The Best teacher

Ask the wise and they will tell you 

that "Life" is the biggest and best teacher 

but are we prepared to  learn from her? 

or do we prefer to be back benchers 

not paying attention to whatever is going on?  

Doing the same things again and again 

getting  the same results 

then  complaining  "nothing works for me! Life is so unfair!" 

Being aware of each action that we take   

observing closely the results that they produce 

then retaining those that give the desired

the desirable results, eschewing and

modifying,  the ones  that are not working for us 

is the correct way forward...  

The best teacher is right here, always available 

we only have to be  willing  to learn from  her 

be always on the alert, 

keep our eyes, ears, senses open 

to learn as much as we can 

and embrace  the infinite possibilities...

On the Eternal Journey

Been watching quite a few videos of late

of near death experiences

what they had to say of life beyond

of meeting friends, relatives who went earlier

who  revealed  that concerns , worries priorities

on earth were petty, trivial, even laughable

 

That we take many births

travel across territories

across landscapes,

climates, lifestyles, and being man or woman 

Biggest reassurance of all

was that there was nothing to worry

to fear hell, torture, burning or freezing

it is just about learning, being a better being

 

So then what are we fighting about? Being chauvinistic about?

you could be exactly in my shoes tomorrow

though you may mock and desist me today! 

 

So beings of the world hold hands, love not hate

we are all in the same journey, in the same boat

aspiring to be better and better versions of ourselves!  

NB: Another interesting thought is of time not being linear and of lives going on (including our lives ) simultaneously in different time zones