Thanks giving.....

Thanks giving  just being celebrated....this idea has always appealed to me.....

Giving Thanks is a very humbling spiritual exercise  and each one needs to  have a day of their choice to be Thankful .well ,ofcourse  there is enough reason to be thankful all the time but if it's a day to chose ..... I would take the day when Lord Krishna gave the Geeta Gyan to Arjuna.
Geeta  is  relevant even today....Geeta literally speaks to you ....any question ,any difficulty ....go to Geeta ,read,  plunge in it and you come back calm ,serene,at peace,happy.
Just take a  dip in the Holy Geeta  and come out light n happy.
Here are some of my favourite  sayings  of The Lord ......
Sarva-dharma parityajya.   mam ekam saranam vraja
aham  tvam sarva-papebhyo.   moksayisyami  ma sucah.

This means....abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me,I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions .Do not fear.

sreyan sva dharmo vigunah.  Para dharmat sv anusthitat
Sva dharme nidhanam sreyah. Para dharmo bhayavahah.

This means ...it is better to discharge ons's prescribed duties ,even  though faultily,than another's  duties perfectly .destruction in the course of performing one's  own duty is better than engaging in another's duties ,for to follow another's path is dangerous.

To me it means always  do what your heart says , you  cannot be any one else or do things that are not yours.

Lord says ....we are all souls
The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon,nor burnt by fire,nor moistened by water, nor dried  by the wind.
I can go on and on ....but each should read and understand  personally.

So on the Geeta Jayanti day ....I call family ....n....friends. ...read the Geeta  together. And share a meal .And this is my Thanks Giving.thank you.
Shalom....Love to all .
Sheela.

Missing Home........

Nomo! Nomo! Nomoh ! Sundori momoh
Janani Janmobhumi...gongartir  snigdho somir  jibon jurale tumi..Aubarito maath ,gogono lolaat  chumey tobo
Podo dhuli.....
 This is how kobiGuru described your feeling towards your home......

Today  a friend ,who was in school with me called from heathrow  airport before starting for India ,
Specifically Kolkata.And  all my cajoling myself ........and   Staying  away from Kolkatta just went out of the window ......basically  due to work we came to Gujarat.....one thing led  to another and we
Settled here......but the heart is always always in Kolkatta.It is said that where your treasure is your heart will be there.......all my treasures are there ......it's my birth place ....my Janani .....my Janani Ma Kali is there too .Love everything about Kolkatta.......the people ,the place ,....the Food ......the essence of  Kolkatta......I can smell  Kolkatta .....I can feel Kolkatta.......Kolkatta is my heart.....Kolkatta is my religion........
Feel like developing a pair of wings and flying to Kolkatta......it is always  ...will always be associated    with my childhood ....the wonder years of awed respect for life .....churning of each feelings and emotions as growth in age and as human being blossomed in me ......all the dreams ....all the heart breaks ,......koto pawa ....koto harano.....koto  bojha ....koto chaoya.....I can go on and on ....Then suddenly  boom and Something came in to life in my being and reality dawned on me ....Where is home ? How can you miss home ? How can you miss you ? You are .....your home is  not outside but in you .......your heart.Happy home coming.love n Shalom.
Sheela.

11thoctober.

11th october -generally a very  ordinary day,a date in the year calendar- .......but for me this date is sacred......full of possibilities.....new opportunities.The day of my birth in this wonder filled world.
Every year is another new time ,a rebirth,a time to take stock of my being here , have I been able to
Come to love me.........?get more closer to the Self?more compassionate......?less judgemental?.....forgive  more.....?Pardon the past ....Correct the present....?

This is a day of being grateful  for getting another fresh opportunity.Am I comfortable in my skin? Has humility blossomed in me?
All I need to do is be me in all integrity .Just being Me - Sheela  .....in itself  is a miracle.
May that Dawn .
Amen ...love.  N  shalom to all.
Sheela.