A Return Gift From The Birthday Baby

Oh my dear Sri,
I am skipping the other responses to give priority to the basic doubt you have raised. I am actually longing for your participation.
Now we have made clear well in advance that GF does not mean a "girl friend" but a "good friend". And you were kind enough to bless me on my b'day. So do we need an Albeert Einstein to conclude that 2 +2 equals...
Yes, sri being my best friend and my brother, and having blessed me on my b'day, you have not only a right but also a moral duty to take part in the discussion.
love,
sridhar
PS: Evidence Adduced in support of the above argument:
Please click this link and read the last three lines of post #2.
http://www.indusladies.com/forums/wednesdays-with-varalotti/22561-will-you-be-my-gf.html

 

Dear Geeth,
I am very happy to have given a gift that has fascinated a person with a good heart like you. As somebody said here it is impossible to write about death in this manner with pessimism in one's heart.

Thanks for the compliments, geeth. But the truth of the matter is that the words choose me as a medium to come out into this world.

love,

 

Dear Lalitha,
I am thrilled to see that you like the return gift I made to you. I liked the way you talked about my age and my enlightenment, Lalitha. There is one fact about enlightenment and it is this. Each one us are already enlightened. We need only to "remember" that and "realise" that. Since enlightenment is hidden deep inside us, we need to look into ourselves for enlightenment. External gurus, or other agents might help us in the remembering process. But nobody from outside can "give" us enlightenment, simply because it is already there.
What Tagore wrote on death is distilled wisdom. That's a vast compared to which mine is a drop of water.

Thanks a lot, Lalitha.

I am happy to know that you enjoyed these lines.

Your two cents are worth two millions, Lalitha. If death does not happen how can birth happen?
thanks for the fb.
love,

 

Dear Aruna,

Thanks. While the sentence was an unmixed appreciation the Hmmmmmmm (I could not count the ms; by the way how long did it take you to utter that word?) told a lot about your reservations on the poem.

I have been thinking about death ever since I was 30. It took some 20 years of raw, varied, rich experience (read beating) to give a poetical expression to my take on death.


And if a person does not think about death at least when he touches 50, then when will he think of death? Aruna, I have given a deep thought to this question. My prescription is like this. Don't think about death till you are well settled in life. Let's say by 30 every one is reasonably settled, married, in a good job, and looking forward to a great life. At 30 people should start thinking about death. And should go on thinking for 30 years. That would give a matured outlook to life. Once a person touches 60 then he should never think about death. Then only life after 60 will be wonderful.
And we do the reverse and land ourselves into trouble.

thanks.

 

Thank you roopa for those kind words. I am very happy that you liked the simple return gift of a mofussil accountant.
You are right, each day is a bonus. Each morsel of food is a gift. Why each drop of water, each breath of air is Her gift.
BTW, who is BK? Can you give some details?
love,

 

Dear Sudha,
I am very happy to know that you liked the poem. Both Indhu and Preethi loved the poem, but did not want it to be posted on my b'day. Indhu even refused to read the poem on 29th. She finally read only on 30th morning, minutes before I posted.
I want to use this reply to convey one more thought to you. You know when someone is serioulsy ill, according to Hindu tradition a maha mrithyunjaya homam will be performed in the house. The word mrithyunjaya, literally means winning over death. But is that possible? Has anybody won over death completely? No. Death is the most certain thing. We are not actually insuring our lives; we are only insuring our death. It should actually be the Death Insurance Corporation of India, as a Swamiji said in a meeting.
Then why is that homam performed? To win over the fear of death. Once you win over the fear then you are free. Once the fear is not there, there is no difference between life and death. The rahasyaartham of that mrithyunjaya mantra explains this. More about it some time later.

thanks again.
regards,

 

Dear Brinda,
You really melted me by your love.

thanks.

பிறந்த நாளன்னிக்காவது நம்ம் மரணத்தப் பத்தி நெனக்கலேன்னா வேற என்னிக்குத்தான் நெனக்கப் போறோம்?
கவலப்படாதீங்க பிருந்தா, உங்க வாழ்த்துக்களோட நான் நூறு வருஷம் வாழப்போறேன்.
என்றும் உங்கள் அன்புக்குத் தலை வணங்கும்,
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