1. કેવું જીવું છું, કેવું જીવવું છે?

 Topic: હું અત્યારે કેવું જીવન જીવું છું, અને હવે મારે આ જીવન કેવું જીવવું છે.

Discussion Points:

૧. લક્ષ શું છે? આ ભવ પૂરતું કે આગળ નું પણ કંઈ concrete planning છે?

૨. એ લક્ષ પર કામ કેટલું થાય છે અને અત્યાર સુધી measureable progress કેટલું છે?

૩. આગળ શું કરવાની જરૂરત છે? ભોગ અને ભોગવવાના સાધનો પર કાપ મૂકવામાં આવ્યું છે?

૪. ભેગુ કરતા કરતા દોડવું જ છે કે Line દોરવામાં આવી છે? શું મને એવું લાગે છે કે મારી પાસે બધું ખતમ થઈ જશે જો હું દોડવાનું ઓછું કરી નાખું તો? Do I want to die rich?

૫. પરિગ્રહ એટલે શું? અને કેટલા પ્રકારે છે? બાહ્ય અને અંતરંગ પરિગ્રહ ઓછા થઈ રહ્યા છે કે વધી રહ્યા છે? આયુ ના ભોગે સંસાર વધી રહ્યો છે? 

૬. ₹૧૦૦ અથવા ૫૦૦ જેવી નાની રકમ નું નુકસાન થાય, કંઇક નાની મોટી બીમારી આવી જાય, કોઈ કઈં સંભળાવે કે અપમાન કરે ત્યારે કેવી feeling આવે છે? Last year, Last ૫ years and last ૧૦ years ના graph બનાવું તો કંઈ Measureable difference દેખાય છે? ૨૦૨૧ ના end માં કઈ difference દેખાશે?

૭. ₹૧૦૦૦૦૦ નું કે કોઈ પણ રકમ નું easy profit થઈ જાય, કોઈ સારા સાંસારિક સમાચાર મળે, promotion થાય job માં, કોઈ ખૂબ વખાણ કરે, ત્યારે કેવી feeling આવે છે? Last year, Last ૫ years and last ૧૦ years ના graph બનાવું તો કંઈ Measureable difference દેખાય છે? ૨૦૨૧ ના end માં કઈ difference દેખાશે? 

૮. દેહ ત્યાગ થાય ત્યારે, તું અહીં થી શું લઈ જઈ શકીશ? શું મને ખબર નથી કે મારે જેટલું પણ સાંસારિક ભેગુ કર્યું (પૈસા, power, માન, Fame, Image) એ બધું મૂકીને જવાનું છે? અહીં થી જે પણ લઈ જઈ શકાશે એને ભેગુ કરવાં માટે આજે કેટલો સમય આપુ છું, ગઈકાલે કેટલું આપતો હતો અને આવતી કાલે કેટલું આપીશ?

૯. અચાનક આ topic પર discussion કરવા માં આવ્યું, શું ત્યારે મને realize થયું કે ચાલો આ homework કરી જોઉં? Homework ની ફળશ્રુતિ શું? ૩૧ જાન્યુઆરી ના check કરીશ તો શું મારા પરિણામ / ભાવ / જીવન માં સુધારો થયો હશે? શું ૨૦૨૨ માં ફરી મને આ topic પર બોલવાની સંધી મળે તો એમ કહી શકીશ કે હવે મારા જીવન માં ઘણું પરિવર્તન છે, transformation છે, સંસારમાં મારી દોડ ઘણી ઓછી થઈ છે અને અધ્યાત્મમાં મેં વેગ પકડી લીધો છે અને આ જોઈ લ્યો મારો graph જેમાં સ્પષ્ટ દેખાય છે?

૧૦. શું એમ થાય છે કે જીવન એવું જીવવું છે, કે મૃત્યુ સમયે એ ના થાય કે ઘણું મૂકી ને જાઉં છું પણ એમ થાય કે ઘણું લઈ ને જાઉં છું?

1. Signing off 2020...

 Would like to welcome all of us to a very happy and grand 2021 with a set of 12 wishes, hopes and prayers:

 to meet in early part of the year.

 to have a healthier and stronger life.

 to cherish the good times of the current year, thereby forgetting the not-so-good phase(s).

 to make a lot of wonderful memories around.

 to spread the kindness and love.

 to enjoy the nature in all possible forms.

 to consume the peace and bliss showered by the cosmos.

 to love all the living beings eternally.

 to create a soothing environment.

 

 to touch each and every soul with a sense of divinity.

 to experience the existence holistically.

 to connect with the supreme power that is within, around and beyond.

Signing off 2020... Well Almost...

          with loads Love ❤️, Prayers 🙏 & Gratitude 🙌🏻

3. Who was - II?

I shall be back by 9pm, You take care while I am away - Although concerned, Mom was happy as she was gonna have a rendezvous with her sis after long.

My heart jumped with joy and hands reached out to dial her number.

Are you sure it will be safe? - She countered with a sheer hesitation in her voice.

Wow! Finally, I see you. I was holding my excitement since infinity - Feeling on the top of the world, I exclaimed.

I feel excited, yet worried - her statement sounded more like a whisper as she was expressing her concern, while tucked in my arms.

Don't worry babe; it's just you and me for next 5 hours, and may be a little more.

Oh! God...Who must be at...? - She intoned frantically as the doorbell rang.

I'll get that. Meanwhile, please hide yourself in the bedroom - I muttered as I rushed towards the door.

What made you take forever to open the door? - Mom was panting yet she could manage to keep her speech firm.

Bang! - A surreal voice of an object desperate to hit the floor head-on, surfaced from the kitchen.

Reva, What are you doing here? - Mom was flabbergasted.

Mom, Let me explain... - My voice was at the submissive best.

Mom punctuated - Wait a minute. Reva stepped out  of the bedroom.....

Then....

Rasode me kaun tha??

2. कुछ पन्ने...

 कुछ पन्ने पलट कर देखूं अगर,

इतना बुरा नहीं है अब तक का सफर,

हां, दुख ज़रूर है कई मुकाम पर,

लेकिन खुशियों का हिस्सा है ज्यादातर...

फिर भी, भविष्य की चिंता में अक्सर,

मन विचलित सुबह, रात, दोपहर,

आने वाले कल की होती इतनी फिकर,

इस क्षण के आनंद से हटती नज़र...

जो होने वाला है उसकी नहीं है खबर,

उसमे उलझने से क्या होगा मगर,

कुछ हुआ भी तो मिलेगा उत्तर,

हौसला बुलंद तो मालिक बैठा है ऊपर...

ए दिल, आज फिर कुछ ऐसा कर,

हो जाए जिसका सुनहरा असर,

यह समय जाए हस्ते गाते गुज़र,

और याद रह जाए सारी उमर,

कल जब फिरसे...कुछ पन्ने पलट कर देखूं अगर,

लाजवाब लगे यह जीवन का सफर ।।।

1. ख्वाइशों का त्योहार.

।। ख्वाइशों का त्योहार ।।

बीत रहा है जीवन,

कश्मकश है बरकरार,

ख्वाइशों की सूची लंबी,

अंजाम देने को दिल है तैयार...

थोड़ा सा और कमा ले,

दिमाग कहता है लगातार,

पूरी कर लेना इच्छाएं,

पहले संभाल अपना संसार...

समय की सुई भाग रही,

है उसकी तेज़ रफ्तार,

एक दो शौख तो करने दे,

मुझे मुकम्मल मेरे यार...

कमाई हुई लूटा देगा तो,

कैसे चलेगा आगे व्यवहार,

तेरी नादानी की कीमत,

भुगतेगा तू, तेरा परिवार...

तो फिर क्या है बता, 

इस जीवन का सार,

कुचल दूं सब जो दिल कहे,

और ना करूं सपने साकार...

सारा जीवन बाकी है,

क्यों सोच रहा है बेकार,

अभी दुनिया के संग दौड़,

और कर ख्वाबों को फरार...

भाग रहा हूं, सोच रहा हूं,

दिमाग को करके स्वीकार,

यह उम्मीद लिए दिल में,

एक दिन मनाऊंगा... 

...ख्वाइशों का त्योहार।।।

2. Who Was?

 The door-bell was constantly buzzing. I felt I have woken up to a dream, but the sound kept entering the ears while my eyes were wide open. It was 1.30am.

I was all alone at home. Although I rushed to attend, my heart was feeling scared. As my hands reached out to the door handle, I wasn’t sure what should I do – My brain was asking me to open it and the heart was speechless. The brain signal overtook the silence of the heart.

Please take me in. The mob is after my life. They might reach here in the next minute – came the voice.

Before the eye-contact could be established, he entered, shut the door from inside and fell on my feet.

Hey, but, who… what… how… anyway listen, please stand up first – Flabbergasted me could manage to speak this much.

He rushed to the water-bottle, that was just 10 feet way. I am not sure how much of it went inside his mouth but all I could notice is it was all over his already panting face and little on the floor already.

I am so sorry, but you please don’t panic – The person who was dead scared was telling this to me. Irony!

Somehow, I could balance my brains and asked him – Ok tell me, how may I help you?

Before he could tell anything, the ever-melodious door-bell rang and for the second time in last 12 minutes, I realized that soothing door-bell can sound annoyingly noisy when it rings at the wrong time.

They are here. Please hide me – Now he was scared beyond limits.

I said – Go inside the bedroom on your left and I will manage.

At the door with the same feeling, I opened and 3 ppl with sticks in their hand asked me about him.

I responded – Hello, who are you? There is no one here and why have you guys surfaced at this hour and that too in such a dangerous avatar.

I could tell this only after gathering so much of courage in 3 seconds.

They asked me – Are you sure there is no one in the house and you are all alone?

I don’t know what struck me and I happened to convey – My maid is in. Do you want me to fix up a meeting with her?

Let’s go. This guy is crazy – Came another voice.

As they were about to go, a sound of vessel reached out to all the ears that were present.

Who’s that? – asked the first person

The third person advocated me – He just mentioned about the maid. Now, let’s not invest more time else we will not be able to fulfil our purpose.

I exhaled so deeply that it sounded like I was taking off to the space. While rushing towards the kitchen, I screamed – I asked you to hide in the bedroom. Now come out of the kitchen quickly.

He came out from the bedroom and that left me in a bigger shock.

I questioned myself – Rasode me kaun tha?

 

 

 

 

1. Congratulations.

Congratulations Zevar. I am happy for you!

Hey Thanks! Surprised, how did you know?

Mark told me...

Who? And How does he know? It just happened today and hardly 3 people know about it so far.

I mean it is all over the social media about you getting promoted in your work role.

Ah! That! It was a year ago and I am unsure how come it reflected today.

So, what happened today?

I delivered a baby girl..

Aaha! Congratulations for the right reason then!