RANDOM!
Today, I thought to myself; what do I write about?
I was desperate to put down my thoughts, yet I wanted to avoid debating, retrospection or any other form of foolish or un thought topics.
Then I thought about writing about my day. The simple pleasures of life! Things that make me happy.
I've been reading Deepak Chopra's semi- fictional book on the life of Buddha.
The book is pretty enlightening, I thought that the whole concept if Buddhism refers to pure Spirituality. But I see now that it is much, much, much more than that!
The power of meditation and staying in - tune with your inner self and detaching yourself from all earthly possessions & desires. This is all easier said than done. And through this book I see that Buddha did the same. He attained enlightenment not only but sitting under a precious Sal tree always, he challenged Evil, he helped the poor, he meditated, he questioned the teaching of others who seemed to have found their Dharma. He pushed forward to learn more & from different people. And if I look to parallels with the life of Jesus, he too suffered temptations (three to be exact). Even he questioned God's plan for him & was approached with thoughts to turn back to his princely stature and live comfortably. But chose a path that seemed impossible & succeeded.
Well I might not know much after reading this book, but I know I want learn more .
Then this long weekend gave me the chance to escape Bombay's hustle & bustle to come to a rather laid back Pune. I love the weekend that I spend here being with my sister. She's an amazing life partner for me and though I may not say this often, she is literally my savior.
Like yesterday, I was travelling late at night to come to Pune. 'Buddha' the novel kept me engrossed for most of the time. And somehow I deferred sleeping. But surprisingly, when I almost reached Pune I dozed of while reading the book, and only woke when I reached Shivajinagar which was further away from my sister's place (Aundh). I freaked out. Called her (she was asleep too, so she didn't call). And at 12:18am I was alone on a deserted road in the middle of Shivajinagar (no clue about the place or people) and the journey which would usually take her 30mins at normal speed, my sister clocked 15mns. And she was there to pick me up saving me the nerves (I said a whole mystery of our lady in the meantime).
Well so that's that! Pretty eventful start to the weekend. Plus I didn't fall asleep till 7:30am.
Today, I thought to myself; what do I write about?
I was desperate to put down my thoughts, yet I wanted to avoid debating, retrospection or any other form of foolish or un thought topics.
Then I thought about writing about my day. The simple pleasures of life! Things that make me happy.
I've been reading Deepak Chopra's semi- fictional book on the life of Buddha.
The book is pretty enlightening, I thought that the whole concept if Buddhism refers to pure Spirituality. But I see now that it is much, much, much more than that!
The power of meditation and staying in - tune with your inner self and detaching yourself from all earthly possessions & desires. This is all easier said than done. And through this book I see that Buddha did the same. He attained enlightenment not only but sitting under a precious Sal tree always, he challenged Evil, he helped the poor, he meditated, he questioned the teaching of others who seemed to have found their Dharma. He pushed forward to learn more & from different people. And if I look to parallels with the life of Jesus, he too suffered temptations (three to be exact). Even he questioned God's plan for him & was approached with thoughts to turn back to his princely stature and live comfortably. But chose a path that seemed impossible & succeeded.
Well I might not know much after reading this book, but I know I want learn more .
Then this long weekend gave me the chance to escape Bombay's hustle & bustle to come to a rather laid back Pune. I love the weekend that I spend here being with my sister. She's an amazing life partner for me and though I may not say this often, she is literally my savior.
Like yesterday, I was travelling late at night to come to Pune. 'Buddha' the novel kept me engrossed for most of the time. And somehow I deferred sleeping. But surprisingly, when I almost reached Pune I dozed of while reading the book, and only woke when I reached Shivajinagar which was further away from my sister's place (Aundh). I freaked out. Called her (she was asleep too, so she didn't call). And at 12:18am I was alone on a deserted road in the middle of Shivajinagar (no clue about the place or people) and the journey which would usually take her 30mins at normal speed, my sister clocked 15mns. And she was there to pick me up saving me the nerves (I said a whole mystery of our lady in the meantime).
Well so that's that! Pretty eventful start to the weekend. Plus I didn't fall asleep till 7:30am.
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