“The sun is but a morning star.” ~ Henry David Thoreau, Walden

“Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore


Woke up just before 5. It has been ages since I woke up this early. I opened the door and I could see clouds floating in the sky, gusts of cold breeze nudging the trees into swaying gently. The sun is yet to rise and the magic is still intact.

Weather in Bangalore has been amazing since last 2 days. Had it not been the lingering nausea that has gripped me since yesterday (may be some water somewhere had those indecent microbes which wreaked havoc on my system) I would have enjoyed it more. Still, the overcast sky, the constant breeze, its beautiful. Left early from work because even after taking medicines things didn’t improve. Got some movies from friends which should see me through the weekend.

Mahakaalidhyanam

The runtime of this file is around 1:30 minutes. But I like the way this has been rendered.

mahAkAlIdhyAnam.h

OM khaDgaM chakragadeShuchApaparidhAn.h shUlaM bhushuNDIM shiraH
shaN^khaM sandadhatIM karaistrinayanAM sarvAN^gabhUShAvR^itAm.h .
yAM hantuM madhukaiTabhau jalajabhUstuShTAva supte harau
nIlAshmadyutimAsyapAdadashakAM seve mahAkAlikAm.h ..

The audio file can be downloaded from here……

Few more quotes...

“I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep, for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.” - Confucius

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” - Anaïs Nin

“To find a friend one must close one eye; To keep him, two.” - Norman Douglas

“Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes.” - Anonymous

“It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your
morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.” - Zora Neale Hurston

“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.” - Blaise Pascal

“You call it madness, but I call it love.” - Don Byas

“Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important.” - Lisa Hoffman

“I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.” - Mother Teresa

“Earth's the right place for love. I don't know where it's likely to go better.” - Robert Frost