My daily Blog Feb 9,2024

 There is a hell lot of difference in 'Family' and 'A bunch of Relatives'.. 

There is a Hell lot of difference in 'known familiar faces' and 'friends'

Jai Gurudev,

Mukta

My Daily Blog Feb 4, 2024

In a summer, my sister visited Konkan and she got us mangoes. A whole box. We were supposed to open the box in 3 days so that all mangoes have ripened well. She obviously got an expensive one for us. 

So, we opened it in 3 days. And not a single mango was good enough to eat. It was all good to look at but you squeeze it or cut it to eat and hell!! They were really really bad. Even my sister's family got the same quality. None of us could eat a single mango. We could have got better mangoes in our own respective cities rather than paying the konkan guy paying a higher amount. 

Konkan people are really sweet if you meet them. Very punctual and honest too. My origin is also Konkan. Our ancestors lived there some 3 generations ago. 

But that time, I realized that we really preserve some people, some relations as our own. Our friends and our relatives. We admire them like precious gems.

But when the time comes, they all show up as rotten mangoes. Really full of bad worms and smelly. You have trouble in even throwing them out of your lives/ homes. 

What to do... don't worry!! There are so many resources where you get really good quality mangoes. Truly Unexpected resources! And unbelievable support .. sometimes the most ignored ones turn out to be real ones.

Manage / arrange and enjoy the life!

Jai Gurudev,

Mukta

 

My Daily Blog Jan 28, 2024

Today I was not well. I could hardly stand. I still cooked palak paneer and rice and chapati for family. My kid loves Spinach. She should be eating more fruits and veggies. She eats only strawberry. And oranges once in a while. 

My husband also demands only potato most of the times. He eats a apple slice. Not even a whole apple.

He should eat all kinds of fruits. But convincing him is a big task.

When I got my first salary, my mother had warned me that I must spend enough on fruits. She said the same when I was getting married. We both should spend enough on fruits. What a Mother she is ! 

Just too perfect as a woman. One of the finest you will see on this planet. I want to make her proud. 

That would be difficult because it is difficult to impress her. 

Same with my husband. Very difficult to impress. People spent lockdown times in watching web series. He watched all the interviews of all the scholars and intelligent people all over the YouTube. And also interviews of all great artists and sports persons. 

If you ask him the name of a singer, he will tell you the singer name as well as who played the tabla, the flute and the keyboard also. His hostel friends would tease him if he knew the spot boys name also. 

It keeps me grounded to have these two in my life.  

Jai Gurudev, 

Mukta

My Daily Blog Jan 20, 2024

 Today I was thinking about a scene in Ramanand Sagar's  Ramayana. 

Lakshman and Bharat are teasing Ram. They are in Janakpuri/ Mithila as Ram broke the Pinaka Bow and Seeta is now supposed to marry him. 

Lakshman tells Bharat that Ram had totally lost his heart after he saw Seeta in the Garden. He could not sleep well. Both Seeta and Ram had already fallen in love before the Swayamvara took place.

Ram says wonderful lines. He says - The way we can't chose our relatives like brothers, sisters, your kids or friends; they are chosen & bestowed by destiny, same way the the better half is also chosen for us by destiny only. So, when your heart recognizes someone, just surrender to that moment of love and leave the rest to the destiny. 

Such simplicity! So much of Sahaj Bhaav..(No Feverishness, effortless stressfree behavior)

On the other side, Seeta knows the condition her father has put. She cannot even pray that she wants Ram as her husband. So she just says "You know what is in my heart and what the situation is. So, I won't put it in words. YOU KNOW." 

They both stay in their limits. Ram practices surrender and so does Seeta.

If you don't fall in love at first sight, what is the point...

In fact, I would says- if you can't recognize someone in the very first glance, or if that person can't recognize you in the first glance, what's the point of dating multiple times... 

Jai Gurudev

Mukta