Abundance - Abundance = Abundance

The main motive of a spiritual living is to connect oneself to abundance. In order to connect yourself to abundance, you must realize the presence of abundance around yourself. We are all connected, by default to abundance, it's just that we sometimes get too much short-sighted and myopic to realize our connection with the spirit which connects us to abundance. This is the result of our entrapment in our egos. It's not tough to get rid of that entrapment, it's a simple exercise to get rid of your ego and listen to the innermost voice of your soul that connects you to abundance. Just take note of the simple things that you do in your day-to-day lives spanning over a period of time. e.g. having your meal and drinking water can connect you to abundance. Do I sound crazy ?? But that's the truth.... it's simple !! Simply think about the number of rotis/ chapatis that you relish in a single day, it'll be around 5-6 or 8-10 depending on individual appetite, then simply think about number of chapatis that you've had in the last one week, (for ease of calculation I'll take the figure of 10), it'll be 10 x 7 = 70. Then think about rotis that you've had in a month or a year it'll be 365 x 10 = 3650. Then simply multiply this number with your age, say 30 yrs i.e. 3650 x 30 = 1,09,500. Let's round it off to a figure of 1 lakh. Now envision 1 lakh chapattis lying in front of you, they will definitely require space much bigger than your own size, maybe as big as your bedroom. Can you even think of distributing them in a langar or a bhadara all alone ?? It's impossible for one individual to serve the langar of 1 lakh chapattis all alone but you just ate them up over a period of 30 years. That's not funny.... that's reality... You are connected to abundance of food around you but you never realized that you actually are.

Similarly, we can envision about water intake in our lifetime, that may fill up a swimming pool.  Now that is the way you could think about the money that you made and you spent, then you'll realize that you are much more rich than you actually think you are. It's only a matter of your personal choice which way you want to look for abundance in your life because it's simply not restricted to the countable things like rotis or water (in terms of gallons) or money (in terms of currency). The universe offers you the abundance of things that matter the most to facilitate your existence in it. Things like love, respect, beauty, good health, happiness, satisfaction, knowledge, personal growth, all of them exist in abundance around us. We can not only take these things in abundance but also give them away in abundance and yet we'll be left with them in abundance. Stay connected !! ;)

India must resort to cycling

As the title is perfect and self-explanatory, I simply want my fellow Indians especially Punjabis to seriously consider cycling for commuting short distances. As we Punjabis have become too much superficial and flamboyant in boasting-off our "False Status", I would urge all my friends to consider the hardcore and bitter ground realities before laughing at my suggestion.

Stop showing-off your car, it's on EMI anyways

For those who're not aware, EMI stands for Equated Monthly Installment and this is not a secret that majority of the four-wheeler owners are trapped in their EMI's.

Stop cursing the traffic, your car is adding to it

It's very easy to blame the government for not double-laning or four-laning of the road nearest to your home. Use a bicycle to save time and fuel in traffic.

Gym and Cardio, just another status symbol

Once you develop this good habit of cycling for distances within 5 kms of your homes, you'll feel immense satisfaction in losing those extra pounds.

Bicycle won't reduce your status

It is just another social stigma or taboo that only poor use the cycle. I'm not telling you to sell-off your car anyways. just supplement short-distances with cycling. Simply curse those regressive and myopic politicians and capitalists for promoting the VIP culture in India.

Consider Economic facts

The level of inflation over the last 45 years has gone around 200 times. If your grandpa lived a comfortable life earning  1000 INR per month and enjoyed a lot of respect with a net worth of 2 lakh INR. You simply need 1000 x 200 = 2 Lakh INR per month to live a life as comfortable and need a net worth of 2,00,000 x 200 = 4 crore INR to enjoy the same level of respect.


If Chinese could use bicycles in the interest of their economy then why not us Indians ?? If incumbent PM Mr. Modi could garner huge number of votes by saying that he has risen from poverty and once assuming office, he has even forgotten how to spell "poverty" and enjoying a high-profile opulent life-style, he is simple sending across a message of hypocrisy and selfishness and not love for the nation.... Think about it Mr. PM.... Make one cycle mandatory per home !!

Punjab Assembly polls 2017 - Part I

I think this is the right time to shoot an article on the upcoming assembly polls in Punjab in 2017 as the state is literally crying foul for the lack of opportunities, lawlessness, coercion, power abuse and many other social evils. It would rather feel like one's heart bleeding to see the level of insecurity, red tape-ism, political sycophancy  in the govt. run departments. The incumbent government seems too insensitive to the issues of a common Punjabis who want to make a dignified living in their home state and aspire to get rewarded as per their capability. Some of their draconian policies have almost eliminated the small-scale businessmen and the farming community subject to committing suicides to escape their debt-traps.

Though it may not be the right time to predict the formation of the government in 2017, it is rather the best time to educate and sensitize the voters to have a long-term vision for their brighter future. Though, the Deputy CM may deny the presence of any anti-incumbency against his SAD-BJP govt. but there are a couple of Akali ministers (including himself) who can be pin-pointed for public resentment against them and undoubtedly, anti-incumbency exists for him and his brother-in-law who together are holding 9 portfolios. BJP minister Anil Joshi turned things his way after getting the acquittal in dual-vote scam.

Though the recent Municipal Corporation and Dhuri by-election results clearly portray a flip side but we must consider the fact that voters didn't have a third option as AAP stayed out of the polling arena. Though I'm a politically neutral person, I won't shy away from supporting the AAP to have bright prospects in the upcoming assembly elections. As both the parties of the ruling alliance i.e. SAD and BJP are hardcore right-wing parties, they have shown a regressive outlook in addressing the modern-day issues affecting the educated urban Punjabis. SAD-BJP infighting will definitely cost them a lot in the upcoming elections but that will be nullified, to an extent, by factionalism within AAP where it has shown a clear-cut division in Kejriwal-faction and Yadav-Bhushan-faction. The biggest challenge in AAP's way would be to get sensitized with the rural Punjabis and non-users of social media like facebook and whatsapp.

The time may not be right for the Congress to make a comeback in Punjab as there is a state of complete imbalance in Punjab polity and with Congress completely wiped out in the center, it may not be able to bring about the required change in Punjab polity. Taking in view the current scenario, the time is perfect when India (not just Punjab) needs the resurgence of the leftist forces. AAP may not have a defined ideology but it is beyond doubt that their main agenda is corruption and social inequality which are very rampant in Punjab. AAP is rather an Indian version of the Marxist ideology which really needs to propagate throughout the country taking into account the current state of Indian/ Punjab politics, where majoritarianism and religious fundamentalism are gaining grounds. I would suggest AAP to project a CM candidate who can counter Akalis on panthic agenda too as they're very opportunistic in using the panthic agenda. As Akalis couldn't stop Haryana from forming a separate SGPC, they are no more the proprietors of the panthic agenda. Any sikh leader from any political party is free to invoke or address the panthic agenda and this will make the Akal Takhat more unbiased and community-friendly instead of being ruling family-friendly.

Without promoting or supporting the politics of Vendetta, in the larger interest of my home-state, I would urge the voters to be cautious, vigilant and foresee the various strategies which are likely to be used by different parties to allure their votes. Now SAD-BJP being in power will be in a more powerful position to influence the voters by passing various resolutions at the eleventh hour. Another probable strategy is cutting down of the liquor prices w.e.f. April 2016, after selling liquor at almost double the Marked Price for four years. Just 1 year of effective governance shouldn't overshadow 9 years of coercion and misrule.
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All the netizens especially those using the services of govt. ISP's (Internet Service Providers) should be mentally prepared to see the down-time of internet during elections as this could be intentionally done by the people in power to stop people to freely express themselves. I myself did experience internet downtime during 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

In the end, I would just say that this is only the beginning of the articles, I'll continue to pour in more write-ups unless my fundamental right of freedom of expression isn't snubbed ;)