अभिव्यक्तियाँ

अभिव्यक्तियाँ 
Expression of emotions

i) तुम  नूर  थे  इस  जहाँ  का 

की  आशियाना  संजोया  था,

पास  तुम  इस  कदर  आये,

की  भुला  राह  पाया  था I

You were the charm(/beauty) of this world
for which I had built a castle.

You came so close to me
that I found my way which I had lost.

ii)मुशाफिर  वक़्त  का  रस्ता ना  देख, 

आगे  बढ़ रोड़ा  रोंदा  जायेगा, 

तेरा  ना  कोई  मंजिल  तू  आगे  बढ़ता  जा 

दूरियां कम होंगी फांसले घटते रहेंगे II

O traveller, do not wait for the time

move forward, u can overcome the impediments.
you do not have a destination, keep moving forward
distance will decrease, miles will be covered.

iii) जुबाँ पे नाम न ला पाए

साँसों में खुसबू छुपा लिए

आँखों से खबर न होने दिए

नादान न थे दिल बात समझ न पाए!!

Thinking, Fast and Slow- Review Published in Live

How often we predict human perceptions fitting particular trait to a person. If anyone wears a Gandhi cap we guess he must be a politician, a thin uncouth person with dhoti and kurta as a farmer. But, we miss an important point of statistics. Have you ever thought how many people who are not politicians wear Gandhi cap and what about people who are not farmers who wear dhoti and kurta. It is our fast thinking we have made a mental construct and we try to fit models to it. There is another way of thinking which is slow and we are often reluctant to use it because it takes time and effort to use it. World renowned psychologist Dr. Daniel Kahneman takes us into a deep journey to discover these two processes of thinking.

In the past our teachers have suggested many a times to write answers in the examination. You should write your best answers in the beginning and make minimum mistakes in the beginning, this creates a halo effect in the mind of the examiner and you end up getting better marks. Often, you might have made right efforts but failed to obtain satisfactory result. This might be due to the fact in the end you were not able to present your work. In the books he has elaborated on how thinking is anchored to a particular anchor makes your decision biased. He has given the example of an experiment done in a supermarket where they gave discount to for a limited number of products one day whereas next day they gave discount on unlimited product.  The number of products bought by customers decreased to half.  We seldom spend a lot on luxurious items without thinking how much less we are going to use. But our emotional intuitiveness blocks us from slow thinking and we have to pay heavy price for the ephemeral luxury.  The author explains beautifully how often our causes elude the statistics favoring an event.

Our life is the result of the choices we make. Whether it may be a game of cards we try to averse the losses. If we have two options, where in one we have a chance of 10 to 90 of winning a million but if we lose have to pay fifty thousand and on the other hand there is option of 90 to 10 of winning a lakh and losing five thousands. Rarely we will take the risk and go for the first option. It is the loss which hurt us the most. We try to minimize our risk. That is why plan our work and set a reference goal based on the past results.

You will find lot of companies offer life insurance cover. Benefit for this is that they pay a minimum interest on premium. People readily agree to conditions because they have vivid picture of rare accidents that might occur to them. Often a disaster occurs to a place and we try to keep away from the place. Though there is very less chance that the disaster will occur again to that place. Rare events are so compelling that we try to avoid them. Often, people take up policies which have minimum risk, though these may not be productive but these save them from the possible loses that may occur if they take the risk.

Overall the author has summed up all his knowledge garnered by his experiences which arouses inquisitiveness to know more about social thinking and to find out frames and realities of life. Sometimes you may think how confined your thinking was. It is always good to decide slow, thinking about all the possible solutions and choosing the best solution. Human psychology is based on reference points. It is you who has to deliberate on your decisions to be happy ever-after. This book helps you to envisage your thinking abilities and elaborates the beauty of deliberate thinking.

   Courtesy: Live Magazine  

एक एहसास हो तुम

एक  एहसास  हो तुम

इनायत  करो प्रभा  हो  तुम 

मुस्कुरा  दो  तस्वीर  हो  तुम 
रौशन रहो दीया हो  तुम 

प्यास  बुझायो  पनघट  हो  तुम I 

कली खिल  जायो भंवरा हूँ मैं 
घूंघट ओढ़ लो लाज  हूँ मैं

इन्द्रधनुष  बन  जयो  कोराकागाज  हूँ  मैं 

बाहों में आ जायो संगम हूँ  मैं I

दीदार  दो  नूर  हो  तुम 

हाँथ  बढायो  मेरी  मीत हो  तुम  II

You are a Beautiful Thought!!

Show kindness, you are the first rays.

Smile heartily, you are the picture.

Spread the light, you are the lamp.

Quench the thirst, you are the oasis.

Bud blossom up, I am the bee.

Put on the veil, I am the honour.

Convert into the rainbow, I am the blank paper.

Embrace me, I am the confluence.

Look towards me, you are the charm.

Give me your hand, you are my soul mate.

Words of wisdom from Srimad Bhagavat Mahapurana

     Gaj (the mighty elephant) prayed to Lord Vishnu with great reverence and as one who was the lord of lords, Lord Vishnu came and saved him from the clutches of Graha (mighty crocodile).  The fight between the two giants had prolonged for thousands of  years. Being devoid of food Gaj was weakening and Graha was slowly pulling Graha in deep waters. Sensing the inevitable danger, Gaj prayed as lord with different names and different forms and as the omnipresent.  The story had been as lucid until you understand the past.  Gaj was a Gandharva who was cursed by Devalke. Gaj was Pandya king Indradhyamn in past life who was very devout follower of Lord Vishnu. He had left his kingdom and was living as hermit. Sage Augastya cursed him to become a Gaj as he had left his duties as a king and as an elephant he had turned stubborn. Ignoring ones duty for self salvation is not the way to pray the God. Gaj might have done something wrong but he had always been devout to the lord that's almighty came to save him.      

 

     Some stories of heard of Mahapuran told by my mother had been my best bed-time stories. These stories have evolved as one of the best guiding light and vivid explanation scenery and character is at its epitome. As an example the description of how a baby develops in the womb is mesmerizing. It suffers with all the misery in the initial months, later it prays to the lord and gains all the knowledge, but ironically when mother gives birth it loses its knowledge and cries. It cries for help from the lord to return the knowledge and give it moksha.  Slowly, as it grows up it get involves into the milieu and forgets to pray to the lord. 

     After being ignored by his father and harsh words from his step-mother Prince Dhruv prayed to Lord Vishnu for six months, Lord Vishnu blessed him that he will rule for long time and after that he would have a prominent position in his palace. There was always a curiosity that how a child of five years could constantly pray lord for continuous six months. Dhruv was not allowed to sit on his father’s lap by the king’s beloved wife. He went crying to his mother who tried to soothe him but finding it tough to pacify she told why you wish to sit on your father’s lap? You should pray to the lord of lords for a place in his lap. Being in deep anguish boy started his journey to meet Lord Vishnu. Sage Narada met him on the way and to help out he elaborated to him the complete outlook of the Lord and that he could always visualize this image and gave him the mantra to repeat. This was the best way child can remember the figure and mantra will help him to concentrate constantly. His prayers were so strong that the lord came and Dhruv saw him as he had imagined while praying. What we think was bliss to Dhruv, was disappointment for him as he thought this was the best way to seek salvation from the cycle of birth and death, but he missed this opportunity due to his anger which pervaded over all other wants.

     One more important tale was of Sage Kapil who explained his mother Devhutani about salvation and how to earn it. His mother asked him that we, humans were so much connected with our environment, how could we renunciate it to attain salvation. The sage explained her as sunrays reflected in the water had nothing to do with properties of the water. Likewise the soul which was in the body had nothing to do with the happiness and sorrow inflicted to the body by the environment as it was formless, does not requite and property less. But when the soul got involved with the properties of environment and  it gained pride, it lost its freedom and peace and moved into cycle of birth and death in different forms.

      The clouds floated by the winds, did not know the power of wind, similarly the living beings were ignorant about the mighty time (or death). Living beings struggled to get objects and lament when they were destroyed by death. Due to different forms, flavor and odor our senses captured different objects in various ways. Similarly there were many ways to attain salvation. These ways could only be understood by person being pious, kind, and humble, did not find fault in others, had friendship with all animals, and did not get affected by material world, peaceful mind and who adored the lord. Present relevance is that we all are infatuated towards materialistic world and have in this way we have forgot the essential qualities which one should have to build a healthy society. 

     In earlier times we read that even god who did something wrong was get punished by pushed being into cycle of birth and death. It was not as if we do everything good but one wrong we could escape from the result. Even the god and great sages had to take birth again and again. Each birth is new opportunity to serve the society; thereby garner virtues and in this way attain moksha/ salvation. It is time we think not only for our well-being but to build of ideal society where nectar of Puranas is ubiquitous.

Reference:

Srimad Bhagavat Mahapurana ( Pardham Khand) Geeta Press, Gorakhpur