Are you aware?

Someone said ninety percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable. These days I find myself watching every single thought crossing my mind. Yes, I feel I am trying to make a conscious effort as to what is eligible for entry and what is forced to exit. I’ve come to realize one thing so far and that is, we are what we think!

And what we think usually has no definite parameters or boundaries. Millions of thoughts just keep hovering across and we eventually allow these thoughts to rule over us and take control of our being.

Whether one realizes or not we are all entangled in the ocean of thoughts most of the time. If I am speaking or listening to someone I am thinking. If I am reading the newspaper or watching television I am thinking. I am thinking when I recall memories from my past, I am thinking, when I am considering something in the future I am thinking, when I am riding I am thinking, when I am driven I am thinking, when I am cooking I am thinking, when I am working I am thinking. For most of me, the only time I am not thinking is when I am asleep I guess, however the forces are still operating on my last thoughts as I fall asleep.

Thoughts…. good or bad…the thing is you think! I mean you let yourself think anything and everything that’s dispensable. What is the reason for these unwanted, unnecessary and good for nothing thoughts to come and demand a space in my life….and that too a forceful one. Why is it an ordeal to deal with such nuisance happening every moment?

Probably one thing which I feel could control this superfluous ness could be being aware of my thoughts! To help myself become aware of my thoughts, I would remember to remember and wait for a gentle nudge from the universe to bring me back to the present whenever my mind is taken over and is having a party at my expense. A gentle nudge could take the form of I getting bumped myself or dropping something or some loud noise far off or a siren or a beckon. All of these things act as signals to me that my mind has taken off and I got to come back to the present. When I receive these signals I stop immediately and ask myself, “What am I thinking? What am I feeling? Am I aware?” And of course the moment I do that, I am aware. The very moment you ask yourself if you are aware, you are there. You are aware. And this awareness could be harnessed to think right and positive thoughts each time.

"all your power is in your awareness of that power and through power in your consciousness"

Cool one!

This one is real cool to lighten my day!

The Lone Ranger and Tonto went camping in the desert. After they got their tent all set up, both men fell sound asleep.
Some hours later, Tonto wakes the Lone Ranger and says, "Kemosabe, look towards sky, what you see?"
The Lone Ranger replies, "I see millions of stars."
"What that tell you?" asked Tonto.
The Lone Ranger ponders for a minute then says,

"Astronomically speaking, it tells me there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets.

Astrologically, it tells me that Saturn is in Leo.
Time wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three in the morning.
Theologically, the Lord is all-powerful and we are small and insignificant.
Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.
What's it tell you, Tonto?"
“You dumber than buffalo chip. Someone stole the tent."

-Manasi

The only way to avoid mistakes is to gain by experience. The only way to gain experience …is to make a mistake.

LADIES SPECIAL!

After about say twenty five minutes of restless wait for an autorickshaw on my way back home from office today I see a tattered Govt APSRTC bus pulling on to where I was standing with quite an unusual board. The board read ‘LADIES SPECIAL’. I never gave a second thought about the route its gonna take and just boarded what came my way with the rest of the female crowd following the suit. I comfortably seated myself on the first seat available. The lady conductor came in for the tickets. I handed over the change for my destination for which she cut me a ticket. I was glad to be able to find a seat in the bus after a long wait.

Funny!! I thought, that Hyderabad offered such special buses which ran only for women. I knew there were exhibition specials, studio specials, company specials but never knew of one Ladies Special. The bus pulled at the next stop to scoop in a lot of females the majority of which consisted of the office crowd. The bus then stopped at a crossing and here again twenty-thirty high school girls flurried in with their scrapbooks, long paper rolls and files with colored pens and pencils probably from their field trip accompanied with their teacher. Apparently everybody had to stand in with no seating at all. The bus was packed!

This reminded me of my long waits during my school days where in my home was just two stops away from the school and I would take a long one hour to reach home from the bus stop. Though a good frequency of buses always went my way, I for some weird reason would wait for this number 10 to arrive and then board the same and gladly reach home….strange affinity on cost of my time, inspite of hot summers or rainy seasons.

Lot of cackling and commotion shook me back to my present and I just turned in my head to get a look at my back and I could catch an eye on a mother feeding her baby in that crowd, some two grannies seated beside her, one yawning and the other looking ardently away from the window. I then thought this could happen only in India. So much of female energy in here. A very strong community of only we females except the poor driver. I strangely felt good looking at these women who appeared to me in all sizes, ages, colors and forms. All playing different roles being daughters, daughter in-laws, sisters, wives, mothers, grannies each to their own. It definitely felt good to be one among them. At the end of the day it never mattered from where and what we belonged to or where we came from, the only thing that was obvious was we all were juggling in to reach our destinations in one bus …in one LADIES SPECIAL!

Me

A Bus Is A Vehicle That Runs Twice As Fast When You Are After It As When You Are In It

If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Mine!

I can never be called a mobile phone person...for one, I don't have lots of people calling on me and two, I was never attracted to these electronic gadgets.

Lately I was toying with the idea of treating myself with a fancy piece as my phone had started to behave a little strange! ( its become a bit crazy these days!) It shows missed calls but I would not have heard it ringing at all! Thanks to my usage... Its still alive and is definitely working as opposed to a few who always are behind me to go for a new one!

Finally thought of looking out for a good piece. This inkling I developed looking at today's younger lot here, showing off their fancy phones which look very chic and cool. When ever I saw these guys playing, clicking snapshots and having fun chat about their phones I had a strong want of owning one myself too! A teenager apparently is never too tired to hold a phone! The ads on the television with two big stars of bollywood endorsing two rival brands catch my attention every time I see them. I am fascinated by Hrithik's hot jig in the latest ad for Sony Ericsson W200i (The Thump ... is here). Abhishek Bachchan's MOTOROKR E6 ad is weirdly funny..... but the crowd swears by the phone.

Mobile or cellular phones have changed dramatically over the past two or three years. The generation today is so very obsessed with their phones..... Crazy ring tones... Vast music downloads...MP3 players and the camera phones all make it such an enticing device after all... The new generation of WAP phones now allow the user to connect to the Internet, send e-mail, have integrated GPS and GSM and even listen to the radio....lot more stuff to add on to this which I'm unaware of. Someone sometime back was also referring to these I-phones in India which are picking up slowly and are now every mobile phone freak's dream to own one.

The other day I was browsing the Nokia N series phones and was just curious to know whether my phone was listed out.... and boy! could I find it... No!!... I guess it has already become obsolete in India. The complete collection on the Nokia India website never showed my model, which I suppose is as sturdy and shock absorbing as possible (you know why!) Beneath the compact body lies a multitude of features like a color screen, Tri-band compatibility, cheerful screen savers and couple of games. I guess I am real happy with the one I am carrying at present.... coz choosing another piece from a sea of phones is an ordeal ... Technology is moving crazy forcing all the choicest features and integrating the same into one small device!

For the many who wanted and influenced me to go for a change.... Let's live with what I have ... and that's Nokia 3120!

-Me

A new beginning!

It was one of those days....One of those days when you get really lazy, when you have lots to do and then come to think of it you want nothing to do.... Just in case I'm trying to sound a bit confused about my ownself ... let me try and make a start at pouring down my thoughts which I hope I will continue from here on, like somebody said... “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

-Me