1) Butterfly comes in many colors, showing diversity is beauty. No color is superior or inferior.
2) Butterflies go through a life cycle that involves several stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
One has to advance in steps. Need patience and perseverance
(Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success).
3) It changes his state at each stage, with out carrying old baggage with it.
Butterfly digests itself to create entirely new being of itself.
It comes out in the end beautiful, active and cheerful.
Leave past and march towards future.
Butterfly does it with single-mindedness, with out loosing focus.
Live in present. Past is just a dream, you can not go back
Future will be beautiful, to look forward to!
4) It has to break its own cocoon, for its wings to exercise and gain strength.
IF you break its cocoon, it will not get strength to fly (even survive).
You have to learn to come up with your hard work.
5) Takes rest in earlier stages when it has to, and flies when ready.
Wait for opportunity and prove your best and make every one happy around you.
Countries and Borders are man-made.
Every one is just trying to survive.
Be strong to make peace, not war.
People are people, whatever be race or faith.
Every one is unique in world's jig saw puzzle
Each piece matters for jig saw puzzle to be complete
We are here for a very short time.
Let us be the good in the world to keep the balance.
Let us make it better for everyone including us.
Love can not be described.
Because Love has no shape or form.
Love is always blind
Because Love does not discriminate
Love is all around us.
But Love is missed by some
Love cannot be seen
But love is everywhere.
Love does not occupy space
But Love is the greatest power.
Love does not decrease when shared.
But Love increases when shared
Note:
Bilateral love/relationship is bliss
Unilateral love/relationship is mess
Love/relationship with only expectation is business
Love/relationship with empathy or conviviality is friendship
Phoenix finally screams
Comes down with thunderous sound
All I see is flames!
Sad and I close my eyes for a moment
From Heaps of ashes
Seeing the bird rise again.
Flying higher than before
Teaching Never to loose hope
Everything is eternal
End is nothing but start for next
Move on as nothing stops
Have to go on for ever
*A phoenix is a mythological bird that regenerates or arise from the ashes of its predecessor.
War is over. Who has own?
Does not matter. What left matters.
Clearing heaps of ashes around
Sowing lots of hopes around
Immortality may be a fantasy
But Phoenix exists inside us
Bringing an end to last scene
Ready for the next scene of the play.
*A phoenix is a mythological bird that regenerates or arise from the ashes of its predecessor.
Luck of Kokura: B29 bomber carrying the "Fat Man" was hovering over Kokura. Poor visibility forced the B29 to abandon Kokura. The winds of destiny seemed to favor some. Circled again and again and found no opening in the thick umbrellas of clouds that covered them.
Cousin, came and claimed the swan
Because he shot the swan.
Siddhartha will not give it
as it belongs to the saver
Siddhartha released the bird,
When it was fully cured
He tried to save all suffering mass
Eventually became a buddha
*Buddha is a title and anyone can become buddha by good deeds
Leave the lamb for the sacrifice.
Straight it can go to heaven
But lamb wants to live, said Buddha
Went to King to settle the matter
Discussed the purpose of sacrifice
Priest wanted to go to heaven
Let Priest be sacrificed
Let us send him to heaven, said Buddha
Priest begged for his life
Sacrifice ignorance to flames
See the Heaven in compassion
Golden words from the true Teacher
*Saw a movie on artist exploring Inca culture. Explorers are wanderers
I wrote my Interpretation in poem form for the above poem Bird and the Crump for "A Bird, came down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson, during 1971 PUC test/composition class. Like bird, many people go about their activities. Similarly in nature, planets, plants and living beings etc, they go about their duty/work/way of life. We attach importance and try to interpret with our biased emotions.
Poem "A Bird, came down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson.
A Bird, came down the Walk -
He did not know I saw -
He bit an Angle Worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw,
And then, he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass -
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass -
He glanced with rapid eyes,
That hurried all abroad -
They looked like frightened Beads, I thought,
He stirred his Velvet Head. -
Like one in danger, Cautious,
I offered him a Crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers,
And rowed him softer Home -
Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam,
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon,
Leap, plashless as they swim.
Some popular Interpretations are:
1) The poem follows the speaker's observations of a bird that "came down the walk." The speaker is initially drawn to the bird's beauty, but the act of offering it a crumb is somewhat awkward and perhaps even a little frightening for both the speaker and the bird. The poem suggests that even in nature, there can be moments of both beauty and unease.
2) The phrase "Bird and the Crump" could also be a more metaphorical interpretation. "Bird" could represent something fleeting, fragile, or even the soul, while "Crump" could represent a small piece of something, perhaps a memory, a feeling, or a forgotten detail.
Who has heard the God?
Neither any of us.
Healing Compassionate words from Loving ones
Soothing my ears during harder days
Who has proved the God?
Neither any of us.
Beautiful plant growing from a seed
Yesterday alive Today no more
Changing every moment (impermenance) being the reality
Notes: சத்யம் தர்மம் அனந்தம் ப்ரம்மம். அன்பே சிவம்
Soothing my ears" - something that is calming, pleasant, and enjoyable to listen to
Anicca or Impermanence, is only ultimate truth, that everything is constantly changing and nothing lasts forever. This applies to our inner world (thoughts, feelings, perceptions) and our outer world (physical objects, relationships, situations). Accepting this truth can lead to a more flexible, compassionate and practical way of living.
Above Inspired poem by Christina Rossetti:
Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:
But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing through.
Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads,
The wind is passing by.
1) Student life with out exams is THE BEST.
2) One can choose teachers (Best freedom possible).
3) You can learn things at your own phase.
4) No scores, grades, marks. You compete with your self
5) Best mental exercise for seniors (for memory also)
More you seem to know, you realize that you need to know lot more. Life Long journey, with moving target/destination.
What is heard is important! What is understood is more important!.
Popular people say what every one knows. Learned say what is not known, which does not interest many people.
Justice seems to have been done. That is more than enough.
Justice must not only be done, but must also be seen to be done”. This dictum was laid down by Lord Hewart, the then Lord Chief Justice of England in the case of Rex v. Sussex Justices, [1924]
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