Keep your pot empty......

 Hi friends,
Last Saturday-Sunday I was learning new Aero-Kickboxing and Fitness Kickboxing lessons from my mentor and martial arts

master. He always teaches us to keep our mind totally empty before coming to every class irrespective of our experience in

martial arts or kickboxing. He always says, "Keep your mind empty, just like an empty pot. If pot is full, it can not hold

water in it and water will overflow and pot remains with what it has in it. Same way if you come with some prejudice or

thoughts like: 'Since so many years I am practicing this(Martial Arts), and so many students learn from me. What new am I

gonna learn here?', then you can not learn that new knowledge, that new aspect, that new method or anything new."

I realize this every time I attend any of training sessions from my martial arts master.

Most of the times we guys go with thought that, 'Hey! so many times we have learnt this' or, 'C'mon, I teach these things

to people, then why master is calling all of us, to learn these things from him again'. But then every time, we get many

new things to learn from him and it keeps me astonished.

Same thing I have experienced from many other masters. It is very much important to keep our mind empty and welcoming for

every bit of knowledge we may get from different sources.

I have started realizing this thing recently quite often that, when we keep our mind empty of all kind of perceptions and

prejudice, we can learn all that is there to learn .

Try to keep your pot empty and let's see.....

Some Good thoughts by living authors.....

You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit. -  Paulo Coelho
Don't just answer your critics. Slap them across their face by doing some great work. - Chetan Bhagat

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Full of action and enjoyment......Kickboxing

Hi Friends,
It's after quite long time I am writing my blog.
Last two days I was busy with my AeroKickboxing-Fitness Kickboxing Instructor's course-II. Working out for almost 8 hrs. a day. Full of enjoyment, burning lots of calories. Learning new techniques and movements.
Soon(As I had promised initially here) I will start posting Kickboxing basic lessons on this blog, till then keep waiting and enjoy........

About some old posts.....

Some old posts at this blog will be edited and re-posted.

Until then some posts will not be displayed on this blog.

SOMETIMES.......(The Poem I wrote in my Engineering College Days)

Sometimes you feel, your skies are gray
& destiny is cruel 'n making you it's prey
Sometimes this world seems upside down
Life seems like a desert and world rotates around

But don't forget in the desert there is oasis
You may be sweat-soaked but enjoy soothing breezes
You have to cross this desert to reach your destination
This won't last long, don't let die your motivation
You should keep moving 'n keep high your will
You don't have to lose your soul and lose this deal

'cause it may be highly difficult but it isn't impossible
and the things which come sometimes last long only "SOME TIME"

© Copyright Ranjan Bhavsar

Something about good thoughts......

Hey friends, hope you all spent your week end enjoying with your family and doing things which you like. Following are some good thoughts.
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Try not to become a man of success but a man of value -  Albert Einstein

"Prayer" is a free outgoing call to GOD. No Battery. No charging. No network problem. Always good signal. Endless talk-time. So keep praying.

Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.

Champions are not supernaturals. They just fight 1 more second when everyone else quits. Sometimes 1 more second of effort gives you the victory!!!

Choice, not circumstances determine your success.
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Friends, good thoughts keep us away from all kind of negativity and addictions which abuse our health.
Everyday, I read some good thoughts early in the morning. That is the good start for the day and whole day passes, filled with enthusiasm for life and inspiration in every breath.

Try this and Let's see....

One of the Greatest donation is Blood Donation........

I had done Leadership Development Program from one of the Elite Institutes of Mumbai as my first I.T. employer wanted me to complete it successfully.

Very first day we were asked to do blood donation, preferably in government hospital and get certificate as proof of blood donation. People who were weak or not eligible for blood donation due to some health problem were asked to convince some other person for blood donation and get his/her certificate of blood donation and letter from the donor that he/she has done it on person's behalf.

This was supposed to be done within a week.

I went for my first blood donation in my life and it was a very good experience. The nurses and other staff in the hospital blood bank were very good and welcoming.

I got certificate for blood donation. Also they gave me donor's card by showing which I could get a certain number of bottles of blood free in case of an emergency.

I passed my Diploma in Leadership from that institute successfully with a medal for Best Speech(by Audience Poll), a cup for Successful completion of a Project, and a coin for winning debate.

After almost one-one and half year after this I joined a new job and was working with one of the reputed computer institutes as a faculty, teaching few programming languages and databases.

One day I got call from my boss, asking if I can donate blood for one of our student's father. I rushed immediately to the hospital; but the needed blood was AB-, the rarest one. My blood group was different.

I waited there for quite long time so that just in case I can donate my blood and the person in need of blood can get blood of his blood group in exchange. But it didn't work.

I had my blood donor's card. I left it there with the patient's family so that they can utilize it just in case and left for my job.

After almost a month, I was helping my students with practicals in computer lab. Meanwhile, an old man came there. He was looking at me with smile on his face. I could vaguely recognize him. But I was unable to recollect who he was. This person came straight to me and almost touched my feet, I moved back holding him with my hands with surprise and embarrassment as all of my students were watching; a person of my dad's age was about to touch my feet. I asked him, “Why are you doing this? I can't recollect, but I guess we know each other.”

The old man said with tears in his eyes, “Sir, Thank You very much, I am alive today because you left your blood donation card with my relatives almost a month back. Because of your card, I received blood from Government Hospitals' Blood bank and doctors could perform operation on me, which was successful and I am healthy again.”

By that time, almost all of staff from our institute was there and everybody was looking at me with proud, along with my boss. This old man had brought a packet full of different sweets as a token of gratitude and affection for me which, he insisted, I must accept.

I had to. Everybody present there congratulated me for the good work I had done. And we all enjoyed the sweets brought by the old man.

That day onward I donate blood at least once in a year.

Do donate your blood it's really is a great thing to do.

Try it and let's see.........

Become “the Bigger Line”.....

When I was a kid, once I came across a puzzle. It was asked to draw a vertical line of 4 cm., on a black board with chalk. Now without cutting or rubbing this line, it was supposed to be made small.

How?

Yes, many of us might be thinking, what a simple puzzle!

The answer is simple, we can make this line smaller by drawing bigger line besides it.

So, now we have this solution with us. Have we ever given a thought on this puzzle? What it actually means or do we get any message from this one?

Well, friends today morning when I woke up, don't know from some corner of my brain came this puzzle in my mind and I started thinking.

I got one message.

In our life we have some foes, some fr-enemies, some enemies, some back-stabbers etc. etc. Whenever we come across such people and are hurt by them, we wish to teach them some lesson. We wish to revenge. Isn't that true?

Well, I am not gonna preach here and bore you with philosophy to forgive such people and leave it to GOD take action against them etc. etc.

No No No No.....in fact I would suggest to teach them the toughest lesson, take your revenge fully but indirectly.

How?

Become so big in your life, dear friends, that our these opponents become very small and become jealous with us.

The first and foremost thing is prepare a very good plan to become very big in your life.

Plan for what you want in life? What you wish to become? Plan for everything except taking direct revenge on these opponents.

Sounds philosophical....may be but it's the best way, I believe.

You plan and concentrate on what you want; may be a very big bungalow, or a limousine or particular no. of million dollars or anything it might be.

You don't boil your blood with the thought of revenge and waste your time and actually fulfill your revenge by becoming “the bigger line”.

Well, I would recommend to make much wider and bigger plan about your life. The bigger you become in life the smaller your opponents become.

Just think, (names and incident in this example are fictional) John is colleague of Ronnie. John is very bad person. He insults Ronnie always and doesn't let him speak a single word. John has lot of friends in organization who are his alike. All of them together have made Ronnie's life a hell in the office.

Ronnie is very timid and straight forward, simple person and not able to concentrate on his work because of the harassment he is suffering.

What should Ronnie do?

Well, Ronnie boils his blood by worrying over how to take revenge on John and company. And actually never succeeds in doing this and more and more he lands himself in trouble and gets more frustrated. (Does this story sounds similar somewhere with most of us?) But that's what John and his cartel want.

What's the use of Ronnie's worrying or being anxious?

Nothing.

Instead, Ronnie chooses to concentrate on his work and to grow in the organization. Suppose, John is so big in organization that Ronnie's life has become hell there and John may interfere with Ronnie's growth in the organization. In this scenario Ronnie decides to quit the organization and join some other organization and obviously gets better pay than what he gets in former one. At this point itself John and his cartel will be jealous of Ronnie and will be totally helpless. At this particular juncture itself Ronnie is happy, John and his cartel is total misery and shock. Isn't it?

Further suppose Ronnie buys a very big apartment in posh locality or Ronnie buys a nice car and somehow makes this news reach to John and cartel.

Tell me friends who is gonna boil more and more blood and who will be happier?

Our friend Ronnie or John and Cartel.

Solution is simple, Become “the Bigger Line”.

It is bit difficult but much better and works fantastic.

Try it out and let's see........

To Be Good or Bad? that is a question....

Recently once again I read that story of the Sage, the Scorpion and the Hunter; in one of the leading news papers. The story in short is as follows.

There is a sage taking bath in the river and he watches a scorpion, which is on the verge of sinking in the water. The sage holds that scorpion in hands and takes it to river bank with an intention of saving it. When the sage is about to put the scorpion on one of the rocks safely, the scorpion stings the sage badly. Still, sage puts the scorpion gently on the rock and returns back to complete his bath and other rituals in river. Again sage watches the same scorpion, is about to sink in the river. Again sage helps scorpion land on the safe rock and again scorpion stings the sage. This repeats again almost for 4-5 times and is observed by the Hunter, hidden in the woods nearby the bank of river. When one more time sage is about to save scorpion the puzzled hunter comes out of woods and asks the sage very eagerly, “Oh great Sage, why are you so much bothered to save this dirty and ungrateful creature and why is not allowing to die it sinking into river?”. The Sage smiles and replies with lot of affection, “My Son, To save and to love is my nature and to Sting is Scorpion's nature. Even if it's stinging me I can't change my nature for it.” Etc. Etc.......

Many of you must have read this story many a times, isn't it?

Well, let's come to other side now......when I had read for the first time, teachings of Arya Chanakya(Please Google with word CHANAKYA to know more about this great Indian Scholar.) I hadn't understood, why it's written about being shrewd and how to behave and depict your personality particular way etc.etc. Also I had read about Niccolò Machiavelli and Machiavellianism in my M.B.A. Studies under the subjects of Human Resource Management as well as Organizational Behavior. I was confused why ever on earth one needs to learn these things of shrewdness, conspiracy, being dubious about surroundings always and lot many political things which are supposed to be bad characteristics as such.

If we follow life like the previous-story-Sage, we will be very good person and if we follow the way Arya Chanakya or Machiavelli suggest to live then we will be kind of bad, comparatively.

What is the better way of living life?

The former suggests sounds better one but it is not practical. The later suggests is practical but, the mind doesn't agree to live completely that way.

What to do?

Dear friends, the world is really full of very different kind of people. The kind of people we can't at all imagine about. And many of us are stung by ungrateful scorpions at least once in our life. Well, I came across one of the verses in the literature of Arya Chanakya which means, “THE SNAKE, EVEN IF IS NOT POISONOUS MUST ACT LIKE ONE”. And that is the real answer I got.

We must remain neutral with every one around us. As much as possible we should help others and at the same time avoid our personal loss. We must use our common sense while judging situations and people. We must remain alert in order not to be stung by the ungrateful Scorpions. How? Well this is where we can use theory of Arya Chanakya and Machiavelli.

I got the answer that, at heart, we should always be purest and harmless creatures of GOD, we must be sinless creatures, but at the same time, in practice we should follow the way Arya Chanakya and Machiavelli suggest in their respective literature.

In very simple words I wish to say, at heart be truest of yourself but while depicting your character and personality in front of the world (everyone except I is my definition of world.) use Machiavellinism and Chanakyaniti.

This is my personal experience that life becomes smoother and peaceful after experimenting what I have written above.

Just because, we are at heart what we are and at the same time the ungrateful scorpions of this world don't dare to sting us even once because of, what we are displaying to world.

Also, by studying Chanakyaniti and Machiavellianism, we can analyze and understand motives of people around. That helps us achieve success and peace of mind.

Try it out and let's see........

Turn your blues to pink ……..

Two or three days back I don't remember exactly when, I read on one of social networking sites which I regularly visit, 'If you hate a person, rarely someone will come and convince you, how nice is that person. But you love a person, there will be at least 1000 people to convince you, how bad is that person.’

On the same lines I have experienced that if you involve in doing stupid things with people let it be gossiping or back bitching or abusing someone then people will join you surely for the cause but you start doing something good or speak about something good like meditation, helping others etc.; comparatively very few people will join you.

Same thing is true about emotions. I have heard from one of my spiritual GURUs, “If someone tells us, ‘I LOVE YOU’ then immediately we ask, ‘REALLY?’ But if someone tells us, ‘I HATE YOU’, we never ask ‘REALLY?’ Also when we are happy or everything in life is going good then we are doubtful and worried is it real? Is it going to last? But when we are miserable or in poor state of mind we are sure that it is what our state of mind is and we think it is going to last almost forever”

In today’s world we observe people doubting each other. People not sure what will happen with them tomorrow. There are many people who are very positive and enthusiastic about living life, but the comparison between former and later reveals that former kind of people are far more than later ones.

Suppose someone always wants to be benevolent and wish to do something good to humanity and to every living creature. But by mingling with all kind of people he/she is getting disturbed and becoming negative as more negative people he/she is getting and can’t keep doing his/her work. So should he/she start avoiding people or put some kind of filter? Well that’s necessary to certain extent but doesn’t help you much. And when you are living in society it becomes necessary to know whereabouts of your surrounding and we are bound to meet all kind of people.

What should we do to avoid negativity or negative emotions?

Well, I did one experiment; I started concentrating on my work. Also while someone is telling me something I started keeping very neutral view towards it. Also, I started focusing totally on my goals, my vision and my objective. (First of all I prepared them.)

I started putting time intentionally for mixing with people who have common interests with me. I started doing things which I like. I started avoiding arguments and keeping my view very neutral and if necessary towards positive side. I avoided negative emotions if ever they occurred in my mind and observed them with neutral view and immediately replacing them with good ones like happiness, gratitude, love, and passion.

Also the most important thing I stopped doubting positive emotions and good things said to me.

My observation after this is, there come positive and no-nonsense people around you, everywhere. You get your own space to live-think-act. Naturally, I started saving more time and enjoy my life better way.

Try this out and let’s see…….

Let's be grateful for every small thing we get...we have.....

Today morning I was doing my everyday work in office and one of my colleague and also a good friend came to me and said,"Hey Ranjan, I am losing my hair." Subsequently we had brief discussion on that. When we went back to our work I felt thankful to GOD that I have nice thick black hair. I thanked GOD for that again and again. We must be thankful to GOD for every small thing GOD has given to us like intact and flawless body and limbs.
Job, food to eat, Shelter to sleep peacefully, Vehicle we own.
Every religion on the earth teaches to be thankful for what we have but
do we really follow that. OK....let's think for two minutes and take a note of what we were
thinking past few hours.
Most of the times we are complaining about what we don't have and rarely
we are thankful for those things which we have much better (or at least good enough), isn't it?
We can be grateful for every small thing we get, the breath, the love
and support from parents or other family members, whatever good things our siblings do for us, love and affection of our spouse.....list is endless. But we concentrate of that half empty glass of a water always instead of looking at the half filled.
Choice is ours after all. My observation with the experiment of being grateful for every small
thing is we remain happier and enthusiastic to live every next moment of our life and this helps in achieving new things we wish to do or experience. Just think, if you are thankful for something in your life and then do you really need to worry for that particular thing? The answer is big NO, right?

Then make a list of things for which we are thankful for.
And be thankful for those things every moment.
Carry this list in your pocket and whenever you are free (like traveling
in train/bus etc., Standing in Queue....etc. etc.).
Whenever we are thankful for every small thing....we get chance to see
more miracles in life and get more things for which we can be thankful for.
In simple words we become more and more happy and achieve more and more
that's the reason probably I could do so many things and display them in my profile.......
Use this technique and let's see....