Golden Moments of Gyaan from Day-to-Day Life...

Dear Dears, As V grow older (Do V Really Ever ? .....)
V get transformed into "fussy little cats"......
V become rigid like our body….In our over-all views n opinions……
Either about us or about others....
Generally V form them very fast n once they R formed ,
V fondly stick to them like d best adhesives! Even if V find them


proven wrong, V r not easily ready to change them....


That was not d 'usual lazy Sunday'.....As lot of work was just waiting


for my little attention....so, be it!
My younger son wanted to discuss.... some IMP topics....
My elder son wanted me to take it easy n just "Chillax"!
All-in-all, i was totally busy-bee....may be bcoz of that i totally forgot


that i had called somebody at 4pm...
At 1.30 pm d door-bell rang, when opened, i was kind of aghast to see d old


lady with a beaming, big smile on her face, who was supposed to arrive at 4pm n not B4....
This old lady is almost my mothers' age n still works for


her living!
she comes n collects old worn/torn clothes, plastics, old cassette players/


cd players, mixers-grinder-juicers etc anything n everything under d Sun....
In exchange she either gives some utencils, fry-pans etc that R used for cooking ………
or cash depending on


d number n condition of d things.....


Generally i give or donate all such old items, used/unused things from house to d NGOs n sometimes to d charitable institutions also ...
where good, wearable clothes n


better-conditioned stuff is used by needy n economically weak people.....
That day she came n insisted that she wants to do "Bhavani/Bhoni" fromme!!
"Bhavani/Bhoni" meaning, starting d day's busyness on auspicious


Moment or on a lucky note, in hope of better business on that perticular day....


I thought , giving things to her instead of NGO, completely makes sense, as she herself is so old n needy....
I said OK n asked her to come at 4 pm, as on Sundays,


lunch is rather late n it is strictly a F'Ly-affair &
kind of 'special occasion'


to hav quality F'Ly time, to feel 'togetherness'!


I was kind of pissed off....either on her for coming at wrong time …..
or probably on myself....
Though i didn't exactly try to hide my disgust, she was cool like a cucumber....
She said she has got all d time in d world.....she was ready to wait at my door-step till 4 pm, as she was hell-bent on "Bhoni' from me!


I gladly took out all d excessive, extra clutter of electric/electronic goods,


clothes, watches, plastics, mettalic stuff n whole lot of "Treasure junk" n wot not...
when taken out, I just wondered "how on earth this huge lot could remain in one single cupboard!
She started her usual, routine business of 'demands'...
She wanted Zari-sarees, 3-pc-suits n list was really quite long!
She was smart enough to demand exactly whatever was not given by me...all Of that was meticulously included in her list!


After all, these many years she


Must have set her style of doing things.....


I had to use all my meditational skills to be patient with her....


Patiently waiting for her, to finish her say......when she halted for a


breather, quickly i told her to pack everything n take away d entire stuff


'just-like-that'.... only on one small condition from my side n that


was, she should leave happily with blessings n nothing more than that was


expected from her.....
she was kind of aghast when she understood what i meant, but went on insisting that she can't 'just do that'!


Now it was my turn to get surprised!


What on earth is stopping her from doing this?
Her reply was unique..."this is her "Rozi-Roti"... meaning...her means to earn a living i.e. her 'very own' business!!
I pleaded that i was not doing any favour to her, on d contrary, she was doing a


GR8 favour on me by helping me De-clutter my house, at least up to some extent!!
As it is, i need to call d NGO/Charitable Trust/Institute, find a mutually
convenient day, date n time for them to come n collect! Instead i hav


given d goods to U…
U may use it any which way U feel proper...use it, sale it, throw


It or just dump it.......All yours.
I thought that she will be happy to hav such a golden opportunity.....
But No such luck......
After hearing this from me, she was a picture of 'concern'!
Worries were written all over her old, wrinkled face.....
This was not expected at all!
In precise words she made it amply clear to me that, she did Not want any Charity !! Not from me n not from anybody !!!
Her life's philosophy was simple..."if anything happens to her in future, her soul will b burdened with this 'very act'....
According to her, this 'act of charity'


would amount to "borrowing" from me, n she was totally against it!!!
Listening to her "Gyaan", i was completely speechless...
Age wise, She is 'mother-figure' for me, still working...lifting heavy


'Tokri' of utencils n a huge bundle of collected clothes n stuff....walking


Arguing....pleading...bargaining......
N in d end "earning" her own bread.....n who knows, may be feeding her grand-sons & grand-daughters!


For that particular moment, I felt a surge of Vibrations....good ones...verypositive ones....
as if she is practically living, Teachings of Bhagavat-Gita!


"Karmani Eva Adhikarste, Maa Faleshu Kadachan…."
Simply Meaning, U do UR duties full-heartedly, without expecting benefits…fruitfulness of d same!


I felt like saluting her old-ripe-age.... I felt a newly found GR8 respect for her....
Hats off to her upright stance...
N also for her "Clarity of Thoughts".....No confusion there!!!


Moral of d day is -Life is Not mesured by d breaths V take....But by d moments like above one,that take our breath away!!


OM Namoji Shiva Aparimita ||
Aadi-Anadi Mayatitaa ||


this is Tima signing off from Mumbapuri......