https://youtu.be/ygFfFk5gw3w

And here’s one for when you start to come out of it and life begins to feel good again…

https://youtu.be/fRF6UhzfBrY?list=PLyA01nZTKfxdNA6U-gGt1ItKMUWrRxNVf

Yes.

The big Sannyas lie is that we are all, should be blissfully happy all the time. Sannyas is life. Highs and lows:)”

Why not? We can talk about that, Arpana.

Frankly, to me, coming to Poona, investing/ gambling all that I had into Sannyas (myself) was the only option worth living for. I am glad that I didn’t compromise on that and didn’t get entangled in any other games.

Of course, never did I ever imagine the rollercoaster ride -would be possible if I had to live a so-called normal life. Now I wonder if Bliss has always been a bait used by the wise to entice the otherwise!

And can we integrate this? Without falling back into old habits and patterns, which are performed as easy, as easy can be, especially on the virtual (anonymous) plane? Are we able to, Friends?

If YES, I would call that a miracle, worth that name, and then, even in the virtual, an inner-outer ´Kirtan’ would have proved it´s very ordinary-extraordinary, spiritual ancient-wisdom-strengths. (Although ancient Wisdom does not need any proof, does it?).

I have been touched deeply in and in-between the lines to read and don´t get me wrong, please, as there is so much echo in my heart.

Within love to that tiny little spot here called ´caravanserai’ and its visitors and contributors.

Rainy cool Saturday
Gentle the Winds
Making music with the fresh leaves in bushes and trees
They´ve got stronger by now since they came out
For another turn of the wheels of Nature
Jasmin and rose blossoms wait for the sun to release its fragrances
Tonight fires are lit
People celebrating the turn of the wheel of Nature
(not Eddington, Tan, but Light is also involved in the celebration as a symbol also for becoming and disappearing and coming again).

On and on, we go…(remember this song?).

I love many of the old songs. Very much so. There are still tingling my heart.

Madhu

It’s a really odd thing that we’re now seeing people saying “write down 3 things that made you happy today before you go to sleep”, and “cheer up” and “happiness is our birthright” and so on. We’re kind of teaching our kids that happiness is the default position – it’s rubbish. Wholeness is what we ought to be striving for and part of that is sadness, disappointment, frustration, failure; all of those things which make us who we are.

Happiness and victory and fulfilment are nice little things that also happen to us, but they don’t teach us much. Everyone says we grow through pain and then as soon as they experience pain they say “Quick! Move on! Cheer up!”

I’d like just for a year to have a moratorium on the word ‘happiness’ and to replace it with the word ‘wholeness’. Ask yourself “is this contributing to my wholeness?” and if you’re having a bad day, it is.”

Hugh Mackay.

The big Sannyas lie is that we are all, should be blissfully happy all the time. Sannyas is life. Highs and lows:)