why I pray?

THERE is nobody to hear your prayers. Your prayer is simply a monologue; you are praying to the empty sky. Nobody is going to reward you for your prayers – remember it. If you really know what prayer is, prayer itself is its own reward. There is nobody else to reward you; the reward is not there in the future, not in the afterlife. But praying itself is such a beautiful phenomenon that who cares about the future and who bothers about the reward? That is greed, the idea of reward. Prayer in itself is such a celebration, it brings such great joy and ecstasy, that one prays for the prayer’s sake. One does not pray out of fear and one does not pray out of greed. One prays because one enjoys it. One does not even bother whether there is a God or not. If you enjoy dance you don’t ask whether there is a God or not. If you enjoy dance, you simply dance; whether anybody is seeing the dance from the sky or not is not your concern. Whether stars and the sun and the moon are going to reward you for your dance, you don’t care. The dance is enough of a reward unto itself. If you love singing you sing; whether anybody listens or not is not the point. So is prayer. It is a dance, it is a song; it is music, it is love. You enjoy it and there it is finished. Prayer is the means and prayer is the end. The end and the means are not separate – then only you know what prayer is. When I say prayer, I mean an openness towards God. Not that you have to say something, not that you have to ask something, but just an openness, so that if He wants to give something, you are available. A deep expectation, but with no desire – that’s what you need. Urgent expectancy – as if something is going to happen any moment. You are thrilled by the possibility of the unknown but you don’t have any desire. You don’t say that this should happen or that should not happen. Once you ask, prayer is corrupted. When you don’t ask, when you simply remain in silence but open, ready to go anywhere, ready even to die, when you are simply in a receptivity, a passive, welcoming spirit, then prayer happens. Prayer is not something that one can do – it has nothing to do with doing. It is not an action or an activity – it is a state of mind. If you want to talk, talk, but remember, your talk is not going to affect the existence. It will affect you, and that may be good, but prayer is not going to change God's mind. It may change you, but if it is not changing you then it is a trick. You can go on praying for years, but if it doesn’t change you, drop it, throw it, it is rubbish; don’t carry it any more. Prayer is not going to change God. You always think that if you pray, God’s mind will change, He will be more favourable, He will be tipped a little towards your side. There is nobody who is listening to you. This vast sky cannot listen. This vast sky can be with you if you are with it – there is no other way to pray. I also suggest to pray, but praying should be just an energy phenomenon; not a devotee-and-God phenomenon, but an energy phenomenon. OSHO

WHEN WE FEE FINT..

I don't understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine's Day.  When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon…just read these lines somewhere,  and thought  for a moment, when we the world is coming out of the shadow  valentine’s day..Feb roses are over, spring set to step in its one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold:  when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.. With the cricket world cup dominating the front pages, still I say its not ‘the only’ best time to talk cricket..but try sparing a thought to walk along me in back to the dark woods of February, the rain of the 14 Feb, the couples around bunking their schools, like AAmir khan bunking the awards ceremonies :p
The Valentine’s Day “was” a reminder of the importance of love in human life. Everybody is hungry for love but very few know the art of love. Unless love becomes our way of life we will not feel fulfilled. Love in itself is an experiencing, a moment-to-moment flow with no past being carried; the river remains fresh. And the moment you say, “I love,” it has become an experience, it is already dead. Loving is something else; it is a process. You have to dissolve your ego in love. Anything alive is greater than you!
But Lots of people call Valentine’s Day a hallmark holiday, since it seems to have become an issue or a “day” due to the wiz marketers of greeting cards. And It’s true. After the lull of post Christmas, stores gear themselves up for the next big rush just before Valentine’s Day. Restaurants are over booked, Jewelry manufactures start working on hearts like mad to have them in stores at the beginning of February and designers work like mad on the latest and greatest clever/romantic greeting cards.Any product that can be romanticized even vaguely is. You can get romantic helicopter flights, ski get-a-ways and anything else you can fit into a heart or slam a heart around. The marketing is geared more to men’s pocket and women’s hearts. which is a little sexist, if you ask me. I don’t have an answer, why such a cruel differentiation between two forms of human? You can never predict when Rakhi sawant and kamal Rashid khan can have an complementary sex change operation!

WARNING: When a girl says she doesn’t want a gift for Valentine’s Day, for the most part, she is lying. Girls tend to want to sound cool, calm, and collected when it comes to the Day of Stress, and will try to alleviate the pressure. Girls overanalyze everything, though, so feel out the situation and make sure that a gift is actually not necessary J J..However, if you say that you don’t want a gift for Valentine’s Day, your significant other won’t know if you mean you actually don’t want a gift or if you’re just being nice. If you say no gifts, mean it. If you don’t mean it, don’t say it. J  

Meanwhile I got a chance to visit my old friend Afzal a day after the valentines, he runs a coaching classes for MBA entrance exams , there I saw a board that read, “Who do you love?” On it students had listed the people they love most. The first time I saw it, I walked on by. But then I turned around, grabbed a red marker and wrote “me.”! is it really necessary that you need a partner for love? Never confuse LOVE with SEX !! Why the hell world always cry for a partner around the 14 Feb?I know most of people going through this, love themselves; they rise in love never fall in love. Try to rise, and rising in love is a totally different matter.

I even felt this  Feb was a Big Bang theory for most of blokes as it displayed how John Abraham was getting colder with Bipasha basu ?consider the day next to 14feb: Will all those lovers continue whispering sweet nothings in each other's ears, will they keep surprising one another with candlelit dinners and trips down memory lane? It is to be hoped so. Reality however, suggests otherwise and we all, single or unattached, can fall into a habit of not acknowledging the people who matter in our life.

I'm sure there is no right answer, but I can only say that taking a long road trip together is a very romantic adventure. When it is only the two of you day after day, you have only each other to lean on and you certainly learn new things about the other one as you live your journey day by day. Whether you are the reluctant one or the one ready to hit the road tomorrow, I can only say be sure to lovingly figure out what you each need  and go make your trip happen. You will never regret your decision.

Look up what the actual meaning of Valentines Day is. I think you'll find that it is totally different meaning to what the shops and Commerce would like us to believe. Valentines day was also a time to remember the legendary poet Faiz,.whose birth centenary was on 13^th Feb,  for he said “aur bhi gham hai duniya me mohhabbat ke siwa”..

For so long  my dear friends , huh..leaving you all back to the platform of world Cup, from where I picked u for a small evening walk, my dream still remains of an India-Pak final in Mumbai with Sachin Tendulkar scoring a hundred to take India to victory. Can't think of a better way to celebrate a rising India.. :)