From the monthly archives: December 2006
Happy New Year to whole family.
We wish that coming 2007 year brings happiness & prosparity in everybodys life.
Good Luck from Jaya & Jayanti.
Hello Folks,
It seems that I need to visit this site more often. There is a wealth of information that is being shared and dipti and I need to take a more active roll.
Khushi turned 2 months on Dec 22nd. She is getting naughtier by the day. One thing is for sure. She loves to hear her mommy and nani sing. She sometimes gives her chorus. The best time is when she wakes up from her nap and (aadas le che) stretches out.
Here are a couple of pictures.
Thanks – Vishal
ક્યારેક અનુભવોમાંથી અમૃત શોધીએ છીએ,
ક્યારેક એ અમૃત વલોવી જહર શોધીએ છીએ.
કદી મનનાં ઉપવન ખૂંદીને અહંને શોધીએ છીએ,
ને અહંના એ કાદવને ખૂંદી કમળ શોધીએ છીએ.
ઉજાગરા સદીઓથી સદી ગયા છે અમને તોય,
કદી દીવો લઇ પેલી નિંદરને શોધીએ છીએ.
વાતો કડવી કરી કરી સ્વજનોને દુભવ્યા છે,
હવે એમનાં દિલમાં મીઠાશ શોધીએ છીએ.
કરી અલવિદા વતનને વસ્યા પરદેશ જઈ,
હવે વતનની પેલી મીઠાશને શોધીએ છીએ.
કદી ન આપ્યો આદર જેને ન હૂંફ આપી છે,
એની પાસેથી હવે સમભાવ શોધીએ છીએ.
સમજતો કેમ નથી જીવડા, વાવ્યું નથી જે,
એ લણવા માટે શી વરાપ શોધીએ છીએ?
સમંદર ને સરોવરને ચાલ્યા ઠોકરે ઠેલી
હવે મૃગજળમાં કાં જળ શોધીએ છીએ?
__ જયંતી
As Jains/Vegetarians/non-drinkers/etc we often have to deal with people who dont understand us or refuse to. The insight steve pavlina offers on this is enlightening…our annoyance with “close-minded” people actually comes from our own fears. This is Anekantvad kind of thinking! Read on…
How can you intelligently deal with people who are close-minded, totally stubborn in their beliefs and unreceptive to new ideas? Perhaps you feel certain you’re right and they’re wrong, but you can’t seem to convince them to see things your way. And maybe you are in fact right, but that doesn’t prevent the other person from resorting to irrational arguments to keep from agreeing with you. What can you do in such situations?
I’d like you to consider this challenge from an angle you may not have considered.
When you encounter people who are very close-minded, you’ll often find yourself becoming resistant to the other person’s position. You think the problem lies with the other person, but if you define it that way, you’ll beat your head against the wall in frustration. The real source of your frustration is your own resistance, not the other person.
The lesson in such situations is to learn unconditional acceptance, which comes about when you begin asking questions like: Why do I feel such resistance towards close-minded people? Why do I feel the need to convince them of anything? Why do I have such a strong need to be right? What part of me is experiencing this resistance? Is it possible there’s any shred of truth in the other person’s position?
As you explore these questions, you’ll begin to uncover the part of yourself that is resisting what the other person represents to you. Then you can consciously decide if you wish to continue holding onto that resistance or let it go. The more you resist about the world, the more time you’ll spend defending your position.
Resistance comes from your ego. When your ego takes ownership of your ideas, it treats challenges to your ideas as a personal challenge, hence the need to defend yourself as if being attacked. But if you keep your ideas separate from your ego, you’ll feel no surge of resistance or defensiveness because there won’t be any attachment.
from Steve Pavlina’s article: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/11/dealing-with-close-mindedness/
Take a look at this post of 10 really bizzare people. Not sure how much of this may be true…but very interesting nevertheless!
http://www.oddpeak.com/item_65612.aspx
Enjoy.
Hello,
Paras has set up a polling system for us to be able to vote for that weekend for the get together in the summer time.
The intention of this poll is to see who will be able to make it to the dates specified. Please keep in mind that if you can make it to both weekends please vote for both weekends. Only if you have some preexisting commitment that will prevent you from coming to one of the weekends then vote for the other one. We are making this request so that the people with preexisting commitments can be highlighted. The decision will be made based on majority.
Please do this before Dec 25th, as we will decide on that day.
Happy birdday to uuuuuuu Harakh dadaaaaa…. I love uuuuuuuuuuuu
Harakh Dada we are waiting to see you soon ….
On your birthday we wish you the very best in life, today and always.
Your simplicity , light heartedness and amazing approach with humor and dedication in every phase of life is very inspiring to all of us….
Have a great day and Wishing you lots of happiness and joy.
With Love,
Parth, Neev, Ashish, Nilam, Priti, Dhiren, Jaya, Jayanti and Baiyya
Hello, Some yesteryear memories to be refreshed. Anyone remember these kavitas? It really felt good to me to read all these now which my bai and mummy used to tell me when i was of the age of riding tobu cycles 
Chakkiben Chakkiben
Chakkiben, chakkiben,
Mari saathe ramva
Aavso ke nai, aavso ke nai?
Besva ne paatlo,
Suva ne khaatlo,
Piva ne paani,
Aaapis taamne, apis tamne.
Haathibhai – Elephant Description
Haathibhai to jaada, laage motaa paada,
Haathibhai to jaada, laage motaa paada,
Aagad latake laambi soonth,
Paachhad latke tunki poonch
Ek Hato Oondar (A mice story)
Ek hato oondar, coat peryo sunder,
Haath maan lithi soti, vaato karto moti,
Jo banoo hun annapradhaan,
Kadi pade na anna ni taan,
Onndersenaa ghumti jaay choki pehro karti jaay.
Kotha rotlaa charti jaay, Loko sau vahechi ne khaay.
Ek bilaadi (Story of a fat cat)
Ek bilaadi jaadi, thene peri saadi
Saadi peri pharvaa gayi,
Talao maan e tarva gayi,
Talao maan to maggar,
Billi ne aavya chhakkar,
Saadi no chhedo chhuti gayo,
Magar na monma aavi gayo,
Chhedo magar khechi gayo,
Magar bilaadi khaayi gayo
Coming up next post is a Kutchi Kavita titled “Shodhyie Chhiye – શોધીએ છીએ“. Share your comments for this one
Hello all,
Neev was over at my place this weekend. I really applaud Ashish and Nilam for the way they are raising Neev. Hats off to them. Enjoy this classic from Neev by clicking on the link above.
Ps: After he left yesterday I am missing both him and parth very much.
Dhiren
