the hours are . . .

. . . like poetry, all fluid

a few rigid rules

may be taken for

granted

a little surreal

a little sublime

a little like a dream

nobody should define

a handful of friends

a bagful of foes

a tune to dance to

10 fingers and 10 toes

days like deep sleep

nights full of awakening

a few sunrays, a mirage

a full moon night, unexpectation

subconsciously

waking up the

conscious

all in an hour’s wandering!

-jm

Fireworks!

I can't tell who is more disturbed,

Junior, my little five year old chihuahua or me.

Junior, who is terrified of the firework -

4th of July you know!

Me - well, I am quite terrified as well -

of 4th of July fireworks too!

Quotes: July 3, 2009

do destiny orbits jab ek doosray ko choo kar guzartay hain

to duniya simat jaati hai,

aur jab alag hotey hain to anant, infinity.

(When two destiny orbits come in close contact,

the world shrinks.

And when they separate,

we experience infinity.)

"lekin"

Osho - On Possession

Another share-worthy update from my Facebook Osho Group:

Mulla Nasruddin walked into the office of a cemetery

Osho - It happened: Mulla Nasruddin walked into the office of a cemetery and complained to the manager: "I know well that my wife is buried here in your cemetery but I can't find her grave." The manager checked in his register and asked, "What is her name?"
So Mulla said, "Mistress Mulla Nasruddin."


He looked again and he said, "There is no Mistress Mulla Nasruddin, but there is a Mulla Nasruddin." So he said, "We are sorry, it seems something has gone wrong in the register." Nasruddin said, "Nothing is wrong. Where is the grave of Mulla Nasruddin? -- because everything is in my name." Even the grave of his wife!


Possession... everybody goes on trying to possess: the beloved, the lover. This is no longer love. In fact when you possess a person, you hate, you destroy, you kill; you are a murderer. Love should give freedom; love IS freedom. Love will make the beloved more and more free, love will give wings, and love will open the vast sky. It cannot become a prison, an enclosure. But that love you don't know because that happens only when you are aware; that quality of love comes only when there is awareness. You know a love which is a sin, because it comes out of sleep.


Source - Osho Book "The Hidden Harmony"

Yanni's So Long My Friend ...

This piece deserves an OMG!!!

I posted it about a year back as well ... In that video, I think Yanni was playing the piece!

But someone worked hard on this as well .. its like a Hallmark Card ...

I love this piece ...

Quote: June 30, 2009

To say "I love you" one must first be able to say the "I."

-Ayn Rand

Birthday Poems

Long time back, I think about fifteen years now, she who was like a sister to me, had asked me to write something to her for her b'day. She said that's all she wanted for her birthday. I don't remember what I may have written but she read it out loud. A few girls later told me that they were jealous that they did not have a friendship like that. Who would have known that like everything else, time will take a toll on this on too!

Last week, I called someone to wish him happy b'day and he said, "j - write a poem for me; about me; four lines". It was his b'day - I could not let the demand go unfulfilled. I have really not known him all too well but there are a few things I know of him - there is a child like exuberence and impatience in his demeanor. It can be quite unnerving at times but when I started writing, his demeanor guided me and the poem came out sounding like a children's read; something an older sister or mother would write. Here it is:

A perpetual twinkle in his eye

A little naughty, a little shy

A little impatient like a boy

Makes me laugh with a sigh

Someone tell those pretty girls

Who cross his path

Oh! Never mind those curls

Just watch your heart

But I fancy all his whims

A little proper, a little prim

He is all that and a pie

He is the apple of my eye

-jm

Brain is also important

Shareworthy email forward:

A little known fact....

The first testicular guard "Cup" was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974.

It took 100 years for men to realize that the brain is also important.

Hazrat Amir Khusrau -- Concert in Mumbai

If you are in the vicinity ----

Poet who died over half a millenium ago, comes alive this Saturday

Mumbai hosts a rare concert that brings together 6 performing groups, 3 languages and a celebrated Sufi poet-warrior-mystic

This concert is full of rarities. To begin with, the organiser spent over a year researching on Sufi poet Hazrat Amir Khusrau.

Next, it features almost extinct forms of poetry like Gul, Kalbana, Naksha, Mukarniyan, Nisbatein, Paheliyan, Dosakhune and Dhakosle.

And then, the compositions span at least three languages Persian, Khadi Boli and Hindi.

The idea is to unveil before Mumbai audiences, the person that Hazrat Amir Khusrau was through his works.

Khusrau's layered personality

"Most people know Khusrau as a Sufi poet and mystic. Some might even know him as the inventor of the Sitar, Tabla, Qawwali and Khayal.

But he created a dozen forms of poetry like Gul and Kalbana. He was a court poet to seven kings, and an accomplished warrior.

On one hand, he hung around with royalty. And then he effortlessly managed to write a simple song to reflect the agony of a woman who is married in a land far away from her maternal home.

It shows the sensitivity of the poet," says Nandini Mahesh, director of concert organiser Banyan Tree Events.

It was when Nandini was researching for a 2-CD compilation of Khusrau's works for their sister concern music label, that she conceived this concert and decided to gather musicians from across the country.

Transcending language

Khusrau was quick at picking up languages. Even though Persian was the prevailing language at the time, he also wrote in Urdu, Hindi and Khadi Boli.

"In fact, there is a Ghazal in Hindi that we discovered in an original manuscript that we are going to present at the concert," says Nandini.

Another interesting composition that will be presented by Pt. Vitthal Rao from Hyderabad is Zehal-e miskin makun taghaful, duraye naina banaye batiyan (Do not overlook my misery by blandishing your eyes, and weaving tales). This is made up of alternating lines in Persian and Brij Bhasha.

Father of Qawwali

With so many forms attributed to Khusrau, he also takes the credit for enriching Hindustani classical music. Famous qawwal Sarfaraz Chishti says, "Qawwali as a form wouldn't exist without Hazrat Amir Khusrau Sahab. Our performance begins with kaul, an ibadat to God, which is also attributed to Khusro.

He has given us a treasure of compositions which we sift through to find works we can perform even today." Ustad Aslam Khan, adds, "He gave so much to Hindustani classical music; we only build on what he created.

What we will present at the concert will be Hindustani classical music in its purest, unadulterated form."

On: Today at 6.30 pm. At: Nehru Centre Auditorium, Dr Annie Besant Road, Worli. Call: 24964680. Tickets: Rs 500, Rs 400, Rs 300, Rs 200 (also available at Rhythm House: 22842835, Landmark (Andheri): 26396010)

About Hazrat Amir Khusrau

Hazrat Amir Khusrau is considered one of the most popular Sufi poets and mystics. However, not many know that he was also an accomplished linguist, skilled warrior, a prolific writer and great musician.

He has also been credited with creating the Tabla and Sitar, two instruments that have become indispensable to Hindustani classical music. He was a court poet for several kings and wrote in Persian, Khadi Boli and Hindi.

Who will perform what?
>>Chishti Brothers from Muradabad to perform Qawwali and Rang
>>Ustad Aslam Khan to perform Swela, Khayal and Tarana
>>Pt Vitthal Rao from Hyderabad to perform Persian Ghazal and Swela
>>Shubha Joshi to perform Sawan Geet and Lok Geet
>>Dilraj Kaur to perform Ghazal in Hindi and Sufi Dohe
>>Rafat Khan on Sitar and Jayanti Ghosar on Rabab, a Persian string instrument

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another "cliched" fool

What a fool - following footsteps

not knowing

they were not leading the way

but walking away!

Life's little ironies ...

-jm