Monday, June 26, 2006

When My Mind is Still

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I remember things too easily forgotten:
The purity of early love,
The maturity of unselfish love that asks --
desires -- nothing but another's good,
The idealism that has persisted through all the tempest of life.

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I can find a quiet assurance, an inner peace, in the core of my being.
It can face the doubt, the loneliness, the anxiety,
Can accept these harsh realities and can even grow
Because of these challenges to my essential being.

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I can sense my basic humanity,
And then I know that all men and women are my brothers and sisters.
Nothing but my own fear and distrust can separate me from the love of friends.
If I can trust others, accept them, enjoy them,
Then my life shall surely be richer and more full.
If I can accept others, this will help them to be more truly themselves,
And they will be more able to accept me.

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I know how much life has given me:
The history of the race, friends and family,
The opportunity to work, the chance to build myself.
Then wells within me the urge to live more abundantly,
With greater trust and joy,
With more profound seriousness and earnest service,
And yet more calmly at the heart of life.

-Paul Beattie

Monday, June 05, 2006

Crowd & Solitude

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thursday, June 01, 2006

View of Taj from Agra Fort

This is a view of the Taj Mahal as seen from Agra Fort. At the end of his life, Shah Jahan was imprisoned by his son, Aurangzeb in the fort, and he used to look at the Taj from a balcony of the Fort. Just imagine, it may be the same balcony I took this pic from....

This one is for you Jackal. Sorry its not such a great pic.

This is probably what the Taj Mahal looked like when Shahjahan used to look at it. A whiter Taj Mahal and the Yamuna overflowing with water.


Inspired by Sorabh's comment, I attempted my version of the black Taj.

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