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Lapping waves of the ocean constantly deposit infinite variety of beautiful sea shells on the beach and the sands of time; where as Humans treading the same beach trash emptied pop bottles and cups.
Lapping waves of the ocean constantly deposit infinite variety of beautiful sea shells on the beach and the sands of time; where as Humans treading the same beach trash emptied pop bottles and cups.
Lapping waves of the ocean constantly deposit infinite variety of beautiful sea shells on the beach and the sands of time; where as Humans treading the same beach trash emptied pop bottles and cups.
During the summer vacation of 1952, I visited Bombay (now
Mumbai) for the first time at the age of 2! "aving #ived the first ten years of chi#dhood in#and in a re#ative#y sma## city of $agda#%ur (District %o%u#ation 5,) in Bastar and #ater in &ag%ur (District %o%u#ation 5,) in Maharashtra , I was genuine#y curious about a #arge metro%o#is #i'e Bombay (%o%u#ation (,,) situated on the edge of the )rabian sea! I stayed in Bombay with my e#der brother, *udha'ar, who was a bache#or at that time and had +ust started his first +ob after graduating from &ag%ur ,niversity! *udha'ar was em%#oyed by "ughes - Davies #ocated in the .ort area of Bombay! "e #ived in a /estern suburb of Bombay ca##ed 0oregaon, which was a one hour commute by #oca# train to the .ort area! 1n every wor'ing day, I accom%anied *udha'ar u% to his office in .ort and then went my own way to e2%#ore the e2%anse and humanity of Bombay which seemed to be throbbing with activity a## day #ong! *ince I had not yet seen and e2%erienced the sea and its beach, I as'ed *udha'ar if there was an uncrowded beach that I cou#d visit after #unch! "e recommended 3ersova beach, which was convenient#y #ocated between .ort and 0oregaon! *o I rode the #oca# train as far as I cou#d and tre''ed the rest of the way to the beach4 reaching there at around two in the afternoon! /hi#e wa#'ing on the beach with #imit#ess curiosity and soa'ing u% a## that I was e2%eriencing, I fe#t the crunchy sand under my na'ed feet, the constant #a%%ing of the waves embracing the beach, the *un and the dee% b#ue s'y ref#ecting through the waters! )bove a##, to my de#ightfu# sur%rise, I noticed a generous s%rin'#ing of co#orfu# *eashe##s a#ong the entire beach! 5oo'ing c#ose#y, each *eashe## seemed to have a thought %rovo'ing beauty of its own! *ince this beach had not yet become the %aradise of 6ourists, the beach was c#ean, serene, and en+oyab#e for the so#itude that I had sought for that afternoon! Disregarding any sense of time, I se#ective#y %ic'ed *eashe##s of a## %ossib#e si7es, sha%es and beautifu# co#ors unti# the *un started to set on the western hori7on against the tran8ui# bac'ground of the )rabian *ea! I %aused to watch the bri##iant co#ors over the hori7on and witness the gradua# setting of the *un! ) few fishermen were returning to shore with their catch on the boats after the day #ong wor'ing tri%! 6he invigorating e2%erience on 3ersova beach com%#emented with the thought %rovo'ing *eashe##s has been %ermanent#y etched in my consciousness4 which is e2%ressing itse#f 92 years #ater in the form of the tit#e for this boo'! ) thought is #i'e a Dewdro% that condenses on a #eaf or a b#ade of grass and embraces the environment in ways unfathomab#e! *imi#ar#y, a beautifu# *eashe## a%%ears on the sandy beach to invigorate and cha##enge our imagination! *uresh M! Deo sureshdeo(2:gmai#!com ; $u#y, 21; 5a%%ing waves of the ocean constant#y de%osit infinite variety of beautifu# sea she##s on the beach and the sands of time4 where as "umans treading the same beach trash em%tied %o% bott#es and cu%s! 6o %rovide an e8ua# o%%ortunity for both se2es, since men have been granted the right to stone a woman to death for committing adu#tery, then women shou#d have an e8ua# right to stone the %artici%ating ma#e %artner to death in the same crime! .irst 0od created Man! 6hen Man created <e#igion and %romised "eaven4 that is when "e## bro'e #oose! ,sing the menta# freedom granted by 0od, Man created )nge#s, "eaven, "e##, Missionaries, Mercenaries, and <obots for %#aying the %o#itics of #ife! 6he most %rofitab#e business in the wor#d is <e#igion, which does not re8uire even %roducing a %roduct and offering warranties, which are honored on#y after the e2%iration date of the faithfu# c#ient! Birds, beasts and other creatures on %#anet =arth behave different#y than humans! 6hey do not have any issue with se2 differentiation or e8ua# rights, sim%#y because they be#ieve in uti#i7ing a natura# %roduct to its ma2imum uti#ity! 6he most %rofitab#e business on %#anet =arth is <e#igion, which har%s on the wea'nesses of humanity and has s%un off a #arge number of anci##ary industries ranging from /ea%ons of Mass Destruction (/MD) to re#igious trin'ets! &orma##y, a she%herd #eads the f#oc' of shee% to greener %astures! "owever, when the f#oc' tries to #ead, chaos reigns! It is on#y a matter of inner e2%erience to rea#i7e that >6he outside universe is identica#, in every res%ect, to the universe that #ies within us?! 5ogic, <eason, and *e#f@)ffirmation have e8ua# bearing in e2%eriencing the 8ua#ity of human #ife! "owever, #ogic and reason do not have the se#f@enriching energy of intros%ective affirmation! Deeds +udge better than words, whi#e *i#ence reinforces it! 6he attitude of co#oni7ing foreign territories and minds is utter#y se#f@defeating sim%#y because, bottom#ess greed is the %redominant factor of that endeavor! .or ever unsatisfied with the bottom#ess %it of greed, the human mind tries to co#oni7e other astra# %#anets under the %rete2t of science stretching its hori7ons of consciousness! 0eogra%hy of an ocean is different than the de%th of its s%iritua# content! 0od and Dog are ManAs two most re#iab#e friends, because when 0od gives bread, the Dog wags its tai# in than'fu#ness! 1nce the 'ite catches the wind and starts soaring higher and higher en+oying the freedom, the on#y restriction for it is the thread of attachment with the 'ite f#yer on the ground! 0od and devi#, ma#e and fema#e, heaven and he##, good and bad, are amongst the severa# dua#ities of #ife that ham%er the freedom of mind to e2%#ore the enormous %ossibi#ities of #ife! 6eacher B 1ne who stands in front of an audience to communicate avai#ab#e information in #anguage audib#e to the students! Creacher B 1ne who stands on a higher %u#%it facing audience and tries to convince the %rinted message of 'now#edge4 without having direct e2%erience in it! Cro%het B 1ne who is grounded on bare feet and communicates universa# wisdom that is %resumab#y granted by an intangib#e )uthority! *e#f@en#ightened Master B 1ne who radiates universa# wisdom through sheer %ersona# %resence4 because the wisdom is based on %ersona# inner e2%eriences4 whi#e cogni7ant of the fact that the inner ,niverse is identica# to the outer ,niverse! .irst at the fetus stage, we have si#ence and then out of it gradua##y emanates sound, word, and #anguage to accumu#ate inte##ectua# 'now#edge and subse8uent#y e2%erience its uti#ity and futi#ity4 fina##y strugg#ing bac' to *i#ence again in order to see' our true se#f@identity with Mother &ature! Mind is #i'e a mon'ey sitting on our shou#ders that cannot sit 8uiet#y even for a moment!! 1ne Moment B 1ne thousandth of a second D 6he sim%#est unassuming individua#s that we meet and e2%erience in #ife and our most vehement critics teach us the most %recious #essons of #ife and enrich us in immeasurab#e ways4 sur%rising#y, we find them both in our very #iving environment without the need to trave# far! I seem to have #ost the distinction between )# Eaeda and Missionary because both c#aim to be devout#y re#igious and 0od fearing! Ignorance is when we are not even aware of our ignorance! )nima#s, birds and other #iving creatures never fee# ignorant because their #ife energies are effort#ess#y in harmony with &ature4 whereas a humanAs ignorance is not even being aware of ignorance, in s%ite of its su%erior brain! "uman minds are %o##utants de%ending on how they are engaged with #ife! /hen three 0ods co##ide for su%remacy, maybe what remains is on#y the Devi#! 1hD 0odD, it seems that on#y when we humans com%rehend the effects of 0od conce%t created in our own earth#y image, we may begin to understand ourse#ves and the non@dua#ity between Fou and Me4 , and i! Minority and Ma+ority is a inbred disease of numbers, which manifests amongst humans4 its mindset is disastrous to the we## being of the human society as a who#e! )## of us seem to habitua##y re%eat some words, e2%ressions or o%inions, and start be#ieving in them without direct e2%erience4 not rea#i7ing that wrong ideas and o%inions e2tract a heavy emotiona# to## in the #ong run! <ight or wrong is re#ative %erce%tion and a#ways an individua# s%ecific e2%erience, which behooves us to maintain some #oose s%ace in our consciousness for favorab#e ad+ustments! "anging a murderer adds u% to at #east two deaths, which do not seem to reso#ve any %rob#em or issue! Besides humans, none of the #iving s%ecies commit a %remeditated murder4 they sim%#y #i'e to eat fresh foodD ) universa# thought c#aims no re#igion nor nationa#ity and therefore it is free#y accessib#e to anyone desirous of it! =ach re#igious organi7ation in the wor#d, without an e2ce%tion, bears the signature of morta# humans, its inherent fragi#ities and #imitations!! <udimentary re#igious thoughts enca%su#ate 0od, "eaven and "e## as the u#timate destinations of human consciousness4 thereby #imiting e2%#oration of the immense %ossibi#ities of #ife! ,niversa# 6ruths are not enunciated or created by any one but sim%#y e2ist eterna##y without a beginning or an end4 and an integra# %art of their very e2istence! )fter successfu##y undergoing an o%en heart by%ass surgery, and o%ening your heart to the wor#d, you wear the stitches on your bare chest as Meda#s of "onor that you have earned for constant#y running the race of #ife under high#y stressfu# conditions! 6he universa# #aw of e8ua# and o%%osite forces a%%#ies to a## situations in #ife4 %#easure begets %ain and you defy the universa# #aw at your own cost! ) cou%#e ta'es wedding vows in %resence of the %riest4 whi#e the %riest is si#ent#y %raying > 5ord, forgive them for they 'now not what they are doing?! /hen one s%ouse is deaf and the other s%ouse s%ea's in an inaudib#e %itch, both carry out two inde%endent mono#ogues harmonious#y in %ara##e#! Gomedian <ed *'e#ton 8ui%%ed >/hen a new#y married cou%#e wa#'s together, you cannot snea' even a b#ade of grass between them4 a few years #ater, a truc' %asses between the two and they do not even 'now? 5earning %recious #essons of #ife from humans, the beasts and birds do not e2change wedding rings, nor ta'e any vows that they cannot 'ee%! Do not dream to become somebody4 instead dream to do something worthwhi#e and you wi## become what you deserve to be! Fou can become tru#y devotiona# to your commitment on#y when you become devoid of yourse#f! If the idea of 0od cou#d be s%#it three ways, it cou#d a#so be s%#it si2 (9) Bi##ion times to enab#e each human on %#anet =arth to have a 0od of %ersona# choice4 whi#e being cogni7ant of the fact that the entire ,niverse is its manifestation! Most %eo%#e strugg#e with anger to attain %erfection in endeavors of #ife, whi#e on#y a few s#ide into it effort#ess#y4 a#though both have to wor' hard to accom%#ish their tas's! Man H )ssesses B Masses 6here is a#ways a fine #ine between inte##ectua#i7ing a thought and e2%eriencing it! If you have a bri##iant new idea, you shou#d be ab#e to e2%#ain it very brief#y4 )#bert =instein wrote down his idea as =BMGI! /hen we inte##ectua#i7e #ife, we raise 8uestions! /hen we interna#i7e #ife and embrace si#ence, we find answers! *%iritua#ity seems to be the manifestation and e2%ression of an individua#As state of conscious awareness! Cro%hets c#aim to revea# the word of 0od! *e#f@en#ightened Masters unrave# the mystery of 0od! 0ive your thought the freedom of a bird and +ust watch where it f#ies! It behooves us to see, not with our eyes but with our heart because what is tru#y im%ortant in #ife is invisib#e! =go is made of stuff that disso#ves very s#ow#y! *%iritua#ity is an unwritten =%ic that si#ent#y guides and cha##enges each one of us to become fear#ess, devoid of ourse#ves and our %ersona# ego, so that universa# wisdom may surface and bear fruit! In the ne2t 1 years, a## current re#igions that c#aim their 0od through a Cro%het wi## become irre#evant, and humanity wi## rise to a #eve# of consciousness in which dua#ity about 0od wi## cease to e2ist! )n abso#ute 6ruth is that which is eterna#, not created, unchangeab#e, stands on its own weight and therefore universa##y and unconditiona##y acce%tab#e to everyone! <e#igious conversions are the manifestations of ego and ignorance on the %art of those who try to convert and those who get converted from one brand of re#igious be#ief system to another! =ach human on C#anet =arth entertains simi#ar as%irations, frustrations, fear of the un'nown, strugg#e for %eacefu# reso#ution of inner conf#icts and hanging on to a thread of ho%e in #ife! *ome e2%eriences of #ife touch us4 where as others cha##enge our thoughts and transform us! 0od is c#austro%hobic and therefore does not #i'e to dwe## within the wa##ed@in minds, tem%#es, churches, or mos8ues! 6he #iterary %hrase >1ur .ather in "eaven? is often re%eated #i'e a %arrot with the resu#t that the dee%er meaning of the words >.ather? and >"eaven? gets #ost in the ignorance of b#ind faith! Mother brings us in this wor#d and has the ca%acity to guide us to "eaven, if a %#ace e2ists by that name4 and a#ternate#y a#so has the ca%acity to guide us attain that #eve# of consciousness in which we may become *e#f@en#ightened! 1ur +ourney of #ife begins in MotherAs womb and u#timate#y transitions to the ,niversa# womb4 whi#e we remain cogni7ant of the fact that Mother and .ather are two sides of the same coin re%resenting our consciousness! It behooves us to #earn to grow beyond barriers that others may have bui#t around us because our innate s%irit of natura# freedom 'nows no barriers or #imitations! ) com%#e2 system is one in which every variab#e affects every other variab#e and cha##enges a reso#ution4 the human body is the manifestation of it, ,niverse is another e2am%#e! )n unba#anced act ca##ed disease a#ways %rovides %rogressive#y audib#e warnings, its +ust that we choose not to hear them at our own ris'! ) su%erstitious %erson digs a ho#e around *e#f and eventua##y cannot c#imb out of it without someone e#seAs he#%! =very e#ement of &ature co@e2ists in harmony with each other4 "umans dare to disturb the harmony and %ay the due %rice! It is so easy to s%ot the ego of others, and yet so difficu#t to become aware of our own! >If I cry, I cry a#one! If I smi#e, the wor#d wi## smi#e with me?4 those were the words of my friend $ohn +ust one month before Gancer c#aimed him! Garefu##y soa'@u% and a%%reciate the essentia# nature of freedom, interde%endence, and ba#ance in the 'ingdom of &ature a## around and within us! Cremarita# se2 is #i'e %ort#and cement that #oses its abi#ity to bond if it has been e2%osed to water %remature#y and can no #onger become cement concrete4 marriage is an inner commitment without the need for a word! =ffective communication is not necessari#y a we## s%o'en or written word4 invariab#y it is em%athy and body vibration without a word! Information and 'now#edge is what we accumu#ate a## the time, whereas wisdom is how to interna#i7e and a%%#y it! )n o%en unbiased mind suggests that >0od neither %ro%oses nor dis%oses?4 suggesting an honest effort for a c#earer understanding of our very e2istence and the reason for it! )dversity is a nob#e teacher that enab#es us to %ause, #oo' bac' and count our b#essings! <eve#ation is a se#f@assuring answer that surfaces une2%ected#y after conscious inner search! 6ota# *i#ence of Mind is a synthesi7er of wisdom in the framewor' of human consciousness with the energy to reduce #ife to its utmost sim%#icity! ,niversa# 6ruth does not change ever, can withstand the utmost scrutiny by anyone at any time4 because it is not created and sim%#y e2ists eterna##y! ) sincere teacher is a#ways wi##ing and ha%%y to he#% a student wi##ing to #earn and fee#s b#essed when an ardent student see's guidance! My mother wrote >5ife is not determined by the outward circumstances, but by the thoughts that habitua##y engage the mind?! Ga#m mind and ba#anced hea#th are automatic side benefits of meditation, where as the core of meditation a#igns and harmoni7es the energies of the body, mind and inte##ect to revea# the identity of *e#f! Ins%iration rides on a fre8uency that cannot be tuned in! .aith is about invo'ing the inner %owers for unconditiona##y be#ieving in your own *e#f4 and its non@dua#ity with the ,niverse! Be a gracefu# receiver and a#ways cogni7ant of the fact that we receive what we deserve and not what you desire! 5iving in the %ast and the future is so very easy because it re8uires no effort4 whereas #iving in the %resent re8uires %ur%osefu# effort! 1ur %revious births and future births are intricate#y intermeshed with the consciousness of the %resent! "eaven, &irvana or Immorta#ity are innate human thirsts for unconditiona# freedom from a## wants! *e#f@en#ightened Masters suggest, +ust remove the >I? and >/ant? from >I /ant Ceace? and you sha## have on#y Ceace! =very human is born na'ed, fu##y assemb#ed and ready to breathe #ife, but after death the 'ith and 'in dress himJher u% to negate the rea#ity of death! =very e#ement of &ature inc#uding a## #ife forms on %#anet =arth are manifestations of the universa# %rinci%#e (not Crinci%a#) ca##ed 0od4 conse8uent#y you may %ic' any favorite e#ement of &ature to address the 0od %rinci%#e! If #aughter ta'es effort to dis%#ay natura# emotions, you have become over civi#i7ed and a detriment to yourse#f! /hen #ying becomes an obsessive com%u#sive habit, you stand the ris' of b#urting the 6ruth in ha#f@s#ee% and your neighbor can hear it! 3io#ence and nonvio#ence is a## about the intent behind an act! ) 5ion hunts on#y when hungry! Desire and 0reed are both bottom#ess %its and therefore difficu#t to c#imb out! $ust donKt fa## in them! 5oo'ing at humanity, 0od is wondering >/hat in the wor#d have I created?4 because the human has a#ready c#oned in #aboratory a #amb, a cow, and a who#e range of #iving organisms and may ma'e me a &o Body! 6he Greator and Greation are #i'e mirror images4 one does not e2ist without the other4 Gause and effect %#ay the same game with each other! Innumerab#e water stream#ets originating from inde%endent sources f#ow down the s#o%es, meeting and ming#ing in a common stream, enriching the soi#, vegetation and a## #ife forms a#ong the %ath and subse8uent#y merge effort#ess#y in the ocean of universa# consciousness! 6he 1cean crafts aesthetica##y co#ored *eashe##s and s%reads them random#y on the sands of time a#ong the beaches for us to adore and wonder in awe! Acknowledgments 6he desire for interna#i7ing #ife e2%eriences comes natura##y for each individua#! *ome e2%eriences of #ife touch us4 where as some cha##enge our thoughts and change us! "owever, the common denominator in a## #ife e2%eriences are our interactions with #iving beings, inc#uding %eo%#e and %ets, with whom we share our #ife intimate#y! I e2%ress my gratitude to each and every #iving being with whom I have interacted with as I have +ourneyed through #ife! =ach individua# interaction has brought forth a different dimension of #ife to observe and #earn from! 6he cumu#ative inf#uence of a## of these interactions continues to enhance my #ife consciousness, for which I am eterna##y gratefu#! Dai#y e2%eriences in #ife continuous#y teach us >/hat #ife is?and %rom%t the wisdom >/hat #ife shou#d be?! ,#timate#y, each one of us is a beneficiary and an integra# %art of a gra%evine of re#ationshi%s and friendshi%s! My wife ,sha, sons Dee%a', 3i'as, and *agar4 and Miss )rshi Gheta# have em%owered me in their own genuine, individua#, and affectionate ways to %resent this edition of >1 *eashe##s?! About the Author *uresh M! Deo was born in &ag%ur, India, on ;th December 19(2! "e has #ived his first 25 years in India and the #atter 5;H years in the ,nited *tates! *ureshAs %assion for writing stemmed from the sim%#e desire to better understand >6hat? which he had %revious#y ta'en for granted! "is %ast education saw him through &ag%ur ,niversity in India to the ,niversity of Mississi%%i, affectionate#y 'nown as 1#eA Miss to its a#umni! .rom there he went on to wor' in the C#astics and Gom%osites industry for forty years! In hindsight, he rea#i7ed that he had #earnt enough about Ghemica# =ngineering to confuse a chemist, enough about engineering to confuse an engineer, and enough about %eo%#e to confuse himse#f! "e reca##s one of his most memorab#e moments in #ife to be a si2@month tri% around the word at the age of (! It was then that he saw how a## of us e2%erienced the +oys, as%irations, frustrations, and bewi#dering fears of the un'nown in #ife! *uresh, and his wife ,sha, s%end their summer months in their home in )ddison, I##inois, where they #ive in c#ose %ro2imity to their three sons! In the winter, they migrate to India where they en+oy the %#easant weather of Cune, Maharahstra!