it felt like that when i was there at this shrine where baba descends onto this person...It was interesting to be a part of this, to be able to see a person transform into baba himself and then watch how his interactions were with other people...From the outside, it looks all too creepy and most of us dismiss it as another fake story...but for the believers it is different...am i believer? i dont know...i'm always troubled with questions and hence i'm not going to be an EASY believer even if baba came to me...Luckily, there was no money involved nor was any signup sheet...it was just a group of like minded people who sat there, sang some melodious bhajans and were overall very nice, respectful and friendly...
Coming back, i had very nice experience yesterday...it was almost like i was in shirdi when baba was there...being able to sit at the back of the masjid, watch baba interact with people, see him talking, waving his hands and being nervous at the same time, waiting for the oppurtunity to talk to him, wondering what would it be like to say hello to him, take his blessings and ask him to shower his blessings on you and make all your troubles and nagging thoughts disappear for ever, i mean forever, not like being happy and all for a day to wake up the next and being crappy again...Anyways, that was the happy part...There is also all these questions cropping up on why he didn't pick up yet, am i worthy and all as well as wondering about whether this can be really true...you know, the typical ego trip...
Regardless of what happens, i will continue visiting this shrine to make sure that i think beyond my self and to delve into bigger questions like what is the purpose of life, why are we born, why do we breathe and live a life et al...
Omsairam!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Dance india dance--little masters
This is one good program that i have been watching since two months...from the top of it, it looks like any other reality show...bunch of kids who can dance, some teachers who teach them, couple of judges who evaluate them and then a million viewers who watch it..stupidity, right? Well, that was what i thought about this, but then once i started watching, it turned out to be something else...
First of all, i love that the kids at that age know what they want in life...These kids are no ordinary kids, for they do wonders, but to be able to have a goal, a vision that they want to become dancers/choreographers is amazing...esp. when a lot of the folks just want to become doctors/engineers...I remember when i was 7, i had no idea where i want to be...i was so confused and i only wish i had this clarity...
Secondly, it is amazing and uplifting to see that these kids are not those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouth...they are not ones whose parents are super rich and have the ability to send them to dance schools...in fact they all come from middle class or lower middle class and despite that, they are super talented and hard working...I see one kid called manoj, who doesn;t even have a TV in his place..His parents go and work as construction laborers, still he has come into the top 4...hats off for their endurance, confidence and hard work...Kids like this serve as an inspiration to me and probably millions more to not complain about life but instead accept it as a fun ride...BTW, did i mention that they had to stand for hours to even get an audition glimpse, let alone forget entering the show...
No matter how much people complain about the ills of cable tv, one great thing has been the platform it has become many such actors, dancers, singers and provide a venue for many aspiring people to showcase their talent...I only wish that people will be able to level headedly take their success and scale even higher...
Omsairam!
First of all, i love that the kids at that age know what they want in life...These kids are no ordinary kids, for they do wonders, but to be able to have a goal, a vision that they want to become dancers/choreographers is amazing...esp. when a lot of the folks just want to become doctors/engineers...I remember when i was 7, i had no idea where i want to be...i was so confused and i only wish i had this clarity...
Secondly, it is amazing and uplifting to see that these kids are not those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouth...they are not ones whose parents are super rich and have the ability to send them to dance schools...in fact they all come from middle class or lower middle class and despite that, they are super talented and hard working...I see one kid called manoj, who doesn;t even have a TV in his place..His parents go and work as construction laborers, still he has come into the top 4...hats off for their endurance, confidence and hard work...Kids like this serve as an inspiration to me and probably millions more to not complain about life but instead accept it as a fun ride...BTW, did i mention that they had to stand for hours to even get an audition glimpse, let alone forget entering the show...
No matter how much people complain about the ills of cable tv, one great thing has been the platform it has become many such actors, dancers, singers and provide a venue for many aspiring people to showcase their talent...I only wish that people will be able to level headedly take their success and scale even higher...
Omsairam!
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