रोना छोड़ दिया

ज़िन्दगी अक्सर कुछ कहना भूल जाती है ,
रास्तों पर पड़ी धूल भी हवा से उड़ जाती है ,
आँखों में पड़ती उन धूल से ,
सपने देख की हुई भूल से ,
मैंने आज खुल कर बोल दिया ,
यही की अब मैंने रोना छोड़ दिया ।।

कुछ कहे ना कहे ये ज़िन्दगी
सबक सारे ये दे जाती है,
हम भी रहे ना रहे यहाँ
सिमटी हुई सी यादें रह जाती है,
यादों के बहते कारवां से ,
लिपटी ज़िन्दगी की साँसों से,

मैंने आज खुल कर बोल दिया ,
यही की अब मैंने रोना छोड़ दिया ।।

यारों की यारी से खुशी मिल जाती है,
हंसी मजाक में कभी मंजिल मिल जाती है,
साथ चले उन मस्ती के पलों से,
अभी भी बची हुई उस जुम्बिस से,

मैंने आज खुल कर बोल दिया ,
यही की अब मैंने रोना छोड़ दिया ।।

अब भी  वो बदरी वहां बरस जाती है,
पर हमे ना पाकर उदास लौट जाती है,
सीख इस बंजर जमीन से,
सूखे  काटों की चुभन से ,

मैंने आज खुल कर बोल दिया ,
यही की अब मैंने रोना छोड़ दिया ।।

नम साँसों से कभी आह आ जाती है,
जब फिजा तरसा कर चली जाती है ,
उन सर्द हवाओ की ठिठुरन से,
जलती लकड़ियों के धुएं से,

मैंने आज खुल कर बोल दिया ,
यही की अब मैंने रोना छोड़ दिया ।।

Life 2

    After having to some experience of real life there is no peace of mind seems far away. So I just prefer stillness now. In order to experience stillness we need to empty our minds.

       This  is a very difficult task. It is easily   said, but so difficult to do.  We are always full of so much. We are either full of our own thoughts  or full of our  own prejudices. We are full  of  what  others  have  taught  us  or  what has been filled into our brain. There is no space.  The  mind is filled to the brim.  And  if we  are   filled to the brim, how can we find stillness within us?

         To empty our mind is actually th e process of sadhana. It is important to understand that the one, who is doing the emptying, is himself, made up of what he is trying to empty. 

      Emptying itself is neither a conscious process nor even an unconscious process. ‘Empty itself’ simply means to understand the concept. It is not as if I can sit down in one place – like a technique – and say, ‘I am emptying myself.’ This is not possible. But the concept should be in my mind, so that as I live in this world and communicate with the people around me, the process of emptiness begins to work in me.

       It starts like this, to give an example of what I mean. I see somebody and I am upset with that somebody for something that he has done to hurt me in the past. When I meet that person today, after 10 years, how do I meet him? Am I meeting him with the same feeling I have carried with me all those years? Then I am not emptying myself. On the other hand, I could say, ‘ OK, ten years have passed. Hopefully, this man has changed because minds can change. After all, he only hurt me. Maybe he has not hurt hundreds of other people. 


       So it could be my fault. We only need to keep all these things clear that which thoughts are destroying our stillness. Here I think as per conclusion  stillness is the  only thing which can give us a proper peace of mind. 

College Days

Remembering my classmates, after few years,
My eyes were filled with tears,
Everyone is busy a lot,
No one escaped destiny's plot,

Saw the girl, whom once I thought as my best friend,
Oops! Today she is some body else's girl friend,
After months remembered about her for a little while,
Heard she is happy, that made me smile,

Project reviews to company interviews,
Nicknames to last bench games,
Cultural rehearsals to love proposals,
Short term crushes to classroom blushes,

Everything is fresh in our mind,
Wish life could just rewind,
Lets laugh, play and rejoice,
Once again become college guys,

Chatting and laughing. We all were in elation,
Till the painful moment of separation,
When it was time to part,
We returned with a heavy heart,

Today life is full of commitments,
And too many worries,
But those cherished moments,
will leave forever in our memories.