Desiring Absolute
Always on a receiving end of life ......I....having seated in a boat of my heart, sailing on swirling waves of eager thoughts.......attempted to share what's in my mind through this blog..but most of the time .....all my thoughts went unwritten......but they always longed for ABSOLUTE !!!!
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Two Pennies and Lord Krishna
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
God And Business Partnership
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Its "I", in hue and cry......
By: Amit Chaturvedi |
Am good, Am bliss, I love, Am wise,
Am bad, Am ego, I hate, Am vice !
Its truth and wisdom, nothing else to try,
Then, forget myself, I chose to lie....
Its "I", in hue and cry...
Am flower, Am breeze, I rise, I surprise,
Am rock, Am sword, I drown, I deprive !
Peace is my valor, to violence I shy,
Then, for a piece of land, I kill, I terrify...
Its "I", in hue and cry...
Am god, am devotion, I enlighten, I vitalize,
Am evil, Am ignorance, I bewilder, I jeopardize !
To the will of God, I surrender, I rely,
Then, in name of God, I murder, I die...
Its "I", in hue and cry...
Ways to live are many, though paths of life are some,
Learn, Weigh, Think, Accept....don't run !
Winds carry all answers, just ask Why ??
Tides of ocean are strong, but try to stand-by...
yes....... Its "I", in hue and cry......
Saturday, September 20, 2014
There I Sail...........
unaware of the moods of wind..
but, There I sail.....
There I sail...
so intimately with the waves of my eyes..
Affair I cherish.....
in love with the wisdom of life....
Lull, I take...
to behold the spectacular moments....
Spread I will....
God's love and beautiful presents...
Meditate I wanna....
to explore my tranquil mind....
Wake me not....
to your universe so confined....
Breathe I shall....
in eternity of time....
Dance I wish....
in the rhythm so divine....
Move I won't.....
to the whims of your tune....
Stop I won't....
till I reach my desired moon...
Sing I will......
till the water of hope turn to ice and hail.....
Me, you wanna walk along........
Come......There I sail........
There I sail.........
Saturday, April 19, 2014
God's Online !!
- God: Did you call me?
- Man: Called you? No....Who is this?
- God: This is God. I heard your prayers. So I thought I will chat...
- Man: I do pray...Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now. I am in the midst of something..
- God: What are you busy at?
- Man: Don't know....but i can't find free time.Life has become hectic.....It's rush hour all the time...
- God: Sure...Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results. Activity consumes time....Productivity frees it...
- Man: I understand....But I still can't figure it out. By the way I was not expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat...
- God: Well I wanted to resolve your fight for time, by giving you some clarity. In this IT era, I wanted to reach you through the medium you are comfortable with...
- Man: Tell me, why has life become complicated now?
- God: Analysis is what makes it complicated. Stop analyzing life. When you analyze you surmise. But when you believe...you achieve...
- Man: Why are we then constantly unhappy?
- God: Your today is the tomorrow about which you worried about yesterday.....you are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit. That's why your not happy...
- Man: But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?
- God: For humans, uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional !!!
- Man: But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty....
- God: Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional !!!
- Man: If suffering is optional, why do good people suffer?
- God: Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer...With that experience their life becomes better not bitter... Also good people see opportunity in every adversity, the opportunity which makes them turn to me, the God !!
- Man: You mean to say such experience is useful?
- God: Yes. In every terms, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards....
- Man: But still, why should we go through such tests? why can't we be free from problems?
- God: Problems are purposeful roadblocks offering beneficial lessons to enhance mental strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance, not when you are free from problems....
- Man: Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we are heading....
- God: If you look out, you will not know where you are heading....Look inside !!! Looking outside you dream...looking inside you awaken......Eyes provides sight....Heart provides insight!!
- Man: Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in the right direction...... What should I do?
- God: Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you !!! Knowing the Road ahead is more satisfying than the knowing you Rode ahead !!! You work with Compass.....and let others work with the Clock !!!
- Man: In tough times, how to stay motivated?
- God: Always look how far you have come rather than how far you have to go!!! Always count your blessings, not what you are missing !!!
- Man: What surprises you about people?
- God: When they suffer they ask, "Why me?"......but when they prosper, they never asks "why me?" ...... Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but few want to be on the side of the truth !!!
- Man: Sometimes I ask, What life is, why am I here. I can't get the answer...
- God: Before anything is created, the purpose is clearly defined in the mind of the creator, i.e. Me..... If you use your tiny, immature brain to philosophize and speculate What life is etc., it is only going to frustrate you more and more... Instead use such questions to help you achieve the goal of self-realization !!!
- Man: How can I get the best out of life?
- God: Free your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear...
- Man: One last question......Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.....
- God: There are no unanswered prayers....At time answer is No !!!
- Man: Thank you for this wonderful chat... I am so happy to start the New Day with a new sense of inspiration.....
- God: Well, keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts and doubt your beliefs !! Life is not misery but discovery, discovery of true love, real happiness and perfect peace !!! Trust me life is wonderful, if you know how to live...... and if you don't,then I'll tell this foolish blogger who is hacking our conversation and making his blog, he'll hack my another one with some other Man....and then we'll see if he'll be able to capture a much higher philosophy !!!! ;)
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Justice Fiasco !!!!
There was a time when Chankaya Pandit untied his hairs and took a vow to led the movemenet against unworthy king of patliputra-Dhanand, to defeat Alexender and unite the whole nation. And he did it. In the same way Mahatma Gandhi gave us Free India......Now again India is crying for such personalities .....who are hidden in all of us......Now lets see how long it remain hidden !!!!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Life is more than just making a Good Living
Bhagavad-Gita: Key to modernize modern organizational management.
One of the ancient Indian spiritual text is the Bhagavad-Gita or the “Song of the Lord”, which provides the essence of the Vedas, which was delivered by Lord Sri Krishna to Arjuna more than 50 centuries ago in the battlefield of Kurukshestra, India, to boost Arjuna’s declining morale, motivation, confidence to his (Arjuna) intra-personal conflict, which was to fight or not to fight the war at Kurukshestra. Sri Krishna gave not only spiritual enlightenment to Arjuna (and to all of us) but also the art of self management, conflict management, stress &, anger management, transformational leadership, motivation, goal setting and many others aspects of management which can be used as a guide to increase our managerial effectiveness. . The Bhagavad-Gita was given on the battlefield before the commencement of the war. The battlefield represents our body where an unending battle is raging between the forces of good and evil.
Henry Minzberg (1973), in his book the Nature of Managerial Work (cited in Robbins, 2003) provided ten roles of managers play for increasing managerial effectiveness, which can be divided into interpersonal roles, informational roles and decisional roles. The Bhagavad-Gita recommends a managerial effectiveness approach, which focuses not only on external world but also on exploring the inner world of the self.
Arjuna said: For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O
Sri Krishna said: O mighty-armed son of Kunti (Arjuna), it is undoubtedly very difficult to curb the restless mind, but it is possible by constant practice and by detachment. (B.G.6.35)
Management development programs in organizations should focus on creating and developing managers and organizational members to be strong and be mentally fearless.
Sri Krishna also mentioned that for one who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends, but for one who has failed to control their mind, the mind will be the greatest enemy. (B.G. 6.6)
Because of this lack of knowledge of self, the individual gets bewildered and it leads to various conflicts at workplace, as, truly speaking, people don’t know in general how to handle unwanted situations.
The most crucial management issue is the conflict management at workplace. Conflicts are always there sometimes within an organization (among staff members) and also outside organization with the general environment of the firm.
Today organizations (both corporate and educational institutes like IITs and IIMs) are putting considerable emphasis on organizing workshops on conflict handling and self management on the basis of the wisdom of Bhagwat gita for their employees and students, as they have recognized the importance of the need, to collaborate material and spiritual knowledge to address the overall personality of individuals, which benefits both individual and organization.
As it is a fact that every notion of conflict arises in our mind first and then our false ego amplifies it which ultimately comes out and causes real conflict in the surroundings. So these types of workshops helps human resource of the organizations to focus on the center and respect the periphery, otherwise if they focus on the periphery then their periphery becomes their center and their center becomes their periphery, and then they struck into a conflict.
Bhagwat gita helps an individual in spotting that center and makes him/her capable of receiving things and responding and respecting the periphery, the surroundings, in a better way.
In a nutshell, being little philosophical and as anthropologists contends that “the best way to resolve your external conflict is to resolve your inner conflict first, then everything will be resolved automatically”.
Thus, organizations should focus on organizing workshops for their employees based on these classical texts to prevent the situations of conflict well in advance as we know “prevention is better than cure”.
Not only the conflict management, but also other parts of management like motivation, leadership, Duty and very important issue of corporate governance and of business ethics are all addressed by lord
In many verses of the Bhagavad-Gita, Sri Krishna motivates and energizes Arjuna to do his duty. Sri Krishna focuses on the internal (intrinsic) motivation more than external (extrinsic) motivation.
Sri Krishna demonstrated transformational leadership qualities in developing and guiding Arjuna to victory in the war. After Bhagavad-Gita He (Arjuna) stood steady on the ground with bow and arrow in hand. He lifted his arms ready to fight the war.
As far as Duty is concerned, it is given great importance in the Bhagavad-Gita. Duty in the organizational context goes beyond contractual agreement in the employment relationship. Sri Krishna motivates and encourages Arjuna to do his duty and not to run away from the battlefield. Sri Krishna further stressed that duty needs to be done without attachment and for those who do their duty without attachment will attain the supreme goal (B.G 3.19).
Now talking about corporate governance and business ethics, well, people will comply to them automatically if they put their faith in the teachings of Bhagwat gita and try to implement them in their life, as Bhagwat gita is all about ethics, and self governance which includes not only governance of self and corporate behavior but also most important Political governance.
Modern managers, can benefit from the philosophy of Bhagavad-Gita, which serves as a guide in developing managerial effectiveness. Mere imitation of western Management approaches may not be appropriate in the Indian (Asian) context due to differences in the cultural environment. However, the philosophy of Bhagwat gita has also been adopted in many western companies, because Wisdom is for all. The philosophy of Bhagavad-Gita has remained and will remain as a guide for developing managerial effectiveness, not only in this 21st century but also for many centuries more to come. After all the entire creation of this universe is by Lord Krishna and to live in it peacefully, purposefully and beautifully, we must understand the manual guide or user’s guide called Bhagwat Gita by the manufacturer (lord Krishna), so that we can handle ourselves and this world with utmost care.
In the end Arjuna's illusion has now gone. He is motivated to win the war for the Pandavas. This is due to Sri Krishna, who became the spiritual master and adviser for Arjuna and transformed him (Arjuna) and the Pandavas to victory. This is a wonderful example of a true leader, a true follower and in effect the best result: The Victory.
So it can be seen that wherever there is Sri Krishna and Arjuna, there will be Victory.
Thus here through this article I am suggesting a new text book of management to every student of any field and I am sure this will be a good deal as it is not only about making a good living but it is also about making a good life!!!!!!!!!! Think about it. I wish you people “All the Best”!