I'm reading this book that is titled... 'A world waiting to be born...' it's great... I just reached the 3^rd chapter and I can't believe the simple truths that it fires in me. There is a part in which Adam and Eve are described as having the forbidden fruit and how at That moment... they became aware that they were naked... that event was described as being 'Self Conscious'... till that moment they were just conscious... the trees and animals and the birds; they were in oneness with them... but once they were 'Self' Conscious... all the problems began...

How Self Conscious are we... I got a nail in my slippers... actually 2... no wait 2 in each slipper... (we wear slippers at work... well at least I do... I am King ;-) anyway... it all started when I was walking a long time ago at the construction site and a thorn pierced the sole of the slippers... I slowly started to feel a pinch every step I took. At first I thought it was a small pebble... then upon much shaking the slipper around... I realised that it was a thorn...I removed the thorn of course... but I felt very sad that day... coz most of the people around me are without shoes and worst of all; the kids Run around on the land; without any sole protection...

I realise today... that I will newer ever get a chance to walk bare feet in public... and that was one of my goals... to walk the earth bare feet... but the world has much ridicule reserved for me I think ... if I do that....

So I decided last Sunday... to cut an equal length nail of that of my slipper and embedded it into the sole of the slipper... stung quite abit... so I had it blunted... there... now everytime I walk; I walk with a conductor to the ground... (steel is a good electrical conductor) and so I got my wish... i'm one with earth... every step of the way... in fact, I actually walk bare feet in the office; for the constant running around makes them pretty feet hurt like hell you know :-)...

 

I think that; all of us are divided as 4 kinds of people.... I saw this on the G channel;  'G for God' :-)

1. the ones who do it even without being asked to...

2. the ones who do something and ask 'what's next'..

3. the ones who only do as much as you tell them to do...

4. the ones that have to be found first; before you can tell them what to do (for they are always hiding away from work... :-)

I think I am the first kind.... the number one worker... :-) if I see that there is pain in this world, I want to be part of it – plain and simple... sometimes the number one kind can be classified as obsessive compulsive... but come on.... Jesus was an obsessive compulsive if you think like that... "takes away the sins of all man kind... from all of time..." that is obsessive compulsive.

I actually have new found energy now; now that I experience pain... I can get 'angry' easily...

I'm always the nice guy in a quarrel...

There is this guy that used to work with us for the last 10 years... he used to handle the diesel loading and offloading side.. and just recently, he was seen stealing a whole drum of it... upon catching him after 3 days at his home... we found out that he was doing this for a long-time... and had bought many houses and land in his local... I mean he has 5 children... who experienced his arrest... and according to my driver (I was not there) they were crying in terror when the police came to arrest him... I knew this guy very well... and I think he knew me well too... and to be near him everyday... and not being able to project my good Ora :-) on to him... makes me looked belittled to myself... and so I am taking another approach... 'If you mess around; I get angry with you...' no more Mr. Nice and forgiving... it's ultimately not fruitful... and as a loving being; anger is one virtue that I want to cultivate... to forge the wrongful with.

Can you imagine... we actually trusted this guy as our employee that handles the driving force of the company; and all this time our trust was being the case of the ruin of his children's lives... this is unacceptable... I know it sounds silly, His karma is in play here... but still we are all responsible when it comes to oneness... if we are the ones we have been waiting for..... we are the ones we have to remedy.

!!! .... i got the nerve to wonder what the world is comming to.... !!!

{ Video of God is a DJ }

The only way we can understand something is through our 5 senses : sight, sound, smell, taste and touch... did you know that there is :

Light within your eyes

sound within your ears

smell within your nose

flavours within your tongue

and pressure on your skin

 

that is how we feel sensations... when some light other then that of ours is perceived.. it is quickly reported to the mind based on a quick tally from that of our own; in our eyes... something has to exist to show the importance of something else... whether it is in high or low amplifications... all that we see, hear, taste, smell and touch is already inside of us... all the worlds pleasures and pains are just combination doses of the five sensory phenomenas...

personally i believe that there is this great pot from where souls draw this energy to manifest an illusion...

 

ever wondered why  so many times; when something important happens; something negative happens too... take the Olympics in china... so if the guys at the committee had chosen another venue; could the earthquake have still happened ? if you are saying yes then why did it happen; assuming that nothing happens without the consent of God... then why did it happen just before the Olympics...?

personally i believe that there is this great pot from where souls draw this energy to manifest an illusion...

 

everytime i see read the scriptures; i get so frustrated... God is so pure 'nirgun' you love him or you hate him... whole hearted... you are emancipated and disappear into His presence... the Kuwraws hated Krishna so much that they remembered Him everytime in their mundane activities and so they went to His abode too...

But as long as you are alive; you are given a choice... to accept happiness; packaged with sadness.. or to be with God... coz there are just 3 things in this whole galaxy : God, soul and illusion... the question is you as a 'soul' what do you choose between the two : God or illusion...?

 

BTW : Love; that with the earthly; (because of similar thoughts and ambitions and goals is still a part of illusion... at least that is what i think... :-x ) for even in the bible somewhere it's said... you have to leave behind your children and your loved ones to enter the kingdom of God...

Lord Swaminarayan said it beautifuly...

And so; i as a soul loves' God... but wants to add to the pot of illusion... for when it gets empty; lives; for example, are taken; and the pain generated from it is recycled into illusion energy again to refill it... that's just too mean for me to accept...

I mean 'beauty is in the eyes of the beholder...'  it's your perception which has changed... a flower was a flower, "neither bad nor good" it's your perception which has changed that, that you see a flower to be beautiful. When ego is belittled, nature and simplicity flow in like a flood of goodness and oneness... but the truth is that there is still a further road leading to God.

Don't get me wrong... i believe in Karma; and that we are supposed to perform Karma from the age of 0 to 50... so i'm still walking on the road of Karma... and to the people of God!.. time and space (illusion) is powerless !
So don't give up....

Hey i just heard on the TV right now... (Sanskar TV)
You want to talk; go to a man
you want to do something ask a woman...

Ya baby.... i knew that i was not wrong with my choice ...
Women are wonderful.... i think i will end here


ummm i don't think so...

OK to my regular readers... the heading was actually to get you excited to click on my blog... but i'm afraid i will tell you of my love when she feels ready... :-)

Approx. 3 weeks ago… there was alittle more rain then usual… followed by alittle more wind then usual…

A papaya tree… with more than 10 papayas fell down…. the reason was that the center of gravity; of the tree was too high (many papayas) and the ground was soft (rain)The tree was actually worth seeing… when It fell down…. More then half of it’s roots were torn and uprooted… yet it had the most biggest papaya's on it... and it was fighting to feed its fruits.... I felt so sad….

And then I decided… to let her live… instead of uprooting her completely... I call her ‘her’ because she reminds me of Earth, what a true mother can do… I gathered some ash -
ash is supposedly the best insecticide ever…. any insects; if interviewed, would say 'they hate fire…' and the proof of fire is ash…- so I gathered some ash and sprinkled under the roots of the tree… and started to build a lifting mechanism… the photos you see below are of the tree being lifted…

Every 3-5 days.. I lift the tree up by 6 inches…. And place a firm foundation under it and cushion the trunk with dead leaves….

It's silly i know... but i heard once; that if you plant a tree; then even if a railway was to be built through it, then divert the damn railway tracks... but never uproot a tree... and this tree was in my farm... the least i can do is to help her up again... !!! right >?







The tree still is being raised higher and higher... ...

I think she will survive… I get tears in my eyes every-time I lift her… coz I can feel her telling me 'thankyou' in a cosmic – vibrational kinda way…

OK after much pondering; I decided to make readers realise that the well-being in this world; with our body, and indeed our spiritual well-being also rests on the type of food we eat...
There are so many people talking about how 'meat is bad' and how even the 'strength of elephants is just from being vegetarian '.... anyway... i'm here with a new approach... one that is practcal and really fruitful... the romantic approach :-)

So lets start the ummm ... Cookmance (don't know what else to call it ;-) and let's see what you've been missing out on... I mentioned to one of my friends... ' when we limit ourselves, that's when we can truly evolve ' let me show you what limiting your diet to vegetarianism means...

Serving of 5... I should add 5 'Indians' :-) we eat allot :-D) Probably that's why Gujarati's love a lot too :-x
{slapping my cheeks - 'Back to the cooking Janak...!!!' }

1) About 4 Kgs of potatoes (6 pounds); freshly peeled & chopped into long chips
2) 3 tomatoes
3) 1 green chili pepper
4) Some tomato sauce

Spices:
1. Salt
2. Turmeric powder
3. Fresh leaves of coriander
4. Black Mustard seeds

Make small dices of the green chili...
Wash and cut into small pieces the coriander leaves... if you don't mind the stems, you can cut them too...
cut the tomatoes into small pieces and grind them into a paste...

-  First, fry the potato chips; and infact, make them alittle crispy; then while you leave them to drain the extra oil;
-  Pop ½ a tea spoon of the Mustard seed in a small vessel with alitle cooking oil... once the popping stops (you'll have to cover the container... they pop quite abit) after the popping sound stops... quickly switch off the burner (very important) QUICKLY switch OFF the burner and then put the diced chili in the vessel;
If you put the diced chilies while the burner is on... it will be a fire hazard; as the flames will catch on the oil vapour inside of the container.... if you are asmatic... I suggest you leave this step completely... coz of the pungent chili smell after...
-   let the chilies cook in the oil for a couple of seconds...
-  now pour the popped seeds and the chilies into a lager pot;
-  pour in the tomato paste into the same pot... switch on the burner...
-  mix it alitle, so that the chili flavor mixes with the paste...
-  Let it cook for a couple of minutes; and then put about ¼ cup of tomato sauce in the pot...
-  then put the chips in,... switch off the burner.... mix the contents with a big spoon... (note: if the chips are soft; they will indeed break and make sort of a paste... so the chips have to be kinda crispy)
-   now serve with a sprinkle of the coriander leaves on the servings...
-   I personally like to drink lemonade with it... for it cuts the access oil and helps in digestion...

Well I hope i've got everything right... and that I have enticed you to take vegetarianism with a new light...

If not... then keep on watching this blog for more stuff prepared with a whole lot of vegetarian ingredients and a pinch of love... ;-)

Helpful links:
Indian spice cataloge

Soft Drinks - a truthful approach

Vegetarianism; Scientifically