I'm in love with Geet Ramayan sung by Sudhir Phadke in his mesmerizing, melodious voice thats written by Gadima as a bouquet of 56 songs. I haven't heard anything even close to this. Sudhir Phadke's singing is unmatched and it is, undoubtedly, as if he has taken the avataar of the person he is singing for! The crying songs melt your heart, while the songs that spit fire awaken anger the very same way. You feel as if you're witnessing the real Ramayan happening right in front of you! Its as if Saraswati Herself manifested in Gadima's pen and sang through Phadkeji.
This piece of work can't be compared with any other work on Ramayan and will always stand out. I'm sure that if Valmiki himself were to listen to this, he would have praised it too. This kind of work is rare even given a lifetime and I dare say, never again: na bhuto na bhavishyati! Both Gadima and Phadkeji were blessed people to have achieved this feat; may their souls rest in peace for having left behind a treasure that is priceless.
Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram
Love
When the heart melts, what flows is love
That is the world's trove
Love knows not one direction
And has no source of action
Its the innocence of a child
Like the eyes of the blind
Ego beyond thine and mine
With a resolve such fine
Having no expectation or purpose
It flows as the only corpus
All that there is, is love
And that, my dear, is the world's only trove!
That is the world's trove
Love knows not one direction
And has no source of action
Its the innocence of a child
Like the eyes of the blind
Ego beyond thine and mine
With a resolve such fine
Having no expectation or purpose
It flows as the only corpus
All that there is, is love
And that, my dear, is the world's only trove!
Leaning cup of coffee!
Leaning cup of coffee!
Originally uploaded by bhatpraveen.
Taken at Tek cafe' with the coffee-filled cup leaning on its ear :) Its blurred; I don't have a good macro in my V3815.
Vidhana Soudha, again
Vidhana Soudha, again
Originally uploaded by bhatpraveen.
Vidhana Soudha: Capturing the shadows in the afternoon. with Vivitar 3815.
Vidhana Soudha
Vidhana Soudha
Originally uploaded by bhatpraveen.
Vidhana Soudha: Clicked with Vivitar 3815, in the afternoon.
Cubbon Park
Cubbon Park
Originally uploaded by bhatpraveen.
I wonder how this looks like with flowing rain water! Clicked with my handy Vivitar 3815.
Patanjali: Father of yoga
Patanjali
Originally uploaded by bhatpraveen.
This is how a yogi's state should be no matter how the things are around. It not just a facial expression nor the state of mind; its a state of being and becoming!
Hunting high and low
The group Aha! had a song by this title: hunting high and low. This entry, however, has not much to do with the song, though the lyrics would, perhaps, make sense from this angle too, after the blog entry ends.
I think that I hunt high & low. My spiritual yearning goes higher and higher by the day, while this twin personality of the physical world goes lower & lower! They fight with each other trying to snatch their rights, as it is. While the former goes in the search of a guru, the latter tries to convince me that there are things more exciting around me than I care to see. It tries to withhold me from my higher goals and shows the lower goals thats factually an aliasing artifact! The fun doesn't end there. I start with the high hunt but end up with the low, not knowing how the mind's drifted me out! The reverse is also true at times and thats what I would do... if the low hunting is what it takes to reach the high hunting, so be it!
Mind, here I am; hunt me if you can! :)
I think that I hunt high & low. My spiritual yearning goes higher and higher by the day, while this twin personality of the physical world goes lower & lower! They fight with each other trying to snatch their rights, as it is. While the former goes in the search of a guru, the latter tries to convince me that there are things more exciting around me than I care to see. It tries to withhold me from my higher goals and shows the lower goals thats factually an aliasing artifact! The fun doesn't end there. I start with the high hunt but end up with the low, not knowing how the mind's drifted me out! The reverse is also true at times and thats what I would do... if the low hunting is what it takes to reach the high hunting, so be it!
Mind, here I am; hunt me if you can! :)
Bhajans
In my last peak of spirituality, I was always in naamasmaraN or bhajans; this was the time I was reading the Gospel of Ramakrishna and his way of bhakti hit me hard to revive the bhakti maarga that I used to follow earlier. This was a very interesting phase for a great reason: no bad thoughts crossed my mind at all! I was feverish all the while and lived a blissful life. Prior to this phase, my peaks were of good thoughts most of the time with a few lows of bad thoughts.
However, those days have passed by, unfortunately, and I struggle now to go back there. As of today, good thoughts are minimal and only when I listen to bhajans on my drive. Yesterday, another surprise came by when I was listening to Shri Sadguru Gite in Marathi on my way to office. Out of nowhere I uttered, perhaps loudly, "Sridhar Swami". Ah, the next bhajan was on Sridhar Swami!!! I just felt a blissful wave carry me to the peaks again! Thanks to the melodious voice of Suresh Wadkar.
Here are today's bhajans of Suresh Wadkar that almost watered my eyes:
hey maaya, baapa, guru, devaa
majha nitya nirantara thevaa...
sadguruche charaNa kamala dhyaaii re manaa
swaaminche charaNa kamala sevii re manaa...
Thanks for the callback, Sridharaa :)
However, those days have passed by, unfortunately, and I struggle now to go back there. As of today, good thoughts are minimal and only when I listen to bhajans on my drive. Yesterday, another surprise came by when I was listening to Shri Sadguru Gite in Marathi on my way to office. Out of nowhere I uttered, perhaps loudly, "Sridhar Swami". Ah, the next bhajan was on Sridhar Swami!!! I just felt a blissful wave carry me to the peaks again! Thanks to the melodious voice of Suresh Wadkar.
Here are today's bhajans of Suresh Wadkar that almost watered my eyes:
hey maaya, baapa, guru, devaa
majha nitya nirantara thevaa...
sadguruche charaNa kamala dhyaaii re manaa
swaaminche charaNa kamala sevii re manaa...
Thanks for the callback, Sridharaa :)
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