Oh life!

 

Oh life! 

You are not so simple,

not so linear,

as I once thought of you,

You are so complicated,

Full of confusions and uncertainties,

You are unpredictable, sometimes incomprehensible,

 

Oh life!

What you are actually?

Sometimes you show kindness like mother,

Other times you show cruelness like a wild beast,

Sometimes you make me feel proud,

Other times you make me feel dejected and disappointed.

 

Oh life!

Tell me why?

You bring happiness and love sometimes,

And soon duo become nightmares

You make the eyes glow and delight sometimes

And soon eyes become wells of tears.

 

Oh life!

Don’t you ever feel what you do with me,

Don’t you think what you do affect me,

Do you ever think I exist because of you?

Find a few moments to rethink what you do.

Oh life!

Come on, don’t hide secrets from me

Don’t estrange me, don’t isolate me,

Come on, be predictable and simple and accessible to me,

Live in harmony with me

with all the qualities and limitations of ours known and understood,

let’s accept that I can be wrong and so you can be,

let’s talk and resolve and see what the life can be,

lets our relationships germinate, grow, bloom, wither and disappear

as the nature want it to be.

 

Oh life!

Allow me to listen to you

And manage to listen to me,

Lets live as we and leave behind you and me.

                                                                                Younger brother of George

 

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“मैं और तुम”

 

एक सच तो ये है कि, तू है तो है वजूद मेरा,

वरना कुदरत ये कारीगरी भला क्यूँ करती|

 

मगर सवाल ये भी है की तू तो तब भी था

जब मैं नहीं था और तू रहेगा भी जब मैं नहीं रहूँगा

 

असल में “मैं और तुम” जैसा कुछ है ही नहीं

जो तू है वही मैं भी हूँ, तेरी बनावट में और मेरी बनावट में कोई खास अंतर नहीं है

 

जो तेरे अन्दर होता है वही मेरे अन्दर होता है

तुझे दर्द होता है, ख़ुशी होती है, सो मुझे भी होती है|

 

वो तो जब मैंने और तूने किसी को पूछा होगा

तो किसी ने बता दिया होगा की हम कौन हैं, और हम ने मान भी लिया होगा|

 

तब तू ने भी अपनी एक पहचान बनाई होगी और मैं ने भी

यही कमबख्त पहचान थी जिसने हम को “मैं और तुम” में बाँट दिया होगा|

 

मगर जब गौर से देखना-समझना शुरू किया

तो पाया की ये पहचान तो महज़ लफ्ज़ी और बनावटी थीं |

 

असल में जो तू है, वही मैं भी हूँ

तुझे दर्द होता है, एहसास होता है, भूख प्यास लगती है, सो मुझे भी लगती है|

 

फ़िर हम बंटे क्यूँ हैं? लड़ते मरते क्यूँ हैं?

जब तू जानता है, मैं जानता हूँ हकीक़त, फिर हम डरते क्यूँ हैं? दिल-ओ-मन की बात कहने से, सच को सच, झूठ को झूठ कहने से, जो सच में हमारे अन्दर है, उसको खुल कर कहने से|

 

जो भी हो मगर ये सच है, क्यूंकि हमने इसको महसूस किया है

इस एकता को, इस मुकमिल्पन को, इस सचाई को जिया है|

 

सच कहूं तो सिर्फ मैं और तुम ही एक से नहीं

बल्कि यहाँ दुनियाँ में रहता हर इंसान एक जैसा है|

 

तो क्या हुआ जो अलग अलग दिखते  हैं, अलग-अलग खाते पीते हैं, पहनते हैं

असल में हैं तो एक ही, बहुत बारीकी से देखो तो कोई बुनियादी फ़र्क नहीं है, बस हमारी आँखों के सामने काल्पनिक दीवारें खड़ी हैं जो सच को देखने नहीं देतीं|

 

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                                  Responsibility and irresponsibility to self.

 

Working in liberal institutions and organizations can put bifold effect on the individuals. We become either least responsible or highly responsible to ourselves. Often it is seen that we become least responsible since we come from the systems(society, house, schools/colleges/universities) in which there exist a common perception that those who do nothing(while on work/jobs) are quite a happy people and live a comfortable lives. We always dream of a job or work where we would have a little to do, a lot to earn and enjoy etc.

 Often systems have well developed monitoring and supervision mechanisms which are to an extent are necessities in order to meet the set targets and keep the systems at work, but same mechanisms become a source of exploitation and unhappiness/dissatisfaction as obligations make individuals more dull and mechanized than creative. These mechanisms are developed to oversee and supervise the human behavior of irresponsibility to self/duties. However, it is a well known and proven fact that supervision and monitoring can make a person well trained but not well disciplined, responsible and creative. When we work, act on the orders of others we don’t apply our own intellect and reason and thus our self-growth come to a halt, though we feel ourselves at ease for the time being.

On the contrary, in systems where there are no tough supervision or monitoring systems, there are chances that individuals can go either way, either they become highly self-responsible and evaluate themselves on regular basis or they become least responsible and careless; a mere time killer, as they are responsible to no one.

We often run behind the enjoyment and satisfaction, but it exists right here around ourselves in our works and daily life activities. When we believe in ourselves, respect ourselves, our works become our enjoyments, we set and meet targets, we learn new and new things each day, grow spiritually and help others grow. In fact, when we become self-responsible, we started loving what we do and this is what the satisfaction and enjoyment, however satisfaction never mean stagnation, it is like moving ahead successfully toward the destination which is itself a place to work, not an end point.

We get both the chances and we chose our ways based on our own wisdom, awareness and right knowledge.

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