Peace Peace and more Peace!

Location:Badminton Court of National College.
Program:Art of Living Workshop.
Conducted by:Mrs.Alka Vishwas and Ms.Seema

The workshop began with the 'lovely smiling' teachers telling us students the importance of peace in our day to day lives.The recent act of terrorism in the city caused an outburst of anger in Mumbai which needs proper channelization.They taught us some pranayams in the start along with full flegged explanations.Next they took us into a magically beautiful world created by our own mind!Mrs.Alka with her calm and soothing voice told us to start by closing our eyes......
I started with feeling our so called 'badi court',then the college,then the city,then the state,then the country,then the world and finally I was into space.And believe me I could actually see myself in many of the significant places.......I was lost into my own wonderful world!But unknown to me,this was just the beginning!Things got even more fantastic when I could feel Mother Nature around me.I had the sudden urge to remove my sandals and I did just the same!Now I could feel green luscious grass under my soft feet,it tickled!Next moment I was with my bare feet into the oceans...cold water swirled and splashed and played with my toes!No prizes for guessing where I was next....in the sky!!!!!I was sleeping on the cottony clouds and flying through the breezy fresh air looking at the faces of birds!They sure looked delightedly surprised to find me there!All my fantasies were filling my heart with joy and there I was on the Moon feeling cool n relaxed...sleeping on the surface!Yeah I dint bounce back into the atmosphere....my mind's the one ruling it!Next I was near the sun feeling the warmth!To be really frank I was scared of being burnt alive and so my mind preferred to only feel the warmth.Lucky me!!!
The places I went next were the most amazing ones....the peace it gave me was simply thrilling to the core!I was sitting with a lovely mat on the green patch of forest grass with lots and lots of bushes and trees surrounding me!I could hear the birds chirping and small animals watching me...a few squirrels even sat around me!I could feel the swaying breeze caress my cheeks.And the most amazing thing...I was drinking coffee!!!!It felt so alive,so full of energy in this real forest.....unlike the feeling in the real concrete jungle!My eyes dint want to open,I wanted to keep feeling this satisfaction!It reminded me of my evenings spent at Hinduja Park sitting on the bench and feeling the calm atmosphere!!!!!It was truly serene....so so very filled with solitude!
When i finally opened my eyes I felt really happy!A feeling which only peace and satisfaction can give flowed through my entire being....just plain joy which was devoid of any kind of cruelty or bad things!How much ever I try to explain it I know I am going to falter for words and phrases....it was enthralling!I can never ever thank the 'two lovely smiling' ladies enough for it.It was something known but after school ended it took real patience to try it out!They made me aware what my power of imagination can do....I felt ashamed than insipid of having such a creative and manifesting power i felt lazy to use it!Thank you so very much Mrs.Alka and Ms.Seema for this so very wonderful experience that has touched my soul!!!!!Peace.....

We Rock Mumbai!!!!!

Vande Mataram......
Jai Hind........
Inkalam Jindabad.......
You just had to be there at the Gateway of India to witness Mumbai's oneness and high sprits.It was just fanfabulously amazing!!!!!!Hndereds and thousands of people,coming from different religions,different stratas of society,different occupations,different ages....but with common demands!And they demanded JUSTICE.They all want to be SAFE.Mumbaikars,all hardworking,desreve to be safe and yet are deprived of it!!!!WHY?????
We pay taxes.....where do they go????We vote for leaders...what do they do???How can a metropolian city like Mumbai be open to such terrorist activities????Everyone gathered at the peace rally which was called 'Enough is enough' had these questions and they demanded answers!As one of the Mumbaikars it was wonderful to see so many of my brothers and sisters with banners with intresting qoutes and they all were taunts in the face of our wonderful polictitions.People were heard screaming "Gali gali mein shor hai,humare Polititions chor hai"!!!!!And i totally agree with the people....our so called leaders well deserved it!
Walking with the crowd and shouting slogans I happened to spot Javed Akhtar in front of me.I was quite surprised because he walked with all of us and without any security,must say I admired it!He was requested to give a speech after which all we Mumbaikars in one voice and with one soul sang our Rashtrageet Jana Gana Mana.The voice was so strong,full of conviction and determination and it went straight throught my soul.My heart was full of love and concern for my city and my people.This rally was our demonstration of our power...and all the bad people should really mind it because we are really really strong!!!
As time passed,loud voices were ringing,more people were comming in.....our sprits all but kept rising higher and higher!I salute this very sprit of all the Mumbaikars which no one can ever dampen.They say everything happens for a reason...the terrorist gave us a reason to fight for a cause which has always been in the back of our minds!So let all of us keep fighitng till the end,till we get all our well deserved demands!
Mumbaikars....we truely truely rock!!!!!Three cheers to US!!!!.....