Shama Patel's Blog, page 2

The sacred!

In hope I've prayed,
In desperation I've prayed...
In joys I've prayed,
In disgust I've prayed...
Now I wish to pray in solitude,
For now I am determined to seek beyond words (prayer)
and become the prayer itself...

The lover and the loved!

Oh Soul!
You've been a lover,
And you've been loved...
Yet you continue to feel a void within!
To you I say,
Become Love... Become That!
And you will find me (Love) dancing in your Being...

Cross Over!

Like a flowing river, it (life) rushed...Love took me by its hand and helped me cross over.

The Journey!

From knowing, to feeling, to being... 
I have journeyed far.....!

My Being...

Label me not,
for I don't know who I am yet...
I've been lost, I've been found,
and I've been lost again, only with the desire to be found...
My Being won't recognize any of your labels yet!

No wonder you are still single!

Oh! You are still single? (Raising eyebrows and all possible facial muscles)
Why aren’t you married yet?


Most of us, who’ve crossed the age of 28yrs and are still single, have been asked this question by all possible people – relatives, family friends, friends, colleagues, acquaintances and so on. They almost make you feel like a criminal who’s committed an unforgivable sin in life and is going to pay for this till eternity. When you politely and sometimes (faking) patiently respond to their qu...

A brief encounter with Fear!

On Sunday, I went to a place called Bhivpuri near Karjat for a trek-cum-waterfall rappelling. I have been on adventure camps before but WATERFALL rappelling was something I was trying for the first time. The water phobic that I am, I had nothing but fear and uncertainty in every single cell of my body. When I was all prepped and ready to rappel down, I kept telling (rather pleading) the Universe to stay connected and kept reminding myself to breathe. I laughed at my own self for being this st...

I am not what I think I am!

Universe: Who are you?
Me: I am Shama.
Universe: Who are you?
Me: I am Shama.
Universe: Who are you?
Me: Did you forget the Human Being, the so called Divine Creature, YOU created in the first place???
Universe: Alas! You managed to remember who you truly are!
Me: (Speechless)

Fear of the Unknown!

Me: I fear the Unknown
Universe: You mean you fear me?
Me: Yes
Universe: Hmm
Me: Why do I fear you?
Universe: Because you don’t know me:) You have to know me to be able to love me.
Me: Hmmm. How do I get to know you?
Universe: Know that I am YOU and I can never abandon my own self. We were, we are and we will always be connected. You just have to become aware of that connect which is already there – within you and around you. Connect with your breath and you will sense my presence there!
Me: So, if y...

May be... May be not!

You know that familiar voice which begins to scream silently saying:
May be...
May be you shouldn't have let it go...
May be you should have persuaded more...
May be you should have adhered to it...
May be you should have been more heroic... 
May be then, things would have worked in your favor...
May be.. Just may be you made a mistake...
That craving... That desperate prayer... To get one last chance... 
One last chance to undo everything...
One last chance to make a different choice...
One l...