I received a call from a friend in the evening. He is police officer in Delhi Police. He invited me for semifinals of kabbadi league. I reached the venue. He took me along bypassing all the barricades without police checks and without ticket. :) "vardi effect"
We enjoyed the match between Patna pirates and Pune. Further, we also enjoyed the game between Mumbai macho and Kolkata. All of us were not aware of exact nature of rules of the game but somehow we managed to make some sense out of it. I was doubtful whether players are actually holding their breath while attacking other team. Later we did a little experiment ourselves to check if the person can breath in between chanting of kabbadi. And it tested negative. :)
Kabbadi is one of the best team game. Players have to take a quick decision whether they should be coming forward in defense of their fellow player from opponents or just leave of his misdeeds. I was reading a quote on whatsApp. It says a person needs two kind of friend in Life. One like Krishna and other like Karna. Krishna will not fight for you but make sure you win. Karna will fight for you even when you are wrong. When I look back at my life, I find the blessing and support of many Krishnas but I miss Karna.
It strengthens my believe in Karma theory. I am not sure whether I can play a Karna if ever a situation arise. I feel the only true Karna in one's life could be person's mother. There is nothing more selfless than the mother's love. Everything else comes with condition. That's probably the beauty of nature.
Another feature of Kabbadi is the "vicious trap" or chakravyuh style of trap. Defending players stand in group of 2. One holding the hand of other. If the attacker goes too deep inside on one side of square, the other side bulges out and try to put him in chakravyuha means try to trap him from his backside and lateral sides. In such situation, a person must have a lot of force to come out of trap. But if you don't go deep enough then it would be futile to even go because you wont be able to touch opponent. The same is true for life. Once you go too deep on one side, You have got more distance to cover to reach the finish line. So moral of the story is face uncertainty and use force to get out of difficult situations.
Later, when Mumbai machoed Kolkata and Patna pirated Pune, we had the privileged dinner arranged for organizers and core team. He took me to his Officers Mess where we had arrangements for night stay.
I have always been a fan of his calm, easygoing and free approach to life. He is a Vipasana champion. We had good philosophical discussion about life goals, and ideal life. He has decided to remain unmarried and live a relaxed life. His life epitomizes Osho's and Budhdha's text. Sometimes I wish I could develop similar calm and freedom in my lifestyle.
He told me about his journey of clearing UPSC.
This was the ultimate wisdom of the day for me. He said "What you think, you become". So most of the struggle in life is about finding out what do you want to do. Because once you know it, and you strive for it with full sincerity, The whole world conspires to help you meet your goal and fulfill your desire.
We enjoyed the match between Patna pirates and Pune. Further, we also enjoyed the game between Mumbai macho and Kolkata. All of us were not aware of exact nature of rules of the game but somehow we managed to make some sense out of it. I was doubtful whether players are actually holding their breath while attacking other team. Later we did a little experiment ourselves to check if the person can breath in between chanting of kabbadi. And it tested negative. :)
Kabbadi is one of the best team game. Players have to take a quick decision whether they should be coming forward in defense of their fellow player from opponents or just leave of his misdeeds. I was reading a quote on whatsApp. It says a person needs two kind of friend in Life. One like Krishna and other like Karna. Krishna will not fight for you but make sure you win. Karna will fight for you even when you are wrong. When I look back at my life, I find the blessing and support of many Krishnas but I miss Karna.
It strengthens my believe in Karma theory. I am not sure whether I can play a Karna if ever a situation arise. I feel the only true Karna in one's life could be person's mother. There is nothing more selfless than the mother's love. Everything else comes with condition. That's probably the beauty of nature.
Another feature of Kabbadi is the "vicious trap" or chakravyuh style of trap. Defending players stand in group of 2. One holding the hand of other. If the attacker goes too deep inside on one side of square, the other side bulges out and try to put him in chakravyuha means try to trap him from his backside and lateral sides. In such situation, a person must have a lot of force to come out of trap. But if you don't go deep enough then it would be futile to even go because you wont be able to touch opponent. The same is true for life. Once you go too deep on one side, You have got more distance to cover to reach the finish line. So moral of the story is face uncertainty and use force to get out of difficult situations.
Later, when Mumbai machoed Kolkata and Patna pirated Pune, we had the privileged dinner arranged for organizers and core team. He took me to his Officers Mess where we had arrangements for night stay.
I have always been a fan of his calm, easygoing and free approach to life. He is a Vipasana champion. We had good philosophical discussion about life goals, and ideal life. He has decided to remain unmarried and live a relaxed life. His life epitomizes Osho's and Budhdha's text. Sometimes I wish I could develop similar calm and freedom in my lifestyle.
He told me about his journey of clearing UPSC.
This was the ultimate wisdom of the day for me. He said "What you think, you become". So most of the struggle in life is about finding out what do you want to do. Because once you know it, and you strive for it with full sincerity, The whole world conspires to help you meet your goal and fulfill your desire.
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