Dark Clouds......and Rain.

During monsoons everyone gets an opportunity to see the dark clouds hovering over us.

But have we ever gone deep and thought about the significance..??

There is a message for all of us..!!

GOD has its own ways of sending us HIS messages and blessings.

Dark clouds signify that the period of regenerating is about to begin for all of us. Whatever, we have been doing wrong is like a dark cloud for us. GOD gives us a message that your sins are like a dark cloud for you. HE also gives us an opportunity to understand that after every darkness there is light.

The dark clouds are full of water which sometimes rains. But the rain only comes once there is lightening and a cloud burst. What does it means..?? It means that GOD is willing to forgive us for all wrong deeds which we have done,provided that we improve ourselves.

When it rains and you get drenched, have you ever observed that it is cool. Most of us run away to a shelter without thinking or giving it a thought that GOD is washing us of all our sins and offering us to LIVE again on the virtuous path for which HE has given us birth on this mother earth.

Every rain drop when it falls on earth sprinkles into many water particles. Each water particle has its own expanse with the power it falls. But the ultimate result is that it covers a larger space than the one it falls on. We should be like that rain drop. With whatever limitations we have we should try and help the most around us. But many of us do not understand these natural messages. WHY?? since we are all engrossed in our own self. We fail to see the miseries of others in our own apathy.

Is this why we have been born in this world ?? Can we not take some message from dark clouds and rains to understand the ways of GOD. Most of us presume that there is no GOD and the life cycle is just a biological existence. But then WHO created this BIOLOGY.

Have we been born like we are…I do not think so. We are the product of evolution. GOD is up there creating each century…re-working on the brain chips for new generation. Re-inventing HIS creations on this earth. This is how we have grown and matured as so called humans. But what happens at the end. LIFE cycle for each one of us has a time period. We go away. We have to go. There is nothing permanent for us here.New generation is born with better intellect.

However, have we ever thought that only those souls are born with much finer intellect who did something fruitful and good. Rest of us also do get born but with the same last birth intellect and every time this happens. GOD is giving us opportunities each time to grow into a differently desired and thought provoking existence.It depends entirely upon us how we understand.

So every time you witness dark clouds, look at them with a different perspective.Everytime it rains enjoy the blessings. Do not run away , get drenched. It would help you relieve yourself because when you are in rains you forget yourself. And the moment you forget yourself, you have the greatest blessings of being washed away of your sins.

DARKNESS is not for eternity. There is always LIGHT beneath it.

Sanjiv Gupta

Creator Merrigold

The best phase of Life is "This Second"

Many times people from all walks of life talk about what their life had been ,what is it in present and how they imagine it should be in future. Most of the time each one of us  keep thinking about our past and keep imagining the future.This happens with all of us.

However, what we forget is our present.We fail to enjoy our moment of each breath that we inhale.We count the hours and minutes but we forget the seconds. If you think deeply, it is the seconds which are more important to live and enjoy than the minutes,hours,days, years, centuries etc.

The present second needs to be enjoyed. One needs to live what what one is doing during the present second. We do not have any idea what could happen the next second.Everytime people say this line. Forget what is going to happen it is not in your hands .LIVE your present second to the fullest extent possible .Dance,laugh,enjoy,eat,drink,make merry,read,write,work.Do whatever and anything you like but make each second of your Life as your most memorable experience. You get life in your present avatar only once so look at doing things which will make you happy.

And do not think too much. Travel back to your child hood days. Go through the memory lane. Do you think anything happened the way you wanted the things to be. The BIG answer is NO. You are, what you are because you were destined to be at the place and situation where you are right now. So now you see on how many seconds which you could have enjoyed got wasted. Of course you did enjoy some of them but by default. Most of the seconds were just washed away. Although you lived but the seconds died for want of freshness and energy.

Do, whatever you can do, within your powers to improve life of yours and others without any expectations. BUT do it this second. The moment you start thinking the opportunity is lost and the second is gone forever from the BANK OF LIFE. Seconds are like pennies but with a huge difference. Pennies in the material form can be accumulated and spent some other time. But your Life Seconds pennies cannot. They just get spent.Whether,you want or not it is not in your hands to hold the present second. It has to go and be replaced by the next life second. So when you cannot hold why waste. ENJOY!!! every bit of it for your own good and for the good of others close to you.

But this would need determination and a conscious effort .There are certain steps which would enable you to start practicing “ I enjoy my life every second “ :

• Firstly, do away with all the negative feelings.
• Stop thinking about the past. Forget.
• Think less of future.
• Concentrate more on present.
•  Smile more often.

Do not hold yourself. Most of the time we are suppressing our feelings due to some reason or other. This action of ours actually tune our body and thinking pattern negatively. If you have something to say and express do it that very moment. Let me tell you NO one is bothered who you are and what you think so why not express yourself freely. Live for yourself, your soul, your heart, your body, your being as a natural force which is part of GOD. Just let yourself GO….

In our Life circle as I said earlier every second counts till we depart from this world. And the only thing which is ours is- “OUR OWN SOUL”. Rest everything we will leave here. When we  start living every second of our existence it is actually our soul, our atma which gets happy and nourished. So let us pledge to ourselves that our ultimate aim is to nourish our soul. The more and more we do that, the better our state of mind will be. As is said happiness cannot be bought. It is there inside you,all which needs to be done is to experience it. It is present with you right now “also” as you are reading this article. Just smile, take a deep breath ,close your eyes and think about everything nice which you did. You will be happy immediately,the same very second. Just keep enjoying your life as it comes to you without getting into deeply on how, why and what is happening to you. It is Life with all its colors. And it is yours. Only you can change it and no one else. So be ready. Get, set and go……!!!

The Best Phase of Life is "This Second."

Sanjiv Gupta

Creator-Merrigold