मेरी जान को मेरी जान रहने दे..
बना न इसे अपना.. बस मेहमान रहने दे ..
इसे आज़ाद कह या आवारा ..
बहती हवा है ये , बहने दे ...
ऐसा नहीं की मुझे भी प्यार नहीं तुमसे ..
मगर ज़रा है , ज़रा ही रहने दे ..
इश्क परवान चढ़े तो लाता है तूफ़ान
अभी ये पानी है ठहरा .. इसे ठहरा रहने दे ..
बांध न इसे यादो से अपनी..
बेरहम सा बेपरवाह रहने दे ...
फ़ासला जुदाई से होता है बेहतर ..
दरमियाँ ये फ़ासला सा रहने दे ..
मेरी जान को मेरी जान रहने दे..
बना न इसे अपना.. बस मेहमान रहने दे ..
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
I just called to say -- I love you
Who am I to talk about the word called “Love” Speaking personally, I can honestly say: I love coffee... I love Chinese food... I really love chocolates, balloons, gifts, moon and cute lil’ kids ... I love my dazzling new black dress... I love India, that land of magic and mystery... I love to travel and experience the freshness of soil when it rains... I love surrendering to overwhelming exhaustion and falling into deep sleep after returning home from a long day... I love my little dog and being woken up in the morning by his insistent affectionate kisses.... I love my kid sis and the deep and unconditional trust born over time that we share... I love the powerful memory of my first serious romance two years back... I love music... I love jazz and fusion and blues... I love to paint my dreams and thoughts... And finally I can say that I LOVE MY Own Self...
So when we use the word “love,” what exactly are we talking about? Are we referring merely to personal tastes and preferences? Are we referring to our experience of deep emotional bonds and attachments? Or are we referring to our connection to a higher spiritual truth? Maybe we are referring to all three. This is complex and confusing territory, for sure. And it is that much more challenging because human beings experience strong passions about that which they claim to love. In fact, too often, we assume something is inherently good and right, simply because we feel passionately about it. This is another reason why love is such a difficult subject to speak about...
"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." This was the answer given by my 4 yrs old nephew when I asked him what is love?..Isn’t it true? The first principle which explains Love is -- LOVE IS ABOUT BEING SOMEONE ELSE'S' ... When you think about the person even when you don’t want to :-) , that’s leads to a feeling called love. When a girl asks his guy.. “Am I looking fat??”... “No Honey, this dress might have got shrunk after the first dry wash ...” The guy answers and expresses his love... Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK. :-) "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, and then he wears it every day."
An author and lecturer once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a 4 year old child whose next door neighbour was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked him what he had said to the neighbour, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry.” I think that’s called Love :-)
The very next principle which could explain love to some more extent is—LOVE IS BEING IMPERFECT.. How come? ... Let’s see...
My best buddy’s very perfect , a gentleman , a hard worker , an ideal son , an ideal employee, a best manager , a person who leaves time one step behind, who defines the limits and responsibilities a man should have, who is so unblemished , so flawless that I HATE HIM :-) (sometimes).. The perfect’s met his perfect in life and the plight started its mission... The perfect pal now wakes up late in the morning, the first thing he does is checks his cell phone for the updates he might have missed during the dumbness of night... Makes a call even before he looks himself in the morning glory... Forgets an imperative client meet but dare not to forget a date with his love :-) He now takes courage to talk on cell while driving, bunks a business meet just to buy an antiglare... (Here I need not to mention for whom) Attends every silly shopping, waits for the holiday to come and sleeps late very late in the nights ... And to my little surprise... He says he is the HAPPIEST man now...
And ultimately the very principle which defines love is – LOVE IS FINDING YOU AND GIVING YOURSELF....to someone else.... I used to think that I am a very self-indulgent, childish person who is always busy making plans for her own life for her own sake. I was a person who dreamt a lot, who imagined a different world of insane judgments. It was always mine, my tastes, my likes, my whereabouts, my opinion, my countenance. It was a universe for ME by ME. And now I think how mistaken I was. I can do anything but can’t cry on my shoulders when I am gloomy, can’t hug myself when I am blissful, can’t be my own company when I feel like dancing, and can’t celebrate my life when I am just ME.. I made my existence... Knowing him... Trusting him... Caring him... and Loving him.... I met my own self inside his heart....
So love is, indeed, a very difficult thing to talk about. And it is difficult because it is such a complex and multidimensional aspect of the human experience. It is only highly evolved human beings who are capable of knowing what love is in all its multifaceted manifestations. And in the end, it is up to each and every one of us to heroically aspire to become a powerful expression of our own highest recognition of what love truly is...
So when we use the word “love,” what exactly are we talking about? Are we referring merely to personal tastes and preferences? Are we referring to our experience of deep emotional bonds and attachments? Or are we referring to our connection to a higher spiritual truth? Maybe we are referring to all three. This is complex and confusing territory, for sure. And it is that much more challenging because human beings experience strong passions about that which they claim to love. In fact, too often, we assume something is inherently good and right, simply because we feel passionately about it. This is another reason why love is such a difficult subject to speak about...
"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." This was the answer given by my 4 yrs old nephew when I asked him what is love?..Isn’t it true? The first principle which explains Love is -- LOVE IS ABOUT BEING SOMEONE ELSE'S' ... When you think about the person even when you don’t want to :-) , that’s leads to a feeling called love. When a girl asks his guy.. “Am I looking fat??”... “No Honey, this dress might have got shrunk after the first dry wash ...” The guy answers and expresses his love... Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK. :-) "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, and then he wears it every day."
An author and lecturer once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a 4 year old child whose next door neighbour was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked him what he had said to the neighbour, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry.” I think that’s called Love :-)
The very next principle which could explain love to some more extent is—LOVE IS BEING IMPERFECT.. How come? ... Let’s see...
My best buddy’s very perfect , a gentleman , a hard worker , an ideal son , an ideal employee, a best manager , a person who leaves time one step behind, who defines the limits and responsibilities a man should have, who is so unblemished , so flawless that I HATE HIM :-) (sometimes).. The perfect’s met his perfect in life and the plight started its mission... The perfect pal now wakes up late in the morning, the first thing he does is checks his cell phone for the updates he might have missed during the dumbness of night... Makes a call even before he looks himself in the morning glory... Forgets an imperative client meet but dare not to forget a date with his love :-) He now takes courage to talk on cell while driving, bunks a business meet just to buy an antiglare... (Here I need not to mention for whom) Attends every silly shopping, waits for the holiday to come and sleeps late very late in the nights ... And to my little surprise... He says he is the HAPPIEST man now...
And ultimately the very principle which defines love is – LOVE IS FINDING YOU AND GIVING YOURSELF....to someone else.... I used to think that I am a very self-indulgent, childish person who is always busy making plans for her own life for her own sake. I was a person who dreamt a lot, who imagined a different world of insane judgments. It was always mine, my tastes, my likes, my whereabouts, my opinion, my countenance. It was a universe for ME by ME. And now I think how mistaken I was. I can do anything but can’t cry on my shoulders when I am gloomy, can’t hug myself when I am blissful, can’t be my own company when I feel like dancing, and can’t celebrate my life when I am just ME.. I made my existence... Knowing him... Trusting him... Caring him... and Loving him.... I met my own self inside his heart....
So love is, indeed, a very difficult thing to talk about. And it is difficult because it is such a complex and multidimensional aspect of the human experience. It is only highly evolved human beings who are capable of knowing what love is in all its multifaceted manifestations. And in the end, it is up to each and every one of us to heroically aspire to become a powerful expression of our own highest recognition of what love truly is...
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