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What is your relationship to waiting?

Posted on Nov 6th, 2008 by jagadish : swimmer jagadish
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for November 06, 2008:


....there is a saying in our language Kannada :

A  L L I           I D E          N A M M A    M A N E ,

I L L I     B A N D E         S U M M A N E ....

which roughly translated says :

MY ( REAL ) HOME IS ' THERE '

I HAVE COME HERE FOR NOTHING !!

yes , for years i am waiting to get back to my '  real home over there '

my so called wordly commitments notwithstanding....

.... ' having seen it all '

and

 being contented with whatever life had to offer me

i am in a hurry to rush back !!!

but then , as they say ' it's not in my hand '

i have to fervently pray

and

simply   " W   A  I   T "

i don't know still for how looooooooong !!

i beseech all my dear Gaia friends to pray for me !!

-jagadish

ps : btw i am 60 now and have lived through well with all ups and downs !!

ps2: i don't know why the letters are so large in size..i am anyway sending it...sorry !!

 

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How do you like to be woken up?

Posted on Nov 10th, 2008 by jagadish : swimmer jagadish
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for November 10, 2008:

...daily i gently wake up my teenage daughter with the chanting of first two verses

of Sri Venkateshwara Suprabatha , ( as shown below with pictures ) 

followed by the sloka :

karaagre vasate laksmi karamadhye saraswati

karamoole sthite gauri prabhaate sri karadarshini      ii


"kausalya supraja rama!purva sandhya pravartate, uthishta! narasardula! kartavyam daivam ahnikam "

Sri Rama! Kausalya's endearing son! Wake up, dear! You have to do your day-to-day duties do wake up please.

 
 
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"uthishtothishta! govinda! uthishta garudadhvaja! uthishta kamalakantha! thrilokyam mangalam kuru "

O Govinda, wake up! O Garudadhvaja! Wake up. O Kamalakanta (i.e., the husband of Kamala)! All the three worlds are under your rule, they have to prosper, Wake up, my child.

 
   
   
   
 ....and this is how i would like to be woken up !!!  
 -jagadish  

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What's the best thing you've lost?

Posted on Nov 11th, 2008 by jagadish : swimmer jagadish
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for November 03, 2008:

 
   ...i have lost the

pride
haughtiness
egotism
superiority
Arrogance
overconfidence
superciliousness
self-importance

and alas !

i have also lost the child in me !!

-jagadish

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Who is your audience?

Posted on Nov 12th, 2008 by jagadish : swimmer jagadish
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for November 12, 2008:

...frankly,

and

sorry to say :

N O N E......!! ( sigh )

-jagadish
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How do you comfort those who are sad?

Posted on Nov 13th, 2008 by jagadish : swimmer jagadish
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for November 13, 2008:

...gently and lovingly

make them realise that 

this too will pass.....!!

-jagadish
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How do you make decisions?

Posted on Nov 14th, 2008 by jagadish : swimmer jagadish
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for November 14, 2008:

...experience has taught me
 
that in life the choice is always between

 lesser evil and greater evil

and

quite naturally i go for the former ...!!

-jagadish
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What keeps you peaceful?

Posted on Nov 15th, 2008 by jagadish : swimmer jagadish
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for November 09, 2008:

....swimming endless laps in the ' pool...

...and reading my favourite books / authors ...

..a good question worth mulling over ...!

-jagadish
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What is your favorite theory?

Posted on Nov 17th, 2008 by jagadish : swimmer jagadish
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for November 17, 2008:

...S A R V A M              V I S H N U M A Y A M                   JAGAT.....!!

ps : hope one day dear Eli , who is so erudite would elaborate on this ...i humbly admit of my poor  language and lack of  vocabulary, though 've enough stuff !!

-jagadish
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What have you discovered recently?

Posted on Nov 18th, 2008 by jagadish : swimmer jagadish
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for November 18, 2008:

....…having fulfilled almost all my worldly commitments ,

I have realised that life is no  more worth living !!...

.....and so eagerly looking forward to how soon HE will ’ pull the plug ‘…!!

.........’am not joking and neither it’s an outcry borne out of frustration …

.....rather it’s an outcome of satisfaction , having lived the life well…

-jagadish
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What makes something worthwhile?

Posted on Nov 26th, 2008 by jagadish : swimmer jagadish
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for November 26, 2008:

...anything which is B H A G A V A D P U R A K A ( god-centric ) ...

ie. anything which takes you nearer to God -- is worthwhile according to me...

-jagadish
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