Gratitude / Self Reliance

There are agencies and institutions who have programmed us to believe we cannot live out of the system. We are richer or poorer depending on our alignment to that grid.

We are helpless and subject to Government and Religious rules and laws.

We haven't a clue, that we can grow our own grain, we can build our own homes, we can practically do everything that we need to live a complete life, without depending on a system, weaning us away from nature. The most nurturing and empowering system and structure is, that which has been provided by nature. Yet we have been hypnotised to follow the man with the dollar.

Life is actually very simple. Nature has programmed inside us, all that we need to do, to live in a wholesome manner. Though humans need to overcome greed, lust, fear, anger and jealousy.

The tribals around the world, be they in India, Africa, Latin America, New Zealand, anywhere they have tried telling us, but they have been silenced with false accusations and threats. However, nature is self healing.

Human has been compelled to connect with nature once again. However, we are yet to see through the capital structure. The web is not a superficial one, but one that has spread it's tentacles to our spirit. Our vision is limited by it's control.

For all the stuff being grown at home, observe the source, the soil, the fertilizers and chemicals too.

The awareness and the courage both needs to get finer and stronger.

Exercise contentment, Develop an attitude of gratitude. Share and Care. Love, Serve and Give to nature as she does to us.

Trying to salvage this blog :D 
In this particular blog, which is a knee jerk reaction, i haven't tied the ends too well. it went from one place to another. Basically a directive from an authority telling us that we are now permitted to be self reliant triggered this blog.
I am thankful that they remind us, of what is already embedded in our spirit; our connect with nature.
The other direction i skipped into is, awareness and courage.
Try to be as pure as you can, share your fruits with the other beings and non-beings. The chemicals kill them and it destroys the value of the produce. While we are self-reliant, share with the beings which are our partners in life on this earth. This needs our refined sense of awareness, and a courage to break away from pattern and follow your instinct. Not a social network stunt, but an authentic engagement. Fine tune, your connect and with a balance the ratio of parasite beings to produce is maintained. Avoid chemicals and GMOs. That is true self - reliance, use natural seeds for natural result.
Be mostly a gardener / farmer and only if absolutely needed a warrior.

Be aware, be grateful, be joyful... there is enough for all of us.

Mirror on the Wall

I am actually stumped in the most unexpected manner.

A 34 yr old successful young man died by suicide... SUICIDE! 

This is heart breaking!

It doesn't matter that he was a film star, known to all of us. What matters is, he chose to die. So young, so beautiful,  so successful, so loved...

His giving up is not just a giving up,  but a failure of life. When the superficial life, that the corporations have created, one that we are led to believe in, and to live within, failed.

It just failed. It fails to answer my questions!

A physically and financially healthy young man dies, from a weakness of mind and spirit, that surfaces in this lockdown.
In the lockdown, there is nothing between  life and me, no work, no activity, no social distraction. Fear ruling my conscience. Wondering why is this happening, when will it end, what are we going to do? Life has changed. Nothing is going to be the way it was. I look in the mirror and wonder, who is this person, what does it want? If life was so simple, how did i let the demon take a grip of me. The demon of "doing something", "becoming something", "utilising my talent", "becoming succesful" etc. When did it take complete control of that simple me, who was satisfied with life. There was contentment, completeness. When and how did that demon make way?
We are locked within the wall of the corporate compartment all the time. All walls made of Mirrors, showing us a vast space and a tempting picture, even though we are actually locked in a small corporate compartment. We get used to leading the artificial life.
Then the corporate walls cracked, the mirrors chipped and through it we noticed, that we are living a lie. Suddenly the truth of life is unbearable. 

The betrayal is devastating.

All this glamour on the wall, cannot take care of ME. All this was a lie. A lie that contributes nothing to my life. I am just a pawn. I don't condemn the dream merchants / the mirrors, but does it own me? I look at the screen and believe it to be real, but what about the real Life?

Then i look into the mirror. i see a reflection in it. I ask the Mirror on the Wall, what was this all about? Do you really believe that you control all of me, my will power and my life?

Nope, you don't.

Look up to smile Bow to pray Reach out to serve

On behalf of Mumbaikars I am grateful to Nisarga for sparing us.

Don't mind my saying so, i was confident the cyclone would lose it's punch as it traveled North and the furious part wouldn't touch our shores. From past records cyclones seldom reach Mumbai, for Geographical reasons. Not that this part of land is celestially protected or maybe it is! Now the West Coast of Indian Peninsula and Arabian Sea works differently from the East Coast in collaboration with Bay of Bengal (and Indian Ocean wrt SE Asia). Hence the wind fury, we face is not of a monstrous degree. Of course, the costline around Mumbai upwards has faced cyclones and furious one's but on rare occassions.
The Cyclone did affect many other parts of land. My prayer is with them.

Mumbai, and it's infamous spirit had braced itself to face Nisarga with a smile and jokes. Corona has put fear in our hearts, but not in our spirit. Whatsapp messages were Funny and Stay safe at same time. The never say die attitude was unmistakable. I have seen this all my fifty years of life, the city is not just resilient despite being stressful, but it is ready with a smile. Even during the riots and bombing, the pain, the violence, the loss, tragedy and grief, when we turned our face up, we smiled through our tears to all the Gods. We smiled, we loved, we reached out to each other. Mumbai is most amazing in it's power to embrace without discrimination. 

On nature's behalf, we are already dealing with Corona, Lockdown V and Summer Heat. Economically the breakdown. A city with sky high estate prices, this is very taxing on middle class people. Every monsoon, we Mumbaikars smile, tighten our belts, wear our best smiles and face the high tides. Never say die attitude rife. I feel mother nature and Nisarga, felt we deserve to be left alone, we have yet a lot of storms and challenges to face. Instead she came and gave us respite from the heat wave. Just enough to prep ourselves further for the uncertainity of times ahead.

Thank you Ma Nisarga. Thank you Mata Mumba Bai and Siddhi Vinayak.

And may the zones which suffered it's fury heal fast.