The Art of Living ......... a journey of a lifetime .....

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 - Opposite values are complimentary. When we see a mistake as a mistake , not mine, his, hers , or yours, we are free from the dark clutches of  regret and blame. Regret and blame are twin dark evils. When we are regretting we are stomping away the life-force energy in us. When we are only blaming others, we are murdering the prana in others ! When we are able keep away from both we live another tenet of art of living - Do not see intention behind other people's mistakes.



How do we stand up to criticism ? And how feverish do we get hearing someone compliment us ? Do we spend our entire time and energy trying to get more name , fame and protect ourselves from criticism ? Then we have become Footballs of other people's opinions. Learning the art of living is to have so much conviction in yourself that you are not unnecessarily worrying what others think of you, yet you have the humility to take necessary opinions of all knowledgeable people. 



Life does not always go the way we want and we do not always meet people who are exactly like us. Infact we never meet people who are exactly like us. How well are we able to take everyone and every situation of life into our stride and move ahead ? That determines how well we have learnt the tenet of Accept people and situations as they are ! 



Life is beautiful but it is ONLY available in the present moment. Neither the past nor the future exists. Can we see this irrefutable truth? The present moment is inevitable. Whether the moment is going according to our wishes or not, it is inevitable. And every moment adds value to life, even if it is the most difficult moment of our life. There are no accidents! Nothing that has gone out of the thoughtful eyes of the master architect. Just realizing this brings enormous courage !!! Then we can surely say, we have learnt quite a bit of the art of living ! 



The art of living like any other art takes time , patience and effort to learn ! But once we learn even a tiny bit of it, life becomes a journey worth travelling ! Every bend of the road opens up newer vistas. Every failure becomes a learning. Every tear becomes precious . And we can come back home again & again and take shelter in the warm , safe coccoon of our heart. Love becomes ours to live with and shower on others !





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Unknown said…
VERY NICE SWEETHEART!!! :)THANKS FOR SHARING....LOVE YOU A LOOT!!! JGD :)
8:58 AM
cooldude said…
well written !
7:42 PM
Unknown said…
SUPERB Didi.... loved these lines: "There are no accidents! Nothing that has gone out of the thoughtful eyes of the master architect."
9:33 AM
Unknown said…
Excellent!!
5:01 AM
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