Shama Patel's Blog, page 3

On Love...

Me: What is Love?
Universe: It is You.
Me: Isn't it just a feeling that I feel?
Universe: That's what you have limited Love to!
Me: Why would I do that?
Universe: Because you are afraid of Love.
Me: Hmmmm. May be!
Universe: Hmmmm
Me: So, if I am Love like you say, that means I am afraid of myself?
Universe: You know it better! :-) 
Me: (looks up and smile)

*Silence*

It is OK!

Sometimes, we all need someone to tell us that 'it is OK'!
That:
It is OK to feel helpless.
It is OK to feel lonely.
It is OK to desire a companion and cry over not having one by your side.
It is OK to be with your person (lover) and still feel distantly lost.
It is OK to cry over something that didn't work out.
It is OK to long for someone - known or unknown.
It is OK if you screwed up a relationship - knowingly or unknowingly.
It is OK if you feel that there is no end to your hardships.
It is OK to f...

In conversation!

Universe: What do you want?
Me: I want us to stay connected.
Universe: We are connected.
Me: I don't feel it.
Universe: Can you feel your breath?
Me: Now I can.
Universe: That's me! :-) I am always here. Right here. Just a breath away!
I smile and continue to breathe in silence...

Mumbai - A city of dreams!

We all, every human being, irrespective of where we live, we all have a city of dreams within us.
Each day, this city decides to illuminate itself or mourn in the darkness. This city of dreams within transit from broken dreams to fulfilled dreams and amidst this transition are some dreams that are long lost and forgotten. There are dreams that are dropped mid way to pursue and build a new city of expectations. We all breath in this city of dreams every single moment - some with teary eyes and...

Into the Nothingness!

Sometimes, in meditation, I join my hands (at the end) to pray.
Eyes closed, hands in prayer position and as I begin to pray to God, nothing comes out.
Nothing to seek
Nothing to ask
Nothing to plead
Nothing to desire
Nothing
Absolutely nothing.
The silence within is compelling.
The stillness precedes. 
The prayer is over. 
No words communicated and yet I sense my prayer being heard and being answered!
Nothing to ask and yet everything communicated.
And that is how, my journey towards nothingnes...

Nature's Trail

You and I, creation of the same Universe and see where you are!
And look where I have got myself to be!

You stand still, while I journey forward,
Carrying the weight of my own being,
Twirling and twisting,
Whining and sobbing,
With a hurricane of emotions within!
I managed to break my ties with the Universe, 
And trap myself in my own world - a world far away from stillness,
A world within this world that I have created for my own survival.

Yet another day, I will pass by you. I know of that.
Cravi...

Destiny in disguise!

Who is he? A human is disguise? A destiny in the form of stranger?
To unfold this destiny, I need to know that stranger. 
Even after knowing the stranger, the destiny continues to be veiled and distant. 
"Trust the stranger. Trust the process", it says from behind the curtain.
I smile thinking about the stranger and let out a sigh. 
Trusting the process seems easier than trusting the stranger. 
"Have patience," it said.
The stranger taught me that. I remember.
"Surrender to the pr...

The Longing!

Longing for a lover is natural.
Swim in it. Don't drown.
Taste the restlessness, observe the impulsiveness and notice the desperation.
Become aware of all of this and get closer to a part of yourself that is feeling this love. 
Water the seeds of patience within you. 
Admire the ability of your heart - of loving and being loved.
Cherish the existence of this heart, the feelings, the chain of chemical and hormonal chaos within!
Become aware.

The longing will continue. Today, tomorrow or some...

The game of resisting and persisting!

Each time I resist your thought, I begin to persist the same.
What brought you into my life?
What lesson did you come to teach me?
I am being reminded of the soulful connect every now and then!
I struggle to understand whether its my mind talking or my soul whispering.
I don't know. I wouldn't know. 
And that is when I surrender!
I know that it is only when I surrender, the truth will be revealed to me.
Till then, I continue to excel this game of resisting and persisting!

The Tale of Thoughts!

It starts with one thought and within seconds, that one thought becomes a proud father of dozens of baby thoughts cluttering to fit in one tiny brain. The fight begins then! Me Vs plenty of them. While I lay there alone, my opponents seem to multiply in number with every nano second. I try to fight them - one, two, five, may be seven of them at a time. And then, like I've been drugged or anesthetized, I begin to lose myself - lose my identity, my existence and become each one of these thoughts. ...