curious !

hidden from the glare.....even we observe

walk into the setting sun...

friend !

“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” 

                                                           ― William Shakespeare

prayer !

“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” 
― Mahatma Gandhi

scary !

reflection!

dancing fishes

"Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way."

-- Eileen Caddy

flowers...lilies!

I took this photo some time back in our garden.....just manipulated the background and presented for your viewing! hope you like it!

we exist !

where ? where ? How ?

water

water! 

you open the tap...its there for you. but at some places...it's not so...it's very precious...people travel miles to fetch water...one such area is the Thar desert in Rajasthan in India.....a pencil sketch I made long back!

family!

cosmic!

the supernatural power of the cosmic forces ! 

dance of cactus !!!

This is a cactus plant reconstructed to add some fun! 

chaos !

All existences follow their nature and what shall coercing it avail? Even the man of knowledge acts according to his own nature.

Expressions !--11

lone tree --

“Sincerity of conviction & purity of motive will surely gain the day; and even a small minority, armed with these, is surely destined to prevail against all 

odds.”   ----Swami Vivekananda

blue mountains

“No one who does good work will ever come to a bad

end, either here or in the world to come”

----Quote from Srimad Bhagvad Gita

stream...the incessant flowing water across many obstacles

“Freedom from activity is never achieved by abstaining from action. Nobody can become perfect by merely ceasing to act. In fact, nobody can ever rest from his activity even for a moment. All are helplessly forced to act. . . .
A man who renounces certain physical actions but still lets his mind dwell on the objects of his sensual desire, is deceiving himself. He can only be called a hypocrite. The truly admirable man controls his senses by the power of his will. All his actions will be disinterested. 
Activity is better than inertia. Act, but with self-control. If you are lazy, you cannot even sustain your own body.”  --Bhagvad Gita

Expressions --10

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Expressions ! --9

“Impurity is a mere superimposition under which your real nature has become hidden. But the real you is already perfect, already strong. You do not require any assistance to govern yourself; you are already self-restrained. The only difference is in knowing it or not knowing it. Therefore the one difficulty has been summed up in the word, Avidyâ.”---Swami Vivekananda

fate ?

“Where is fate, and who is fate? We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise. We make our own destiny.”-----Swami Vivekananda

the wheel of devotion

God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.   -- Ramakrishna Paramhansa

Outer world!

"If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God… Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. One must practice the virtues taught in such books in order to acquire love of God"  ---- Ramkrishna

complex forms...the eye !

find the essence of life within......find the turbulence.....find the peace...within !!!!!

Hills...!

Smiling leaves !

Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy

up in smoke !

Expressions 8

over to the new...

our time is over.....over to the new..over to the young...fresh and full of life!!!!!!

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the call of the beyond....the eternal possession!!!

Expressions-7

an expression from the beyond....the eternity...served with flesh and blood
...with an internal desire to survive and flourish !!!!

Waves...

I am the wave...i have no birth.. no death... I form and disintegrate....kissing the golden sand on the beach....i am gentle...i am violent....i am incessant...for ever!!!

Vinayak

        Vakratunda mahaakaaya suryakoti samaprabhaa

     nirvighnam kurumedeva sarvakaaryeshu sarvadaa

Mantra meaning :- Prayers to the supreme Lord Ganesh, whose curved trunk (vakra-tunda) and massive body (maha-kaayaa) shines like a million suns (surya-koti) and showers his blessings on everyone (sama-prabhaa). Oh my lord of lords Ganesh, kindly remove all obstacles (nir-vighnam), always (sarva-) and forever (sarvadaa-) from all my activities and endeavors (sarva-kaaryeshu).

Lord Ganesh is one of the most prominent deities in Hinduism. Ganesh has the unique distinction that his name is always invoked before any other God’s name in any prayer service. Lord Ganesh received this distinction as a blessing from his parents, Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Lord Ganesa is designated as the chief       (-eesha) of all of Lord Shiva’s ganas (servers) – hence his name, Ganesh.

Save our environment!

"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed."

complex forms!

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the devil

No ! No ! donot get afraid ! I am the other side of the coin....the other side of good ! because of me the good exist ! because of my doings a large number of people rush to God ! They call me the evil ! But for me, there would have been no angel ! Because I am dark....you love light!
donot ignore me.....

wondering in rain!

a midst the pouring rain, by the side of the buildings of the city, a saree clad  mother negotiates collected water on the road with her child....both of them drenched.....searching for some shelter.... even the sun too is feeling wet!

back home!

sunset time...time to be back home...in their nests....where the newborns eagerly wait for them...to rest for the next days work!

complex world

“This world is nothing. It is at best only a hideous caricature, a shadow of the Real. We must go to the Real. Renunciation will take us to It. Renunciation is the very basis of our true life; every moment of goodness and real life that we enjoy is when we do not think of ourselves. ”                                                               -----       Swami Vivekananda