Its me and my world

What is the art of living ? What is that art which upholds life ? The art of living is not only doing courses or just doing anything. The art of living is simply this : It is finding that skill and ability to walk on the middle path. The middle path where you are neither an ascetic , nor a person drowned with materialism. Like a swan which swims in water without getting wet or like a lotus which shines in its beauty in mud, a human birth holds the infinite possibilities. The art of living is to unfold yourself, petal by petal !  When we can feel for someone's pain as our own yet we can remain unfazed and strong, we have learnt the art to some extent. When others feel comfort and inspiration in our presence, then again it is a sure clincher that we have progressed learning the art . When we can move ahead with all the dualities of life with poise and elan then we have embraced an import tenet of art of living - O pposite values are complimentary . When we see a mistake as a

Crime has always been part of every society but of late we have been seeing such an increase in crimes, that we can't help wondering what has gone wrong !? And when crime starts affecting people like us , normal, tax-paying , god fearing , law abiding ,comfort loving individuals then it really does shake us ! This is what is happening to India as nation now . If we take a step back and think what is the root cause of crime ? Stress and frustration caused due to various factors seem to be the number one cause. When stress is combined with alcohol and drugs , then there is nothing more lethal than that. The modern city today is a fragmented entity ! Take any city, there is so much of glaring inequality ! On one hand we have the rising sky - scrappers and probably just next to them the most unhygienic living conditions in the urban slums. What do we do in such a situation ? Do you think , the kids and youths growing up in those areas are not ambitious ? They are not greedy for th