The Eagle !

Love is not which alters when it alteration finds.

A blind Milton wrote these lines many decades ago but my young mind could never forget these lines from the day I first read it as part of my English syllabus in one of the English classes.

In the last few days I feel I have gone through the entire gamut of emotions that a human can possibly go through and I am richer for the experience. It has also given me clarity on what I want from my life.

Essentially it has reiterated my belief that the essence is in the being and the knowing and not in the form that it takes. Form is decided by life at a particular point in time and stems from a collective or individualistic expectation but the being is timeless. If love is in the knowing it is also in the nurturing of it irrespective of the form it takes. It has to remain alive in spirit. It cannot thrive in the desertion of it in the face of adversity and that is its biggest test.

P .S – The eagle is said to never have to face a storm because it charts its own route by flying above the storm.

All Content including Pictures are Copyrighted 2006- 2008 © Shruti Bansal.
Copying or Using the content without permission is punishable and offenders will be liable for prosecution.

Krishna's love was pure ...

Yesterday was Krishna Janamashtami … I have grown up seeing Krishna Jhanki’s in our grandparent’s house and celebrations of this auspicious day throughout my growing up years.

Two years back during my sales training in UP, I also had the good fortune of visiting Mathura for half a day before catching the bus to Delhi for our mid month meeting when I saw the cell and visited the birthplace of the little lord. I call him little because that’s the image that has always fascinated me. Maybe because I love children too much and Krishna was indeed an exceptional child especially in his naughtiness. I remember my mother’s complains that we were very naughty as children (me and my twin were quite a handful) and we have had tales told of our childhood antics. I guess a child is very much uninhibited and pure and the child Krishna embodied it to perfection.

Drawn into thinking about my childhood and my carefree nature I remembered that I was quite a different child from the grown up I had become today. Quiet and content I used to love spending time with myself always. I was extremely idealistic and had always wanted and dreamt of a perfect life and an ever after kind of love.

Then somewhere along the way I lost my trust. There seemed to be no ideal situations in my life or in the lives of those around me. My world was shattering. People broke my trust and with it took away my childhood my innocence from me.

But they say its darkest before dawn and hope returned, and with it brought back my childhood dreams and trust. I against felt happy from inside, laughter filled my being as I saw the same dream again and this time I didn’t want to let it go. As I sat in uncertainty remembering the purity and uninhibitedness of Krishna’s love I acknowledged the power of pure love and the blessing. But clouds still thundered on my horizon. Could the dreams be shattered again? Is my lord so unforgiving? Wont I get another chance to rebuild my world or will I be punished for having lost my faith

All Content including Pictures are Copyrighted 2006- 2008 © Shruti Bansal.
Copying or Using the content without permission is punishable and offenders will be liable for prosecution.