Dear Shekhar,

Thanks for sharing your personal thoughts about in the making of the film on Buddha. "Life itself is interpretation and Journey is the destination" - some profound statements. Looking forward to see your movie on Buddha

Namaste,
Venky

Perhaps the Void is just fine the way it is? No need to fill it up with anything. Being at ease in the Void?

If you believe in the existence of God there is no searching required only complete trust, the rest follows... maybe not a pot of gold, but something much grander an eternity in love and peace.

When my mom passed away five years come this November. (I was a twenty-three years old just starting out on my own life's adventure.) The most amazing moment happed in her passing; it seemed that heaven opened it's doors and the three of us kids were able to see the face of love, the face of God. We witnessed bright shimmer lights, and we were surrounded with complete love and peace, so much that I can not really explain the depth of it. When it left, it took her with it and today I am amazed at what I witnessed. I will never foget that moment as long as live. I often wonder why we (us kids) got to see that happen? The only answer that keeps coming up is the faith that our family had in God. My mother was a living, walking, dying testmony of God's existence and will. I often wonder if it was her personal prayer with God to allow her kids (she called us her three angels)to witness her communing with eternity.

From that whole experience I have realized that there is no searching required! There is only complete and total trust, because God is always there. You just have to believe!

I like this quote ... “God lies in the search for God’ ~ Shekhar. For me, I believe in '... seek and you shall find.' ~Luke 11:9 So, I think that the discovery reflects upon the search and that we are the rainbow as well as the pot of gold :-)

Dear Shekhar ... I wish there was some way that I could help you with your film, but at the moment all I can do is give you my best wishes on a very exciting adventure! ... and I hope you keep us up to date on your progress as I find this subject very interesting ... your words touch my soul deeply. :-) Love, Char

Dear Amanda ... Thanks for sharing that lovely story ... just made me feel good all over :-) Love, Char

Hey Shekhar: I've grown fond of the notion that "we" don't actually find God--God "finds" us when we are ready--although God never lost us and knows exactly where we are at all moments in eternity!

It is the hide-and-seek or cat-and-mouse game, "The Journey," as you said--from our perspective.

Recall the saying, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, 'kill' him!"

Most have a hard time with that notion, but it seems the meaning is to 'kill' our idea, or image, of who or what the (a) Buddha is.

Most definitely looking forward to the 'journey" of vicariously experiencing your search for that Self-Same One.

Your honesty regarding regarding the longing to fill that empty soul void is universally shared and appreciated. Think how much "stuff" we would cease to consume if we simply acknowledged the emptiness of that ache for what it is--the sense of separation from God--which of course, is an illusion!

How powerful our minds are that we can create the actuality of such a chasm, or void.

I keep thinking the torrential and record-setting rains India has been experiencing are the "tears of God" at our perception that we are separate from SAI BABA (I have learned Sa-Ayi means mother, and Baba means father).

Good Evening Shekhar . . .hope all is well. My comments echo those above as well as yours. I think it is great that people are at least taking the time and resources to focus on subjects like the story of Buddha - well done!

Wishing you the best possible outcome on this endeavour . . . look forward to the results!

Take care and keep smiling!!

Laila

Humm ... well, I googled Shekhar and I see that he is very successful and famous. Anyway, I'm now a little embarrassed and feel humbled that he liked one of my poems. ... he seems so real and nice on the boards, to where I was completely caught off guard ... now I need to ask myself why? Oh well.... still smiling :-)

Yeah, I think the main point is that the Buddha himself knew that the experience of Nirvana could not be taught, only the pathway to Nirvana. Anything that helps illuminate the "path" will be a valuable work of art.

It would be nice if you could get the story of Buddha's previous incarnation in there, that of "Prince Five Weapons." That's a good story. Also there are two forms of bad art: Didactic and Pornographic. Didactic tries to teach a lesson, pornographic, tries to fill the observer with desire. The only good art leaves the observer in a state of "Aesthetic Arrest," the point through the middle symbolized by the point in the cross where the two vertical and horizontal pieces meet. That's the path through which all good art and good living go.

Dear Shekhar, Lots of luck in your venture...sounds like if "feels" right. I have a story......when I was in first grade we had "show and tell". My father was a major in the army in WWII and traveled the world before he even got married. I always envied a hand carved wooden Buddha which sat on our mantle in our living room. It was beautiful. Well......when it was my turn to do show and tell, I took the Buddha, but did not ask permission to do so.

I walked almost a mile to school as well. I carried this Buddha and on the way I dropped it and a piece of the foot broke off. I learned my lesson. Even though my father died in 1984, that Buddha still sits in my mother's home, chipped foot and all and is still a beautiful piece of art. Love Joanie

Mr. Kapur:
I love the personality that is conveyed through your posts. Thank you for your art.

Bending softly in the sun,
Petals...warm and sweet,
I walked into the rose garden,
And got thorns in my feet.

Shekhar, good luck! I admire your detachment and I don't doubt that both the film and the "uncovering" of the Buddha are in your destiny.

All the best to you, Shekhar. Heck, you may even actually discover the Buddha and so become the Buddha and still be around to enjoy telling us about it. Why not? I'm placing my intention for that outcome. And then we could all worship you and turn you into God and you could keep saying, but hey, I'm just like you!

Love, Kristin

thank u all for your comments and wiahes. Makes me feel good that there is a 'blog family' shekhar

a 'search'..for the buddha..will be endless shekhar. The buddha cannot be 'discovered'..so do not search..he is not in hiding..though he may be hidden to you.
You must 'awaken' to the buddha..he 'is' within you..look for him nowhere else..outside the self.
The way to do this is to go within..substract..from all outside.
Practise going within..and you will 'feel' the buddha..you cannot know him with the mind, since he is not knowledge..you can only 'experience' him..and for the experience you must practise.
He is in the being, in the is..and can be found when you have nobody..nowhere..because only then do we turn within..he is in.
I love the buddha..i feel him everyday..everywhere..in everyone.......lovenhug.....aaradhika

Having said that..let us now see if he is in your destiny..?
He is..that is his answer. You have to make it yours.
Is the buddha film in your destiny?
Yes..no matter what, yes..till i win, yes.
Victory is assured when you have that kind of determination..it is then that the universe conspires to get you what you desire..when you will just not take a no.
Go for it a 100 percent..and do not give in till you win.
As a first action, i also suggest that you pray everyday..log on to the buddha within..and then venture out into the world..see your belief manifest the goodies, as if from a magician's hat..!
God bless.......lovenhug..aaradhika

Having said that..let us now see if he is in your destiny..?
He is..that is his answer. You have to make it yours.
Is the buddha film in your destiny?
Yes..no matter what, yes..till i win, yes.
Victory is assured when you have that kind of determination..it is then that the universe conspires to get you what you desire..when you will just not take a no.
Go for it a 100 percent..and do not give in till you win.
As a first action, i also suggest that you pray everyday..log on to the buddha within..and then venture out into the world..see your belief manifest the goodies, as if from a magician's hat..!
God bless.......lovenhug..aaradhika

The search is duality and duality has it's beauty.
Devotion is the most beautiful aspect of duality for me. Devotion towards God.
Yet we are God. Searching for ourselves.

I've seen Baba materialize objects out of thin air and heard other amazing miracles the most amazing one being how he transforms people.

In our interview with him in 1988 the first thing he said was "you and I are one" and then immediately after rolled up his sleeve and materialized trinkets for some people out of thin air...

His message then was "my life is my message"...aparently now he says "your life is my message..." to me that meant that what he does is what we can do.
Only few fellow devotees share my understanding. They would rather put him on some pedestool and showcase him like some museum object phenomenon, but that's not what he is trying to teach.

Hi Rita: I am very much laughing about the News reporting that Martha Stewart is talking about being legally confined at home by the US courts and being upset about having to work with a Yoga Guru while being under this restriction--this on "the News" while I read your comments about Sai Baba!

Poor thing--being trapped in a mansion with her Yoga instruction being forced upon her like that!

Am very much enjoying your message and understanding of Sai Baba's teachings regarding His miracles vs. His Real teaching being that of Love--and one can sense even His patience being tried with all the focus, even from Mystics, Pundits, Yogis, etc. being about the manifestations, vs. the fact the He is saying those are just to draw attention to His real messages about Love!!

Jesus was also "mystified" that even his own disciples, let alone the throngs of followers, were more interested in having miracles performed for them, rather than learning his teachings about how to do them!!! Dave

Joanie has shared a splendid insight with us!
That foot of Buddha was broken, yet only because you were(and still are) upon the path!

Hi Shekhar,I wish you lots and lots of luck.I hope and pray that the movie is in your destiny.as someone else suggested, start praying for it.read one of Paramahansa Yogananda's affirmations,and write one for yourself to say every morning and evening.If you need help on the subject of Buddha ask Robert Thurman and His Holines The Dalai Lama.Consider casting Richard GERE as Gautama Buddha.HE loves Buddha.I believe Buddhism is an extension of Hinduism.Considering the fact that Buddha took what was good in the hindu scriptures,discarded the dogmas, the rituals,the caste system and packaged it beautifully and gave it to the world.Did you realise that if we add all the Buddhists to the Hindus,hinduism will be the largest religion in the world!Please Shekhar, mention REIKI in the movie. all of us REIKI Practitioners will be eternally greatful.thanks.God bless.

Hi Shekhar ... where are you? miss your posts :-) Love, Char

I climbed the mountain and saw the valley.
I went to the valley and saw the mountain.
I looked up and I looked down.
I keep searching, but I can’t find it.

If I could just sit down and rest,
I know somewhere deep inside I would find you.
Maybe when I become tired and can’t move,
I will find it as I kiss the lips of death.
My sweet salvation, I love you.

Ditto again Dave!:) Luv ya!

I've been thinking about this movie. My favorite movies seem to have caught me off guard in some way. Somehow they caused me to let my defenses down in some way? I'm not completely certain, but I think it would be cool if I went to see a movie about the Buddha and then somehow found myself looking into my own self. So I think you're on track Shekhar.

I recently saw the movie, "Million Dollar Baby." It caught me way off guard. I haven't cried that hard since my grandmother passed away. I thought it was going to be a movie about a girl who wanted to be a boxer. But that wasn't it at all. It was the humanity of those characters that touched something inside of me and awakened something that I can't even describe (yet?).

I think my favorite movie of all time is "Life is Beautiful"... How could someone have taken that context and topic and made such an awesome movie? Shifted perspective like that?

You seem to have a fun part to play in life, Shekhar. I feel happy that you are able to express your tallents in that way. It's always inspiring to see people in their "element." It makes me want to express my passions more clearly and fully while I'm playing my roles in life.

Love, Kristin

Hi Shekhar,
I really liked the enlightenment captured in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Little Buddha", with the marching armies and stuff. Of course, it can be taken to another level :D Another movie I really like was Agni Varsha..that is an underrated movie..it should've gone to the Oscars. All the best with the movie, and please don't get any Bollywood heroes to play that part :D

i read an article about you in time magazine, while in manila.
i am a canadian born filipino who has been living in manila for several months.
the article, which i kept, has really shaped the path of my life, in that in manila, in all its grit and chaos, can i find the true path of my storytelling/film abilities. it is here, away from the first world comforts of canada, where i now reside and plan on telling my future stories as a filmmaker.
i'm so glad your blog exists in the world. even if you never read this post.

salamat

I like your blog. It is a very interesting one. Revelations of John: http://www.allucher.com/sato_blog/archives/2005/04/post_110.html , Small brain blog