothing in everything
is Buddha
The everything in nothing
is Buddha
The stillness in the wild jungle
is Buddha
The quietude in the multitude
is Buddha
Not becoming,
Being is Buddha
Not loving,
Love is Buddha-
As our heart broadens more and more
Our weaknesses contract more and more
As our weaknesses lessen increasingly
Our willpower strengthens progressively
As our willpower becomes greater and greater
There is nothing in this world we cannot conquer
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Miss you Swami
Because now there is no feet I can kiss
Miss you Swami
Because now there is no soft hand to hold
And cry and cry, till the tears go dry
Miss you Swami
Because now That moonlike countenance
Which I could look at and savour for hours together,
Has disappeared forever
Miss you Swami
Because That bewitching smile which was like a shower of roses from heaven
Which could in an instant make my whole being enliven
Is lost to eternity
No matter what I do
I cannot bring back that bower of beauty and sublimity
Yet I know You are there Swami
I know You will do anything for me
The mind understands, analyses and does explain
Still it can never fathom the heart’s pain
The heart realises
Still finds it hard to reconcile
Dearest Swami,
Whether You are there in form or beyond it
This much is true
Without You, this life is futile
Miss You Swami!-