Truth

I saw a video that set me thinking and analyzing its truth! The caption was “no one is really a friend”. Hmmm.

Actually, right from childhood and our school days, we make friends. We even depend on them not only for company but for our happy moments spent with them. But the basic reality is that we must accept AND celebrate our dissimilarities and similarities if we want long term connections.

I find relationships like reading new books every day. We get absorbed in them. But if we see a change in the friends we have, we get disoriented. Which means that there are conditional acceptances.

It is the human ego which is at the root of karma. It is the feeling of incompleteness and wanting more to fill that perpetual void within us!

If you have noticed, no ONE person can fulfil all our needs. That is why we HAVE so many relationships, each fulfilling some need.

Ultimately, if truth be told, we ARE alone. We may look for crutches here and there, most of which are temporary. We appear seemingly together, like passengers on a train, but only till our station arrives.

This is not a unique thought but an oft repeated one. However, it does not sink into many minds and they still carry on, living out of the flow of life and suffering for it.

Surekha Kothari

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Seeds of Knowledge

 The seeds of knowledge are scattered all over but they will germinate only on fertile ground. And that is the mind. What makes it fertile?

First, an openness willing to accept the knowledge.

Second, a mind relatively free of pollution.

Third, a mind willing to accept and let go of its aberrations.

Fourth, a mind which is aware, discreet and recognizes its own ignorance with humility.

Fifth, a mind which is rooted in spiritual thought.

Sixth, a mind that can recognize right from wrong and truth from lies.

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Seventh, a mind that is pure in intentions.

Sadly, our ignorance clouds our mind, our judgement of people and enhances our ego so much that we wallow in our own toxicity and refuse to recognize that our enemy is within, not outside. Yes! We ourselves are our own worst enemies. Because we don’t see the need to step outside and see ourselves as we appear to others.

And even then, no one knows you better than yourself and no one can change you but yourself.

The buck stops with you. No amount of comparisons, envy, berating others will do for you what you can do for yourself. You have the key to your own life.

Surekha Kothari

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Tolerance

 We are still unable to come to terms with inclusiveness, tolerance and acceptance. We conflict over religion. We debate about our national language. We have forgotten to piece the jigsaw puzzle together to make a wholesome picture that we can all be proud of.

We have a wonderful example of different kinds of trees coexisting and contributing to our eco system unanimously.

It is amazing that in a “friends” chat group, we have to refrain from anything political or religious. Opinions can cause massive rifts and boycotts even if they are rational discussions. Everyone walks on egg shells. Truth is multipronged! There is no single root. This is nothing but intolerance. The deep need of conversion also is perhaps rooted in people feeling threatened by any kinds of different belief systems and therefore, wanting clones to co-exist, to create a comfort zone for insecure people.

Culturally, earlier, we supported one code of conduct which everyone had to follow, and that body of principles made us a strong and cohesive body of people. This had no bearing on the religion people followed. It was a set of principles for a creation and sustenance of human harmony. 

We are now paying a high price for individual egoism. The “I am right” factor. Gone are the trends that brought and kept people together. It is all about “me and myself”. We see this seeping into group activities, too.

Basic respect for everyone, no matter how different they seem to be on the surface would start the peace process.

I have a question. Those who are judgmental and non-accepting of others … do you accept yourselves ?

Surekha Kothari

www.BodyMindSoulCentre.com

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Environment

Today, we are riddled with double standards wherever we turn. One set for us and another for others. Without any qualms!

“Do as you would like others do unto you” could be a saying in Swahili for all that we know. It is a different world with people courting completely new mindsets.

Complex minds and even dangerous minds, especially if they are devoid of emotions and all the definitions have undergone a sea change. There is really no choice but to accept them. And hope sensitivities will be revived as a reaction to too much of a clinical approach to people, reactions which could be given other tags, such as callous and unfeeling. A legacy of a dominant and fragile ego perhaps and of a highly competitive environment where gnawing desires and ambitions overlook the dying embers of humaneness.

Surekha Kothari

www.BodyMindSoulCentre.com

surekhakothari.wordpress.com

Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari

Survival

A motivational, beautiful story I heard recently. A man's donkey fell into a deep pit from where there was no way out. The man was very sad and wanted to bury the donkey before it languished to its death. So, he began pouring soil on the donkey. Each time he did that, the donkey shook it off and stood up. The man kept doing this and the donkey kept shaking every load off. The man did not realize that the pit was filling up and soon, the donkey was able to walk out of the pit.

This is so close to life. People try to bury you for various reasons but you need to have the courage and creativity of the donkey and snake off any "loads" being poured over you. Develop the survival instinct like the donkey. Otherwise, to get buried is the easiest thing in the world.

Surekha Kothari

www.BodyMindSoulCentre.com

surekhakothari.wordpress.com

SpeakingtreeBlog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari

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