Subtle presence!

We seek a chance to squeeze in something when there is really no occasion to mention it due to the inaptitude of the situation.
The “presence” of a person is felt in proportion to the esteem we hold for that person. A child who realizes having lost himself, simply ignores the crowd into which it is lost, and the eyes keep searching for only the people who offer that sense of security back (usually the parents, caretakers or so…).
At work place, the boss makes sure that his/her presence is felt as much as possible.
At schools, teachers, the Principal etc ensure their presence being felt.
At spiritual places(places of worship, especially), the ideal situation would be to ensure the presence of some kind ‘divinity’ being felt.
During school excursions, I have seen my classmates wishing, if that caretaker-teacher were to vanish for a while, then we would have some ‘real’ fun, being left to ourselves! When the same kids, reach college, ‘now it does not matter’ to them!
When a question of this sort came up, I wished to ‘squeeze-in’ a concept, which I was all along waiting to find a way to drive into a wedge!
To get your ‘kind’ attention, let me remind ourselves of a joke about the desperation of ‘seeking a chance to squeeze in’ something very urgently!
Till recent years, there is a tradition, amongst the Namboodiri’s (a class of people in ancient Kerala, who dedicated themselves to Tantric practices for general good of the entire society), when they dine, the person serving food was expected to guess whether a particular dish was needed to be served more or to be stopped. The diner was not allowed to specify whether he needed more of it, or has had enough of it. This tradition presented very embarrassing situation, when the people serving were inept. So, the people chosen to serve were very carefully ‘hand-picked’ to avoid trouble to diners. More importantly, leaving food uneaten was forbidden!
Once a young Namboodiri kid insisted that he would join the band of servers during a session. No amount of convincing would dissuade him. Ultimately, he was assigned the least troublesome dish “Rasam” to be served. This item is watery, and a brief course with rice, easy to judge its adequacy when being served since it simply would flow out of the plantain leaf (the sacred eating plate). Very unfortunately for the kid, one of the diners, an elderly Namboodiri, put out his upturned cupped palm to contain the liquid ‘rasam’ to avoid the undirected-free-flow out of the leaf. Once filled, he slurped the contents out of his palm with great relish. The kid mistook the upturned palm to be an ‘indication’ of needing it more, and kept pouring it out. The elderly namboodiri had no choice but to show the cupped palm yet again to avoid spillage/wastage. This went on for a while, with the belly of the elderly diner reaching a ‘breaking-point’! The kid happened to make a casual enquiry to the elder “How many members does your family have Sir?”. The elder was in great desperation to squeeze in his own priority into the answer, and said “If I happen to survive this endless gulping of ‘Rasam’ being forced into me, then, including me, it is about 8 members” !! Needless to say, the kid’s attention got riveted on his folly! Namboodiris are very resourceful, quick-witted, and an abundant source of humour!
Regards,
Psn(16th December, 2009)

http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091214170858AAL4UvK

The question:
Wat would happen to the world if people 20yrs and up disappeared?

My Answer:
Nothing much, other than what is already happening!To the bulk of the up-to-20's the others are as good as 'they-don't-exist'. Get into a group of below 20 and spend some time when they are all by themselves and there will be no indication that there are people in this world above 20!

When a person reaches a certain level of perception on a spiritual path, the deepest emotion is the feeling of inadvertently having 'neglected' the subtle presence of all those great beings around us, all the time! Once this presence is felt even in a fuzzy way, the need for morals and ethics become redundant! This part of the answer is obviously redundant, but not entirely out of place! (Just seeking an opportunity to squeeze in something that is worth taking notice of, with a bit of an open mind, as a possibility, taking care not to blindly accept or negate!)