Death of a celebrated Godman

My first memories of Shri. Sathya sai baba are from a cricket match that he hosted in late nineties, where one of his most celebrated disciples Sachin led the Indian team against the world11 for heavy gold trophy as a winner's take home.

Years later as I grew up in the country of yogis, gurus and, godmen I think I did not hear of him much.

The reason is that in Northern part of India we hardly have them, it more about bapus, and babas.

But now that he passed away on 24th April, the birthday of arguably his most famous disciple, i kind of feel sad. Partly because of his death but mostly because of media accusing the guy of being a thug once again.

He was no god, I agree. However, I also think he was a good man, with good intents. He made the world around him a better place to live in, and was far more than the vibhuti aur lingams that he miraculously or non-miraculously produced.

RIP baba, and come back again.

So here it is…… all of us are sitting on last 2 days of yet another year……. Some of us went on to win, some lost and few like me just slept through. Just one thing that binds us all in this year is that it left us asking for more. But as SRK says ‘picture abhi baaki hai mere dost’ , so I will TRY to kick-start this noo year with lot more self discipline, and lot less goals I seek to achieve as somebody great in the making once told me that the best way to fail is to have too many goals. This year I am going to live by these words and keep things simple , mind uncluttered, days long and nights short. As I will try not to dream but to execute (by the way dreaming is perfectly normal and beautiful, especially on winter mornings ;) )…….
So what is the sense that I am trying to make in these few lines. I can support my case by saying that I hardly made ANY sense this year, so you can bear with me for the last time. But on a serious note (and this time I will not try to draw a 100 rupee note from my pocket and crack the PJ again.. some of my friends have gone through that torture also) …… I want to live more the next year, and the entire of my life. As I often say that keep the kid inside you alive, for he is the most inquisitive, restless, and fearless part of you. He tells you that when you are young the possibilities are endless. All of us believe if we were as smart as we are now 5 years back things would have been different. Let’s change that, and be smart in every moment. Take control of your ageing mind, and for sure your body would respond.
As one of my best friend says, GOD knows no days and years and time. He/She just believes in motion. And when you take the motion out of you, you cease to grow up and start to grow old. Like a rock in the sea bed that has never seen the daylight. Also growing old is the best way to create a generation gap between the child within you and yourself. I REFUSE to grow old from now on, and wish the same for you as well.

So wake up and live more. The days will still give you ample time, alas the years will never. For the days are long , but years are short.