aruna runam

tiruvannamalai(tvm in short) is a small town about 175 km form chennai.its a temple town with a temple dedicated to shiva in the agni form(u can literally feel the heat as it is unusually hot inside the garba griha)
the temple dates back to vijayanagara period and is quite huge.
but the other main belief in tvm is that the hillock (at whose foothill the temple stands) is lord siva himself.so the 17 km path around the hill is like a pradakshina path.people call this practice of circambulating the hill as girivalam.
that brings me into the blog.yesterday i went to tvm with girivalam in mind.we started about 2 pm form chennai and reached tvm by 5 pm.we had darshan of the main deity and proceeded towards ramanashramam.

ramana (originally venkatramani) was one of the most respected(and is) self enlightened sages of south india.he came to tvm at the age of 13 leaving behing his family in madurai.

me myself

the day he saw this monster
was the one he was on leave
lying on his bed
thought he could dream
but sleep came to those with some room
so clogged was his head
that there was nothing that was'nt heard
could it be so unfortunate
for he broke off to sleep
but he would'nt let him be
the name of the monster
do all monster's have a name
he asked
no he thought
but u must have one for u have been
here all day and i must name u
to blame you
u want to blame me?
nay.u may never sleep
u need somebody to blame
to earn a proper rest
u search for the scape
and lose the nap
call me whatever you want
but u seem too busy to sleep
dont break off to sleep
for u are the one who knew no rest
u sleep but u want to name me
so u lose sleep
sleep for once with ur mind
inside ur dream not watching it
be a part of it soon
if u dont
u would start a search
once again
from the scratch.

the little one

the little one has no sense
why would he be so happy
when others around him continue to suffer
doesn't he know that he will be them once
doesn't he know whence
he will suffer like others

he plays on his mother's lap
believes today's the first and last day
for he knows no tommorow
he lives by the day
sleeps by the night
he sleeps not because his world retired
but because he's dead tired
he lives by the day and
sleeps by the night

dont know why iam doing this

i have lots of work to do or so do i think.if one has work one tries to shy away from it as much as possible.one plans,plans and plans and plans.but never do things work out.one's frustrated.
but certain things relieve frustration like today's walk in a rare chennai shower.raindrops are like kisses they come in all types.today's shower was sublime.the kind of kiss that affects u least physically but creates a deep feeling of happiness inside.
walking in the rain is the best of things to do if u stop looking down at the slush but keep looking at the sky asking for more and thanking her for the present.
hope ppl learn to enjoy rain.i hate umbrellas rather they hate me.this summer at bangalore i took a umbrella with me for everyday for 15 days expecting rain.on the 15 th day it rained but the umbrella had broken due to the treatment my bag suffers.and then i got drenched by rain and my happiness.