Revisiting Robert Frost's 'The Road not taken'

 

We all grew up reading 'The Road Not Taken' by the famous Poet, Robert Frost, though at the time of learning it most of us really never understood the depth of it.

There were two roads in the woods. Both of them looked fair enough but the poet made a decision to chose one over the other. After a lot of thinking, he took the road that appeared to be better....And yes that lead further to the other roads. Mid-way he felt whether he should go back to take the other road.... but...  The unending journey definitely consumed years.

we too make decisions thinking, that perhaps it is the best. The choices though made by us are laid down by life in front of us. We make the choice that we feel is the best for future but the choice is made based on the life situations in hand at the very moment. Yet man is not satisfied... and is still stuck with the ifs and buts.... well at this stage of life when I look back, life is beautiful when we realize that we made it. Its beauty lies in its minute perfections and minute imperfections that make it uniquely different from another life.

The Rainbow festival 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈

The Rainbow Festival Or The festival of Colours 

Yes, The famous Indian festival Holi... is the festival of Colours... I'd like to call it the 'Rainbow festival'

Just like the many festivals celebrated in India, Holi too has cultural, mythological as well as a spiritual Significance. White is considered as the symbol of purity. THE WHITE LIGHT BREAKS UP INTO A SPECTRUM OF WAVELENGTHS OR RATHER PUT IT THIS WAY... IT IS A COMBINATION OF MANY VARIED COLOURS EACH WITH ITS OWN WAVELENGTH AND FREQUENCY..... JUST LIKE THE HUMAN BEINGS, THEIR EMOTIONS, THEIR LIFE SITUATIONS AND RELATIONS.

Holi is yet another indian festival of harvest and colours.  The harvesting in different regions of india occurs at different time phases of year..due to the regionally differing indian climate. Holi marks the end of winter almost completely in North India. Indians joyfully celebrate with colours such that the day appears to be painted with a rainbow of colours.

 Why play with colours? .... The play with colours is a mere significance that has been long lost... the colours signify the different phases and emotions of life and man. Playing and enjoying the colours on Holi  signifies that one must accept, balance and enjoy all the colours of life equally... It has a more spiritual significance which is- balance of life is more important than enjoying the more merrier phases or colours of life. Life is a bundle, a package and a colourful rainbow. Each colour gives significance to the other and each shade does the same, without either, neither of the various colours have any existence or meaning. It symbolises that the one who joyfully accepts and embraces the various moments of life without resisting, is the one who truly lives or exists. it is the victory of happiness and bliss over the evils of sorrow and sadness.

In the olden times more natural colours were used but with advancing age of chemicals and techology man has tended more for artificial means of making not just colours but many more things.

Colours, so many with shades so varied,

To chose just one is a difficult task indeed!

To Colour any of your day,

Be it ordinary or a special day.

I would say,

Chose not just one

But all the shades that glitter under the sun.

Though some may be dark and others sober,

Though each one is different from the other...

yet the balance all together.

Just like a Beautiful RAINBOW 

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The World in and as the Mirror

Today I want to share my poem written about 22 years ago... somehow never put it up in the blog earlier.

I looked into the mirror and smiled at it,

I could see a world with many bright things in it.

The people were so simple and very neat'

All spoke politely and were so sweet.

The evergreen trees were so high,

To reach the clear, bright sky.

Indeed the azure was calm

And the vast oceans beneath were warm.

The leaves shone under the sunlight

And the blossoms added to their delight.

It was a world so pretty and bright, 

Free from all malice and fight.

A bliss none could deny.

I again looked into the mirror and frowned at it.

I could now see a whole new world in it.

The people looked so different.

Their attitude was so distant.

Their sweetness had faded. 

An emptiness had evaded.

Each one looked down upon the other

With ego and dis-honor

Each one complained of the world's ill-manner.

Yet forgot they made the world and its flavor.

Ah! What a pity,

The world was neither bright nor pretty.

It was a world full of lust, pride and jealousy.

A tear rolled down my from my eye.

Now a vague image started to appear

In the same mirror

It was me, only me

I could now clearly see

There was no world,

There were no people

It was only my smile, 

It was only my frown,

That brightened my world and also brought it down.

I laughed at myself

As it was only me in the mirror all the while.

 

 

The line that was longer than mine

hey all, 

It has been a while, that I felt like writing something.. probably lost myself, lost my thoughts... life definitely brings us back to them. 

As a child I grew up hearing... whenever you are sad or upset about something, always draw your troubles as a line and look for someone with a longer line.. or rather more troubles. Life gives us many opportunities to grow, live, care and share.... we all lose... losses are again of different kinds.... 

Yet, we look at the world from only a single perspective of our eyes... just take time to single out and sit in the midst of your family, friends, office, acquaintances or even strangers, your country ... just watch them, try to know them and observe... then just close your eyes and weigh all their troubles against yours.... the world suddenly seems huge but again your world seems to be a tiny speck... draw lines, the length of each line would be based on different issues.... we suddenly realize that the world is and people are reeling from far bigger ,also unknown and unheard troubles.... You might realize that against their lines ,,  yours might be smaller, or may be it is just a dot or you haven't even started drawing.

Yes all of us are in problems, probably because we are looking at them.... but just draw your line of troubles against someone else's line of troubles... I bet each of us would end up with smaller lines.... 

.... The line .....that was longer than mine....

tit bits

Every dwelling Self in this world is worthy in its own way... but the moment one gets mesmerized with this worth... the self is lost

Never Use Trust To Misuse It

Change is an Inevitable Reality, Whether it is For Good or Otherwise is determined by its reception.

Perfection in Life is a Balance..... Balance the Facts to Perfect the act

Never Complain of the Path that Leads to your destination.... Coz... Paths are not made out convenience but they are carved out of Perseverence

Every event in life has a time and place....
work towards it....and... let the time place the event at its own pace

We live with  Hope.... a hope that tomorrow will be better.... Let us Live with a Contentment ..... A contentment that needs No Tomorrow

Silently the Silence crept in.... it seemed to be more sane than any noise

Don't Cocoon me inside your Desires, Ambitions and Expectations., I exist with you always........... always your HAPPINESS

Let them

Thoughts …. Rumbling through… tumbling through…

over and over… over each other
….just like the waves.

Thoughts…. wondering about…wandering about…. 

Over and over… all around each other
…. Just like the wind.

Thoughts….. trickling through …. peeping through……….. 

playing around the clouds…
....just like the sun rays.

Let them flow, for they are meant to flow.
Let them blow, for they are meant to blow.
Let them glow, for they are meant to glow.

let them, just let them and enjoy the bliss.

Fixing everything

Today morning my son asked me ' amma does jai hanuman fix everything', I smiled at him and said... if you try he will definitely fix everything.... but really true.. in this space of time and life... everything is actually fixed as it is... in its own unique way... whatever we name it as good or bad, right or wrong, probably, it is just us trying to change the fixed.... really to fix it??...this was my food for thought today... as a mother I am reliving every bit of life again in a changed new way... with a changed new understanding... as I always say.... my little mentor is my great mentor. 

Change

change is a caterpillar turning into a butterfly
change is going on to be more colourful
change is creation of a new life
change is the birth of a new generation
not that something new is a change but change is always new...
change is always a refreshment be it outside or within one
change is a beauty that compares to no-one
change is a cycle that accepts to repeat itself
change is an acceptance that makes life more simple
change is simply the most magnificent
change is a smile with a new meaning
change is an innocence that wins everyone
change is a wisdom that is so powerful
change is a pace that races none
.......an inevitable permanence 

recreating science needs understanding of its core knowledge, understanding science needs wisdom,.... what is science; it is everything

life is beautiful because we do not live the same moment every moment... the rhythm of its musical notes play high and low to glow up the show. live it, love it and be one with it to make it simply a bliss.

Varna...Casteism ..a prejudice or a stratification based on skill, talent and occupation

Hi, The topic of my writing today is caste system.... being an indian and a hindu..i will discuss and give my opinion and understanding about the caste system in hinduism which is more aptly described as the 'Varna'. Varna is actually a theoretical classification based on occupation. This term Varna  later in the 1900 was overlapped  with the word Jati. Jati is a caste or a community or a sub-community. Each community was recognised by a particular skill that was mastered by its people and those group of people belonged to one 'Jati'. Varna and jati are two sanskrit words.

Ancient Hindu literature classified all humankind, and all created beings, in principle into four varnas;

• the Brahmins: priests, teachers and preachers.
• the Kshatriyas: kings, governors, warriors and soldiers.
• the Vaishyas: cattle herders, agriculturists, artisans and merchants.
• the Shudras: labourers and service providers.

if we try to understand why and on what basis  these Varnas were created, it is found that they are closely related to the skill/talent, the knowhow and the ability of the people to live, survive and work in a particular community. it is a well known fact that while some people are masters of intellect, they may be average in valor. whilst the brave ones may be poor is trading. Some people of the community may be good care givers. All these different capabilities of different people are because of the diverse attitude and natures possessed or adapted by them. 

The social stratification was purely created to provide a smooth functioning of the society that was at the same time efficient. A person who was wise, intellectual and who could motivate the good in a society was a brahmin. The person who was brave, courageous and able to protect the community and lead a clan was the kshatriya. The vaishya was the clever man who could trade well and help in the economic upbringing of the society, and finally the care givers or the ones with the immense ability to provide service to the needs of others in the society were the shudras. So, now we can assign or classify the present day different professions and occupations under these four classes.

The origin of Varnas or caste was never a prejudice, Though with ages people have  brought in their own hierarchy and biasing based on these various classes or groups. 

All these Varnas are essential for the harmonious functioning of life and all of them do exist in every individual as one's inherent nature. we need to develop our own conscience to try to master all these Varnas for a better life.

' Varna' is a sanskrit term that means color.... or appearance... in depth it relates to the color of the aura of an individual.

Be a brahmin who has the wisdom to decipher the right from the wrong and spread positivity around. Be a Kshatriya by being brave enough to face the world and protect the good that dwells. Be the clever vaishya who knows how to make a living. Be a shudra who sees no boundaries when someone needs help and service.

colours of nature

A person who cannot decipher a fact on presentation will not be able to accept any answers. The "why" will be left thirsty.it has to be explained to the self.

when a solution becomes a resolved liberation

As we all move up on the ladder of life we face situational dilemmas at each step........... things turn out sometimes positively, according to our needs and wants or at other times they take the other route.....or as we say, it all went wrong. Yet, we fail to understand that whatever,... the issue is resolved and the result is declared..and this simple solution actually relieves us.

waiting for the result is like a bondage that obstructs us from stepping onto the next step of the ladder. Once we know the decision we are free and relieved to move ahead onto the next goal. it is only when we regret and carry over the reminiscences of the previous solutions, we either feel great or lost. we tend to compare the previous gains or losses with the ongoing...ultimately losing focus on the objective/path of life. the moment we keep our options open and embrace the pattern of life..we are free and liberated and all the solutions and results further liberate our thought dimensions. The steps of the ladder in life have to be completed but when they are done with a liberated thought, physical and material bondages (gain and loss) are of no consequence.

life has a reason for living it............ but if one lives life for a reason or a season.... the reason will itself be lost