Should we discard our most cherished wishes, wants, desires and dreams

On YouTube, I was listening with interest to a respected government-decorated preacher the other day. He was advising against the devotees wishing for blessings for their worldly wants. He insisted that whoever is above 60 years of age should discard one of their most cherished wishes or desires while visiting temples or praying to gods. 

To the above, I left a comment on his post after subscribing to his channel or account because I always love his speeches, except for one point he said as above.  

Unfortunately, my comment disappeared from there. Or it might have been posted elsewhere wrongly or under the next episode. 

However, I recast my comment here lest he cares to give me his precious response. 

“I’m afraid it is why our religion or way of life is becoming unpopular in some pockets due to sanctions or restrictions by the interpreters prescribing to us what exactly we should want or seek  from our ever compliant gods. The USP of our temples or deities is that when we pray to or at them, our wishes get automatically fulfilled the soonest, and that is our democratic and unshakable belief or faith. It’s also the power of our conviction that’s made so much easier by our gods as a medium. It’s also due to the power of our prayers, and the stronger they are, the faster and sooner is our wish fulfillment. Of course, our wants or wishes as to what we beseech are spiritual or physical as entreaties.  So be it. Nothing wrong with our mundane or base wishes, unlike what you said in underrating them. I respect you, sir, as one of the best preachers or pundits we have who is very much deserved to be honored by our government and that fittingly did so. But, I’m unable to connect to you here at the risk of me likely being called ignorant. Lastly, I may submit that whatever wish we want to shed or get rid of will be fulfilled first and faster only due to the importance we give to it for discarding. So, that is going to work only for cross purposes to our disadvantage, unfortunately. It’s all in our mind that grants our wishes only with our self-help mostly. I will be happy if you have time to read this and explain it, whatever my understanding is. Even otherwise, it’s ok. I am pleased enough to respond to you with my way of speaking my mind spontaneously like this and very humbly too.”

Do they trouble you?

 

I think there is no need to get overawed by his looks,

For he is no Tom Cruise. 

I think there is no need to get bowled over by her beauty,

For she is no Aishwarya Rai. 

I think there is a need to get jealous of his riches,

For he is no Elon Musk. 

I think there is no need to be envious of his power,

For he is no Narendra Modi. 

But I think there is every need to be humbled by him,

For he is a Gandhi who sees Lord Narayan in every *pauper. 

* Daridra Narayana 

Monologue famous

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Morning raga with muted traffic sounds

 

To me, it is the closest thing to nature every morning. It is fascinating how the beautiful insects flutter around a lone tree by the sidewalk across my balcony. Maybe it was their breakfast activity. But to me, it is a reflective moment to think about the ebb and flow of life. 

Results of coming elections

 

Indian election outcomes are not dependent on the prevailing public opinion. The aggregate votes secured by the party declared as elected are thanks to an unspecific windfall effect that can be either way. The poll results are like the sex of the baby still inside a womb when it was a crime to disclose the gender of the fetus. The outcome is boy-child or girl-child, just as a winner predicted in the various exit polls. It's only the net findings of the heterogeneous sample groups of voters' expressing random confessions that vary in many subjective conditions. Though credited for scientific and statistical analysis and corrections, it's still a boy or girl prophesy. In our country that has not so very well organized public opinion, or groups in diverse sectors all at the same time, namely the same citizens who are members simultaneously in many platforms like in the organized West, especially when we see a matinee idol turned politician attracting huge crowds and still drawing a blank in the votes or a thespian politician speaking to the thunderous applause from the gathered crowd who I’m are sure to vote for the rival. Even money given as a bribe to vote does not ensure power to the candidate doling out the same, including the sops. The ruling party is like the spouse decided by God, like marriages are made in heaven. The only worry is billions of taxpayers' money is wasted in an exercise of random lottery that decides the nation's fate irrespective of the turnout at the hustings.

Hail, Zero Energy!

Shiv represents desire,

Vishnu knowledge, 

and Brahma action. 

Hail, Adi Parasakti, 

the primordial zero energy, 

that exists before and after 

the creation of the Universe

looking after the triumvirate 

Who became powerful 

and Truth abiding 

to protect us 

the humble epitomes of creation

from ourselves and fellow forces!

So, my dear selves, be thankful

to Her in every hearth and home.

Grandchild

You stealthily come,

tug at my comfortably numb heartstrings,

and occupy my bosom 

like you were landing on the moon,

and then, isn't innocence 

such overpowering, 

that I wish God 

had blessed me to hang on a little longer

and jived with you

until the moon and stars 

continued to shine in the sky,

together basking in your glory.