Four ends of life

The child does what it likes best
Growing up with likes & dislikes

The youth nurtures likings into skills
And learns to convert skill to gains

The adult uses the wealth to fulfill desires
and enjoy the pleasures of world

Finally, the unending desires & fleeting enjoyments
make the old man turn within for lasting peace

Thus is dharma followed by artha, kama, moksha
Making a man realize all his purusharthas


 

Parents who remove indiscipline
Teachers who remove ignorance
Lover who rids one of hatred and anger
Friends who help keep loneliness at bay
And children who give purpose to life
Above all the everpresent Grace of God
A man who has all of these is blessed indeed!

Let roar the lion within

Like wind and water, chip, erode and shape a rock, we are shaped by the forces of environment we live in. A lion cub raised among sheep will surely grow up to become like one.

However all it requires is a roar to bring out the lion within him, for there was always the lion within.

Being quiescent & unperturbed by Destiny is wise,
but not being resigned to it, which is cowardice

One fisherman rests patient, quietly determined
While another sits frustrated and resigned

The only difference between nutcases and "normal" people is that the nutcases are unable to hide their craziness, while the "normal" people can.

Why do I wish to be disciplined

So that I can decide what I want to do, instead of being a slave of my mind
So that I can follow diligently habits I consider good, and avoid bad habits
So that I can be active, energetic, prepared to meet the challenges of life
So that I can be serene, calm, contained like an anchor in a raging sea
So that I can avoid negative, unhealthy rumination, unnecessary fears
So that I can be happy & cheerful and spread mirth around
So that I don't hesitate to do what is right & oppose what is wrong
So that I can have strong, unshakeable faith in true Yoga
So that I can concentrate at will, drawing my senses within
So that I meditate on that One Supreme Being for ever and ever
So that I can achieve Yoga with that eternal Truth & Bliss

Is Bliss there?

And there in the depths of the hell of cynicism
The former idealist wondered, if the utopian heaven was but another illusion

Whether his mind now exposed to the morally reprehensible
Can ever find belief in the strength of a high moral position

Can a dirty cloth be truly cleaned,
A broken mirror be cleanly rejoined

Is darkness the eternal reality
Or but time's ephemeral triviality

Is there a dawn, is there light, is there God, is Bliss there?
And all a man requires is a leap of Faith to reach there?

Believe in God

Physicists haven't understood the mysteries of universe
Neuroscientists still find the brain & mind an enigma
The outside is not clear, the inside is not clear
Yet we dont believe in God, though ridden by fear.