Gerald D'Cunha

Pic.:  Chetna Shetty S hri Uday Acharya, my good friend, has initiated a FB page and baptized it as ‘Buddha Laughed’. The very first time my eyes fell on this name, my heart just laughed! Strangely, I hadn't even read any content of it... Just the thought that the Buddha – the otherwise a serious holy-man – laughed made my lungs loosen-up a little, and I found my heart just laughing... I think, the idea of the laughing Buddha – with his  laid-back  hands and pot-belly – has come from the same fact: When you come to understand the simple truth behind the harshest realities of life, you do not have to prompt your heart to laugh... It just laughs. And, that laughter is the laughter of true joy and lightness, true freedom and acceptance. There is no  pretense  or ridicule. The carelessness has dissolved into carefreeness... The heart ‘knows’; hence laughs... Simply laughs... So, Udayji keeps sharing with us...

When I am angry,  I know I should not speak. But then, sometimes, I do. And I feel bad about me, my action, my anger... My loss of self-control. Then, I become more angry... This time around,  With my own burning soul! When I am afraid, I know I should not dream about my future. But then, sometimes, I do. And I feel anxious about my tomorrows... Then, I become more afraid... This time around,  About the prophesy  That I have just fulfilled on my own! When I am sad, I know I  should not blame. But then, sometimes, I do. And I feel even sadder about my lost world. Then, I become more hurt and feel more sorrowful... This time around,  About the world that I could have just saved! When I am happy, I know I should be grateful. But then, sometimes, I don't. And I feel the disturbing emptiness in my heart. I become more restless... This time around,   About the Guardian Angel  That my Pride has just...

When I know That my life has a purpose, When I know That there is a reason to live beyond my own heart beat, When I know That I am secure just by gazing at the blue, bright sky, When I know That there are enough stars for me to guide, When I know That God doesn’t forsake any of His children, When I know That my fear is just a passing cloud, When I know That no bitterness is worth writing on a stone, When I know That there are friends, who do not need my reminders, When I know That my love is LOVE only when the lust goes, When I know That I am manipulating my dear one with the dangle of my care, When I know That people shun me when my heart is unclean, When I know That I need someone beside be when I am in pain, When I know That no one can live my life for me, When I know That everything in my life happens for my good, When I know That I should never cease to be...