Prakash Kumar

Leaving Patna after a gap of 66 days on 8th august . It seems it was one of the longest continuous stay at Patna since 1997  , not even crossed ganga bridge forget about out of the state. The hallmark of this stay will be always remembered for quality and quantity time with amma,beenu and naina and some very close relatives and friends . Heavy rains on some day made water logging in front of house but everything was just fine. Another feature of this stay was regular golf and morning and evening yoga with no non veg food since 30th April. During this period tried to make naina understand lot of things and she started reciprocating and seeing the points . Beenu also started going to yoga classes and liking it . This slow pace of life was only possible due to voluntary sabbatical since 1st July 2016 . Initially I thought that I will back to work from 1st July 2017 but it automatically got extended with good going at Patna . Now like all good phases of life it seems this phase also c...

Silence naturally comes , without any effort due to the ambience and environment but the real challenge is to practice and observe silence on your day to day life of your place of residing. Observe consistently inner silence witnessing all external chaos .

I have vastly observed, seen and witnessed that one human trait which is over supply in human being  is  all pervading great ego.  It has nothing to do with your situation or position or status , it is abundantly available with one and all. Mostly is false ego justified in the name of self respect. Very pathetic and also it is gender neutral , both sexes have enough . If somebody who has gone through the demanding life and reached a position of authority then meekly a bit of ego can be justified. But take a case of person who never qualified for 100 meter run has larger ego than the winner of 100 meter race. It is senseless and creating an artificial ego boundary between friends, family and colleagues. Shedding of ego is very important for social harmony and to end unwanted jealousy.

Bereft of  any meaningful coincidences,lack of synchronicity between mind, body and soul , no spark and never saw  tiny bit of miracle, in absence of all above , life become most ordinary.

Different pulls in different directions for mind , body and soul makes one indecisive. The trios act independently on their own frequency without synchronisation. The task become so tough when the desires of mind , body and soul are at loggerheads. A vicious war starts in the mind to know which one is right and takes one to right path. This duality of right and wrong keeps one confused and ultimately leads to status quo or no decision.this breeds stillness in thought and act. To come out of this stillness would be the first task.

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I set aside many a times valid reason to reach out to my friends, professional colleagues and relation thinking that I need to be humble , understanding ,rise above little things and flexible to understand their side of story or stress which causes them to react like that. But what  I have noticed that due to this they take me granted . I now entered into my final phase of life and many of my own dreams are unfulfilled. I have to now focus more on meeting my unfinished agenda since life is running fast. Comfortably another 15 years are left to sign off .