Digital Edits

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Mitera Balkaran

Mitera Balkaran:

I am a recent graduate in the field of Mechanical Engineering at the University of  the West Indies, Trinidad. 

For several years, I have studied Indian Classical music and Khatak dance. Being involved in the arts, I have learned the importance of team spirit and it has greatly aided me throughout my academic career. Other interests include digital art and photography, graphics design, blogging, creative writing and poetry, swimming and hiking. 

In 2008, I was elected to attend the Global Young Leaders Conference, GYLC, in the U.S.

Travelling is my passion; I have so far visited Chile, Costa Rica, New York, Washington D.C, & St. Lucia. 

“Limitless”

Our planet Earth is spheroid in shape.

We may carelessly not pay any close attention to this fact because it seems to us that there was no other possible form it could take.

Anything that is spherical or round can assume no real boundary, if our planet was a cube, you'd see edges.

What I am try to say is that, you really cannot see where a round shape starts or ends; in other words,

No boundaries…


 
    "When we view the four directions from a boat on the ocean

    where no land is in sight, it looks circular and nothing else.

    However, this ocean is neither round nor square,

    And its qualities are infinite in variety.

    It is like a palace; it is like a jewel…

    When a fish swims in the ocea, there is no limit to the water,

    When a bird flies in the sky, there is no limit to the air,

    No matter how far it flies.

    However, no fish or bird has ever left its element since the beginning…"


                                                                                                              -Eihei Dogen

We live on a planet with no boundaries…
So what do we limit ourselves by?

 

 

 

‘Ruin Leads to Transformation.’

An evening ago, I decided to watch “Eat Pray Love” the recently released movie starring Julia Roberts based on the novel by Elizabeth Gilbert. It was about a woman who recently divorced her husband and lost her ‘flavor’ for life or more simply put her balance.

In an effort to reinstate her lost love for life, she decided to make three significant trips to Italy, India and Bali. As she toured Rome, she came upon the ‘Mausoleum of Augustus’; the magnificent architecture stood in ruins as once a great relic of a final resting place to a public bathroom for homeless people. Elizabeth marveled at the structure before her and thought how ‘Ruin Leads to Transformation.’ She wasn’t the only one in awe though, the sight captured my attention also and boy did my mind begin to ponder...

‘Ruin Leads to Transformation.’

We can’t help but feel an affiliation with the above phrase because as humans we have at some point experienced the wrath and fury of ruin and the firm yet forgiving hands of transformation.

What is transformation?

It means to change. Change is a simple two-syllable word even we are afraid to grasp. Change means to amend and amend is to make improvements.

Why do we thrill ourselves with the idea of a newer car model but scare at the thought of a newer me? Change is responsible for various world phenomena; every speck of creation, animate or inanimate, must undergo change.

It’s the way the world is…

     

        “The moon is reflected in the water;

        The moon doesn’t get wet and the water is undisturbed.” – Eihei Dogen

It’s the same, ruin is allowed to be reflected in our lives from time to time but it is up to us to not get disturbed by it but to grow from it and beautifully transform into a stronger being. Its how nature develops us for the ruin and hurt ahead of us because it is the way of our world for misfortune to follow fortune and vice versa.  This cycle continues because it’s how nature conceives balance but rest assure, over time, we should realize that ‘good’ and ‘bad’ are relative and it is our power of perception that guides us in the hour of counsel and shows us the clearer picture;

The ‘truth...’

“Keep moving forward…"

Life is a chance to give your best performance in high definition accuracy, the greatest competition; but it doesn’t highlight a single winner; its prize is shared among those who truly persevere and endure in the midst of its back- breaking, soul stirring challenges.

Giving up and despairing reduces your chances at scoring to your fullest potential.

Wake up and RUN!

The clock is counting down…

‘Keep moving forward.”

-Just a little bit further…

"Your Best Life Now"-Joel Osteen

These are a select few paragraphs from this life inspiring book

When we hold on to unforgiveness and we live with grudges, we are simply shutting other people out of our lives. We become isolated, alone, warped and imprisoned by our own bitterness.

Do you realize that these walls prevents God’s blessing from flowing into our lives? They can stop the flow of god’s favour and keep our prayers from being answered and they’ll hinder your dreams from coming to pass. 

You must forgive the people who hurt you so you can get out of your ‘prison.’ Get the bitterness out of your life; it’s the only way you’ll be free.

“For if you forgive men when they sin against you, our heavenly father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive men of their sins; your Father will not forgive you of your sins.”

Matthew 6:14 - 15

"Faith tells you the best is yet to come…"

‘God is more interested in changing you than he is in changing your circumstances. You may not always like it; you may want to run away from it; 

you may even resist it,

but God is going to bring the issue up again and again until you overcome and learn from the trial.’

Faith tells you the best is yet to come…