Witness

 Went to SSD for follow up. Doctor advised to visit after a month. Mandar came for pickup and drop. Checked mails. Responded important ones. Had a nap in the afternoon. Went for shopping in the evening. It was a routine laid back holiday spent. Thought of the day - Slowly and steadily we must move towards the higher goals.

Woke up and watched India Australia 2nd test match. India won. Mandar had made pohe for breakfast. After sadhana, it was lunch time.  Mandar got Atharv, Prathamesh and Kanad. Had urad dal, green veg. It was datta jayanti so aai had fast. Played cricket till we were exhausted. Breaks meant some reading. Went home, had pizza dinner. Came back to Aai, Mandar afterwards. Its a sleep time. Thought of the day - Slow and consistent perseverance is the way to learn anything worthwhile.

 It was a leave day spent at leisure. Attended a meeting at 11:30 though. Watched test match in the morning. Spent most of the afternoon sleeping. Woke up, no major work apart from checking few mails. Came home with Mandar and Aai. Had dinner and returned. Had prepared salad. It was a chit chat and good nights sleep at Mandar's place. Thought of the day - mind and thought power translate to happenings of the world. ॐ

Start of the day at 9 am. Watched man ki baat and India Australia test match. At around noon came to Mandar. Bath, havan and nitya sadhana was performed. Mandar joined for sandhya. Continued reading in the afternoon. Went to Star outlet for brief shopping. Mandar prepared batata vada and I made biryani.  Continued watching a video that I plan to complete. Thought of the day - Underutilization is best avoided.

 Went to SSD for follow up and dressing. Mandar came by for pickup/ drop to and from hospital. Had to wait for an hour.  It was shrikhand for lunch. Did take bath after returning from hospital. It was madhyanya sandhya and pooja. In the afternoon Onkar called, regarding his house buying. He decided to liquidate his MF savings to buy house, after flirting with idea to sell gold. The eventful year is coming to an end. It was spent home bound, making the inner world disciplined and becoming a better seeker. Thought of the day - The spiritual progress and awareness is the pillar around which our ancestors lived life. Much is lost in translation but what remains still enough to amaze and make deep impression.

 It was a working day. मोक्षदा एकादशी, गीता जयंती. दिवस व्यस्त होता. बापू आत्या आणि फॅमिली फदरांंची गांठ घ्यायला आले होते.   फादरांंच पोट आज ऑपरेशन नंतर पहिल्यांदा नीट साफ झाल. टेंशन कमी झालं.  काही प्रश्न कसे सोड़वायचे या विचारात रात्रि वेळ गेला.  आजचा विचार - जवाबदारी घेणं मर्म आहे.

 It was a back to work day. Meetings in the morning and afternoon. Went to Mumbai in the evening. A stroll at gateway of India and at Marine drive. Atharv Chatufale, Changa, dada, Manku, Mandar.  Here is how it looked. Less crowd, desperate sellers.  Testing times.  Caught up with mails once back. Had bhajji bhakri mattha dinner that Aai had prepared. Tillu wad going back to Tuljapur the next day. Wished him focus, efforts and luck for competitive exams. Thought of the day - Limitlessness lies in the present nothing is conditional.

 Today Arvindrao got discharge from hospital. Came back home.  I joined office. In the evening, went out for stroll with Tillu, Atharv, Kanad , Manku and Mandar. Gateway and marine drive. It was less crowded. Drive was good one. Came back and had bhajji bhakri that aai had prepared. Thought of the day - Mind is a thought machine better be kept quiet when not needed and focussed when at work.

At around 6 PU tai came with coffee for father. Came back to home, had bath and nitya sadhana. Checked mails, had lunch and went back to hospital. The doctor visited and enquired about health. He advised discharge tomorrow. Advised walking.  Went to Mandar in the afternoon when Ashu and Aai were in the hospital. Atharv Chatufale / Tillu has come at Mandar's place. Had a walk in Nisarg Udyan with him and Mandar in the evening. He is a bright kid. Will excel in the field he chooses. At night its regular medicine dose. Father had rice and dal for dinner.  In the evening Lalit Chauhan called and in the night Amit & Amar called. Chit chat. Hope for catchup once we have vaccine dose. Thought of the day - awakened is a better state than unaware ignorance. ॐ

 Today Harnia operation of Arvindrao was done. From admission to back to the room, it went well. There was uneasiness that he reported during night owing to stomach ache.  The pain should subside in couple of days time. Bapu was there since morning till evening. Mandar was there during the operation and some time during the night. Swapnil sir was there in shifts. Went upstairs the hospital and tried to see the great Saturn and jupiter conjunction in the west. Saw the glimpse with sky gazing and compass. Thought of the day - Trust the god and do the right thing. ॐ

 Its 12th anniversary of wedding. Wrote few words as a celebration. Went to Mandar in the evening. Had a pasta, pulav treat. It was gajar halwa as a sweet for lunch. Had a nap in the afternoon, first in last one month. 12 years is a long period, good one to pause and look back, here are few words that expressed themselves: ॐ पाहिलं वर्ष होतं बघण्याचं उघड्या आणि बंद डोळ्यांनी पुढचं कुटुंब आपलं करण्याचं सर्वाना समजण्याचं गब्ब्याच्या चाहुलीचं घराचं गोकुळ बनण्यासाठी आईपणासाठी सर्व जापण्याचं सहण्याचं, पुढची तीन चार वर्षे गब्ब्याच्या येण्यानं सर्व आयुष्य  बदलून जाण्याची, त्याचं हसणं चालणं, बोलणं, पडणं, सर्वांना भुरळ पडणं साजरं करण्याची, मग कणादचं हळूच नकळत येणं, सर्वाना आनंदाचा नवा अध्याय देणं, मग दोघांचं बालपण साजरं करणं, आजी आजोबांना, आकाश ठेंगण करणं, अथर्वची मुंज जसं काही एक समाधानाचं शिखर असणं, यात चढ उतारही होतेच, कधी काळाचा नियम,  प्राणप्रिय माणसंच जाणं, आजारपणं, काही वादविवाद, तात्विक मतभेद, पण हळूहळू तू काय आहेस हे मी समजलो, गुणदोषांसाहित  मला तू उमगून घेतलंस, थोडा मी तुझ्यात आलो थोड

 साई स्नेहदीप मधन कॉविड चे रिपोर्ट घेतले. डॉक्टरांना भेटलो. सोमवारची हर्निया operation ची तारीख घेतली. बाकी दिवस भरात साधना. संध्याकाळी ऑफिसचे थोडे काम केले.  पुस्तक वाचण्यात वेळ गेला. संध्याकाळी मिक्स भाजी भात बनवला. आजचा विचार - कठीण परिस्थितीतुन अपल्यापर्यंत आलेले ज्ञान अमूल्य आहे, आपण त्या साखळीच्या प्रत्येक दुव्याचे ऋणी आहोत.

 आज दुपार एक वाजता अरविंदरावांची कोविडची टेस्ट केली. उद्या रिपोर्ट येतील. उद्या डॉक्टरांना भेटू.  बाकी ऑफिसचे मीटिंगस, कॉल्स, थोडी बहुत कोडींग यात दिवस गेला. आज दोरीवरच्या उड्या मारल्या. १५०. बिनीताने उधीयु हा भाजीचा गुजराती प्रकार करून पाठवला होता. छान होती झाली. सगळ्यांना आवडला. आवळा लिंबू काळं मीठ आलं यांचा काढा केला. आता गाडी झोपायपर्यंत आली आहे. आजचा विचार - जे घडतं ते घडवतो म्हणलं की ओझं होतं, आणि ते तसं नसतं, ते घडतच असतं, आपण साक्षी असतो, ओझं वाहायचं काही कारण नाही.

 Met with Dr Abhijit Bagul with reports in afternoon. Deciding to operate Arvindrao for Harnia on Monday. Met with the physician Dr Sonawane in the evening.  Workwise the day was occupied with meetings. One discussion regarding estimating upgrade needs to AG layer required some coding. Rest were general discussions for ongoing and upcoming projects.

Wednesday, went to SSD for 2D Echo test at 3. Came back with all reports at 4. Routine meetings, calls, support occupied the day. Thought of the day - time is great commodity as precious as ephemeral deserves to be consciously spent.

 The day started with visit to SSD hospital for Arvindrao's fasting sugar. Also visited in the afternoon for post lunch sugar, Xray, ECG, Sonography for the Harnia surgery. Tomorrow 2D eco and covid tests to be done. Doctor's consultation and surgery date to be decided the day after tomorrow. Workwise it was normally loaded. Some fixes deployed. Meetings, routine support. Thought of the day - Its a good idea to delegate.

 It was a occupied Monday. A quarrel with Ashu in the morning. Amavasya vrat, tarpan was part of the day. Workwise shared the results of the collection run over the weekend.  Thought of the day - a astrological study need not be avoided for the behavioural impact it sometimes leads to. Aloof study of fact of the matter is only helpful and should be used to advantage.

 It was a normal sunday routine. Had a nap in the afternoon. Nitya sadhana in the morning. Work related catchup in post lunch. Went to Mandar in the evening. Ashu made samosas after research on youtube. They were nice. Mandar, Aai, Binita, Amay also liked it.  Its amavasya tomorrow. Its also solar eclipse day in some part of the world. Thought of the day - Human endeavours from times unknown are an inspiration.

 Saturday was laid back. Performed nitya sadhana in the evening. Performed havan. Mandar came in the evening. Had chit chat. Thought of the day - do the needful and beyond.

There was a meeting in the morning. Followed up with estimation exercise. Performed snan sandhya in the evening. Thought of the day - Doing and doing consistently the right thing is liberating.

 आज चहा पिऊन आशु सोबत बाहेर गेलो भाजी आणायला. भोपळा फसला चांगला नाही निघाला. अक्कल खाती जमा. आल्यावर अंघोळ केली. एक मीटिंग झाली आणि लाइट गेले. मग बराच वेळ काम नाही झालं. तिनला लाइट आले मग काम सुरू केलं. संध्याकाळी भडंग आणि लाडू असा बेत होता.  आज अथर्व आणि कणादचे कपडे आले. धुवून वापरायला काढावे. आजचा विचार - अपरिहार्यतेला सहज आनंदाने सामोरे जाणं अंगी बनवायला हवं.

Got ready by 10. Went to SSD hospital with Arvindrao. Appointment was at 11. The hernia needs to be operated was the suggestion from the doctor. After discussions at home we should decide date. The work day was normal. Catching up with pending tasks. Found time for skipping. Thought of the day - When posed with challenges we must tackle them one after another without being bogged down.

 The day was bit occupied. Meetings, sync up etc occupied major part of the day. Found time for skipping.  Aai is having feverishness. The weather might be having this effect. Should take more immunity boosters. Thought of the day - mundane it may sound but there lies scope for making an improvement.  ॐ.

 Its a working day post slow weekend. The day was moderately loaded. Have some catch up to do this week. May need to motivate myself to raise a bit early. आजचा विचार - एक अनेकात, अनेकांत एक. ॐ.

 It was a sunday morning at Mandar's place. Fixed some bugs that someone reported on Saturday. It was quick one. There was handava kind of uttappa for breakfast. So good that I ended up ordering online. We went to the terrace walked. And came back. Atharv, Kanad, Amay played football. Once the ball went straight down. Needed to be bought up. Aai made khava poli for lunch. Ordered clothes for Kanad and Atharv. Returned back once India Australia T20 was half over. They made 195 runs. Eventually India won the match. Had a hair and beared cut. Bathed again. Performed havan. At 2027 walked couple of rounds with father.He was having heavy breathing as its a physical activity in months for him. We resolved to continue walking in coming days. Thought of the day - At a higher plane you are a continuous living being since the time unknown.

 It was a saturday spent some time working. In the evening went to Mandar with Atharv and Kanad.  Had dinner and slept. There was green leafy curry and chapati. Amay, Atharv, Kanad played. Had to make mosquito net arrangement. Thought of the day - Change of environment sometimes calms the nerves.

 It was a medium hectic day. Project wise its a transitional phase. One stabilizing and shifting focus to new one. Aai's backache is subsiding. She has started calcium and vitamin D dose. The feverishness is better today. Found time for skipping. And news. The farmers protest is all over. All noise and little substance. Thought of the day - Focus can crack a hard shell and you are not missing the bus as there is a tree in the seed, there is an universe in a particle.  जे पिंडी ते ब्रह्मांडी.ॐ.

 It was a quick getup ready morning. Got to work with 1030 meeting. The day progressed with meetings, calls. A relatively calmer schedule. The current automaton project is getting in better shape. It was sankashti chaturthi so it was fasting day with dinner after chandroday. Thought of the day - Better the perception higher the level of living.

 It was a busy day. Was late to sleep, was at work at 1030. Its about midnight to sleep. Got time to skip, in an otherwise packed day. Aai has fever. Little bit worried due to environment. Prepared routine kadha. Thought of the day - sometimes you are just in sequence of the larger unfolding, with no choice.

 आज मंदारचा वाढदिवस असतो, 1 डिसेंबर. सकाळी बोललो त्याच्याशी.कणाद बोलला. नंतर टीनूशी बोललो, मावशीच्या तब्येतीविषयी. गुढगेदुखीसाठी 3 महिने गोळ्या व्यायाम सांगितला आहे. दिवसभर मीटिंगस, कॉल्स असे चालू होते.  रात्री मंदारकड केक कापला. दहिवडे होते. त्याच्या गच्चीवर चकरा मारल्या.  घरी आल्यावर काम केलं. आता झोपेची वेळ झाली आहेथोडा उशीर झालाय. आजचा विचार - असा वेळ जेव्हा काहीच करायचं नाही, कधी येईल माहीत नाही. पण व्यस्त वेळत, मनाचा निवांतपणा असावा.

 It was a busy day. 3-4 meetings, lots of support issues. Jam packed.  Manku, PU tai, Swapnil sir retuned to Panvel today. Could take time out for skipping. Thought of the day - In overwhelming situation, be patient and take steps one by one.

 It was a 9 am Sunday morning. Got up, got ready and went to Mandar and aai for lunch. There was bhajji bhakri and ambil. Supported one upgrade at 3:30. Chitchat with aai, walk on terrace with Mandar in the evening and came back home at around 8. Prepared green tamarind thecha with recipie that aai has told. Dinner followed by hot water sip. On 30th, its Kanad's birthday by tithi. Wished him and retired to sleep. Thought of the day - Understand and the friction goes away.

 It was a saturday morning starting at 9.  Supported field teams. Worked few hours. Recharged jiotv with new plan that included prime. Watched movie chalang on tv.  संध्याकाळी तुळशी विवाह. दिवाळी आणि चातुर्मास उद्यापन.  मंदार आला होता, त्याच्याकडं जाऊन आलो संध्याकाळी.  घरी जेवणात पाव भाजी होती. आजचा विचार - उद्विग्नता स्वल्पविराम दिल्यावर, साधनेनी, शांत संकल्पानी ऊर्जेत रूपांतरित करावी. ॐ.

आज अशुचा वाढदिवस होता. पियू ताईने घरी केक बनवला. छान झाला होता. जेवणात गुलाब जमून होते. काम रेग्युलर होतं.  आज दोरीवरच्या उड्या नाहीं मारल्या. रात्री अमितचा फोन आला. तो आणि अमर सोबत होते. अमितच्या आयुष्यातील घडामोडीवर बोललो. मागच्या दोन वर्षात त्यांनी बहीण आणि भाऊ गमावले. अकस्मात. काळ कठोर असतो. आणि तो थांबत नाही. मृत्यू लोकाची अटळ वास्तविकता आहे.  आता, पायथ्याला भेटू असं बोललो. बघू कधी योग येतो ते. आजचा विचार - जे राहत ते ज्ञान, कर्म त्याचं प्रात्यक्षिक. न गुरफटणे. नित्य अनित्य भान आवश्यक.

आज एकादशी. परमेश्र्वर चिंतन, दूरदर्शनवर विठोबा दर्शन, खिचड़ी, फळे, भगर असा दिवस होता.  कामात विशेष बदल नव्हता.  आजचा विचार - साधनात गुरफटने आणि साध्यासाठी साधन विसरणे दोनीही टाळलेले भले. सुयोग्य साधन आणि निस्सीम साध्यास दोनीही साधण्याचा प्रयत्न असावा. ॐ

 आज सकाळी थंडी जाणवली. कावळे सात तर चिमण्या आठ पर्यंत किलबिलाट करतात. नंतर वाहनांची गजबजाहट सुरू होते. आवरून नित्य साधना करून साडेदहा होतात काम सुरू करायला. आज थोडा गोंधळ होता. पण ते चालायचं. स्वप्नील सर, पियू ताई आणि प्रथमेश आज आले. आशुचा वाढदिवस आणि त्यांची सुट्टी असा योग. संध्याकाळी नेहमीचं लिंबू, सैंधव मीठ, आलं असं गरम पाणि बनवलं. लोकडाऊन मध्ये ती सवय कायम आहे. आज इतर मसाला घेतला नाहीं. आजचा विचार - कर्म धर्म संयोगाने गोष्टी घडतात. आपण सजग संवहनशील राहणं महत्त्वाचं.  ॐ

 It was a  meetings and field day for the software we built. Mostly smooth.  Took time out for skipping. 157 rope jumps. Thought of the day - we need no thing as a prerequisite to be being self. Dependent on no externality. No entitlement. The constant beyond time.

Could find time to file IT return. Same old xls XML upload way with instant aadhar verification. Workwise the day was moderately loaded. Some calls and meetings. Thought of the day - some days pass as unnoticed mechanical way, we should keep up the clamour for higher longing irrespective.

 It was a early wake up sunday. Watched Rangoli on DD national.  Today's Sadhana included sri sukt havan. Watched a movie in the afternoon. Also had a nap. Had a lemon grass tea in the evening. Watched an interesting video in the evening claiming astronomically it can be proven that The Mahabharat war happened 3067 BCE - more on https://mobile.twitter.com/mmpandit Thought of the day - The more we get into procedure or the more we disregard the procedure there is a trap. The goal and the means both should concur in a balanced way, just like salt in food.

 Its was a saturday. Got up at bit late than ususal. The progressed got some office calls. Addressed some issues. Completed some tasks that I had promised myself. Started reading books. Shri dasbodh. It is full of wisdom. It has deep impact on the subconscious. There are certain books  that have one theme that you can catch and it continues. But dasbodh is full of pearls. One particularly got impressed is the significance of human birth. It lists down the great things achieved by human beings and how fortunate we are to have it. It further goes on impress altruistic life as what we say its my own is actually shared. The space we live in, the body we have, is all shared by cohabitants. Family, microorganisms. So it should occur naturally to us to think for all. Yesterday went to dental clinic to have Kanad's troubling milk teeth removed. Dr Dharmadhikari was dressed up like a Covid fighter. He skillfully gave local anesthesia and removed three already decayed loose troubling three f

 It was a moderately busy day. Could get ball rolling on some fronts. Deep work paving way for generalizations and scale. Thought for the day - In middle of likes and dislikes lies the balanced one, calm, steady and unwavering experience.

 It was a normal workday. Meetings, fixes, calls. Skipping was part of the evening schedule. Thought of the day - a blissfully empty mind is a great state of mind to be in.

 It was a busy day. Meetings discussions debugging occupied large part of the day.  Prathamesh, Swapnil sir and P U tai returned back to Panvel in the afternoon. Thought of the day - irrespective of outcome its a learning every moment, just keep calm and sip in.

 It's Kanad's birthday today. Today is also Tambe sir and PUtai's anniversary. The day started by wishing them. There was cake cutting in the evening. Aai, Mandar and Amay also came. It was a brief affair with cake and bhadang.  Workwise it was moderately loaded. Couple of meetings, few calls and a plan for an activity tomorrow. Thought for the day - clear minded actions are always key for a smoother execution.

It was last diwali holiday. Had a diwali breakfast. Watched a movie pariksha. Went to Mandar in the evening. Had a video call with Mai, Aditi, Ashu, Archu, Anu, Aparna. It was biryani for lunch. And pavbhaji at Mandars place in the evening. दोन्हीकडे ओवळण्याचा कार्यक्रम झाला.  मंदार उदगिरला निघतोय. वल्लभ चा मुलगी बघण्याचा कार्यक्रम आहे आधी सोलापूरला. उदगीर ला काही कामं आहेत. जिना नीट करून घ्यायचा आहे. Toiletchi दुरुस्ती करायची आहे. तेही तो येईल मार्गी लावून. Thought of the day - means to the end are equally important.

It was a sunday spent with Ghadyaljis in a diwali day. It was puran poli meal, we watched some tv, had a afternoon nap. Had bhaubij rituals one day in advance as Bapu and family will be traveling tomorrow. There was usual chit chat covering general topics over tea, snacks and sweets. Had a photo session before Ghadyaljis returned. Kids enjoyed with video games and cricket. Tomorrow is diwali padwa and bhaubij. A holiday. Thought of the day - To be patient is key in life. There is right moment for everything we just need to be meditating irrespective of the situation.

 आज अभ्यंगस्नान, फराळ, दुपारी आई मंदार आल्यावर जेवण असा बेत होता. आज जवळ जवळ वर्षांनंतर गरम पाण्याने अंघोळ होती. केवडा साबण होता अंघोळीला.  https://www.kviconline.gov.in/khadimask/singleproduct.jsp?PRODUCTID=10205 बदल छान होता.  मुलांबरोबर संध्या आणि श्रीसूक्त हवन केलं. दुपारी लक्ष्मी सिनेमा बघितला. साऊथ पटडीतील भीतीपट विनोद मिश्रण आहे.  संध्याकाळी लक्ष्मीपूजन, आरती, केली. या वेळी फटकड्या उडवल्या नाहीत. अमय दुपारी मुलांबरोबर खेळत थांबला होता. त्याला घ्यायला मंदार आला तेव्हा त्यांच्याकडच्या पूजेलाही जाऊन आलो. घड्याळजी मंडळीं येत आहेत उद्या.  आज सिनेमा बघितला ना त्यावरून एक विचार आला. की खास करून हिंदी सिनेमे हे सगळे प्रेमपट का असतात. खऱ्या आयुष्यात असं नसत. नटी आणि नट यांच्या गुतूर गुतुरला का भव्य दिव्य दाखवलं जातं. एक तर आपण सगळे किंवा सिनेमावले कुणीतरी मनोविकारग्रस्त आहोत. काहीतरी बिघडलंय. याचा वास्तवाशी काहीही संबंध नाही ही ओळ फक्त खरी आहे. मानवी आयुष्यात सार्थकतेचे अनेक पैलू आहेत. आणि ते जास्त महत्वाचे आहेत. एवढं मोठं भाव विश्व असताना आपण का ते प्रामाणिकपणे उलगडत नाही? आजचा विचार -

      The day was not very loaded. Routine mails, fewer in person calls, couple of team meetings, a field sw launch support. Office opens on Tuesday. It is good point to start diwali with no major work item in back of mind. Time to start reading a book. Deewali delicacies are mostly already prepared. No cracker demand till now form kids. There was rasgulla in lunch, bhel and kaju katli in the evening snacks. Thought of the day - A calm mind is foundation to experience passage of time else its mad rush with nothing happening in awarenesses.

 आज बराच व्यस्त दिवस होता. नवीन प्रोजेक्ट live झाला. कधीतरी field deployment करायची होती ती आज केली. सुधारणा होत राहतील. वापर सुरू झाला. आज दिवाळीचा पहिला दिवस वासू बारस. फराळाचे प्रकार घरी बनत आहेत रोज. उद्या पूर्ण होतील. दिवणजींशी बोललो. दिवाण गुरुजी मागच्या महिन्यात गेले. त्यांच्याबद्दल बोलणं झालं. गुरुजींनी जवळ जवळ ४थी पर्यंत शिकवलं. त्यांची एक शैली होती. शिकवण्याची शिस्त होती. त्यांच्या शिकवणीमध्ये मस्त पैकी चिंचेच्या झाडावरील चिमण्या मोजण्यात आणि गप्पांमध्ये शिकण्यात छान वेळ जायचा. आनंदी बागडायचे दिवस होते ते. त्यांच्या आठवणी ही एक आयुष्याची शिदोरीच आहे. आज गिट्टूशीही बोललो. कोरोना झालाय त्याला आणि वहिनींना. 14 दिवस झाले आता बऱ्यापैकी आटोक्यात आहे. बाकी काळजी घेणे आणि औषध घेणे हेच आपल्या हातात असतं. बकीही गप्पा झाल्या त्याच्याशी.  मुलांनी आज किल्लाही बनवलाय दिवाळीचा. तो असा जर तरच्या पलीकडे निश्चीत निर्णय घेणे आणि त्यात निमग्नपणें कार्यरत होणे यात आनंद आहे. 

 It was a routine day. Few meetings, some coding, mails and debugging. Found time for skipping. Diwali preparations are at peak. Lighting, fitting, sweet and namkeen getting prepared one by one. Deewali begins tomorrow. Thought of the day - Settling scores is a trap best avoided, better to follow the joy song from within.

 The day was moderately loaded. Work started at 10, continued with reviews, meetings, calls. Today is election results of Bihar assembly elections. Too closely contested as results are slowly trickling due to covid restrictions. Would be interesting to see how it unfolds over next few hours. There is also IPL final match. Delhi vs. Mumbai. Too much entertainment. Thought of the day - time flies pretty fast, one of the best utility of time is the experience of joy.

 The Monday morning started with work starting at 10. Ends at 12 with a deployment. Breaks during the day were for skipping, some chit chat, tea and meals. On work front concluding few projects which is outcome of work of last few weeks.  Atharv and Kanad both have runing nose today. Some home remedies are on with nebulization. Today the yearly diwali gift from office arrived. Tomorrow are the Bihar election results. It will be interesting to see the outcome. Thought of the day - The depth of the experience decides its retention period. Hope to have aplenty.

 रविवार. सकाळी प्रथमेशसाठी अँटिबायोटिक्स आणल्या. Amox+Clox हे combination बऱ्याच शोधानंतर एका दुकानात मिळालं. हर्षद मेहता सिरीयस बघितली एपिसोड 3 पर्यंत. त्या काळातील घडामोडी पाहून लहानपणीच्या वातावरणाचा गंध जाणवला. काळ बदलला तरी माणसाच्या स्वभावातील गुण दोष तसेच रहातात. स्वनिल सर आणि पियू ताई आले आज. प्रथमेशचा अर्धा आजार आई बाबांना बघून पळाला. बाकी nebulization ने बराच फरक पडला. आता कणादचं नाक वाहातय. दुपारी एक डुलकी झाली. संध्याकाळी सूप केलं. थाई vegitables, टोमॅटो. ठीक होतं. नितीकथांचं पुस्तक दोन गोष्टी वाचून दाखवल्या कणाद आणि अथर्वला. त्यांचं मराठी चांगलं व्हावं यासाठी बरीच उठाठेव करवी लागणार आहे. दोरीच्या उड्या मारल्या अथर्व बरोबर.  Thought of the day: मोठ्या लक्षासाठी छोटी छोटी पावले टाकत राहणे महत्वाचे आहे.

 It was a leisurely spent Saturday by lockdown standards. Stepped out for a bank visit.  Also submitted online exam files from Atharv and Kanad at their school. आज नित्य साधनेबरोबर हवनही केलं. Started watching Harshad Mehta web series on Sony Liv. Like peculiar of the web series it is a page turner. Plan to complete tomorrow. There was a cucumber subji for dinner. Quite a change. Tastes well in new form as well. Read the third part of the Kenopnishad. Its in the form of a story. When the Gods won a battle, they were in awe of their own greatness with a shade of hubris. That's when a yaksha appears. Thats when Indra sends Agni first and Vayu next to know about the guest. However both of them with thier earth moving powers could not burn or fly a grass like object given by the guest. They return without completing thier mission. When on insistence of gods Indra himself goes to the guest, He mysteriously disappears. Appearing at that instance devi Parvati tells Indra that He was the p

पहाटे विचारात जाग आली. आजोबांच्या संदर्भात विचार होते. ते आहेत असा काही संदर्भ होता. उठलो, परत लगेच झोप येणार नाही असं वाटलं. चार वाजले होते. लॅपटॉप लावून बसलो. थोडं काम केलं आणि परत एक झोप काढली. साडेदहा ते जवळ जवळ दहा काम होतं. meetings discussions coding असा busy दिवस होता.  आज आठवडा संपतोय. उद्या पर्वा थोडी निवांत दिनचर्या असेल. आजचा विचार - मनाचा निश्चल निर्विचारपणा हा थकव्याचा रामबाण उतारा आहे.

 Routine Thursday started with meeting, continued with completing some pending integrations along with meetings in between. Breaks included skipping, one for black tea, one step out to collect grocery. The fast charger of the phone is deteriorating might need to get new one.  It was a idli dinner. Change in food is always a delight. Mandar came with Amay. Amay is already very good bilingual. With some tricks we could make him speak Gujrati that he picked while at Mangrol. Language picking ability of young ones is really amazing. There is MI vs. DC IPL match in progress. Firecrackers by Hardik Pandya and Ishant Kishan took MI score to dot 200 at last ball. Now with 4 DC wickets down in 7th over and 36 runs its looking to be one sided match. Thought of the day - there will be friction when there is flux of ideas and perspectives, thats how something worthwhile will take shape.

आज संकष्टी. साडेदहा ते साडेनऊ काम झालं. उपवास साडेनऊला सोडला. आज दोरीवरच्या उड्या नाही मारल्या.  बातम्यांमध्ये US निवडणुकांचा गोंधळ सुरू आहे.  आज सकाळी अर्णब गोस्वामीच्या अटकेची बातमी होती. खेचाखेची सगळी बघून गंमत वाटते. खुजे लोक जास्त झालेत सगळ्याच क्षेत्रात.  काही नवीन बनण्याची प्रक्रिया वाढत्या चंद्रकले प्रमाणे असायला हवी. रोज प्रगतिशील. शेवटी कृष्णार्पण म्हणण्यातच शहाणपण आहे. शिल्लक ही बोधातच आहे. आयुष्यात काही केल्यापेक्षा काही केले नाही त्याचीच सल जास्त जाणवते म्हणून करण्यात कासराई सोडायची नाही असा शिरस्ता पकडायचा आहे.

 The day was unusually less loaded. Could find time to look into issues postponed due to low priority. Trying to make skipping part of daily routine instead of weekend one. Counted 140 today. Prepared pulao for dinner. Kanad did not have it because it was spicy for him. So  Ashu prepared wheat shira for him. Diwali approaching time to take more family time out. Sweets, snacks, light and reading more literature. Thought of the day - miracle is unseen hard work. With hard work made visible it is consequence.

The day started with meetings, continued with lunch, mails and work. Work wise it was good day. Need some deep dive into mibs and snmp tomorrow. Typically the mibs can't be said to be well documented from its usage perspective. If you need to grasp the old and evolved versions its bit involving process. Today took time off for skipping. Counted 140.  To cling to conclusions based on top of the mind thoughts is a tendency well avoided. A well thought action is what makes the effort worthwhile.

आज सकाळी निवांतपणे दिवस सुरू केला. जेवणानंतर सिनेमा शोधला, १ २ सुरुवात रटाळ असल्याने सोडले. शेवटी लुटकेस बघितला. केनोपननिषाद भाग दोन वाचला. जे काही व्यक्त आहे ते ही पुर्ण सत्याचा अंश आहे. त्यामुळे जर कोणी मी परमात्म तत्व जाणतो म्हणत असेल तर तो ते जाणत नाही. आणि जो जाणत नाही म्हणत असेल तर तो ते जाणतो. यावर शिष्य म्हणतात की आम्ही पुर्ण परामत्व जाणतो किंवा जाणत नाही असे दोनीही दावे करत नाही. परमात्म तत्वाच्याया प्रेरनेनेच त्याला जाणण्याची शक्ती निर्माण होते. या जन्मात अशी प्रेरणा उत्पन्न झाली नाही तर मोठी हानी आहे. असा विचार करून धीर मनुष्य सर्व भुतेशु परमात्म तत्व जाणून या भूलोकातून प्रयाण करून अमृतत्वाला प्राप्त होतात. असा साधारण दुसऱ्या भागांचा भावार्थ आहे. Remaining part of the Osho book delved around the same concept of not associating with thoughts. Being witness. Being natural. The concept of light. That there is no such concept of darkness. You can not turn on darkness similar to you can turn on light. Darkness is just a dependent concept of absence of light. The same can be said

 Being a saturday the day started a little late. Caught up the pending work.  Recited ramraksha, bheemrupi, with kids. Helped with Biryani for dinner.  Practiced skipping. Counted 125 approx. Plan to complete the Pending pages of Osho book. And plan to continue Kenopnishad tomorrow. Tell mind to not think of monkeys and there will be monkeys all over. May be better technique is to be observer to the show. Let the thoughts come stay and go. Not to like or dislike them. Not to associate with them.

Office work occupied major part of the day. It being kojagiri, had glass of milk with everyone late in the evening.  बिनीताने ढोकळे पाठवले होते, आणि संध्याकाळी मेथी पुऱ्या होत्या. मंदारबरोबर गूळ अद्रक डीकाश घेतलं. सोपा आणि चांगला प्रकार आहे चहा ऐवजी. Atharv, Kanad, Prathamesh went to terrace to view full moon. They saw the mars as well along the moon. Kanad was quick to fix a painting made by his aaji by painting mars besides the moon. Tomorrow will be working to catch up with week' work spilling over.

 The day was packed with issues and calls.  Birthday celebrations were homebound, with sweetdish in lunch and cake cutting in the evening. Atharv penned letter as a greeting card along with Kanad. He is getting good at writing.  मंदारकडे आईने, बिनीताने ओवाळले. तिथंही केक कापला. पोरांनी गोंधळ घातला. आणि परतलो. Regarding the book, it is stressing on significance of unoccupied mind. And can't agree more on that. Lets catch up more tonight. Friction of life gets reduced with uncloudy mind. Lets practice it.

दहा ते दहा काम झालं. मधे बाहेर चक्कर झाली किरकोळ खरेदीसाठी. कालच्या वाचनाचं मनन केलं. विचार हा अव्यक्त पदार्थ आहे आणि पदार्थ  हा व्यक्त विचार आहे. विचार हे पाहुण्यासारखे असतात त्यांना स्वतःचे मालकी हक्क देने योग्य नाही. विचार शून्य किंबहुना मनोशून्य स्थिती ही येणं ही अध्यात्मिक प्रवासाची सुरुवात आहे. चाकोरिबद्धता आणि नियमद्धता ही आपल्याला अनैसर्गिक यांत्रिक बनवते. त्यापेक्षा नैसर्गिक परिस्थितीअनुरूप वागणं हे श्रेयस्कर. सवयीचे गुलाम चरित्र फारसं कामाचं नाही. तथ्य आहे यामध्ये.  विचारशून्य व्यतीत केलेली वेळ आनंददायी असते यात संशय नाही. त्यातून शक्ती संचय होतो असं प्रतिपादन आहे साधरण. "Tantra The Supreme Understanding OSHO" असं पुस्तक आहे. आज पुढे बघायचं.

 Last night was reading one of Osho's books. Agree to his viewpoint there that words alone can not do justice to experience. Experience can be so profound that there may not be right words to translate it to. But still we have to attempt.  There he narrates that many souls might be departing this world's journey before fully transmitting the profound experience they might have had. It is more possible in country like ours where spiritual knowlege is widespread and first hand experience of the higher plane of realisation is proportionately rare. The experience of the melting of the individual into the higher consciousness. The experience of the truth. Line of argument is again as it is in the kenopnishad. Those who get entangled in the ignorance go into tam, those who get entangled into knowledge and the textbooks enter darker plane. Making one aware of the pitfalls of getting entangled into words. The neti neti indication. The day today was mostly meeting coding balanced. As a

 दसऱ्याला मामीचा वाढदिवस असतो. Whatsapp वर शुभेच्छा दिल्या. निरामय आरोग्याची प्रार्थना. यंदा मामाचा आणि मामीचा वाढदिवस लागूनच आले. काल घडयाळजी मंडळी आली होती. त्यांचं कोरोना पासूनचं पहिलंच सीमोल्लंघन होतं. नेहमी प्रमाणे बापू बरोबर गप्पा झाल्या विविध विषयांवर.  संध्याकाळी मंदार आला होता न्यायला. आईनं, आशु, बिनीतानी ओवाळलं. राक्षस मारले. सोनं दिलं घेतलं. पोरं खेळली आणि परतलो.  Today the day started like any monday morning. Some prod issues, n meetings, some fixes, some reports and the day was exhausted. Friday shopping stuff at khadi gov portal just landed at home by speed post. Pleasantly surprised. Mostly diwali looking shopping. Mandar came by with Amay. He was successful in making him wear mask. Amay had good time with Kanad, Atharv and Prathamesh.  Had khadi's freshly arrived herbal tea with Mandar over some news.  The week ahead looks moderately demanding. May be starting the day early might help.

आज डोंगरे गुरुजींच्या जाण्याची बातमी मनास रुखरुख लावून गेली. मोठे थोर आहेत तोपर्यंत त्यांच्या छायेत बालपणासारखा आनंद असतो. त्यांच्याबद्दल कृतज्ञता आज व्यक्त करून आज पूर्णविराम. डोंगरे गुरुजींच्या पवित्र स्मृतीस अभिवादन. मठातल्या शाळेत त्यांच्या राज्यात बिगरी ते तिसरी ही पाच वर्ष काढली. हाडाचे शिक्षक एक ऋषितुल्य व्यक्तिमत्व. बालाजी अनकल्ले आला नाही तर उचलबांगडी करायला आम्हाला पाठवायचे. तुमच्या घरी ज्या चिमण्याचे गळे काळे आहेत तो मी आहे, तुम्ही कशे वागता ते बघत आहे असं सांगायचे.  विद्यार्थ्यांनी च लिहिलं तर चंद्र वाचून मार्क देणारे गुरुजी. बालवाडीच्या पोरांनीही चूक दाखवली तरी त्याला शाबासकी देऊन चूक सुधारणारे गुरुजी. माहीत नसलेल्या प्रश्नाला उद्या सांगतो म्हणून पुन्हा उद्या सांगणारे गुरुजी. मुलांना निसर्ग, इतिहास माहीत व्हावा म्हणून बालवाडीतल्या पोरांना रांगेत चालत सोमनाथपुरला, शेळकी डॅमला सहल नेणारे गुरुजी. विज्ञान माहीत व्हावं म्हणून दूध डेरीत सहल नेणारे गुरुजी. जोमाने लेझीम वर ताल धरायला लावणारे गुरुंजी. एवढं सगळं करून हेंडगा वृत्तपत्र चालवणारे गुरुजी. एवढ्या तळमळीचे गुरुजी उभ्या हयात

Today is also Khisti mama's birthday. A warm guiding personality. Wish him good health and god's grace. This day in 2005, I had joined NetDevices. That was a great dynamic startup experience. Made good friends and enjoyed the experience there. I think more than company era defines the experience. Experience in Sapient in 2004 was of that of 2k .com boom. NetDevices carried an era of Networking culture that was carried up from 90s. Jio is more of an Indian collaborative experience. Today watched marathi movie cycle. A good watch for entire family. Light storyline, good picturization. And life lessons too. Caught up some work as well.  Tomorrow is dussura. Lets resolve to conquer the unconquered on the eve.

 दहा वाजता सुरू केलेलं काम. साधारण १ वाजला झोपायला. उद्याही थोडंस काम आहे. बघूया. प्रोग्रॅम मध्ये काही अनपेक्षित होताना का ते शोधून काढण्यात थोडा वेळ गेला. बाकी मीटिंग आणि चर्चानी नेहमीचा वेळ खाल्ला. संध्याकाळी पावभाजीचा बेत होता. 

 It was a loaded day, meetings, data analysis, discussions, rca, debugging all started at 10, continued till midnight. Caught up whatsapp and its time for sleep.

आदल्या दिवशी दोरीवरच्या उडयाचा व्यायाम केला, तर सकाळी उठायला थोडे प्रयत्न जास्त लागतात. १० ला संगणक उघडला. मीटिंगस, कॉल्स, आणि प्रकल्प नियोजन यात दहा वाजले.  काढा केला, लिंबू, जिरे, खनिज मीठ, लवंग, मिरे, तुळशीची पावडर, कडीपत्ता हे सर्व वापरले. प्रथमेश सद्या इकडे असल्याने सात कप. सकळसाठी पण थोडासा काढा उरतोच. आज बाहेरची एक चक्कर झाली किरकोळ खरेदी आणि ATM साठी. मीटिंगमुळे आज मी अष्टकात नव्हतो.  ज्या गोष्टी आपण टाळू शकत नाही अशांचा प्राधान्यक्रम आधी ठेवला तर वेळापत्रक थोडं सुटसुटीत होतं. बघायचं.

It was lunch time by the time two meetings were over. Started up with some detailed planning for ongoing project. Was able to catch up first nap of the lockdown too. With no calls waking up. Looking back at the past, take aways of the experience, is always the mould of the mind. The clashes, the fights, the achievements, failures,  all fade away.  Looking at the motivational aspect, alignment to the bigger picture plays a great role. The subconscious plays a great role in the conscious.

 The day started with catchup of the week's work.  Calls, meetings, occupied major part of the day. Need to take some more time for focussed work. May be need phone switch off time. Or need to start day early. It is difficult to wake up for mediocre catch up, but habit maters as well. Regarding reading between the lines of translation of kenopnishad whatever can be said, heard, seen, lived, touched, breathed, can not be said to be the ultimate truth. However it is the ultimate principle, the truth, the bramhan that is the fuel for all of it. Eye of eye, speech of the speech, hearing of the hearing, life of the life, breathe of the breath, mind of the mind. Simply put it can only be indicated at through the means at our disposal. This is part one of the kenopnishad.

आज १२ वाजेपर्यंत जेवण झालं होतं. आज किल्ला हा २०१४ चा मराठी सिनेमा पाहून झाला सकाळी झी ५ वर. सर्वांनी पाहण्यासारखा आहे. कथानक फारसं वेगळं नाही, पण चित्रीकरण सुरेख आहे. कोकणातलं निसर्गसौंदर्य आणि राहणीमान ११ वर्षाच्या मुलाच्या दृष्टिकोनातून चित्रित केलं आहे. सकाळी साधारण एक तास आणि जेवणानंतर राहिलेला भाग बघितला. आज अथर्वला सोबत घेऊन संध्या केली. संध्याकाळी अष्टकं म्हणली. कणाद प्रत्येक सष्टांगे करितो प्रणाम चरणा कडव्याबरोबर देवीच्या फोटोसमोर दंडवत घालतो. आज अथर्वनिपण सोबत दिली त्याला. दुपारी केनोपनिषदाचं वाचन झालं. आता गाडी झोपाण्यापर्यंत आली आहे. काढा करावा.आणि पडावं.

 शनिवार असल्याने थोड्याशा निवांतपणेच दिवसाची सुरुवात झाली. नवरात्र पूजा झाली, नंदादीप लावला. संध्याकाळी मंदारकडं गेलो. मुलं आणि मंदार क्रिकेट खेळले. आईबरोबर अष्टकं म्हणली.  बिनीतानी ढोकळे केले होते, येताना अशुसाठी दिले.  अशूला बिनीताचे ढोकळे आवडतात.  कणादचं निरीक्षण खूप छान आहे. घरी आल्यावर हात साबणाने धुतले आणि वाफारा घेतला त्यानं न सांगता. घरी आल्यावरही अष्टकं म्हणली. आईची आणि अशुचि अष्टकं थोडी वेगळी आहेत. आज दिवसा केनोपनिषद वाचायला घेतलं आहे. गुरू शिष्य संवाद ही या उपनिषदाची पार्श्वभूमी आहे. सर्व उपनिषदांप्रमाणेच हे पण गहन आहे. केन या शब्दाने या उपनिषदाची सुरुवात होते म्हणून हे केनोपनिषद म्हणून ओळखले जाते.  प्रथम श्लोकात वाणी, मन, प्राण, नेत्र, कर्ण हे सर्व कोणाच्या प्रेरणेने संचालित होतात साधारण असा प्रश्नाचा भावार्थ आहे. याचं पूर्ण वाचन मनन या आठवड्यात करावं. अष्टकं: 

पावसाने शेतीचं झालेलं नुकसान मनाला लागलं. पीक विमा मिळावा आणि रब्बी मध्ये हे नुकसान भरून निघावं. उत्पन्नाच्या अन्य स्रोताशिवाय शेती कठीण आहे सध्या. आज नित्यनियमात तर्पण होतं आणि अमावास्येचा उपवास आहे. उद्या घटस्थापना. नवरात्र म्हणजे उत्साह असतो. देवीची, शक्तीची उपासना. दसरा आणि दिवाळी सगळंच यंदा घरून संपन्न करावं लागणार आहे. चित्त शांत आणि अष्टवधानी ठेऊन परिस्थिती अनुरूप सर्व साजरे करू. बदल बाह्य जगतात अंतर जगत स्थिर आहे. संयम चिकाटी ठेवणच सद्याच्या परिस्थितीत गरजेचं आहे. मानवी आयुष्यात अशी परिस्थिती येणं फारसं निराळं नाही. बाबा एक गोष्ट नेहमी सांगायचे की गोष्टी होत नाहीत त्या घडवाव्या लागतात. खूप पटतो हा विचार. आणि ऊदयुक्त करतो.

 Routine meetings and work affairs occupied the major part of the day. The pending stuff from yesterday caught up. There was idli for dinner and rajma for lunch. Rajma owing to college time eating habits is closer to heart. It usually accomapanies  with hostel memories. Observing that sitting sessions during work day is elongated and need to develop more break based habits for wfh reality. During monsoon months I am addicted to follow dam level of morbe dam that supplies water to Navi Mumbai @  https://www.nmmc.gov.in/navimumbai/morbe-dam1540389919 So the farewell rains might fill it completely. A meter below capacity today. It rained moderately last night and today.  Forming our decisions based on impressions received from others might happen unconsciously. Conscious effort is required to eliminate noise and take decisions that can be truly called ours.

 आज ९ च्या दरम्यान लॅपटॉप उघडला. १२ ला जेवण. ४ ला चहा. ५ ला अल्पाहार. १० ला जेवण. आणि या सर्वांमध्ये काम झालं. आज दिवसा पाऊस होता. हैदराबाद, उदगीर, सोलापूर या भागात पावसाचा चांगलाच जोर आहे. कमी दाबाच्या पट्यामुळे बंगालच्या उपसागरातील वादळ पाऊस घेऊन मुंबईकडे येतंय. बऱ्याच वर्षात झाला नसेल असा पाऊस या भागात होतोय. वादळाचं असं  या मार्गाने येणं पण फार कमी किंबहुना नोंदीत पाहिल्यांदाच होतंय. या वर्षात बरंच काही अद्वितीय घडतंय. पिकं थोडक्यात काढून झाली आहेत बहुतेक भागांत. नाही झाली त्यांचं नुकसान आहे. बघूया उद्या कसा असतो जोर पावसाचा इथं. आजचं थोडं काम वेळेअभावी उद्यावर ढकललं आहे. आठवड्याच्या मधोमध आणि कमी महत्वाचं काम थोडं रेटलं जाणारच. कधी पुनविराम कधी स्वल्पविराम. काळभैरवकडून शिकण्यासारख्या लकबी.

   Early morning time was spent in catching up with backlog of the power outage day. Workwise it was medium load day. Couple of meetings and ongoing projects. Had lunch bit early owing to lighter dinner yesterday. Motivation early morning was around the process of perceiving. Transition from impulsive thoughts to more composed ones happens when we understand the beyond obvious terrain. Obvious terrain is obvious habitual one. The terrain beyond that is extrapolation. The barometer for maturity of thought is does it result in inner peace . Closer to reality closer to peace.

 आज दिवसभर वीज नाही. मुंबई मध्ये पुरवठा विभागात तांत्रिक बिघाड असल्याने अजून वीज सुरळीत झाली नाही. गरजेचे पाणी आणून ठेवले आहे पिण्याचे. बाकी विद्युत विभाग आपलं काम करेलच. मेल वर ऑफिसच काम आवश्यक तेवढं झालं.  इशावस्य उपनिषद हिंदी भावार्थ वाचन झालं. त्याचं कृतींतर होण्यास थोडा काळ जावा लागेल. दैनंदिन चक्रात थोडासा बदल झाला. चांगलाच होता.  संकल्पना केवळ विचारात असतील तर त्यांचं आयुष्य फार थोडं असतं. वागण्यात आल्या तर आपल्या तर होतातच पण त्याचा संसर्ग पण होतो. आणि कदाचित त्या आपल्या भौतीक आयुष्यापेक्षा अनेकपट जगतात.

 Woke up at 6. Cought up with work week ahead.  It was a Paneer dish for meal. Youtube is helping Ashu be super good at her preparations. Coffee Cake last week was also another good dish inspired from youtube. Mandar dropped by in the evening. Went to his place. It was first outing in six moths for kids. They enjoyed the outing. They were super thrilled to meet their cousin Abhiram for the first time. Quite a scene to cherish. Amay was also equally thrilled to see Atharv and Kanad after long gap. Took one book for aai. Hope she can take time to scan through.  This is triyearly extra month in moon calender. Lord Vishnu is the deity of this month. Got traditional aadhik waan from the in laws today. Anarsas quite a dish to sweeten the sunday. Here is Kanand's bowling action as promised. Kanad's balling style And you can't be partial. Atharv's balling style

 एक निवांत दिवस. सकाळ उशिरा सुरू झाली. उठण्याचं प्रयोजन नसल्यानं. चहात आज साखर घेतली. सुट्टी विशेष.  कणादची बॉलिंग ऍक्शन आवडली. त्याचा एक विडिओ घ्यावा म्हणतो. गीता प्रेसची पुस्तकं आली आज दुपारी. घरची कोविडं प्रथा मोडून एक पुस्तक वाचायला घेतलं. अर्थात संघर्ष आणि निर्जंतुक करूनच. पोस्टमन ऑटोनी आला होता. चांगलं वाटलं.  उपनिषदांचं भाषांतर आणि भाष्य आहे. संस्कृत आणि हिंदी. इशावस्य उपनिषद आहे पहिलं. प्रथम श्लोक अजून चिंतनात आहे.  ॐ ईशा वास्यमिदँ सर्वं यत्किञ्च जगत्यां जगत् । तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम् ।। १ ।। आयुष्यात अनेक प्रश्न पडतात. सर्वांचं उत्तर लगेच मिळत नाही. मग ते प्रश्न मनाच्या कोपऱ्यात पडून राहतात. मग असा कोणता श्लोक येतो ज्यात सर्व काही सापडेल असं वाटतं.  युद्धभूमीवर परमात्म्याला गीता काशी स्फुरली असेल. काय मनोभावं असतील. तो पांडवांचा सखा. अर्जुनाचा गुरू आणि मित्र. इतका लिप्त आणि निरलिप्त एकाच वेळी कसा. तो धर्मयुद्धाचा पुरस्कर्ता मग अर्जुनाच्या वागण्याने क्रुद्ध नाही, सैन्याच्या जमावात गीत स्फुरेल इतकी शांत मनोदशा. तो या स्थितीत येण्यासाठी कसं जीवन जगाला असेल. क

When at sleep, brain tries to digest the day's baggage. And the first wakeup thought is its conclusion. It was dawn and the first thought was to not sleep again. Woke up caught up with mails. Some time well spent on Grafana. The more the common problem the more resorces you find to get it done. Good dashboards came up pretty well. It was a quite busy day meetings, calls and catchup. Looking at the weekend now. No plan is the plan.

आज atendence सकाळी लावायच राहिलं. Regularize करू.  या वर्षीचा ITR नाही भरला. भरू. यंदा फॉर्म 16 बराच उशिरा आला. घरून काम करताना ब्रेक कमी होतात. IMs, calls, mails, phone यात दिवस उडून जातो. Dev ops, CI/CD मधे long term lasting fix साठी म्हणावा तेवढा वेळ देता येत नाही. R&D मध्ये daily recurring time investment करणे हा पर्याय आहे.  थंडीचे दिवस येतील आता आणि नवरात्र. यंदा घरातच. Cycling चा पर्याय आहे. पहाटे उठून निर्जन ट्रॅकवर जाणं safe आहे. डेरिंग करूच. Cycle ची  डागडुजी करावी.  Those days are well spent when the we wake up by action thoughts for the day. Or those are good ones on which zero thought sound sleep terminates in calm nothing to do start of the day. Lets see how tomorrow arises.

 Its a normal lock down day. Electricity outage is giving me oportunity to do diary note early. The phone is up. Had a session for new joiners from the department virtually. Its going to be long wait before we meet in person. Calls are constant during the lockdown. Too many of them at times.  The program of the last day has tamed. Writing is having a good side effect of calmer head and sounder sleep I think. I remember reading a good book also has same effect. Its a Wednesday almost half way through the week. May be good time to start reading a new book.

 Its almost 12 pm and I am yet to figure out why my program is taking so much time to complete. No option but to take time for the daily exercise and bath, and sadhana. Looking at my abysmal progress in the spiritual realm, I am being only patient and self encouraging in calling morning 20 minutes rituals a sadhana. But then who knows which knock turns watery in well digging. At 11:30pm now the program is bit fast with compromise. Lets see in the morning. It is quite true that we overestimate what we can do in a day and underestimate what we can do in 10 years. Its time to call it a night. Day 3 of the diary project ends. 

 अधिक महिन्यातील संकष्टी चतुर्थी आणि अथर्वचा वाढदिवस असा योग होता. बाहेर एक फेरफटका झाला. अथर्वला आणि कणादला पेन आणलं.  अभिरामला पहिल्यांदा पाहिलं. शांत आहे बाळ. अमय छान गुजराती शिकलाय. नवल आहे तीन महिन्यांत नवीन भाषा शिकला तो.  पियू ताई आणि प्रथमेश धावती भेट देऊन गेले. अथर्वसाठी केक बनउन आणला ताईंनी. संध्याकाळी औक्षण आणि केक कटिंगच whtsapp प्रक्षेपण झालं. दिवसभरात अथर्वला बरेच फोन झाले.  ओंकार दिल्लीला पोहोचलाय. काम सुरू झालयं त्याचं. उद्या बोलतो त्याला.

The diary is a means to be observant. Its like a mirror to the brains current flux. Corona has kept the physical interaction to a limited spear. Reading has been a breakout companion. Exercising has been to minimal. Suryanamaskars in the mornings and weekend skipping. Feel that for basic well being of the body great exertion is not a must. But regularity matters a lot. This routine along with sanitary precautions has kept the machine well functioning. The daily warm lemon spices black rock salt dose might also have had a role. Fingers crossed till there is vaccine. Today read a book about the Theosophical movement by K. Parvathi Kumar. That is the trigger for this diary enterprise. The book basically recommends five practices by the Master for twelve years.  The fifth is offer youself for the execution of the Gods plan of action before you to sleep. The fourth one is to maintain a diary. The third one is at all times consider what you can do for others instead of expecting what others