STILL LIFE

Some times we come across very interesting moments in life with out even thinking about the same and the following pictures are from there. There are some interesting moments of my life from the temple town of Lord Krishna from Jagganath Puri to Dakshineshwar Temple. From Hills of South India to even pictures from my car, from still life of China to stills of one of the major solar event after centuries in India.

One of very interesting images from the Ooty bar

Rains on the petals of flower in my house...

Krishna watches over me in my car... along with Ganesha, one of the God's who is the one who clears obstacles on the journey of life

One of the rare events in India of Total Solar Eclipse after centuaries and one of the interesting pictures that I have taken

On the banks of Holy River Ganges in Dakshineshwar Temple, one of the most power temple of Kali, Goddess Shakti, Consort of Lord Shiva and the human display of insensitivity of environment

Puri and the traffic, Man Made chaos on the temple town of Lord Krishna where Lord banned even the God of Death Yama to enter in the City

Face Off in Shanghai...

Face on..... Nanjing Shhanghai

Still Life on my car top in Rains...

One of the most interesting pilgrimage I did on Christ's last walk in Gods own country in Kerala

THE READER

I wanted to write about Black Swan and Fooled By Randomness by but then I got busy with my trip to Himalayas of one of the most powerful temples of Shiva, so please excuse me as I am not going to write about those books today. I am on my spritual trip to jageshwar from today and will be back only on 7th June for a day and then I am going to my village for another spritual journey and will be back on 16th June.

We will discuss this next to next week.

Hope you will all understand.

Regards

Shashi

Silence, Distance and driven apart.... 3rd Edition

Hi,
Welcome to the third edition of “Shadow Dancing with Mind”.
THE READER: I read one of the most amazing books by Richard Bach, called “Illusions” and it touched me so deeply that I am a changed man now ( I am sure its positive as now more people believe me when I say spirituality is a state of mind). I must thank a very close friend of mine to guide me to this one book and I am sure that all of you will get inspired by what he said and remember in your day to day life. Here are some of the thoughts that are amazingly beautiful and inspiring.

INSPIRED STREET: Some times, the fate guides you to some of the most inspiring thoughts, most inspiring moments, most exhilarating times… and yesterday in the home theater section of JBL, where me and my brother went, I came across an amazing singer – Andrea Bocelli, supposed to be the best selling classical singer in the world.

WHISPERS: Some of interesting verses of love and life

STILL LIFE: Some of the interesting images of Sadhu’s, Saints and monks that I have come across while travelling in the search of spirituality. “Click here to read it”

YOGI BABA – A STORY UNTOLD: The starting paragraph of chapter FOUR of a story in the making - "Yogi Baba" being written by a friend.

NEXT WEEK:
The reader:  I am planning on discussing "hit" by something that was not supposed to be or being made a fool by vagaries of life.
Inspired street : An interesting personality from Spritual realm.
Whispers will touch upon being away and lonely, of love and yearning.
Still Life is a dynamic page, I will not be knowing what I am going to put up, so please enjoy the surprise.
Yogi Baba: I just dont know what its going to be as its developing even as we speak.

Hope you like this edition of Shadow Dancing with Mind; look forward to seeing your comment this week too. I really appreciate when you write to me or leave me comments here. It gets me going, week by week. Please feel free to ask your friends to join in to have something creative and spiritual to look forward to every week.

Om Namah Shivaya
Shashi

THE READER

"Illusions - The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah" by Richard Bach - 1977
Richard David Bach (born 23 June 1936) is an American writer. He is widely known as the author of the hugely popular 1970s best-sellers Jonathan Livingston Seagull (This broke the record of sales of Gone with the Wind), Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, and others. His books espouse his philosophy that our apparent physical limits and mortality are merely appearance.

Below are some of the quotes from the Hand Book of Messiah and hope you will all enjoy reading the book "Illusions" as much as I did.
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Perspective - Use It or Lose It. If you turned to this page, you're forgetting that what is going on around you is not reality. Think about that.

Remember where you came from, where you're going, and why you created the mess you got yourself into in the first place.

You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self. Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.

You're always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, and teachers.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a false messiah.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

The simplest questions are the most profound.
Where were you born?
Where is your home?
Where are you going?
What are you doing?
Think about these once in awhile, and watch your answers change.


Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.

Imagine the universe beautiful and just and perfect.
Then be sure of one thing:
The Is has imagined it quite a bit better than you have.
The original sin is to limit the Is. Don't.

A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed, it feels an impulsion....this is the place to go now.
But the sky knows the reason and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons.

You are never given a wish without being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours.

If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats.

The world is your exercise-book, the pages on which you do your sums.
It is not reality, although you can express reality there if you wish. You are also free to write nonsense, or lies, or to tear the pages.

Every person, all the events of your life, are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

In order to live free and happily, you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.

The best way to avoid responsibility is to say, "I've got responsibilities."

The truth you speak has no past and no future. It is, and that's all it needs to be.

Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.

Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.
And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.

You're going to die a horrible death, remember. It's all good training, and you'll enjoy it more if you keep the facts in mind.
Take your dying with some seriousness, however. Laughing on the way to your execution it not generally understood by less advanced life forms, and they'll call you crazy.

Everything above may be wrong!
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- By Richard Bach