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Take life joyfully, take life easily, take life relaxedly, don’t create unnecessary problems. Ninety-nine percent of your problems are created by you because you take life seriously. Seriousness is the root cause of problems. Be playful, and you will not miss anything — because life is God.
Forget about God; just be alive, be abundantly alive. Live each moment as if this is the last moment. Live it intensely; let your torch burn from both sides together. Even if it is only for one moment, that is enough. One moment of intense totality is enough to give you the taste of God. You can live in a lukewarm way, the bourgeois way, the middle-class way. You can go on living, dragging yourself for millions of years — you will only collect dust from the roads and nothing else. One moment of clarity, totality, spontaneity, and you burn like a flame. Just one moment is enough! One moment will make you eternal; you will enter from that moment into eternity. That’s my whole message for my Sannyasins: live it in such way that you need not repent, ever.
A friend has sent me a clipping from a paper.
An old woman, eighty-five years old, was asked by a journalist that if she had to live again, how would she live?
The old woman said — there is a great insight in it, remember it — “If I had my life to live over, I would dare to make more mistakes next time. I would relax, I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would take more trips. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would perhaps have more actual troubles, but I would have fewer imaginary ones.
“You see, I am one of those people who lived sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I have had my moments, and if I had it to do over again I would have more of them. In fact, I would try to have nothing else — just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day. I have been one of those persons who never go anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had to do it again I would travel lighter than I have.
“If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring, and stay that way later into the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.”
Dear friends I know all of us want to do things diffrently (atleast somethings).
Let’s play a game, please do write . What would you change if you get one more chance to rewrite your life?
What would I do?
I would like to dance one whole night performing in Moulin Rouge instead of just being in audience or photographing them…
I would like to photograph Buddha, Jesus, Mohammad together instead of all thse lousy photos I take..
I would like to fly my small plane for one whole day instead of once in a while
I want to play more musical instruments than the just one saxphone I play…
I regret studying so much .. wish I grew up as gypsy …
Love and lots of it dear ones
Suresh
You are an excellent photographer and I must say it was good of you to admire my very simple photographs.
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Why change anything? This life is the perfect expression of exactly what I needed, some joys, some heartaches, some mistakes, some things done right, but in the final analysis, the perfect learning vehicle.
–Malcolm
I would have Married Tom cruise then divorced him and married Brad pitt, then Dovorced him and settled with Angelina in relationship!
tried and Married old millionaire Idiot and killled him in bed to become millionaire.
Well I would have loved brain transplantation from Suresh since he writes all this esoteric stuff
Would have loved to model for Playboy…..
blah blah blah…….
Hi Suresh!
Wonderful photo, wonderful words…Somehow I am lucky enough to be able to live my life exctliy the way I want
The experince comes after experince; my interests, jobs and tasks change and new fascinations appear…Such an enjoyment!..
Hi Suresh!
Wonderful photo, wonderful words…Somehow I am lucky enough to be able to live my life exctliy the way I want
The experince comes after experince; my interests, jobs and tasks change and new fascinations appear…Such an enjoyment!..
thanks for putting me to your blogroll – I feel very honoured!
Exquisite photography!
I’ve had a pretty wild life at times, so I would have done exactly as I did only worried about the future less. It’s all turning out just fine!
“Take life joyfully, take life easily, take life relaxedly, don’t create unnecessary problems. Ninety-nine percent of your problems are created by you because you take life seriously. Seriousness is the root cause of problems” – this is crap!
Ofcourse you should have joy in your life, but that doesnt mean you shouldnt have seriousness. Seriousness brings the discipline in life if taken in positive spirit. And lack of discipline is the root of all problems. Not the seriousness.
Rather I would say, all fun, relaxation with no seriousness will create more problems. So it has to be both!
Good point Aditya on proportion in life. Proportion between effort & relaxation, feelings & thinking, exercising & resting…. and so on. Who doesn’t have problems though. Of course they don’t really exist, cause we are all creators. But I think before one can get to the point of knowing and no more opinion, one has to putter around and “prouduce” oneself on blogs n’ such, ha ha!, to grow the ego and one’s value a bit, only to tear it down, ha ha! Because that state of no more opinion, no more grinding cannot be immitated, it has to be attained. Fluid spirits two cents
Suresh, I guess there are no pings opened on your site, hmm? I couldn’t link this article to my blog.
I’ve learned everything in life is temporary so take each “moment” & treasure it regardless of what “moment” it happens to be.
That’s a beautiful photograph of my favorite flower. You continue to amaze me, Suresh!
I do not know Fluid spirit( I love this name – infact I love all names relating to Spirit!(Haha), I have opened Pings in my blog . I guess I am black listed!!!!
Thanks Aditya for your comments, I would love to hear your views on one of my earlier article called “seriousness is sickness” Please do visit.
The things I would change about my past are things that are available today…to correct or create. Such as learning how to read music, walking more, becoming healthier and more active in my life. Simple isn’t it. So why then does a person not follow through with all the good things they are capable of? I have some major reflecting to do. Have a wonderful week.
Only 20, I still have a life to live. But if I could live my life over again, it would be to say to nice hair to all those I thought had nice hair, ask if I could join more events and parties…and especially erase my past as closeminded naive Christianic bitch and relive it as the Hindu-Buddhist relaxed and casual slick chic I am today.
Oh…and left home right after graduation instead of a year later!!
Once again a beautiful picture and a thought provoking post. As to what I would change – nothing! I am where I want to be with whom I want to be …….. all is well with my world.
Hello,
I just stumble to this site and find your article refreshing and very inspiring. Yes, be playful and we are eternal beings just happen to choose our physcial form to experience life.
My life has not been easy. But on the same token I would not want to change anything.I am what I am today because of my life. There are a lot of mistakes yet to be made and a lot to be learnt from.
‘No matter how difficult the past, you can always start again today!’ It is never too late… Nice photos, they are worth 1001 words