Life Experiences by Tilak

It's 2AM the world's asleep And its stunningly quiet around Air conditioning and my heart beat Are the only audible sound My mind wakes up and stretches My imagination begins a feast The words and thoughts just keep flowing Like some angry wild beast I feel one with the universe With infinite energy flowing through my mind Creating fascinating fantasies and images I find otherwise difficult to find It's the best time of my existence Life's best moments for self realisation To do the things you crave for In your wild wild imagination It's your life so enjoy every bit It's melting away each moment Death is slowly coming your way To snatch you away and torment It's time to be the Buddha It's time to wake up your soul It's time to ask the universe To heal you and make you whole It's time to think, feel and introspect The meaning of our seemingly useless existence The agony and ecstacy that we undergo For this meaningless hu...

I feel like the Bedouins of yore Exploring the hot sands of my heart Hungry and tired Looking for water to quench my eternal thirst Then I see you from far far away Like a beautiful rainbow on the colourful sky And coming my way Like a messiah, you fill me with so much joy it makes me cry I feel my prayers are answered You are all that I dreamed of and more I run to you ignoring my fatigue and The wounds of soul turned sore But you turn away Like a mirage playing tricks on my mind The sun of loneliness scorches on... Driving my eyes blind I still look for you always My long awaited soul mate I have waited for many years Fighting battles of fate I look up to the sky from time to time Waiting for a glimpse of you The smile the eyes the innocence Showering on me making my dreams come true I miss your whispers in my ears I miss the laughter in your eyes You are a true gift from God Sent straight from up in the skies Come back and speak to me Ease the rising pai...

Life has made her frail and weak But she hasn’t lost her hope Her troubles never seem to end But she has learnt how to cope She’s a widow blessed with just a child And her tenacity is her shield Life can keep trying her all the time Bur she’s chosen not to yield She smiles away her pain every day Her confidence is her only make up She thanks the God with a prayer daily The same one who messed her life up She is the epitome of confidence She motivates me to live on Every time I lay my eyes on her I feel my emptiness gone She is a role model for all of us As she clings to happiness with her fragile grip She might be burning with anger inside But it never shows on her lip I salute you oh iron lady Give life all you have got May life in return give you All the peace and happiness you always sought! ©tilaktilak

There are many who know you, The way I can only hope to know you some day But they will never see you with my eyes and the shades of you I see I love the way you eat and sip your beer I love the way you dress for business and still have pleasure. I love the way you paint your dreams And the way you colour your desires on canvas. I love the way you smile at life even when it dishes you pain and suffering. I love the knowledge that someday you will be big and important Someday you will rule the world Someday i might wait in a Que to catch a glimpse of you or may be we grow famous together I want to know you fully I want to hear your voice for life I want to see you smile every day As long as I'm alive I wish I could be with you forever Love you and feel loved in return Want to grow old holding hands together, The way we hold hands now I want to share a bed with you And make love to you all night Laugh and smile and love together With eyes full of pleasure and sm...

Prosperity is in the air. The numbers of luxury cars and foreign vacations are really impressive. Indians are finally living it up. The glittering mobiles and jewels are adding a lot of glamour to the cosmopolitan Indians. Is it? We are, in my view, moving up the ladder as defined by Maslow's need theory but in the process losing out on the basics. So in short we are building skyscrapers on swampy lands. Ready to collapse anytime Sorry for being so pessimistic. Most readers of this article are beyond the basic needs of food , clothing and shelter and have started their journeys on the bigger things. But, look at the mass urbanisation leading to shrinking farmlands. Look at the falling water tables. Look at the quality of air we are breathing. We need to understand that money is good for nothing if in exchange for it we can't get what we desire. So while we might be increasing our net worth on paper but later we may have to consume only those papers to survive. It's an a...

Mobiles, cars, laptops etc are all toys for the grown ups. What's interesting to observe is whether we treat these as slaves or as mistresses.. why? Cos it can help marketeers the kind of products they need to develop and the kind of volumes they can expect... The ones who treat their toys as slaves usually want value for money. They want maximum features at minimum cost. They push the levels of performance of their toys and extract utility. The users who on the other hand treat their toys as mistresses tend to focus on beauty and flaunt their toys. They are more likely to be lavishing on looks and physical attributes or the show off quotient of their toys. So, which category do you fall in? Would love to know....

In my view, there are four kinds of behaviour and all of us are capable of displaying any of them depending on our inherent skills, talent and interest.   The first type is the 'peep' behaviour. This behaviour shows that the person gets excited seeing others perform like watching a cricket match or attending a concert. Here the individual is happy to see someone else do what he or she can't do so well The second type is weep behaviour. Here one is just regretting and crying for something lost or seemingly unachievable. Like crying over lost love or money. The third type is sleep behaviour. We know certain things are needed now but we are happy to be oblivious wishing that they go away on their own. Like not exercising , not saving enough or not preapring well enough etc The last is the leap behaviour. In this one feels that he or she has super powers jumping on problems and getting into action mode to solve problems and make this world a better place.  Would love to h...