Devotion, Surrender, Faith

Last week’s speech by Rajan was about Devotion leading to Surrender, Surrender leading to Faith, and Faith leading to Miracles.

Surrender acts the key here. When you begin the day and end the day with an unmistakable, ecstatic cheer – looking forward to the next day, having not-so-lavish plans just in case you actually make through the next day (what?!) – irrespective of what happens in between during the day, you’re actually delegating the responsibility of pushing your day to a higher existential power; there isn’t anything you’d actually interpret as painful, everything’s just going to be a situation. In short, there’s no pain when everything’s the high will and not my will. A tiny bit of doubt is as good as total doubt here – it’s either 0% or 100%.

Such unconditional surrender leads to an exorbitant faith in the possibilities. If the Subject of faith appears all-powerful, this power is actually derived from the power and quality of the faith itself. That’s how God himself derives power – it’s the reflection of the quality of the faith the devotee places upon a selected form factor of the omnipresent existential force. In power, what others call miracles may become ordinary events. History tells us that powerful people are none other than ordinary people with a powerful faith in what they believed to be their vision.

I don’t know how many people really connected to Rajan, but it I’ve learned not to really be result conscious long ago :). In three words, Just do it.

Dashboards for Daily Life

Yesterday, as I kicked off my Activa and started driving from home to office, I noticed a problem almost immediately: the fuel indicator was showing zero. Can’t be, I said to myself, for I knew that I had filled up four litres two days ago, and I’d have moved maximum 15 kms after then – office is so close by. I had to conclude that the indicator was not working. Another thing to fix ASAP, sigh.

What left me thinking was not the issue with indicator, but my absolute dependency on “indications”. I needed to know how much more I can go with my bike, I needed to know how much money is left in my bank, I needed to know how many person days are left in my project’s budget, I needed to track so many things. But for indicators, my life would surely be miserable.

Hey, do I have indicators for the real meaningful aspects of my life? How do I measure how much I’ve progressed towards my next position at work? How do I measure how much I’ve improved in my emotional intelligence? How do I measure how well I’ve learned to react to situations appropriately with instinct? How do I rate how well I talk and connect to my friends? When do I know if I’m ready to mentor a child? How do I measure how far I can go on before feeling the urge to retire?

Guess the real things in life aren’t friendly to numbers and scales.

A nice excuse: Writer’s Block

The writer is back.

Sometimes, it just feels right to stop doing whatever we’ve been doing, and observe the surrounding with a careful eye for lessons. That’s what I was doing.

Time keeps moving ahead, and if I were to delay penning the notes I’ve been gathering for a while, it might all just turn out worthless.

I hope not to take a break this long ever from writing, for I see this wires my intellect to my practice.

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