Some funny stuff--
Credits - Aniruddha P. N.
->> South America + Africa = T-Rex
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1102/1208561702595cs5.jpg
->> Kids:
http://www.shootthestupid.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/stupidkids.jpg
->> The tunnel at the end of the tunnel:
http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoons/KeefeM/2008/KeefeM20080413_low.jpg
Monday, June 29, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Q without A
Right now, I am happy; but is happiness enough?
I am at peace right now; is peace enough?
I have enough to lead a good life and I am sure I will always have enough to lead a appreciably good life; but is this sense of enoughness enough?
What is it that a human really wants, searches for?
Is it a sense of having done something, that is much bigger than his/her existence?
Is it about a sense of achievement? What is achievement? How big is big enough?
Is it finding the so called 'love' and getting busy?
Is it knowing the truth of the universe?
Is it sensual pleasures?
Is it about having done something more meaningful and lasting than his/her mundane struggle to find his/her little space in the crowd?
Is it about the pleasure that comes from giving or more accurately by being the medium through which the giver gives?
The questions can be many. And right now I do not have any answers to offer.
I am at peace right now; is peace enough?
I have enough to lead a good life and I am sure I will always have enough to lead a appreciably good life; but is this sense of enoughness enough?
What is it that a human really wants, searches for?
Is it a sense of having done something, that is much bigger than his/her existence?
Is it about a sense of achievement? What is achievement? How big is big enough?
Is it finding the so called 'love' and getting busy?
Is it knowing the truth of the universe?
Is it sensual pleasures?
Is it about having done something more meaningful and lasting than his/her mundane struggle to find his/her little space in the crowd?
Is it about the pleasure that comes from giving or more accurately by being the medium through which the giver gives?
The questions can be many. And right now I do not have any answers to offer.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Objective reality
If my observation is coloured by my experiences, then have I ever seen the truth? Can I ever be objective enough to see the truth, because unless I see the universe as it is, how am I supposed to do anything about it? Will I ever be able to see the truth? And is there a singular reality? Is there anything called 'the absolute truth'? Is not the reality that you see is as real as the one that I observe?
I was watching a video which resonated with the ideas expressed in Hindu Mysticism and the profound science of yoga and personal evolution and I tended to like it because of this resonance. Is not this itself a bias? Irrespective of how great and profound this science is, was not my experience coloured because I happened to take birth in a Hindu family, where I got this kind of conditioning, and external environment that I passed through subsequently? Or did I have it all planned and I will-fully took birth in such environment; because it suited my evolutionary needs so I chose the set of circumstances. How am I supposed to know this without doubt?
The mystics say that one has to understand one's experiences, and resolve the unresolved reactions/fruits of our actions to see the objective truth. It is as if things always existed for you to see, but you had turned too insensitive, too busy to observe. Reaching this state, they say, is the first step to be able to see and program the quantum space - the sub-nuclear, the "suxam" (in Sanskrit) realm.
I was watching a video which resonated with the ideas expressed in Hindu Mysticism and the profound science of yoga and personal evolution and I tended to like it because of this resonance. Is not this itself a bias? Irrespective of how great and profound this science is, was not my experience coloured because I happened to take birth in a Hindu family, where I got this kind of conditioning, and external environment that I passed through subsequently? Or did I have it all planned and I will-fully took birth in such environment; because it suited my evolutionary needs so I chose the set of circumstances. How am I supposed to know this without doubt?
The mystics say that one has to understand one's experiences, and resolve the unresolved reactions/fruits of our actions to see the objective truth. It is as if things always existed for you to see, but you had turned too insensitive, too busy to observe. Reaching this state, they say, is the first step to be able to see and program the quantum space - the sub-nuclear, the "suxam" (in Sanskrit) realm.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
David Foster Wallace on Life and Work
Those of you who like thinking about 'what and how to think' and how to get into a conscious habit of doing it will enjoy reading this article.
Though Mr David talks about only the emotional, moral and human aspects of 'thinking' here and not necessarily about problem solving and more action-oriented applications of this 'art', nonetheless it is worth reading and pondering over.
Though Mr David talks about only the emotional, moral and human aspects of 'thinking' here and not necessarily about problem solving and more action-oriented applications of this 'art', nonetheless it is worth reading and pondering over.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Rajat Gupta on India
One of the good podcasts I happened to listen to recently.
Enjoy listening to it here
Enjoy listening to it here
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Save me from folly, vanity and vice !
I was reading Benjamin Franklin's autobiography. It is amazing to see how the man rose from a life of obscurity (born as a son of a candle maker) to one with great accomplishments and influence of epic proportions in so many diverse fields. An experimentalist, a theoretician, an inventor, a scientist,a pulisher, a philosopher, a politician, a revolutionary. Though I am still into the first half of the book, but it is an amazing read. The way Franklin distances himself from his life and describes it is brilliant. Even more brilliant is the wisdom that is interwoven throughout. Among other things , it shows one how to see oneself in a proverbial mirror to have a unbiased view and how to succesfully work your way towards what you want to be. A story of determination, tragedies, heroism and ulimately victory. No doubt, he would have been great in any age, any time. It reinforces my belief that some truths are eternal and some laws will always operate in the universe beyond relativity.
I also like the little prayers that he wrote down for himself. Especially the one --
"O powerful Goodness! bountiful Father! merciful Guide! increase in me that wisdom which discovers my truest interest. strengthen my resolutions to perform what that wisdom dictates. Accept my kind offices to thy other children as the only return in my power for thy continual favors to me."
The lines taken from Thomson's poems are also beautiful and elevating --
"Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme!
O teach me what is good; teach me Thyself!
Save me from folly, vanity, and vice,
From every low pursuit; and fill my soul
With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure;
Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!"
I also like the little prayers that he wrote down for himself. Especially the one --
"O powerful Goodness! bountiful Father! merciful Guide! increase in me that wisdom which discovers my truest interest. strengthen my resolutions to perform what that wisdom dictates. Accept my kind offices to thy other children as the only return in my power for thy continual favors to me."
The lines taken from Thomson's poems are also beautiful and elevating --
"Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme!
O teach me what is good; teach me Thyself!
Save me from folly, vanity, and vice,
From every low pursuit; and fill my soul
With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure;
Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!"
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
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