Showing posts with label Divine gift. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Divine gift. Show all posts
Wednesday, 19 August 2020
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Thursday, 2 April 2020
Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Special gifts
When you criticize someone, sometimes, you
envy because you want to be like them. But at the same time, you don't want to
emulate them. A bit contradictory for sure. But looking deeper, it means there
is some originality of spirit waiting to illuminate itself. There is so much
substance within us, we don't know it ourselves.
Often, in mere defiance of others telling
you this, you turn the other way either out of sheer laziness to explore within
or disbelief of the self. "Just couldn't be bothered" would be
another reason. And the current comfort zone would be a huge one.
We end up wasting much of our special
gifts. But ironically, what we don't know of, we don't miss.
So, don't worry. Be happy. At the end of
the day, this matters.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Times of sadness
Have you felt that in times of sadness,
angels hover around you? These are people in your life who watch over you,
worry about your well being and often try to illuminate your path when they see
you passing through a dark patch.
Sometimes, their value is felt only after
they are gone. Because while they are around, we tend to take them for granted.
Not often are we in a mood to give them a listening ear.
A matter of karma, I guess. I still
remember the gujrati saying which means, wisdom comes only from others, not
your own people. Like you prefer the food in someone else's home. Taking home
food for granted and bored with the same flavor. I guess people also come with
the same old flavor which goes out of taste.
Surekha
Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Monday, 19 June 2017
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Comfort quotient
Once you establish the connection between the body, mind and
soul, you should be able to have a multi pronged approach towards analysis,
whether of events or you yourself. All the content is to be examined in detail
by examining the quality of the layers surrounding it.
The ramifications of any event necessitates the use of a
microscope under which the specimens would be our thoughts, emotions, how we
feel about things, our comfort quotient etc. With people, too, this method
should be employed. Only then can we remove the unwanted layers and preserve
the important ones and thus, preserve the meaningful in all of the thoughts
emotions, actions and attitudes.
I am convinced that this exercise would make it possible to
connect all positive and good vibrations with each other, in body, mind and
soul while doing away with all of the vibrations that have been colored by our
own inconsistent and imbalanced perceptions, led by our ignorance. And also,
thus, leading us away from our ability to discern, feel, recognize the right
from the wrong and from establishing the connectivity of the body, mind, soul
with all creation and the Universe.
In the Universe, we practice what is universal. And what is
universal is that everything is interconnected. Any tendency of separatism can
only give grief.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Monday, 30 January 2017
Tradition
It is pretty awesome to see joint families living in harmony
even today, respecting all the relationships within and giving space to each
person while connecting wisely. I have to share this true story of a gujrati
family where 80 to 85 members live, united and caring of each other. You will
wonder...HOW is it possible? Let me say this. The seeds of such living are
planted very early, with traditions, principles and values in place, too. Every
member, therefore, knows only this way of life which can't be faulted really.
If only all humanity could learn to live this way, with a give and take of
love, harmony and wisdom! The philosophy is, live like a well oiled machine
which is highly productive. The members are the parts of the machine and the
oil is the love, understanding, caring and generosity, all of these looked upon
as love based generations.
So, this family has one large home where only the parents
live now. They have been wise enough to give every child another home as they
got married. But, there is only one kitchen, the one in the parental home. All
the ladies have to take over and share the administration of the kitchen in
turns. Any guest has to come only to the main home. If one member's business
takes a knock, the others compensate for the loss and support that member.
What would you call this? Unconditional love? Duty
consciousness? The upbringing? Genuine emotions for each other? It is so
uplifting to even think of such an existence. I love this story because I grew
up in a joint family, though in a smaller set up, but have seen these emotions
at work and have been a recipient as well. Today, when I see so much artifice
in society, I like to dwell on this story. It has the power to make me
instantly happy.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Divine gift
The
most difficult thing to do is KNOW the motives of people around you, SEE them
trying to harm you and yet smile it off without getting affected. In fact, even
meting out affection in return. There has to be so much confidence and faith
that anything that affects you has only been your choice.
I have
seen angry, even vicious people crumble under such cool attitudes. It’s also
called killing with kindness.
These
people are like mountains, "chattans" as they say in Hindi.
Unshakeable to the core! Yes, the core! When your core is anchored to the
Divine, it becomes truly irrelevant what kinds of webs of negativity might be
woven around you. It is like breaking your head against a wall...you will not
succeed in affecting such people.
What
a wonderful and Divine gift!
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
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