Laila – Majnu Story
It is reported that Majnu said,”To know Laila you will need the eyes of Majnu.”
The king of his area called Majnu and said. ”You are mad! I know your Laila – an ordinary girl, jet black – nothing special. I feel sorry for you, so here are twelve girls from my palace – they are the most beautiful women of the country. You can choose any one you like. Seeing you cry, my heart also cries.”
Majnu looked at them and said,”There is no Laila among them. They cannot even be compared to Laila, they are not even worth the dust of her feet.”
The king said,”Majnu, you are mad…!”
Majnu said,”That may be so, but I must tell you one thing: to see Laila you will need the eyes of Majnu.”
Majnu is right. To see the beauty of trees you need an eye for art – there is no other proof. If one wants to know love, one will need the heart of a lover – there is no other proof.
Butchers see skin, the beloved see being;
Skin is superficial, being is eternal.
With butcher inside, one cannot canvass beauty;
And with ghetto inside, one cannot realize beauty.
-Nisarg
{Inspired by story of Ashtavakra.}
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Few more words which go with Daffodius’ quote. It speaks about love’s integration.
When souls integrate…
Submissiveness unfolds,
And sacrifice begins.
Light of divinity spreads across,
And egos melt, become one.
Eyes see candles burning,
But heart feels presence of love.
Eyes see diminishing candles,
But heart feels living lives.
When souls integrate,
Love radiates and Life shines.
~Nisarg “Trailblazer”
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When Sudama (Krishna’s friend in epic Mahabharata) had decided gift for his best friend Krishna, history observed one of the rarest expression of love and friendship where the expression and acceptance of love (Gift) was not something like a billion dollar flat or a charter plane or a Mercedes S class or diamond necklace or not even some fancy paper wrapped huge gift box but was just handful of rice!
Handful of rice could serve as a lofty love expression because relation between Sudama and Krishna is absolutely egoless with no wanting and only selfless giving.
With Love,
Nisarg
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Every one of us likes to be praised, to be listened to, to be spoken to with respect, experiencing success at work, having trustworthy friends and many such things in life. But have we ever thought that how can we get all this?
Most of us feel that we are being harshly criticized, ignored or teased, and always cry for our failures. This all happens because we think that our failed experiences are the failures of our own self. We never learn to respect our self so the people around also disrespect us. For most of us, feelings and thoughts about our self fluctuate based on our daily experiences like we feel bad when we get low grades in exams, we feel hurt when friends mistreat us, the ups and downs in professional or personal surroundings. This all collectively impact our wellbeing.
The core problem why this happens with us is that we don’t love, trust and believe in our self. Our self-esteem should be strong enough to give us the strength to fight against not only these normal ups and downs that comes from the situational changes but should prepare us to tackle most complex problems of our lives. God has made every human being special and so we should respect his creativity. Every one of us should possess the specific feelings of self esteem, self confidence and self-competence which can lead us to the path of happiness and success. For people with good basic self-esteem, the normal ups and downs may lead to temporary fluctuations in their lives and that too to a limited extent but for people with poor basic self-esteem, these ups and downs make all the difference in the world. All of us should listen to our inner voice and follow it because it gives us the strength to fight against all odds. This would help us live a happy and satisfied life. We can never feel lonely if we start liking our self because if we think, we have so much to interact and discover about our own self. We should insist on knowing us more, loving us more, give more meaning to our lives and try and find the reason for our existence in this lovely world so that we can do justice to our birth and to the creator. We should believe in ours selves and learn to like ours selves.
~ Nidhi Jain
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