A purpose beyond realms...

RAJESH KHANNA...A soul amidst this chaos called reality..was brought into this realm..with a purpose..to bring to life many creative minds' ideas and visions to manifestation......and the movies..the thoughts that their works provoked, the emotions that were shared..the songs that he portrayed..the culmination of a lot many creative minds into many works..the characters so real..that each one who connected with the films had a bonding with..the face that brought all their ideas to the world..and made the manifestations so real in this otherwise mundane world...RAJESH KHANNA..a purpose fulfilled..and complete! The above song..is from the movie Anand..one of such works..which has touched million hearts..and is an all time inspiration! I feel connected! Many moments of my life owe their gratitude to his purpose!!Thank you universe for the experience.

An Interpretation to the Struggle of Life...

A lot of times we keep wondering why we face so much difficulty in life...obstacle over obstacle...struggling to overcome them. Trying to figure out why...why does it all have to be so hard. Why can't and don't we have an easy life? We keep searching for answers as to what we actually want to do, never ever resting in that quest. As inquisitive souls we seek answers and are desperate to find them. The moment we find an answer to one, there's another question, another struggle that we have to deal with. What is the reason for this struggle? This eternal struggle of life?
There's an answer, an interpretation, which seemingly is plausible enough to realize our purpose.
Our soul, our self, our spirit or whatever you wish to call your 'Being', is INFINITE in nature - meaning, we are free, boundless, beyond space or time, there's no beginning to our selves and no end. We are infinity itself in its purest form, that is, without the body. And our body, an accumulation of matter and substance, is FINITE, meaning, it only serves as a tangible medium for our shapeless soul, our formless self, the true 'Being' within.
So think about this for a second. What will happen when something so powerful, so vast, so vast as infinity, that is, our SOUL is put into something as small, as finite as our body? Yes, there's a conflict...not just a conflict, a struggle that starts right from the moment when the soul enters the germ cell in the womb all the way to when the body dies. So it is a struggle much bigger than anything we see tangibly, because this kind of struggle is invisible, unseen, unrealized by our conscious selves. So when we feel like doing something OUT OF THE WORLD, we feel confined, trapped and are bursting with emotion to do it. The ones among us, that realize that we can DO IT, actually get closer to doing it or even succeed. We keep trying, struggling to become our EXPANDED SELF, that is, our TRUE SELF, which leads to infinity.
We are born to be free, liberated from our minds or bodies that trap us although the body is that which gives us a finite shape. So what is the lesson here? Just be yourself, just try and be whatever you imagine yourself to be, because that is the truth. Reach out, become your Expanded Self, don't confine your thinking to what you think only your body can do. Never compromise on what you can achieve...because inside your finite body, is your infinite self, the true you.
This is not something that I just concocted out of the blue, but rather my interpretation from the teachings of Swami Ramakrishnananda in his booklet, The Universe and Man, a beautifully compiled thought process.

Passion..Passion..Passion for life through music - SURAJ MANI

How often do you get to see a friend being passionate about something and pursuing it like it were the very thing that gives life?

well...i have been fortunate enough to have a friend for around 17 earth years...who breathes music and spreads the love for life through his passion for music..though i have not had the opportunity to listen to any of his concerts lately...i know i have been there personally, each time..and witnessed his unconditional love for humanity and every single thing about this universe -- which he reveals through his music!

Let me introduce Suraj Mani...passion flows in every bit of his compositions...

here's one example...this is one of my favorites from the album INSANE BIOGRAPHY..you can download the songs from his blog..

Questions
Is time not an illusion?

Why does that sound so insane?

I’ve seen my life just turn to moments Snapshots in pain
Now I cannot, live the present

And it doesn’t take too much to blur these lines

So why can’t I learn to accept,

The past is what you leave behind
Questions dipped in poison

Burning with seeds of doubt

Helpless I turn to the heavens

But the silence is still too loud
Will I ever burn these bridges

I’ve built so strong and so sure

Or bound by my need for them

Will I linger by these shores
Questions dipped in poison

Burning with seeds of doubt

Helpless I turn to the heavens

But the silence is still too loud
I watch the shadows play with my mind

Weary ghosts that will weaken with time

And I know that one day I will find the answers

That there’s reprieve for the blind
Questions I will not fear them

Though I’m still so full of doubt

Searching for the answers

In the echoes of my shout
Is time not an illusion?

Why does that sound so insane?

I’ve seen my life just turn to moments

Snapshots in pain

for more on Suraj's compositions...go to http://surajmani.typepad.com/

Also visit his website www.motherjane.net

where you can download songs from his first album INSANE BIOGRAPHY

The healing touch of ALMOND!

I remember eating almonds that were soaked overnight in water,right after waking up...my mother used to feed us once a while in the mornings.She used to say they were for brain power and maintenance of a good glowing skin...
Just recently while trying to read for some articles on the healing touch of Indian Spices...I came across details about Almonds which I want to share with all of you...
though the world of Indian spices are like a universe filled with vital information, I cannot introduce you to all of them...with the advent of the internet, I am sure you can take the time if you need to know about all of them.
I just wanted to give you a few tips on the ALMOND.

It is not entirely without reason that almonds are priced higher than their country cousins, the peanuts. Their nutritive value as well as functional importance in keeping the human body supple, beautiful and healthy, is unsurpassed in the nut kingdom, if one may use the term.
Nearly cholesterol free and abundant in high quality, highly absorb-able protein, almonds provide almost no useless material to the body. Their high mono-saturated fats (that fight bad cholesterol) and dietary fiber content make them easy to digest, provides heat in the body and also ensure no excess oils, like the peanut.

for more on Almonds click here.
and here is some more information from Wikipedia