Every dawn is beautiful
Each day is divine
But November and December sky
Is certainly more special
In this beautiful city of mine








All pics on my iPhone in Pune, India. No filters used
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Love Travel Meditate
Every dawn is beautiful
Each day is divine
But November and December sky
Is certainly more special
In this beautiful city of mine
All pics on my iPhone in Pune, India. No filters used
Copyright Β©
Dear Corona,
Why have you come
Whence have you come
When would you go
Whither would you go
Are there other planets
And dimensions that you roam?
Corona, O mighty Corona
Do tell us all that you know!
O yee humans
I am a tiny little virus
What would I know
That you already donβt!
Yet however small and however little
I am part of the One Big Whole!
I shall do my bit and leave
As others before me have
I know it and accept it
I donβt have grand dreams!
But yee mighty humans
Who are blessed
With such INTELLECT and
CONSCIOUSNESS supreme
Why do you kill?
Oh why, humans, why
do you suppress
And subjugate
Your very own
Is there no end
To your greed?
Like me you too shall leave
You too shall have to go back
Like others before you
But you still donβt learn
And you still donβt see
That you too are a nothing
Just like me!
O humans, wake up
Wake up before you
Are smothered and vanquished
Just like me and the likes of me!
Kill me if you would
But donβt hate me
For: Hate consumes the Hater
And not the one hated.
How many vaccines
Would you make
How many remedies
Would you use
Mightier viruses would come
And shall keep coming too
Till you learn …
Till you learn
To become more humane
Till you learn
To become more kind,
And till you learn
Oh yes, till you learn
To conquer your very own
INNER-SELVES!!
For I am not your enemy
It is within you
And it is your EGO
Which is MIGHTY BIG
And not the tiny me!!
Let go of your Ego
And let go of your Pride
Bow down with Humility
Then you shall learn
That there is no separation
We are all ONE – LOVE
πππππππ
Some related posts :
https://ashokwahi.wordpress.com/2020/01/15/living-in-todays-world-beset-with-turmoil/
https://ashokwahi.wordpress.com/2019/06/18/hate-consumes-the-hater-%f0%9f%94%a5/
https://ashokwahi.wordpress.com/2019/06/01/fear-not-my-heart-%f0%9f%92%94/
https://ashokwahi.wordpress.com/2019/08/08/afraid-to-die/
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I am in love with Love!
Beauty of the face
The mind
And the soul!!
I am in love with Love!!
Beauty of the sky
The mountain
And the sea!!
I am in love with Love!!
Beauty of the flower
The blooming tree
And the fallen leaf!
I am in love with Love!!
It is beauty I love!!In love and with love
I seek the Maker of the beautiful!!!
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All pics on my iPhone
It has been 4 months now that I have been at home and my love affair with the sky continues πππ
I love the sky and the ever changing cloud formations. They tell so many stories. The way they play hide and seek with sun and moon is so endearing. I can sit and watch them for hours ππ
Sky is exceptionally beautiful during monsoon ππ
In a way every day is new and every cloud formation is new. And yet there is nothing new.
I have been watching the dance and play of swifts in the mornings. And same crows and pigeons – at times observing social distancing completely and at times throwing all caution to the windsππ
They are my new found friends. In fact my only outside physical contact with the world just now. I wonder what they talk about? Do they discuss the peaceful new environment? Are they scared of going back to the restless and noisy world of yesterday?
Oh how I love the mornings:
Stillness
Peace
Beauty
And the whole of nature performing for me; its only audience….Alone yet not lonely…
Sky, Birds, Me and my thoughts…..and the love affair continues ππ
Social distancing
Lovey dovey π₯°
All pics with my iPhone
There is so much happiness and joy all around us. Life is beautiful ππ
Stay safe. Stay happy and blessed ππ
I surpassed myself in my travels in 2019 π
5 Continents
4 New Countries : Guatemala, Nepal, Canada and Turkey. All were so awesome and worth visiting again.
Such beautiful places, even more beautiful friends and so much of love from all around. Can’t thank God enough for all His grace πππ
Wherever I find love that is my home ππ
LOS ANGELES: Peace Love Nature – December 2018 and January 2019
Ten days in LA were spent in the SRF Mother Center and three days at SRF retreat, Lake Shrineπ
18 Joyous days in the Country of Eternal Spring- Guatemala πππ
And my trip around the world was rounded up beautifully with 8 days in end January in Brisbane with my dear niece, Uma ππ€ππ
After visiting North America, Central America and Australia in the beginning of the year; April found me in me beautiful neighbouring country – Nepal; with my beautiful niece, Sabrina and her loving family. Whole of Nepal is so scenicπππ
And then back home on the beaches of Goa with my niece, Kankana and her son ππ€π
The end of the year found me back again in North America, but this time on the East Coast. It has been a dream to watch the fall colours and I got so much more πππ
The last country to visit was Turkey. Visiting Istanbul had been in my wish list for almost 50 years ππ
The last leg of my amazing trip to North America was in Ontario, Canada.
It was such a divine combination of Spirituality and Nature at its best. And once again I got so much love from all. Special thanks to my fellow devotees : Anitaji, Minaji and Shaileshji for all the love and care. And to Heather, my dear friend in Dundas, Hamilton.
Brampton and Mississauga are filled with Indians π
A couple of monks from Self Realisation Fellowship HQ from LA were visiting Toronto and I could attend many meditations too along with sight seeing : Nature at its awesome best. Can’t thank God enough ππ
I had been to Niagara Falls in 2014 but from the US side. Canadian side falls are definitely more beautiful and awe inspiring.
Niagara on the Lake is small and beautiful town on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. A must see.
Could see some of the most amazing fall colours in Mississauga. Thanks to Shaileshji. The tapestry formed by the combination of different shades of green, yellow, red, rust and pink would leave anyone wonder struck and awed πππ
Dundas in Hamilton is small quaint valley town of 20,000 inhabitants and millions of trees ππ
Spent a couple of glorious days there with my friend Heather. The B&B I stayed at was an old bungalow with very Victorian furnishing and well managed.
I am a Hindu by birth. But if someone asks me what is my religion, I would say:
My God is not sitting in a temple or a church or a mosque or any other place of worship. There is no god sitting on any mount or in any heaven!!
The love in our hearts is God! If we are kind, if we are compassionate; we are godly; we are spiritual!
There is no God outside of you. There is no God outside of me.
There is no God who can ever be explained or defined!
Love doesnβt need any language. Love is a feeling and it can only be experienced. Love only needs loving! And God Being Love needs only loving. God too can only be experienced.
Hindu scriptures describe God as: Satchitananda — Sat Chit Ananda
Sat: Ever Existent
Chit: Ever Conscious
Ananda: Ever new Bliss
That is my God. That is the God I worship. That is the God I love. And that is the God I see and feel in the places of worship of all faiths and religions. Once we are filled with love we shall always be blissful.
And ultimately my Father and I are One. Indian rishis and scriptures had said that too, millenniums ago: I am He. My soul, my love is a vital and inseparable part of the Great Spirit, of Divine Love.
I have made friends and love bloggers from all religions and all countries! (And that is so in my personal non blogging friends too!!) To name just a few: Saba is a Muslim from Pakistan; Jyot is a Sikh – An Indian living in the US; Yeka is a Catholic (believe in a personal God) and lives in Philippines; Huguette lives in Lebanon and doesn’t believe in an orthodox God; Dawn lives in USA and loves Jesus Christ; Betul is from Turkey; Vee is from Canada; Helen (Eilidh) is from England/Belgium, Kamal is from Mumbai and so on ….. I love them all because they are filled with love and kindness.
The Holy Geeta, Bible and Quran sit side by side on the shelves of the bookstores and they never fight! Those who fight are the ones who have never read them or have not imbibed their message of love, universal peace and brotherhood!
There is not and there canβt be any difference in: Christ Consciousness or Krishna Consciousness or the Consciousness of Prophet Muhammad and Buddha; or any self realised being.
There is no God of vengeance and there is no God we should be fearful of.
God is Love
God is Peace
God is Joy
God is Bliss
God is Patience
God is Compassion
God is Light
God is Purity
God is Beauty
Unselfishness is God
Nature is God
God is in the fragrance of the flowers.
God is manifest in every sunrise and every sunset.
God is manifest in the smile of the child and in the hug of a friend.
God is there in every pure emotion and thought.
We are going through very turbulent times. There is so much unrest and uncertainty in the young as well as old. The only way we can help the world is by changing our consciousness; and by not getting sucked into the negativity being spewed by media, the politicians and their allies. Once we raise our consciousness, once we become love; once we tear the veil of separation; we help whole of humanity.
I will love till my last breath ππ
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PS: For more on Love and God you may like to read:
In fact my blog is filled with Love and God and Life posts πππ
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I See Thee Painting
“O Cosmic Light, every day I see Thee painting the sky in bright colors. I watch Thee clothe the bare soil with green grass. Thou art in the warmth of the sunshine. Oh, Thou art so plainly present everywhere!”
Paramahansa Yogananda
Whatever I am today is a gift of my Guru, Paramahansa Yogananda. One of these gifts is my love for nature and travel. Nature is God ππ
Some of my earlier posts which might interest you are:
Paramahansa Yogananda had composed so many divine chants, like:
It is beauty I love. In love and with love I seek the Maker of the beautiful”
Swami Paramananda
This quote of Swamiji has been a favourite of mine for years. Read it first in 1998 ππ
How can one see a flower, a sunrise, a sunset, a sky filled with different coloured clouds, the smile of a child, a beautiful face and not think of God ππ
Saw her today morning
In her beauty pristine
Changing every second
Teasing me
Enticing me
Alluring me
With Her beauty divine
At times She was so close
Caressing me
Covering Her beauty
With veils of clouds
Grey and dark
And then
Opening up a little
With a mischievous bright smile
To give me another glimpse
Of Her beauty divine
I know You live
In my heart
But how shall I appease
This longing
For your touch?
When shall this
Hide and seek end?
It was a glorious morning with clouds playing hide and seek with the rising sun and the blue sky. Neither do I have the words to describe the feelings which were evoked, nor can my mobile ever capture this beauty in motion ππ