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Monday, October 15, 2018

My Take on Religion , Spirituality, BJP , Rahul Gandhi and Mayawati


 Someone asked me which religion you follow and do you support BJP or congress and why do you think rahul gandhi is not fit and why Mayawati should lead Uttar Pradesh. Like any other person I just pivoted the conversation to movies and music and left it diplomatically. But Diplomacy is not my religion and left me confused about what exactly is my religion. I can simply select the word” Sprituality “ and move out from hustle , because somehow spirituality makes you devoid of any religion and its considered on humanity level , may be mind and spirit level too.   But I can say I am spiritual , I do have Hindu Gods posters at my home  , I do celebrate holi and Diwali  but reasoning for the celebration of Holi is for colors and Diwali is for lights and crackers and that’s the truth.  Apparently my belief system doesn’t agree whether Lord Ram was Lord or Lord Ram actually came back from the exile , and trust me this fact of Ram returning from Exile actually making anyone feel better on Diwali or any other day atleast in current  century …. I am sure it must be a big deal probably when it actually happened but on a personal singular individual level this fact/myth doesn’t impact me.
And Question which was asked is totally about my political allegiance and not about what kind of religion I subscribe to(this is my assumption based on current perceived impressions and knowledge)  but I do want to decode the query into certain keywords 1) Religion  2) Spirituality 3) BJP  4) Rahul Gandhi  and 5) Mayawati .
I am making an agreement in advance that it has nothing to do with others perspective, their religion, their political inclinations and their image in my mind , I will treat them the same  way I used to back in my school time.  What my understanding of religion is limited and I am not talking about any particular reason this is applicable to hindu , muslim or Christian etc .  I strongly believe  when these books were published it was made with best of intentions and these books were based on their level of knowledge.  Then science happened, science or technology  on every subject displayed growth at tremendous rates . My belief is that there is generation gap in religious books and current knowledge  and since there was no version control mechanism existed back then when it was published  people with limited knowledge followed the same ages after ages and it becomes formality.
Religion is a formality for sure , probably it was a belief when it was logical and accepted with resonance to that time period of knowledge  however I cannot comment when it became “faith” . Religion now has more to do with faith . My perception of faith is when one agree upon something or follow something without any logic and reasoning then its  faith . I have seen people doing stupid things because of faith hell If I consider movies seriously  a  suicide bomber  is hell convinced to get some 18 virgin fairies in after life . Religion is driven by faith that’s my statement  but I am a HINDU because I was raised with the same fact that I am hindu  no other religion was offered to me hence I have zero knowledge about other religion .
Some might feel that now I have my chance to choose and follow a religion for them I have a counter question that why should I follow any particular religion, at my truest core I know all these religions are primitive and should need an upgrade , I might agree with few things here and there not because science can confirm it  but It feels right to my common sense.  My common sense also says most of the religious books require different interpretation and un biased one that should be printed and marketed to the people who wants to follow certain protocols , then probably I might read it because my current education and knowledge prepared to compare ,to check reviews and to  check pros and cons , Shelf life of product or service or may be protocols as well.  So whatever others can feel from this post they are free to judge and interpret because it will be from their own impressions and knowledge about life . They can agree to disagree and I perfectly okay with it .
Let me get into deep with it since I have very less knowledge about any religion but I know out of that knowledge I know few things here and there more about HINDU religion . Lets talk about Namaste or Touching the feets  and for these two small examples as well I am not sure whether it belongs to hindu religion or indian culture separately or together. But whatever it Is my common sense accept the logic of showing respect to someone else , my common sense also accepts that one can use hello using gestures by Namaste or Touching the feets for greeting .
  if I go dig that deeper too based on my common sense of religion and spirituality  i can clearly comment why it was implemented at first place . According to hindu culture a life span was divided into brahmcharya, Grahsth ashram , Vana prastha and Sanyas    and social networking has buttons for different concepts, to show the warmth or welcome or to greet someone you can say Namaste  for a typical hello or poke or hey  and for following someone or some guru you have to touch the feets to gather the blessing of that person, usually all the elders back those days were considered full of knowledge and treated as gurus . It was a common concept with better age comes bigger knowledge  and hence the touching of feets thing
Since life span was bifurcated into 4 parts , first phase of brahmcharya was for struggles ,learning , getting knowledge from elders, performing work without the pleasures of emotional connects.  Then people get married and starts their grahsth ashram , produces children , help them in works guide them train them  and then once kids are ready for next level , these people from grahsth ashram move to vanaprastha or moving to a trip to some other place  by doing so they can share their part of knowledge and experiences with others during their tours and returns to home after a certain span of life where they don’t need any earthly pleasures and move to “Sanyas” ashram . By Sanyas means not involving in any activity for earning for family , no social connects and spreading their lifelong experiences, knowledge  and stories to kids and others. The whole point of this information in my mind gives me common sense for that time period when guru or elders are respected for their age and experiences and knowledge gained thereafter.  there is no point of following that concept now since sources of knowledge have changed , evolution has passed through genetics  and we have certain  wisdom by default which was for previous past  generation considered a luxury . Things which were logical back then are no longer acknowledge the current awareness in human beings hence it was eradicated gradually , however it is making fuss for certain benefits to some godmen like people or authoritative kind of people who knows that faith can be used as weapon and a tool to make fool out of people . 
This is also a time when acquiring knowledge and interpretation of same knowledge has variance, people can follow anyone based on their experiences and interpretation , also gurus and teachers have also accepted the fact that financials and presentation also matters irrespective of the level of knowledge they have they just need to pretend that they have solution for the problems one can think of .  But that’s not the point either,availability of knowledge has empowered us to recreate the meanings for any practice or religious activity according to our definition to suit the need.  For someone like me joining hands and touching the feets had different meaning 10 years ago , it was formal, I would like to pretend that I am a nice guy and wanted to show everyone that I am respecting everyone because my agenda was to impress everyone by showing of to a degree where I was once touched a feet of a salesmen because I thought he is some relative of mine coming onto door .  But now , even if I respect someone or not , I join my hand and touch feets of others for completely different reasons, for me irrespective of respect I know joining hands a scientific significance in terms of acupressure and touching of feets help to take control of my ego, I have no shame in touching feets of any one , be it any shape, gender, size and even age… I know the other person has nothing to do with it but I can keep a check on my ego , my attitude is allright  .
Being a hindu doesn’t necessarily means you have to follow what was written centuries ago and who all subscribed to it , I have the will and wit to interpret my version of Hinduism for me  and I don’t need to get into the practices where people are obliged to follow me or my style of Hinduism the same way I also agree to a fact that what I believe in Hinduism will be in my aura , and in my energies and at my genetics it will be passed on to other when the time is right so idea has been floated and evolution has already started  atleast for me being in religion and me being me and hence a hindu.
Spirituality, I believe since science started to dominate and certain gurus got involved with western culture this term” spirituality “ took bigger shame  and may be it is a cooler term for religion or  faction of people who believe there is a higher power don’t know what shape or what religion  but that’s the whole point . People needs someone as mentor, people need someone to guide them , people need some to show around the mall of life or demonstrate the settings of" life  and for that in order to get into alignment of current life model they choose to accept the term” spirituality” . All holy books have the same info written that shows some kind of path  more or less the path is also same , however interpretation again plays a bigger role . According to me if someone is scared to accept any religion and wants to play neutral on the question of religion can simply go with the statement “ I am someone who believes in spirituality” , whole arrangement of this concept is designed in such a way that the leaders around the world help you understand the meaning of holy books in such a  diplomatically  correct way that you tend to choose it logically because it has all the best parts of every religion minus all controversy .
For me anyone who is seeking  , who knows that he/she don’t know about many things can be a spiritual , I am someone who also believes that there is some some superpower who designed the whole universe , some energy is responsible for rules that we see on this current planet … there are rules of whethers, seasons, days and nights. There is a process to everything that exist , everything is finite and quantifiable , everything has a start and an end  except this super power or GOD . I truly believe god is something which has no start and no end , no shape and no boundaries  and same is also true for spirits or energies.  No one has ever got to know shapes of spirits and energies   so being spiritual is to accept the current arrangement and design of power engine or energies or spirits . When you are able to understand spirit you will get closer to god .  Music or sound also don’t have shape it is what we perceive , same is for air and same is spirits  beyond logic and beyond reasoning  . So faith has always been like that it is only a perceived belief , a belief without logic and reasoning. Faith is totally contradictory to knowledge , but knowledge is catching up , and it is catching up fast  the whole point of spirituality is to gather the knowledge about something that we don’t know it yet , when we do not know ,we seek and when we seek  we expand our boundaries and the goal is to reach beyond boundaries , it will be a long process might take some more centuries but gradually it is bound to happen and our spirt will merge with super spirit (read aatma ka param atma mein milan) , by reverse calculation it is also true if we  are going to get merged with the super energy to become wholesome energy , we are actually part of that super energy right now its just that we are distributed heavily  to smallest unit which we may call it an atom. Its ironic whatever we see around ourself be it any living or non living thing are just collection of atoms and atom itself consist of electron proton and neuton  and no one knows  how they move inside an atom but they  are . Electon , proton and neurton carries positive charge , negative charge and null (devoid of charge) . Postive charge is creation and negative charge is destruction and inbetwen them a  null charge to provide the organisation of balance , so going by this logic GOD is pretty much the same thing , G- giver, O for organiser and D for Destroyer , hence brahma , Vishnu and Mahesh ( according to HINDU religion) So brahma’s job is to create, Vishnu’s job is to organise or provide balance and Mahesh’s job is destroy or consume things  by this logic science has already validated the logic of GOD through functioning of GOD. And Science has already provided another statement in “ the whole energy of whole universe is constant and it can only change from one form to another and equilibrium or sum of this energy will always remain constant or One.  This scientific statement also validates the point of “Aatma ka Param-atma mein milan”  , if we call aatma or spirit  get merged  into super spirit or param aatma   then param aatma or super spirit or super energy is a constant or wholesome or one.
Our goal is to reach to a point where we get merged into super energy and be with the one , become devoid of boundaries and for the one need to follow the process of seeking and hence the spirituality.
Since I have answered above two points about religion and spirituality , it will be easy to elaborate rest of the three points i.e. BJP, Rahul Gandhi and Mayawati.  I have already established the definition of Faith ,which is something devoid  of logic and reasoning  now let me give you definition of Foolishness, a fool is someone without logic and reasoning.  Despite Faith and Stupidity or Foolishness has same definition people will not accept the fact that they are or they have what call “faith”. It happens with every  political party because they cannot see them as humans , they bifurcate humans , they create boundaries , they use the name of god to take away from God.
Yes that’s the point , Political parties will use the names of God by taking you away from God, anything or anyone who is trying to limit you or trying to keep you in boundaries is taking you far from god . Using the term GOD if you are seeking humanity first otherwise everything is fine , it is also a way to live life , it is not necessary to know why are we here and what is our ultimate goal , stay in present live the moment and live life as it happens but then as well political allegiance will cause some turbulence and sometime without any reason . the term stupidity is justified when you have or have not carry any political luggage because people are ready to accept that there is third aspect as well , one cannot stay with the concept of dichotomy , there is not just black and white , there is not just heads and tails, there is not just male and female , there is not just yes and no  . Confusion and clarity both exist  inbetween that we have peace ,  we have neutron apart from electron and proton,  there is yes , no and may be.  Glass can half full and half empty only if you are looking from sides, there are perspectives, there are different data points that exist  which is also a reality . Political parties uses perspectives to make people follow them , BJP also does that, pervious parties did that in past and some other parties are looking up to BJP to follow the lead.  Just because I am hindu , I am not automatically going to vote BJP .  Since I have lesser knowledge about BJP when compared to religion I clearly don’t know whether I am in favour of BJP or not . That’s the grey are for me , a maybe from my end.  Maybe I like BJP because of ideologies presented or actions performed and may be I don’t like the BJP because I am a hindu . A True hindu would never force discrimination based on caste , if that’s the ideology I support BJP
However not the same for Rahul Gandhi , wherein I agree with the concept of Faith for his followers and congress but Data points available proves that congress can do better in terms of their leadership , I think Rahul Gandhi is a carrying the political baggage more than anyone else in whole india , but doing one thing too often will make something out of it leader isn’t the one that I am sure of . Congress has better bench strength as compared to what is offered to common people like religion and religious books some names and concepts are obsolete , the same can be said for “Gandhi’s” legacy .  Gandhi is only valued because of the imprint on the currency no one actually bothers what he did and what he didn’t, it doesn’t matter to anyone anymore. So my stand Rahul Gandhi is clear , he is not my PM or leader as on date 15th October 2018 , may be in future he gathers knowledge and demonstrate skills to prove the worthiness of it till then I have a clear cut no for his application .
For Mayawati,  like every other political leader she is using the name of Late Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar for her own benefits ,  Dr. BR Ambedkar was her replacement of God and religion in her polical strategy , it worked once but with current available knowledge it is not going to work . When mayawati had chance as a CM to the state of UP she misused the power  to her own benefits , she had a complete term to make things equal to everyone, and this is also a debatable topic when she had power she could’ve floated the idea of equality among the different which still believes that they are dalit because of caste.  For my understanding in india , everyone is dalit because of finances and knowledge and not because caste, if someone is in denial no can help it , Dr. BR Ambedkar solved the problem with far more lesser power than mayawati when he got the chance.
Mayawati is making use of faith for wrong reasons, she never demonstrated the actuall  upliftment of humanity  nor her previous data points supports the claim that she actually intended to the something about it , The said “Lower Caste” is not lower because of the surname , it is the invisible leash that is causing the harm which is also true for so called “higher caste”. People need to understand  knowledge is power what one chooses to do with knowledge and power is similar to the actions done by Dr. BR Ambedkar and Mayawati.  It is again totally dependent on perception and interpretation , people need to fight their own battles inside their own mind .
Thanks for Reading


Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Let's talk about death



Let’s talk about death
It’s been a historical mystery of all time that kept prevailing from forever, had a buzz till now .People are dying by natural deaths, accidental deaths, planned and unplanned death  but the question is still unanswered  what happens after death or why we die?
When I was a kid , I was among those science fascinated young scientists(obviously in hearts) with special theories and hypothesis of their own and discovery channel was launched , news papers started the completely new section for science news  and sci-fi tv programs pushed my young mind for thinking and relating things with each and everything.
So one fine day I saw a program on discovery regarding Qui( pronunciation=chi) , its from Chinese civilization kind of yoga, consist of fluidic movement of body  with control on stretches, which helps us regulating the flow of energy in human body. Than I studied a law from  newtons  i.e.  energy  can neither be created and nor be destroyed , it can only be changed from one from  to another  and than I studied Maganatism is physics, there I studied about attraction, repulsion , centre of gravity and neutralization.than I studied equilibrium everything in this world is considered to be stable or fine if it is in equilibrium,every body in this world has its own equilibrium and always tries  to attain equilibrium infact this world also tries to attain the state of equilibrium.
Being an Indian, we are raised with loads of Gods and loads of fascinating mythological stories which had no logic when it was told but started to make sense with the growth of me and my science knowledge.
Back than I  was able to relate mutations from genetics to all the mythological stories,  was able to relate so many science experiments  with stupid rituals  and magic of societies   at that period of time I came up with concept of death,astrology and premonitions. 
“ Every human being in this world along with every object of this universe be it living or non living carries its own centre of gravity, and its centre should be maintained throughout for the well being of any object, and whenever this centre of gravity shifts its position  any body would not find itself not at ease and hence disease  , and to maintain the equilibrium ,immune system tries to heal the body  to ensure the centre of gravity is at centre..
Now when we talk about gravity ,we are talking about a force of attraction or repulsion and hence magnetism.
Also we can also say gravity is an energy, and whenever this energy decentralize  it causes some kind of dis-ease and  as the energy only shifts from one form to another , it will always remain at equilibrium .
So whatever I wrote is just a hypothesis with whole loads of complexities  and may be the experession vocabulary is also  not upto my own standards  but while writing this complex article I  am totally different phase of my thinking.  So let me get back to my hypothesis.
Why we die? Why we feel diseased?
Whenever any energy shifts takes place , it will try to attain equilibrium  and maintain equilibrium some effort or force is required , now I am getting into too much physics to explain this  .
We can assume this whole earth as permanent magnet   or as a total energy or may be just as whole 1. Having said that we can say the total energy of this universe is constant  i. e 1  and it can only be changed from one from to another   say    A+ B= 1  and A= B-1 but energy is always 1.
This whole energy can be termed as parmatma, almighty , the god ,total power ,whole energy and its portion of energy can be termed as atma, living being,temporary magnet,souls ,spirits and power  and whenever someone die it simply means their energy is decentrailized and it can’t be centralized and to maintain equilibrium it would get back to the source   or we can say that temporary magnetic field of human body is neutralized  by the permanent magnet.
Similarily  you can explain astrology with magnetism and newtons law for every action there is equal and opposite reaction.  That’s why celestial bodies, stones,gems,colors, objects and directions , colors everything which can carry or posses energy or magnetic field can change the action and reaction .
Though this is not so unique  but death still require some concrete explanations.
To be continued…




Monday, December 24, 2012

Jungle (gurgaon) se shehar(delhi) tak


Jungle (gurgaon) se shehar(delhi) tak

So after 4 years and 5 months in NCR , I ultimately managed to depart Gurgaon and relocated to Delhi. Oh boy such a relief,  I don’t  know how I was living there in gurgaon and now I have a better question why I was living there. Well whatever, Delhi is a different place , it is like a city with dil wale log(people with heart), all they care about talking, walking ,stalking and various other suffix of king.
Life is transformed a lot post demise of my father, don’t  know why he died so early  but now I can proudly accept the fact that he was a great man and a wonderful  father.  I must say he should be very happy now to spot me living in a society of Delhi, with all most all luxuries of an Indian home.
I used to be someone else , what I am now  but am I the one who is ‘the one’  once upon a time , don’t know where to conclude the question, though the way I am writing all this over again that I might  be the one the who use to be ‘the one’.
Since I moved this new home, I am singing once again, playing guitar,  learning website development, getting losses in business   but overall I am experimenting with whole lot of things in whole lot of ways.
My next plan is to provide  a different dimension to this blog of mine by keeping the complexities constant!!!

Do good, Be good and good Karma to all







Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Jab tak hai jaan review


Jab Tak Hai Jaan makes life look easy. So easy that a self proclaimed 25-year-old, who looks 40, gets to kiss a girl who seems to have walked out of Vogue. You also believe that the latter, despite all her Mercedes and Gucci glory, can’t keep her hands off a waiter who has an annoying habit of speaking like he is perpetually in an art of living class.
Life’s so easy, that you can walk straight into an army camp in Ladakh in barely visible hot pants and prance around shooting, presumably stuff, while there are people detonating bombs all around you. Also, if you have legs like Anushka Sharma’s, you belong to a curiously privileged class who can dance around in beach volleyball attire while goats, men and children around shiver through layers of winter clothes.
A still from Jab Tak Hai Jaan. Image courtesy: Yash Raj films.
You can also go from being freeloading floozies to Michelin-starred restaurant owners in no time, you can lose and get your memory back pretty much the same way you get back an iPod forgotten in the shorts pocket, and you can jump from age 25 to age 35 without half a cell on your face withering.
Logic is the biggest casualty ofJab Tak Hai Jaan, yes. Like, of course it is, in any Yash Chopra film. So what you get is a bit of a Veer Zaara, only re-packaged with taller women with hotter legs.
Shah Rukh Khan here is Samar Anand. The film opens to tell you he is the Michael Phelps of bomb disposal in the Indian Army. We, predictably, are in Ladakh where SRK whooshes in, in all his week-old stubble and aviator glory to defuse a really dangerous bomb. With the kind of intensity one shows while restarting a PC, he picks on this wire and that, and whoops the bomb’s arse – or so says the thundering background music.
Cut to Anushka Sharma – she with her washboard abs, endless legs and holding a perfect cover-girl pose in a bikini in Ladakh – who is an aspiring documentary filmmaker assisting a Discovery Channel crew. She is also called Akira Rai. (Cue to gush,  ’How quirky!’.)
So sidekick heroine stumbles upon hero’s diary, where he has written down his 10-year-old love story, presumably with the lyrics of the songs he had sung with his girl and details of  all the places they had made out in. Since this is India, you don’t cry kiss-and-tell, you call it a Yash Chopra film. Filmmaker Rai then bamboozles her way into the high-security Army camp to shoot a documentary on Mr Kick-ass bomb disposer, does cool military-ish stuff while managing to sport a perfect blow dry hairdo and also falls in love with hurt-in-love hero. Oh by the way, hero’s ex-girlfriend, Meera – Katrina Kaif with an absolutely drool-worthy wardrobe – had left him ten years back. When Anand had an accident, Meera made a promise to Sir Jesus (cute god-next-door names for Jesus Christ), that she would dump her boyfriend if God makes sure that he lives. Hero lives. She dumps him, because she has promised God she will. And yes, you’re reading this right.
You don’t question how a documentary titled ‘A Man Who Cannot Die’ have people gushing about it London. It’s important for the story to move on you realise. So, cynical Discovery people have to make sure that Akira was not shooting a Bollywood extra and demand bomb-stud Major turn up in London. He does, is knocked down again and lands up in a hospital again. This time, however, he doesn’t lose a girl. He loses ten-year’s worth his memory. And a lot  of drama, sad song singing and cheesy dialogue throwing ensues. And goes on till the film ends. And by the time it does, entry rules in Army camps in India have been successfully established as being as stringent as those in coffee shops, so the climax doesn’t take you by surprise.
It’s probably rude to bad-mouth the dead. But even the highest amount of respect for Yash Chopra cliches can’t make Jab Tak Hai Jaan less of a burden on its viewer. If Shah Rukh Khan lip synching to a Rabbi song every now and then is not annoying enough, Chopra seemed to have completely lost the plot with the dialogues this time. The only times you’re reminded you’re watching a 2012 film and not some Rajesh Khanna-ish flick of the seventies is when Anushka Sharma talks like an average 21-year-old.
Unlike in a Dil To Pagal Hai from fourteen years back, you can no more sell Shah Rukh Khan as a traffic stopping dancer. Jumping around while juggling a fedora cannot be passed off as hot anymore. A Katrina Kaif in grunge glory and her new-found post-Sheila dancing oomph, for company, doesn’t help Shah Rukh Khan’s case either. And no amount of bronzer can make him look 25, which you are told he is for one whole half of the film.
You have seen everything Jab Tak Hai Jaan has many times before, just in other films. And probably with far better music than AR Rahman threw into this one.

Do Good, Be Good  and Good Karma to all

Monday, October 1, 2012

I loved my father

I loved my father a lot , i never told him but i loved him a lot. when he is no more in this world, i started to miss him like anything. I was watching Dasvidania -the movie  a little while back and now i co- relate how my father completed his last wishes before his death.This blog is dedicated to my father Late Mr. Akhilesh Dutt Sharma S/o Late Mr. Rajendra Dutt Sharma S/O Late Mr.Krishan Swaroop Sharma S/O Late Mr. Dwarka Prasad Sharma.
My father died because of cancer that's what we can conclude but i don't know there were other things involved in his death. Prior to his death i was not so superstitious or a believer of God, but post his death i certainly understood the fact that you can never see it coming . My father was a healthy , smiling and ever expressive human being in April 2012 and lost to death in July 2012 . He use to tell me always that i will remember his words after him, but i never took them seriously back then , but now i cant change the inevitable fact that i have no one above me to call father . I have lost that feeling of security in my life , now i have to think twice for every step i take in life, because you never know what unfolds in front you in life.
The day before his death. he wanted to meet me and i told my mother that i will reach within 3 days and now i will regret throughout my life that my father wanted to meet me and i was not able to reach there on time probably i had a minute chance to save my father  but i cant to anything now.There is a void which is created in my family and now i really value relations and relationships more than ever.
I don't know what to write now for my father , all i can say that i was not there when he was in need  and all i am left with memories . All i can do is to tell others that start valuing your family and life, because you never know which one can fall short ...

do good , be good and good karma to all

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Borrowed from facebook!!!


WRITTEN BY AN INDIAN SOFTWARE ENGINEER..
A Bitter Reality

... As the dream of most parents I had acquired a degree in
Software Engineering and joined a company based in USA, the
land of braves and opportunity. When I arrived in the USA, it
was as if a dream had come true.


Here at last I was in the place where I want to be. I decided I
would be staying in this country for about Five years in which
time I would have earned enough money to settle down in India.

My father was a government employee and after his retirement,
the only asset he could acquire was a decent one bedroom flat.


I wanted to do some thing more than him. I started feeling
homesick and lonely as the time passed. I used to call home and
speak to my parents every week using cheap international phone
cards. Two years passed, two years of Burgers at McDonald's and
pizzas and discos and 2 years watching the foreign exchange
rate getting happy whenever the Rupee value went down.

Finally I decided to get married. Told my parents that I have
only 10 days of holidays and everything must be done within
these 10 days. I got my ticket booked in the cheapest flight.
Was jubilant and was actually enjoying hopping for gifts for
all my friends back home. If I miss anyone then there will be
talks. After reaching home I spent home one week going through
all the photographs of girls and as the time was getting
shorter I was forced to select one candidate.


In-laws told me, to my surprise, that I would have to get
married in 2-3 days, as I will not get anymore holidays. After
the marriage, it was time to return to USA, after giving some
money to my parents and telling the neighbors to look after
them, we returned to USA.


My wife enjoyed this country for about two months and then she
started feeling lonely. The frequency of calling India
increased to twice in a week sometimes 3 times a week. Our
savings started diminishing.

After two more years we started to
have kids. Two lovely kids, a boy and a girl, were gifted to us
by the almighty. Every time I spoke to my parents, they asked
me to come to India so that they can see their grand-children.


Every year I decide to go to India… But part work part
monetary conditions prevented it. Years went by and visiting
India was a distant dream. Then suddenly one day I got a
message that my parents were seriously sick. I tried but I
couldn't get any holidays and thus could not go to India ... The
next message I got was my parents had passed away and as there
was no one to do the last rights the society members had done
whatever they could. I was depressed. My parents had passed
away without seeing their grand children.


After couple more years passed away, much to my children's
dislike and my wife's joy we returned to India to settle down.
I started to look for a suitable property, but to my dismay my
savings were short and the property prices had gone up during
all these years. I had to return to the USA...


My wife refused to come back with me and my children refused to
stay in India... My 2 children and I returned to USA after
promising my wife I would be back for good after two years.

Time passed by, my daughter decided to get married to an
American and my son was happy living in USA... I decided that
had enough and wound-up every thing and returned to India... I
had just enough money to buy a decent 02 bedroom flat in a
well-developed locality.


Now I am 60 years old and the only time I go out of the flat is
for the routine visit to the nearby temple. My faithful wife
has also left me and gone to the holy abode.

Sometimes

I wondered was it worth all this?

My father, even after staying in India,

Had a house to his name and I too have
the same nothing more.

I lost my parents and children for just ONE EXTRA BEDROOM.

Looking out from the window I see a lot of children dancing.
This damned cable TV has spoiled our new generation and these
children are losing their values and culture because of it. I
get occasional cards from my children asking I am alright. Well
at least they remember me.


Now perhaps after I die it will be the neighbors again who will
be performing my last rights, God Bless them.

But the question
still
remains 'was all this worth it?'

I am still searching for an answer.................!!!

START THINKING

IS IT JUST FOR ONE EXTRA BEDROOM???

LIFE IS BEYOND THIS ….., DON'T JUST LEAVE YOUR LIFE ……!!!!
START LIVING IT …….!!!
LIVE IT AS YOU WANT IT TO BE ……!!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Spirituality

Spirituality

Spirituality has a different meaning to each of us, it seems. A standard definition would be: "A sense of meaning and purpose; a sense of self and of a relationship with 'that which is greater than self".
Currently, Religion and Mysticism seem to have the monopoly on Spirituality. Theistic religion often regards a 'relationship with god' or divine creator, as a spiritual relationship, while Mystics will often find a relationship to a 'supernatural' force or power. The bottom line is that, almost universally, spirituality has to do with a 'relationship' on one level or another. In most perspectives, it is associated with a person's 'place' or 'meaning' in life... whatever that may be.
As subjective as these things can be, we begin to recognize changes in these notions, for social progress tends to carve a path for understandings that stand the test of time. In the modern age, we have the ability to look far in our past and examine what our ancestors used to consider 'real', and then compare those ideas to what we understand today. Many "spiritual practices" which have existed in the past, no longer exist due the understandings that have come about in regard to natural phenomenon. As a base example, early religions often 'sacrificed' animals for certain purposes... this rarely happens today, as the relevance of such an act has proven pointless in its desired effect. Likewise, rarely do people perform 'raindances' in order to influence the weather... today we understand how weather patterns are created, and ritual practices have no provable effect.
Similarly, the idea of 'praying' to a god for a particular request, has also statistically proven to have little effect on an outcome, not to mention the evidence to support a personified creator doesn't exist in any scientific way...rather it is often derived from ancient historical literary speculation and tradition.
Establishment Religion, in many ways, seems to be rooted in a perceptual misunderstanding about life's processes. For instance, it presents a worldview which often puts the human on a different level than other elements of nature. This 'spiritual ego' has led to dramatic conflicts for generations, not only between human beings, but inadvertently between us and the environment itself.
However, as time has moved forward, Science has shown how human beings are subject to the exact same forces of nature as everything else. We have learned that we all share the same atomic substructure as trees, birds and all other forms of life. We have learned that we cannot live without nature's elements... we need clean air to breathe, food to eat, energy from the sun, etc. When we understand this Symbiotic relationship of life, we begin to see that as far as 'relationships' are concerned, our relationship to the planet is the most profound and important. The medium by which this is expressed, is Science, for the Scientific Method has allowed us insight into these natural processes, so we can better understand how we 'fit' into this life system as a whole.

This could be called a 'spiritual' awakening.
This realization, which has been proven by science, is that humans are no different from any other form of nature, while our integrity is only as good as the integrity of our environment, to which we are a part. This understanding presents an entirely different 'spiritual' worldview, for it forces the idea of interdependence and connection, at its core.
The interconnection of the whole of life is undeniable in the most basic sense, and it is this perpetual 'relationship' of total interconnectivity that is not fully realized by society overall. Thus, our modes of conduct and perception are largely out of line with nature itself... and hence destructive.

Nature itself is our teacher, and our social institutions and philosophies should be derived from this foundational and, invariably, 'spiritual' understanding.
The faster this spiritual awakening spreads, the more sane, peaceful and productive society will become.

In short " Realization of Self is the spritual awakening" in my next blog....

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

In Persuit of happyness (MAYBE)


In Persuit of happyness (MAYBE)




Most of the times, our living perceptions become the truth of our conscious, which we keep on protecting and justifying for the whole of life.The people, who affirm our thoughts , come closer to us , in-spite of their complex & confused personality . In the process , our conscious adjusts according to our upbringing, leaving aside any flexibility in approach.

I was watching this movie in persuit of happyness lately, though watched it earlier as well, but found it more close to my real life this instance only , this movie was based on true story of chris gardner who was the CEO of Gardener and Rich (a very big stock broking firm) . Chris gardener was a salesmen back in 1981 ,was selling bone density meter machines and had struggle selling them resulting in a broken marriage and otherwise circumstances . Chris gardner excelled through success after joining Dean witters . His struggle from a salesman to a stockbroker is excellently portrayed in the movie, there were some greatest of quotes are there  in movie like
“You got a dream... You gotta protect it. People can't do something' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want something', go get it. Period. “

“ maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what.”

Well this is not the review of a movie .. this is about me , I am in dilemma again, the good guy inside me is getting me into trouble, because all the satisfaction that I get is by the courtesy of bad guy inside me

Success and failures are only the choices similarly the suffering and happiness...its middle of the night and I have some trouble in sleeping . The reasons can be plenty 1 , i've been thinking too much 2, I am not happy or 3 , may be I am happy but I am fooling my mind and body along with the world that I am not happy.

Maybe there were three four targets too many that I setted for myself and off-course I am not able to achieve them .When I was kid , I had too many aspirations in mind and my teachers were confident that Rishi is different and would surely do something big or something remarkable , may be I did but not up to that mark!!! so may be I am in pressure of a question have I made it large?

May be I am not happy with my job , I just dont want to go there , but I have achieved a lot in this domain, some people still believes in me, some people still respects me , some people still want me to work there but I don’t know, why I don’t feel overwhelmed with the fact that I should go to work to fulfill all the expectations of the people or may be my own invisible expectations from myself. Maybe I am scared of myself only, maybe I've setted the wrong expectation from myself. Somewhere deep inside I know that I dont have enough mettle left in me to go extra mile, may be all the cylinders are already fired enough but what if I am wrong , what If the best is yet to come . I dont know
 
When I joined this industry ,i was the only fresher in this company , I struggled a bit during my initial phases but once I settled in, I proved that only hard work , results and happiness are interrelated . I worked , I broke records, I Increased the standards and hence expectations from me as well, I was working without any limit thats when I lived the statement “SKY IS THE LIMIT”. May be my past performances or infact my past image is stopping me to grew further...All of us want to know the cause & purpose of our existence and key to happyness, but some are satisfied without answer, another few live in ignorance , ......strong desiring people find multiple justifications..... I dont consider myself as strong desring though still working out to find some answers... Still answer remain unanswered from universal truth

My Motive than was earning money, loads of loads of money, My motive now is to earn loads of and loads of and loads of money, money is the main variable and motivation is constant , still there is variation in happyness and satisfaction degrees.

What should I do ? I am speaking to myself , trying to find out answers and ending up finding excuses... may be those excuses are my answers, may be I am not asking the right question. I know my targets and those are very common like earning more money , working well with satisfaction and attain health and similar energy levels that I had in past and which in turn must yield happyness....




Let me pen down my life in four parts, my present, my past , my answers and my excuses


My Present

1) I have a job, a reputed profile though I don’t have the same energy and motivation

2) I have a girlfriend and I am going to marry her soon

3) I don’t have financial reserves, coz I have lost it because f my friends

4) I have bad health, eiosinphillia, techycardia, hypertension and pain in right shoulder

5) I want to study

6) I am not happy


My Past




1) I was happy in phases but resultant can be considered happy

2) I had reserves till the time I was in confidence when my friends would return them

3) I had many friends to hang out with but I never went out

4) I had extremely high energy levels and charm


My answers




1) should get back to work, and try to get in touch with the real world

2) Should start preparing for study and study instead of planning only

3) Should stop giving my hard earned money to the people

4) Should not take tensions anymore , coz tensions are not helping

5) Happiness is all over the world , it how you perceive things



My Excuses




1) I am not happy

2) I have so many responcibilities

3) I need loads of money

4) I am not well

5) I dont like my job

6) and I am  happy




The only quote that can make me happy (may be)




Happiness is always a by-product.  It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular.  But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.

do good be good and good karma to all



Wednesday, December 28, 2011

CHANA-kya????? CHANAKYA... My tribute to the visionary!!!





CHANA-kya????? CHANAKYA... My tribute to the visionary!!!


So, I was surfing interent, dont how and when reached here, though whatever you would see is an excellent piece of information for an excellent person, what ever he did was mind blowing and does make sense in every bit of it... I request you all to read this till the end and try to relate with our current world scenarios.. all the best

Chanakya is also known by the name of Kautilya and Vishnugupta as is mentioned in his text. His famous work called Arthashastra is a classic example of statecraft and politics and is read in Europe even today. It basically consists of the principles of politics and how the state works. An able ruler has to be a ruthless leader to make sure that the state works smoothly and efficiently. The legends associated with Chanakya are very interesting and provide a testimony of his greatness. 


Legends:
  • Chanakya
    When Chanakya was born he had a full set of teeth, which is a sign that he would become a king or an emperor. But since he was born in a Brahmin family, it was considered inappropriate. Thus, his teeth were broken and it was predicted that he would make another person a king and rule through him.

  • Even as a child, Chanakya had the qualities of a born leader. His level of knowledge was beyond children of his age.
  • Chanakya was thrown out of the court of King Nanda as he was a blunt man and spoke his mind clearly. Chanakya swore he would take revenge.
  • Chanakya comes across Chandragupta as a young child. Even at that age, he was a born leader and showed the qualities of an able Emperor. He was the guiding force behind Chandragupta and the vital person who made him an able Emperor.
  • Chanakya adds poison in little amounts daily in Chandragupta's food in order to make him immune to poison, lest some enemy tries to poison him.
  • However Chandragupta was unaware about this and once gave a little food to his wife who was in the ninth month of pregnancy. She didn't survive but Chanakya cut open her belly and took out the baby.
  • This baby grew up to become an able emperor named Bindusara. He had a minister named Subandhu who did not like Chanakya. He told Bindusara that Chanakya had killed his mother.
  • Without assessing facts, Bindusara confronted Chanakya. On knowing the whole story, he felt ashamed at his hasty actions and begged for forgiveness. He asked Subandhu to go and apologize and make Chanakya come back.
  • Subandhu was very cunning and on the pretext of going to apologize to Chanakya, he killed him. Thus, ended the life of a great person like Chanakya just because of political rivalry.



People who think that the society in which we live will remain the same; are dissuading themselves of the truth. Society is a complex and dynamic system changing constantly leaving those people behind who say no to change. Broadly speaking, Chanakya dreamt of a country reaching the following levels of development in terms of ideologies and social and economic development:

A self sufficient economy which is not dependent on foreign trade. 

• An egalitarian society where there are equal opportunities for all. 
• Establishment of new colonies for the augmentation of resources. He also advocated the development of the already annexed colonies. His imperialistic views can be interpreted as the development of natural and man made resources.
• According to Chanakya, the efficient management of land is essential for the development of resources. It is essential that the state keeps an eye on the occupation of excess land by the landlords and unauthorized use of land. Ideally the state should monitor the most important and vital resource – Land.
• The state should take care of agriculture at all times. Government machinery should be directed towards the implementation of projects aimed at supporting and nurturing the various processes; beginning from sowing of seeds to harvest.
• The nation should envisage to construct forts and cities. These complexes would protect the country from invasions and provide internal security. The cities would act as giant markets increasing the revenue of the state.
• Internal trade was more important to Chanakya than external trade. At each point of the entry of goods, a minimal amount of tax should be collected. The state should collect taxes at a bare minimum level, so that there is no chance of tax evasion.
• Laws of the state should be the same for all, irrespective of the person who is involved in the case. Destitute women should be protected by the society because they are the result of social exploitation and the uncouth behavior of men.
• Security of the citizens at peace time is very important because state is the only savior of the men and women who get affected only because of the negligence of the state. Antisocial elements should be kept under check along with the spies who may enter the country at any time.
Chanakya envisioned a society where the people are not running behind material pleasures. Control over the sense organs is essential for success in any endeavor. Spiritual development is essential for the internal strength and character of the individual. Material pleasures and achievements are always secondary to the spiritual development of the society and country at large




"Taxation should not be a painful process for the people. There should be leniency and caution while deciding the tax structure. Ideally, governments should collect taxes like a honeybee, which sucks just the right amount of honey from the flower so that both can survive. Taxes should be collected in small and not in large proportions".

Most of his views were so farsighted that they appeared to be prophesies. Talking on diverse subjects such as corruption, he commented very rightly, "It’s just as difficult to detect an official’s dishonesty as it is to discover how much water is drunk by the swimming fish".


15 GREAT THOUGHTS BY CHANAKYA


1) "Learn from the mistakes of others... you can't live long enough to make them all yourselves!!"

2)"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first."

3)"Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous."

4)"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth."


5)" Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."


6)"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."


7)"The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman."


8)"Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest."


9)"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."


10)"God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple."


11) "A man is great by deeds, not by birth."


12) "Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness."


13) "Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends."


14) "Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person."


15) "Education is the Best Friend. An Educated Person is Respected Everywhere. Education beats the Beauty and the Youth."