I felt a sense of excitement, when I came across this question. I had thought that the traditional custom or ritual is almost extinct, or forgotten. And now, ‘presto’! here comes somebody asking for the reason behind it!
Bowing to mother earth has currently got into trouble with political controversies with religious sentiments overlapping!
Mere quoting of traditional beliefs do not seem to work with the present-day-minds!
Quite reasonable, agreed. But then, if unaccompanied by a keen enquiring mind, the rich heritage passed down from generations would get lost due to ‘blind-disbelief’!
For me, the question is an awaited ‘excuse’ to remind ourselves of something that is perhaps very precious, though it costs almost nothing to try it out!
Now it is up to us to keep it or throw it away!
Regards,
Psn(17th November, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091116184026AAbrTgN
The question:
Why to touch earth when you wake up?
people say that, one has to touch the earth with is hand(only hand) first and then wake up (or then the legs)... why ?
My answer:
Scientifically, we may try to compare it with 'earthing' (the neutral line, required to complete the circuit in power cables, electric current...)
Traditionally there is another example. In Hindu way of life, the annual ceremony of a dead person performed on the lunar phase of date of death(tithi), is also using direct contact with earth (in contrast to other rituals/pujas done sitting on a non-conductor like wooden plank, cushion, Kusha-grass, deer-skin, etc). Here too the reason is to 'provide' earthing to the person invoked (that person is presumed to be floating, without the body).
Everyday, we go into a sort of 'nothing-ness' while asleep. In our own experience, we are almost like 'dead' to the outside world during our sleep state. So, soon after waking, we make the contact or the 'earthing' quicker by touching, to get back to worldly business at the earliest. We have that 'extra-gravity' problem getting out of bed when we wake up :)
This tradition is almost extinct! Many people would not have even heard of it! A special thanks to you for this question, giving an opportunity to look at it with the modern scientific way of looking at it! The previous generations were more trusting, quite innocent, ignorant of modern-like-logic, so the belief system worked well, when the explanations were belief-oriented, like treating the earth like a goddess, and bowing, worshipping by that humble touch .. etc. Even this traditional belief has its value, but to experience it, a person has to evolve beyond logic! For those who can afford to believe and trust, the traditional explanations too are very precious and hold good value.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
अपने आप से रूठो ना (Forgive Myself)
When I have to request my own mind, ‘please forgive me’, it is a bit difficult! All that ‘character-building’ exercises that we arduously undertook all along, suddenly now, seems to turn against very own self! At the very start, it looks like giving ourselves undue concessions! We hear people say “I could never forgive myself for that….” and when they say so, we feel a bit proud too, of having such a person as our friend! Here is a person who is strict enough when it comes to own self! But I wonder, does it really work?
Anyway, a question came up where the asker was seeking a way out of frustration when he (or she perhaps) could not find a ‘release’ despite an attempt to forgive oneself. Here, I felt there is something I could offer as a suggestion. The asker seems to be quite impressed. So I was wondering if yet others might find it worth taking a look at.
Regards,
Psn(16th November, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091115185827AA4WRxb
The asker’s question:
I have forgiven myself but it seems as though I can't forget about the wrong I have done....?
I think so much and it becomes frustrating when I can't find answers as to why something happens. I am always looking for truth in situations and sometimes it can become very frustrating. People who think alot...What is it they do to keep their minds healthy and positive? and What keeps them to not dwell on the past and keep their minds rolling on the future? How is it done?
My reply:
Well, then try that 'forgiven myself' in two ways, instead of either of the ways.Emotionally console yourself, and forgive, with clear understanding of how emotions led us a bit astray, and caused the frustration.Logically too, analyse what happened, and how the logic failed us to cause that frustrating situation, due to our own acts of omission/commision etc, and resolve it conclusively and logically, taking a mental note to better ourselves next time.The memory of the situation by itself will never be the cause of frustration when looking at the past. In fact once the residue is resolved conclusively, only the 'positive' aspect of it remains, to serve us as a good lesson learnt for future guidance!(We might have heard of "Homer" the great ancient thinker, philosopher, and a wonderful legendary poet. He mentioned 'troubles & pebbles' as a solution to resolve such troubling memories. He used to take a few pebbles, keep one at a time in hand, ponder deep, resolve it either way, and cast away the pebble as 'dealt' with!)
Best wishes.
Anyway, a question came up where the asker was seeking a way out of frustration when he (or she perhaps) could not find a ‘release’ despite an attempt to forgive oneself. Here, I felt there is something I could offer as a suggestion. The asker seems to be quite impressed. So I was wondering if yet others might find it worth taking a look at.
Regards,
Psn(16th November, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091115185827AA4WRxb
The asker’s question:
I have forgiven myself but it seems as though I can't forget about the wrong I have done....?
I think so much and it becomes frustrating when I can't find answers as to why something happens. I am always looking for truth in situations and sometimes it can become very frustrating. People who think alot...What is it they do to keep their minds healthy and positive? and What keeps them to not dwell on the past and keep their minds rolling on the future? How is it done?
My reply:
Well, then try that 'forgiven myself' in two ways, instead of either of the ways.Emotionally console yourself, and forgive, with clear understanding of how emotions led us a bit astray, and caused the frustration.Logically too, analyse what happened, and how the logic failed us to cause that frustrating situation, due to our own acts of omission/commision etc, and resolve it conclusively and logically, taking a mental note to better ourselves next time.The memory of the situation by itself will never be the cause of frustration when looking at the past. In fact once the residue is resolved conclusively, only the 'positive' aspect of it remains, to serve us as a good lesson learnt for future guidance!(We might have heard of "Homer" the great ancient thinker, philosopher, and a wonderful legendary poet. He mentioned 'troubles & pebbles' as a solution to resolve such troubling memories. He used to take a few pebbles, keep one at a time in hand, ponder deep, resolve it either way, and cast away the pebble as 'dealt' with!)
Best wishes.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Transition of Trust
The quality of Trust that a person holds almost decides the very quality of life, irrespective of the material comforts affordable!
This trust takes strange shapes and forms (all of them quite abstract in nature!) in one’s experience. We even feel perplexed whether it was a ‘belief’ or a ‘trust’!
I found the question quoted below to be one that seems to touch one of the core issues involving trust. The transition (of that trust), when it happens within a person, it often reaches stagnation at most unlikely places! And the consequences (I would prefer to call it as ‘residues’, because it is the very residues that contributes to the bulk of our ‘karmic-natured-attitudes’!), solidify the stagnation! Quite fuzzy, I agree. But, then, trust itself is quite fuzzy, if only one were to reflect deep enough about it!
When I look at the question, the answer occurs, (of course the way it does, to me only, not necessarily the right one, the apt one, or even an agreeable one!).
But, very few are left out of this maze of trust and belief; I hope there you would agree. Perhaps, some of us feel too ‘sentimental’ to even touch it, to venture pondering over it, fearing that vulnerability!
Certain aspects of trust, I chose to merely make a passing reference, leaving it to the alert mind to grasp its significance, in my answer (call it the ways of a mystic or whatever! A ‘Guru’ is usually quite familiar with these aspects, being the one grappled with the problem of begetting that ‘trust’!).
Regards,
Psn(15th November, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091111154402AAlxuH2
Maybe the feeling of contended solitude can only be reached through a series of incidences with people?
that make you realise that it's only yourself you can trustdo you agree?
My answer:
Trust is understood in a deeper way only with intense life experiences.Initially, it is expected from others, instinctively.... like a child innocently trusts its parents, elders etc. With experience, this trust declines, with growing awareness about how people give priorities to their own personal desires surpassing even empathy, fellow consideration etc. Then comes, this phase of 'contended solitude’. This is a difficult phase, and if a person happens to go deeper within, then the 'Trust' now widens its scope in a big way, indescribably big! When that happens, now the trust on others happens effortlessly and without any expectation, or even the need to verify the trustworthiness of others! Consequences do not matter at all. When such trust is betrayed by others, the perception affords instant clarity of the cause, and forgiveness is also simultaneous! Quite incredible, but true, and purely experiential too!
This trust takes strange shapes and forms (all of them quite abstract in nature!) in one’s experience. We even feel perplexed whether it was a ‘belief’ or a ‘trust’!
I found the question quoted below to be one that seems to touch one of the core issues involving trust. The transition (of that trust), when it happens within a person, it often reaches stagnation at most unlikely places! And the consequences (I would prefer to call it as ‘residues’, because it is the very residues that contributes to the bulk of our ‘karmic-natured-attitudes’!), solidify the stagnation! Quite fuzzy, I agree. But, then, trust itself is quite fuzzy, if only one were to reflect deep enough about it!
When I look at the question, the answer occurs, (of course the way it does, to me only, not necessarily the right one, the apt one, or even an agreeable one!).
But, very few are left out of this maze of trust and belief; I hope there you would agree. Perhaps, some of us feel too ‘sentimental’ to even touch it, to venture pondering over it, fearing that vulnerability!
Certain aspects of trust, I chose to merely make a passing reference, leaving it to the alert mind to grasp its significance, in my answer (call it the ways of a mystic or whatever! A ‘Guru’ is usually quite familiar with these aspects, being the one grappled with the problem of begetting that ‘trust’!).
Regards,
Psn(15th November, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091111154402AAlxuH2
Maybe the feeling of contended solitude can only be reached through a series of incidences with people?
that make you realise that it's only yourself you can trustdo you agree?
My answer:
Trust is understood in a deeper way only with intense life experiences.Initially, it is expected from others, instinctively.... like a child innocently trusts its parents, elders etc. With experience, this trust declines, with growing awareness about how people give priorities to their own personal desires surpassing even empathy, fellow consideration etc. Then comes, this phase of 'contended solitude’. This is a difficult phase, and if a person happens to go deeper within, then the 'Trust' now widens its scope in a big way, indescribably big! When that happens, now the trust on others happens effortlessly and without any expectation, or even the need to verify the trustworthiness of others! Consequences do not matter at all. When such trust is betrayed by others, the perception affords instant clarity of the cause, and forgiveness is also simultaneous! Quite incredible, but true, and purely experiential too!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Childhood Snatchers!
That is what we the present day elders have turned out to be!
The famous songs, which reminds a person of one’s own sweet memories of childhood are no more relevant! (“Koi loutadey mere beetey huwhey din”, or “Yeh doulat bhi le lo, ye shohrat bhi lelo, bhaley cheen lo mujh se meri jawani, magar mujh ko de do wo bachpan ki yaadein….”)
These children of today, may not be left with any such memories at all! I can hope for some attention only when I am able to quote with some authenticity. I paste two articles by eminent people, and the more knowledgeable of them yet again seeks to quote a ‘spiritual’ poem!
Is it possible that we create at least a very nominal space for children in their routine daily life, how ever minimal our efforts turn out to be? In doing so, we send out a powerful thought process, which could snowball into a positive movement. Already there are a few institutions that have taken very powerful measures. And astoundingly enough there are courageous people to subscribe to it. There is a school, in South India, which assures that students face only one public exam (the 10th standard/Matriculation) as the earliest one. The same institution runs yet another informal school which does not fetch any recognised educational qualification at all! Yet there is a waiting list for admissions! The later one however assures that the child would grow into a ‘self-sufficient’ person irrespective of the outside situation! I am not at all canvassing for this or even such schools at present. Is it possible that we subscribe to this concept positively at least in our thought level! It is not really too much to ask when we have that collective accountability for having made those wonderful songs totally redundant!
Regards,
Psn(12th November, 2009)
(The quotes below are with due respect and acknowledgment to the sources)
1.
http://www.hindu.com/op/2009/11/08/stories/2009110851351400.htm
‘I only want to enjoy my childhood, ma’
(Dear co-parents, some of us might hear a small, fading voice making yet another attempt to reach us)
Inumella Sesikala
Amma, I don’t want to go to school.
I am just a child, Ma. I want someone to tell me stories and teach me. I want to watch tadpoles and butterflies and know what they eat, where they sleep. I want to climb a hill and catch a cloud to see what it is made of.
I want to wait with my hands in the stream and feel the fish swimming.
I want to run with the puppies, sing with the birds, and play with paper-boats in the rain.
I want to lie down on the soft green grass and hear the wind whisper.
Only then I want to learn more about them from the printed word.
Only after my imagination is fired, my thirst to know more has begun, a seed of ‘Why?’ is planted in my brain.
Amma, I feel trapped in the prison-like classroom. I feel my spirit slowly weakening with the monotonous teaching. Often, when I ask a basic question our teachers say, “No time for all that. Let us finish the syllabus.”
I get tired of studying just for marks without pausing to truly understand.
I want to go to the museum with my classmates and hear my teacher explain the stories of the artefacts.
I want plenty of nature trips where real Biology classes would be held.
I want to see colourful videos of volcanic eruptions and deep-sea dwellings.
I want our whole school to visit together the historic and cultural places in my city.
I want to learn astronomy after looking through a telescope once.
I don’t want to just read them in my textbooks; I want to see, hear, touch, smell and taste whatever I can. I want to experience.
Why can’t the school make at least one such trip every year?
And, I cannot stoop down anymore to carry my school sack. My back is ready to break. Why should I carry all the books everyday? Why can’t we have only two subjects per day? Or, why don’t we have lockers like in the Western schools? And, why should I squeeze in that over-crowded auto?
But, Amma, growing up no longer seems to be fun. I see only more of homework, winter projects, summer classes, weekly tests, monthly tests, quarterly, half-yearly and annual exams, external competitive exams, more tests, more competitions, more pressure, more stress…
When can I sing, paint, dance, swim, or cycle?
When I can just play cricket or even hide-and-seek?
What happened to that minimum sleep that you always say a child needs?
Why should I always study, study?
Amma, I am scared of increasing atrocities by untrustworthy teachers, ragging-raving seniors, acid-loving nuts, perverted adults…
Ma, right now, I don’t want to be a doctor, engineer or anything else.
I just want to feel safe and secure, play and learn without any stress before I become an adult like you.
I only want to enjoy my childhood, Ma.
2.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111254570900.htm
Need for creativity in classroom
The former President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, writes:
I was happy to see the article “I only want to enjoy my childhood, ma” by Inumella Sesikala (Open Page, Nov. 8). I liked the article very much, which is a dream of every child. Creativity of children has to come out from the classroom. Some of us had such opportunities. Our children should go to primary school only at the age of six. Till then, we have to promote creativity of the children with great teachers and an innovative classroom environment.
Yesterday, when I was reading the book Spiritual Intelligence, The Ultimate Intelligence by Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall, I came across the poem, “The Student’s prayer.”
“The young son of a Chilean biologist, Umberto Maturana, became unhappy at school because he felt his teachers were making it impossible for him to learn. They wanted to teach him what they knew, rather than drawing out what he needed to learn. As a result Maturana wrote “The Student’s Prayer”, of which this translation is an abridged version. It perfectly expresses the spiritually intelligent individual’s response to the conforming pressures of parents, teachers, bosses or the crowd.
The Student’s Prayer
Don’t impose on me what you know,
I want to explore the unknown
And be the source of my own discoveries.
Let the known be my liberation, not my slavery.
The world of your truth can be my limitation;
Your wisdom my negation.
Don’t instruct me; let’s walk together.
Let my richness begin where yours ends.
Show me so that I can stand
On your shoulders.
Reveal yourself so that I can be
Something different.
You believe that every human being
Can love and create.
I understand, then, your fear
When I ask you to live according to your wisdom.
You will not know who I am
By listening to yourself.
Don’t instruct me; let me be.
Your failure is that I be identical to you.” I thought, there is a connectivity among young hearts even beyond ocean — “I only want to enjoy my childhood, ma” and “The Student’s Prayer.”
The famous songs, which reminds a person of one’s own sweet memories of childhood are no more relevant! (“Koi loutadey mere beetey huwhey din”, or “Yeh doulat bhi le lo, ye shohrat bhi lelo, bhaley cheen lo mujh se meri jawani, magar mujh ko de do wo bachpan ki yaadein….”)
These children of today, may not be left with any such memories at all! I can hope for some attention only when I am able to quote with some authenticity. I paste two articles by eminent people, and the more knowledgeable of them yet again seeks to quote a ‘spiritual’ poem!
Is it possible that we create at least a very nominal space for children in their routine daily life, how ever minimal our efforts turn out to be? In doing so, we send out a powerful thought process, which could snowball into a positive movement. Already there are a few institutions that have taken very powerful measures. And astoundingly enough there are courageous people to subscribe to it. There is a school, in South India, which assures that students face only one public exam (the 10th standard/Matriculation) as the earliest one. The same institution runs yet another informal school which does not fetch any recognised educational qualification at all! Yet there is a waiting list for admissions! The later one however assures that the child would grow into a ‘self-sufficient’ person irrespective of the outside situation! I am not at all canvassing for this or even such schools at present. Is it possible that we subscribe to this concept positively at least in our thought level! It is not really too much to ask when we have that collective accountability for having made those wonderful songs totally redundant!
Regards,
Psn(12th November, 2009)
(The quotes below are with due respect and acknowledgment to the sources)
1.
http://www.hindu.com/op/2009/11/08/stories/2009110851351400.htm
‘I only want to enjoy my childhood, ma’
(Dear co-parents, some of us might hear a small, fading voice making yet another attempt to reach us)
Inumella Sesikala
Amma, I don’t want to go to school.
I am just a child, Ma. I want someone to tell me stories and teach me. I want to watch tadpoles and butterflies and know what they eat, where they sleep. I want to climb a hill and catch a cloud to see what it is made of.
I want to wait with my hands in the stream and feel the fish swimming.
I want to run with the puppies, sing with the birds, and play with paper-boats in the rain.
I want to lie down on the soft green grass and hear the wind whisper.
Only then I want to learn more about them from the printed word.
Only after my imagination is fired, my thirst to know more has begun, a seed of ‘Why?’ is planted in my brain.
Amma, I feel trapped in the prison-like classroom. I feel my spirit slowly weakening with the monotonous teaching. Often, when I ask a basic question our teachers say, “No time for all that. Let us finish the syllabus.”
I get tired of studying just for marks without pausing to truly understand.
I want to go to the museum with my classmates and hear my teacher explain the stories of the artefacts.
I want plenty of nature trips where real Biology classes would be held.
I want to see colourful videos of volcanic eruptions and deep-sea dwellings.
I want our whole school to visit together the historic and cultural places in my city.
I want to learn astronomy after looking through a telescope once.
I don’t want to just read them in my textbooks; I want to see, hear, touch, smell and taste whatever I can. I want to experience.
Why can’t the school make at least one such trip every year?
And, I cannot stoop down anymore to carry my school sack. My back is ready to break. Why should I carry all the books everyday? Why can’t we have only two subjects per day? Or, why don’t we have lockers like in the Western schools? And, why should I squeeze in that over-crowded auto?
But, Amma, growing up no longer seems to be fun. I see only more of homework, winter projects, summer classes, weekly tests, monthly tests, quarterly, half-yearly and annual exams, external competitive exams, more tests, more competitions, more pressure, more stress…
When can I sing, paint, dance, swim, or cycle?
When I can just play cricket or even hide-and-seek?
What happened to that minimum sleep that you always say a child needs?
Why should I always study, study?
Amma, I am scared of increasing atrocities by untrustworthy teachers, ragging-raving seniors, acid-loving nuts, perverted adults…
Ma, right now, I don’t want to be a doctor, engineer or anything else.
I just want to feel safe and secure, play and learn without any stress before I become an adult like you.
I only want to enjoy my childhood, Ma.
2.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/12/stories/2009111254570900.htm
Need for creativity in classroom
The former President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, writes:
I was happy to see the article “I only want to enjoy my childhood, ma” by Inumella Sesikala (Open Page, Nov. 8). I liked the article very much, which is a dream of every child. Creativity of children has to come out from the classroom. Some of us had such opportunities. Our children should go to primary school only at the age of six. Till then, we have to promote creativity of the children with great teachers and an innovative classroom environment.
Yesterday, when I was reading the book Spiritual Intelligence, The Ultimate Intelligence by Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall, I came across the poem, “The Student’s prayer.”
“The young son of a Chilean biologist, Umberto Maturana, became unhappy at school because he felt his teachers were making it impossible for him to learn. They wanted to teach him what they knew, rather than drawing out what he needed to learn. As a result Maturana wrote “The Student’s Prayer”, of which this translation is an abridged version. It perfectly expresses the spiritually intelligent individual’s response to the conforming pressures of parents, teachers, bosses or the crowd.
The Student’s Prayer
Don’t impose on me what you know,
I want to explore the unknown
And be the source of my own discoveries.
Let the known be my liberation, not my slavery.
The world of your truth can be my limitation;
Your wisdom my negation.
Don’t instruct me; let’s walk together.
Let my richness begin where yours ends.
Show me so that I can stand
On your shoulders.
Reveal yourself so that I can be
Something different.
You believe that every human being
Can love and create.
I understand, then, your fear
When I ask you to live according to your wisdom.
You will not know who I am
By listening to yourself.
Don’t instruct me; let me be.
Your failure is that I be identical to you.” I thought, there is a connectivity among young hearts even beyond ocean — “I only want to enjoy my childhood, ma” and “The Student’s Prayer.”
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Good enough to be boring!
Askers keep amazing me!
The very question in its latent contradiction, seemed to de-mystify the elusive root cause of boredom itself!
I should be the one to thank the asker, for a clue that I had been hunting for! Not that I was all that innocent, but to find a way to put it across in a way, that is easily (rather irrefutably) understood by others?
I hope you have a good reason now, to either agree or disagree.
Regards,
Psn(11th November, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091109224023AAeQ3kh
Do you find "good" boring?
My reply:
That's a very " good " clue!It could be no where else I guess!Just that the 'goodness' is yet to reveal itself!In my attempt to 'dissect' this 'boredom' I ended up into a maze searching for an equivalent word in any of the Indian languages too!There was another word, 'sentiment' for which I am looking out for an equivalent in Indian languages!!But, I think that settles the 'source' of boredom!
Thanks!!
The very question in its latent contradiction, seemed to de-mystify the elusive root cause of boredom itself!
I should be the one to thank the asker, for a clue that I had been hunting for! Not that I was all that innocent, but to find a way to put it across in a way, that is easily (rather irrefutably) understood by others?
I hope you have a good reason now, to either agree or disagree.
Regards,
Psn(11th November, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091109224023AAeQ3kh
Do you find "good" boring?
My reply:
That's a very " good " clue!It could be no where else I guess!Just that the 'goodness' is yet to reveal itself!In my attempt to 'dissect' this 'boredom' I ended up into a maze searching for an equivalent word in any of the Indian languages too!There was another word, 'sentiment' for which I am looking out for an equivalent in Indian languages!!But, I think that settles the 'source' of boredom!
Thanks!!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Batau (Shall I explain?)
Batau
“Shall I explain”
A question, and an answer that needs no further explanation.
A question of motivation, it is….
Regards,
Psn
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091109071405AASiPY0
Tell me, spiritually.. what motivates an individual to confront the challenges that most would run from?
What are those challenges?Thoughts...?
My ‘Batau”:
There was a joke. In Hindi language 'Batau' means 'tell, explain, show(how),' as a part of usage....A Hindi speaking person went to taste 'Punjabi' dishes, in a restaurant and asked 'what is today's special'. The reply was "Batau". The visitor said, "Batau". Once again the reply was "Batau". This happened for several times. Then the visitor elaborated, 'I asked what is special today, and you keep saying, "shall I explain" (the accent while pronouncing that 'batau' resembled the tone of enquiry, by the waiter)...Now the waiter elaborated, "Batau tho hai, aur kya batau?" (The dish is "batau", what else am I to elaborate). There was a dish called "Batau"........
Spirituality IS the motivation, by itself!!!
“Shall I explain”
A question, and an answer that needs no further explanation.
A question of motivation, it is….
Regards,
Psn
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091109071405AASiPY0
Tell me, spiritually.. what motivates an individual to confront the challenges that most would run from?
What are those challenges?Thoughts...?
My ‘Batau”:
There was a joke. In Hindi language 'Batau' means 'tell, explain, show(how),' as a part of usage....A Hindi speaking person went to taste 'Punjabi' dishes, in a restaurant and asked 'what is today's special'. The reply was "Batau". The visitor said, "Batau". Once again the reply was "Batau". This happened for several times. Then the visitor elaborated, 'I asked what is special today, and you keep saying, "shall I explain" (the accent while pronouncing that 'batau' resembled the tone of enquiry, by the waiter)...Now the waiter elaborated, "Batau tho hai, aur kya batau?" (The dish is "batau", what else am I to elaborate). There was a dish called "Batau"........
Spirituality IS the motivation, by itself!!!
Saturday, November 07, 2009
OCD test!
ज़िन्दगी भी एक नशा है मेरे दोस्त, जब चढ़ता है तो पूछो मत क्या आलम रहता है लेकिन.......
This life too is an intoxication my friend, and when it permeates in, do not ask what possesses us, but....
An intoxication like this must have crept into the asker, which triggered an obsession like थिंग that crept in him, and then he was anxious to get clarified!
Psn(7th November, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091106150200AAmHAsJ
Why am I obsessed with getting "dirty" so much?
Serious question. I used to have germophobia, and now it's the complete opposite. I rarely bathe, and I touch everything. Has my OCD gone 360 on me? because now i love getting my hands and feet dirty.is there a disorder named after this?is it a sign of mental illness?why does this make me feel good? (being contaminated)
My Nuska (recipe/solution):
This is not really an obsession. It is just a phase of transition, rejoicing that freedom from resistance. When acceptance deepens, there is a slight 'overdose' of tolerance.When a person suddenly becomes tolerant to music or singing, after having detested it for years, there is an urge to 'soak-in' that music for a while, and then it subsides to 'normalcy'.After a while, the optimum sense of hygiene would prevail, and then the cleaning would be need-based, or 'decided-by-situation' rather than one's own compulsive behaviour!Very few are fortunate to experience with this kind of change over! It sounds wonderful to know.
Best wishes.
Friday, November 06, 2009
Hardwork or luck, which do you prefer?
It is a very common and casual question!
If we understand the depth of it, perhaps, then for a better reason, for a longer sustaining reason, for a reason that does not impose dependence on the outside situation, we could choose hard work(otherwise, normally, we find our mind evading all our resolves to work hard !)
psn(6th November, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091105090853AAqZgeK
Hardwork or luck, which do you prefer?
My answer:
Luck is almost like the product of hard work. Lucky to win a lottery--somebody produced that money by hard work. Lucky to be born of wonderful parents--it takes a lot of hard work to become wonderful parents! Lucky to get a seat in a crowded bus--somebody beside us undergoes the 'hard work' of standing instead of us! Lucky to be born in a prosperous country--that country is prosperous due to hard work, honesty, good team spirit of a few generations!When we decide to forgo a part of the results of our hard work, somebody else is bound to be lucky!
If we understand the depth of it, perhaps, then for a better reason, for a longer sustaining reason, for a reason that does not impose dependence on the outside situation, we could choose hard work(otherwise, normally, we find our mind evading all our resolves to work hard !)
psn(6th November, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091105090853AAqZgeK
Hardwork or luck, which do you prefer?
My answer:
Luck is almost like the product of hard work. Lucky to win a lottery--somebody produced that money by hard work. Lucky to be born of wonderful parents--it takes a lot of hard work to become wonderful parents! Lucky to get a seat in a crowded bus--somebody beside us undergoes the 'hard work' of standing instead of us! Lucky to be born in a prosperous country--that country is prosperous due to hard work, honesty, good team spirit of a few generations!When we decide to forgo a part of the results of our hard work, somebody else is bound to be lucky!
Complexity of Emotion-based concepts!
At the very outset, I have resolved to adhere to brevity. No point in trying out other’s patience!
I tried to look at ‘provocation’ as a violent form of temptation! To use a dramatic example, I choose to take a small incident from the war & its battles of the great epic “Mahabharata”.
Despite advice from a great being, none other than Lord Krishna himself, the divine charioteer, Arjuna could not bring upon himself to aim the fatal arrows, and unleash it upon the venerable Paterfamilias, the venerable Bhishma! Bhishma’s stature & character loomed large, clouding the vision of Arjuna. This hesitation “provoked” Krishna to climb down the chariot, take up his own weapon, the sudarsana Chakra and aim it at Bhishma! A puzzling contrast is that Bhishma, who has never known defeat, nor has ever refused an offer to combat, welcomes with open arms, bare palms, to joyously get killed by Krishna! To me, here, Bhishma’s conscious choice, a seemingly logic-defying one, represents the virtue of selfishness at its peak! (Yes! Ethics and selfishness seem to be in an endless conflict when we are torn between the two, when the choosing either of them becomes imminent, due to compulsions of situation, in our day-to-day-life routine! Selfishness in a deeper sense does advocate ethics, and then there is no inner conflict. That is the secret of our ancient mystics, the spiritual Masters!)
It is this unfair advantage to Bhishma, for which Arjuna does not like to become a root cause! He once again assures Krishna, to resume his resolve ‘not to take up arms himself’. This incident repeats several times! Then ultimately, Arjuna the sole spiritual disciple of Krishna, barely manages to grasp the complex concept of this emotional conflict, and obeys to slay Bhishma!
Some ‘ethical’ prescriptions like ‘do not nurture hate for others’ etc does not really seem to work in practical life! We need to seek better reasons, to cheerfully adopt this kind of ethics. Reasons which are not flimsy, like ‘trying to appear’ like a good person in the eyes of others! Such flimsy reasons only add up to stress within, and cause untold miseries like tension, BP, and related ailments like diabetes! That reminds me of a funny incident! We were a group chatting casually during the post feast-lunch session after a ‘match-fixing’ ceremony of a bride & groom. An elder lady was asserting ‘her’ non-availability to common causes of diabetes like tension, anger, stress, BP etc, when youngsters seated around were trying to suggest a possible cause for her mild manageable level of diabetes. I suddenly blurted out “Telling lies”! Quite unexpectedly, all the youngsters shouted “YES!”!! Despite all of us knowing too well, that this is not a logical answer, the elderly lady became a bit stiff-faced, serious and got deep into thoughts! I at once realized that I had, quite inadvertently, poked at a deep wound inside! (This lady is well known to the entire group, and is deeply respected for her grand stature, blemish-less character, stout honesty, and her health has been a constant concern of all the people around her, always! So, it is not the commonly referred meaning of “telling Lies” that caused laughter to the youngsters or the ‘stiffness’ to that lovable elderly lady!) This is the problem with trying to be ‘ethical’ for superficial reasons! It ends up causing health problems, as an immediate side-effect. I lack courage to mention the other ‘karmic’ side effects! I suppose now, it would be somewhat clear, as to what kind of ‘ethical’ error-bug that Arjuna tried to avoid, and yet needed some time to grasp a ‘better’ reason to adhere to the very same ‘ethics’ while taking the crucial decision to slay Bhishma !
It is this complexity (ethics, emotions, its concepts) that I liked to ‘bring to your kind attention’ for the present!
Regards,Psn (6th November, 2009)
I tried to look at ‘provocation’ as a violent form of temptation! To use a dramatic example, I choose to take a small incident from the war & its battles of the great epic “Mahabharata”.
Despite advice from a great being, none other than Lord Krishna himself, the divine charioteer, Arjuna could not bring upon himself to aim the fatal arrows, and unleash it upon the venerable Paterfamilias, the venerable Bhishma! Bhishma’s stature & character loomed large, clouding the vision of Arjuna. This hesitation “provoked” Krishna to climb down the chariot, take up his own weapon, the sudarsana Chakra and aim it at Bhishma! A puzzling contrast is that Bhishma, who has never known defeat, nor has ever refused an offer to combat, welcomes with open arms, bare palms, to joyously get killed by Krishna! To me, here, Bhishma’s conscious choice, a seemingly logic-defying one, represents the virtue of selfishness at its peak! (Yes! Ethics and selfishness seem to be in an endless conflict when we are torn between the two, when the choosing either of them becomes imminent, due to compulsions of situation, in our day-to-day-life routine! Selfishness in a deeper sense does advocate ethics, and then there is no inner conflict. That is the secret of our ancient mystics, the spiritual Masters!)
It is this unfair advantage to Bhishma, for which Arjuna does not like to become a root cause! He once again assures Krishna, to resume his resolve ‘not to take up arms himself’. This incident repeats several times! Then ultimately, Arjuna the sole spiritual disciple of Krishna, barely manages to grasp the complex concept of this emotional conflict, and obeys to slay Bhishma!
Some ‘ethical’ prescriptions like ‘do not nurture hate for others’ etc does not really seem to work in practical life! We need to seek better reasons, to cheerfully adopt this kind of ethics. Reasons which are not flimsy, like ‘trying to appear’ like a good person in the eyes of others! Such flimsy reasons only add up to stress within, and cause untold miseries like tension, BP, and related ailments like diabetes! That reminds me of a funny incident! We were a group chatting casually during the post feast-lunch session after a ‘match-fixing’ ceremony of a bride & groom. An elder lady was asserting ‘her’ non-availability to common causes of diabetes like tension, anger, stress, BP etc, when youngsters seated around were trying to suggest a possible cause for her mild manageable level of diabetes. I suddenly blurted out “Telling lies”! Quite unexpectedly, all the youngsters shouted “YES!”!! Despite all of us knowing too well, that this is not a logical answer, the elderly lady became a bit stiff-faced, serious and got deep into thoughts! I at once realized that I had, quite inadvertently, poked at a deep wound inside! (This lady is well known to the entire group, and is deeply respected for her grand stature, blemish-less character, stout honesty, and her health has been a constant concern of all the people around her, always! So, it is not the commonly referred meaning of “telling Lies” that caused laughter to the youngsters or the ‘stiffness’ to that lovable elderly lady!) This is the problem with trying to be ‘ethical’ for superficial reasons! It ends up causing health problems, as an immediate side-effect. I lack courage to mention the other ‘karmic’ side effects! I suppose now, it would be somewhat clear, as to what kind of ‘ethical’ error-bug that Arjuna tried to avoid, and yet needed some time to grasp a ‘better’ reason to adhere to the very same ‘ethics’ while taking the crucial decision to slay Bhishma !
It is this complexity (ethics, emotions, its concepts) that I liked to ‘bring to your kind attention’ for the present!
Regards,Psn (6th November, 2009)
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Agenda in Prison!
There are two ways of looking at the caption!
Yes, I seldom let go an opportunity to imprison the mind, and then let loose my own agenda leaving the mind a bit choice-less!
All that the asker meant to know was the effectiveness of psychologists who are assigned the duty of counseling the prison inmates as well as the prison officers, who become vulnerable to acquiring the unruly attitude as a sort of occupational hazard!
I did feel guilty when I had put up my answer. But very surprisingly the asker did not wait for any more answers! The fourth sloka of a time-capsule(soundarya Lahari), the legendary work of Adi Shankara, that makes a mention of a concept ‘more that what you can even ask for’ (Vaanchya sam Adhikam!) was what I was reminded of! The asker perhaps felt that he/she got more than what was asked.
It is therefore, that I am tempted to share this unusual question, and my answer to it.
I only hope that I do not inadvertently hurt anybody’s personal sentiments!
Regards,
Psn(1st November, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091031074714AA6EhOa
Evaluate the effectiveness of Prison Psychologists. Consider how useful these Psychologists are in ...........?
Evaluate the effectiveness of Prison Psychologists. Consider how useful these Psychologists are in terms of helping prisoners and prison officers?THANK YOU!
My answer:
Basically, the inmates of a prison are relatively more innocent ones that those outside! They just translated their thoughts into action, and got caught! There is hardly a crime that the so-called 'gentlemen' outside did not commit in their thoughts!So, the job of a psychologist is much easier dealing with those innocent ones. They are violent, gross, and perhaps appear more tough. They are already 'branded' and so, they do not have anything to lose, holding back their instinctive behavior. But if properly and systematically counseled, they can turn into wonderful beings, with long term effects, compared to most clever ones on the outside.If all the non-prisoners outside were truly good, the society would have been very exemplary. Politicians have not much of a role to play then! Only honest leaders can really survive!
Yes, I seldom let go an opportunity to imprison the mind, and then let loose my own agenda leaving the mind a bit choice-less!
All that the asker meant to know was the effectiveness of psychologists who are assigned the duty of counseling the prison inmates as well as the prison officers, who become vulnerable to acquiring the unruly attitude as a sort of occupational hazard!
I did feel guilty when I had put up my answer. But very surprisingly the asker did not wait for any more answers! The fourth sloka of a time-capsule(soundarya Lahari), the legendary work of Adi Shankara, that makes a mention of a concept ‘more that what you can even ask for’ (Vaanchya sam Adhikam!) was what I was reminded of! The asker perhaps felt that he/she got more than what was asked.
It is therefore, that I am tempted to share this unusual question, and my answer to it.
I only hope that I do not inadvertently hurt anybody’s personal sentiments!
Regards,
Psn(1st November, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091031074714AA6EhOa
Evaluate the effectiveness of Prison Psychologists. Consider how useful these Psychologists are in ...........?
Evaluate the effectiveness of Prison Psychologists. Consider how useful these Psychologists are in terms of helping prisoners and prison officers?THANK YOU!
My answer:
Basically, the inmates of a prison are relatively more innocent ones that those outside! They just translated their thoughts into action, and got caught! There is hardly a crime that the so-called 'gentlemen' outside did not commit in their thoughts!So, the job of a psychologist is much easier dealing with those innocent ones. They are violent, gross, and perhaps appear more tough. They are already 'branded' and so, they do not have anything to lose, holding back their instinctive behavior. But if properly and systematically counseled, they can turn into wonderful beings, with long term effects, compared to most clever ones on the outside.If all the non-prisoners outside were truly good, the society would have been very exemplary. Politicians have not much of a role to play then! Only honest leaders can really survive!
Training Guns on Emotions!
It is not often, that we get a query that seeks a concerted effort at handling those unpredictable and uncontrollable emotional outbursts!
I got the opportunity to draw the asker’s attention to a glaring aspect of our present day society, which goes almost inconspicuous, and un-noticed! The absence of a structured mechanism or institution to train a person to handle emotions, to train a person to maintain that inner balance, the harmony between conflicting emotions. Without that training, the achievements, with all the logical skills seems to leave a sort of vacuum, depriving a person the joyous experience of rewards of hard work, wealth and even prosperity!
Perhaps, it is time to look at, what ingredients constituted that peace that our ancient simple life-styled ancestors enjoyed!
Regards,
Psn (1st November, 2009)
Quote:
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091031171534AADigLI
The question:
How do you train yourself to control your emotions?
I am a type of person who is either very happy or very sad, I want to know how to control my emotions how to not feel very sad when something bad happens, I dont think feeling very happy is a problem.Thank you
My answer:
The problem is very reasonable and well justified! Please see, there is no institution, school, or organisation which imparts emotional training in a structured way! We have very good institutions to teach us all the logical skills to handle the material aspect of life. Even handling others to encash their emotions is taught logically, through courses like MBA etc! Psychology teaches us to manage imbalanced people, like that MBBS teaches to manage 'dis-ease'!A human being is equipped with emotional and logical capability. While the logic can evolve with support of outside training, the emotion is left to evolve by itself, exposing to all the vulnerabilities of the outside situation, which is ever unpredictable!The silver lining is the very urge to ask such a question! There is that self-awareness, which is perceiving what is happening to the 'self''!Usually, religious preachers used to take care of this emotional aspect to stabilise a person. All those 'ambiguous' looking teachings aim at maintaining the inner emotional balance, using the 'trust' in the unseen Greater Power, to whom we are asked to bow! It seems very difficult to logically evaluate all those teachings, and it is therefore that a few people seem to Challenge such 'beliefs'.If there is sufficient trust in one's own religious path, there have been very great beings, who have left behind a legacy of precious teachings, which can provide such training to control our emotions. But to get started, it would be very fortunate to have a genuine spiritual guide. A person can evolve by oneself, but it requires greater involvement, and persistence ( tenacity is a better word!).A simple solution would be to watch such emotions with a little space within ourselves, and see that 'bad' happenings are simply beyond our control. A deep sense of 'acceptance' would allow us to have a fair control on our emotions. When emotions overpower us, logic fails to that extent. And with weaker logic, we become vulnerable to outside situation.
Best wishes,
I got the opportunity to draw the asker’s attention to a glaring aspect of our present day society, which goes almost inconspicuous, and un-noticed! The absence of a structured mechanism or institution to train a person to handle emotions, to train a person to maintain that inner balance, the harmony between conflicting emotions. Without that training, the achievements, with all the logical skills seems to leave a sort of vacuum, depriving a person the joyous experience of rewards of hard work, wealth and even prosperity!
Perhaps, it is time to look at, what ingredients constituted that peace that our ancient simple life-styled ancestors enjoyed!
Regards,
Psn (1st November, 2009)
Quote:
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091031171534AADigLI
The question:
How do you train yourself to control your emotions?
I am a type of person who is either very happy or very sad, I want to know how to control my emotions how to not feel very sad when something bad happens, I dont think feeling very happy is a problem.Thank you
My answer:
The problem is very reasonable and well justified! Please see, there is no institution, school, or organisation which imparts emotional training in a structured way! We have very good institutions to teach us all the logical skills to handle the material aspect of life. Even handling others to encash their emotions is taught logically, through courses like MBA etc! Psychology teaches us to manage imbalanced people, like that MBBS teaches to manage 'dis-ease'!A human being is equipped with emotional and logical capability. While the logic can evolve with support of outside training, the emotion is left to evolve by itself, exposing to all the vulnerabilities of the outside situation, which is ever unpredictable!The silver lining is the very urge to ask such a question! There is that self-awareness, which is perceiving what is happening to the 'self''!Usually, religious preachers used to take care of this emotional aspect to stabilise a person. All those 'ambiguous' looking teachings aim at maintaining the inner emotional balance, using the 'trust' in the unseen Greater Power, to whom we are asked to bow! It seems very difficult to logically evaluate all those teachings, and it is therefore that a few people seem to Challenge such 'beliefs'.If there is sufficient trust in one's own religious path, there have been very great beings, who have left behind a legacy of precious teachings, which can provide such training to control our emotions. But to get started, it would be very fortunate to have a genuine spiritual guide. A person can evolve by oneself, but it requires greater involvement, and persistence ( tenacity is a better word!).A simple solution would be to watch such emotions with a little space within ourselves, and see that 'bad' happenings are simply beyond our control. A deep sense of 'acceptance' would allow us to have a fair control on our emotions. When emotions overpower us, logic fails to that extent. And with weaker logic, we become vulnerable to outside situation.
Best wishes,
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Joy of Success!
At times, I actually end up destroying joy of others!
Somebody asked a question, inviting joyous instances where success appears abruptly, and a bit unexpectedly.
I was really surprised that my answer seemed to appeal to him!
I made it an exception to send him a personal message of humble acknowledgement!
And, when it does have an appeal to the asker, I wonder whether it would ‘work’ for yet others. That is why I was tempted to share it here.
Psn (23rd Oct, 2009)
quote:
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsekoJY6t2_Rur6hHRQOmlyQHQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20091027034654AAhgLoG
Do you have ever experienced the joy of success?
We daily face a variety of situations that need to be tackled.They may be simple or complex problems.Recently I tackled successfully a problem that has been evading me for several days.I am a beginner and just learning operation of a computer. To have online transactions I obtained ID,log in and transaction passwords from my bank. I tried several times to log in but every time I tried it came back saying try again. I was frustrated and decided to have a last attempt before asking for an experts help.While I was following the guidelines step by step I noticed the check boxes on the left and clicked them for the first time and pressed the submit button. To my dismay that has worked and I had access to my account. OOH what a relief and joy and confidence it gave me!. You too may have similar experiences which you can share with us.
My answer:
Yes, had very similar situations. But the joy was a bit short lived. The very next thought was about being thoughtless! A mere glance with an empty mind would have shown us what was there all along! The joy is now about the clarity that occurred that we do not see deep enough!When somebody proved that earth is not flat, but round, surely some of the better intelligent ones would have felt a bit bad about themselves feeling 'why did it not occur to me earlier?' It was round all along! And when it rotates, it ought to be round, logically. The possibility of it being flat was only when the movement was straight not revolving!But the computer world present many such situations where the joy is sudden! When I used to present some short-cut keys, or when the 'auto-text' is invoked to repeat some predefined complex key strokes, the time taken is reduced drastically! Colleagues used to experience joy and sorrow together intensely! Why was I not told of this earlier is the question that causes that sorrow!Anyway, what you narrated is a wonderful experience and very interesting and indeed thought provoking.
(My response email to asker:)
Sir,
Your question: http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091027034654AAhgLoG
It was a pleasant surprise to see my answer being 'chosen' as the best!
I thought that a part of my comments might sound a bit discouraging (to any average person, of course!). Most of the answers go for voting too!
The choice of asker never seemed to really deter me since the very process of answering is too rewarding.
Your kind comments is a bonus!
Very many thanks!
Regards,
Somebody asked a question, inviting joyous instances where success appears abruptly, and a bit unexpectedly.
I was really surprised that my answer seemed to appeal to him!
I made it an exception to send him a personal message of humble acknowledgement!
And, when it does have an appeal to the asker, I wonder whether it would ‘work’ for yet others. That is why I was tempted to share it here.
Psn (23rd Oct, 2009)
quote:
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsekoJY6t2_Rur6hHRQOmlyQHQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20091027034654AAhgLoG
Do you have ever experienced the joy of success?
We daily face a variety of situations that need to be tackled.They may be simple or complex problems.Recently I tackled successfully a problem that has been evading me for several days.I am a beginner and just learning operation of a computer. To have online transactions I obtained ID,log in and transaction passwords from my bank. I tried several times to log in but every time I tried it came back saying try again. I was frustrated and decided to have a last attempt before asking for an experts help.While I was following the guidelines step by step I noticed the check boxes on the left and clicked them for the first time and pressed the submit button. To my dismay that has worked and I had access to my account. OOH what a relief and joy and confidence it gave me!. You too may have similar experiences which you can share with us.
My answer:
Yes, had very similar situations. But the joy was a bit short lived. The very next thought was about being thoughtless! A mere glance with an empty mind would have shown us what was there all along! The joy is now about the clarity that occurred that we do not see deep enough!When somebody proved that earth is not flat, but round, surely some of the better intelligent ones would have felt a bit bad about themselves feeling 'why did it not occur to me earlier?' It was round all along! And when it rotates, it ought to be round, logically. The possibility of it being flat was only when the movement was straight not revolving!But the computer world present many such situations where the joy is sudden! When I used to present some short-cut keys, or when the 'auto-text' is invoked to repeat some predefined complex key strokes, the time taken is reduced drastically! Colleagues used to experience joy and sorrow together intensely! Why was I not told of this earlier is the question that causes that sorrow!Anyway, what you narrated is a wonderful experience and very interesting and indeed thought provoking.
(My response email to asker:)
Sir,
Your question: http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091027034654AAhgLoG
It was a pleasant surprise to see my answer being 'chosen' as the best!
I thought that a part of my comments might sound a bit discouraging (to any average person, of course!). Most of the answers go for voting too!
The choice of asker never seemed to really deter me since the very process of answering is too rewarding.
Your kind comments is a bonus!
Very many thanks!
Regards,
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Wish Bone!
It is wonderful to have our wishes fulfilled! Yet, there is a challenge, what to wish for, and never have to regret for it. There have been great legendary stories of people who wished for wrong things and got into trouble!
There are very good techniques in the form of guided meditations to even actualise wishes! But for an answer to a question on Yahoo Answers forum, it seemed exciting to give it a try!
I quote my answer below. Please do try, at least within yourself, though for fun. And if you are inclined, I welcome feed backs to point out any shortcomings in my answer.
Regards,
psn
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091027214640AAakR8K
If you could change one thing to make the world a better place, what would it be?
If you could change one thing to make the world a better place, what would it be? How would this change improve the world? Please don't put a random answer just to get points.
My answer:
It is almost like a sure fulfillment of 'any' one wish!
And that wish, if it comes true, has to do the maximum good!
Well, then, let this change happen: "Let all the people get rid of all their negative emotions for ever!"
The rest would follow.
Just 4 negative emotions: Anger, hatred, jealousy and fear!
Every living human would become a pure being overnight!
The hidden, incognito Great Beings, with and without physical bodies would simply surface and manifest the big way. The line of demarcation limiting what is supposed to exist as heaven would become an actual existential reality all over the universe!
No more "if we could change one thing" would be needed at all!
..Coming to the ground realities and practical aspect of life, to whatever extent, a person keeps these 4 emotions under check, life happens beautifully to that individual to that extent, what ever the outside situation. We do see people, though rare, maintaining that joyousness throughout. They are almost like living miracles!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Ingrazy means "Educated"!
There is a fancy amidst those innocent village folk, to call anyone who can flash a couple of English words as educated!
The asker has invoked a deeper look at even those certified educated, when they do not behave cohesively, in parlance to the degrees that they have been ‘awarded’ in recognition to their academic performances, and, despite the oath they take during convocation!
I thought it would be wiser to snatch away the ‘extended’ meaning of the word educated, and reassign it to that lesser important word ‘literate’ instead, to satisfy that asker friend. We are ‘nobody’ to take back the awarded degree! For that matter, we are helpless to even deal with those self-styled-Gurus!!
What would be your ‘take’ at it?
Psn(11th Oct., 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArwgqJq4OFeCPD9uoN.YhPiRHQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20091011204241AArxsGj&show=7#profile-info-dAuLduxyaa
Is education solution for all?
But even educated person also lack in social awareness,even educated person are more selfish,not treated the women equally, asking dowry(not applicable for western people) ,lack of bravery,etc,etc,....then how can we say education is the solution for all? Where is the lacking?
Please let us not confuse education with literacy!The great mathematician Ramanujam, introduced his mother to his foreign visitor professor-friend, saying "This is my mother, well educated but not literate"!Literacy is an essential ingredient of education. Mainly because the purpose of education is to be more effective, productive and useful in a society. For this communication is essential. And this communication needs literacy. This literacy is essentially the language well understood by others, not a foreign jargon! Same is true for all sciences like maths, physics, chemistry, economics etc. For instance, even today, we struggle to grasp the "Vedic Mathematics" which is supposed to be very advanced one than what we learn in modern schools, but we are not “literate” enough in the concepts of the language and the application of that language which has "embedded" in a very high complexity, the multiple variations of intricate formulae! That is EXACTLY why the formulae in Vedic mathematics are called "Sutras" (literally sutra means a thread, using which a person can weave any type of garland with any kind of flowers! Like the thread, the sutras of vedic mathematics find very very deep applicability, and is available to Challenge the perceptional skills of the student, professor etc!!!!). We can try to look at literacy thus, and can distinguish education easily!
The asker has invoked a deeper look at even those certified educated, when they do not behave cohesively, in parlance to the degrees that they have been ‘awarded’ in recognition to their academic performances, and, despite the oath they take during convocation!
I thought it would be wiser to snatch away the ‘extended’ meaning of the word educated, and reassign it to that lesser important word ‘literate’ instead, to satisfy that asker friend. We are ‘nobody’ to take back the awarded degree! For that matter, we are helpless to even deal with those self-styled-Gurus!!
What would be your ‘take’ at it?
Psn(11th Oct., 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArwgqJq4OFeCPD9uoN.YhPiRHQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20091011204241AArxsGj&show=7#profile-info-dAuLduxyaa
Is education solution for all?
But even educated person also lack in social awareness,even educated person are more selfish,not treated the women equally, asking dowry(not applicable for western people) ,lack of bravery,etc,etc,....then how can we say education is the solution for all? Where is the lacking?
Please let us not confuse education with literacy!The great mathematician Ramanujam, introduced his mother to his foreign visitor professor-friend, saying "This is my mother, well educated but not literate"!Literacy is an essential ingredient of education. Mainly because the purpose of education is to be more effective, productive and useful in a society. For this communication is essential. And this communication needs literacy. This literacy is essentially the language well understood by others, not a foreign jargon! Same is true for all sciences like maths, physics, chemistry, economics etc. For instance, even today, we struggle to grasp the "Vedic Mathematics" which is supposed to be very advanced one than what we learn in modern schools, but we are not “literate” enough in the concepts of the language and the application of that language which has "embedded" in a very high complexity, the multiple variations of intricate formulae! That is EXACTLY why the formulae in Vedic mathematics are called "Sutras" (literally sutra means a thread, using which a person can weave any type of garland with any kind of flowers! Like the thread, the sutras of vedic mathematics find very very deep applicability, and is available to Challenge the perceptional skills of the student, professor etc!!!!). We can try to look at literacy thus, and can distinguish education easily!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
De-Bugging (Q.A.)
I have an irksome nature within me. There is a tendency to look at my ‘self’, when I notice any phenomenon that could snowball into a concept on the ‘outside’ (the life situation around me). It would have been quite alright if it stopped there. But when I find somebody who is likely to be inclined to look at it in an ‘afresh’ manner, I find myself now ‘engaged’ in sharing this pattern! A great Master’s words gave me that much needed consolation, when he said (in some other context) that “there is a prototype of the whole Universe right within us!
Exactly this “pattern sharing” was what happened when I got initiated into the world of computers way back in 1991. Most of our colleagues were shying away, feeling that they are now too old to adapt to this new concept of information technology. I somehow landed at a nearby University, where, 3 PhD level professors had enough ‘quality’ spare time to garner a modest additional income resource to that infant University. The computer department was yet to become really busy. My ‘wiser’ colleagues looked at us (the handful of ‘over enthusiasts’) as even innocent and willing scapegoats! Very soon, these professors decided to make a thorough job of it, and went a little deeper than perhaps needed, into fundamentals. ‘GW Basics’ was of course there. But the lecture took us to the very junk-looking characters of low-level-language (may be the machine-language), the embedded circuit below the keypad etc. The binary form popped up too often, even during those data-transmission classes, with the concept of data packets, check-sum/symbols, parity bit, or whatever! Most of the participants found these classes to be an excellent source of invoking a quick nap after that hectic, stressful day at our work place! I was a front-bencher, an odd-man-enthusiast and sole source of inspiration for the professors! Even I was not spared, when my classmates used their ‘whip’ (they were my bosses at work place!), to warn me “not to ask any question during the last quarter hour”, that warrants an ‘extended’ session! I sneaked in this problem to professors who readily understood and volunteered for a one-to-one ‘after-class-session’ to satisfy my thirst! One professor was in for a surprise. He almost confessed that he was never prepared for that surprising revelation, when I suggested looking at….. how man happens to ‘replicate’ the ‘pattern’ of one’s own mind, when he devices a gadget like memory machine called computer! The data-supplements I offered in support of this theory, the examples in particular, happened to impress him and interested him very much. Even the ‘de-bugging’ concept was, an ‘embedded software’ in that ‘time-capsule’ when I happened to study this aspect of the famous ‘Soundarya Lahari’ by Adi Shankara. There was the data-compression technique, where alphabets were assigned numeric values(to incorporate scientific formulae), while refusing to dilute the poetic appeal, but also ensuring the concept of quantum mechanics phenomenon, the sound of chanting it effecting a miniature virtual ‘bombardment’ on the grey matter in the medulla oblongata (or whatever we call for brain, intellect, memory etc!). It is around 1971 that I came to know of ‘self-corrective-factors’ being embedded in the ‘prescribed number times of chanting’ of these verses! Very close to artificial intelligence, perhaps! So, obviously, when I gave hints at such credible instances, these PhD professors were understandably impressed.
The de-bugging concept dawned on me only when we were asked to ‘test’ our own primitive simple programs, by deliberately giving junk/wrong/incorrect inputs while running the program! I was reminded of “to err is human”….. ‘only’ too? If another machine or even an animal is going to provide inputs, too much of de-bugging would not be needed in a program! I suddenly liked to look at our being ‘prone-to-commit-mistakes’ as an invaluable asset! It affords scope for improvisations, innovations beyond imagination! We have those fool-proof, tamper-proof, child-proof gadgets! Hacker-proof is something that might be ever elusive! The marketing technology department imposes an ever increasing demand on its R & D wing for reducing the Do’s and Don’ts on latest models of gadgets! Nothing but de-bugging! I love to watch the materialistic world struggling with ‘debugging’ while the ancient spiritual giants had resolved this conclusively, when they had already perfected a technique long ago to evolve into a bug-proof-human being!
Psn (10th October, 2009)
Saturday, October 10, 2009
In search of Truth!
Right now, ‘The ultimate truth’, to many of us, seems quite far off. So, there is no point in trying to stretch our hands to reach out towards that straight away. May be we can try out to look at the simple impediments that we can readily see, and then try to improve upon it. If nothing else, I am sure the immediate benefits are tangibly worthy enough!
When we look at a child who has just learnt to talk, we find the use of ‘pronoun’ like ‘I’, ‘me’, etc coming up a bit late. This is because the concept formation tries to catch up a bit late. And when we ask a child questions like “Why do you like sweets?”, there will be only a blank look!
As adults, we communicate a lot amongst ourselves, at home, office, on the street, etc. There is a unique difference between the ‘chat’ content of adults and that of children.
This particular unique aspect mostly goes un-noticed! Children notice it, but being unable to understand it, it remains a bit latent within their innocent minds, and by the time they grow into adulthood they too get inextricably enmeshed in this game! This unique aspect is that we adults try to justify everything that we do! We ‘assume’ that we are simply trying to ‘explain’ to avoid that ‘misunderstanding’ about us in others, by explaining our ‘sequence of logic’ which led us to do something (either commission or omission of actions). There are a few people who do not insist upon offering too much of explanations of this kind. Over a period of time, these ‘explanations’ become almost like a nuisance to others. But they simply and quietly put up with it (perhaps, because they know that even they are not entirely free from it!).
When children chat, please look at their talk-content. They simply express their experience and leave it at that. They do not volunteer any further explanation of ‘because…’ etc. When children hear the parents, they find explanation for everything that parents do (especially for things they failed to do or did it wrong!). This explanation does not stay as innocent explanation. It assumes the look of justification! Initially, children trust the elders and feel that adults seldom go wrong (they are able to ‘explain’ so well every instance!). Now as these children grow, they get a feel of the truth. They understand these ‘explanations’ now too well! It could be justifications most of the times. It is very flexible, and can change to any extent, only to suit the person who uses it! The resentment is held back and kept suppressed till they gain that ‘freedom’ from parents. And then there is no looking back! But, sadly enough, they too get caught up in this game before even they realize it! Children lose trust on their parents to a great extent, when they realize that all along, the parents had been playing that ‘patch-up-game’ justifying every action of theirs, in the name of explanation! Parents wonder when, how and why their children become suddenly ‘disobedient’! And then, there is the consolation …….there is a pattern in the ‘present’ generation! “Oh! We were not like that!”. And soon enough, history repeats! Perhaps, the worst fall out of this ‘tendency to explain everything’ is a drop in ‘open-minded-receptivity’ ability, and as a consequence, also a drop in perceptibility!
It takes lots of effort to get rid of this nasty habit of trying to justify everything that we do. Confessing our errors of judgment is too painful and not adequate even. It may be too late, and perhaps redundant. It is the tendency to ‘explain’ that has to be brought into our ‘conscious acts’ as a first small step. If we try to do it all of a sudden, there could be a sort of vacuum in our communications. Something like everybody becoming needlessly silent when power goes off at night time!
If my theory seems any where near acceptability, there is a lot of scope to do something else about that ultimate truth!Psn(10th October, 2009)
When we look at a child who has just learnt to talk, we find the use of ‘pronoun’ like ‘I’, ‘me’, etc coming up a bit late. This is because the concept formation tries to catch up a bit late. And when we ask a child questions like “Why do you like sweets?”, there will be only a blank look!
As adults, we communicate a lot amongst ourselves, at home, office, on the street, etc. There is a unique difference between the ‘chat’ content of adults and that of children.
This particular unique aspect mostly goes un-noticed! Children notice it, but being unable to understand it, it remains a bit latent within their innocent minds, and by the time they grow into adulthood they too get inextricably enmeshed in this game! This unique aspect is that we adults try to justify everything that we do! We ‘assume’ that we are simply trying to ‘explain’ to avoid that ‘misunderstanding’ about us in others, by explaining our ‘sequence of logic’ which led us to do something (either commission or omission of actions). There are a few people who do not insist upon offering too much of explanations of this kind. Over a period of time, these ‘explanations’ become almost like a nuisance to others. But they simply and quietly put up with it (perhaps, because they know that even they are not entirely free from it!).
When children chat, please look at their talk-content. They simply express their experience and leave it at that. They do not volunteer any further explanation of ‘because…’ etc. When children hear the parents, they find explanation for everything that parents do (especially for things they failed to do or did it wrong!). This explanation does not stay as innocent explanation. It assumes the look of justification! Initially, children trust the elders and feel that adults seldom go wrong (they are able to ‘explain’ so well every instance!). Now as these children grow, they get a feel of the truth. They understand these ‘explanations’ now too well! It could be justifications most of the times. It is very flexible, and can change to any extent, only to suit the person who uses it! The resentment is held back and kept suppressed till they gain that ‘freedom’ from parents. And then there is no looking back! But, sadly enough, they too get caught up in this game before even they realize it! Children lose trust on their parents to a great extent, when they realize that all along, the parents had been playing that ‘patch-up-game’ justifying every action of theirs, in the name of explanation! Parents wonder when, how and why their children become suddenly ‘disobedient’! And then, there is the consolation …….there is a pattern in the ‘present’ generation! “Oh! We were not like that!”. And soon enough, history repeats! Perhaps, the worst fall out of this ‘tendency to explain everything’ is a drop in ‘open-minded-receptivity’ ability, and as a consequence, also a drop in perceptibility!
It takes lots of effort to get rid of this nasty habit of trying to justify everything that we do. Confessing our errors of judgment is too painful and not adequate even. It may be too late, and perhaps redundant. It is the tendency to ‘explain’ that has to be brought into our ‘conscious acts’ as a first small step. If we try to do it all of a sudden, there could be a sort of vacuum in our communications. Something like everybody becoming needlessly silent when power goes off at night time!
If my theory seems any where near acceptability, there is a lot of scope to do something else about that ultimate truth!Psn(10th October, 2009)
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
The Pink Slip!
My earliest memories goes, touches my childhood, when I happened to get a glimpse of this ‘pink slip’! It was just a memory of something ‘odd’ that I noticed. So the concept was not clear.
My data base of memory is a bit quixotic! When people usually struggle to sift between that bitter residues (which they misconstrue to be memory), and something that they failed, despite concerted effort, full of struggle, to commit into memory, my memory ‘about that memory itself’ seemed to be fairly clear! It is only during the later years that I could realize the worth of this clarity!
Be that as it may, let us get down to pink slips. My father narrated a very odd incident(I was a kid, about 6 to 8 years old, and hence quite inconspicuous among elders who were the targeted audience!). One of his subordinates at his work place, requested my father to fire him! This fellow was very efficient, trusted, trustworthy, loyal, sincere, punctual, alert etc. Just that he was illiterate, or else, he would have gone places! And he was very much attached to my father, like his own brother! That was the very reason why he asked my father to fire him! Sounds strange, isn’t it! Yes, everybody felt it only that way, and logically an accurate deduction. Except that, it seems, his people would look down upon him if he gave up the job (quitting, resigning, etc!), and there fore this request! He gave very valid reasons for his desire to quit, and my father did readily oblige him, taking the bare minimum care of any possible repercussions for that ‘unethical’ act of firing an ideal employee!
Then I read stories (like the puranic ones, Mahabharata), where, Vidura gladly awaited for that pink slip to join the righteous side of pandavas. The story of his birth would amply convince us why he was so fastidious about that less paid job!
It also occurred to me that Adi Shankara, too had to ‘extract’ the pink slip from his mother to extricate himself from normal duties and responsibilities!
So far, I got inputs about people who ‘sought’ pink slips! Then came instances, where pink slips were issued most unexpectedly! The worst instances that I noticed were those when I heard of ‘untimely’ demise of known people around!
By the time age ripened me, I was fairly ready to confront that pink slip.
Something stirred up the earliest of my memories, and now it is conclusively resolved, when I could remove the ‘oddity’ attached to that memory. I am full of admiration for that barely lettered employee who ‘sought’ it in right earnest, unable to bring it upon himself to forsake his loyalty and commitment! I am not too sure if he was aware of the immense value that he so effortlessly carried when he decided to adhere to the tradition that he believed in! I am not very sure if this tradition was traceable to his community or just his class! But for me, this was yet another instance of benediction being showered by sheer force of adherence to tradition!
I am now inclined to go hi-tech, right within me, to seek for pink slips! The manifest form may seem crude, illogical, etc. But ‘mystic’ is the ancient name for it. The last lap of evolvement has to happen by itself. The dissolution. The pink slip from our bondages! The more that awareness creeps in, this sense of commitment presents itself in all its complexities, making that extrication almost an impossibility! Torn between the ‘desire’ to be free from desires, the desire to seek pink slips from all our commitments, our sense of loyalty, the pain is deepest and very unfortunately the sweetest to forgo! Mercifully enough, people around me are very charitable when it comes to giving out the pink slips to me! All I have to learn is to manage the ‘love’ that I feel for them, when I see their innocence about it! I could muster courage to give verbal shape to the battles within me, only when I had a fair sense of control over the outcome of the war! Perhaps, it will at least amuse a few of us, reading this!
Regards,PSN(7th Oct., 2009)
My data base of memory is a bit quixotic! When people usually struggle to sift between that bitter residues (which they misconstrue to be memory), and something that they failed, despite concerted effort, full of struggle, to commit into memory, my memory ‘about that memory itself’ seemed to be fairly clear! It is only during the later years that I could realize the worth of this clarity!
Be that as it may, let us get down to pink slips. My father narrated a very odd incident(I was a kid, about 6 to 8 years old, and hence quite inconspicuous among elders who were the targeted audience!). One of his subordinates at his work place, requested my father to fire him! This fellow was very efficient, trusted, trustworthy, loyal, sincere, punctual, alert etc. Just that he was illiterate, or else, he would have gone places! And he was very much attached to my father, like his own brother! That was the very reason why he asked my father to fire him! Sounds strange, isn’t it! Yes, everybody felt it only that way, and logically an accurate deduction. Except that, it seems, his people would look down upon him if he gave up the job (quitting, resigning, etc!), and there fore this request! He gave very valid reasons for his desire to quit, and my father did readily oblige him, taking the bare minimum care of any possible repercussions for that ‘unethical’ act of firing an ideal employee!
Then I read stories (like the puranic ones, Mahabharata), where, Vidura gladly awaited for that pink slip to join the righteous side of pandavas. The story of his birth would amply convince us why he was so fastidious about that less paid job!
It also occurred to me that Adi Shankara, too had to ‘extract’ the pink slip from his mother to extricate himself from normal duties and responsibilities!
So far, I got inputs about people who ‘sought’ pink slips! Then came instances, where pink slips were issued most unexpectedly! The worst instances that I noticed were those when I heard of ‘untimely’ demise of known people around!
By the time age ripened me, I was fairly ready to confront that pink slip.
Something stirred up the earliest of my memories, and now it is conclusively resolved, when I could remove the ‘oddity’ attached to that memory. I am full of admiration for that barely lettered employee who ‘sought’ it in right earnest, unable to bring it upon himself to forsake his loyalty and commitment! I am not too sure if he was aware of the immense value that he so effortlessly carried when he decided to adhere to the tradition that he believed in! I am not very sure if this tradition was traceable to his community or just his class! But for me, this was yet another instance of benediction being showered by sheer force of adherence to tradition!
I am now inclined to go hi-tech, right within me, to seek for pink slips! The manifest form may seem crude, illogical, etc. But ‘mystic’ is the ancient name for it. The last lap of evolvement has to happen by itself. The dissolution. The pink slip from our bondages! The more that awareness creeps in, this sense of commitment presents itself in all its complexities, making that extrication almost an impossibility! Torn between the ‘desire’ to be free from desires, the desire to seek pink slips from all our commitments, our sense of loyalty, the pain is deepest and very unfortunately the sweetest to forgo! Mercifully enough, people around me are very charitable when it comes to giving out the pink slips to me! All I have to learn is to manage the ‘love’ that I feel for them, when I see their innocence about it! I could muster courage to give verbal shape to the battles within me, only when I had a fair sense of control over the outcome of the war! Perhaps, it will at least amuse a few of us, reading this!
Regards,PSN(7th Oct., 2009)
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Bifocal vision (not lenses or spectacles)!
Please bear with me and try to find a way to forgive me, if the answer to this rare type of question sounds a bit mystic. To my humble knowledge, experience seems to be the only way to de-mystify the phenomenon to its full extent. Yet there is always that inquisitiveness to ask, and a still greater eagerness to struggle with the words to find an appropriate answer!
I would take a chance with my dear readers, what ever it takes!
Regards,
Psn(6th Oct, 2009)
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091005211752AA3h95V
Spiritually speaking... what is one to do when one's consciousness incorporates a wider vision of itself......?
...and one's physical focus feels threatened?
My answer:
There are only two possible situations where this could occur.
One is under the direct supervision of an experienced spiritual master. Under this situation, there is no reason to worry about any threat to one's physical focus. It would not happen, and the sense of security that the master would offer due to proximity is overwhelming enough to ensure any apprehensions creeping in.
The second possibility (this is perhaps why even such a question itself gets prompted to be asked!) is that this could occur naturally. Naturally meaning, own efforts whether consciously or otherwise, awares or unawares, due to that rare support of the situation. A typical example would be, we have seen growth of a small plant due to some bird dropping the seed of a fruit into the crevice of a huge tree, Then wind brings dust, mud into that crevice formed by the branches , the rain drops providing the moisture etc. How far that plant would grow is quite speculative, depending upon the type and variety of seed etc. This is just an indicative example, not to be taken too literally.When such widening of that 'vision' occurs, the physical body has to be capable of enduring the 'effects' of such widening, and there is no basis for even a doubt to occur, regarding threat to that 'physical focus'. All that a person could do is to rejoice it, struggle to retain that wider vision, and impatiently struggle to get it back!
There is also a third situation, about which I am a bit hesitant to mention here, since it would seem too incredible, but suffice it to say, that it is a subtle combination of the first two types! The experience is 'deluxe' (like we differentiate those public transport buses from 'ordinary' and 'deluxe' !)
I am very pleasantly surprised at the very question. It is I who owes any gratitude for the chance to even look at the question!
I would take a chance with my dear readers, what ever it takes!
Regards,
Psn(6th Oct, 2009)
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091005211752AA3h95V
Spiritually speaking... what is one to do when one's consciousness incorporates a wider vision of itself......?
...and one's physical focus feels threatened?
My answer:
There are only two possible situations where this could occur.
One is under the direct supervision of an experienced spiritual master. Under this situation, there is no reason to worry about any threat to one's physical focus. It would not happen, and the sense of security that the master would offer due to proximity is overwhelming enough to ensure any apprehensions creeping in.
The second possibility (this is perhaps why even such a question itself gets prompted to be asked!) is that this could occur naturally. Naturally meaning, own efforts whether consciously or otherwise, awares or unawares, due to that rare support of the situation. A typical example would be, we have seen growth of a small plant due to some bird dropping the seed of a fruit into the crevice of a huge tree, Then wind brings dust, mud into that crevice formed by the branches , the rain drops providing the moisture etc. How far that plant would grow is quite speculative, depending upon the type and variety of seed etc. This is just an indicative example, not to be taken too literally.When such widening of that 'vision' occurs, the physical body has to be capable of enduring the 'effects' of such widening, and there is no basis for even a doubt to occur, regarding threat to that 'physical focus'. All that a person could do is to rejoice it, struggle to retain that wider vision, and impatiently struggle to get it back!
There is also a third situation, about which I am a bit hesitant to mention here, since it would seem too incredible, but suffice it to say, that it is a subtle combination of the first two types! The experience is 'deluxe' (like we differentiate those public transport buses from 'ordinary' and 'deluxe' !)
I am very pleasantly surprised at the very question. It is I who owes any gratitude for the chance to even look at the question!
Sunday, October 04, 2009
The ‘Brighter aspect of ‘darkness’
The asker is perhaps not even aware that not all are able to ‘sense’ like this in pitch dark. Some of them just ‘hallucinate’ too.
It requires something else to feel thus!
But I can ‘feel’ from the question, that the asker did experience it!
All I can do is to gently and suggestively persuade a conscious effort to ‘seek’ for more of it, even in broad daylight!
Though I am not very sure, how many of us would really care to take it even with ‘a pinch of salt’ , I was simply so impressed by the innocent looking question, that I couldn’t help sharing it with you.
Regards,
Psn(4th Sept, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtvIuUCdZoSizWAM6_8J4YbuHwx.;_ylv=3?qid=20091003174352AA5ViPY
question:
In a dark room, why can people feel the presence of others?
Why is it that in a pitch black room, even without hearing breathing or any noise, people can still sense the presence of another human being?What are we sensing?
My attempt to de-mystify the mystic phenomenon (the answer)
Not everybody is fortunate to have that kind of 'sensing'. It happens in a pitch dark room, is just because we insist on getting ourselves focused too much on the 'seeing' through the eye, which is now forcibly switched off! Once a person is curious and intense, such people can even try it out in broad daylight, and it opens up new dimensions, perception beyond sensory levels! Since times immemorial, spiritual masters have been trying to simplify and make available the techniques to more people around, to make others too see beyond the limited 'self'. Basically, with sustained practice, the first thing we can 'feel' is our own very selves, simply because we know we are there very much even when it is pitch dark. Then we feel, and know by means of our own experience that we are not limited to remaining just within our body!In simple terms, if we are sure that we are sensing 'something' which we know for sure that it is not through the sense organs itself, then we can be assured that we need not anymore just blindly believe that there 'could' be perception levels beyond the sensory levels. We 'know' now that it is possible! Not everyone will easily agree with this! Please also try to see, the 'logical' aspect of our own mind does not subscribe to this 'theory' though it is an 'experience'. To such fortunate people, all we can say is, 'Welcome, to the world of spirituality'!
It requires something else to feel thus!
But I can ‘feel’ from the question, that the asker did experience it!
All I can do is to gently and suggestively persuade a conscious effort to ‘seek’ for more of it, even in broad daylight!
Though I am not very sure, how many of us would really care to take it even with ‘a pinch of salt’ , I was simply so impressed by the innocent looking question, that I couldn’t help sharing it with you.
Regards,
Psn(4th Sept, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtvIuUCdZoSizWAM6_8J4YbuHwx.;_ylv=3?qid=20091003174352AA5ViPY
question:
In a dark room, why can people feel the presence of others?
Why is it that in a pitch black room, even without hearing breathing or any noise, people can still sense the presence of another human being?What are we sensing?
My attempt to de-mystify the mystic phenomenon (the answer)
Not everybody is fortunate to have that kind of 'sensing'. It happens in a pitch dark room, is just because we insist on getting ourselves focused too much on the 'seeing' through the eye, which is now forcibly switched off! Once a person is curious and intense, such people can even try it out in broad daylight, and it opens up new dimensions, perception beyond sensory levels! Since times immemorial, spiritual masters have been trying to simplify and make available the techniques to more people around, to make others too see beyond the limited 'self'. Basically, with sustained practice, the first thing we can 'feel' is our own very selves, simply because we know we are there very much even when it is pitch dark. Then we feel, and know by means of our own experience that we are not limited to remaining just within our body!In simple terms, if we are sure that we are sensing 'something' which we know for sure that it is not through the sense organs itself, then we can be assured that we need not anymore just blindly believe that there 'could' be perception levels beyond the sensory levels. We 'know' now that it is possible! Not everyone will easily agree with this! Please also try to see, the 'logical' aspect of our own mind does not subscribe to this 'theory' though it is an 'experience'. To such fortunate people, all we can say is, 'Welcome, to the world of spirituality'!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
The Mask
There was a joke.
It seems once, a zookeeper found one of the animals ‘missing’ from its cage. It was a Bear. The cage was at a prominent place in that zoo, and the supervisor would notice it too soon! To avoid any problem till the bear could be located, the zookeeper found a well-built volunteer, offered him a sizeable sum of money, gave him a bear-skin mask, and told him what to do inside the cage. Our ‘dummy’ did a wonderful job, and visitors to the zoo did not notice anything amiss.
Towards night, our dummy felt the need to relieve himself very urgently, and since it was dark, decided no harm in letting himself out of the cage for a while. But while returning, he happened to choose the wrong cage! He did not realize his mistake for a while. It was when he decided to find a cozy corner to sleep, that he looked around, to only find another huge creature sharing his cage! He could make out that it did look like that Lion! The bear skin could not hold the sweat that he started to profusely emit! He was also shivering due to fear! He managed to hold himself still, waiting for day break! Any slight movement might provoke that massive creature waiting so close!
When day light came, he found to his shocking surprise that the “Lion” was also in a similar grip of fear, sweat and shiver! He was also a ‘dummy’ !
When we wear similar masks, trying to be something when we are not really capable of being one, the problem is further complicated! The deep fear, clothed with an ego problem, manifests in the form of even ‘superiority complex’, undue harassment upon others, extra control on others, needless suspicion on juniors, superiors etc and what not!
Those of us who can draw comfort from reconciling to one type of acceptance that we are prepared to take things as it comes, without worrying too much about ‘what four people will think’ also are vulnerable in yet another arena! The vulnerability is not from outside! It is from within, our own selves! A well educated, evolved daughter poured out this ‘helplessness’ in a very magnificent manner, enough to occupy a significant mention in the prominent week end edition of a widely circulated national newspaper! This lady could not forgive herself for having failed to notice the earliest symptoms of a dreaded ailment that had crept into her dearest Mom!
This time, the ‘mask’ is right on her very own eyes! By a different name ‘pre-conditioned’ eyes!
Evaluation is too strong a word. Awareness, in its deeper sense would take care of this. Human being undergoes the consequences of lack of this, to the proportional extent. Awareness would help deepening the perception.
When present day youngsters tend to look down upon the simple lifestyles of our ancient people, they fail to take notice of their perceptional capabilities! A recent Giant, one of the Shankaracharyas, when he was yet to become one, demonstrated this capability right within himself, having observed it through his inner eyes, from ancient Masters. The brief preface about the author in the book ‘Vedic Mathematics’ would give details of ‘how’ and ‘what’ he did.
The sutras that he narrated in the book are too brief, terse, and have the potential to be infallibly interpreted so as to accommodate many of the concepts of our modern mathematics, in a ‘micro-chip’ fashion! Just 16 miniature ‘surtas’ like “Ekadhikena poorvena”(Sanskrit for ‘one more than the previous) etc! (‘Sutra’ literally means a thread, and whatever flower we use to weave, the thread holds the garland well!). Please try to visualize, if these brief 16 formulas are enough to solve almost all mathematical problems under the sun, then are they not giving us sufficient competition to try for a better ‘pen-drive’/lap-top/calculator etc?
Armed with such deep vision, to just look and grasp things around, and then to infallibly ‘apply’ the right formula in its right mixture of derived complexities, are they going to miss anything worth noticing around them! This perception is what I had in mind, when I wrote a fictional post on the blog, using that simple looking equation, 4 x 4 = 16.
The next level of the mask is on our mind itself! A preconditioned mind! The causes are multiple, since the inputs are incessant, and the processor too is racing all the time, unmindful of that pure awareness being deprived of its ‘due’ share of prominence! Most of my blog-post hover around this aspect one way or other, so it is redundant to stretch any further.
Regards,Psn(26th Sept, 2009)
It seems once, a zookeeper found one of the animals ‘missing’ from its cage. It was a Bear. The cage was at a prominent place in that zoo, and the supervisor would notice it too soon! To avoid any problem till the bear could be located, the zookeeper found a well-built volunteer, offered him a sizeable sum of money, gave him a bear-skin mask, and told him what to do inside the cage. Our ‘dummy’ did a wonderful job, and visitors to the zoo did not notice anything amiss.
Towards night, our dummy felt the need to relieve himself very urgently, and since it was dark, decided no harm in letting himself out of the cage for a while. But while returning, he happened to choose the wrong cage! He did not realize his mistake for a while. It was when he decided to find a cozy corner to sleep, that he looked around, to only find another huge creature sharing his cage! He could make out that it did look like that Lion! The bear skin could not hold the sweat that he started to profusely emit! He was also shivering due to fear! He managed to hold himself still, waiting for day break! Any slight movement might provoke that massive creature waiting so close!
When day light came, he found to his shocking surprise that the “Lion” was also in a similar grip of fear, sweat and shiver! He was also a ‘dummy’ !
When we wear similar masks, trying to be something when we are not really capable of being one, the problem is further complicated! The deep fear, clothed with an ego problem, manifests in the form of even ‘superiority complex’, undue harassment upon others, extra control on others, needless suspicion on juniors, superiors etc and what not!
Those of us who can draw comfort from reconciling to one type of acceptance that we are prepared to take things as it comes, without worrying too much about ‘what four people will think’ also are vulnerable in yet another arena! The vulnerability is not from outside! It is from within, our own selves! A well educated, evolved daughter poured out this ‘helplessness’ in a very magnificent manner, enough to occupy a significant mention in the prominent week end edition of a widely circulated national newspaper! This lady could not forgive herself for having failed to notice the earliest symptoms of a dreaded ailment that had crept into her dearest Mom!
This time, the ‘mask’ is right on her very own eyes! By a different name ‘pre-conditioned’ eyes!
Evaluation is too strong a word. Awareness, in its deeper sense would take care of this. Human being undergoes the consequences of lack of this, to the proportional extent. Awareness would help deepening the perception.
When present day youngsters tend to look down upon the simple lifestyles of our ancient people, they fail to take notice of their perceptional capabilities! A recent Giant, one of the Shankaracharyas, when he was yet to become one, demonstrated this capability right within himself, having observed it through his inner eyes, from ancient Masters. The brief preface about the author in the book ‘Vedic Mathematics’ would give details of ‘how’ and ‘what’ he did.
The sutras that he narrated in the book are too brief, terse, and have the potential to be infallibly interpreted so as to accommodate many of the concepts of our modern mathematics, in a ‘micro-chip’ fashion! Just 16 miniature ‘surtas’ like “Ekadhikena poorvena”(Sanskrit for ‘one more than the previous) etc! (‘Sutra’ literally means a thread, and whatever flower we use to weave, the thread holds the garland well!). Please try to visualize, if these brief 16 formulas are enough to solve almost all mathematical problems under the sun, then are they not giving us sufficient competition to try for a better ‘pen-drive’/lap-top/calculator etc?
Armed with such deep vision, to just look and grasp things around, and then to infallibly ‘apply’ the right formula in its right mixture of derived complexities, are they going to miss anything worth noticing around them! This perception is what I had in mind, when I wrote a fictional post on the blog, using that simple looking equation, 4 x 4 = 16.
The next level of the mask is on our mind itself! A preconditioned mind! The causes are multiple, since the inputs are incessant, and the processor too is racing all the time, unmindful of that pure awareness being deprived of its ‘due’ share of prominence! Most of my blog-post hover around this aspect one way or other, so it is redundant to stretch any further.
Regards,Psn(26th Sept, 2009)
Why truth seems to hurt!
A very brief answer is all that is needed. Thin clothing to give predominance to truth, to the extent possible!
Psn ( 26th Sept, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090924184827AAFcyfZ
Truth is the truth hurts, Don't you agree?
My answer:
I am inclined to say, "may be, yes".When we try to remove a thorn from our feet's sole or so, the needle hurts more (due to the presence of that thorn), than the way the same needle would hurt elsewhere.When the doctor applies that magical liquid on the skin the syringe needle does not hurt at all!
"Truth" by itself is like an invisible person, who can be seen with the clothing that is put on that invisible person(remember......that English movie "Hollow Man"). A heavy clothing obscures the person all the more. A thin clothing gives clear 'idea' but still, it is the clothing that we see, not that invisible person. As long as we have to look at the clothing, truth might hurt.
Psn ( 26th Sept, 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090924184827AAFcyfZ
Truth is the truth hurts, Don't you agree?
My answer:
I am inclined to say, "may be, yes".When we try to remove a thorn from our feet's sole or so, the needle hurts more (due to the presence of that thorn), than the way the same needle would hurt elsewhere.When the doctor applies that magical liquid on the skin the syringe needle does not hurt at all!
"Truth" by itself is like an invisible person, who can be seen with the clothing that is put on that invisible person(remember......that English movie "Hollow Man"). A heavy clothing obscures the person all the more. A thin clothing gives clear 'idea' but still, it is the clothing that we see, not that invisible person. As long as we have to look at the clothing, truth might hurt.
Monday, September 21, 2009
A desire to create THE desire!
While the bulk lot of us are busy with just trying to fulfil our own desires, chasing them, running after them, pursuing them etc, it was interesting to find somebody who wanted to know how and when would a desire to pursue something woud arise! And when that something was the ultimate goal of a spiritual pursuit, what I felt was ‘gratifying’, way beyond ‘interesting’.
My answer, I know would not have done much help to ‘create’ any such desire. But it looks like he or she got some clarity.
I was wondering if we too did try sometime to create a desire about something first , and then try to pursue that desire. We would have tried it on those innocent children, the sitting ducks at our homes, when we try to create an interest in them to somehow score high marks in the exams! The marketing in-charge tries to create a desire in his sales-team to reach a target. A shop keeper tries to create an interest in us in some new gadget. Brooke Bond, (I was told by an elder from an instance that happened when he was a kid), it seems, came early in the morning with a mobile van unit, and offered Tea to people in the village. Later, they insisted that the free-morning-cup of tea would be given only if they brushed their teeth well, and cleaned their tongue sharp. Once they got addicted, the cost factor came in to stay and rise for ever!
I know from personal experience, how difficult it is to get somebody interested into spirituality. They may settle easily to talk about it a lot. And then drop out inconspicuously, but to get them into it, and retain them so, is an arduous task.
Regards,
Psn(21st Sept., 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoS3ap9jRcJgQHxScprl95qRHQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20090919184119AAlD9M2&show=7#profile-info-wBiTZgm1aa
Desire to attain enlightenment comes to a find of full matured mind is that True, then in what sense?
My answer:
True, but the problem is, we do not have that measuring rod to find out if the mind was really a matured one!
Most of the enlightened people in India were unlettered!Enlightenment has happened at all ages to these people.
It has happened to people irrespective of what they did for it in terms of concerted efforts!
At all stages.
'Just like that' cases, and after 'great struggle' cases too!Statistically, enlightenment is about one in ten thousand or even much more.
This maturity of the mind can happen quite early too.
That is what I attempted to 'hint' at when I wrote a 'post' in my blog under the title 'Evaluation Copy'. Seeking a person's attention towards this priority is too difficult. The body has its priorities. The mind has its priorities. The mind has to first tame the body, and then surrender itself unconditionally to the 'subtle' being within! That is what maturity is about. It is too an abstract a concept, to be explained with the help of tangible examples!But the question is excellent. It comes from a genuine urge to 'create' that desire first, and then to work towards it, when there is an 'acceptance', an honest one, that our logic does not right now permit us to view it even, as anything worth one's while!
My answer, I know would not have done much help to ‘create’ any such desire. But it looks like he or she got some clarity.
I was wondering if we too did try sometime to create a desire about something first , and then try to pursue that desire. We would have tried it on those innocent children, the sitting ducks at our homes, when we try to create an interest in them to somehow score high marks in the exams! The marketing in-charge tries to create a desire in his sales-team to reach a target. A shop keeper tries to create an interest in us in some new gadget. Brooke Bond, (I was told by an elder from an instance that happened when he was a kid), it seems, came early in the morning with a mobile van unit, and offered Tea to people in the village. Later, they insisted that the free-morning-cup of tea would be given only if they brushed their teeth well, and cleaned their tongue sharp. Once they got addicted, the cost factor came in to stay and rise for ever!
I know from personal experience, how difficult it is to get somebody interested into spirituality. They may settle easily to talk about it a lot. And then drop out inconspicuously, but to get them into it, and retain them so, is an arduous task.
Regards,
Psn(21st Sept., 2009)
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoS3ap9jRcJgQHxScprl95qRHQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20090919184119AAlD9M2&show=7#profile-info-wBiTZgm1aa
Desire to attain enlightenment comes to a find of full matured mind is that True, then in what sense?
My answer:
True, but the problem is, we do not have that measuring rod to find out if the mind was really a matured one!
Most of the enlightened people in India were unlettered!Enlightenment has happened at all ages to these people.
It has happened to people irrespective of what they did for it in terms of concerted efforts!
At all stages.
'Just like that' cases, and after 'great struggle' cases too!Statistically, enlightenment is about one in ten thousand or even much more.
This maturity of the mind can happen quite early too.
That is what I attempted to 'hint' at when I wrote a 'post' in my blog under the title 'Evaluation Copy'. Seeking a person's attention towards this priority is too difficult. The body has its priorities. The mind has its priorities. The mind has to first tame the body, and then surrender itself unconditionally to the 'subtle' being within! That is what maturity is about. It is too an abstract a concept, to be explained with the help of tangible examples!But the question is excellent. It comes from a genuine urge to 'create' that desire first, and then to work towards it, when there is an 'acceptance', an honest one, that our logic does not right now permit us to view it even, as anything worth one's while!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Lighten that ‘en’ light-ment
An attempt to answer a question such as this, would be almost asking for trouble.
But, the way I am, I do not even stop with simply answering it. I tend to even market that ‘prone-to-running-into-trouble’!
Very viable for me, irrespective of the feasibility, considering the ‘basic’ inclinations!
I am not sure, if this answer goes as a complement with my blog “evaluation copy”.
Depends upon what value they carry to you.
Regards,
Psn (17th Sept, 2009)
quote:
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgDsI5hX7gWFdmaH8AM_Uh7d7BR.;_ylv=3?qid=20090916083639AARteWU
The question:
Is Enlightenment a natural process...which we forcibly Stop / delay ..?
My (humble fire-fly-lumen) answer:
It is indeed a natural process!
Why it is a natural process, is we cannot do it. We can at the best allow it to happen. The struggle and hurdle is basically the thought process! Any further elaboration would only add to confusion and contradiction.
I could give an indicative example. We, with this body, think and feel that we are naturally heavy, and think of our weight often. We have that 'weight reduction programs' too, and it is a good thriving business for many, globally. Now, if we look at the people in a space craft, we know that for them, while in space, their weight does not matter. If somehow, the earth had managed to hold us the same way, without exerting that gravity, life would have been 'naturally' more blissful. No fuel costs to drive us mad etc! Our very fundamentals of economy would be revamped! We would not be spending our body's energy just to keep fighting the gravity all our life!
This enlightenment too is prevented by a kind of gravity that holds us strongly with the body and mind. (Perhaps that is why as soon as the lucky few 'attain' they quit! They just leave their body and go ---not the conventional type of death, please note. Right now, we have to tamper with this body to leave it, not at will that we can leave it!) A few compassionate ones, who also happen to be good at communication skills, linger around, staying behind redundantly, to make it happen for us! (Please try to find a way, to forgive, for this attempt to put something into words, which is supposed to be beyond the reach of words!)
So, it is indeed THE most natural process. The 'being' within incessantly attempts to communicates to us (our mind), its own agenda, but the message is perceived quite differently and that too contributes to the hurdle! I can boldly talk about this being within, because most of us do talk thus: 'my mind is confused/happy/calm/etc,' and also as 'my body feels heavy/light/stiff/etc' (There should be no dispute about that 'me/my' though it is intangible and mischievously elusive too :) !
But, the way I am, I do not even stop with simply answering it. I tend to even market that ‘prone-to-running-into-trouble’!
Very viable for me, irrespective of the feasibility, considering the ‘basic’ inclinations!
I am not sure, if this answer goes as a complement with my blog “evaluation copy”.
Depends upon what value they carry to you.
Regards,
Psn (17th Sept, 2009)
quote:
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgDsI5hX7gWFdmaH8AM_Uh7d7BR.;_ylv=3?qid=20090916083639AARteWU
The question:
Is Enlightenment a natural process...which we forcibly Stop / delay ..?
My (humble fire-fly-lumen) answer:
It is indeed a natural process!
Why it is a natural process, is we cannot do it. We can at the best allow it to happen. The struggle and hurdle is basically the thought process! Any further elaboration would only add to confusion and contradiction.
I could give an indicative example. We, with this body, think and feel that we are naturally heavy, and think of our weight often. We have that 'weight reduction programs' too, and it is a good thriving business for many, globally. Now, if we look at the people in a space craft, we know that for them, while in space, their weight does not matter. If somehow, the earth had managed to hold us the same way, without exerting that gravity, life would have been 'naturally' more blissful. No fuel costs to drive us mad etc! Our very fundamentals of economy would be revamped! We would not be spending our body's energy just to keep fighting the gravity all our life!
This enlightenment too is prevented by a kind of gravity that holds us strongly with the body and mind. (Perhaps that is why as soon as the lucky few 'attain' they quit! They just leave their body and go ---not the conventional type of death, please note. Right now, we have to tamper with this body to leave it, not at will that we can leave it!) A few compassionate ones, who also happen to be good at communication skills, linger around, staying behind redundantly, to make it happen for us! (Please try to find a way, to forgive, for this attempt to put something into words, which is supposed to be beyond the reach of words!)
So, it is indeed THE most natural process. The 'being' within incessantly attempts to communicates to us (our mind), its own agenda, but the message is perceived quite differently and that too contributes to the hurdle! I can boldly talk about this being within, because most of us do talk thus: 'my mind is confused/happy/calm/etc,' and also as 'my body feels heavy/light/stiff/etc' (There should be no dispute about that 'me/my' though it is intangible and mischievously elusive too :) !
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Potential variation at Post graduate level Programs.
I just attempted to look at the concept of looking for potential to grow, and how it would vary from student to student. Deliberately I chose an over-exaggerated example.
The fiction:
Three grown up students with great potential to grasp mathematics, but were unfortunately deprived of opportunity all along, were given hand outs like they do at reputed Universities where MS programs are undertaken.
One such hand out simply mentioned that “ 4 x 4 = 16. “
The student from earth reported back: Yeah! Got it. What you call as multiplication is just repeated addition. Good that I reached the concept well and fast enough, though a bit late in my life. Thanks dude!
The student from Mars reported back: Cool! I lack that cool at Mars, where it is usually hotter! I notice that 4 units of dissimilar identities, when collectively computed 4 times, it adds up to 16 units (may be, all the sixteen are dissimilar identities, but they nevertheless constitute 16 units, not needed to be laboriously counted 16 times, but can also be counted in clusters of 4 units each, irrespective of dissimilarity within each of the four clusters!) yeah! I can work on it further.
The student from Jupiter: I feel humbled at what this simple looking hand out implies! Even though the number 4 is designated dissimilar functions, one to represent units, and the other to represent the required number of repetition to be done in respect of that cluster of 4 Units, it can be commonly represented together, by a single variable, a non-number called ‘a’ to signify that any value for “a” has to hold good, despite the dissimilarity that such value is expected to represent, as long as the representative value is denoted by an identical number! There ought to be a ‘name’ for such an abstract & subtle concept. It seems to deserve an exclusive study, to deal with complex mathematical problems, in a simpler way, but each time, maintaining a conscious awareness about the limitations of such implications, of using an abstract concept of mathematics(to avoid inadvertently ending up into an impractical fallacy, though logically valid)! Oh! Somewhere at the back of my mind, another concept seems to take shape, a concept to look at mathematics for purely mathematical purposes, and also for practical applications. It seems pure when it is for study of mathematics. But it does not sound ok to call the other one ‘impure’ when it works for practical ‘applications’. Nevertheless, I shall wait patiently, to let the concept ‘soak’ in to sprout at an appropriate time.
The professor ‘evaluates’ these three reports, and smiles! He wonders, if all those ancient astrologers were really right in their claims about influences of planets to a certain extent, upon individuals, though with similar basic potentials!
Psn(10th September, 2009)
The fiction:
Three grown up students with great potential to grasp mathematics, but were unfortunately deprived of opportunity all along, were given hand outs like they do at reputed Universities where MS programs are undertaken.
One such hand out simply mentioned that “ 4 x 4 = 16. “
The student from earth reported back: Yeah! Got it. What you call as multiplication is just repeated addition. Good that I reached the concept well and fast enough, though a bit late in my life. Thanks dude!
The student from Mars reported back: Cool! I lack that cool at Mars, where it is usually hotter! I notice that 4 units of dissimilar identities, when collectively computed 4 times, it adds up to 16 units (may be, all the sixteen are dissimilar identities, but they nevertheless constitute 16 units, not needed to be laboriously counted 16 times, but can also be counted in clusters of 4 units each, irrespective of dissimilarity within each of the four clusters!) yeah! I can work on it further.
The student from Jupiter: I feel humbled at what this simple looking hand out implies! Even though the number 4 is designated dissimilar functions, one to represent units, and the other to represent the required number of repetition to be done in respect of that cluster of 4 Units, it can be commonly represented together, by a single variable, a non-number called ‘a’ to signify that any value for “a” has to hold good, despite the dissimilarity that such value is expected to represent, as long as the representative value is denoted by an identical number! There ought to be a ‘name’ for such an abstract & subtle concept. It seems to deserve an exclusive study, to deal with complex mathematical problems, in a simpler way, but each time, maintaining a conscious awareness about the limitations of such implications, of using an abstract concept of mathematics(to avoid inadvertently ending up into an impractical fallacy, though logically valid)! Oh! Somewhere at the back of my mind, another concept seems to take shape, a concept to look at mathematics for purely mathematical purposes, and also for practical applications. It seems pure when it is for study of mathematics. But it does not sound ok to call the other one ‘impure’ when it works for practical ‘applications’. Nevertheless, I shall wait patiently, to let the concept ‘soak’ in to sprout at an appropriate time.
The professor ‘evaluates’ these three reports, and smiles! He wonders, if all those ancient astrologers were really right in their claims about influences of planets to a certain extent, upon individuals, though with similar basic potentials!
Psn(10th September, 2009)
Saturday, September 12, 2009
"Evaluation Copy"
Evaluation copy
Disclaimer: “This is only an evaluation copy, and not the entire version”
(Yeah! Like any commercial ‘evaluation-copy-stuff’ of a software, this too contains only things that are ‘likely’ to appeal. There has to be hidden costs, undisclosed discomforts stored as in-built, for future, and some irrevocable, non-biodegradable, stuff when we get enticed into subscribing for the original version!)
Evaluation copy, about what? That’s your problem to figure it out.
Sitting at the window sill, during my journey in a train, watching the sceneries flying past by me, something came flying past along with the wind, landed on me. I picked it up, and found that it could be of interest to the co-passengers with me, and even perhaps to those who would later journey in the same compartment, and so I decided to ‘pin-it-up’ leaving it to the observers to do what they like, read it, glance it, view it, observe it, delve into it, etc.
The stuff :
We confront lots of ‘matching’ things, as well as conflicting ones, within us. We tend to take notice of only the conflicting ones, since that is what impedes us from realizing our goals.
All of us have that body awareness, we know our minds too, to some extent, and there is that someone else too, the much elusive “we” within us.
When some tasks or situation suits us well, it is the ‘matching’ set of things. When it does not, it is the conflicting area.
Some people are comfortable with driving a vehicle. They do not really mind the busy traffic, even bottle-necks, being caught in traffic jam etc. They cheerfully turn to have a chat with co-passengers, or turn on the audio, or simply enjoy gazing through the windscreen. Some others, cannot even enjoy a lonely road. Worry grips them. A whole set of “what if suddenly…” series would get triggered in their minds, and that would be enough to spoil the entire pleasure of riding.
When we find time, to take a look at ourselves, we clearly see that in some of our “could-not-accomplish” goals, there is a hazy picture of lack of co-ordination, team spirit within us. The mind reminds us at very wrong times, what we should have done! The body refuses to cooperate when needed most! And that elusive “we” like a silent resident virus, causes only discomfort, seldom gives us that much needed consolation, support and revitalizing, rejuvenating elixir.
Perhaps, our body has its own habits, affinity to things, inherent abilities, debilities, etc.
The mind too, has set its own priorities, preferences, attitudes, etc…
The “being” within, that elusive ‘we’ has its own hidden agenda.
Obviously the ‘being’ (the “we”) ought to be the most powerful one. But, it has to suffer a drawback. When it has decided to bestow its trust and power into the body and mind, it has to just sit back and wait, till the body and mind finish their fueling, refueling, in-fighting, etc, and then turn their attention towards their master, to see if the master desires something to be done by them!
The mind says, we have to reduce our body weight. But the stupid body refuses to cooperate at the opportune moment! It does not even realize that reducing weight is in its own self-interest! It is not the mind that carries the weight. It is the body. The mind has an hidden agenda. It seeks to prove, ‘see, I told you so, the body simply does not want to cooperate’. The body says, “why should I forsake the cozy comforts of sofa, the tasty junk food, just to pamper you! I take the entire struggle and strain to ‘reduce’ and you travel light within me! All you like to enjoy is pay me less, and make me work more! Not anymore. I will resist. I will insist on re-booting several times, when you ask me to wake up earlier than my normal comfortable time! I will shut off the alarm, sneak back into the bed, if necessary, hold my bladder’s explosive pressure for a while more, just to show my obstinacy in disobeying, yielding to you”! The mind now shows all its tricks. It creates dreams only about toilets. If the mind wins, we get up, go to toilet and back into bed. Or else…. Oh! that’s the problem of washing machine, who ever it is!
The body craves for luxury items, which it could not get, or which it refuses to drop. The body refuses to perform many a times, and jumps into action when not needed(it accelerates the throttle, when we lose our balance and are about to fall, driving a two-wheeler!).
The mind would have liked to be a doctor, but ended up as a storekeeper. It would have liked to enjoy a retired life, but ended up doing a ‘compromise’ job.
The mind finds that it has to put up with a mismatching spouse, lesser than dreamt-job/qualification/hobby/etc. The mind reminds, ‘I too had that aptitude for painting, music, astrology, yoga, etc, but somehow got caught up with things, and ended up in this mess!’
The planet Sun(or is it a ‘Star’, the only one, in our solar system?.... Bah! forget it, that was not the issue now), which is supposed to be ‘holding’ the solar system in its place, ought to be making lots of noises while it’s burns it fuel explosively all the time. We here, do not seem to hear it at all. Even during the day time, the Sun goes into clouds(not to speak of nights, or brief eclipses)! Like wise, the being, the Sun within (the aatma karaka ), too, starts being heard feebly at times, mostly when it is the eve of our lifetime, and reminds us of the most painful things like “what did I do all along with my life, why the hell is this life, what was my life all about, what were my inner-most-desires, what was the purpose of this life time (even if it were the only one that I believe in)"!
(This is only an evaluation copy, so, that’s it!)
psn(12th Sept, 2009)
Disclaimer: “This is only an evaluation copy, and not the entire version”
(Yeah! Like any commercial ‘evaluation-copy-stuff’ of a software, this too contains only things that are ‘likely’ to appeal. There has to be hidden costs, undisclosed discomforts stored as in-built, for future, and some irrevocable, non-biodegradable, stuff when we get enticed into subscribing for the original version!)
Evaluation copy, about what? That’s your problem to figure it out.
Sitting at the window sill, during my journey in a train, watching the sceneries flying past by me, something came flying past along with the wind, landed on me. I picked it up, and found that it could be of interest to the co-passengers with me, and even perhaps to those who would later journey in the same compartment, and so I decided to ‘pin-it-up’ leaving it to the observers to do what they like, read it, glance it, view it, observe it, delve into it, etc.
The stuff :
We confront lots of ‘matching’ things, as well as conflicting ones, within us. We tend to take notice of only the conflicting ones, since that is what impedes us from realizing our goals.
All of us have that body awareness, we know our minds too, to some extent, and there is that someone else too, the much elusive “we” within us.
When some tasks or situation suits us well, it is the ‘matching’ set of things. When it does not, it is the conflicting area.
Some people are comfortable with driving a vehicle. They do not really mind the busy traffic, even bottle-necks, being caught in traffic jam etc. They cheerfully turn to have a chat with co-passengers, or turn on the audio, or simply enjoy gazing through the windscreen. Some others, cannot even enjoy a lonely road. Worry grips them. A whole set of “what if suddenly…” series would get triggered in their minds, and that would be enough to spoil the entire pleasure of riding.
When we find time, to take a look at ourselves, we clearly see that in some of our “could-not-accomplish” goals, there is a hazy picture of lack of co-ordination, team spirit within us. The mind reminds us at very wrong times, what we should have done! The body refuses to cooperate when needed most! And that elusive “we” like a silent resident virus, causes only discomfort, seldom gives us that much needed consolation, support and revitalizing, rejuvenating elixir.
Perhaps, our body has its own habits, affinity to things, inherent abilities, debilities, etc.
The mind too, has set its own priorities, preferences, attitudes, etc…
The “being” within, that elusive ‘we’ has its own hidden agenda.
Obviously the ‘being’ (the “we”) ought to be the most powerful one. But, it has to suffer a drawback. When it has decided to bestow its trust and power into the body and mind, it has to just sit back and wait, till the body and mind finish their fueling, refueling, in-fighting, etc, and then turn their attention towards their master, to see if the master desires something to be done by them!
The mind says, we have to reduce our body weight. But the stupid body refuses to cooperate at the opportune moment! It does not even realize that reducing weight is in its own self-interest! It is not the mind that carries the weight. It is the body. The mind has an hidden agenda. It seeks to prove, ‘see, I told you so, the body simply does not want to cooperate’. The body says, “why should I forsake the cozy comforts of sofa, the tasty junk food, just to pamper you! I take the entire struggle and strain to ‘reduce’ and you travel light within me! All you like to enjoy is pay me less, and make me work more! Not anymore. I will resist. I will insist on re-booting several times, when you ask me to wake up earlier than my normal comfortable time! I will shut off the alarm, sneak back into the bed, if necessary, hold my bladder’s explosive pressure for a while more, just to show my obstinacy in disobeying, yielding to you”! The mind now shows all its tricks. It creates dreams only about toilets. If the mind wins, we get up, go to toilet and back into bed. Or else…. Oh! that’s the problem of washing machine, who ever it is!
The body craves for luxury items, which it could not get, or which it refuses to drop. The body refuses to perform many a times, and jumps into action when not needed(it accelerates the throttle, when we lose our balance and are about to fall, driving a two-wheeler!).
The mind would have liked to be a doctor, but ended up as a storekeeper. It would have liked to enjoy a retired life, but ended up doing a ‘compromise’ job.
The mind finds that it has to put up with a mismatching spouse, lesser than dreamt-job/qualification/hobby/etc. The mind reminds, ‘I too had that aptitude for painting, music, astrology, yoga, etc, but somehow got caught up with things, and ended up in this mess!’
The planet Sun(or is it a ‘Star’, the only one, in our solar system?.... Bah! forget it, that was not the issue now), which is supposed to be ‘holding’ the solar system in its place, ought to be making lots of noises while it’s burns it fuel explosively all the time. We here, do not seem to hear it at all. Even during the day time, the Sun goes into clouds(not to speak of nights, or brief eclipses)! Like wise, the being, the Sun within (the aatma karaka ), too, starts being heard feebly at times, mostly when it is the eve of our lifetime, and reminds us of the most painful things like “what did I do all along with my life, why the hell is this life, what was my life all about, what were my inner-most-desires, what was the purpose of this life time (even if it were the only one that I believe in)"!
(This is only an evaluation copy, so, that’s it!)
psn(12th Sept, 2009)
Monday, September 07, 2009
The “timings” were timely then, then why not now?
The fast paced life renders the making of compromises with traditions and rituals, into more and more of an arduous task!
There was a time, when the Southern Railway authorities in India had to even change the starting time of a train (the famous GT express), just because people did not like commencement of a long journey at an ‘inappropriate’ time! There were not much of any substantially supporting evidences to show why the starting time was ‘unholy’ or ‘inappropriate’!
New moon day is auspicious amidst southern India dwellers, where as it is a bit inauspicious for most north-Indians! And many of them are supposed to have had common ancestors centuries ago! Mind boggling questions indeed!
The sense of ‘revolt’ (due to pressure of work, lack of mind-space, or quality-mind-time) seems to overtake and suppress the latent desire to know the consequences, or reasons even before doing away with such ‘outdated-looking’ sense of timings, for various day-to-day activities.
While learning law, especially jurisprudence (the law about law), our good teacher narrated a case that went up to the Supreme Court, to adjudicate the dispute about ‘timing’ for tying the holy knot between would-be-couples. The hilarious part was that both the sides (bride’s and the groom’s) were otherwise wise enough to even share their lunch together on the lawns of courtyard! The learned judges gave a wonderful judgement, which demonstrated well enough the prudence in patiently reaching to the root of any tradition, instead of ‘summarily’ disposing off any ‘issue’(lest it may adversely affect our own ‘issues’ coming out/’issuing forth’ of a wedlock)!
Time and again, time has been questioned, irrespective of the timeliness of timing the question about times! I fervently hope, we have the time to look at it!
Even simple errors change the very dimension of time! Somebody asked an Englishman (who are reputed to be very particular about grammar than the timing of the situation) “Sir what is time?”, to which, the reply came, “ Oh! Time is a great concept, which, complements with the only other known dimension called space, and enables us to ‘fix’ events in a sequential, chronological order, for not only historical purposes, but….. “ thus he went on, losing the ‘sense’ of time altogether! The poor asker intended to ask “Sir what is THE time NOW”
Well, that being the given situation at this time, there was a question sent to me to get ‘provoked’ to attempt a reply. Whether it is timely or not is entirely dependent on how well capable we are, to get tuned in, to times of yesterday!
To me it was my favorite past-‘time’ for many of my yesterdays!
Time please!
Psn(7th Sept, 2009)
Quote:
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuOlA30w2Nq92s8coGKtxFm1RhV.;_ylv=3?qid=20090906145247AAYJjun
As per Tamil Panchankam, a day is divided into various parts, what about other religions?
1Tamils especially Hindu Bhramins in Tamil Nadu conduct marriages or start new ventures at Nalla Neram, or Subha muhurtha neram, where as in other parts of India marriages are conducted during nights. Why this is so ?2. Like panchankam for Hindu Tamils, is there anything for other religions? How do they fix the good time for Marriages etc ?3.Why obstructing or bad time is called Raghu Kalam?4. How a particular time is called as Yama Kantam?5.How on what basis these Panchankams are based?ONLY THOSE WHO ARE WELL VERSED IN THESE SUBJECTS PL ENLIGHTEN.Thanks
My way of timing (my answer):
The flight of knowledge is from known to unknown.
Yet, the answers could be just indicative, like a finger that points at the heavenly bodies.
Take a look at major surgeries done by eminent surgeons at reputed private hospitals. Most of it is done in the early hours (4 am or so).
The launch of spacecraft is 'timed' to suit various parameters. A lay man cannot fathom all the reasons, till that person is 'well-versed' in the subject of space technology. Yet we know some of the important things like gravity, fuel efficiency, climatic impact etc.
We have to 'step into the shoes' of those who prescribed those 'time-slots'. We have to know what was their subtle purpose. For that we need that kind of perception. Right now, even an ant knows better when it is going to rain (within up to three days!), better than us, the 'we' so equipped with super computers (the best of computers being engaged to predict weather!). The ancients were striving to evolve higher than 'human' level, a level at which they managed to 'enter' ab-initio, using technology called 'seemantham' with that preparatory launching-pad-technology called 'nuptials'. So they ensured a minimun support level of perception (like our Governments minimum support price for paddy!), right from 'gurukulam' where, a student is thoroughly trained intuitively (emotion is the manifest form of it). Thus equipped with deep perception, the choosing of right time becomes indeed a very complex technology, not easily decipherable to the present day mind!
Yet to satisfy the 'priliminary' curiosity, take the full moon and new moon days. Go to seashore or a mental asyllum, where you can see 'amplified' effects of two-way and one way gravity on the bulk of water body (relatively free state of matter than the gross solid earth), and on the mind (relatively in an uncontrolled state due to mental imbalance, compared to us, the 'normally' abnormal ones!).
When two people are expected to join at spirit-level, not just mating-level (for sheer biological perpetuation reasons!), the purpose does 'seem' a bit nobler, isn't it! Then the subtle factors have to be taken into account to ensure better bonding (we take some extra care when we use 'alerdite' , cleaning the surfaces, in a 'dry' atmosphere, not rain, we mix the resin and fastner only on time, etc).
Oh! elaboration would take out the patience of the reader.
Sorry, if it fails to impress at least by this time / point of narration.
Usko Mirchi Lagi tho Mai kya karoon?
I have given my answer.
I had asked this question very early , early enough to warrant a 'summary-disposal' from my elders with a curt reply, like "Adu appadithaan" (don't try to question our traditions! .... or to that effect.)
Somehow, I was not deterred by such admonitions, and was even 'at home' with such!
I feel fortunate that I do not put down the eager minds thus!
I learned to even put up with people who ask for purposes other than sincerely knowing it!
Psn (7th Sept, 2009)
Quote:
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoBozzc1bY0lNSYl28nx5jq1RhV.;_ylv=3?qid=20090906183030AA0S8eM
Why chilli and chilli powder not used when we prepare food in memory of forefathers ?
For hot taste the pepper only used and no green or dry chilli or chilli powder not used generally when we prepare foods in memory of elders we call generaly ''thithi'' or ''srardham''. Do you know any reason for it?
The ‘Hot’ reason(my answer):
Two reasons:1) Chillies came from some other country, just a few centuries ago (they say it is Africa or so, that is why it is not very popular even in USA. At US, it is mostly 'salt 'n' pepper, still!).2) This is a more important reason: Chilli is a 'negative' pranic food. Our fore-fathers looked at spices, food etc, in terms of their "life-energy" contents, rather than 'nutrition' value that we have today, like we look for calories, protiens, vitamins etc. They are concerned with most important aspect of "life" the very life energy itself! Not the physical efficiency . Physical efficiancy was a natural consequence though! Unfortunately for us now, all the items of 'negative' life energy by nature taste superb! Verification of this aspect (or even elaboration, if somebody seeks just an 'entertainment' value from explanations, needs more space and time!)
Eisa kyon hota hai?
When our desires are not fulfilled, and we find that it happens easily for others, this question does come up too often. Our ancient people had evolved a technique to channelise this ‘thought force’ to make it work for us. The ethnic name (nay, scientific name), could be “Chit Shakti”. Right from a ‘simple-looking’ prayer (like “sahanaa vavatu….), to concerted rigorous ritualistic practices, we have a whole range of techniques for the eager ‘minds’!
When this kind of answers of mine appeals to the asker to get picked as the ‘best’ I really feel a sense of surprise at first….. (and then….. , well, it is my private ‘affair’ now!)
I was curious, to know, how you would ‘evaluate’ my answer. The question could have been worded a bit more carefully, still retaining the ‘spice’ of ambiguity!
Psn(7th sept, 2009)
quote:
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ag.5DdyJ_aCsDzT8vCOOuGORHQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20090905103609AA8LIAg&show=7#profile-info-PlLt5Ps4aa
Why does it happen to whom we look for but we don,t get?
Answer:
Perhaps, the thought force is spent in looking at whom we look, and supports the 'happening' in favour of 'whom we look' instead of helping ourselves, the 'we' that miss to get it.
(And the comments about the answer)
“this could be the best of all.”
When this kind of answers of mine appeals to the asker to get picked as the ‘best’ I really feel a sense of surprise at first….. (and then….. , well, it is my private ‘affair’ now!)
I was curious, to know, how you would ‘evaluate’ my answer. The question could have been worded a bit more carefully, still retaining the ‘spice’ of ambiguity!
Psn(7th sept, 2009)
quote:
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ag.5DdyJ_aCsDzT8vCOOuGORHQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20090905103609AA8LIAg&show=7#profile-info-PlLt5Ps4aa
Why does it happen to whom we look for but we don,t get?
Answer:
Perhaps, the thought force is spent in looking at whom we look, and supports the 'happening' in favour of 'whom we look' instead of helping ourselves, the 'we' that miss to get it.
(And the comments about the answer)
“this could be the best of all.”
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Regulations!
“Power corrupts” , they say.
Corruption is not merely about getting hold of some illegitimate money, unethical earnings of wealth, or even about getting undue control over unmarked territory or domain of activity, etc.
It simply corrupts our mind, initially. That open mind gets corrupted, like a corrupted data storage device, that does not do its designated functions properly when corrupted by virus etc! What we commonly refer to as corruption is that manifested form of corruption that is taken shape due to the decisions implemented by a corrupt mind! If we can only have patience to trace the root of any corruption, we would not hastily cast allegations of ‘corrupt’ on the retail-end-deliverers like police, tax authorities, government departments etc! They simply perpetuate it , helplessly, caught in the chain, inheriting it inadvertently by reasons of being caught up in employment, as a means of livelihood. The real culprits people are the ones behind the scene, who have a far-sighted vision, and lay long-term-usable roads, through the systems they formulate for the society, be it politicians, or even religious preachers who prescribe ‘do’s and don’t’s”. Then remedial measure lies only with the teachers, whether at school or parents at homes, to churn out a fresh set of minds, which would refuse to abide by the dictates of corrupt minds, however ‘remote’ the control hails from! Japan is perhaps a country that uniquely demonstrates this capability, in respecting the teachers, as a culture belonging to a whole nation! We in India have a culture that does not try to meddle with the society’s way of handling its day to day affairs, be it corrupt or fair. When a person is fatigued, tired of leading this kind of life, and turns elsewhere for some kind of solace, after finding that nothing else gives that peace of mind, whether it is wealth or poverty, whether it is power, corruption or its slavery, then, for such ‘individuals’ there are suggestive prescriptions in our “Hindu” way of life, not in the form of rituals alone (if that religious outlook cause aversion), but even by way of techniques formulated by Grand Masters. To such a fatigued mind, the very opening few sentences of a great book do not really look strange, but it would appear very apt, as if customized, or tailor-made, “And now, Yoga” (athah; Yogah!—Patanjali Yoga sutra). Such an entrant does not drop out too soon. And the terse language appears to him, lucid.
(Ancient Kings had a solution for this, the corruption: “Vikatakavi”!)
I did not quite expect my answer to this question to be picked as the asker’s best answer! So, simply inspired by his comments, I felt encouraged to share my views, regarding the way the mind incessantly tries to “regulate others” ! The “others” simply means everybody else but the “me”.
Tax authorities build up all the rules(from ‘acts’) for others, but never in favour of those tax payers against themselves! (keep waiting for refunds!)
Police vehicles need not follow all the rules that are strictly enforceable on public, whatever it takes!
Teachers do not try to create any rules for themselves, but never cease to add their own rules for students! (At school, I often used to ‘day-dream’ of a situation where we kids can give marks for ‘questions’ too! Some set of questions seemed too silly, looking at the depth of the lesson contents, its concept values etc! Later, I guessed, may be the teachers planned to make valuation of papers easy, with simple answers to be checked. “To hell with uplifting of student’s standards” they must have thought!)
Managements take their own time for responding to ‘papers’ of any sort, while time-frames are set, with rigid last dates for submission!
Courts have no time limit to adjudicate cases, while cases could be time-barred, if not lodged in time!
Even the tailors are famed for their hold on customers waiting for their wedding suits till the last minute, the spouse and others full of anxiety due to unfounded fears creeping in with the fast approaching ‘muhurat’ and the bride or groom not reporting!
That tonsuring at places like Tiruppati Temple, makes the waiting for ‘darshan’ less torturous! To get more ‘heads’ he leaves most of them half way, to ‘rope-in’ newer ones faster!
Cricket- 1st,2nd, 3rd, and even Fourth Umpire! (Umpire’s decision is final!)
Mental asylums: wardens are like those cooking-gas-“regulators”, keeping it under ‘pressure’!
Innocent children are now ‘victimized’ in the name of ‘judgments’ upon them in reality shows, whether by judges or ‘SMS’ voters!
(And, you know, too well, who is the “Boss” at our homes, and no rules for them! Anyway, I am the boss at my house, and I have my wife’s permission to say so!)
(The list is endless)
Some places give glimpses of a contrast for a change! I found, some of the Buddhist monasteries, prescribe more rules for ‘self-adherence-voluntarily’ for its inmates, with almost no rules for stray visitors!
I found a small ‘change’ confronting an entirely new set of rules growing around me, ‘post-retirement’!
Regards,
Psn(5th Sept, 2009)
Quote:
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090902141057AAShrkB
Are there any laws regarding footpath use.?
2 days ago
Additional Details
if there are can you quote them?
My submission (lawfully yours):
Road laws are for vehicle users, and those who interfere on the road, without a vehicle (the road-crossers). Till the sides of a road was demarcated, everything on either side of a road was a footpath(till we encroach on some private property)!There are guidelines, for foot-walkers (hence it is foot-path). That is so because, unlike vehicles, we are yet to 'maintain' and service our body, foot etc in good condition. Some cannot walk fast, some cannot even walk, some can only drag themselves (when the heart is heavy that day!), etc. The fuel efficiency of the body, the mileage per litre of food, etc varies vastly, and is always out of control! So, the Road Transport authority are just waiting, till they can have a sub-division called "Foot-path" Transport Authority, and then, when people have reasonable capacity to 'regulate' their walking capability at mention-worthy-levels, we would have all the fun with rules, laws, its violation, fines, speed-breakers etc!
Asker’s comments:
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Kaam Chor!
Yes, Literally, I have stolen the secrets from a cross section of the society.
Secrets that most people are least interested in!
Though not in a strict sense, all of it now turns out to be ‘pay-back-time’!
I felt the job to be a wonderful opportunity to get to know the secret ways in which the subtle mind works for various kinds of people! I was hardly interested in the material aspects of life, nor how it was handled deftly. Any knowledge gained regarding handling of commercial aspects of life was purely incidental. Some how, I was very keen to make the best use of the great opportunity I got at the place of work. And as a bonus, I was hardly chosen to be placed at any of the administrative offices, though chances came very close to it. With constant practice and experience, in the later years of service, ‘the deciphering’ of the methodology employed by people for handling material aspect of life became as normal as smelling the aroma from kitchen to find out ‘what’s for dinner’! It came as a very handy tool to accelerate the pace of progress in the main goal of life!
I was almost provoked to ‘spill the beans’, when a question came up.
And my answer did reach the asker. The response was quick. So I thought, why not share it with people who persist lingering around my blog page! No big ideas this time also, as usual, but just to share about how the job experience appeared to me!
Regards,
Psn(1sep2009)
Quote:
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090831173854AA9KkC9
What is the best part of your job?
For me it is most of the people I work with.
My(answer) part of the Job:
It was. For 30 years!An opportunity to know at very close quarters, people from all walks of life. A cross-section of the society. And, as a bonus, watching how other colleagues deal with this variety of people.Most of the present day thought-contents are 'commercial' , so the work place constituted to be somewhat like a 'confession' alter, in a fuzzy manner. Thoroughly enjoyed, amazed at how each deals so uniquely with similar sets of real-life-problems!Would not like to miss anything. So handling as many people as possible was real fun, and never a struggle. That way, being busy never resulted in getting tired, but was great joy!
Secrets that most people are least interested in!
Though not in a strict sense, all of it now turns out to be ‘pay-back-time’!
I felt the job to be a wonderful opportunity to get to know the secret ways in which the subtle mind works for various kinds of people! I was hardly interested in the material aspects of life, nor how it was handled deftly. Any knowledge gained regarding handling of commercial aspects of life was purely incidental. Some how, I was very keen to make the best use of the great opportunity I got at the place of work. And as a bonus, I was hardly chosen to be placed at any of the administrative offices, though chances came very close to it. With constant practice and experience, in the later years of service, ‘the deciphering’ of the methodology employed by people for handling material aspect of life became as normal as smelling the aroma from kitchen to find out ‘what’s for dinner’! It came as a very handy tool to accelerate the pace of progress in the main goal of life!
I was almost provoked to ‘spill the beans’, when a question came up.
And my answer did reach the asker. The response was quick. So I thought, why not share it with people who persist lingering around my blog page! No big ideas this time also, as usual, but just to share about how the job experience appeared to me!
Regards,
Psn(1sep2009)
Quote:
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090831173854AA9KkC9
What is the best part of your job?
For me it is most of the people I work with.
My(answer) part of the Job:
It was. For 30 years!An opportunity to know at very close quarters, people from all walks of life. A cross-section of the society. And, as a bonus, watching how other colleagues deal with this variety of people.Most of the present day thought-contents are 'commercial' , so the work place constituted to be somewhat like a 'confession' alter, in a fuzzy manner. Thoroughly enjoyed, amazed at how each deals so uniquely with similar sets of real-life-problems!Would not like to miss anything. So handling as many people as possible was real fun, and never a struggle. That way, being busy never resulted in getting tired, but was great joy!
The "HR" factor!
Ironically, the present day youngsters seem to miss the Human relations factor at home, especially at the “in-law” homes!
At work place, especially in successful organizations, there is abundance of that ‘HR’ factor. The bosses undergo even costly refresher courses to ensure that they give that subtle extra-sugar-coated “feel-good” factor to their juniors, subordinates co-workers etc! It does work too well. And it pays too! Very few fortunate people realize at least when it is a bit too late that, all the time, it was a commercially employed ‘technique, and there was never even a bit of emotion value or content in it!
I chanced to come across a youngster who recently got a chance to work under a teacher, but the basic nature of (human)relationship would be like an ‘employer-employee’. It is only then that I realized the distinction! This youngster had the opportunity to work for an organization, where Human Relations are at its best in terms of comparative evaluation in similar organizations. This organization was comfortable about normal anxieties concerning ‘attrition-due-to-lack-of-feel-good-factors”.
Like any other youngster, this person too would have ‘got-used’ to that pampering whether consciously or otherwise, aware or unawares. But, now when the role of ‘employee’ is going to be replicated during a study term, as a sort of apprenticeship or even assistantship for the sake of availing subsidy on the cost of study, I felt that there was going to be some contrast. A professor, is basically inclined towards research-oriented outlook, and the focus of the mind is towards excellence in the pursuit of knowledge. Such a person is naturally inclined to look at how well a student learns, and with what kinds of learning skills the student is equipped, and how well the student employs those tools, even while at work.
Let me take a ‘down-to-floor-level’ example, to make it light. An elderly lady employs a maid servant to get the floor cleaned. To keep the maid in good humour, and to ensure maximum productivity, the lady-employer would use all gimmicks to create that feel-good factor! Like offering a cup of tea in-between, insisting that the maid un-bend her back for a while, sip the tea while it is still warm, and then get back to cleaning the floor of the other room etc. Now, if the same lady, if she were to teach the art of floor-cleaning to her niece, would try to make sure that the would-be-bride-niece of hers learns the art of cleaning, well enough to avoid any ‘fault-finding’ from her in-laws. In this process, the aunt would forgo that ‘feel-good’ factor, and even create a mock-drill of being severe! The primary focus is to ensure that the niece learns perfectly. The emotional attachment due to love for own niece, gives that extra care and inclination towards teaching.
The professor-employer has no mental-leisure, nor is he ‘obliged’ to ensure productivity. He has no ‘attrition’ problems due to that apprentice student. So, I tried to impress upon this youngster, this factor, and asked him to be aware a bit more consciously about this aspect. Now, if situation permits, this student can show due humility towards the professor, for genuine reasons, which may perhaps evoke one extra remark about the student in the final appraisal, in addition to job-dexterity, giving that much needed feel-back to the potential head-hunters. The commercial employers, despite care and effort, would only look towards candidates who cause less drain on their HR effort. The job-dexterity takes a little bit of lesser priority than it deserves. It is this natural tendency, that I tried to impress upon the youth.
When I come to think of it, perhaps this is why the working girls of today find it difficult to allow the parents of the spouse to stay with them after getting married. These parents cannot be expected to play that ‘goody-goody’ role of boss-like-elders! We cannot really find fault with the girl-children, when they are expected to get over suddenly, what they got used to , all the while. And, if the young girl is a bit emotionally vulnerable, she would fall a prey to that ‘commercial-HR-factor’, and end up in undesirable ‘ties’. The problem is , this HR factor is an indispensable aspect for the success of the organization.
( In all humility, I have no hesitation whatever, in confessing that, I was unduly fortunate to be blessed with an experience under a spiritual Master, who even demonstrated how it feels to be under the ‘employ’ of a person, who has himself risen well above intellect and emotion! Buddhi is intellect. Buddhoo is below intellect level, and obviously, Buddha is above intellect! I am yet to deserve that blessing-full experience!)
I wonder if, the concept narrated above holds value in the view-point of others too! Only a response/feed-back can tell.
Psn(30th Aug, 2009)
At work place, especially in successful organizations, there is abundance of that ‘HR’ factor. The bosses undergo even costly refresher courses to ensure that they give that subtle extra-sugar-coated “feel-good” factor to their juniors, subordinates co-workers etc! It does work too well. And it pays too! Very few fortunate people realize at least when it is a bit too late that, all the time, it was a commercially employed ‘technique, and there was never even a bit of emotion value or content in it!
I chanced to come across a youngster who recently got a chance to work under a teacher, but the basic nature of (human)relationship would be like an ‘employer-employee’. It is only then that I realized the distinction! This youngster had the opportunity to work for an organization, where Human Relations are at its best in terms of comparative evaluation in similar organizations. This organization was comfortable about normal anxieties concerning ‘attrition-due-to-lack-of-feel-good-factors”.
Like any other youngster, this person too would have ‘got-used’ to that pampering whether consciously or otherwise, aware or unawares. But, now when the role of ‘employee’ is going to be replicated during a study term, as a sort of apprenticeship or even assistantship for the sake of availing subsidy on the cost of study, I felt that there was going to be some contrast. A professor, is basically inclined towards research-oriented outlook, and the focus of the mind is towards excellence in the pursuit of knowledge. Such a person is naturally inclined to look at how well a student learns, and with what kinds of learning skills the student is equipped, and how well the student employs those tools, even while at work.
Let me take a ‘down-to-floor-level’ example, to make it light. An elderly lady employs a maid servant to get the floor cleaned. To keep the maid in good humour, and to ensure maximum productivity, the lady-employer would use all gimmicks to create that feel-good factor! Like offering a cup of tea in-between, insisting that the maid un-bend her back for a while, sip the tea while it is still warm, and then get back to cleaning the floor of the other room etc. Now, if the same lady, if she were to teach the art of floor-cleaning to her niece, would try to make sure that the would-be-bride-niece of hers learns the art of cleaning, well enough to avoid any ‘fault-finding’ from her in-laws. In this process, the aunt would forgo that ‘feel-good’ factor, and even create a mock-drill of being severe! The primary focus is to ensure that the niece learns perfectly. The emotional attachment due to love for own niece, gives that extra care and inclination towards teaching.
The professor-employer has no mental-leisure, nor is he ‘obliged’ to ensure productivity. He has no ‘attrition’ problems due to that apprentice student. So, I tried to impress upon this youngster, this factor, and asked him to be aware a bit more consciously about this aspect. Now, if situation permits, this student can show due humility towards the professor, for genuine reasons, which may perhaps evoke one extra remark about the student in the final appraisal, in addition to job-dexterity, giving that much needed feel-back to the potential head-hunters. The commercial employers, despite care and effort, would only look towards candidates who cause less drain on their HR effort. The job-dexterity takes a little bit of lesser priority than it deserves. It is this natural tendency, that I tried to impress upon the youth.
When I come to think of it, perhaps this is why the working girls of today find it difficult to allow the parents of the spouse to stay with them after getting married. These parents cannot be expected to play that ‘goody-goody’ role of boss-like-elders! We cannot really find fault with the girl-children, when they are expected to get over suddenly, what they got used to , all the while. And, if the young girl is a bit emotionally vulnerable, she would fall a prey to that ‘commercial-HR-factor’, and end up in undesirable ‘ties’. The problem is , this HR factor is an indispensable aspect for the success of the organization.
( In all humility, I have no hesitation whatever, in confessing that, I was unduly fortunate to be blessed with an experience under a spiritual Master, who even demonstrated how it feels to be under the ‘employ’ of a person, who has himself risen well above intellect and emotion! Buddhi is intellect. Buddhoo is below intellect level, and obviously, Buddha is above intellect! I am yet to deserve that blessing-full experience!)
I wonder if, the concept narrated above holds value in the view-point of others too! Only a response/feed-back can tell.
Psn(30th Aug, 2009)
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