From & To Sathish #6 - Page 9

I LOVE THIS ANALOGY: 👏👏

You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere. Why did you spill the coffee?

"Because someone bumped into me!!!"

Wrong answer.

You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup. Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea. Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.

Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled.

So we have to ask ourselves... “what's in my cup?"

When life gets tough, what spills over? Joy, gratitude, peace and humility?

Anger, bitterness, victim mentality and quitting-tendencies?

Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.

Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation, resilience, positivity; and kindness, gentleness and love for others.

#ThinkAboutIt

Avan, Aval Adhu 462

' Ravi, Ravi ' Rasaathi Ammal called out to her son and when he looked at her, she pointed to her left wrist. Ravi smiled and said, ' We are ready, Mother' and looked at the priest, and showing him the Pooja room, ' Poosari Iyaa, this is where you will be conducting and solemnizing our marriage. I hope this simple room will do.'

The priest looked into the small but beautiful pooja room and at the presiding deity of Madurai Amman in all her green splendor and said, ' This place feels as good and pure as a temple. I only wish everybody saved money and got married in such a simple but elegant manner.'

' Ravi, Ravi ' Rasaathi Ammal called out to him, and wondering what was going on with his mother, he came to her and seeing her looking a bit nervous and flustered, asked her what was wrong and she told him.

' Please forgive me but I have invited three more people to the wedding. I am sorry da.'

Taken aback by her confession, Ravi asked her who she had invited and she told him. Just as she finished saying their names, all of them heard the noises made by a large vehicle as it pulled into the compound and into the house entered, Dharmalinga Thevar and his wife Thamarai followed by Inspector Sargunam.

Ravi welcomed them with a huge smile and then looked at his mother and asked, ' Amma, any more surprises left?'

Ravi introduced Madhu to his uncle and aunt and both of them touched their feet and took their blessings.

Dharmalinga Thevar could not hold back his tears and folding his hands, he apologized to Madhu, ' Ammadi, think of me as your own father and forgive me like you would forgive him. Ravi has told me a lot about you and I can see now with my own eyes why he worships you and loves you so much. I am sorry for all the problems and pain that you both suffered at my daughter's hands.'

Ravi gently held his uncle's hands and said, ' Whatever I am today and whatever this village is today is because of you and you alone. Whatever happened is now in the past and we will bury it and let it lie in the past. Today is a new day for all of us and I am glad that all of you are here to bless us and wish us well. '

Rasaathi Ammal requested the priest to do the needful and then Parthiban came carrying a huge tray with two garlands. Ravi looked at him with surprise and asked him where he had gotten them from.

' From our temple, Master sir ' the priest told him and smiling warmly, ' They were meant for the evening pooja. But, I felt they would be better served here than in the temple. So, I requested your friend to go and get them for me.'

Pointing to the garlands, ' Please wear them, for in my opinion, a marriage is not complete without them.'

Madhurima could not believe what was happening for everything was moving forward at such a fast pace and like magic. But deep inside her soul, she felt a slight loneliness since she was all alone and without a single family member or even a single friend to be with her and share her joy.

' Dada, I know you are here in my soul. Bless me and Ravi and pray for our peace and well-being ' she thought and spoke to her long-gone Grand father.

' Ma'am ' they heard the loud and authoritative voice of Major Param Singh addressing her and Madhu and all the others turned to see what he wanted.

Major Param Singh looked at her and when Madhu asked her what he wanted, ' Ma'am, there is a couple here who say they have come to attend the wedding on your behalf.'

' On my behalf? But, Major, I don't know anybody here ' she said confusedly and looked at Ravi who looked as confused as her, and turned to Param Singh, ' Major, did they say where they are from and do they have names?'

It was Major Param Singh's turn to look confused and with a sheepish smile said, ' The man said you know him very well. He said his name was " Spartan ".

We are not alone. We are never alone. There is always light waiting to enter our lives. Loneliness is different from being alone. You can feel lonely even with a dozen people around you. But when you have light in you and carry its aura inside you, you are never alone.

The boy has stepped out of the darkness to bring light into new lives.

Avan, Aval Adhu 463

' Spartan? Did you say, Spartan? ' Madhu asked and looked at Ravi with great surprise and sprouting a huge smile, walked past Major Param Singh and then Ravi too passed him leaving him standing there all alone wondering on his own as to what the hell was going on.

' Why did Mrs.Prem react as if I had just announced the arrival of the Prime Minister himself?' and reached for his phone to call Raman. But before he could do so, his phone rang with A.R.Rahman's Vande Mataram ring tone and he saw it was Raman himself who was calling him.

' Think of the devil and the devil himself calls me ' he complained gently and slid the green button and opened his mouth to say hello but got no opportunity to say so. For, Raman started speaking and quickly informed him that the man Spartan and the lady with him were friends and also close allies. ' Param, they are good people. A word of caution, my brave Sardar, be very prudent and concise when you deal with this gentleman called Spartan. Better still, stay out of his way and even better stay out of his sight.'

Before he could even respond or say a word in his own defense, the call was disconnected leaving Param to mumble sadly, ' Just two years ago, this kid was a practicing lawyer in Chennai and today he is the head of " Chakravyuh " an all-star general and worse, he tells me what to do and who not to speak to. My bloody fate that I have to suffer all this again and again.'

He turned and stared at the man who had introduced himself as Spartan and thought, ' What's with this man and his long hair and why is he going around calling himself Spartan? Agreed that the hairstyle suits him and looks good on him but it looks too good to be true. Surely, the man must be wearing some kind of a wig or Toupee kind of hairpiece. Bloody hell, he has more hair than even his female companion.'

Madhurima greeted both of them with huge smile plastered on her beautiful face, ' Thank you for coming at the right moment, Mr.Spartan, its good to see you again, sir ' and seeing Malar with him, ' Ma'am, you too ' and stopped suddenly as her intelligence tried to make connections and finding no plausible explanation, she looked at him and then at Major Param Singh and thought to herself, ' Strange that they don't know each other. But, both of them stood watch over me the whole of yesterday and last night. How... and now, they have magically appeared here at my wedding and just when I was feeling a bit lost and lonely.'

Spartan's lips moved but no noise came and yet Madhu heard him speak and heard his every word, loud and clear.

' Ma'am, Madhurima. Look at me ' he said and then offering his right hand, ' Take it and put your mind at ease.'

Madhurima looked up at the slim but powerful-looking young man and took his hand in hers and the next moment she saw him for who he was and experienced his time on earth.

She saw him for who he truly was, older than the house and older than all the trees around them. She saw him as the forest and as the mountains around Kumarapalayam and realized that he had walked the earth for a long time. A very long time.

Placing his right hand on her head, Azhagan smiled and said, ' Bāccā, kan'yādāna anuṣṭhānēra samaẏa āmi tōmākē bara rabikē ditē ēsēchi. Tumi ēkā na'ō. Āmi ēbaṁ āmāra strī mālāra ēkhānē āpanāra prati najara rākhatē ēbaṁ āpanākē rakṣā karatē ēsēchi. Sarbadā. ( ' Child, I am here to give you away to Ravi, the bridegroom during the Kanyadaan ceremony. I am here on behalf of your Dada and parents. You are not alone. I and my wife Malar are here to watch over you and protect you. Always ).

Ravi just stood there saying nothing for he understood nothing of what was going on and then Spartan looked at him, ' Master, it is our privilege to have made your acquaintance. You sir are truly a noble man and an honorable man.'

Ravi thanked him and said, ' Well, I do feel honored to have you both attending our wedding and sharing this special moment with all of us.'

Bowing his head in respect he welcomed them both into the house.

Far away from this glorious, beautiful, and happy space, in the house of Meenakshi, her mobile phone rang several times before she hurriedly picked it up and asked her friend what was going on.

' Has the priest left? '

' No. He has not but more people have arrived.'

' More people. You mean the people who live there? So, what? No big deal.'

' Aiyo, Meenakshi. Your parents are here. They just landed ten minutes ago.'

' Wtf is going on there? What are my parents doing there in Ravi's house? Is he planning to make a will and give away all his property to Ravi? That is okay and I can understand that for he has always loved him more than me and more than my dead brother.'

' Meenakshi, I don't think this has anything to do with a will or property. If that was the case, a lawyer would have arrived by now but none have made an appearance. Rather, a priest is here and then that guy, Ravi's friend who lost both his legs in an accident, he suddenly left the house and returned in a few minutes and he was carrying....'

' Carrying whom? Carrying what?' Meenakshi yelled frustratedly.

' He was carrying two garlands.'

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👆🏾just sharing this (forgive me if it's boring) but I was recalling an incident of old times, with the people were kind, even neighbours, who were so different and caring.

Once, as a teenager, I was overwhelmed with some problems, and sat thinking, on our door step facing a yard. I heard a voice from above saying out loud, "kappal kavuntahlum" and I looked up and saw my neighbour, call out from the window that overlooked our yard. He continued, "kappal kavunthalum kannathila Kai vekkathe" ......those days when even others cared ‼️

These are some of the songs that I have been listening of late and you guessed right. All of them are by the master and maestro Ilayaraja sir and from Tamil and other regional languages. I hope you enjoy them as much as I am doing and will for a long time to come.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qFaIALEvrY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNf0oemM4qY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGBrg32T2U0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDX2F18-chM

Avan, Aval Adhu 464

The moment Madhu took the hand that the gentleman called Spartan had extended to her, Ravi sensed something happening around him. Ravi was a normal human being but was even considered slightly abnormal by those who knew him very well. I use the word abnormal in good faith here to describe Ravi as an extraordinary person who was exceptional in everything he thought, said, and did.

In Sanskrit, it is called, "Trikaranasuddhi " which indicates the purity of a person's thoughts, words, and actions. This is best described as Manasa, vacha, karmana. The word Manasa refers to the mind, vacha refers to speech, and karmana refers to actions.

People who exist in this state are able to sense and decipher vibrations that normal humans are unable to do. The reason for that is normal people are so full of themselves and are so busy living in the illusory world that their mind is shut off or worse cut off from the subtle universe.

Maybe this is why the myth that " humans use only 10 percent of their brain " has become so popular. Read MYTH in capital letters and the reason for me saying that is because it has been clinically proved beyond doubt that we use 100 percent of our brain. Then why....? Hold on.

Take your average four-wheeler which usually runs on typical a four-cylinder engine. Regardless of whether you are driving at 50 km speed or 150 km speed, all four cylinders have to work properly, or else, the engine will misfire and most probably shut down.

In the same way, a normal human being uses the entire brain organ to do what he does but only very few people use it to its maximum capacity. Almost all people from all walks of life stop using the brain or rather pushing the brain to its full capacity after they are all set in a career. Gone are the days of studies, and acquiring knowledge from various subjects, and once your career is fixed, it is smooth, dull, and dumb sailing from your late 20s to your late 50s. After that, well it gets worse and it becomes all downhill after that.

But coming back to our hero Ravi Kumar, I can best describe him as a person who is stuck in a vicious cycle of excellence. He learns and the more he learns, the more he wants to learn and this cycle goes on and on and on.

The advantage that people in this state have over normal human beings is that they can think out and quickly come to an understanding about people and the situations they are in.

The name " Kavin " flashed like lightning in his soul and instantly he made the connection to the time and place where he had heard it.

Nearly 32 years ago, Ravi and Meenakshi were playing with a few other kids from the village when they heard loud voices coming from outside the house. All of them ran towards the front door entrance and saw several important-looking people standing there accompanied by several police officers. They were all talking to Meena's father Dharmalinga Thevar and were pleading with him about something important.

Meenakshi pointed to a tall North Indian and whispered to Ravi, ' That is our district collector. He drops in regularly to visit and consult with my father about local politics and administration.'

Ravi nodded, ' I see ' and then excitedly pointed to another important-looking man and said, ' That man is a professor in Archeology and he is the one who is always digging around that old broken-down Shiva Temple behind our village.'

All of them fell silent and listened to what the people were talking about and were doing it in an animated manner.

The collector requested Dharmalinga Thevar, ' Sir, this archeological piece that has gone missing is very important and it concerns a vital piece of Madurai history and the battle in which the mighty Chola empire was finally brought down by the Pandyas.'

Bhadrinathan, professor of Archeology raised his voice threateningly, ' I will report this problem directly to the union minister in Delhi and I will request that a special force be sent into the Perumalvaram forest and retrieve the stolen piece.'

Dharmalinga Thevar's laughter was sudden and explosive and the sound of it made some of them jump out of their pants in fear.

Laughing uncontrollably, he looked at the professor and said, ' Bhadri iyaa, I dare you to do that. If you and that special force can enter that dangerous forest and come out safely, I will gift all my wealth and property to you and to your cause. Agreed.'

Collector Suresh glared at Dr.Bhadrinathan and politely but firmly told him to shut his trap while he did the talking. Then he requested the police officers to leave while he discussed the matter with Dharmalinga Thevar.

After everyone had left, he nodded to Bhadrinathan who began to speak and explain what had gone missing from the ruins of the ancient Shiva temple.

' Sir, it is not just a piece that has gone missing but an entire portion of a wall that had several paintings and words written on it.'

Dharmalinga Thevar casually asked him what was so important about the wall and Dr.Bhadrinathan exclaimed loudly, ' That wall was the only evidence that we have of a mysterious hero that the forest people worshipped.'

Dharmalinga Thevar smiled, ' Sir, almost all of us here in the village, towns, and forest worship Lord Muruga as Lord Kumaran in the form of a young boy. What is so mysterious about our favorite God?'

Professor of Archeology, Dr.Bhadrinathan smiled sadly, ' You are wrong sir for this was a different boy who the tribals worshipped and still worship as their forest God.'

Dharmalinga Thevar felt something creeping up behind him and quickly turned and found it was only Ravi and Meenakshi standing behind him and turned to the professor and asked in a slightly bemused and astonished voice, ' A different boy? What is the name of this forest God they worshipped?'

' Kavin. He was called Kavin although, the missing wall had several other names written on it beneath the detailed description of the man painting that was created 600 years ago.'

Ravi Kumar stood wondering what was going on and then feeling his fingers being clasped by Madhu, looked at her and smiled and asked if she was okay.

' I am okay now. There is nothing to worry about anymore. Everything is going to be okay. You will see for yourself.'

Good morning. I am sorry but today's chapter will arrive a bit late and most probably late in the afternoon. I wish all of you a beautiful day.

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The Four(4) Principles of Metaphysics

It is not important whether you are spiritual or you believe in God ....

But the four principles of metaphysics apply to all from the moment one is born and until our last breath !!

The First Principle states: "Whomsoever you encounter is the right one"...

This means that no one comes into our life by chance. Everyone who is around us, anyone with whom we interact, represents something, whether to teach us something or to help us improve a current situation.

The Second Principle states: “Whatever happened is the only thing that could have happened"...

Nothing, absolutely nothing of that which we experienced could have been any other way. Not even in the least important detail. There is no “If only I had done that differently, then it would have been different". NO .. What happened is the only thing that could have taken place and must have taken place for us to learn n evolve in order to move forward. Every single situation in life which we encounter is absolutely perfect, even when it defies our understanding and our ego.

The Third Principle states: “Each moment in which something begins is the right moment"...

Everything begins at exactly the right moment, neither earlier nor later. This is because we are subconsciouly ready for the new experience or challenge.

The Fourth Principle states: “What is over, is over”...

It is very simple. When something comes to an end, it helps us evolve. Hence, enriched by the recent experience, it is better to let go and move on.

Is it a coincidence that you're here reading this ???

If these words strike a chord, it's because you meet the requirements and understand that not even one single snowflake falls accidentally in the wrong place !!

Just be good to yourself. Always be happy ...