The Veil of Mind

I don't think I know much. Yes, it's right. And how can I? My perspective is limited to my own life experience. Until I learn the life experience of all, how can I claim it?

We live a life full of quest. Yet our knowledge based on five senses is quite limited. Yes, it has its own limit. It works as per our own mind -- our own Software. We see only what our mind allows us to see.

Still, I can say all of us have a potential to unlock the hidden door of infinity. It's behind the veil of mind. To explore this treasure, we have to go beyond mind.

But it's tough. Very tough. Rather almost impossible. However, it can't be said that it's impossible. You can. I can. All of us can.

But?

Who really wants to go? 

This is a big question.

Because to go beyond mind means to vanish your identity -- the same identity for which we keep on working endlessly. We build a name, a job, a pride, a story. And then we are asked to drop it.

How?

Not possible?

The question is not who can be free.

The question is, who wants to be free?

Do we want to be free? 

Men Are Simple

Males are simple. No fancy dress, no expensive clothes, no exaggeration for aesthetics. Give them black, white, or some base colours and they are done for the day.

It’s a common male trait. They don’t bother about what people say about their appearance. It hardly affects them. Yes, it hardly affects. Not even 0.5% — until they themselves start thinking about it. But yes, most of us are fitness freak. We wanna look strong, healthy and lean. All of us want to. It's very common.

What else?

All males like cars and bikes. Why? Don’t know.

I remember when I was a kid, I too would lament for toy cars whenever I fell sick. Yes! Now, it hardly matters. I can buy, but I don’t feel it’s necessary. But that doesn’t mean I don’t know the models. Perhaps, I know all of them now. Why? It’s because of my son. Whenever he goes with me for a walk, on the way, he keeps asking, “Papa, which car is this?” And surprisingly, I too have developed interest now.

Impact of company? Maybe. These days I also talk too much with my brother-in-laws who are car lovers. Scorpio, Verna, Thar, Tigor and many more. Fascinating or idiotic? Am I also becoming an idiot?

No, I am not saying them idiots! How can I? I mean it's like walking into the lion's den.

Maybe are not idiot. Maybe just father. Maybe just men who are simple enough to find joy in his son’s small questions, and wise enough to enjoy the ride without needing to own the car.

That’s the thing about men. They don’t need much. A plain shirt, a walk with their kid, and a conversation about cars they’ll probably never buy — and they’re happy.

Simple, isn’t it?

Are CBSE's Digital Initiatives Truly Teacher-Friendly? A Ground Reality Check

CBSE deserves appreciation for taking bold steps towards digitalization — initiatives like OSM, On Screen Marking, DIKSHA and DIKSHA Courses show a clear intent to make education more transparent and modern.

But as a teacher working on the ground, I feel there is a gap between the intent and the implementation.

1. The Challenge of Last-Minute Deadlines and Server Load

Many times a new training or module is made mandatory with a short deadline. When thousands of teachers log in together on the last day, the app shows "Under Maintenance" or the OTP does not arrive.

The result is stress for teachers who genuinely want to complete the work on time, but cannot due to technical issues.

2. Multiple Apps for Similar Purposes

Currently we have DIKSHA App and DIKSHA Courses App. Both ask for frequent updates. One often says "new version available" even after updating, while the other sometimes shows "device not compatible".

A single, stable and lightweight app would be more helpful than multiple apps for the same objective.

3. OSM and On-Screen Evaluation — A Good Idea That Needs More Support

The idea of On-Screen Evaluation is excellent for transparency. However, during evaluation time, teachers often face issues like bundle not loading, app crashing, or issues in marks. When this happens due to technical reasons, the teacher is under pressure to explain.

Stronger technical support during evaluation weeks would solve this.

4. An Irony Worth Noticing

CBSE rightly advises us to reduce screen time for students and encourage offline learning. We fully support this.

At the same time, a teacher's screen time has increased significantly — completing online trainings, uploading marks on OSM, attending webinars, and filling feedback forms. Most of this time goes into waiting for pages to load, rather than actual learning.

We need to ensure that digital tools truly reduce our workload, not increase it.

A Humble Suggestion

We respect CBSE's vision. We only request:

1. Please test any app update with a small group before a pan-India rollout.

2. Give reasonable time windows and ensure servers are stable during the last days.

3. Provide one unified, stable platform.

4. Have an active helpline during OSM and DIKSHA deadlines.

We want to teach with full dedication. If technology supports us smoothly, we can implement NEP 2020 in its true spirit.

Views are personal and based on ground experience as a teacher. I may be wrong at some points but I write what we, teachers face mostly at ground level.

The Fake Pride of Being Blunt

People say, "They speak what they think about others." They flex it. They say they are bitter, but not sugarcoated.

Is it something to flex? Is it something to feel proud of?

No.

Being impulsive is not honesty. It is lack of control.

If you have guts, then speak wrong about yourself. Have guts to criticize yourself. Accept your follies. Don't filter yourself to be perfect. That needs real courage. Confront how you feel and what you think. 

It will give you courage to face your own dark side. 

What people call blunt is often sadism. They feel pleasure in giving pain to others — no matter if it is physical or psychological. And psychological pain is more deadly. It harms more. It stays longer.

But there is another side too.

We should be strong enough not to get affected by others easily. Be unaffected. Untouchable. Let them not hijack you. Don't give power to their words.

Someone's opinion about you is not your truth. Only your awareness is your truth.

And this balance — not hurting others and not getting hurt by others comes only when we surrender to the Supreme Consciousness. Breaking the constraints of mind and body is very important.

Only then we are free.

Prudence — The First Step to Spirituality

28 August 2017, Flashback

"A religion which makes you blind and biased cannot be called a true religion. Because a true religion first gives you the eyes of prudence — which is just the first step to spirituality. It makes you the master of thy mind, whereas pseudo religion makes thee slave of thy senses."

~ Sudhir Singh

I knowingly used the word religion because spirituality can never be understood by all. It is quite deep and sometimes misunderstood by people. That is why Osho is misunderstood. That is why J. Krishnamurti is not known to all laymen.

Why?

It is just because people like cheap material. A material which gives them only thrill. And thrill kills prudence.

In present religion, there is a lot of thrill, a lot of noise, a lot of disturbance. You lose your inner calm. You feel a pseudo confidence which comes from crowd. But here comes the most dangerous part — now you can be easily manipulated, you can be used as a potential weapon. And for this, only one thing is required: a slogan.

True religion gives you eyes.

Pseudo religion gives you a crowd.

One makes you awake.

The other makes you blind.

Transparency is not ignorance. It is courage.

For the past few years, I have seen a new trend. People are learning psychological tricks, cold behaviour, dark psychology, and mind manipulation from reels and YouTube. And they are using it on their own family and friends, without understanding its dangerous impact on their own mind. 

People start living a secretive life. They hide their weaknesses, they never show their true feelings, they always act calculative. 

But why do they need to do this? Are they Prime Ministers or King who has a threat to be assassinated? Are they in politics where they have to hide everything?

I think the real reason is fear. They manipulate others, so they live in fear that if others know their weakness, they will also be manipulated in the same way.

They may succeed in manipulating others. They may defeat others. But this success comes at the cost of their own inner happiness. After doing this, they can never remain happy.

Such habits slowly create narcissistic and sadistic traits in them. A narcissist is selfish, so he cannot see others' suffering. A sadist does not feel others' pain; he smiles when others are in trouble. And both use these tactics in such a way that when the victim complains, they manipulate the story and show the victim as the culprit.

Thus the victim is psychologically killed from both sides — from inside and from outside.

That is why I don't like such content. I write everything about myself. I believe in transparency, self-expression, and no secrecy. This is not because I am ignorant. It is because I am also a student of psychology. I know how the mind works.

And I have faith in HariHar, Shree Krishna — that it is He who dwells in every living being. So if He puts me in trouble, He wants to strengthen me from inside as a student of Spiritual Science.

Yes, when I am in body and mind, I too feel good and bad. I may feel hurt too, perhaps more than others, because I feel intensely.

My path is harder — because when we are transparent, people may hurt us more because we feel intensely. But in the long run, this path will give peace. 

Follow me at your own risk. My path may break you if you are weak from inside, to rebuild you stronger.

Respect Over Money - Why My Salary is Enough For Me

Our former Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji, lived a simple and economical life. He proved that a man’s greatness is not in his wealth, but in his values and honesty.

I believe in the same.

In 2015-16, I was earning Rs. 12,000 per month. At my father's friend's family function, my father pointed at me in front of everyone and said, "Look at him, he earns only 12,000." People looked at me with disgust.

I know his intentions were good. He did it for a rightful purpose. But one should know if the way is right.

I was young, talented, and giving my best. I had cleared CTET and later PSTET, but there were always exams after exams. Time was slipping like sand from my hands.

Out of humiliation, I walked 15 km back home that day, avoiding all public transport.

After one year, during that tough phase, I met S. Kashmir Singh Thind Ji. Sir told me, "Beta, teach with stability. There is nothing in four-five thousand rupees more. When you change schools repeatedly, your value becomes zero." 

I kept his words in my heart and fortunately get a guide Mrs Amarjit Dhaliwal, the Principal of GMT International Public School.

Today, I earn a handsome amount of salary. Yes, it may seem less to you when I tell, but for me it is more than sufficient.

I was always honest about my salary. Before my marriage during COVID, I showed the Screenshot of my salary and savings to my in-laws. They said they wanted honesty, not money. But later, the taunts for my simple living started again.

I don't have Scorpio or Thar Cars like my cousins. I have a Scooter Maestro Edge, and it serves the purpose. I wear a Rs. 200 shirt and Rs. 500 pant, and that too serves the purpose.

I don't want debt. I want to bear my own expenses, educate my only son, do my teachings, stay fit, and spend time in Naam Jap. That's enough.

Since childhood, I had only one passion — to discover my true self, the Cosmic Consciousness. For that, I was called "not practical."

Maybe I am not practical for them. But for me, they are not practical — they are chasing something that will perish one day. I am who I am, without a mask. Perhaps that annoys them.

Let it annoy.