My Mind Matters

March is one of the most beautiful months of the year. It is the start of the spring-summer season. Skies are clear giving way to hot, humid nights and the increasing demand for air conditioners. March is also the month to begin on new projects especially construction activities. To forget not, it the end of the financial year and closing of accounts and busiest and the most stressful time for accountants.

To me, March is the time to make decisions. I don't know, may be the weather or something, you can never feel lazy during this month. See even I couldn't resist the temptation to post in my blog being usually too lazy to type. Those who have slept for the first two months of the year suddenly wake up in a crisp morning of March and say 'Hey, already a quarter of the year is over, I must buck up and achieve something!' Either the person signs up for classes or decide to go for a job or fix some small goals and tasks and try to work on them.

For students especially, this is the tension period. Yes! BOARD EXAMS!! Very mention of the word scares me even today. I even remember the dates. 1st March-Chemistry, 3rd March English, 6th March Maths, 9th March Physics and 21st March Biology and all in the afternoon session 1:00 to 4:00. I remember resolving with a few of my friends never to touch Physics again in my life. They kept up their promise but I had to suffer as I had two semesters of Physics having taken up B.Sc. Maths. These exams are capable of draining out the little interest you have in the subject.

You either love or hate the month of March but you can't ignore it. Please do add some of your own experiences that happened to you during this month in the comments column.

2013: The Year of Surrender.

To My Dearest Lord!

I write this post to you as a declaration and a complete consecration of all my assets and liabilities, of all that I own and all that I ever hope for. I feel as if I am nothing in comparison to this vast and magnificent universe. More and more, I am starting to feel that everything is predecided and I am an actor in this play of which you are the director, the producer in charge of everything. You are the Kartha and the Kaaran, the doer and the thing to be done. The past, the present and the future. All that is known and yet to be known. You are my guide, the best of all friends, my philosopher, my mother, my father, my sibling, my soulmate, all my well-wishers, relatives, everyone I see and admire.

My country India is in trouble. It is surrounded by unfriendly neighbours and is held by asuric forces. Please protect my motherland. Help it to rise and open to your golden grace and protection. Help it to be a leading spiritual torch to the world. Please deliver and relieve it from all evil. Help the citizens of my country to rise for there is need for a revolutionary change in the system. I hereby surrender my whole country, the city in which I live in, the electricity problem, the Kaveri water issue, all the farmers woes and worries, the food shortage, price rise, the pain and suffering of the poor, the negligence and lack of concern of the rich and moneyed, the job market, the economy, terrorism, everyday battle to earn a living, social media like facebook, twitter, the workings and non working of the government, businesses, profits, losses, intellectuals, youth, senior citizens, uneducated, unemployed, deserts, forests, rivers, wildlife, the flora the fauna, culture, belief and traditions, all celebrations, festivities and times of despair, the sincere workers as well as the rule breakers and even the tourists who visit my country. The audacity, vulgarity, perversity, disrespect, inequality, racist and caste feelings, everything to mention and not to be mentioned, everything I place them at your feet.

My family-So Supportive, understanding. How can I ever thank you? Especially my mother who knows me inside out, my preferences, my likes, my dislikes and who loves me unconditionally. Without her I wouldn’t be the person I am today. A mother not only gives birth, but is a person whom one can turn to at all times. My father!, who is my guide, my teacher, my financier, my guiding Light, who becomes happy when I am happy and who consoles me when I am in tears and who takes responsibility for all my actions. Let this year be the most profitable year for my parents in terms of health and prosperity. Their happiness is my sole aim and when I serve them I serve you.

My sister turns ten this year. Please help her to make the bet use of her childhood years. Let her not waste time watching meaningless programs on TV. Let that urge and stupidity die with me. She has got a lot of friends, teachers love her, her speaking and writing skills are excellent. Please do help her to make full use of her capacity and capabilities. Let her be surrounded by good companions who are ready to help her and guide her at every stage. To start with, I offer all my sisterly feelings that I have got towards her to you. Please help me change my attitude towards her and set an outstanding example for her to follow. Let not my failures and mistakes affect her. Help her to grow tall and reach the highest shelf in the room cupboard. Give her all your energy, confidence and your protection.

My friends, my well wishers, my critics, those who think good as well as evil of me, those who misunderstand me, those showers of praises, that storm of insults, every word-remarks and comments spoken in front of me, behind me, every good and evil intention and opinion that people have of me, let that not go into my head, I place them at your lotus feet.

Those, whom I think about, I care as well as not care, who occupy my thoughts in sleep as well as in wake, those whom I fear, dread, detest, those whom I hurt knowingly and unknowingly, those whom I take for granted, those whom I crave, all those people are forever and only yours. Let me not possess their lives.

Everything starting from the smallest drop of water, to the most elephantine of my possessions which you have placed under my trust, I surrender and offer them to you. Let me neither get attached to them nor ill-treat them. In the past, I have foolishly vented my frustration and anger on them by mishandling and throwing them around. Let me treat things with gentle care and affection for they are yours and a symbol of your omnipresence. Overspending, hoarding and wastage are foreign to your temper and must be at all costs, completely avoided.

Now comes the most important part. I hereby surrender each and everything that I do, each step I take, each word I speak, my errors and so-called achievements, each of my thoughts and feelings-positive, neutral and negative, especially jealousy, envy, ego, arrogance, laziness, anger, irritation, intolerance, doubts, fear, suspicion, opinions, judgement, habits, addiction, obstinacy, stubbornness, passion, lust, craving, worry, anxiety, inhibitions. I completely open myself to you. All the openings of my body are open to you. My cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, hormones, each and every tiny chemical reaction, the workings of my brain, my stupidity and intelligence, my laughter and tears, take everything and everything. Leave nothing to me. It belongs to you always and shall work only as per your will.

Help us all to overcome all our barriers-hurdles, trials and tribulations. Let this year 2013 be the most progressive and fruitful of all the years.

The whole of my lifetime shall be and only be dedicated to your service.

With a heart full of gratitude,

Your loving child.

My Mind Matters

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