"I 'll not be presumptuous enough to say that my life can be a role model for anybody; but some poor child living in an obscure place in an underprivileged social setting may find a little solace in the way my destiny has been shaped. It could perhaps help such children liberate themselves from the bondage of their illusory backwardness and hoplessness."
Great words from the 11th President of the Republic of India.
Look at the humility, the uplifting effect. Every phrase is so pregnant with meaning.For example ,take "illusory backwardness".No backwardness is real, is what our APJ wants to say.A wonderful life indeed, and it is continuing with even greater vigour. Visionaries never age.Wonder if we can inculcate even a tenth of his dedication , integrity and humility, not only we 'll touch greatness in our individual lives, but also can bring our society near to realizing his dream of a developed India till 2020.I recall what the world wide head of my business unit was once saying.His words and message is relevant in case of nation also ,though he was talking in context of a corporate(TI) . Put his message in context of a nation and it 'll read like - " Every citizen of India should be better than his counterpart in USA, China, UK, Japan and so on." It is only when our individual greatness will rise in all areas , be it science and technology, research, literature, agriculture, other industries, academics, medicine, politics and so on, then only our cumulative greatness as a nation will rise.Then only we can claim to have a great national character and we can truly stand up and say, "We have arrived, all over again........................"
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Flower
The flower is just an excuse; Others 'll only see the flower,
when I give it to You;
But, You, must see the invisible, hear the unsaid;
The flower is not real; It is just a cover up;
See the real.......
when I give it to You;
But, You, must see the invisible, hear the unsaid;
The flower is not real; It is just a cover up;
See the real.......
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Free will and destiny
Those of you who have worked on Linux/Unix will know it.
Destiny and free will can be compared to the structure of the Unix commands.
When you are handed a set of circumstances (say by destiny), it 's like working in the framework of a command. The super programmer has written the various binaries for them. And there are switches to modify their behaviours.A particular person can do so much with one command (using the various switches, or creating some of their own; so using the switches is like exercising your free will) while some others might be using it for the bare minimum. The framework is same. The tools available to both are same. No doubt , two fellows make totally different things out of the same situation (depending on how they exercise their freedom of choice, the switches, their free will.
Because they have understood the framework, the laws well, the command , the various options and switches well.
So, is it about knowledge and understanding?
May be.
When you understand a law, the logic, you can even work around it, you can use it.
It 's like when you understand gravity and aerodynamics, you can make a plane to defy gravity.
So, are we here for knowledge?
To become God like through knowledge?
Does it happen that you can actually reach a level where you can add new switches, modify the binaries?
Unix is an open source OS after all.
So, does God allow Unix(open source) like behaviour here or tends to follow the proprietary model of Windows(or viceversa)?
Explore, know , and harness.
Destiny and free will can be compared to the structure of the Unix commands.
When you are handed a set of circumstances (say by destiny), it 's like working in the framework of a command. The super programmer has written the various binaries for them. And there are switches to modify their behaviours.A particular person can do so much with one command (using the various switches, or creating some of their own; so using the switches is like exercising your free will) while some others might be using it for the bare minimum. The framework is same. The tools available to both are same. No doubt , two fellows make totally different things out of the same situation (depending on how they exercise their freedom of choice, the switches, their free will.
Because they have understood the framework, the laws well, the command , the various options and switches well.
So, is it about knowledge and understanding?
May be.
When you understand a law, the logic, you can even work around it, you can use it.
It 's like when you understand gravity and aerodynamics, you can make a plane to defy gravity.
So, are we here for knowledge?
To become God like through knowledge?
Does it happen that you can actually reach a level where you can add new switches, modify the binaries?
Unix is an open source OS after all.
So, does God allow Unix(open source) like behaviour here or tends to follow the proprietary model of Windows(or viceversa)?
Explore, know , and harness.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
How soulful your interactions are
People experience uncountable emotions in varying shades, so complex and varied, in different relations.Naming and describing them is not really a doable task.We, mortals, find it so easy to shift the blame on somebosy else for anyhing wrong with us.Be it a relation between parents and their wards, friends , any romantic relation or any other.It 's so easy to hear things like - "You didn't meet my expectations";"He let me down";"She deceived me";"What is my mistake?""You are not good/mature enough" ;".......................".And people keep clinging to addictive and obssesive relations.
But that 's not the issue we are discussing.
We are trying to talk about solutions.
If your interactions with people in any relation,whatsoever, of any intensity, are not that soulful, that your absence is not conspicuous , then you better work on yourself, rather than blaming others for what you think that they have done to you.
When I say soulful , I refer to a totally different level of interaction.
Something , that is not directed by any need.Even in relations like a customer-supplier relation, whose very basis is a satisfaction of a mutual need can be taken to that level.When you meet with the person as pure consciouness, as someone who is same in essence as you, it 's then, when the joy of being flows, and the act of selling something becomes secondary; for you are connecting to the source of life itself.
Such kind of people do exist.And we always remember any sort of encounter with them, however small it happens to be.These are the ones, who don't play any roles.They don't try to appear more than what they are; they are remarkable and the only ones who make any difference to the world around.Whatever they do, becomes empowered.Their simple presence is soothing.They have a transformational effect on whatever and whoever they come in contact with.
It is a state which when you reach, a touch or a word or simple look will have its effect in healing somebody.Then , you 'll no longer pretend or play any roles, for , you , just being yourself ,are enough.It 's when you realize ,"We all are same".
It is then when real humility will come, and we 'll know that self esteem and humility are same.
..
Let the masks and the roles lose their significance!!!
Let the light shine through!!!
But that 's not the issue we are discussing.
We are trying to talk about solutions.
If your interactions with people in any relation,whatsoever, of any intensity, are not that soulful, that your absence is not conspicuous , then you better work on yourself, rather than blaming others for what you think that they have done to you.
When I say soulful , I refer to a totally different level of interaction.
Something , that is not directed by any need.Even in relations like a customer-supplier relation, whose very basis is a satisfaction of a mutual need can be taken to that level.When you meet with the person as pure consciouness, as someone who is same in essence as you, it 's then, when the joy of being flows, and the act of selling something becomes secondary; for you are connecting to the source of life itself.
Such kind of people do exist.And we always remember any sort of encounter with them, however small it happens to be.These are the ones, who don't play any roles.They don't try to appear more than what they are; they are remarkable and the only ones who make any difference to the world around.Whatever they do, becomes empowered.Their simple presence is soothing.They have a transformational effect on whatever and whoever they come in contact with.
It is a state which when you reach, a touch or a word or simple look will have its effect in healing somebody.Then , you 'll no longer pretend or play any roles, for , you , just being yourself ,are enough.It 's when you realize ,"We all are same".
It is then when real humility will come, and we 'll know that self esteem and humility are same.
..
Let the masks and the roles lose their significance!!!
Let the light shine through!!!
We, the people
I happened to watch the talk show of Karan Johar with Richard Gere. I didnt switch channel for it involved one of the finest and my favourite actors.And these guys started discussing India and China.Since, Gere is a buddhist.They talked about Dalai Lama and then Gere's love for India and stuff.And then he praised India and Indian people on various fronts.
Somewhere, in between , I wondered what is it that makes us Indians?
What is the essence of the so called Indianness?
What is it?
Language? culture? food?religion?superstitions?software?democracy?corruption?pollution?population?disparity?
ancient wisdom?ayurveda?communal riots?accomodativeness?..................?
I couldn't put my finger on one thing.
And then , I thought of the Nokia N95 commercial
and it is esay to guess what I said to myself-
there is this thing I wear (Indianness),
but , it is not one thing;
It is many.
Somewhere, in between , I wondered what is it that makes us Indians?
What is the essence of the so called Indianness?
What is it?
Language? culture? food?religion?superstitions?software?democracy?corruption?pollution?population?disparity?
ancient wisdom?ayurveda?communal riots?accomodativeness?..................?
I couldn't put my finger on one thing.
And then , I thought of the Nokia N95 commercial
and it is esay to guess what I said to myself-
there is this thing I wear (Indianness),
but , it is not one thing;
It is many.
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