Why are we so unhappy?

Like me, we all wonder. What has happened to man-kind to be so unhappy? Why is there so much unhappiness all around us? How come our ancestors were a happier lot? They had lesser of everything and yet far more of peace of mind and happiness.

There could be many many reasons for our unhappiness. But one which strikes me the most is lack of self control.

Every religion has prescribed a "way of life" which when practiced helps control our mind, i.e. thoughts and actions.

Prayer, meditation, charity, social service, healthy living by way of yoga, and so much more.....over thousands of years man-kind had devised and evolved tools and techniques which when practiced help live a fulfilling, complete and satisfied existence.

Practicing all this requires discipline. And discipline is what our fore-fathers and ancestors followed. Getting up early at the break of dawn requires sleeping early. which means having an early dinner which means cooking the evening meals early!

Well how's that possible in today's life?

Most people work/commute till late. So they reach home late. When we reach home late, we have a late dinner. When we have a late dinner, it means sleeping late. And when we sleep late, it is but obvious we wake up late........

And this is just one tiny example of how undisciplined lives we are living today.

From morning to night, we are reacting to life. Going with the flow of events. Like a tiny little straw floating in the river. Completely directionless, out of control.

Keep your thoughts disciplined, eat healthy food and maintain a balance in life. Be it in terms of our actions or our desires.

Please think how you can bring about some discipline back into your life.

Man invented the Clock and became a slave to Time!!!!

Time......I have this big grudge against Man made 'Time' or lets say 'Clock' or 'Watch'. It reduces the vast expanse of Universe (which is time less and end less....Anant or eternal as refereed to in Hindu Mythology) into mere Seconds.

God too is Timeless and endless....

Early 19th Century or lets say prior to Industrialization life was so different. People did not have to rush to factories and offices to work. There was leisure...

Past couple of decades there is no escaping. And today we live from Minute to Minute and in some cases even the precision of seconds!

Time has become a knot that gets tighter around us.......strangling us ........We are slaves to Time...

Too much to do and to little Time....so make the most of every second....be as productive as you can.......is the pressure that is building on all of us.......

The more we run our life as per the 'Watch'/'Clock', further we are moving from nature. Sunrise....Sunset....Seasons....everything is a blur......it all passes too quickly. Farmers are the only once who might still be tuned into nature. More so since their life revolves around nature. Sowing, Watering and harvesting, everything is in sync with nature.

In Meditation too I loose my sense of Time......it frees me from the 'Clock'...

Slow down.......give more and more free time to Children.....create some free time for self....Sunrise.....Sunshine.....Seasons.....Lets all get closer to nature. Synchronize ourselves with nature and not with the Man-made 'Clock'....Stop looking at the 'Clock'.....stop penalizing those who don't want to live as per the 'Clock'....

I am practicing freedom from 'Time'/Clock.....

Krishna....my awakening.

He is known by many names. Krishna, Shyam, Madhav, Kaliyamardan, Radheraman, Govind, Gopal, Keshav.....each more beautiful than the other.

Avtar of lord Vishnu, his image is beautiful. Graced with a Peacock feather in his crown and the sweet Murali on his lips. His colour is unique. Shyam varna (Blue). He is the king of kings, Guru of all the guru's. Born to Devaki and Vasudev, raised by Yashodha and Nand. His words are Bhagvad Gita. Love takes on a new meaning with Radha, the Gopika's and Meera bai as his devotees. He is divinity personified in human form.

Krishna is an experience. Not of the body, but of the soul or Atma. As we switch on a light bulb, the darkness stays for some time. Then gradually the light spreads, engulfing everything around it. It illuminates all substance. Things take on a new meaning in this light. Clear and sharp, well defined. Such is Krishna consciousness. It overtakes all our senses. This sweet light spreads inside our being. Oneness with the lord.

Krishna is Vishwatma....Supreme Consciousness!

'Aum Namoh Bhagwatey Vasudevay Namaha'