surrender is the first word

i totally surrender to you, oh god,

i realize i am working in your esteemed organization

my office,= the universe

new assignment ,= my office work= is sadhana

my boss=you, god, i have to obey you

i should work sincerely always 

when i am working in your organization i have to be in team spirit with all in the universe 

since every one, everything is my colleague

as everyone, everything is working in your organization as directed by you

your standards are high .i should strive relentlessly to perform as per your expectations

you are the best teacher. i learn by seeing your example

you are the best manager. i learn management by seeing how you are managing the universe

you are the source of power. 

i draw all my strength from your infinite reservoir of power that is sath ,

from you who is available to me nearest to me 

deep inside most intimate

you hold the world clock.

i set my time, i set my clock, 

i set my rhyme and rhythm with reference to your clock

i dance to your thaal ,i sing to your raag

i plan and perform as per your clock your calendar

you are the creator of the live calendar in which seasons are manifesting indicative of thy calendar

lord, let thy clock pulse be always audible to me in my heart

you are my complaint box , grievance channel and true help

you really listen to my murmur, my whims and wishes, 

my good and bad, my grumblings, my cries ,

my confessions, my anger and my laughter, 

my pain, my sufferings, my noise, 

my music, my utterances, my wishes, my whispers ,and my silence

lord, i can only turn to you, i can only run to you 

with all my failures, my successes, my frustrations, my cares and my worries. 

you are kind, compassionate, understanding, loving always 

forgiving my mistakes, my blunders, my deceiving, 

my dishonesties, my insincerities, my cunningness

you are my mother, father, guru, and the elder

you are my friend philosopher and guide in the real sense

you are the best care taker ,you’re my naath, ,

shree krishna govinda hare murare, 

hey natha narayana hey vasudeva

my lord you are the best doctor, the best healer

you are veda, vidya, vaidya ,

please excuse me for my above silly expression 

this is only my unnecessary show of the pandithya

time has passed without nishtha ,without sadhana, without prayer, 

alas , cannot regain

pl make me return to you immediately

pl give me bhakthi shradhdha sincerity

i have come back to you

pl accept my commitment

i here by resolve to start afresh

from 0 base my sadhana my journey from this moment

surrender, is the last word,

i surrender

   knowledge increases wonder

my knowledge about myself 

makes me wonder more about myself

the more i know about myself , 

more is my wonder

the more i know 

about my creativity,

about my abilities, 

about my new ways on how i tackle the problems

about how respond to situations, 

about how i perceive newness

about how i express creatively

about how i draw new meanings,

about how i perceive uniqueness in the universality

my wonder prevails, sustains, grows

i am a wonder to myself

i am in flabbergast non stop

i am a mystery ever

the more i penetrate, the more i become mysterious

in me resides the universe infinite

though i am an insignificant element finite

possibilities for exploration unlimited

discoveries continuous, countless

never the wonder vanishes

as long as the universe exists

   Kale varshathu parjanya,

Prauthwee sasya shalini,

Deso  Mangalya Prarthana

(Universal Prayer to well being from the Vedas)

Translated byP.R.Ramachander

Swasthi prajabhya paripalayantham,

Nyayena margena maheem maheesa,

Gobrahmanebhyo shubhamasthu nithyam,

Loka samastha Sukhino bhavantu.

Let good things occur to the king of the country,

Who looks after his people well, in the path of justice,

Let Cows* and Brahmins** have a pleasant life daily,

Let all people of the world have a very pleasant life.

*wealth was measured by cows in those times

** People in search of God kshobha rahitha,

SAjjana santhu nirbhaya

.

Let the monsoon be timely and plentiful,

Let earth be covered with vegetation,

Let the country live without problems,

And let good people never have fear.

   Kaa te kaantaa kaste putra? Sansaaro-yamateeva vichitra.

Kasya tvam ka? kuta aayaata? Tattvam chintaya tadiah bhraatah.

Meaning

Kaate = who is your; 

kaantaa = wife; 

kaste = who is your; 

putra = son;

Sansaara = world / family; 

ayam = this; 

atiiva = very much; 

vichitra = strange / mysterious;

Kasya = whose; 

tvam = you;

 kah = who; 

kutah = from where;

 aayaatah = have come;

Tattvam = truth / nature; 

chintaya = think well / ponder;

 tadiha = that here;

 bhraatah = O’ brother.

A brilliant verse by Sankara to steer the seeker on the path of rational wisdom, he asks the opening questions about our closest relations. Who is your wife? Who is your son? Strange are the ways of this world; who are YOU and where have YOU come from? Brother, pause and think about the truth of your exact identity.

   bhagavan says

if you want to talk to me

in my office, meet me,

meet me direct

agents may misdirect

i am there seated in my office,

in the depth of your consciousness

meet me at my own level,

observing right protocol

go your inward track,

by any knack

open is my door,

i am there now , ever and before

my working hours, 

all twenty four, yours

for me no holiday

every day a holy day

i remain truly yours

for an early meeting of ours

   boldly i differ

first have the direct experience of absolute,

then faith sprouts, inspires to have more of it, often,

grows as the sadhana continues

belief vanishes, having no place

when the sun is before me shining brilliant, bright,

where is the need for belief on the existence of light

experience of absolute is the horse before the cart of faith, right

reverse it , cart can never move,

nor can make the horse to prove

on this any argument is futile

only the one tasted the experience , can detail,

not others, they cant, never, even with wagging tail

 

every spiritual wastes his time

wastes his life

in vain hope in belief and faith,

since any assumptions, surmises, imaginations are mirage , can never be the concrete reality

and sanathans evolved their valuable insights in their direct experience of absolute , call it hindu, bharatheeya, vishva, shashvath, , religion, philosophy, science, art, song or dance

and this i repeat

all the true significance of their teachings can be , will be, comprehended ,only on the basis of

, --of the basis-- on which they got evolved.

it is not possible to know , even by breaking one's head

against a holiest stone god

in the tallest temple ,

nor reading million books, in all the worlds libraries

nor by dipping ones head in the ganga waters 1000 times ,

with all faith, belief

god realization/, self realization/, experience of absolute alone is the basis for the sprouting of faith in one self

without it , it is blind man assuming what ever he feels , with fullest belief , and hope .

never can he know truth

i continue to assert

even at gun point

by the excellently trained army soldier

with latest model, i mean working model,

not old, rusted, rested, scrap doll

   Sky is the best costume, i like the most

not needing to search, nor to select ,

not to reject, nor to accept

not to bargain nor to gain

not to buy nor to sell

not to cut nor to stitch

Not to clean nor to wash

not to wet nor to dry

not to press, nor to mess

not to loose, nor to fuss

All other costumes are costly, scarce, 

scanty, superfluous , 

waste, worst

they wear, tear , burst, burn, 

soak, soil, 

no sanctity, less beauty, 

not plenty, less novelty

will not last, get cast

   

Mangalya Prarthana
[Universal Prayer to well being from the Vedas]
Translated by P. R. Ramachander

Swasthi prajabhya paripalayantham,
Nyayena margena maheem maheesa,
Gobrahmanebhyo shubhamasthu nithyam,
Loka samastha Sukhino bhavantu.

Let good things occur to the king of the country,
Who looks after his people well, in the path of justice,
Let Cows* and Brahmins** have a pleasant life daily,
Let all people of the world have a very pleasant life.
*wealth was measured by cows in those times
** People in search of God

Kale varshathu parjanya,
Prauthwee sasya shalini,
Deso yam kshobha rahitha,
SAjjana santhu nirbhaya.

Let the monsoon be timely and plentiful,
Let earth be covered with vegetation,
Let the country live without problems,
And let good people never have fear.

Aputhra puthrina santhu,
Puthrina santhu pouthrina,
Adhana sadhana,
Santhu jeevanthu sarada satham.

Let sonless people have son,
Let people with son have grand sons,
And let people who are poor or rich,
Live and see one hundred autumns.

Sarvathra sukhina santhu,
Sarve santhu niramaya,
Sarve bhadrani pasyanthu,
Ma kaschid dukha bhag bhaveth.

Let people live with pleasure everywhere,
Let all people live without diseases,
Let every one feel themselves secure,
And let none have at anytime sorrow,

Om Sarvesham swasthir bhavthu,
Om Sarvesham santhir Bhavathu,
Om Sarvesham poornam Bhavathu,
Om Sarvesham Mangalam Bhavathu.

Let comfort be every where,
Let peace be everywhere,
Let there be plenty everywhere,
And let good things happen everywhere.

Om Santhi, Om Santhi, Om Santhi

Let there be peace,
Let there be peace,
Let there be peace.

Maithreem Bhajatha
By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati
Translation by P. R. Ramachander

[This prayer was written by Paramacharya of Kanchi to be sung in the U.N. Assembly by Smt. M. S. Subbalakshmi during its 50th anniversary and dealt about universal brotherhood and peace as enshrined by the Sanathana Dharma.]

Maithreem Bhajatha Akila Hrith Jeththreem
Atmavat Eva Paraan api pashyata
Yuddham thyajatha, Spardhaam Tyajata, thyajatha Pareshwa akrama aakramanam
Jananee Prthivee Kaamadughaastey
Janako Deva: Sakala Dayaalu
Daamyata Datta Dayathvam Janathaa
Sreyo Bhooyaath Sakala Janaanaam
Sreyo Bhooyaath Sakala Janaanaam
Sreyo Bhooyaath Sakala Janaanaam.


With friendship please serve,
And conquer all the hearts,
Please think that others are like you,
Please forsake war for ever,
Please forsake competition for ever,
Please forsake force to get,
Some one else property,
For mother earth is a wish giving animal,
And God our father is most merciful,
Restrain, donate and be kind,
To all the people of this world.
Let all the people live with bliss,
Let all the people live with bliss,
Let all the people live with bliss.
Sri Kanchi Maha Periva Thiruvadigal Saranam

   ego is all play and display ,

creativity in every expression for sharing

for distributing unlimited joys

it’s cognizing the inner splendor,

coming out to express as master pieces in every medium,

arts, sciences, spirituality, philosophy, religion,

literature , music, dance, drama , fashion, shows, 

movies, exhibitions , presentations, video,

reaching all, reaching all in the universe

reaching every particle in the infinite nature around

and generating the maximum evolution of individual,

evolution of the universe

and thus taking part in the task of almighty supreme power

directing one and all from within

not for remaining in oblivion, not for staying in darkness,

but to come out as brilliant sun to illumine

never in inhibition, but in nonchalance, 

reveling free, bold, grand,

every saint did not limit to his narrow closed dwelling

but came out , brought all his goods to serve the humanity

they are just a happy lot

come what may

no matter what others say

we make a blog

we post it to all for joy

for wisdom, for fun whatever worth it is

yet it is a play and display

never a underplay

nor a  nonplay or misplay

unmanifest is alone, hidden, deep inside,

unseen, silent,

colorless, tasteless, odorless ,

formless, nameless, nothingness

but that is only the part of the full story

not its only glory 

but he immediately casts aside his hide and seek

comes out in the manifest

lo

see what a play and display his creative intelligence can accomplish

all beyond the imagination of any human mind

and all the great souls were just flabbergasted

and kept wondering uttering such exclamations as

‘’his glory is in explicable’’

is it not due to his power of ego to play and display in every way ,

in all ways always?

So

do not be suppressed depressed oppressed

angered hungered,

plundered blundered

but

go forward bring all your ware in the market place

it is all fair and proper to search for a place in the heart of every one

and do it fastest best

   Each is king of his universe

there is no other person existing

all are you

you is all, you is one ,

the king advaitha, no second,

thath thvam asi , you are that

this is difficult to take without the spiritual , direct, experience of god

  Each one is a universe total , no separation"

   educational qualifications, character and conduct certificates, interview, exams, written and vocal, interviews , merit listing, strictest job, specs, performance evaluation, punishment awards as per performance must be there for all politicians

   god has been writing books infinite

his language silence

his scribble invisible

”richo akshare parame vyoman”

[knowledge is structured in consciousness]

all the infinite books are collated

compressed stored ever updated

all the pranies are accessing his website , the innernet

and down loading as per capability/necessity

uploading their experiences, pains pleasures, success/ 

failure stories for his feedback /recycling/evolution/improvement 

of all his product designs

that is how creation is denovo

in the process of navo navo bhavathi

”yasthannaveda kim richa karishyathi”

[what avail is all this to those who do not know that]

   

Gurus know best we not imitate blindly:

but we must learn the sadhana what guru did which enabled him to arrive at the stage of teaching , 

and do that sadhana ,intensely, as done by guru, --- thru which the deepest teachings of guru become our natural inner nature , and become the living reality , without reading, reciting, memorizing any teachings 

the mistake normally committed is, the student out of ignorance or innocence comes to the conclusion that he must follow the teachings, spread the teachings, conform to his dos donts ---all become fruitless exercise struggling to achieve the impossible , life time wasted without reaching the goal .

a great guru says ---do not imitate me , you cannot succeed , but you put in sadhana in the way i put in , then you will gain those abilities what i have gained, and will be able to lead the life i am able to 

example 
one seeing an athlete lifting a very heavy weight , can never lift it however much he tries to , inspired by him , in existing level 

but if he does the daily gym and food specs prescribed, he will surely , after enough sadhana inputs, he will be able to lift the weights, even can lift heavier weights

 

Praising my favorite athlete, doing pooja to his photo, reading and spreading his great capabilities and accomplishments , keeping record of all his performance and medals won, wearing the dress like him, ----life long with all sincerity, devotion, faith, and hope ------all will never make me athlete. unless i do the sadhana myself whatever is possible / feasible without wasting time on his glories .

 

nothing is a substitute for sadhana , and student should never be under delusion, riding piggy back on guru, nor carrying guru on piggy back .

if following the teachings is so easy , then all of us would have become instantly masters, since teachings have been there since ages from every guru, saint, mahathma

who does not know what is good and what is bad ?

every one knows.
still , knowing that, man has been doing bad, why?

knowing is not enough. 

what is required is the ability to do good , like that weight lifter, and it is possible only after having acquired the ability , one can lead a good life .

so one must put the efforts to acquire the abilities--- is the firm conclusion ,and essence of every teaching and the life of ever master

any agenda of propaganda is waste of time, waste of life, is no good use of the essence of teaching 

   Getting involved with something worthwhile, something that will give a sense of achievement

--- is possible really only in the state of fulfillment, 

as a result of self realization, nothing less than that.

the best creations have been made possible by such fulfilled souls 

any one can succeed in small little accomplishments, not the best , the supreme

all else, is exercise in looking for water in mirage 

   

ganesha is symbolic ,

it is the principle of mastery over obstacles, vighnas,

he is lord of obstacles, vighna raja, vighneshwara,

 has lordship over obstacles,

he can create obstacles ,

he can remove obstacles,

he is vighna karta,

he is vighna harta

to reconcile this and to understand, let us understand how a on / off switch functions in a circuit

 we can understand the role of switch to pass current or to cut off

one to gain mastery over the switch to carry on trials

even a tap / valve on a pipe line is similarly a n example of how the principle of vighnaraja works

 other examples are, traffic signal , vehicle brakes/ speed breakers, dam on a river , etc so the principle of vighnaraja does exist

   Good, for me this is a feast

i turn to east

to learn god best

and take gurus help most

here i flow with his grace

come run , join in my race

Contending opinions.

------------yes, truth /god/reality has infinite dimensions

no single human can deliver all the views,

every human has his angle

and so a unique vision

so a different opinion

so they are contending,

yet tending towards truth ,

not yet reaching for sooth

truth being unfathomable

this process continues for ever,

has been since time immemorial

Christians think universe is only six thousand years old.

-----let them think,

may be they are on the way towards exact figure

may come out a newer testament

more updated than the previous

and more updates follow as human evolves

nothing is final, at least not yet

The Hindus think that the universe is infinitely old

---let them also think

similarly , as they evolve they will update

probably to assert that

the universe has just born at this moment.

we shall wait for the right answer

till eternity,--if possible

With an infinite number of subsidiary creations and destructions along the way.

-oh, forget brahma, vishnu. maheshwar, seen/heard in temples, movies, stories scriptures,videos, tv serials for a moment

see your skin that is the home and play of the trio

carrying out the creation, maintenance, destruction

the cells , your cells, my cells, cells of every living being

from amoeba to manava ,

it is their live on line existence and performance,

does not need a biologist

or a zoologist

to know its gist

Now they can't both be right.

----you are very right

they have revealed what they found as right

it is right ,

it is their right ,

no fight

after enough evolution, probably they fuse in one right

but they all need the light

of the transcendental consciousness,

the ultimate right,

light,

bright

otherwise they can never reach the harmony

even if they waste a lot of time , time is money

Either the universe is a certain number of years old

or it's infinitely old.

---your challenge is bold ,

fact cold,

of value gold

my answer is , political, i mean poetical,

or more hypocritical

i want to capture all the votes,

i have no currency notes

so

i give my nod to any opinion

on this i have no pain, have all gain

i , so say ,

1 universe is just now is born, at this moment

2 universe was born a few years ago

3 universe is eternal unborn

mine is united parties alliance , [pun. fun ]

and i argue and prove with each of the voter

that is the king, most knowledgeable, a know all

and i teach tolerance ,

and give instant deliverance

what do i lose,

if my verbosity is let loose

The major religions on the Earth contradict each other

earth looks flat if you see the floor under the carpet in your flat-------correct

earth looks curvy if you see from a jet plane window at far distant high----also correct

earth looks round if you see from moon------and this is correct ,

earth looks a dot if you see from far higher galaxies -----yes , fortunately this too is correct

i can join any party, and utter that truth of that party

but i do not get stuck there

i aayaraam gayaa raam,

so i change my party .

and my flat,

i grow

and stay in a bungalow

i stand to gain

even if votes do not rain

What if all are wrong?

---------great, i wanted to say this .

but , you said it

i parrot --all are wrong

never can any human find the ultimate

he gets checkmated

he gets limited, tho uninhibited,

by his inability, of perception,

his comprehension,

safely for our mental health, we can amuse

ourselves with a muse

that none is right

and ourselves try to find the unexplored

to the best of our ability,

not relying on any one , ignorant or enlightened

the ground is open and vast ,fortunately, for my solo play

and i continue my play

there is no end , i mold my dolls with my clay

You must care about the truth.

----how much truth ?

tell me your truth ,

i shall check with mine and take care to update

there is no final date at any rate

Be skeptical.

-----yes, that is why i went to guru,

found out , what is truth,

with my direct, experience,

authentifying my gurus version of truth

In the scientific line of work, they're called hypotheses,

not inspiration and not revelation.

----unless they are inspired, enthused, excited,

they cannot reach and perceive the revelations of

their logic, their rationality , their research, their investigation

it is just being prosaic, cold , alert, open, no illusions , no delusions,

that is how illumination dawns

but some flow in to poetry

allegory, imagery, idolatry, bigotry,

superstition, sentiment, belief faith,

getting shadowed under .

one must shrug off

some are fast

some are fastidious

some are slow

some slovenly

all to give best lesson

we to take the best message

and forget the idiom and medium of lesson

pick the grain, from chaff

Most of the religious prophecies are vague,

ambiguous, imprecise, open to fraud.

They admit lots of possible interpretations

-human frailty

ignore with frugality

frailty thy name is human

omnipresent, none is excluded

even vishva mithra

Kele tapasya viswamithra

gele menaka maaghe kuthra

They admit lots of possible interpretations

-------they know more than me if not all,

hence open to all interpretations

or interruption

it's not at all a corruption

Why do scriptures not contain statements like

'A body in motion tends to remain in motion.

-----here i quote William Blake who said

‘What is Grand is necessarily obscure to Weak men.

That which can be made Explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.

The Wisest of the Ancients considered what is not too explicit as the fittest for instruction because it rouses the faculties to act.’

Earth weighs so much

------even this can be no precise

'There are no privileged frames of reference'?

one frame , that is frameless transcendent , is the basis of all privileged not privileged

Faster than light.'

---is the light of transcendent , whose rays are infinitude with intelligence and energy which can travel straight and in all possible curves circles zigzag

Why should God manifest himself in such a debatable way when he can make his presence completely unambiguous?

his presence is completely unambiguous -- to the one who did experience thru gurukripa.

thermodynamics cannot be unambiguous to 8th class boy,

unless he graduates to engg knowledge

Why should God be so clear in the scriptures?

-----because it is written by qualified professors

and can be understood by one similarly qualified

and so obscure in the world?

----in the world not many are qualified hence it is obscure for them

For believers its easy. Anything you don't understand, you attribute to God

----------it's an escape route to the timid ,

not willing to do tapasya and know and thus be bold to know what is really what

God for most is where one sweeps away all the mysteries of the world,

------------for ignorant all is miracle oracle, mystery

for the enlightened it is just mastery

Simply turn you mind off and say God did it.

-----they are helpless children, forgive them ,

they really want to say i do not know

do not have the courage hence find this easy outlet

Thank you , dear friends

my internet and powercut are hand in hand cut throats,

cutting my throat,

cutting my posts

in bits and pieces

yet i lose no peace

in perfect compose

i go on doing my compose

no repose

nor just pose

and all roses to you all

  guru is all

gurur brahma gurur vishnu
gururdevo maheshvaraha
guru sakshaath parabrahma
thasmai shree gurave namaha
how true!
eternal truth
my proof is, i am here
made possible only by guru
i chanced to spot guru, how?
guru spotted me, that is why
who told him to do this?
parabrahma residing in him to
so a friend, very casually refered the name to me
i went, very casually, heard his first lecture
that 's it
i fell for him
my mind, though not my body fell dandavath before him
his grace, driven by paramathma, flowed, flooded, drenched, drowned me.
i was just a doll his commands i followed most willing,
not commands, his words are cajole, a lallaby, a loving touch, a call to wake up, a hand helping me to learn walk. talk, work,
things happened, on their own ,
circumstances, allowing, unexpected,
results following unanticipated.
eyes got opened
knowledge started revealing, petal by petal sprouting
the way is illumined, the speed is picked
the goal came nearer.
journey filled with joy
all as per his will
will of god
will of my guru
jai gurudev