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Dec 21, 2016

THOUGHTS THIS WEEK: Silence and the space between thoughts

“We live our life in the steps, not at the end. When the time is right, we will find our space in universal design. That space is the reality of our consciousness; rest is layers upon layers of memories, desires, and insecurities of mind. The problem is that within these layers, we lose the sense of our purpose and drift along like the clouds in the sky, inadvertently bringing rain or sunshine in our lives. But if we dive deeper into the awareness of our being, we will find the true purpose of our living.” says the Monk in “Songs of the Mist


All my loneliness
Is nothing but flowering
Silence of being

And within these layers is that one layer, the space between thoughts, the meditative silence where we can regain our balance, our purpose and live whole some life. A life of an awareness that give us an anchor which will stop us from drifting away.




In reality, the life is lived not in memories but in the moment that is passing by, in the work that you are doing, or in the thoughts that you are thinking. If we learn to live in those moments with a silence that is eternal, we can be forever alive.


Bamboo shoot in deep
Embrace; Echoes of silence
Caressing dew drops

And a deep stillness is attained in the end, just before another journey begins. The stillness of being at the precipice of another fall or at another endless beginning, our nature itself becomes the seed for another tree or another river to burst forth. In this creative surge coming from the depths of eternal silence, is the key to our happiness.


Happiness is not a function of wealth or possessions but the ability to love all that is around us and knowing that we are loved through our creation. Yes, every one is loved by some one, somewhere... As the seeds of  our meditative silence between thoughts, actions and creativity, creates new life, new idea or new beginning. It all burst forth through our own silent self... 


Eternal bliss
In the depths of inner being
Flowers of our soul

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Shashi 
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya


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Apr 16, 2015

34th Edition of Shadow Dancing With Mind

In fifth year of blogging, this is the first edition in the year 2015 and 34th in the series of compilations of my travels, thoughts, haiku, books and happenings around the town. It’s been a fulfilling journey with my blog being awarded the top Indian blogger last year in Spirituality section as well as so many people have followed the blog with hit count of more than 400K. So thank you for continuing to like what I write and share with every one. Hope this edition gives you as much pleasure as it gives me to revisit these pages.

BOOK CLUB READING:

A book about self obsessed child, Helen who is not able to look beyond her own nose to see what's happening around her and still able to hold on her own, when her mainstay of the life, Grand Mother dies. In the small cottage she comes to live with her relative Flora, while her father is working elsewhere... This is a story about her summer days with Flora, who is quite unassuming and her coming of age.


VILLAGE DIARY:
A Travel and spiritual account from my ancestral village…

An amazing celebrations of Ram Navami with the Bhagwat Paath, I am back in Chennai after a week of rituals, story telling, meditation and mantra chanting but still the hangover continues..


PART II: The other side
Here is what I have captured of the other side of the beautiful and lovely village life in my recent trip to our ancestral home - a village called Godriya, in Kushinagar, where Lord Buddha attained Nirvana.


HINDU LIT FOR LIFE

An Annual Literary event in Chennai
The Hindu has been doing a great service to the literarily inclined Chennaites for last five years and each year has seen it grow in its stature and quality.

- Day 1: A Walk Among the Galaxy of Stars


- Day 2 and 3: And the winner is...



HAIKU MASTER SERIES - Sōchō& Sōgi
A series on discussing Haiku Masters and their poetry


THOUGHTS THIS WEEK:

A week contains full 168 hours of action, divide that into predefined activities according to your nature as well as your need and then, if you can act accordingly, you can transform yourself into achieving any thing and any kind of success. 


Arriving temporarily from Delhi, in the year 1994, in a sleepy town and then having stayed back to create a life around work and business, I have seen the city grow and I find that it is still, in it’s soul, a traditional city.


GOOGLE PLUS 10K CLUB, 3.7 Million Views & 400K hits
Being a common man, with some common ideas, thoughts and things to share, it's a pleasure to see that there are so many people want to read what I write; share my passion and travel with me through various images, photographs and my words.


Hope you have liked this edition of my Shadow Dancing With Mind. Please do let me know if you have any thoughts, queries and suggestions. You can also connect with me at the following coordinates…

Twitter: VerseEveryDay

Google Plus: Shashi S

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Shashi 
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya

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Dec 3, 2013

30th Edition of Shadow Dancing With Mind - A Great Year for Blogging

WELCOME TO THE 30TH EDITION OF SHADOW DANCING WITH MIND

This is probably going to be the last Edition of Shadow Dancing with Mind of the year
2013. Its been a wonderful blogging journey… won the award for TOP INDIAN BLOGGER hit another milestone of 300K hits at my blog… got an offer to write a book about blogging to be distributed across India through Landmark Book stores… feels good but personally I have learned a lot… blogging made me a better person, I guess as it lead me to introspect every now and then about things that I was doing at the time and working towards the things still stuck in future. But yes its been a great journey Friends and thank you all for being with me sharing my joy, reading my thoughts and Haiku … hope my blogposts have helped you some how as it always does for me…

SO HERE IS ANOTHER EDITION FOR YOU TO READ AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU LIKE IT… CHEERS!!!

After many years, I started reading Tao Te Ching (the translation by R B Blakney) again and
realize again that the real great books always gives deeper insight, every time you read it. The book “Tao Te Ching” by Lao Tzu is the most translated book in the world after Bible and reading these books, actually can transport one to the ancient times and align with the thought processes that started thousands of years back and still survive the test of living mankind’s journey across time. To understand the early history of human lives and its meaning, the old books are far better than the archeological remains. Just like the Veda’s for Hindus, perhaps to know more about those ancient civilization, books like “Tao Te Ching” gives a better perspective and insight.


Why 85% of the 3rd generation of Successful Family Businesses, are not able to hold on to their lead in wealth creation and in some cases completely fade out? Why the Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi is not a permanent occupant of most of the Family Business establishments?


NEWS: SPIRITUAL HAIKU CONTEST 2013 WINNERS - Sponsored by Paras Dharma Ashram
...for winning All Expense Paid Spiritual Retreat in Rishikesh (Himalaya) in Spiritual Haiku Contest 2013  Click here to know more about it...



STILL LIFE:
Recently one of my friends asked me, which temple I visit to meditate and practice sadhana and I said, "You don't need a temple, just sit down any where on the banks of Holy River Ganges, you will find peace". And I believe it so... as many of the Rishi, Saints and Sadhu's have been doing Tapasya in and around this place for thousands of years and the Ganges has been the source of their energy...


It was a real pleasure to meet interesting people in my meeting with Chennai Bloggers Club members and tried to capture some of those moments... Here it is ... I hope you will enjoy it...




This section is about sharing thoughts and some of the Haiku that have had me thinking… hope you will like it…


Hope you will enjoy this edition... look forward to your comments and visit to the next Edition... please click on the “Join this Site” button on the right hand side top corner to follow my posts on this blog... I will be grateful.
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Shashi
नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
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