Life is beautiful...

"Krishna is Attraction"...I read this 4 yrs back in one of Gurujis books..It basically was a small paragraph--the gist saying that you will never find Lord Krishna in the temple or in any idol form…you will find him wherever there is love…wherever there is attraction….wherever there is Leela….I could not understand that…and read it and just left it as it is….…..guruji says if you don’t understand some things just let it be…at some point of time in life you will understand the meaning…..


I used to travel to the city during my first job for the first 3 months by bus…it was the most convenient in the rains as my parents would not let me take the two wheeler and moreover the bus dropped me right from my home to front of the office….The public transport has 2 seats reserved for Physically disabled…everyday both the seats used to be occupied by 3-4 blind ppl and their 2-3 kids….and I started noticing their daily ritual…they got down from the bus one stop before mine…however…3 stops in advance they used to start preparing themselves to get down from the bus….the mother used to start taking all the bags together and then the kids who sat on the lap(Who had sight…Only the parents were sightless)….so the kids used to start getting up and looking out of the window….and then the most surprising thing used to happen…the mother used to start making the kids ready….as in.. used to check the girls plaited hair…used to check if her frock is proper…if the frock belt is tied…used to then take her hand to her face….lovingly touch her face all over….I could not believe what I was seeing…a sightless mother made her daughter ready like any ordinary person…with the same love and care…her being sightless did not stop her from doing anything what an ordinary mother would have done…and the child also complained to the mother saying that the frock belt was not tied properly…and the mother tied it again….It was the most beautiful sight I saw…the love that I saw in the entire 5 minute scene was unfathomable…..and the happiness I felt was what anyone could term as bliss….I was filled with an emotion I could not explain…and that’s when I realized…..This is Krishna…This is love…and this is what Guruji meant when he said what he had…..I realized this some 6 months after reading it……

Its been three and half yrs since the above incident...and what made me write this was something i see everyday--as I go for my daily morning walk I see a grandfather with his 1.5 yrs granddaughter in ‘godi' walking slowly….its like a morning walk for the 2 of them….occasionally the toddler will be walking on the ground with the grandfather holding her hand…the grandfather is very old…maybe about 80 odd….in fact he can barley walk at a normal pace….but in my one hour of walking they walk about a kilometer….and the baby in the grandfathers arms will keep yapping…then occasionally the grandfather will keep showing her something in the sky..or some flower...or some puppies who have come for a walk with their owners..….then both of them will stare at something and smile at each other….it’s the most beautiful sight I see everyday morning…in fact if I get a little late…I actually land up searching for them everyday….and love the sight every time I cross them….its like they have their own world….and for both of them they are the world for each other for that time….This sight actually makes my day…..and reminds me of the fact that Krishna is attraction…..

Everyday it reminds me that anywhere and everywhere there is beauty in small events, incidents and with unknown ppl…and the least expected ppl will touch your life…..and when I sit down with my daily complaint list to God…I remem these things and reduce my complaints;-)

On a serious note….it keeps me going in life…small events like these which are not even remotely related to me make me happy and strengthen my belief...that there is so much in life that is beautiful which we fail to notice....Life is beautiful...