Back To Square One

I Know it has been long. Quite long.

They Say that it takes a lot of courage to walk this path. TRUE. Why?

 Because on the path, a lot of time you fall through. 

You literally fall through; through all your concepts, your achievements, your joys, sorrows, feelings etc. Your identity collapses time and again, which is a good thing, but hard to swallow at that moment. Hard to comprehend as to what now! Where to pick-up yourself from and even what defines "yourself" then.

When you started walking this path, there were some changes that you achieved in yourself, some expectations and desires that were fulfilled.
Now, What if those changes were to be reverted back; the wishes once fulfilled were now again left unsatisfied? 
What if you had "judged" the whole weight of the path on those factors.

What if you were thrown back to SQUARE 1 ? 

In those testing times, it is your faith in the Master, and nothing else that will keep you 'breathing'. And your master isn't here to make the circumstances better for you. Everything wouldn't be Disney-land, all goody-goody. No ! He is here to make you strong. 

Remember, whenever you are stuck there is something you will learn before you will get out of it. Rather, that is the only way you will get out of it. It is just like a Video game; without the proper power-up you wouldn't be able to clear the level.

There would be something you would need to do right, this time around. And consider yourself very lucky, that you do not have to take another birth just to come make it right, your Guru has given you a chance here itself, in this lifetime.

"Life pushes you back to square 1.

Shouldn't it be more fun, riding your way back to that square, 

because you already know the way and now you can reach in style and perfection,

and as if you don't care.

If that is not the case,
and the conditions are new, then I must break it to you

Congratulations! You are on SQUARE  x + 1 ."

With Love from square x+1
Manik
Jai Gurudeva

P.S. Cheat codes: the "5 S" Saadhna, Seva, Satsang, Smile & Swadhaya.
Food for thought: If you have realized it that, you are on square x+1, then why should it be any different if instead of life pushing you back to square 1; it is Death that pushes you back.  

Let Me Introduce you to...

It was not some sort of divine calling or meteor shower that had triggered the events that are going to unfold tonight! This time the events leading to-me-starting-writing-a-blog are much simpler, as simple as kick-starting a scooter. Just the difference is that, I am the scooter and just as the scooter doesn't know who is actually kicking it, even I don't know who or what is kicking me to start typing !

But yeah ! I do not think anyone just opens blogger.com, creates a blog, and starts writing stuff (on a side note: challenge accepted). Starting a blog is triggered by compliments by peeps on how well does one speak and should write more and that sort of stuff. Still one is not ready until he/she thinks that they really have something to offer; something that other's minds could churn upon ! and even after so much there is this jump-starting required !

Enough said:
So Here I am officially initiating you into the world of my thoughts and much more! Welcome !
I promise you this journey would never be without flavor and hope that it is not flavor only that u are looking for! Because one has to grow above these worldly things !

Perhaps the hardest thing in writing a blog is choosing the title ! Just so that you know, I created a blog one month back with the title "Signs of Living" and I had friends telling me that it sounded too much like "Art of Living", and it was not aimed at that ! so had to drop it!

So the title here is "Aho! Niranjanaha" (Origin: Sanskrit)

Aho - an expression of wonder, an exclamation, not a feeling/thought but a state of existence!
Niranjanaha - the spotless, pure, untouched, unharmed ...

See, these two words represent something so great that even these two words cannot fully express it! but they get so close that one cannot express their meaning fully in other words !

This Blog is a personal diary, a platform to express, a place to learn, a portal to get to know me and people around me, and it would contain anything and everything that comes to my mind that I am not filtering.

But also, this blog is not a personal diary, not a platform to express, not a place to learn, not a portal to get to know me and/or people around me, and would not contain anything or everything that comes to my mind and that I am or am not filtering!

Get it ?
Simply I mean, do not form concepts about this one! Do not restrict it or yourself! Let it surprise you !

I just have one thing to promise that every post on this blog would be aimed at creating that wonder, generating laughter, deepening wisdom, uplifting sorrow....
BUT AGAIN, not even this !

WELCOME ABOARD ! The Journey has begun, the ball is set rolling...

Love and Laughter
Manik
Jai Gurudeva

P.S. - This post was to confuse, or maybe not even that; or maybe not even not even that, or maybe not even not even not even that .......