A little voice

when i was a kid i did not wear dress...
then i saw my parents wearing colourfull dresses....

I asked my Mom why are you wearing dress..
"I am not a free bird"
Am i a free bird.. Yes I am...

then i started wearing dress...
i dream of the cocoons sacrificing their life
i dream of butterflies looking back...
i dream of rainbows smiling at.
one day i stopped dreaming....
i started wearing dress...
i am caged....
i saw sun and moon
i saw monsoons.
a little voice came
"Mama why are you wearing dress... "
i am shocked...
"I am in cage... Dont wear dress my little sweet"

A Boy with Balloon

One day God asked the child, "Dear my little sweet, why are you crying"...

"I have lost my balloon...".

God with utmost happiness gave him 100 balloons.

After few years, again God asked him, "Ohhh little one, why are you crying"..

He replied, " I want to get the color pencil like that of my friend, Avinash"..
God gave him 50 color pencils of different colors...
.... ..... ....
He grew up and became a college student...
Again he cried... God appeared and asked him.
He replied, " I want to drink whisky as much as Vinash drinks" ...
God gave him one bottle of Scotch whisky...

He again cried!!! but God did not appear at all... Now he is about to die.. God appeared and asked him, "why are you crying, my friend?" ...

The old man said, "You did not appear to me after I asked for whisky.. But you always appear before Avinash.. why?"

God replied, "Avinash is still asking me only for Balloons....He played with that balloons when he was a kid..Whenever he saw a kid crying for balloon, he asks me..."

Old man asked again, "...then why are you calling me as friend?"

God just smilled...

In search of GOD

I used to ask myself, why am i going to temple?... May be the following lines from Tagore answer this....

Go not to the temple to put flowers upon the feet of God,
First fill your own house with the Fragrance of love...
Go not to the temple to light candles before the altar of God,
First remove the darkness of sin from your heart...
Go not to the temple to bow down your head in prayer,
First learn to bow in humility bfore your fellowmen...
go not to the temple to pray on bended knees,
First bend down to lift someone who is down-trodden...
Go not to the temple to ask for forgiveness for your sins,
First forgive from your heart those who have sinned against you.

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in this dynamic, fast moving new world, we are running..... running in search of something (money, happiness, love....).. stop a while and think a minute ......
enjoy the beauty of nature, the beauty of love,the beauty of life....
... I found the love, the happiness, the wealth ... Stop running and go to temple...

To quote Swami Vivekananda,
where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being

Let us go to temple to enlighten our own hearts..............