Journal O Ram

Song of the day:
Endaro Mahaanubhaavulu... which is one of the Thyagaraja Pancha Ratna Kritis, is a wonderful composition in Sriragam, Aadi taalam. Greatly recited by many of the accomplished artists. Among them the one recited by Maharajapuram Santhanam and his disciples is very ABCD... (Accurate, Beautiful, Classical and Divine).

The lyrics is availble at the bhakti blogspot. http://bhaktioramji.blogspot.com/

The day is good and pleasant. I woke in the morning and saw the down pour of the rain on my window pane. I like to watch rain and like to get drenched in the rain if that is the choice. And having coffee while it is raining is personally an very relaxing feeling. It brings pleasant thought to the mind. I like to connect to the nature a lot.

Vinod left to Hyderabad home from Newark Airport in NJ. It was a wonderful feeling while he was at home. We have spent most of the time at home during the couple of days he was at my Milford home. It was a very homely feeling and a feeling of being at home in India. Sometimes, I am missing all family members, friends and India a lot. It is very rare, but very very rarely, I feel it very lonely. So, I keep myself busy going to the gym, blogging, music, worship, PMP preparation, client search etc. Had a personal chat with Swapna and I miss Srimaye and Swapna a lot. In fact, these things keep me so busy that I don't have time to think of anything else. When I am busy with this personal stuff, I get so engrossed in them that time just flies away. I keep wonder, how the days have gone by. I have sent with Vinod to handover Wedding Anniversary gift to Swapna.

I enjoyed the egg fried rice which I prepared here. I wonder how easy it is to cook here in the US with the availability of the cut and mixed vegetables. In the night it was a simple mean, though the timing was midnight for dinner, which is odd and unhealthy. I am happy for having been to the gym today for 45 minutes workout. Feels great about ones own body.

The good thing today is that I collated, segregated and organized all my music collection into on folder. I named it "My Entertainment" and has folders organized by languages and as logically as is easy to retrieve. I wondered with the huge Devotional Collection I have collected now. Probably one which is very self satisfying encompassing all Gods. There are also (ప్రవచనములు) discourses of Ramayana, Bhagawat Gita and Bhagwatam. The next step from my end is to action on them listening to them. May be on pravachanam a day. Should be good idea.

Idea:
I like to visit the wonderful scenic locals of Paderu, Selaru, Bhimili, Araku valley etc. I have this idea to explore the beauty of locales around my home town Visakhapatnam. It is actually very scenic and beautiful.

I remember Swapna giving me a suggestion that I should not be writing too much of my personal things or day to day activities here. I think I liked the idea. I was thinking about it. Then I think, I enjoy the small things in life very much. So, I have to write them on the blog. I liked the idea because it really stops me from just swaying away into the smaller things and there by helps me in not to lose the focus on big things in life, the more important ones. I liked the suggestion and so will try to balance between the smaller things I enjoy in life and at the same time not to lose focus on the more important things in life.


Interpretation of dreams.
This morning it was a first time a saw this kind of a dream. I saw a lady dressed in red and I did not see the face or anything except for the red dress worn by a woman. I searched the internet to see what is the interpretation of this dream. It goes like this.
"Red is an active, affective colour, full of passion and emotion. It is also the colour of blood and fire. A softer red is a symbol of love, mercy and compassion. When intense, red can also indicate hatred. A red dress in a dream would be a sign of strong sexual desire. But red also means sin, rage and the devil. Dark red is a symbol of passion, greed, energy and anger. Light red stands for warmth and affection. Red can mean luck, joy, happiness, energy, action, but also hate, blood, greed, irritability and will power."


On Wednesday 23rd July, I also had a morning dream in which, I saw cartons or crates filled with eggs. I see the interpretation of it like this from the internet.
To see a crate of eggs, denotes that you will engage in profitable speculations. Eggs are symbolic of something new and fragile. They represent life and development in its earliest forms and, as such, the possibilities are limitless. At times, eggs can represent captivity or entrapment. Carl Jung said that eggs represent our captive souls. Therefore, the egg in your dream may very well represent you in the most profound sense. Are you trapped in a shell or did you break out of it and are now free to soar?