I recollect as we complete three decades (about 1565 weeks; 10957 days) of marriage, in a few days:
Vivaaham (paanigrahanam and saptapadi) is a lifelong commitment to pursue pleasure, progress, prosperity and joy – dharma, artha, kaama and moksha together. Begins with a promise – naa ati charaami, by the groom, followed by paanigrahanam, holding the hands, and saptapadi – first for life sustaining and nourishing food; second for physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual strength of body, character and being; third for livelihood and prosperity; fourth for the happiness of family, community and the world; fifth for enterprise; sixth for life and completeness; and seventh for life-long friendship. Lokah samasthah sukhino bhavanthu. Sarvah mangalaani santhu. Om Santih, Santih, Santih.
World Hunger Day points out: a third of the world, 240 Crore people, is not meeting its people’s food and hunger needs. Malnourished. Stunted. Starved. These include 50% of farmers. 60% of the world does not have access to healthy food. Local value-chains of Natural Farming can address this. Let us go global, locally.
Now that we have bitten the e-bullets, can we go all the way towards paperlessness with high effectiveness, efficiency, data capacity, and pace and low cost?
Rajya Sabha elections are going on. Candidates are being announced. Loyalties are counted. Presidential election politics are in the back of the mind. Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh, Dr. K Lakshman, and R Krishnaiah are in.
Civil Services results this year have women on top. Maybe this is the trend. 180 IAS. 200 IPS. Shruti Sharma, Ankita Agarwal and Gamini Singla are the first three rankers. When are we having Development Service? Is not this Amrit Mahotsav right time for this? When are we removing the name Collector?
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 19 Jan 1996) enters his centenary year. Actor-Politician par excellence. Rama and Krishna for many in the Telugu States. 300+ films. Voted Greatest Indian Actor of All Time. Founder, Telugu Desam. Three-time Chief Minister of combined AP, for seven years. Chairman, National Front. His legacy and the mantle is being carried out: Telugu Desam, Chandrababu Naidu, Purandheswari, Balakrishna; Jr NTR, Kalyan Ram; Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital; NTR National Award, NTR University of Health Sciences; NTR District; Self-reliant MACS Act in AP and similar Acts/Provisions outside; smaller Blocks – Mandals.
Can we be nice, kind? Can our leaders be nice, kind, caring, and loving? Can we be considerate? Can we be flexible, can we accommodate? Can we smile? Can we greet? Can we show appreciation? Can we listen? Can we offer support (without being asked)? Can we treat all with respect? Authentically.
Can we realize and appreciate that fear, anger, anxiety, etc., are temporary? Unless we want to, we remain untouched and unaffected by these in reality. We are not our emotions. We are not our fleeting thoughts. We are not transient feelings. We are beyond all of these. This understanding takes us to freedom and peace for coexistence. Can we get this?
Let us live fit, learning and doing till the end. Let us coexist and be useful. Let us be joyous. Fit naturally. Physically. Socially. Humanly. Emotionally. Spiritually. Can we? Can we get 1000(s) of us into this?
Yes, we can. We have more than ten million person-hours. High-energy hours. For coexisting co-living co-travel in-nature usefulness. In conversations, in notes, in steps within and without. In the flow of N. For 7L.
Join us in the yoga of missing the beat towards useful coexistence co-living co-action – layayoga for 7L.
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