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But the human mind can be VERY EGOISTIC to handle this.

He gave one example from his own life :

When Ganesh sir was in his twenties he was very envious of the great poet Kalidasa because How could kalidasa write such excellent poetry & why not Ganesh sir ? 

It seems he used to not whole heartedly appreciate Kalidasa's works & would even argue with other supporters of this poet.

Over a period of time with deep study of Kalidasa many secrets revealed & Ganesh Sir's writings reflected the beauty & glory like that of the great poet , Ganesh sir became so close to this great poet's work is that he became a DASA to KALIDASA.

He wanted to offer his tribute to the great poet & hence wrote a poetry ( in sanskrit) that said something like :

When i was young my eyes were clouded by ignorance & had a poor sight but as i started moving closer to you the clouds transformed into rain which came down my cheeks as tears & has cleared the vision, my tears will be ever flowing as an offering of prayashchitha ( repentance ) to what i had thought about you before.

Even today when Ganesh Sir gives a lecture on Kalidasa's works starts the session with this poetry.

His face looked very gratified & fulfilled.

We were stunned by his greatness ! 

Few others things he mentioned that can be quoted are :

1. The Mango Tree can never be an apple tree or a Jasmine tree, Each individual ,Each artist is unique ,there can be none in this world that cane be YOU.So enjoy your Art , Enjoy your work, Feel GOOD about yourself :)

2. People who celebrate Awards are those who have NOT CELEBRATED THEIR OWN WORKS OF ART.

3. In the field of music/dance /Theatre one can take inspiration from Gurus /Artists from a time frame of may be 50 - 100 years but in the field of Literature he observes that there are great people ,outstanding works from CENTURIES.

So where does one actually stand ? 

4. There is co much to do but HOW MUCH CAN ONE DO ...

For this Ganesh sir quotes a beautiful example :

When the Sun God asked WHO could take his place all other Gods,Devas, Sages & superior beings dismissed saying it is TOO MUCH OF WORK... while one little lamp said " I.....could try ....! 

I can atleast shoo away the darkness & bring some light to one room...

Now THIS IS ONE POSITIVE LAMP ! 

So there is a hope for us that we can be like this little LAMP & feel gratified if not quantitatively, but qualitatively we can 

all contribute to our own areas & BE HAPPY :)

Drunk with the inspiring words of Ganesh Sir & our heads bombarding with ideas we parted ways.

IT WAS THE BEST CELEBRATION OF GANESHA CHATHURTHI.

well, actually before the dawn of Chathurthi , THIS GANESHA had enlightened us :)

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