Passion. Have we lost it?

When you go visiting a forest, the idea is not keeping youself clean and perfect throughout the visit.

In fact, those who really enjoyed the forest, who love being in the wild, who are passionate about the wildness, who are willing to take risks, would come out with some dirt on them, some bug bites, some wrinkled cloths, some stain and even some bruises.

You can live a mediocre, lukewarm life and come out clean and perfect or you can live a passionate life, taking risks in loving, reaching out, making a difference, get hurt, forgive, love again.

A lion in the zoo is "safe", well-fed and looks clean and healthy, but that's not where lions belong to. Lions are meant to live in the wild, and there is adventure in the wild, there is risk, there is freedom, there is beauty and it will be in its most naturally wild state.

"A ship in port is safe. But that’s not what ships are built for." - Grace Murray Hopper

What matters in life?

I have been noticing how the world aroud us is loosing touch with beauty, slience and creativity in a culture where there is lot of noise, clutter and distraction.

I felt the author of the below linked article is like-minded. Its always encouraging to know there are still souls out there who can see beyond the skin-level. The people who can look at things from their heart, not from their head. It is extremely saddening how humanity has shrinked to mere technicalities of life - college degree, mundane jobs, child care, paying off debt and saving for retirement.

Isn't life so much bigger, meaningful and beautiful than all these? Doesn't the things and people around us worth paying attention to?

Read the entire post here: You know Because It Hurts by Guy Tal (Photographer)

Is there a God?

In most cases, atheism is an emotional response to hurt or tragedy in life, the result of the age-old question, if there was a God, why does he allow bad things to happen.

They want to believe that there is no God and in the effort they do an intellectual suicide. In reality, if we are intellectually honest, it doesn't take much to come to a plausible conclusion that there is a creator. Things doesn't just pop out into existence merely by chance.

Newton's first law of thermodynamics still stands - matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed (we can only change one form of matter into another form and one form of energy into another form). So it is quiet safe to assume that someone who can violate the physical laws has to create the original matter and energy.

Being spiritual Vs. religious

How is spirituality different from religion? How do you differentiate a person who is religious versus spiritual? Why is spirituality important to me?

It gives me inner strength, it allows me to be part of something bigger than me. It quietens my heart and puts the life around me into perspective. It makes me want to look at things which are otherwise unworthy to look at. It makes me want to go on in life. It gives me okay to be depressed, yet not worried about being depressed.

It makes me comfortable being silly. It helps me to lay down the various masks I wear in life. It takes the pressure off of my shoulder to perform, please and impress.

It helps me to be wanting to help others selflessly. It lets me make friends without hidden agendas. It helps me to pay attention to the details, making me more creative and artistic.

It allows me to love sinners with a compassionate heart, makes me more accepting than demanding. It gives me the power to listen, pay attention and show grace to others.

It slows me down.

It makes me want to give up the desire to change the world and develops a new desire in me - to make a difference in at least one person's life. It helps me fight materialism and greed.

It makes my thoughts deep. It accepts the mystical nature human mind. It helps me to see the wonder of God's life in me. It humbles me and allows me to receive forgiveness and extend that forgiveness to others.

It kills self righteousness and the need to be right always, lifting a heavy burden from my shoulder. It embraces freedom and resists bondage fervently.

It gently teaches us to handle our freedom.

It's desire is for Truth. It puts emotions into perspective. It answers the question, "why is there emotions?". It removes the fear to be vulnerable and weak. It knows that strength comes from weakness. It makes us want to be surrendered rather than committed and dedicated.

It deals with the narcissism in me, in an unconscious way.

It endures pain and see suffering from a different angle. It helps me to be peace with those million unanswered questions in my heart. It fills my heart with peace, love and hope.