Introduction

During the summer vacation of 1952, I visited Bombay (now

Mumbai) for the first time at the age of 2! "aving #ived the
first ten years of chi#dhood in#and in a re#ative#y sma## city of
$agda#%ur (District %o%u#ation 5,) in Bastar and #ater in
&ag%ur (District %o%u#ation 5,) in Maharashtra , I was
genuine#y curious about a #arge metro%o#is #i'e Bombay
(%o%u#ation (,,) situated on the edge of the )rabian
sea! I stayed in Bombay with my e#der brother, *udha'ar,
who was a bache#or at that time and had +ust started his first
+ob after graduating from &ag%ur ,niversity! *udha'ar was
em%#oyed by "ughes - Davies #ocated in the .ort area of
Bombay! "e #ived in a /estern suburb of Bombay ca##ed
0oregaon, which was a one hour commute by #oca# train to
the .ort area!
1n every wor'ing day, I accom%anied *udha'ar u% to his
office in .ort and then went my own way to e2%#ore the
e2%anse and humanity of Bombay which seemed to be
throbbing with activity a## day #ong! *ince I had not yet seen
and e2%erienced the sea and its beach, I as'ed *udha'ar if
there was an uncrowded beach that I cou#d visit after #unch!
"e recommended 3ersova beach, which was convenient#y
#ocated between .ort and 0oregaon! *o I rode the #oca# train
as far as I cou#d and tre''ed the rest of the way to the beach4
reaching there at around two in the afternoon!
/hi#e wa#'ing on the beach with #imit#ess curiosity and
soa'ing u% a## that I was e2%eriencing, I fe#t the crunchy sand
under my na'ed feet, the constant #a%%ing of the waves
embracing the beach, the *un and the dee% b#ue s'y
ref#ecting through the waters! )bove a##, to my de#ightfu#
sur%rise, I noticed a generous s%rin'#ing of co#orfu# *eashe##s
a#ong the entire beach! 5oo'ing c#ose#y, each *eashe##
seemed to have a thought %rovo'ing beauty of its own! *ince
this beach had not yet become the %aradise of 6ourists, the
beach was c#ean, serene, and en+oyab#e for the so#itude that I
had sought for that afternoon!
Disregarding any sense of time, I se#ective#y %ic'ed
*eashe##s of a## %ossib#e si7es, sha%es and beautifu# co#ors
unti# the *un started to set on the western hori7on against the
tran8ui# bac'ground of the )rabian *ea! I %aused to watch
the bri##iant co#ors over the hori7on and witness the gradua#
setting of the *un! ) few fishermen were returning to shore
with their catch on the boats after the day #ong wor'ing tri%!
6he invigorating e2%erience on 3ersova beach
com%#emented with the thought %rovo'ing *eashe##s has
been %ermanent#y etched in my consciousness4 which is
e2%ressing itse#f 92 years #ater in the form of the tit#e for this
boo'!
) thought is #i'e a Dewdro% that condenses on a #eaf or a
b#ade of grass and embraces the environment in ways
unfathomab#e! *imi#ar#y, a beautifu# *eashe## a%%ears on the
sandy beach to invigorate and cha##enge our imagination!
*uresh M! Deo
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5a%%ing waves of the ocean constant#y de%osit infinite
variety of beautifu# sea she##s on the beach and the sands of
time4 where as "umans treading the same beach trash
em%tied %o% bott#es and cu%s!
6o %rovide an e8ua# o%%ortunity for both se2es, since men
have been granted the right to stone a woman to death for
committing adu#tery, then women shou#d have an e8ua# right
to stone the %artici%ating ma#e %artner to death in the same
crime!
.irst 0od created Man! 6hen Man created <e#igion and
%romised "eaven4 that is when "e## bro'e #oose!
,sing the menta# freedom granted by 0od, Man created
)nge#s, "eaven, "e##, Missionaries, Mercenaries, and
<obots for %#aying the %o#itics of #ife!
6he most %rofitab#e business in the wor#d is <e#igion, which
does not re8uire even %roducing a %roduct and offering
warranties, which are honored on#y after the e2%iration date
of the faithfu# c#ient!
Birds, beasts and other creatures on %#anet =arth behave
different#y than humans! 6hey do not have any issue with se2
differentiation or e8ua# rights, sim%#y because they be#ieve in
uti#i7ing a natura# %roduct to its ma2imum uti#ity!
6he most %rofitab#e business on %#anet =arth is <e#igion,
which har%s on the wea'nesses of humanity and has s%un off
a #arge number of anci##ary industries ranging from /ea%ons
of Mass Destruction (/MD) to re#igious trin'ets!
&orma##y, a she%herd #eads the f#oc' of shee% to greener
%astures! "owever, when the f#oc' tries to #ead, chaos reigns!
It is on#y a matter of inner e2%erience to rea#i7e that >6he
outside universe is identica#, in every res%ect, to the universe
that #ies within us?!
5ogic, <eason, and *e#f@)ffirmation have e8ua# bearing in
e2%eriencing the 8ua#ity of human #ife! "owever, #ogic and
reason do not have the se#f@enriching energy of intros%ective
affirmation!
Deeds +udge better than words, whi#e *i#ence reinforces it!
6he attitude of co#oni7ing foreign territories and minds is
utter#y se#f@defeating sim%#y because, bottom#ess greed is the
%redominant factor of that endeavor!
.or ever unsatisfied with the bottom#ess %it of greed, the
human mind tries to co#oni7e other astra# %#anets under the
%rete2t of science stretching its hori7ons of consciousness!
0eogra%hy of an ocean is different than the de%th of its
s%iritua# content!
0od and Dog are ManAs two most re#iab#e friends, because
when 0od gives bread, the Dog wags its tai# in than'fu#ness!
1nce the 'ite catches the wind and starts soaring higher and
higher en+oying the freedom, the on#y restriction for it is the
thread of attachment with the 'ite f#yer on the ground!
0od and devi#, ma#e and fema#e, heaven and he##, good and
bad, are amongst the severa# dua#ities of #ife that ham%er the
freedom of mind to e2%#ore the enormous %ossibi#ities of #ife!
6eacher B 1ne who stands in front of an audience to
communicate avai#ab#e information in #anguage audib#e to
the students!
Creacher B 1ne who stands on a higher %u#%it facing
audience and tries to convince the %rinted message of
'now#edge4 without having direct e2%erience in it!
Cro%het B 1ne who is grounded on bare feet and
communicates universa# wisdom that is %resumab#y granted
by an intangib#e )uthority!
*e#f@en#ightened Master B 1ne who radiates universa#
wisdom through sheer %ersona# %resence4 because the
wisdom is based on %ersona# inner e2%eriences4 whi#e
cogni7ant of the fact that the inner ,niverse is identica# to
the outer ,niverse!
.irst at the fetus stage, we have si#ence and then out of it
gradua##y emanates sound, word, and #anguage to accumu#ate
inte##ectua# 'now#edge and subse8uent#y e2%erience its uti#ity
and futi#ity4 fina##y strugg#ing bac' to *i#ence again in order
to see' our true se#f@identity with Mother &ature!
Mind is #i'e a mon'ey sitting on our shou#ders that cannot sit
8uiet#y even for a moment!! 1ne Moment B 1ne thousandth
of a second D
6he sim%#est unassuming individua#s that we meet and
e2%erience in #ife and our most vehement critics teach us the
most %recious #essons of #ife and enrich us in immeasurab#e
ways4 sur%rising#y, we find them both in our very #iving
environment without the need to trave# far!
I seem to have #ost the distinction between )# Eaeda and
Missionary because both c#aim to be devout#y re#igious and
0od fearing!
Ignorance is when we are not even aware of our ignorance!
)nima#s, birds and other #iving creatures never fee# ignorant
because their #ife energies are effort#ess#y in harmony with
&ature4 whereas a humanAs ignorance is not even being
aware of ignorance, in s%ite of its su%erior brain!
"uman minds are %o##utants de%ending on how they are
engaged with #ife!
/hen three 0ods co##ide for su%remacy, maybe what
remains is on#y the Devi#!
1hD 0odD, it seems that on#y when we humans com%rehend
the effects of 0od conce%t created in our own earth#y image,
we may begin to understand ourse#ves and the non@dua#ity
between Fou and Me4 , and i!
Minority and Ma+ority is a inbred disease of numbers, which
manifests amongst humans4 its mindset is disastrous to the
we## being of the human society as a who#e!
)## of us seem to habitua##y re%eat some words, e2%ressions
or o%inions, and start be#ieving in them without direct
e2%erience4 not rea#i7ing that wrong ideas and o%inions
e2tract a heavy emotiona# to## in the #ong run!
<ight or wrong is re#ative %erce%tion and a#ways an
individua# s%ecific e2%erience, which behooves us to
maintain some #oose s%ace in our consciousness for favorab#e
ad+ustments!
"anging a murderer adds u% to at #east two deaths, which do
not seem to reso#ve any %rob#em or issue!
Besides humans, none of the #iving s%ecies commit a
%remeditated murder4 they sim%#y #i'e to eat fresh foodD
) universa# thought c#aims no re#igion nor nationa#ity and
therefore it is free#y accessib#e to anyone desirous of it!
=ach re#igious organi7ation in the wor#d, without an
e2ce%tion, bears the signature of morta# humans, its inherent
fragi#ities and #imitations!!
<udimentary re#igious thoughts enca%su#ate 0od, "eaven
and "e## as the u#timate destinations of human
consciousness4 thereby #imiting e2%#oration of the immense
%ossibi#ities of #ife!
,niversa# 6ruths are not enunciated or created by any one but
sim%#y e2ist eterna##y without a beginning or an end4 and an
integra# %art of their very e2istence!
)fter successfu##y undergoing an o%en heart by%ass surgery,
and o%ening your heart to the wor#d, you wear the stitches on
your bare chest as Meda#s of "onor that you have earned for
constant#y running the race of #ife under high#y stressfu#
conditions!
6he universa# #aw of e8ua# and o%%osite forces a%%#ies to a##
situations in #ife4 %#easure begets %ain and you defy the
universa# #aw at your own cost!
) cou%#e ta'es wedding vows in %resence of the %riest4 whi#e
the %riest is si#ent#y %raying > 5ord, forgive them for they
'now not what they are doing?!
/hen one s%ouse is deaf and the other s%ouse s%ea's in an
inaudib#e %itch, both carry out two inde%endent mono#ogues
harmonious#y in %ara##e#!
Gomedian <ed *'e#ton 8ui%%ed >/hen a new#y married
cou%#e wa#'s together, you cannot snea' even a b#ade of
grass between them4 a few years #ater, a truc' %asses between
the two and they do not even 'now?
5earning %recious #essons of #ife from humans, the beasts
and birds do not e2change wedding rings, nor ta'e any vows
that they cannot 'ee%!
Do not dream to become somebody4 instead dream to do
something worthwhi#e and you wi## become what you
deserve to be!
Fou can become tru#y devotiona# to your commitment on#y
when you become devoid of yourse#f!
If the idea of 0od cou#d be s%#it three ways, it cou#d a#so be
s%#it si2 (9) Bi##ion times to enab#e each human on %#anet
=arth to have a 0od of %ersona# choice4 whi#e being
cogni7ant of the fact that the entire ,niverse is its
manifestation!
Most %eo%#e strugg#e with anger to attain %erfection in
endeavors of #ife, whi#e on#y a few s#ide into it effort#ess#y4
a#though both have to wor' hard to accom%#ish their tas's!
Man H )ssesses B Masses
6here is a#ways a fine #ine between inte##ectua#i7ing a
thought and e2%eriencing it!
If you have a bri##iant new idea, you shou#d be ab#e to
e2%#ain it very brief#y4 )#bert =instein wrote down his idea as
=BMGI!
/hen we inte##ectua#i7e #ife, we raise 8uestions! /hen we
interna#i7e #ife and embrace si#ence, we find answers!
*%iritua#ity seems to be the manifestation and e2%ression of
an individua#As state of conscious awareness!
Cro%hets c#aim to revea# the word of 0od! *e#f@en#ightened
Masters unrave# the mystery of 0od!
0ive your thought the freedom of a bird and +ust watch
where it f#ies!
It behooves us to see, not with our eyes but with our heart
because what is tru#y im%ortant in #ife is invisib#e!
=go is made of stuff that disso#ves very s#ow#y!
*%iritua#ity is an unwritten =%ic that si#ent#y guides and
cha##enges each one of us to become fear#ess, devoid of
ourse#ves and our %ersona# ego, so that universa# wisdom
may surface and bear fruit!
In the ne2t 1 years, a## current re#igions that c#aim their
0od through a Cro%het wi## become irre#evant, and humanity
wi## rise to a #eve# of consciousness in which dua#ity about
0od wi## cease to e2ist!
)n abso#ute 6ruth is that which is eterna#, not created,
unchangeab#e, stands on its own weight and therefore
universa##y and unconditiona##y acce%tab#e to everyone!
<e#igious conversions are the manifestations of ego and
ignorance on the %art of those who try to convert and those
who get converted from one brand of re#igious be#ief system
to another!
=ach human on C#anet =arth entertains simi#ar as%irations,
frustrations, fear of the un'nown, strugg#e for %eacefu#
reso#ution of inner conf#icts and hanging on to a thread of
ho%e in #ife!
*ome e2%eriences of #ife touch us4 where as others cha##enge
our thoughts and transform us!
0od is c#austro%hobic and therefore does not #i'e to dwe##
within the wa##ed@in minds, tem%#es, churches, or mos8ues!
6he #iterary %hrase >1ur .ather in "eaven? is often re%eated
#i'e a %arrot with the resu#t that the dee%er meaning of the
words >.ather? and >"eaven? gets #ost in the ignorance of
b#ind faith!
Mother brings us in this wor#d and has the ca%acity to guide
us to "eaven, if a %#ace e2ists by that name4 and a#ternate#y
a#so has the ca%acity to guide us attain that #eve# of
consciousness in which we may become *e#f@en#ightened!
1ur +ourney of #ife begins in MotherAs womb and u#timate#y
transitions to the ,niversa# womb4 whi#e we remain
cogni7ant of the fact that Mother and .ather are two sides of
the same coin re%resenting our consciousness!
It behooves us to #earn to grow beyond barriers that others
may have bui#t around us because our innate s%irit of natura#
freedom 'nows no barriers or #imitations!
) com%#e2 system is one in which every variab#e affects
every other variab#e and cha##enges a reso#ution4 the human
body is the manifestation of it, ,niverse is another e2am%#e!
)n unba#anced act ca##ed disease a#ways %rovides
%rogressive#y audib#e warnings, its +ust that we choose not to
hear them at our own ris'!
) su%erstitious %erson digs a ho#e around *e#f and eventua##y
cannot c#imb out of it without someone e#seAs he#%!
=very e#ement of &ature co@e2ists in harmony with each
other4 "umans dare to disturb the harmony and %ay the due
%rice!
It is so easy to s%ot the ego of others, and yet so difficu#t to
become aware of our own!
>If I cry, I cry a#one! If I smi#e, the wor#d wi## smi#e with
me?4 those were the words of my friend $ohn +ust one month
before Gancer c#aimed him!
Garefu##y soa'@u% and a%%reciate the essentia# nature of
freedom, interde%endence, and ba#ance in the 'ingdom of
&ature a## around and within us!
Cremarita# se2 is #i'e %ort#and cement that #oses its abi#ity to
bond if it has been e2%osed to water %remature#y and can no
#onger become cement concrete4 marriage is an inner
commitment without the need for a word!
=ffective communication is not necessari#y a we## s%o'en or
written word4 invariab#y it is em%athy and body vibration
without a word!
Information and 'now#edge is what we accumu#ate a## the
time, whereas wisdom is how to interna#i7e and a%%#y it!
)n o%en unbiased mind suggests that >0od neither %ro%oses
nor dis%oses?4 suggesting an honest effort for a c#earer
understanding of our very e2istence and the reason for it!
)dversity is a nob#e teacher that enab#es us to %ause, #oo'
bac' and count our b#essings!
<eve#ation is a se#f@assuring answer that surfaces
une2%ected#y after conscious inner search!
6ota# *i#ence of Mind is a synthesi7er of wisdom in the
framewor' of human consciousness with the energy to
reduce #ife to its utmost sim%#icity!
,niversa# 6ruth does not change ever, can withstand the
utmost scrutiny by anyone at any time4 because it is not
created and sim%#y e2ists eterna##y!
) sincere teacher is a#ways wi##ing and ha%%y to he#% a
student wi##ing to #earn and fee#s b#essed when an ardent
student see's guidance!
My mother wrote >5ife is not determined by the outward
circumstances, but by the thoughts that habitua##y engage the
mind?!
Ga#m mind and ba#anced hea#th are automatic side benefits
of meditation, where as the core of meditation a#igns and
harmoni7es the energies of the body, mind and inte##ect to
revea# the identity of *e#f!
Ins%iration rides on a fre8uency that cannot be tuned in!
.aith is about invo'ing the inner %owers for unconditiona##y
be#ieving in your own *e#f4 and its non@dua#ity with the
,niverse!
Be a gracefu# receiver and a#ways cogni7ant of the fact that
we receive what we deserve and not what you desire!
5iving in the %ast and the future is so very easy because it
re8uires no effort4 whereas #iving in the %resent re8uires
%ur%osefu# effort!
1ur %revious births and future births are intricate#y
intermeshed with the consciousness of the %resent!
"eaven, &irvana or Immorta#ity are innate human thirsts for
unconditiona# freedom from a## wants! *e#f@en#ightened
Masters suggest, +ust remove the >I? and >/ant? from >I
/ant Ceace? and you sha## have on#y Ceace!
=very human is born na'ed, fu##y assemb#ed and ready to
breathe #ife, but after death the 'ith and 'in dress himJher u%
to negate the rea#ity of death!
=very e#ement of &ature inc#uding a## #ife forms on %#anet
=arth are manifestations of the universa# %rinci%#e (not
Crinci%a#) ca##ed 0od4 conse8uent#y you may %ic' any
favorite e#ement of &ature to address the 0od %rinci%#e!
If #aughter ta'es effort to dis%#ay natura# emotions, you have
become over civi#i7ed and a detriment to yourse#f!
/hen #ying becomes an obsessive com%u#sive habit, you
stand the ris' of b#urting the 6ruth in ha#f@s#ee% and your
neighbor can hear it!
3io#ence and nonvio#ence is a## about the intent behind an
act! ) 5ion hunts on#y when hungry!
Desire and 0reed are both bottom#ess %its and therefore
difficu#t to c#imb out! $ust donKt fa## in them!
5oo'ing at humanity, 0od is wondering >/hat in the wor#d
have I created?4 because the human has a#ready c#oned in
#aboratory a #amb, a cow, and a who#e range of #iving
organisms and may ma'e me a &o Body!
6he Greator and Greation are #i'e mirror images4 one does
not e2ist without the other4 Gause and effect %#ay the same
game with each other!
Innumerab#e water stream#ets originating from inde%endent
sources f#ow down the s#o%es, meeting and ming#ing in a
common stream, enriching the soi#, vegetation and a## #ife
forms a#ong the %ath and subse8uent#y merge effort#ess#y in
the ocean of universa# consciousness! 6he 1cean crafts
aesthetica##y co#ored *eashe##s and s%reads them random#y
on the sands of time a#ong the beaches for us to adore and
wonder in awe!
Acknowledgments
6he desire for interna#i7ing #ife e2%eriences comes natura##y
for each individua#! *ome e2%eriences of #ife touch us4 where
as some cha##enge our thoughts and change us! "owever, the
common denominator in a## #ife e2%eriences are our
interactions with #iving beings, inc#uding %eo%#e and %ets,
with whom we share our #ife intimate#y! I e2%ress my
gratitude to each and every #iving being with whom I have
interacted with as I have +ourneyed through #ife! =ach
individua# interaction has brought forth a different dimension
of #ife to observe and #earn from! 6he cumu#ative inf#uence
of a## of these interactions continues to enhance my #ife
consciousness, for which I am eterna##y gratefu#! Dai#y
e2%eriences in #ife continuous#y teach us >/hat #ife is?and
%rom%t the wisdom >/hat #ife shou#d be?! ,#timate#y, each
one of us is a beneficiary and an integra# %art of a gra%evine
of re#ationshi%s and friendshi%s! My wife ,sha, sons Dee%a',
3i'as, and *agar4 and Miss )rshi Gheta# have em%owered
me in their own genuine, individua#, and affectionate ways to
%resent this edition of >1 *eashe##s?!
About the Author
*uresh M! Deo was born in &ag%ur, India, on ;th December
19(2! "e has #ived his first 25 years in India and the #atter
5;H years in the ,nited *tates!
*ureshAs %assion for writing stemmed from the sim%#e desire
to better understand >6hat? which he had %revious#y ta'en
for granted!
"is %ast education saw him through &ag%ur ,niversity in
India to the ,niversity of Mississi%%i, affectionate#y 'nown
as 1#eA Miss to its a#umni! .rom there he went on to wor' in
the C#astics and Gom%osites industry for forty years! In
hindsight, he rea#i7ed that he had #earnt enough about
Ghemica# =ngineering to confuse a chemist, enough about
engineering to confuse an engineer, and enough about
%eo%#e to confuse himse#f!
"e reca##s one of his most memorab#e moments in #ife to be a
si2@month tri% around the word at the age of (! It was then
that he saw how a## of us e2%erienced the +oys, as%irations,
frustrations, and bewi#dering fears of the un'nown in #ife!
*uresh, and his wife ,sha, s%end their summer months in
their home in )ddison, I##inois, where they #ive in c#ose
%ro2imity to their three sons! In the winter, they migrate to
India where they en+oy the %#easant weather of Cune,
Maharahstra!