Mind Is The Enemy

 "I think and think and think, I've thought myself out

of happiness one million times, but never once into it"

- Jonathan Safran Foer

"Aham! Brahmasami!"  - I am Brahma, this is very fondly used in the Indian mythological stories and even folk stories. The very being is me, yet not me, the audacity to think that you are the one, the one above all is the root cause of all the problem rich fruit's that our tree of life bears but on the parallel, this very same belief is what brings peace, nurture and harmony to the way of life.

I sympathize with people who are either over practical, analyzer's and planner's, look at the finance guy's around you - you will surely find their eyebrow's kissing each other on the forehead, I am not saying everyone in that field is the same, many I know, elder's too, have found an equilibrium amongst the chaos, their work is to worry of the future, the worry is the collateral they pay for the amount's they are invested with, but either way you are holding the same ear, doesn't matter if its with your right hand or left, you are too practical and analytical of everything around you and life itself.

Over the period of time, considering the day you took your first steps as your first day of having your own mind up to now while you are reading this. Think how you were and what you have become? Remember how care free and liberated you were compared to being now encased into a box filled with worries, turmoil's, vivid thoughts, goals and targets, loss, remorse and so many other feeling's suffocating you while you are continuously getting depleted of your oxygen - 'Happyness'.

What if I Told You It's Illusion?

The horrendous image that just got created in your mind, must have made you feel suffocating and congested suddenly, right?  You felt claustrophobic and fatigue at the same time, but how that can be? You are openly sitting somewhere, probably the favorite cafe, your favorite corner of your home, how can it make you feel that way? well, you related to it, you are or were at that place in your life that made you experience it and that is what you are relating to, it's a knee jerk reaction your brain always triggers, always, it's the brain, your mind that just now created and illusion of you inside a box even though you are free externally, a moment before you were free from it all, suddenly you are now slave of yourself and you didn't even realize it, matter of fact - this happens almost every day, every time you are overwhelmed.

What does it mean? Your mind is the enemy, not your situation, not your status, not your current state of being but the mind, the gray matter that sit's high on the thrown above all sensation's that the body feels below it, consider it as the apex ruling over you. 

You need to realize immediately and put it into action, you shouldn't believe everything your mind think's, mind is a network of thoughts and previously gathered experiences and emotion's, not just of this life of you but believe it or not it is coded with generation's of data accumulated into the DNA, it is the source code that keeps on reading and referencing from, no matter how good or bad, its the central command center, the invisible shield generator around you - aura - and majority of the time it will only take consideration from the bad, uncomfortable, hurtful experience's of all the nodes the DNA has gathered. But there is a savior, will let you know shortly.

You have to know that the brain is designed to protect you and the body, why do you feel nauseated before an exam or interview, why do your legs feel weak and stomach feels like the 'Laurentian Abys - deepest part of our earth, when you walk on a glass floor or stand on a ledge, its all the defense mechanism to keep life itself alive, the race alive from doing something stupid, something so injurious that is threat to its existence. Consider it as a big parasite, breeding inside you, sucking the very joy of life from you just so that it can stay alive, you can stay alive, no matter what condition the outer body feel, your inner 'Jiva' feels, how the whole experience feels, it just wants to survive at all cost - how egoistic and self centered it is. So it's not you. 

Mind is designed to protect you from going through something so painful, that it will try and predict any feeling or decision in so many forms and parallel time lines that it is almost interstellar, you cannot stop it, but it has one goal only, keep the senses and body chemical's at par level and let it hype, its like a pressure valve that triggers before the breach point is reached

Each new painful event or memory get's encoded within, such that you can make a decision that get's super computed in a fraction of second in the apex and is resulted in your action by either words or behavior - this almost happens every time instantly and again taking no consideration of what the outer body or within feel's, what the soul feel's, its an irony sometimes that it generates it own negative feedback loop due to this very same reason and keeps on getting encoded again and again with no command to stop it, its involuntary, you wont be able to do anything about it, 

It is such a complex algorithm within each one of us that feed's on emotion that is generated from these very feedback loop's - its a huge maze without a map and many get lost in it with no way home.

Consider The Jiva:

For every evil there is good created, for every Chimera, Bellerophon is there on a winged horse to end it, for every brain there is a heart created.

Remember how I earlier said that I sympathize with people who are too practical and analytical, they always take calculated decision's, life for them is solving a Rubik's cube, set of decision = set of results, where is the fun in that, the very thought of this is boring, frustrating in its own way, their emotion's are calculated - biased and bifurcated for those they value and for those they don't, how judgmental that is. They are contradicting their very own creation. An irony.

The real freedom is living from within - living with Jiva. Considering and accepting that life is an constant flow of space, time, energy and multitude of emotion that result in experiences and not vice versa. What's there to calculate in living? breathing? enjoying every moment for as is?

The difficulties start to arise when you start going against the flow of life. When you stop considering the Jiva, the soul within you. You might be of certain age right now with experiences and emotion's you gathered from this walk of life, you have now a set forms of reaction's and thought process for said events and happening around you, probably you don't care for either or you are maintaining a stature to not be in aghast but do not forget that the soul within you is very ancient, far more experienced than you are, it has seen and felt time's and emotion's, its so well trained and 'lived' that its been cursed to not speak loudly. But the brain is inexperienced, it only knows this walk of life, it considers this life as a absolute data point which puts you in a frenzy, it has been blessed to be the loudest part of yourself that only you can hear in secrecy yet you act publicly, vividly. 

Remember this to the relation of what you just read "Empty vessel's make more noise!"

If you keep considering and listening to your mind as your friend then believe this "You will technically be an intern forever in this corporation of life".

Why do you sometimes feel strongly about something positive or ill? we call it the 'gut feeling', and most of the time it is correct, that's your soul - your Jiva talking with you, did you ever hear yourself or anyone saying "I had a mind feeling" , that is so stupid, never, but "I had a gut feeling" is experienced by us all. When it come's true it almost feels like a divine blessing, a supernatural guidance that your brain must had never computed from all the data point's it takes reference from. It simply cannot.

Understand this, start considering your Jiva, whenever and however you can, go with the gut feeling or what your heart feels best in the moment, the mind will always put you in a comfort zone which deprives you of new positive experiences, it will eventually lead you into the negative feedback loop.

The word Jiva - means life, a soul within you. Answer this do you love someone with brain's or heart? The most beautiful thing in this life that can happen is love - the love for your partner, friends, family, nation, motorcycles, cars, even for people with OCD - you love keeping things clean, perfectionist love to have their task completed with 100% accuracy, but why? the whole thing is love. Loving what you love. Your brain will never comprehend that, it will deprive you of that same thing for the sake of existence. It doesn't like to be in an uncomfortable state - its technically a coach potato!

Whenever in life you are on the fork in the road, try considering what your heart say's, what your gut feeling says, I am pretty sure a beautiful experience is waiting for you ahead because the soul has been through time and have a zillion times stopped at these so called fork's in the road and it knows what is best, not for you specifically but in overall experience. Life.

Stop surviving (brain) - Start living (soul).

For all the time's you feel restless, underachieved or just find your self in a well of ill emotion's yet cannot talk yourself out of it, consider this, stop going against the flow of life, there is something you are trying to do beyond your reach but the mind is creating an illusion that you can do it anyhow, well, don't force things that are not happening, that are not going your way, believe it - it is going where it has to go, you can't divert the flow of life or destiny, as they say what will be - will eventually be no matter how hard you try to avoid, delay or make it go your way, that's how life and the energies work - they are always in a constant flow.

Remember, life is like a flowing river, it has beautiful and rocky patches along its journey but eventually all rivers are going to meet their ocean's and sea's. Don't swim against the current - start flowing in it and you will find yourself at so much ease and feel weightless that you would eventually realize that you were restless without any reason, in an illusion of control, there is no such thing. Enjoy as is. It's all temporary anyways, the worst would be something didn't happen, the best would be you gained experience. 

When you feel like a kite in a storm do these simple steps, doesn't take much time and you will see the change:

1) Start deep breathing for 2min - focus on your breaths going in and out.

2) Take a knee - sit - close your eyes and let your emotion's and thoughts just flow, don't befriend them, just let them come and go, like train's on their stations.

3) Say a small prayer to yourself - "I have done this manier times, I will get through this, I can do it!"\

4) Drink a glass of water, calmly.

5) Don't take it personally, its all temporary.

I hope this help's you and find's you some peace, for rest all - ' Que Sera, Sera!"

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The Million Dollar Question? Isn’t It… | The Art of Packing Smart for Motorcycle Touring

The Million Dollar Question? Isn't It...

We all have travelled in some part of our lives and some lucky few bastards amongst us are already at it while reading this and probably a few chosen one's are 24x7 are on it as a job and ironically these one's hate it... Well, you might be wondering why? what's to hate in travelling right...? That's the million dollar question to it and the majority of them I have met and asked the same question, lets say 60% female's and 40% male's say it the 'packing and unpacking part'.

Now its all bit of 'Easy-Peasy-Japanesey' when you are either travelling alone or you are travelling by air (leaving the airport's layover's aside, of course!) but its get much harder when you are travelling on a motorcycle, yeah! You have not too much room to play around with and its gets harder if you have a plus one riding bitch with you. All of this needs a major few consideration and tiny bit of management which we will talk in a much simpler and camp fire cozy way ahead as you read.

The Most Important thing - Weight:

THE one biggest friend and enemy of yours while travelling on a motorcycle no matter what engine capacity you are roaring on, is the weight. The weight of the motorcycle, the weight of your luggage, the weight of fuel, extra jerry cans and not to forget the weight of yourself, as it is all that is going to get loaded up on that chassis which is sitting on two wheel's and hoping on a really good suspension setting and if not, you might have already or you will be experiencing life most hardest spanking that your ancestor's will feel through out the spinal cord.

Pack light: The most common mistake I have seen newbies and even experience rider's is they pack a punch along with their heavy ass motorcycle's and rolling down the highway looking all badass but deep within that tinted visor down helmet they are crying their heart out as they are continuously struggling with the weight they and the bike constantly need to manage. Pack only what is dead ass necessary and pack a little bit more there after which has the essential things that might keep you alive in the wilderness or somewhere you went too adventurous and now can't get back to civilization, that extra packing will definitely get you back alive not soon but soon enough if you are in such a situation.

Even if the trip stretches out from the weekend usual or a long haul of your choice, pack accordingly but still leave some space that you can fit in more along the way and leaving a bit of wiggle room just for the sake of it. Many of us out there pack too much then required, its like hogging down a shopping aisle with everything at 90% discount! No! No! No! a Big ass no, pack things you can carry along easily on the bike and off the bike, no need to pack a fashion fiesta for the trip as its a luxury which will be for sure spoiled with a bad, very bad, helmet hair after you get off to relax your saddle soar.

Weight Management: Such as yourself, your motorcycle can and will carry so much they are intended too, read the manual if you are not sure of how much each segment of your bike chassis can stress out too. Weight is something that has a lot to do with inertia, more the weight - more the inertia will act on it & there is no stopping it, its nature - you wont be able to do shit once its in action, so, there are are typically 7 points where you can saddle up your luggage on your motorcycle and these apply even to chopper's and bobbers and cruiser and other likes of us out there:

                                1) The extreme front of the bike.

                                2) The Tank of the bike.

                                3) The front sides of the bike. (specially adv's)

                                4) The Rear sides of the bike. (RL & RR Panniers)

                                5)The Tail Bag / Tail Top Box. 

(Depends if you have a passenger or not, this could be added +1 space or -1 Space on Tail bag respectively.)

So, this is a basic setup which I personally use too. You have this 5 main lock up points and total of 7 points individually where you can saddle your luggage. I will tell you how I do it so you can continue to inspire yourself the way you want to do it either way it will fall on this 5 major points on the bike.

I Personally load my spare mechanical sets and extra fuses and a small med kit on point (1), which typically sit's right below the main headlight and just above the front wheel fender, reason, its best accessible in time of need and I picked up this habit up from other chopper rider's out there.

I load my documental essential such as paper works and mobile phone, charging dock, power banks and wires, few loose cash, credit card, insurance and other stuff which might need a frequent usage along the journey and feed it to a magnetic tank bag which is easily detachable on Point (2), The items in the bag should be figured out depending upon the type of journey you are embarking upon, some journey's do require passports, identity proofs which could be very handy in this part of the bike load area.

Now Point (3), could be only for adv(adventure) bikes and riders out there and cannot typically imply on cruiser's and chopper's until a ugly retro fit as this particular part would shift to sissy bars on cruiser's and chopper's, which we will talk ahead, but is essentially a factory fitted or factory available mod for adv riders where they can either retro fit jerry can's, water jugs, survival or med pouches and etc, again depending upon the nature of the journey and rider needs this load area of the bike is different for all forms of rider's and their needs.

Point (4), This particular part is my least favorite, specially PANNIER'S, OOOOOOOHHH! everyone does give you looks with this installed on your bike, big daddy vibes, professional cross country rider image but it has it own drawbacks and list is long on it, wont alienate you on same but as we discussed earlier - WEIGHT! The pannier's setup, no matter what earthly metal's its made from, either aluminum, steel, hardend plastic's, metal, sheet metal, all of these kind's add lot of weight to your bike rear end without the actual load filled in it and once loaded up from 20, 25,35litres its pure dead weight twerking behind your bike along the whole journey and end up stressing out your rear suspensions, tires, sprockets, chassis weld's and eventually the rims of the tires. Now this is a debatable point amongst all biker's such as all of us but a respectable one, its my personal choice and logic that it doesn't fit to my riding but I suggest until and unless you are not traveling long long long long trip or you have not sold all what you own and set out to explore the world until then you don't need the hard box panniers, plus it cost a shit ton of money, even if you have that kind of money, try opting out of it and instead go in for all weather saddle bags, there are plug and play or strap and stay method fitters, they are light on bike and on your pockets and they are flexible enough to jiggle few of your top secret goodies you want to carry around and plus you can improvise with straps and zips across the whole setup to even carry a whole tent system or other luggage such as a duffle bag or even a camel water pouch. Chose wisely and will make a point on this in whole other blog for you guys!

Last but not the least Point (5), Tail bags or top box, now its the go to go setup from choppers, cruisers and tourers where you can simply slap a tail bag or a golf bag on a long sissy bar on the rear seat and it shall cover 80% of your luggage need if you are riding alone or if you are having someone with you on the journey then install a Rear Top Box to easily fit in the extra luggage of your plus one or share the same space of 15 to 30litres or install it for days you don't want to carry your helmet around on your shoulders or in hand and stay free on the arrived destination.

All these points can be adjusted according to your need but always keep in mind to keep equal weights across the motorcycle, specially on the rear side and either sides of the motorcycles, keep this thumb rule in mind:

        "Too much weight on back = Loose front end = Loss of stopping power = Less Grip, 

        Too much weight on either side of bike = Unequal weight distribution = longer corners = bike will pull on more weighted side" 

this shall help you ease on your packing of the bike overall. but be mindful.

That's all there is to keep in mind while riding, a billion dollar question with not much of rocket science to apply, its all balancing the weights out and counter balancing the ones that are off and your bike's physics will do the rest.

What are you waiting for, get packing for that weekend camping ride or the long haul you have been planning since ages! Its the best weather to be there...

While you are saddling up, will leave you to it till I meet you all again in the next one.

Ride safe! Ride hard! God Speed! 

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Who Creates These? Almighty Can Only Do It | A Soulful Reflection on Nature’s Masterpieces

Who Creates these? Almighty can only do it:

Been a while I have been blogging, travelling yes but couldn't actually gather words to put down on a blog, been so overwhelmed with all the places I have visited and all the work that followed after. Well, I was on a date with the Himalayas' for past couple of months and few flirtatious dates with the Kangchenjunga and cloud caped hill and wet beaches of Indonesia - what a beauty and majestic charm it flaunts with the morning dew, probably won't get over it.

Coming back to hometown makes me dwell into a rabbit hole of thoughts that all the million's of words we read in poetry or of a cunning novelist who cage us with their character's so much that we forget the real world there is, yet we forget about them over the years and then there are these places we visit or probably won't visit and only have a glimpse of on back of a post card but yet will remember them probably whole of our lives and live it once again in a flash back before the curtain's fall. That's where I feel that expression through words do matter but much matters more is having a physical memory of a place, even if its in your hometown, you need to have a physical memory - evidence, that you have been there and it acts as an instant neuro surge of emotion's, memory, smell, even a interesting conversation we might have had with a random bob there but all that makes us feel, me feel, present.

We all have been there and somehow - we want to be there again, probably some of us want to stay there permanently yet being somewhere else. How cosmically interesting is that...

Happy dwelling if this teleport's you to somewhere, will meet you all again once you are back from there. 

Have a good one!

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