"I'm alive...When I'm eating, that's all I think about. If I'm on the march, I just concentrate on marching. If I have to fight, it will be just as good a day to die as any other. Because I don't live in either my past or my future. I'm interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man. You'll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in the heavens, and that tribesmen fight because they are part of the human race. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we're living right now." (p. 88-89)
"Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny...It's a force that appears to be negative, but actually shows you how to realize your destiny. It prepares your spirit and your will, because there is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth...The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation. All things are one...In the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies." (p. 22 - 24)
12/09/2005
11/25/2005
F.R.I.E.N.D.S. (Friends)
The series comes into mind first. I have seen the first 6-7 seasons, and each episode, god knows how many times. The series touched numerous hearts, mainly because it was true. It was true to what the theme of the show was. Friendship, though over-emphaized today, remains one of the noblemost in the world.
It was peculiar from others series that were goin around. It showed friends as they should, and not as they normally are.
They did not ask each other for help, they did not have to. They did not say thanks, its not required between friends. Apologies were only till the extent of words sorry. Nothing more. The other person did not need any more assurance that the person is apologetic.
They took each other for granted. This is a sign of solidarity and faith. Money was a problem for some of them but never a problem between them.
You never make friends, you become one.
I have never made any friends, but I have been blessed with many.
It was peculiar from others series that were goin around. It showed friends as they should, and not as they normally are.
They did not ask each other for help, they did not have to. They did not say thanks, its not required between friends. Apologies were only till the extent of words sorry. Nothing more. The other person did not need any more assurance that the person is apologetic.
They took each other for granted. This is a sign of solidarity and faith. Money was a problem for some of them but never a problem between them.
You never make friends, you become one.
I have never made any friends, but I have been blessed with many.
11/24/2005
Luck
People who know me closely, know about the "bad luck" that i went through few days back. When i left the counter, I did not feel sad. There was a smile... Why? I dont know.
I will explore the words "bad luck" today.
How can bad and luck be together? Luck is always positive. Bad or Good is the perception of the mind. How you deal with the incident? What you take from the fall? Fall and Fail are different, the difference is our choice. I have never had bad luck in my life. When you work towards what you want to accomplish, there is never anything bad in the way.
The world conspires and helps those who are in search of their dreams.
I will explore the words "bad luck" today.
How can bad and luck be together? Luck is always positive. Bad or Good is the perception of the mind. How you deal with the incident? What you take from the fall? Fall and Fail are different, the difference is our choice. I have never had bad luck in my life. When you work towards what you want to accomplish, there is never anything bad in the way.
The world conspires and helps those who are in search of their dreams.
11/11/2005
From layman to artist... the way
So... I am back to writing. Huh...
Not my problem man, I have so much to accomplish in life, and I have so much time in my life :-), I can afford to take some rest and write this piece of crap. I don't know I should write this or not, sometimes I think I am everything that I wanted to be at this time of my life. I earn too much money, and that too so early in my professional career, its amazing.... :-)
Listening to Satriani's song Lights of Heaven. We admire all this people: musicians, sportsmen, artists, writers and all. Let me say something about them in general..
In everybody's learning experience, there are three phases I feel. The beginner, at the starting point, when he starts on the journey, the output is a lot more than the input he gives. You can say, sort of beginner's luck, till he hits the intermediate level.
Till this point, he is motivated as the output keeps him going, pumping him on. But at next stage, he hits stagnancy. He does not have the impetus to go on, as he does not see himself growing according to input he gives. The learning curve has lost his curve. :-) Let me show this through an example..
A guy is learning martial arts. He starts, its all fun, he is shown the various statures to maintain at each point of time. He learns various moves independently.. piece of cake. But thats not the art he came to learn. What the main factor is sewing all this moves together, use them instantaneously, being aware of "everything". In this phase he sees himself going the opposite way, he cant put things together, he cant make decisions, he is unable to choose. The mind hits the point "blank". He actually hits rock bottom, as he now knows many things or moves, but is not able to use them, as good as nothing.
This is the place where greats don't stop and quitters do what they like doing.. :-) This phase is the test of patience and perseverence. This phase is like watering of a seed, waiting for it to sprout. This is the time where artists divert from the common man.
The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you
have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second, which
comes with a sort of mastery.
-- Janet Erskine Stuart
The next phase is what I called "bang". Here you hit creativeness, you master things, everything falls into place, it becomes a part of "you". You no longer have to think, you make choices not between bad and good but between good and better, and the best. Everything comes from inside, the art has gone out of mind and entered your conscience. Every thing is "natural" now. Its a part of your "nature".
This process is perfect in itself. It helps you, tests you, teaches you but also gifts the one who deserves. With every art, be anything, you master, you become closer with the world. You now own a part of this world outside of yourself. Not only this, you are giving something back for what you got.
This is one of the 'purpose'....
Not my problem man, I have so much to accomplish in life, and I have so much time in my life :-), I can afford to take some rest and write this piece of crap. I don't know I should write this or not, sometimes I think I am everything that I wanted to be at this time of my life. I earn too much money, and that too so early in my professional career, its amazing.... :-)
Listening to Satriani's song Lights of Heaven. We admire all this people: musicians, sportsmen, artists, writers and all. Let me say something about them in general..
In everybody's learning experience, there are three phases I feel. The beginner, at the starting point, when he starts on the journey, the output is a lot more than the input he gives. You can say, sort of beginner's luck, till he hits the intermediate level.
Till this point, he is motivated as the output keeps him going, pumping him on. But at next stage, he hits stagnancy. He does not have the impetus to go on, as he does not see himself growing according to input he gives. The learning curve has lost his curve. :-) Let me show this through an example..
A guy is learning martial arts. He starts, its all fun, he is shown the various statures to maintain at each point of time. He learns various moves independently.. piece of cake. But thats not the art he came to learn. What the main factor is sewing all this moves together, use them instantaneously, being aware of "everything". In this phase he sees himself going the opposite way, he cant put things together, he cant make decisions, he is unable to choose. The mind hits the point "blank". He actually hits rock bottom, as he now knows many things or moves, but is not able to use them, as good as nothing.
This is the place where greats don't stop and quitters do what they like doing.. :-) This phase is the test of patience and perseverence. This phase is like watering of a seed, waiting for it to sprout. This is the time where artists divert from the common man.
The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you
have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second, which
comes with a sort of mastery.
-- Janet Erskine Stuart
The next phase is what I called "bang". Here you hit creativeness, you master things, everything falls into place, it becomes a part of "you". You no longer have to think, you make choices not between bad and good but between good and better, and the best. Everything comes from inside, the art has gone out of mind and entered your conscience. Every thing is "natural" now. Its a part of your "nature".
This process is perfect in itself. It helps you, tests you, teaches you but also gifts the one who deserves. With every art, be anything, you master, you become closer with the world. You now own a part of this world outside of yourself. Not only this, you are giving something back for what you got.
This is one of the 'purpose'....
11/10/2005
Things people have said:
Friends :
1. Act against what you dislike about yourself. : MnM
2. Then get hurt. : Dev
3. People should stop expecting, and start deserving. : Hobbes
4. Everybody in this world makes you happy, some when they arrive, some when they leave.: Deb
5. Something tells me that you wont(stay). : MnM
6. If the world did not suck this much, we would all fall off. : Deb
1. Act against what you dislike about yourself. : MnM
2. Then get hurt. : Dev
3. People should stop expecting, and start deserving. : Hobbes
4. Everybody in this world makes you happy, some when they arrive, some when they leave.: Deb
5. Something tells me that you wont(stay). : MnM
6. If the world did not suck this much, we would all fall off. : Deb
11/09/2005
Work....
I am sitting in my seat and writing this at this point of time. Not unusual for me though. I do things differently... that has become my passion, my driving point. If its not different, its not worth.I am sitting next to a window, with sort of curtains on it. They stop the view not the sound... :-) Heavy traffic sounds outside. Clock says... 14:48... well this is the most unusual time to work. Half the world is sleeping now... well half the world is asleep at any moment of the day.... :-) or maybe the whole... at every moment. Trucks after trucks outside.... more ... many more..
If not for the music.... i would have been sleeping now... santana is playing "black magic woman". Music is a universal language, everyone knows.... But we dont ponder why it is??? what is this rhythem... these tunes... these guitar licks... why do they attract us... We dont know anything.... Clock strikes 15:00.... The trade jobs will be starting just now.... telling all the trades that have happened all day... i have to monitor the procedure... many people would have made money on these trades today....
I feel sleepy in this empty office.... it emptied 2 hours ago.... the last but me, guy left 15 minutes back.... how many coffees will i have to take to be awake.....
I once read somewhere... if this universe be an ocean, we are a tiny ant in a ship that is right corner of it.... and we want to know it all.... people think if we go to moon or mars, we are exploring the world... What shit.... stupidity....Everything is here... everything is one....
No...the last guy did not leave... he was in some other room... so some partner at these times...
thank god... i dont feel like working today.... so i wont... and thats why i am writing this blog...I think when you dont "feel" like doing something... that is not worth doing at that time.
I just noticed that I end all my sentences like "..." i dunno why... maybe i feel they are incomplete.
I always leave a scope for something new to fill. Keep everything as open. And most importantly 2 things : Mind and Faith. I once had a message from paddy "Mind is like a parachute. It works best when open".
So true..
Let me do some work now... I think it should be given some importance. :-)
I am back.. Clock says 17:23... If u love your work , you dont have to work... you dont feel like working..
You are enjoying it. Thats when the time passes so fast. Some time more here then i will rush for home.
I try to see through the curtains, to see if the light has grown or not.
I see a glimmer of light.... its just wishful thinking.. it is dark outside. completely dark outside... what a day!!!
When i will leave it will be very cold.... i brought a shawl with me today.
Let me say something new today...
These blogs and the burst of them nowadays, represent the same curve that resulted in growing of rock from music to a religion. Rock grew because it was straight from the heart, people actually identified themselves with the songs, the music.. it dealt with life in general. Same with blogs, people feel like a platform given to them to express their views.. someone with read it appreciate it.... It might become a global phenomenon.
I hate this.... if there was a bit of light I would have left by now. I fear those dogs at this time. They are at their peak of barking and running behind people. Should i leave... its just 17:37. No light still.Ok lets just leave for today.. i should fight my fear for dogs..
The sun will come up in half an hour.
Ya.. ok me leaving...
Lets complete the last things...
write my journal, give the RAS key back, make a call... and change my clock timings from US time back to IST.
Bye.
If not for the music.... i would have been sleeping now... santana is playing "black magic woman". Music is a universal language, everyone knows.... But we dont ponder why it is??? what is this rhythem... these tunes... these guitar licks... why do they attract us... We dont know anything.... Clock strikes 15:00.... The trade jobs will be starting just now.... telling all the trades that have happened all day... i have to monitor the procedure... many people would have made money on these trades today....
I feel sleepy in this empty office.... it emptied 2 hours ago.... the last but me, guy left 15 minutes back.... how many coffees will i have to take to be awake.....
I once read somewhere... if this universe be an ocean, we are a tiny ant in a ship that is right corner of it.... and we want to know it all.... people think if we go to moon or mars, we are exploring the world... What shit.... stupidity....Everything is here... everything is one....
No...the last guy did not leave... he was in some other room... so some partner at these times...
thank god... i dont feel like working today.... so i wont... and thats why i am writing this blog...I think when you dont "feel" like doing something... that is not worth doing at that time.
I just noticed that I end all my sentences like "..." i dunno why... maybe i feel they are incomplete.
I always leave a scope for something new to fill. Keep everything as open. And most importantly 2 things : Mind and Faith. I once had a message from paddy "Mind is like a parachute. It works best when open".
So true..
Let me do some work now... I think it should be given some importance. :-)
I am back.. Clock says 17:23... If u love your work , you dont have to work... you dont feel like working..
You are enjoying it. Thats when the time passes so fast. Some time more here then i will rush for home.
I try to see through the curtains, to see if the light has grown or not.
I see a glimmer of light.... its just wishful thinking.. it is dark outside. completely dark outside... what a day!!!
When i will leave it will be very cold.... i brought a shawl with me today.
Let me say something new today...
These blogs and the burst of them nowadays, represent the same curve that resulted in growing of rock from music to a religion. Rock grew because it was straight from the heart, people actually identified themselves with the songs, the music.. it dealt with life in general. Same with blogs, people feel like a platform given to them to express their views.. someone with read it appreciate it.... It might become a global phenomenon.
I hate this.... if there was a bit of light I would have left by now. I fear those dogs at this time. They are at their peak of barking and running behind people. Should i leave... its just 17:37. No light still.Ok lets just leave for today.. i should fight my fear for dogs..
The sun will come up in half an hour.
Ya.. ok me leaving...
Lets complete the last things...
write my journal, give the RAS key back, make a call... and change my clock timings from US time back to IST.
Bye.
11/03/2005
What is knowledge?
Well.. this chain of thought came to my mind from the book "zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance".
A situation: Suppose a human being, who is born without any of his 5 senses... (ok, his sixth sense is also dead.... if that came to your mind). Now, if he lives for 20 years, will he have learned anything? Will he have any knowledge????
Answer 1. No. He wont
My point: You mean to say as his senses are dead, he cant learn anything he cant acquire knowledge. This means to acquire knowledge we need senses. So that means knowledge is a 'thing' that can be sensed. If it is then where is it?????
Answer 2: Yes. He will.
My point: So, even though he is not in contact with this world he has knowledge. Has he learned anything for 20 years? He cant right!!! So what he knows after 20 years, he knew all along. He was born with it.
Well... then.... Are we born with everything and everybit of knowledge? If yes, isnt this notion of self-improvement a sham. Are we everything, we want to be? Do we know everything???
A situation: Suppose a human being, who is born without any of his 5 senses... (ok, his sixth sense is also dead.... if that came to your mind). Now, if he lives for 20 years, will he have learned anything? Will he have any knowledge????
Answer 1. No. He wont
My point: You mean to say as his senses are dead, he cant learn anything he cant acquire knowledge. This means to acquire knowledge we need senses. So that means knowledge is a 'thing' that can be sensed. If it is then where is it?????
Answer 2: Yes. He will.
My point: So, even though he is not in contact with this world he has knowledge. Has he learned anything for 20 years? He cant right!!! So what he knows after 20 years, he knew all along. He was born with it.
Well... then.... Are we born with everything and everybit of knowledge? If yes, isnt this notion of self-improvement a sham. Are we everything, we want to be? Do we know everything???
Then... what is the reason for existence of this world? Is it just a pit-stop for our soul's journey?
Frankly speaking... i think there is some hollowness in the question, something is missing... like the question was made for the answer and not vice-versa...
I have to unask the question...
11/01/2005
5:32 PM US TIME
I will say something about mirrors today:
Well, they reflect yes...... but people still dont get it. They reflect whats coming onto them. When we see a mirror, it reflects us... reflects our thoughts, out mindset. It shows what we want to see.
Same is with life. Life is a mirror. This world is a reflection of our inner thoughts. That is the reason that people used to say "jeevan ek maya.." Its very simple.... If you see people around you sad, the reason is that in actual you are sad. Haven't you ever noticed that you are happy and walking on street and you see everyone smiling and cheerful. Isnt is surprising that the world is always what we want to see. My father always says "jaisi drishti, waisi srishti...."
Thats the first level of thought..... Hope it has given you an Aha... experience.
Let me take you to second level of thought....
This world is just a thought. It is just a picture which is dynamic and moving, painted by our own soul and filled with seasoned thoughts which ,behind the scenes, is fuelled by our conciousness whose ultimate motive is to feel that "I am alive".
"I am holding my head for what i have ended up writing...."
I think i should stop for today.... phew....
Well, they reflect yes...... but people still dont get it. They reflect whats coming onto them. When we see a mirror, it reflects us... reflects our thoughts, out mindset. It shows what we want to see.
Same is with life. Life is a mirror. This world is a reflection of our inner thoughts. That is the reason that people used to say "jeevan ek maya.." Its very simple.... If you see people around you sad, the reason is that in actual you are sad. Haven't you ever noticed that you are happy and walking on street and you see everyone smiling and cheerful. Isnt is surprising that the world is always what we want to see. My father always says "jaisi drishti, waisi srishti...."
Thats the first level of thought..... Hope it has given you an Aha... experience.
Let me take you to second level of thought....
This world is just a thought. It is just a picture which is dynamic and moving, painted by our own soul and filled with seasoned thoughts which ,behind the scenes, is fuelled by our conciousness whose ultimate motive is to feel that "I am alive".
"I am holding my head for what i have ended up writing...."
I think i should stop for today.... phew....
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