Good relationships

A Good Reflection on Lenten Season.........

"The kind of fasting I want is this: 

Remove the chains of oppression and the yoke of injustice, 

and let the oppressed go free. 

Share your food with the hungry and open your homes to the homeless poor. 

Give clothes to those who have nothing to wear, and do not refuse to help your own relatives. 

(The Bible)

TRUE LENTEN DISCIPLINE

Fast from judging others; feast on Christ dwelling in them.

Fast from emphasis on differences; feast on the unity of life.

Fast from apparent darkness; feast on the reality of all light.

Fast from words that pollute; feast on phrases that purify.

Fast from anger; feast on patience.

Fast from pessimism; feast on optimism.

Fast from complaining; feast on appreciation.

Fast from hostility; feast on non-resistance.

Fast from self-concern; feast on compassion for others.

Fast from discouragement; feast on hope.

Fast from suspicion; feast on hope.

Fast from shadows of sorrow; feast on the sunlight of serenity.

Fast from idle gossip; feast on purposeful silence.

Fast from problems that overwhelm; feast on prayer that sustains.

prayer a close view

Prayer.........

Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth

In his book, How to Meditate, Lawrence LeShan tells a revealing story. For years an old Monk prayed for a vision from God, but he was not granted it. He was on the verge of giving up, when, one day, a vision did appear. He was thrilled. But then, his joy was short-lived. Right in the middle of the vision, the monastery bell rang to say it was time to feed the poor people who usually gathered in front of the monastery every day. The monk was in a terrible dilemma: should he stay on and enjoy the vision or answer the call of duty? He knew that if he delayed going out, the people would understand that there was no food in the monastery for them that day, and would depart. The monk was quick to decide. Before the bell stopped ringing he was on his way to offer food to the poor. After about an hour when he returned to his cell and opened the door, he was surprised to find the vision still there. The monk fell on his knees in gratitude. Then the vision said to him: "My son, had you not gone off to feed the poor, I would not have sta

Self-change

Change Self First..............

A great Indian mystic says this about himself: "I was a revolutionary when I was young, and all my prayer to God was: "Lord, give me the energy to change the world."

"As I approached middle age and realised that half my life was gone without my changing a single soul, I changed my prayer to: "Lord, give me the grace to change all those who come into contact with me. Just my family and friends, and I shall be satisfied."

"Now that I am an old man and my days are numbered, I have begun to see how foolish I have been. My one prayer now is: "Lord, give me the grace to change myself," If I had prayed for this right from the start, I should not have wasted my life.

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The rector was preaching a sermon on the relationship between fact and faith. “That you are sitting in front of me in church is a fact,” he said. “That I am speaking to you from the pulpit is a fact. But it is only faith that makes me believe that any of you is listening.

Pope John Paul II

You don't need to be Catholic to appreciate the power of this message and prayer. Please scroll all the way down for the prayer of the faithful.  We don't know why John Paul II wanted to hide this picture for years. The Vatican published this picture recently, for first time.This picture was taken by one of his security guards just when the Pope was attacked and was falling down in his Papamobil. You can see the pain in his face.  Take a look at the above picture. You can seeMother Mary holding John Paul II in Her arms when he was shot in 1981.This happened on May 13, 1981. Pope John Paul II was shot as he arrived in St. Peter's Square to speak to the people who had gathered there. When he was shot, he was holding the rosary, which he always carried. When he fell to the ground, out of nowhere, a woman rushed to his side and embraced him. That pic is shown above. The picture is said to have been taken by one of the gathered people who was busy taking Pope's pics with his camera. The woman vanished as quickly as she appeared. The gunman was apprehended in the square and sentenced to life in prison. The pope was critically wounded but survived after surgery and a long recovery. The surprising fact is that all the bullets passed just past his vital internal organs. When he recovered finally, the first thing Pope asked for was his rosary. When he got it in his hands, he said that he felt Mother Mary directing the bullet's path through him. Sure, John Paul II was always in the habit of praying the rosary regularly. He had once said the best prayer I like is the Rosary. Joaquin Navarro Valls, who is the one spokesman from The Vatican, said that they made a lot of studies for years of this incredible picture and of course about the quality of the developing of the picture because when it was developed nobody could see very well because the image was not clear. Finally, and after so many controls and by looking and checking by all the experts in photography (around the world), they decided that there were no tricks in it and today they give us this beautiful gift from our Mother of God. You can see the Mother of God holding John Paul II in her arms. Beautiful right? I don't know whether You will believe me or not. But many do.. and among those who believed, Bishop Thomas Wenski recreated the picture on a glass window at his Florida residence. You can see that below. PLEASE READ WITH FAITH. This is an awesome prayer. Believe it and you shall be blessed. The problem with many of us is that we don't believe that God will open a window and pour out blessings that we won't have room to receive them. I dare anyone to try God. He is true to His w ord. God cannot lie and His promises are sure. Three things will happen to you this coming week: (1) You will find favor with someone you don't expect; (2) You will be too relevant to be ignored; (3) You will encounter God and you will never remain the same again.. My prayer for you today: The eyes beholding this message shall not behold evil, the hands that will send this message to others shall not labor in vain, the mouth saying Amen to this prayer shall laugh forever. Remain in God's love as you send this prayer to everybody on your list. Have a lovely journey of life! Trust in the Lord with all your heart and He will never fail you because He is AWESOME ! If you truly need a blessing, continue reading this email: Heavenly Father, most Gracious and Loving God, I pray to you that you abundantly bless my family and me. I know that you recognize, that a family is more than just a mother, father, sister, brother, husband and wife, but all who believe and trust in you. Father, I send up a prayer request for blessings for not only the person who sent this to me, but for me and all that I have forwarded this message on to.. And that the power of joined prayer by those who believe and trust in you is more powerful than anything. I thank you inadvance for your blessings. Father God, deliver the person reading this right now from debt and debt's burdens. Release Your Godly wisdom that I may be a good steward over all that You have given me Father, for I know how wonderful and mighty You are and how if we just obey You and walk In Your word and have the faith of a mustard seed that You will pour out blessings. I thank You now Lord for the recent blessings I have received and for the blessings yet to come because I know You are not done with me yet.In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen. TAKE 60 SECONDS and send this on quickly and within hours, you will have caused a multitude of people to pray to God for each other. Then sit back and watch the power of God work in your life for doing the thing that you know He loves. Remain blessed!

Love your neighbour

Love of Neighbour........

Fill every word of yours with love; fill every act of yours with love

The land was in the grip of a famine. A beggar on a street corner reached out to the great Russian writer, Tolstoy, who was passing by. Tolstoy stopped, searched for a coin but found none. With real sorrow, he said, "Don't be angry with me, my brother. I have nothing with me." The beggar's face lighted up as he replied, "But you called me brother--that is a great gift."

Fill every word of yours with love; fill every act of yours with love. Talk less. For the more you indulge in loose talk, the more you are prone to bad qualities. The word that emerges from your tongue shall not stab like the knife, nor wound like the arrow, nor hit like the hammer. It has to be a foundation of sweet nectar, a counsel of consoling spiritual wisdom, a soft path of blossoms, it must shower peace and joy. 

Consider love as your very life, tread the path of truth and righteousness, and lead a peaceful life. Truth, righteousness, peace and love are the forms of God. These four values are the life supporting principles. One having all these four qualities alone is a true human being. There are no greater powers, no greater ideals, and no greater support than these human values. Adhere to these four values and carry on with your life sojourn.

Receive eternal life

What must I do to Receive Eternal Life.....................

A man ran up and knelt before Jesus, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?"

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: "Do not commit murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely; do not cheat; respect your father and your mother."

"Teacher,"  the man said, "ever since I was young, I have obeyed all these commandments."

Jesus looked straight at him with love and said, "You need only one thing. Go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me." When the man heard this, gloom spread over his face, and he went away sad, because he was very rich.  

Jesus looked round at his disciples and said to them. "How hard it will be for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God!" The disciples were shocked at these words, but Jesus went on to say, "My children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God! It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. At this the disciples were completely amazed and asked one another, "Who then can be saved?"

Jesus looked straight at them and answered. "This is impossible for man, but not for God: everything is possible for God."

------(The Bible).

As part of their Social Awareness Programme, the college students who were members of the National Service Scheme were taken on a tour of the city’s slums. One of the students was appalled by what he saw: poverty, misery, undernourished children, sick and suffering elders. 
That night, while saying his prayers, he turned to God in anger and said, “Lord, how can you allow this? Why can’t you do something about it?”
He heard a voice deep within him, God said, “I already did. I created you.”

Freedom

Freedom...................

Freedom is found in God alone.

Though a person may thing himself or herself free and independent, he or she is subject to a thousand daily pressures of obedience of which he or she is rarely, if ever aware.

He obeys public opinion,  customs, prevailing ideas, the fashions, his passions, his wants--real or imagined--and many caprices. He obeys his master and, still more, his subordinates; he obeys the manners and example, and even the smiles of his equals. Everyone, whether he wishes it or not, is influenced by the books he read, the opinions heard, the criticisms subjected to, and the praises pursued. Many people who believe themselves to be free, are really slaves.

Freedom is found in God alone.

What is the way to lead a desire-free life? Lead your life without the feeling of "mine and thine" and offer everything to God. Only then can you attain the state of desirelessness. Today man has both worldly desires as well as desires that lead to the inward path, but the number of desires that lead to the inward path pale in comparison to the number of worldly desires in him. Devotion means giving up all worldly desires and dedicating all your actions and thoughts to God. When you offer every act of yours to God, it becomes worship. Everything you do must be done as an offering to God.

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Great blogging ideas

1. Write continuously.
2. Focus on relevance.
3. Speak the truth.
4. Make your posts precise, concise and crispy.
5. Avoid lengthy posts.
6. Create readers interest.
7. Read other's blogs.
8. Spend some time on the appearance of the blog.
9. Avoid too much personal content.
10. Begin always anew.
11. Keep your interest growing day by day.
12. Be optimistic.
13. Give priority to readers than making money out of your blog.
14. Avoid repetitions.
15. Have a personal touch.

Are you a great blogger?

Evaluate with the checklist below.
1. How much time do you spend for blogging everyday?
2. Do you fail to publish posts on a regular basis?
3. Do you write posts just to generate traffic to your blog?
4. Has blogging become an addictive habit to you?
5. Do you catergorize your posts ?
6. Are you writing on what you like?
7. Have you ever experienced lack of ideas?
8. Are you obsessed with the readers' comments?
9.Will be blog after one year with the same enthusiasm?
10. How much do you enjoy blogging?

Blogging Techniques

Is blogging your secoond nature? Is there any personal urge to blog everyday? What inspires you to publish posts? Some techniques would enhance your blogs for greater popularity.

• Let your posts be sponataneous.
• Let there be pictures in your blog.
• Let there be animations in your blog.
• let there be videos in your blog.
• Let there be something that is interesting in your blog.
• Let there be some new information in your blog.
• Let your audience/ readers be around the globe.
• Let your posts be in English.
• Let the time work wonders for you. Be patient.
• Let popularity be not your prime aim.
• Let your writing instinct grow with each blog.
• Let your writing be continuous.

The blogger who made a difference

He was a blogger with a difference. He blogged not for the sake of blogging. But he had a strong desire to express his feelings, ideas and views. He found blogging  a good tool to do that. He kept on writing his posts under the pseudonym "the Unknown One". But the posts were so revolutionary. They questioned the existing world order. The religious leaders and priests squinted as some posts attacked their inherited dogma and rituals.
The posts revealed the vanity of all the existing systems of the world. It urged people for a reconstruction. It pleaded man to return to nature. Some posts were very simple. Some were very complicated. However, people around the globe liked his posts.  It paved way to a massive movement. Many bloggers subscribed to his blog. Meanwhile somebody told him that he can can make money from his blog as there are thousands of visitors everyday. They advised him to join google adsense and chitika and other such money making ideas.
With much reluctance, he gave it a try. He couldn't imagine the return he got. he was mesmerized. He began writing for money. He lost his originality. Still visitors are there hoping that something worth reading would be there. But the number of visitors gradually decreased.
He now began to think and read some of this old posts. He realized one thing: Blogging should not be for money, but should be for expression of creativity and ideas.

How to attract traffic to your blog

• Write continuously.
• Make your posts short.
• Create internal links.
• Write on relevant topics.
• Write about health topics.
• Write about making money.
• Have and attractive skin to the blog.
• Categorize your topics.
• Avoid too many advertisements.
• Use audio video materials.

Post of the day

His blog became the blog of the day due to the following solid reasons:

• the post had a capturing photo.
• the post had some unique content.
• the post arose reader's interest and curiosity.
• the post's heading was bizarre.
• the post was useful, practical and friendly.
• the post had some elements of universality.
• the post was not very lengthy.
• the words in the post were carefully chosen.
• It was simple.
• It didn't have much internal links.
• It wasn't written merely to attract traffic.
• It was original.
• the ideas had a strong back up of experience.
• there were clear and precise examples and references.
• The ideas were linked properly.
• there was a logical coherence and flow.
• it gave prominence to the reader than himself.

How to face challenges

Everybody in his or her life faces different types of challenges. Life is full of challenges from womb to tomb, from birth to death. Success in life depends largely on how on overcomes these challenges. Most common challenges are diseases, aging, and sins or crimes, natural hazards or calamities, manmade disasters. These challenges, being physical, put men in a vicious circle. These realities in life often make life a tough and hard one. When the life runs smoothly, unexpectedly, one of these challenges may strike you.

Apart from these physical challenges, there are some mental challenges which are more  grave in human existence. For instance, the deprivation of love, recognition and loss of human dignity, prestige and pride. We find suicides in the event of these challenges. I don’t deny that physical challenges do not lead to suicide and self- killing.

The following tips may help one in overcoming these challenges:

·         Have a realistic attitude towards these challenges.

·         Go beyond and look at life with a universal perspective.

·         Try to tackle one challenge at a time.

·         Have strong faith in God, others and oneself.

·         Seek help from others.

·         Believe that everything has a solution.

·         Wait patiently for the time to solve many problems.

·         Realize that problems are inevitable in life.

·         Face challenges rather than fleeing from them.

To sum up, a man with solid faith in God, oneself and others would emerge successful from all the challenges. And such a man  will be considered great man in the world.

The Power of Positive Thinking

Positive thinking is a mental attitude that admits into the mind thoughts, words and images that are conductive to growth, expansion and success. It is a mental attitude that expects good and favorable results. A positive mind anticipates happiness, joy, health and a successful outcome of every situation and action. Whatever the mind expects, it finds.
Not everyone accepts or believes in positive thinking. Some consider the subject as just nonsense, and others scoff at people who believe and accept it. Among the people who accept it, not many know how to use it effectively to get results. Yet, it seems that many are becoming attracted to this subject, as evidenced by the many books, lectures and courses about it. This is a subject that is gaining popularity.

You will learn how to increase your self-esteem and stop battling the demons from your past. You will develop a positive mental attitude that will open doors to a more successful, productive and incredibly fulfilled life.

The use of positive thinking will drive you to become a highly motivated person and you will see just where your new found motivation may bring you.

Personal development is something that we all have to work at, not just for a day here and there but forever. Improving the person you are on the inside improves the person you are on the outside.

When you strengthen your personal development in the areas of self-esteem, building a positive self-image, developing superior self-confidence and improving your personal drive you will change the course of your life.

Friendship-definition and meaning

Definitions

1. The state of being friends (or friendly)
2. Friendship is the cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis. ...

Meaning

Many people go through life with only a few friends. It seems that some have less than that. They have no one on whom they can call in good times or bad. There is no one with whom to bounce ideas around, or to talk about deep and troubling subjects. They have no one to call in times of need or difficulty. They are at the mercy of life, standing alone.

Others seem to have a multiple number of friends like google's Page Rank which increases in cumulative. Wherever they go, people know them, and like to be around them. when a trouble strike, their biggest hesitation might be over which friend to call. They know exactly the person with whom to discuss the topics of inquiry and debate. Life is full of entertaining and invigorating relationships because it is full of friends.

Of course, some people are perfectly happy to operate with fewer friends. They might rather have a few deep and loyal friends, than many superficial ones. Others thrive best when friends are everywhere and numerous. It is not so much the number of friends that is important as is the possession of friends, period. Loyal and deep friendship is good. It doesn't care about the numbers, Even if you have one loyal trustable friend. It is better than to have hundreds of unfaithful, superficial friends. With the trusted friends, we can discuss our problem areas and get ideas for solving them also. These friends share their time with us to solve problems. But when you have lots of friends who are not loyal or trustable it is the case of the person who is not having any friends. Even after having hundreds of friends our mind can't able to find real, trustable friends.

Friendship is a blessing, and a friend is the channel through whom great emotional, spiritual, and sometimes even physical blessings flow. Friends will cheer us when we’re sorrowful or depressed. Friends will challenge us to attain our original limits with encouragement when we allow ourselves not to go beyond our reasonable boundaries. Friends will motivate us when we’re ready to give in, and they can provide for us when life falls apart. Friends are there when all is well, and we want someone with who to share life’s pleasant and memorable moments. We often just want them around, to have a good time, to laugh, to act silly; to enjoy some mutually liked activity. In how many ways have friends enriched our lives and made us feel loved, accepted, respected and cared for? Probably, too many to list, and the list grows daily.

When you act silly with friends around they also comes and join you and get the enjoyment that you are getting. In the dictionary of friendship there is no word named sorrow. Friends will enter into that word and friends break the word into pieces. They motivate us to attain our goal. They will stand by our side when you need a support. You will tell about a girl/guy whom you love and will ask for help for the love. You can't tell the same to parents or any other before the love starts. In our life deciding factor also there is a friend and his/her friendship is helping you. When you get problem in that love all others will run from you but not your best friend. They help us by challenging ( a challenge which motivates us) and also motivates us for reaching our aim.

When you are in college or studies you ask doubts in the subjects not to the professor but to a friend. Friends never say no to anything. They will try to help us and try to solve the doubts. When you play a friend is the first person to cheer you when you do a record. Friends will be the first to treat us without any jealous mind. Friends consider the record of yours as theirs and they feel happy by telling about the record to others. In life we share most of the time with friends. We can't share some topics with our parents but we can share any topic, with friends.

Friendship is only everlasting feature in this world. There may be biggest miracle which can change the entire world but even in that miracle also friendship will come out from its sleep. Friendship is like a banyan tree. Banyan tree seed is very small, but when it comes out of earth nothing can stop its growth. The same applies to friendship also. Friendship will reside in our heart like the banyan tree seed. When it finds the correct soil in another heart it starts its growth. Friends will try to find new ways to make you not to fall. Friends may not save but they never let you go to deep. Friends find innovative ways to stop you from falling and try to get some more help to lift you.

Friends are the only source of our brave hearts. When we don't have any friends we won't come out when there is a trouble. But when we have friends with us, we never sit inside during a friend is in problem. We may not be brave but friendship gives courage to our mind and body. Friends will save us from any situations. Friends will help us to escape from big troubles.

Be a mirror

Be a mirror

To others

Let them see themselves looking into you.

Be a role model

without imposing your will upon anybody.

Let others know themselves in you,

Be at the bottom of everybody

That they may not be jealous of you.

Lead without leading

Be without having or doing anything.

lonely hearts

Be rejoiced Oh lonely hearts,

For greatest beings, God, Sun,

The Earth, Moon and you,

Share the same feeling.

When your love is betrayed,

Your body is sick and aged,

Be glad, ‘they’ are like you.

History would give you ample examples

Where the greatest ones are rejected,

Alienated, sidelined and dejected.

The fact that you exist shows your worth,

Keep doing, loving, feeling and enjoying,

For time would prove your significance.

What’s there in human acceptance,

Which is biased, prejudiced and peripheral?

Now esteem your creativity in your mighty world

Where nobody can intrude without your will.

Forget the rues and wounds of the past,

Rewards and unfilled dreams of future,

Now be happy, contented and fulfilled,

For there is none like you, the wonderful,

Unique and bizarre child of God.

Be selfish in ignoring the pessimistic,

De-motivating ones that plot against you.

Be optimistic in pricing those who really love,

Care and pray for you, god swear there are many,

For The world is yet to be in utter darkness,

Open your eyes to see those glittering lights

From different crooks of your room.

Borders

These yellow purple grey dead leaves,

Withered flowers beneath this growing tree,

Thrown away plastic bottles and old clothes,

Hearts that are sold for money around me,

Bright light that is en-darkened by night,

Intriguing smiles on the sly hypocrites

The undeserving ones abode seized from real owners,

Reminded me of ironies, mortality and change.

unspeakables

unspeakables

Egoless love deceived or betrayed,

Sincere prayer turned down,

Pleasant smile discarded,

Great deeds devalued,

Needy ones forsaken,

Actual misery misunderstood,

Written words misinterpreted,

Simple hearts exploited,

Enduring souls discouraged,

Innocent ones alienated,

Hypocritical minds honoured,

Unworthy ones elevated,

Precious moments wasted,

Good books brutally burnt,

Meek souls curtailed of rights,

Bitter memories reminded,

Sweet experiences forgotten,

Unspeakables  are innumerable in this life.

Egoless love deceived or betrayed,

Sincere prayer turned down,

Pleasant smile discarded,

Great deeds devalued,

Needy ones forsaken,

Actual misery misunderstood,

Written words misinterpreted,

Simple hearts exploited,

Enduring souls discouraged,

Innocent ones alienated,

Hypocritical minds honoured,

Unworthy ones elevated,

Precious moments wasted,

Good books brutally burnt,

Meek souls curtailed of rights,

Bitter memories reminded,

Sweet experiences forgotten,

Unspeakables  are innumerable in this life.

The Prodigal Son

At his faux pas

Viz. smoking, drinking, drug-addiction, adultery;

I have observed silence

Thinking that it would subside with love

And little bit patience

When everybody accused him

Was pessimistic and negative to him in his own words

But today I showed my anger

When I came to know that he has been an inveterate

Justifying himself rather than repenting or mending his ways

Now I am branded as foul-mouthed

Although he has several times spoken rudely,

Whenever somebody pointed out his mistakes

And when I categorically said no to him

He too said no and cautioned me not to interfere with his life

In fact he has been interfering with my life

And when I built a life from nothingness

To possess some wealth, property and so on

Has he become jealous of me?

It was he who spoiled his life

Leaving his wife and children

Led a life of irresponsibility

Now looking for a shelter

He used to boast of his nomadic life

He would say that we don’t carry anything from this world when we die

I too agree with it

But as long as we live

Shouldn’t we have all these things-?

Money, house, wife, children, property, clothes, food…

Although the fate of everyone in the world is same

The life of each one is unique and different-

Why doesn’t he realize

that we have a strong role to play in our lives?

How can he be such a fatalist

and remain always at the receiving end?

It’s high time that he may design his life with his will

rather than being influenced by spur of the moments,

opinions and dictations of others,

Yes. I won’t interfere in his life here after nor should he.

It doesn’t mean that one day we wouldn’t meet,

eat meat and drink together.

But on that day when I happen to meet him (I don’t want to)

I will tell him-

“I loved you and took care of you as I love myself.

I always prayed for your wellbeing

but when all my efforts were in vain,

 I resorted to the last act of removing you

 completely from my life

 that I may be free, and you may be free.”

I hope he would reply.

” I have also been loving you

and following you wherever you went.

I have seen your transformation from a humble man

 to a greedy wealthy man.

You have grown in your worldliness

that you banished me, cursed me and left me alone.

 If you had been with me,

I would have been different.

Only you could change my life.”

… … … …

Will there be any holy river to wash me sins away?

True Worship

Withdrawn, as usual,  to my solitude,

keeping myself away from the noisy crowd;

amidst the serenity of the salient stream beside,

enjoying the sweet breeze, sitting on that oval rock,

I raised my  trembling hands to the sky.

Looking at the clouds above,

and at the clouds of sins in the heart within,

prayed to my Almighty God for a heavy rain

to cleanse my lustful body,

and to purify my cloudy heart.

I went back in usual solace

Like the tax collector, the sinner

In the parable of Jesus.

What happened to those so called believers??

What happened to those so called believers??

Amorphous  archetype

Of deity of their creed

Had foretold the end

Spreading  hullabaloo

Of hedonism.

They killed themselves

In a genocide

Resembling the massacre

At Auschwitz.

The will of a dying old man

The will of a dying old man

He could only hear

Chime in his mad-house

Where his eight children

Four sons and four daughters

16 grand children gathered.

He witnessed pissy actions

but at this last moment,

he scrupled to dictate his will

to finish the grunt work of life

as he felt  invigorated little bit now.

First,

Let me divide this body

which I had brought to this world

and which is  unnecessary to this world now

to worms and such small creatures.

Let my mind be given to my little grand daughter

Who laughs and hugs me now and then.

Let my soul be given to God or Devil

whoever finds it first.

Let my possessions, land, mansions,

Clothes and so on

Be given equally to my 8 children.

Universal Love

The ones he has loved wholly

included animals and humans;

And the former loved him back

In the same degree

While the latter, some humans,

prized his love partially

 and still some others  betrayed him.

Now he is cynic in matters of  love

 and hates it that  in his dictionary

of life hasn’t that word at all. 

The muse and the mouse

The muse is like a mouse

that Creeps into unwanted places

Eats up grains of thought

killed by cats of worldly affairs

Spreads plagues of restlessness

In a poet or writer

Breeds on decayed thoughts

Sometimes eaten by egoistic snakes

It can make holes in our hearts to intrude

So as to settle in it for sometime.

It may leave that abode for another.

Alas it is often hunted by the wise man of the world!

Devils of God

The devils of God

prayed to him

not to create

simple ones on earth

and to create

billionaires,

powerful Politicians,

arrogant priests,

and prophets of flesh.

Children of God

The author of heart

of strong feelings and of joy

had a strong belief

that the cycle of life and death

permeated in the water of comic sea,

bestowed to human race

won’t be a barrier to His Being-

But give them the freedom

0f the Children of God. 

Long hopes and lust

Long hopes and lust

Outplayed by the game of responsibility

Vitalized by

Encompassing compassion and mercy.

Alphabetical poem

Accentuating  the

Broken relationships of

Childhood, which had

Died away,  very far for his

Eyes to see, and for his mind to

Forgive some of them, He found

Glows of hope and trust now.

Hatching hen inspired him,

Inflicted pain to her, yet in

Jeopardy of her chicks that  hers not,

Known to none rather,

Link is lost somewhere,

Maintains her might to protect them.

Needful must be helped,

Offloading them would neglect

Plop of their heartbeats;

Quieten  their consciousness to

Rend flesh bonds and blood.

Shortening their path to richness and

Threatening those who are against,

Utilize everything and everybody with their

Volition.

Wink not at  this xenophobia, oh

Young man,

Zooming the lenses of your insight.

thought for the day

Silence siege  me

When words befall futile.

Thoughts mount me

As fate plays dirty games.

Feelings make me fragile

While wisdom immunes deeds.

Useful materials

Useful materials:-

Uncanny smile

amidst tribulations;

‘Thank you’

and ‘sorry’

applied properly;

Silence, pause,

when things roar;

Patience

to let the wound cure by itself,

 the dirt accumulate at the bottom

 of the troubled water;

Courage

at enthralling attractions;

Awareness

At vigilant oppressors;

Thoughtfulness

When others toil hard for silly gains;

Perseverence

When the whole world is against you;

Love

When its genuine form is seldom found;

Optimism

When you’re bordered by darkness;

chutzpah

My thoughts meander,

deeds splinter,

words slander,

Do I have chutzpah?

Being reluctant to be obsequious,

Showing indifference to gossips,

Paying little attention to outward appearance,

Does he have chutzpah?

She dares to be a slag;

he prays to the Satan;

they are proud to be cannibals;

do they possess chutzpah?

They tore off their timetables;

 their consciences are seldom pricked;

take solace in money, might and power;

do they own chutzpah?

Words

Words

 in black and white

have immense powers.

Words

spoken

have intriguing powers.

Words

in silence and tranquility

have intense powers.

Words

 in scriptures

have spiritual powers.

Words

in contemplation

have rejuvenating powers.

Words

between lovers

have deep powers.

Words

 in anger

have psychological powers.

Words

 in agony

have unique powers.

Words

in a poem

have ineffable powers.

Words

in deeds

have original powers.

Thoughts, words and some deeds

Thoughts

in the mind are like writing in the air that vanishes instantly leaving only vacuum.

Some relationships

are like spoken words that loses control abruptly

leaving only void.

Some of our  experiences

are like written words that may last in history

for some years

and remnants of which are testimonials, lessons, stories,

fictions, poems,

essays, dairies, travelogues, chronicles  and so on

depicting

bitter memories, fantasy, emotions ,imagination,

feelings, euphoria,

frustration, complexes, desires  and hopes.

Spiritual and intellectual endeavours

are like logos and scriptures the powers of which are wisdom, enlightenment, and Self-realization.

Recognized Reviewer

He squinted to postmortem

each word, letter, and line,

written with one’s blood and sweat,

to say,

‘Spags innumerable,

cliche's here and there,

 grammatical mistakes throughout,

good flow but lacks depth;

Sometimes diction inappropriate,

ambiguous lines,

obscurity observed,

needs to add commas,

put full stops instead of semi colon;

semi-colon is enough than a period there.

author notes needed for clarity

some words are forced,

this is not a Tanka poem

nor it is a haiku,

5 stars after revision

Be satisfied with my 2 stars,

See, I am honest and I need to improve your writing,

Don’t believe those who flatter you,

Haven’t you heard the song of ‘spider and the fly’??