'Namo Mantras' - strategic lessons to be learnt from Modi's Win

 This journey of a 'Chaiwallah' to 7RCR ( even the bunglow's name abbreviates like Sarkaar), It was not a simple feat or favouring of Lady Luck, Mr. Modi who was mostly an extramural student, completing his education through Distance Learning correspondence courses, created a history and given the management lessons that even elite Harvard people could never fathom. 

Its clear that this victory is not only to be talked of, but to be learnt from, making it a case study.

So what are the leading points that can be learnt from this historic feat. Come what may, this Man is really made of Iron, who stirred long lost emotions of countrymen, whether it is with acchchhe din aane wale hai or  with his homage to Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel for Statue of Unity or embracing the style of Sardar by giving Free Hand to bureaucrats and secretariats, focusing only on being result oriented not on methodology.

Jo tum ko ho pasand wahi baat kahenge ( will speak only what you wish to hear)- Modi always went for a 'win-win' situation, whether dealing with a stressed out Ratan Tata after Singur Problem when he invited him to Gujrat stating, this will be a J.V between Gujrat State and Tata Group, or whether dealing with MSME industries ,or addressing the weavers of Varanasi, or assuring the common man of transparent governance, effective administration or development, he was showcased as Merchant of dreams reloading the hope matrix and wagon of hataash niraash ( disappointed and with no hopes )  common man.

Dealing with competition, isolate your rival from the masses or prove them insignificant : When ramadoss said a chaiwallah could never become the Prime Minister of India , he did singular service to Mr. Modi’s cause. He turned the pejorative jibe into a talisman that merged his humble beginnings, his struggle and his ambition into the narrative of the entire campaign at the same time Modi was highlighting his archrival 'born with silver ( could as well be gold with diamond studded) spoon  in his mouth'  heir of the scion as ‘Shehzaada’ or ‘rahul baba’, a tag sufficient to make a common man think of him as still childish someone, not as a head of the state.  He began his famous ‘Chai pe Charcha’ and I guess this Chai of his  was as effective as the ‘Boston Tea Party’

Be unpredictable - Throughout his campaigning, he was unpredictable, he played different strokes for the different folks and never once used one strategy twice. Aggressively taken care of internal hostility for his candidature even by his seniors but never forget to bend and bow and touch their feet, ignored kejriwal , lashed out at Manmohan singh, ridiculed Rahul Gandhi, told Priyanka she is like his daughter, Laughed at 'Sonia Ben ' when she called him Merchant of death and told the fun only began when Sonia ben entered the field during state election of Gujrat. World is dynamic, so should be your strategy.

Align your entire team to the final goal. – The entire co-ordination of hierarchy of this leader to his wingmen to his foot-soldiers was electrifying and transfused with enthusiasm and diligence. He straight away said dont look at the candidate, look at me. 

Mere paas Maa hai – Where Maa is concerned, we Indian wear emotions on sleeves, so connect emotionally with the people of the country, your target audience. Unlike Rahul baba, he never limits his mother to his birth mother only, but Bharat Mata, Bhaajpa (BJP) Maa, Ganga Maa as well. After all Maa represent the half world population. Indian like the face of their leader as pragmatic yet emotional. Give respect to woman folk, it will increase your popularity. In fact he gives repect to doosro ki maa as well. By sending Nawaz Shareef's mother a beautiful shawl, the gesture was reciprocated with white saree for his mother by Pak P.M.

Mujh pe ek ehsaan karna, ki mujhpe koi ehsaan na karna – Poor kejriwal through out his campaign was in a way marketing Mr. Modi trying to provoke him but in return only received silence, when Mr. Modi never  mentioned him once, even after his surprising victory in Delhi State election. Where kejriwal was concerned, Modi was silent and stoic, waiting this euphoria to fade away on its own and for kejriwal to give his foot into his mouth. Modi knew even a single remark will create media frenzy wave for kejriwal which he beautifully and strategically devoid him off. Poor fellow reduced to all bark and no bite guy.

Establish Credibility before placing yourself for the ultimate challenge - He placed his Gujrat modal for development and his erstwhile tenure of turning State of Gujrat from dust to Gold. After proving his credentials amongst all section of society and citizen, he placed himself for the ultimate trial by fire, projecting himself as Candidate for PM, clearly defining his commitment and dedication for striving and toiling towards it. While others were beating around the bush over  the idea and act coy, Modi has always been clear he wanted and firmly presented himself for that. His allies came forward singing hymns when they were convinced of his potentiality.

Set the target and break the complexity into sub target - There is a story of Chanakya, when he was contimuously receiving set back to destroy Nand's empire, then during another hide out, he sought shelter in an old lady's cottage, where the hostess served him and chandragupt maurya some steaming hot rice. When Chanakya burnt his finger while trying to break the food from centre, the lady laughed and said " arent you behaving like Chankya?", perplexed Chanakya asked how, she answered try break our bites from corners instead of attacking centres, Rice there has been cooled" 

Mr. Modi also did the same, he first broke the entire target into sub parts and assigned each part to his trusted soldier by delegating the authority like UP to his right handed man Amit Shah.

Plan Meticulously - its said that failing to plan is planning to fail, Modi is Plan Man of highest order, who emphasised planning and controlling with precision. 

Corner your opponent and open flood gates - Mr. Modi turned the entire national level party  with deep roots in history as a mere pocket borough party. He attacked his opponent and never gave them a chance to even raise their heads from ducking position. 

Create Punchline that ring in the minds for long - Whether 'chappan ki chhati', achchhe din aane wale hai or ab ki baar modi sarkaar, he made his remarks mass popular and could reflect an element of truth, unlike congress ka ' kattar soch nahi yuva josh' because this sort of canvassing infuriated that yuva josh only , who is fed up of scams of the hopeless govt and has not forgotten that this yuva josh was  lathi charged at by congress Govt. when they demanded justice for Nirbhaya. Kathni karni ek karo Rahul baba coz as Modi ji reminded" Janta Maaf nahi karegi"

Act, act and it will probably come true - Dreaming is not sufficient, act on it and dream is the vision, 

Reality Distortion – Steve Jobs might have practiced it, but Modi became Head Master of this discipline. Priyanka Gandhi might still be wondering how come her ‘neech rajneeti’ remark got converted into ‘ neech jaati’ winning accolades for Mr. Modi and offering him a penetration into the hearts of backward classes.

Hit the iron when it is hot - Whether taking the former PM Manmohan Singh on independence day or frustration with the Congress lackadaisical governance at the centre, Mr. Modi identified the opportunity and started creating the friendly wave in his favour.

He also make it a point to ride on popularity wave while capitalizing every opportunity.

Always behave like a duck, keep calm and unruffled on the surface, but paddle vigorously underneath - THis dream began from 2011, when in an investor's summit, all the stalwarts of indian industries supported and appreciated Mr. Modi's powerful persona and one voiced up the desire to see him as leader of the nation. 

Thus began a ground work from grass root level to convert this dream into reality

Think out of box  - Mr. Modi is the first  political figure in the country who has mobile apps that lead to his blogs and website. his website is stated to be the most organized one. 

Branding - When dealing with globe trotting investors, he presented himself as CEO of Gujrat Inc. When he was ridiculed as 'Chai Wallah ' cannot be a P.M., he used this image to connect himself with lower section of economy, making them feel as if its our own 'banda'. 

Look Before You Leap - before facing your audience, research thoroughly and then step up on the podium. Mr. Modi definitely dreamed of this height, but as well layering every step and his every speech was foresighted and well planned.

A Marked into heart conversation - Keep you communication lucid effective and confident, infuse it with integrity, affirmative body language and face in relaxed position. Secondly his addresses are never monologue, he tries to make it a dialogue.

Maintaining self-respect will result in respect by others - Mr. Modi unlike previous PMs ( excpet Durga Vahini Indira Gandhi ) never jumped on invitation by US of A. Infact american greeting was responded later at a convenient time at his twitter handle. Its noted that Mr. Modi remains the only person ever to be banned from traveling to the United States under the International Religious Freedom Act.
At that time USA wanted to prove itself a secular country who also emphasize importance only on Christianity. Mr. Modi was considered to be scape goat in doing so, coz they couldnt put national heads like Maliki if Iran or Pakistan in that category, while Mr. Modi was at that time a small regional level leader. Modi's indifference towards USA now has manifolded the respect in the hearts of Indian who feel proud to be an Indian.
If only Bush and Obama knew they will be dealing with a man not only representing largest democracy, but as well the one man who creates emotional stirs in the heart of the leading American Gujjus. 

Stoic  - Mr. Modi never gave any hints of anxiety prepolls or excitement when confirmed a history is created. He was Stoic throughout without any flinching or balking. His calm cool demeanor is worth adapting and his biggest strength during stress management.

Connecting with the people, choose right platform  - When USA denied him visa, he spoke to NRIs through video conferencing. Even USA underestimated this power and after ridiculing him and black listing him on the grounds of secular 

Mr. Modi used latest technology and social media to connect with people as well the traditional medium of road shows and rallies in a  proactive interactive way.

Says an Indian Express report: “Narendra Modi rallies have, in recent times, gone on to become full-fledged stage productions involving light, sound, carefully chosen music, stage design and sky cameras — all intended to enhance viewer experience and build the Modi brand.”

An Economic Times report explains why a Modi rally is not just any event: “At every Modi meeting, an army of volunteers combs through the crowd, gathering feedback, profiling attendees and making a headcount. Later the party's IT cell collates all the data.”

Develop strong communication and support system at all levels of hierarchy, from grass root level to top admin - Mr. Modi is known for his intense connection with kaaryakarta to senior party leaders.

 Create a friendly wave, then take on the blazing guns - Mr. Modi initialyy gave the interviews to friendly media person, and when he knew he has taken a giant leap where popularity is concerned, took on the blazing guns.

Keep confidence in your confidantes for confidential matters – Mr. Modi knows the importance of intelligence network and had it demonstrated while dealing initial unrest over his candidature with former police offiver Vanjara’s letter making rounds against him.

Create own style statement.
Mr. Modi is lauded for his fashion statement. He knows the importance of outfit and his mont blanc pen. He has already floored US media who is busy cheering his fashion sense with a craze wave and even asking Michelle Obama to step aside for our very own Gujju Guy.

Tackling too many rivals at same time -  When Digvijay Singh was firing him for his marital status, he kept his dignified silence and never bothered to answer, came pristine white after declaring himself a married man when all the hue cry subsided coz Diggi was too busy dealing with his own love life. 
Btw I am still wondering how those intimate pics of Old Diggi with his lady love went viral.  
His strategy clearly reveals the 'management by exception' phenomenon. He figuratively played his 'Pac Man Defense' game when diggi was busy digging out the dirt over his marital status. Kudos , unique combination of Chanakya and Master Sun Tzu, I thee bow.

Abode of God

The advent of Kaliyuga ( the era as per to hinduism when sin prevails, virtues take a set back) came and all the devas and angels were devastated. They said "Parampita (Supreme father) Brahma created universe and granted the boon to mankind that whenever they have some wish, go to the temple or any place of worship where me and Shiva and Vishnu ( Brahma is Generator, Vishnu is Operator and Shiva is Destroyer as per to Hindu texts)  are there along with their consorts  and ask for it. You granted them the boon that all the seekers will be blessed with their wish" , so far human race was satisfied and ask for spiritual growth, but now they are turning materialist, asking for gold, palaces, high social standing. We are fed up of fulfilling these wishes. They went to Brahma and ask Him to take back the boon, to which heavenly father replied " I can't take back what i gave, but can alter my words. I made those deities reside in temple who were fulfilling the prayers, now i will change the abode where human will not search for them. He made all the deities switch their home into hearts of human. Man will be busy searching him everywhere but the last place he will ever search will be into his heart, where God  will be found.

From then on, human seek Almighty everywhere, but never in him, in his heart.

Landscaping your life

See the pictures below

No prize for guessing the most beautiful of the two, but tell me what is the corelation of these pictures and our thoughts, both positive and negative.

Our positive thoughts are just like the first pic, we need to plant them with our efforts, condition them with continuous care and nurture them. However negative thoughts are just like the unwanted weeds that are never welcome, but they crop up without any aid, however you need to uproot them regularly with your efforts. Thats the difference, positive thoughts require actions to plant them in mind and negative require those actions to weed them out of our mind.

Medicine and Thoughts – the feel good and ‘placebo effect’

Clinically its proven that that our thoughts and emotions directly affect the state of our physical health. This is Mind-Body connection is because of special chemical messengers, called neuropeptides, which help our body's organs communicate directly with the brain, and brain with the organs.

As soon as we think something, our brain releases neurotransmitters and hormones, which trigger physical responses and reactions in our body. If we are stuck up in some stressful situation and turn pessimist then our heart starts racing and our body secretes two powerful stress hormones, Cortisol and 
Norepinephrine ( also known as adrenaline or fight or flight hormone). These are  produced when something is or seems to be threatening,however its gushing sometimes halter the ageing process, but its continous 
level rise results in high blood pressure, fat storage  and other chronic disease. And the cell repairing hormones DHEA, serotonin, endorphins is not been able to produce by  glands when they are busy releasing cortisol.

The cosmic connection of Karma and Zen with well being.

Life is a continuous quest for understanding the greater meaning of existance.

Nourish not only the outer temple( body) but also the inner idol (soul)

A spiritual leader said  that your anger is like a high nosed prince who comes only on airways. When ever you are angry then watch your breathing pattern, it will be fast.

How to control anger through breathing

• Sit down and breath deeply then rhythmatically
• Clear your mind from worries, visualize yourself amidst nature, feel happy, healthy. Fill your heart with love and affection for loved ones and gratitude for this life.
• Smile as if raising your chest with pride and feel as if you are already successful.
• Now slowly let go of your anger.
• If necessary use, music of waterfall or seawaves and can also use bach flower therapy ( use of flower oils and fragrance for uplifting mood).

Leading the life - " Do you have a dream?"

 try to recall your dreams. Not able to get? Then List  things you would do if you have bank balance of your favorite billionaire.

Now try to find out how you can achieve them.

"Nobody else can destroy you except you; nobody else can save you except you"-OSHO

The extra baggage of the journey - factors that are antagonist to our art of living.

Internal Factors - Enemies with in

Indifference ( waiting for some miracle to happen and not taking action to turn your dream into vision through your action)

Indecision -  thief of opportunity

      Worry – turning ourselves into Don Quixotes

      Diffidence – less adaptability to change, the risk rules the mind factor

      Blame game

  

      Procrastination

Ego

Anger

Psychology of deceit –“ No choice with me, I am helpless”  factor

External Factors.

Crab Trap – Its common to find that when crabs are trapped, if one of their peer tries to liberate himself, they shred his limbs. Jealousy of  co-leagues is a major cause of it.

Unshackling the bondage and liberating yourself of these extra baggage

# Develop that Body language

      Imagine yourself to be financially secure and successful

Now describe the way in which you would talk

 you would walk

Now get that style and body language and confidence in your daily life.



# Positive Attitude and Personality

Confidence – Repeat the Mantra when the going gets tough for u, “ I can do it, I will do it, I have to do it” and you will get going.

# Create your unique style statement. Make extra effort to look good.

 Try to be cheerful companion rather than grumpy, grouchy person.

 # Physical fitness – increase intake of alkaline food and reduce acidic food. Try practice of correct deep breathing in fresh air early morning and detoxicate at regular intervals. Drink 8-10 glasses of water everyday. Exercise briskly

# Listen to your intuitive self. Get connected with your Higher Realm.

# Art of Communication –  communication involves not only words but tone and body language as well.

 Sweeten it.

 Get back to basics. Reconnect with old friends, hobbies, do the things that pleases you.

 Take initiatives and risk

 Help someone out, volunteer for Charity organization or do something good.

Pray, it helps.

As  sages of the spiritual and philosophical traditions have prophesized , "Let It Be." We do not hold any power of attorney to judge a person. so let it be. Dont fret and fume over something you dont have control over.  Simplify the life, do not allow the clutter or unwanted baggages of past rule you. Stop clinging to past, let bygones be bygones. 

 Therapeutic Laughter - Laugh at yourself and find humour in the simplest of things. Laughter is a powerful mood elevator.

If you cant avoid it, then enjoy it.

 Get three elements in you – Love or passion, Knowledge and Intellect and you will never be a failure.

 Always remember – Things could be worse, right now they are only bad.

Bridging the past present and future - Self Introspection and Evaluation

 Find out where you find yourself in past say before 3 years, in present and in future say 3 years down the line  for the below mentioned parameters.

 Mental level

 Physical Constitution and level

 Emotional strength level

Spiritual level

 Looks

 Personal relationship level

 Social level and

Standard of living level.

There is a wonderful story that once man asked God that if everything happens as per to HIS desire and HE has written everything then why should one wish for anything, God said with a smile, “ Because may be I have written ‘As you wish’.

So keep bringing positivity in your life

Quizzed up for Quiz - Creating a memorable event

Quizzed up – How to organize a Quiz

Quizzing is one game that blends stress, crisis, lateral thinking, time management, strategic planning  all into one. A good quiz is not only about contestant, it also include good organizational team as well as quizzer with magnetic personality who knows how to create nail biting excitement, suspense, curiosity, inquisitiveness  and enthusiasm, not only among contestants, but in audience as well.

Key points to keep in mind for organizing a Quiz.

Master of the Ceremony – The  Quiz Master

That’s right, a quiz master is master of the ceremony, he should be the arbitrator, assert authority in case of conflict and dispute and let all know that his will be the final word in such case. Do not bend to the wishes of contestants and should not tolerate any non sense. But at the same time, be witty, humorous and with quick reflexes and have superb timing to either create tension or to deflate some. Because his job is not only to involve participants but make the audience actively involved in the quiz instead of being mere onlookers.

A quiz master is a public speaker as well, so you should be clearly audible, flexible in approach with correct diction, pronunciation and your facts should be cross checked and answers correctly spelled.

A million dollar question – how to frame questions

Give a clue – Its not necessary that contestant should know all answers, but by using reasoning and logic, they can pick the hint in question and derive answers.

Hot and Cold – Quiz that is too easy to answer or too difficult to answer loses all its charm. Format questions that there are easy, medium and difficult question, but frame the questions in such way  that not only contestants, but even audience have brain storming time while thinking answers. That will keep them glued to the show. As stated correctly in  Quiz night by Reader’s Digest  – One or two difficult question is enough to separate men from the boys.

Questions should have  only one specific answer, not many generalized answers – Your question should have only one possible answer and that too not mysterious, obscure or  enigmatic.

Keep suspense in buzzer question : Buzzer round questions should be something that reveal itself inch by inch, coz anxiety and excitement in buzzer round is often game changer. Keep the question that unfurl itself slowly with next hint, coz contestant would jump into the wagon in haste, and anxiety excitement and patience will decide the strategy as well as fate of the  teams.

KISS ( keep it short and sweet ) the rapid fire round – elaborated answer in rapid fire is time consuming. Try to frame questions so that maximum can be attempted by the team

Prepare reserve set of questions: in case of tie, prepare a few questions to be used if need arise.

Its Show Time Folks -  the main event

Check the microphones, audio system, buzzer system and computers.

Create an efficient team and delegate responsibility.

Keep your attire decent and formal, after all we are here for some serious business.

Keep technical person handy in case of some fault or mishap.

Organize the question and answer cards, score cards and answer sheets.

Keep themes and interesting rules like bonus, double or negative marks to create neck to neck competition.

Have interesting audio visual and thematic rounds as well.

Quiz is informative entertainment that helps in brain conditioning with time, stress, skills, crisis and strategic management with logical reasoning. Keep all these factors in mind and have great time wooing your audience and contestants.

God's Plan - the best plan

" Man ka ho to achchha, na ho to aur bhi achchha " ( if things happen as you desire is good, but if it doesnt, then its best because then its happening as per to His Master plan, not as per your faulty plans)
It happened around 3 years back, my first encounter with the dirtiest politics. One of a staff person switched her job at a day's notice. Immediately head hunting began to replace the person with expertise command and qualification in finance. Though I was just an year old in professional arena, due to qualification, I surpassed my seniors. Which didn't go well with those seniors, hence manipulation and gaming, and with in two hours of the declaration, where the financial subject was entrusted to me,  it was taken in a breath and I was given the monotonous routine of mentoring one subject in four classes. Being a multitasker, that didnt go well with me

I was infuriated, even blasted publicly because the subject and the class allotted to me were my first and still favorite batch, but I decided to accept the situation. I thought it to be the worst year.

Needless to say, I was wrong. That year and that manipulation couldnt take anything, instead gave me relations of lifetime. The batch I was deprived of teaching, developed strong bonding with me and even became my first and so  far only batch of whom  I took extra coaching at home, but that year gave me a 'royal gem' as well.

The batch was the most inquisitive, curious, out of box thinker and always ready for brain storming. I taught them for two years, but that first year when I thought the year to be horrifyingly monotonously boring where I was teaching same content four times, became a foundation stone. That one year I was tested in terms of reliability. I even lashed out at them for bunking and skipping my classes, and I knew they hated me for that, still slowly and silently when the bonding get stronger, and we had role reversals as well, I mentored them in subject, and in return had the most amazing reverse mentoring.

I found friendship worth envying, leadership traits worth wishing, 'never say never' aptitude worth adapting, right attitude worth developing. Those girls are one of the real spirited angels  with invisible wings (and  with a bit of dark side hint as well ) who prefer to live by their own rule book.

The second year made me an elder sis to them and the most amazing year of my career.

And today I genuinely want to say thanks to all my manipulative seniors for doing all plotting and planning because you were just a mediator in the master plan.

P.S. : I told you Royal, my latest post will be dedicated to you.

Life Lesson on Death

Recently while conversing with a dear friend of mine, we entered into the topic of death. The conversation made me think of this inevitable but most dreaded phase of 'life'. And co-incidently came across the famous quote of Robin Sharma "I’ve yet to read an obituary that says “he died peacefully surrounded by his banker, his stockbroker and his accountant.”

And that made me think how i would want the last breath on this worldly plane. Surrounded in the arms of the person whom i love and who loves me, with a smile and serenity reflected in every pore of my being. At that time it wouldnt matter to me whether i was successful on material level, but happy at personal and spiritual level.

There is a story of six year old girl, named bonnie,  in elizabeth kubler ross's book. Bonnie's mother left her dear child with her neighbor while she went to work. The little one was playing in her neighbor's lawn when an out of control and speeding car came and crashed in. This girl got knocked up by that car. Immediately 911 was called. The first officer to arrive there found her life clinging by few minutes and knew no amount of medical help would be suffice. He just picked her up and held her in his arms. By the time paramedics arrived the girl stopped breathing. They started life support and rushed to hospital where emergency team did their best, but all efforts were futile. Bonnie's mother found her daughter lifeless. She was inconsolable and so much grief stricken that she broke down. It was only when that police man told her that her little girl was being held and loved during her final moments on earth, was she consolable and uttered a thank you.

Sufism

तेरे अलफ़ाज़ से रिश्ता कोई इलाही है ,तेरे अलफ़ाज़ तेरे होने की गवाही है



Sufism is the sect carved out of Islam that do not instill fear of God, but Love for God, it take God as a beloved. One important sufi saint is mavlana Rumi, who also was inventor of whirling dervish dance, where the dervish think himself and dance in the trance as a planet revolving round the sun.

“silence is the language of god,
all else is poor translation.”




The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.

Lovers don't finally meet somewhere,
they're in each other all along. - Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi

“What you seek is seeking you.”


“Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth.”


“I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.”


“Here is a relationship booster
that is guaranteed to
work:

Every time your spouse or lover says something stupid
make your eyes light up as if you
just heard something
brilliant.”


“When you go through a hard period,
When everything seems to oppose you,
... When you feel you cannot even bear one more minute,
NEVER GIVE UP!
Because it is the time and place that the course will divert!”

- Rumi


“I searched for God among the Christians and on the Cross and therein I found Him not.
I went into the ancient temples of idolatry; no trace of Him was there.
I entered the mountain cave of Hira and then went as far as Qandhar but God I found not.
With set purpose I fared to the summit of Mount Caucasus and found there only 'anqa's habitation.
Then I directed my search to the Kaaba, the resort of old and young; God was not there even.
Turning to philosophy I inquired about him from ibn Sina but found Him not within his range.
I fared then to the scene of the Prophet's experience of a great divine manifestation only a "two bow-lengths' distance from him" but God was not there even in that exalted court.
Finally, I looked into my own heart and there I saw Him; He was nowhere else.”


“There came one and knocked at the door of the Beloved.
And a voice answered and said, 'Who is there?'
The lover replied, 'It is I.'
'Go hence,' returned the voice;
'there is no room within for thee and me.'
Then came the lover a second time and knocked and again the voice demanded,
'Who is there?'
He answered, 'It is thou.'
'Enter,' said the voice, 'for I am within..



For every darvish, three things satrting with alphabet 'ain' is important, ISHQ, AKL, ILM ( Love, Intellect, and Knowledge) - Mehboob - e - Ilaahi, Hazrat Nizamuddin...

May God steal from you all that steals you away from Him. – Rabia Al-Adawiyah
“Knock, And He'll open the door
Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun
Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens
Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything.”