Have you ever drowned in the ocean of society? Having tasted the emptiness of positions and perks, society roles and responsibilities?
Hypocrisy breeds yet ironically aren’t we’re all immersed somewhere in this conditioned ideology?
Arenβt we always in a hurry and are frantically running to fulfil the dreams fuelled by this toxic energy?
Dreams manufactured by someone else’s imagination; have you awoken from the dream embedded within the dream ad. infinitum?
Have you never dreamt of being a free soul?Having roamed the creation in its beatific glow?
It is time my friend that we break the shackles of the past, and fly away in the heavens vast!
This nothing they tell us, constitutes the everything.
Welcome to society, we promise we won’t deceive. And it’s cultivated for us to puncture the worn out tyre system and go beyond, leave.
Ashok and Amber β our first collaboration.

Thank you so much for your love and support π€
So emotional and true! Beautifully written π
Yes we need to free and happy always ,amazing writing and also the picture β€
Thank you so much π π
Beautiful! Powerful and deeply resonates π Great Collab!!
That is so sweet of you Nivi π
Yes, please do when this pandemic is over sir. Let me know and I will make arrangements ππ
Wow π€©
I havenβt been to this part of TN and hope to visit it one day.
Rameswaram, Tamilnadu
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And which is your hometown?
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Haha, just posted one. Was busy with work and moving to my hometown. All settled now, my mind is free. Do read and provide your vaulable comments sir.
Thank you so much Nivi. Hope to see your posts soon too π
Agreed 100000, when you let go of the shackles, you will find what real life is about and how many wonderful people are out there, how many doors will welcome you with warm smile and hug. Touched deeply. Thanks for giving us a epic poem.
Thank you so much Kally
This is so awesome!
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Oh, how right you are my friend!
Thank you so much Santhosh ππ
Amazingly written the powerful message!! π
My pleasure β€π
Thank you so much Divya π
This is beautiful
Love this
Thank you so much Rabia ππ
Amber and you both are amazing fellowsπ€©ππ§‘π Just amazing!
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Nice one ashok!πβ€
Thank you so much π
Amazing
True Veena. May God give us wisdom
A 24 year old boy seeing out from the trainβs window shoutedβ¦
βDad, look the trees are going behind!β
Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby, looked at the 24 year oldβs childish behavior with pity, suddenly he again exclaimedβ¦
βDad, look the clouds are running with us!β
The couple couldnβt resist and said to the old manβ¦
βWhy donβt you take your son to a good doctor?β The old man smiled and saidβ¦βI did and we are just coming from the hospital, my son was blind from birth, he just got his eyes today.β
EveryΒ single person on the planet has a story.
Donβt judge people before you truly know them. The truth might surprise you.
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It takes only 5 seconds and make my day, Thankyou and am sure that you would love my content. The songs which I have posted on my channel are written and sung by me.
Have a nice day!βΊοΈβΊοΈ
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Yes Ashok Sir, it’s vicious circle. Courageous people come out it to lead the life on their own
It’s my pleasure Ashok ji β€οΈ.
Thank you so much Anjali π
Thank you so much Ashok ji, I really loved your book now i have asked my brother and husband to read it.π
Good to hear from you Anjali and am so glad to hear about your book! I can gladly share my knowledge of publishing the book π
Thank you so much π
Thank you so much Pooja. So true !!
Dear Ashokji, I just finished reading your book 4 pillar of abundant life. I loved it, you know what coincidence is that my book two chapter is also named as happiness and gratitude.I loved reading your book, thank you for giving such a beautiful treasure to our society.
I had finished 5 chapters and I want to release it soon. Please do let me know if someone can help me to publish it.
Thank you so much Tillie ππ
Such a lovely and truthful poem! β£οΈ
Thank you so much π
We can only ever be free when we are no longer shackled by society. Great post!
Beautifully written β€
Well written
your welcome sir …π
Thank you so much Aayushi ππ€
Thank you so much Ravi. Am glad it touched you π
Thank you so much. Yes, it is time π
Again, you amazed me with your words …sir …
Thank You For Posting Ashok Ji !
Amen to that, It’s about time we truly break the shackles of the past……
Same to you Ashokπ₯°
Am so glad to hear this Umi.
Stay safe. Stay blessed
Thank you for posting this for this was truly an eye – opener and i could resonate to a great extent …
Am so glad to hear this Marie ππ€
Love and blessings
Incredible, I really felt the words, understood them, resonatedππ¦π
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Thank you so much π
You ARE a free soul. You just forgot.
Hypocrisy does breed! Love it!
Thank you so much Aarushi π
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Thank you so much π
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You are always welcome π and thank you for asking, it’s been good so far. Hope you are doing good too. Have a beautiful day π
OMG, keep it coming!
A 24 year old boy seeing out from the trainβs window shoutedβ¦
βDad, look the trees are going behind!β
Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby, looked at the 24 year oldβs childish behavior with pity, suddenly he again exclaimedβ¦
βDad, look the clouds are running with us!β
The couple couldnβt resist and said to the old manβ¦
βWhy donβt you take your son to a good doctor?β The old man smiled and saidβ¦βI did and we are just coming from the hospital, my son was blind from birth, he just got his eyes today.β
EveryΒ single person on the planet has a story.
Donβt judge people before you truly know them. The truth might surprise you.
Be a listener if you enjoyed the story pls do “SUBSCRIBE” to my channel, I want to reach 1k.
It takes only 5 seconds and make my day, Thankyou and am sure that you would love my content.
Have a nice day!βΊοΈβΊοΈ
https://youtube.com/channel/UCeX097YPhRaDSWHtci3blOQ
P.s nice postβ₯οΈ
Thank you so much π
We all need to pause and enjoy the moment rather than worry about the society. So nicely put!
Thank you so much Rishika. Much appreciated ππ
This is a stunning piece of collaboration, honestly. Love itπππ
Thank you so much Marcia π
I can definitely visualise this, in my mindβs eye, as I read…Beautiful and breathtaking π
You are welcome sir!πππ
Maybe we couldnβt reach you Arjun – the poem is not about escaping the unpleasant realities. It is about leaving the rat race …. most of us are prisoners of our environment.
Thank you so much for taking time to read and comment
Is it a form of escapism, where you want to run away from unpleasant realities
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this post is true we always find ourselves in the ocean of the society of doing this that etc. and no one is a free soul here and someone needs to break this ocean live happily
Escapism?
I love this
You are so kind to me my young friend ππ€
Once we become conscious of the fact that we are shackled by our environment, chances of breaking free are good. With the grace of God I did it more than two decades back. We are not only bound we are also controlled… we are in the Matrix π
Wishing you a free and joyous life my dear. Thank you so much for your love
First of all, you have incredible talent with the pen, Ashok. Your words are music to my ears. Second of all, this post carries a very good message, sometimes it can be difficult to follow, but it’s importannt to always have it near our hearts. Society affects us so much that it can be hard to seperate it’s claws from our skin so that we can think on our own and be unique – but we all must stlll try. Thank you so much for sharing this important message with your followers.
You’re welcome, Ashok.
Can’t agree more……
Thanks for your word of enlightenment….
Thank you so much Arv!
Inshaallah soon πππ€
Thank you so much Aanchal. Once the urge is strong we do find ways and means to break the shackles. Keep pulling on the chain and one day the Divine shall intervene and you shall be free ππ€
such an apt word – conditioned society!
Always my pleasure Uncleπ€ InshaAllah, waiting for the things to get normal and for you to visit us πππ€
I guess we all want to come over this but still we keep ourselves drowning in this ocean. We are always defined and judged by rights or wrongs which itself is so uncertain.
Yours words potrayed the reality so well, sir .π€π
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And you on mine ππ
Thank you so much Sugandha π
Hoping the same. You always put a smile on my face π
Beautifully writtenπyou are extremely skilled in this area!π
Thank you so much dear friend π
Glad you think that way, Sir! Take careππ€
Beautifully written as always. Very realistic!
Well done my friend π
All the best Trisha. You look like an amazing young lady ππ€
So true! For a bigger change to happen, it has to start at an individual level and even in that, its should start with some questions that we need to pose to ourselves..I hope to be a reason of one such change, even in the smallest of ways..thank you for the blessingsππ€
I believe that our overall consciousness level would go up. It is for each individual to look after himself.
In every generation there are some who will not follow the mob Trisha. They are the ones who help the society to evolve and change. May you be one such person in your environment ππ€
I hope we don’t end up making the same mistakes again…I hope we really bring a change for good this time… and I hope everybody becomes wiser enough to learn their lessons well…I feel sometimes our generation really undermines the wisdom that your generation has and had back in the days..
Once this is over most of us would go back to our old ways βΊοΈ
With Godβs grace I had seen the futility of all this long long back π
This pandemic really brought us face-to-face with the futilities of this race.. can’t agree more with you..
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My pleasure π
Thank you so much Kritika π
Please do write. Would look forward to reading it. So, today is a milestone day then and 50 years makes it all the more special π
So true. Agree with the collaborative words. We need to break the monotony. Enjoyed the collaboration. Congratulations!
I had briefly mentioned this in my book Neel. Might write about it one of these days. In fact today would have been the ideal day – it was on the 31st of May 50 years ago that I had started to work π
I can very well imagine. I have so many friends who have done that and I am super proud of all of them. I do wish I would have the courage too. Have you written about it? Would love to read.
Thank you so much!!
Yes Neel it is not easy but possible. With Godβs grace I did it more than two decades back and life has been awesome since then.
My pleasure Malaika !
Yes Ashok if few of us get together and pray to God for his grace and mercy on all of us he will surely hear our sincere prayers. Love and blessings to you too dear Ashok π€π€π€π€π·π·π·π·
So deep and meaningful. The real treasure that remains elusive to most of us, while we spend all our energy and resources running after things that are perishable. Dreaming dreams that are created by others. Hope we start to shed off some of those conditioned ideologies. Easier said than done, but we have to believe and start somewhere. Thank you for this post. π
Thanks a lot sir π
Thank you so much Maureen ππ€
Thank you so much Anila and all the best ππ€
Inshaallah you shall Samreen π
Thank you so much for your kind words, love and support. I am sure you have great life ahead for you and Inshaallah we shall roam the world together ππ€
Thank you so much Cheryl. You are always so kind and supportive ππΉπ
Thank you so much Bernie ππ€
Beautiful thought by the pastor Richard and so true. Thank you so much
Thank you so much Liz. I have lived this for more than two decades now π
Well said ππ, portrays great creativity
I just dropped the new post on my blog sirβ€οΈ .
It’s late ’cause I got stuck with some study works a bit π
As long as we are aware we shall find a way out. Thank you so much my friend with a beautiful heart and mind ππ€
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That is great Malaika. I had realised the emptiness of the so called successful life in mid 90s and had quit the rat race on 9th October 1998 π Life has been awesome ever since.
Am so glad for you. Keep shining your light and stay blessed ππ€
Thank you so much π
Thank you so much my young friend – for your kind words and love. A big hug π€
Hope your best friend is still around π and that life is treating you well…
Wonderful… Much needed introspection .. to not blindly follow the rat race and build your own dreams π€π
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Thank you so much Ace. I was motivated and inspired by you for the collaboration ππ
Thank you so much KK π
Such beautiful and inspiring thoughts Kamal. Thank you so much π πΉ
I sincerely hope and pray that our small community can be another catalyst to bring in this transformation Kamal.
Love and blessings πΉπ€πΉ
Welcome to the club Shivani ππ
Thank you so much π
Thank you so much Lynette π
Thoughts so beautifully poured out depicting the reality.. I so want to break the shackles to roam free dumping the baggage of my mind this society uploads. Very well written uncleπ€π
A very meaningful poem and successful collaboration, Ashok and Amber! It’s sad trying to live someone else’s dreams or satisfy someone else’s expectations.
All the best! β€
This is such a lovely collaborative piece with a powerful message. Well done ππ
Ashok, your collaboration with Amber complements a message I heard from American pastor, Charles Stanley. Instead of running to spend time with our ever-changing gadgets, we should experience the peace from reading God’s Word.
A very thought-provoking collaboration!
A thought provoking post. Amazing collab. We all are somehow tied in theses invisible shackles. And we need to break free. Thanks for the reminder.
Awesome!
Beautiful β€οΈ I also realized this and changed my course to the course created by almighty.
Wow Ashok, this is your best writeup that I have read. It just hugs me through, in a way, even my writings couldn’t do today. How could I thank you enough to put it so delicately. Sending much love.
Freeing ! – eco
Well done, dear Ashok!! So deep and filled with truth. Keep inspiring, my friend…people are lucky to know the amazing Ashok π€π€
An inspiring poem!!
Wow and wow a great collaboration with Amber. I loved the picture it was awesome. Hope we could all live in a world free of hatred, anger, jealousy and wars and live in a world of happiness, joy, peace and Love letting go of this toxic energy and filling ourselves with abundant energy of Purity and Compassion. Marvelous and brilliant poem, Ashok.
Would love to live and create this society β€β€
Well done! You two work well together. π
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Most welcome π
Thank you so much Ashish.
Wishing you peaceful and fulfilling life
Succinct having great message…
“Arenβt we always in a hurry and are frantically running to fulfil the dreams fuelled by this toxic energy?”
Indeed, many are running behind this toxic energy and as rightly said, it’s time to create a new society… Beautiful post sir… π
Waiting for your next post ππ
Thank you so much Ahiri π
Thank you so much Shweta. These are my favourite too ππ
Wow wow!! Such a stunning piece!
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It is time my friend that we break the shackles of the past, and fly away in the heavens vast!
I loved these lines in particular. Here’s to freeing ourselves from our invisible shackles. Absolutely loved this!
Most welcome ashok! It’s my pleasure!ππ€
Wow π€© I would love to have beautiful and zestful Cindy as my copilot ππ€
Thank you so much my dear friend
Absolutely Nina. We should let others be… we can become good role models for others.
I had quit the so called rat race more than two decades back and am so happy about that ππ
Thank you so much Nivi ππ₯°
That is soooo sweet Filarance ππ€π
Thank you so much
Such inspiration and dreaminess in your piece Ashok…..
….breaking the shackles and flying.
I’ll be your co-piolet. Beautiful imageryβ£οΈβ€οΈπ€π
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Some rats will continue to race no matter whatβnothing we can do but let them run up ahead. But we donβt have try and keep up with themβthis is the shackle. We can stop running after the rats and instead let our wings naturally unfold so we may fly. Something like this?
Great minds think alike sir, kudosπ₯°
Wowww! Dear ashok! Really I liked it very much. You are amazing. Wonderful piece. Very beautifully written. Keep rocking my dear friend!ππ€
Letβs create a beautiful new world!!!!!
Thank you so much Muskaan π
Thank you so much Nina.
What I am trying to say here is to break the shackles of the conditioned environment, the rat race and start to live and express our divine potential π
Wow! This piece is just stunning! β¨
Wherever we do for Him is always divine Zina ππ
And He is never ever in rush π
Thank you so much
Sure. It spoke right to me.π
This is a lovely collaborative piece. Well done!
βIt is time my friend that we break the shackles of the past, and fly away in the heavens vast!β
Can you further explain the idea of this line?
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Thank you so much Lisa. Am touched ππ€
Amen! I love this and how you mention the βtoxicity.β I am running to do something, but it is Godβs work I am trying to fulfill.π
I will share. Your words are in the spirit of the broken dreamspell that is now giving humanity the opportunity to heal mind and body and make their own way. Thanks!
Thank you so much Dee. Sad and true
LoveLOVElove!! Standout line for me: βDreams manufactured by someone elseβs imaginationβ. So sad π
Thank you so much YBR π
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Well written…YBR
Absolutely, you’re welcome, appreciate you Ashok. It was a wonderful experience to get to know you more too. π·οΈππ»
My pleasure my dearest Baba jani ππ€π
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Thank you so much princess
Beautiful flowπ
All is well with Godβs grace Aadya. And I wish you the same ππ€
Thank you so much for leading this collaboration Amber, my first π
It was a pleasure working with you and knowing you a little more ππ€
Ashok, it was beautiful and smooth to work with you on this piece. Blessed. π·οΈππ»
Your most welcome sir… I hope you are doing great and stay safeπ€βΊοΈ
Thank you so much π Appreciate this ππ
Thank you so much Aadya ππ
Beautiful! You portray the realities of life at it’s most pure level!
Amazing, amazing…. Just a beautiful creation (ΞΈβΏΞΈ)
Have a great day ahead, sir!