The home and the world

मन माझे ! मन वारा, मन पसारा, मनाचा पिंगा, मनाचा दंगा. मनात मी, माझ्यात मन, गुण किती त्याचे, किती अवगुण. मन सागर, मन डबके, मन वीज, मन पाउल हलके. मन अंधार, मन आधार, मन स्वप्नांचा मोठा बाजार. मन आनंदाची उकळी, मन गर्द काळी पोकळी, मन वात्सल्याचा झरा, मन अभिमानाचा मळा. मन नागिणीचा फणा, मन शुभ्र मोत्यांचा दाणा. मन तू अन मन मी, मनाचे गूढ सांगू किती? मन चिंता, मन गुंता, मन रानातल्या पाउल वाटा. मन डोळ्यांची ओली किनार, मन सुबक ठेंगणे वृक्ष चिनार. मन सगे, मन सोबती, मन, मनात दर्वल्णारी प्रीती. मन राग, मन लोभ, मन असीम आनंदाचा डोह ! मन विचार, मन आचार, मन जीवन मर्माचे सार. मन दिशा, मन नशा, मन नव नवलायीची उषा. मन सांझ, मन सकाळ, मन फुटके करंटे कपाळ. मन झोका, मन धोका, मन प्रेमातल्या आणा भाका. मन आतुर, मन फितूर, मन जंगलातला कोल्हा चतुर. मन शांत, मन अशांत...... मन माझे एक अनोळखी प्रांत ! मनाचे रुसवे, मनाचे फुगवे, मन तृणाचे मखमल हिरवे. मन म्हणजे दिशा चार, मन मुक्त वाऱ्याचा संचार. मन रिझवी, मन फसवी, मन एका क्षणात हसवी. मनात विश्व, विश्वात मन, मन कधी अणु रेणूंचे कण. मनाचा माझ्या लागेना थांग, हरे कृष्ण, आता तर...

  These days a thought has bothered me so much so that it has kept me awake at nights for hours together. Its a simple thought... I had attended a 10-day vipassana course where, among the other things, I learnt that one has to be able to see the world as it is, i.e one should be able to perceive the world in its real form.. its absolute value. but is it so easy to do it? I think its too difficult, as one is all the time looking at life and the world with one's coloured thoughts and pre-conceived notions.. prejudices... and opinions. At least I do so all the time without realising it. To live a life with a pure and untroubled heart is a HERCULEAN TASK. I hope I get things right in this lifetime itself.

When sometimes you have leisure time and all the thoughts occurring in your mind seem to be a repeat of things having once visited you, your mind becomes sick and bored, but then what else can it do? This is what becomes of creatures like me who haven’t yet found their purpose in life. It’s okay, I say, albeit, with a few pangs of guilt. Life is, but a journey ! (Is it? But then, you have to sound philosophical to reduce the pain of non-action.) Okay, so what if I sound philosophical? It’s better than sounding boring, not to anyone else, but to myself. You see, I am the only one who’s going to read this crap. Hmmm….. come on, let me share a thought with you. Life is so beautiful, with all its happiness and sorrow. Every person has encountered it !! When I have witnessed grief or a moment of joy I was always overwhelmed by the intensity of the feeling. One day as I sat by the window , I happened to notice the flowers of the madhumalti creeper happily ...

Deep in the recesses of every heart is an eternal spring of pure and noble thoughts. To keep it flowing, one has to ensure that the constant flow of positive feelings is never broken by a single stray thought of negative ideas.