Prayer....

Jesus says if you go to the temple to pray and you remember that you have hurt somebody, insulted somebody, that you are angry at somebody or if you have angered somebody, first go and ask to be forgiven, only then come to pray; otherwise, you will not be able to relate with God. First go and apologize. First clear things.

It happened when Michelangelo was working in the Sistine Chapel... He was making a painting of Jesus. The painting was almost complete – just the last finishing touches – but he was finding those last finishing touches very difficult. Jesus was not coming out Jesus-like; something was missing in Jesus’ face – that softness, that feminineness was not there, that love quality was not there. He tried and tried for days, and then he remembered that he had quarreled with a friend and he was carrying it in himself.

And then he remembered the saying of Jesus, that if you go to pray and you are not feeling good about a friend or a brother, then first go and ask forgiveness. He rushed out of the chapel, went to the friend, asked his forgiveness and told the whole story. ’For days together I have been working, but I cannot bring out Jesus’ face as it should be. Something angry remains in it’ – because something was angry inside him.

If there is anger and hard feeling and you are going to paint, your hands will paint, your painting will represent you, your painting will basically reflect you. And the day he asked forgiveness and was forgiven, he came into a totally different mood. And just a few minutes’ work, and the painting was complete. And it is one of the most beautiful paintings of Jesus. Just a few strokes and the painting came alive and Jesus surfaced, because now Michelangelo’s heart was in tune.

When such experience happend we should be more open to the universe. I cannot copy any of my paintings. I tried sometime, but that never worked. I don't know the color theory or I know nothing, though all painitings just happened. Like I was just a medium and something passed through me. Like electric current passed through the bulb.

Everyone please forgive me for all my deeds, I am not seeing the faults, as everything is happening here. I will keep praying for everyone.....

The Song Unsung

The song that I came to sing remains unsung to this day.

I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument.

The time has not come true, the words have not been rightly set;

only there is the agony of wishing in my heart.

The blossom has not opened; only the wind is sighing by.

I have not seen his face, nor have I listened to his voice;

only I have heard his gentle footsteps from the road before my house.

The livelong day has passed in spreading his seat on the floor;

but the lamp has not been lit and I cannot ask him into my house.

I live in the hope of meeting with him; but this meeting is not yet.

Rabindranath Tagore

A friend came to see Rabindranath when he was about to die, just two days before his death. He said, ”Yours has been a very successful life. There is nothing to worry about or to regret now.” Both of them were friends since their childhood and now both of them were old. He said: ”You can die peacefully. I did not attain anything in this life, I have wasted it so I will not die peacefully. You have sung so many songs!”

Rabindranath has sung six thousand songs. No other poet in this world has sung so many songs. The poet Shelley is very famous in the West but his songs number about three thousand, while Rabindranath’s are six thousand, and all these six thousand songs can be put to music.

The old friend said, ”You were given the Nobel prize; honors have been showered on you, you can die peacefully. Of course I will die without peace but you can thank God while saying goodbye to the world.”

Rabindranath listened to what his friend was saying. Then he said, ”Well, I have not been able to sing the song which I wanted to sing, it is still within me like a seed. These six thousand songs are the unsuccessful efforts to sing that one song. I have tried many times to sing that one song which is in me like a seed but I have failed every time. You may have liked those songs but they are the stories of my failure. My song has not been sung yet. I have not sung it yet, and God has come to take me away. Just now I was tuning my instruments; with great difficulty I was able to tune my sitar. People thought I was singing. No, I was tuning my instruments. Now I have become mature enough, the instruments are ready, my spirit is ready, the moment of singing has come just now, but now it is time to go. Yes, I am complaining to God.”

OSHO

Be aware...

Yesterday while driving, I recall one person and thought he is doing few things wrong. During that thought the car speed increased unconciously and realised that is not my need. Soon came back to normal speed.

Lot of time in a day, we drowned into thoughts, most of our acts are in sleep. Those might hurt others and ourselves too. Specially when we are in thought of not liking. It could be anything somone looks ugly, something we don't like, we start creating negative thoughts. That is changing the energy channel within us. Be aware every moment.

That doesn't matter what other person did or what happened to us. But when we think, 'that is wrong' - we are in negative zone.

We can find different ways to be aware, but most efficient way is breathe.

Life is.....

 

Life is universal phenomena, if somone defines life, then it becomes smaller. Though, the one who is exploring will fine new definition everyday.

Life found like a Costume Party, keep changing clothes, colors, fragrances.......The more you are loaded with gadgets you will be adorable. Person will be accepted with all these gadgets only.

But there is no point to oppose, create chaos and disturb the life. Just be with you, don't expect social attention, do all as mere formalities.

The smallest way to define life..... "Life Is"