Guru - The Indispensible

Not everyone realizes the importance of a Guru - Teacher. I have realized it many times in my life.

Be it art, science, programming, yoga - whatever! without a good teacher, its difficult to master it! May be some people are self-starters and they learn on their own. But even then, they might also have some indirect teachers.

I have gone several classes for learning classical instruments, vocal, swimming, dancing, Java, yoga, etc,. But only a few have I completed successfully. I used to wonder what is wrong with me since I was not able to complete most of my courses to the full. It is then I realized the importance of a good teacher - A teacher who understands you!

Every student is different - unique! And a teacher must understand this and change their teaching methodology to suit the individual needs. Having some pre-framed standards or steps for teaching is not going to satisfy everyone.

A teacher should match the pace of the student and the student should give his 100% to the teacher. Understanding each other is the key to success.

The Learning will bring happiness - not only to the student but also to the teacher. Beyond money, it will bring in a special bond between them because of the energy exchange - knowledge transfer.

Blessed are those who find right Guru. Blessed are those who find right student. I think teacher-student relationship is divine - whatever be the object of learning!

Guru Brahma Gurur Vishnu
Guru Devo Maheshwaraha
Guru Saakshat Para Brahma
Tasmai Sree Gurave Namaha

Katradhu Tamil (Tamil M A)

I saw this movie yesterday because of the compulsion of my friend. He said its nice and he has watched it 8 times!

My Gaaud!! After watching the movie I was wondering about the patience and perseverance this fellow has - watching it for 8 times!! Of course the movie was taken well and its a different type of movie. But its full of negativity! It is a wrong thing - done in a right way!

After watching any movie you should feel relaxed and light! And if the movie gives you some more information - science or life or whatever - its good!

But this movie is not for relaxation at all! Everything projected in only one perspective - negative angle alone. Already there are so many things to worry about in life. Many things that can easily make you feel sunk! Why the hell spend some 3 hours and make yourself feel sad more!

If the guy studied Tamil and dint earn much what can we do? Every field has competition. There are people who studied Eng. and are jobless as well. There are literates who earn well as professors in colleges. I totally agree that its a pity-full state person who studied Tamil is not respected in Tamil Nadu! But you cant blame the IT guys for that! You cant go and kill someone for that! Its stupidity!

This movie is trying to justify and encourage all negative emotions!Things that do not deserve more attention, should not be given attention. Unnecessarily, taking a movie like this clearly portraying negative feelings in a psychotic way is really not healthy for the minds watching it! It can corrupt an innocent mind!

I wonder why such movies are taken!

It would be nice...

if I live in such a world..
in such a place... where I do not need to face competition.
Face terror..
Fear about destruction! - The Destruction of Self..
Fear that I might be corrupted! My mind would be corrupted!
Fear that I might loose everything..

Only when I have something will I be able to loose something.

What if.. I live in some place.. just a small farm house where in I plough the land and produce the food I want to eat?
And produce - just enough for filling my stomach.
Just do daily activities..
Just live to enjoy peace..
Enjoy the nature and beauty around me!
And just dont think about all the complications of man-created world!
Office-Schools-Higher Education-Job Promotion-Higher pay-New house-TV-Fridge-Washing machine-laptops-robots-etc-etc! And what not?

Why should nt I just learn to live with myself alone..
Rather than to learn about the high-tech human brains around me!
Rather than to adjust with so many minds, why not focus on a single mind?
Why not just learn to be my own self rather than to have multiple faces?

Is it something that can be achieved in Virtual world alone?
Is it me or something else? - Stopping it from being real

Vishnu Sahasranamam

Again, its another long break.

Now, the thing that is keeping me busy is "Vishnu Sahasranamam". So these days in my free time I try to read the meanings of the slokas. I am reading it online from this link.

The link gives short and clear description for the sanskrit words and also some additional comments are given based on Adi Sankara Acharya.

Its nice to know the meanings and also now I noticed the mistakes I did in pronunciations of some words.

Till now read only 100 names. Long way to go! Hopefully I will be able to understand the meaning of the full sloka..

Here is the True Love

An Inner Journey: The Real Freedom: "I can feel that there is something much bigger looking after me almost like a mother – protecting and guiding me. I feel like I’ve been this arrogant child, not giving it much credence, but yet it’s been there every step of the way."

The Universe is our Mother. The Nature, The Supreme Bliss, The God - Whatever you call it.

Its constantly showering its unconditional love on us. But its us who dont realize it. Again, its because of our own Selfish Ego. Just need to let go everything. Jus be happy! And just feel the Bliss.

Its this 'Ego' which makes me loose my way every time and after that I need to start all over again! I dont remember where I went and how I went.

Where is true love?

People talk about love in different ways.. Different situations. There are so many movies about Love. Everyone needs love. But can you tell me where is this "True Love" ? or "Unconditional Love" ?

Love another soul for nothing! Not even love in return!
Lets talk about the Mother's love.

When a lady is pregnant, she makes a lot of sacrifices for the unborn kid. When the child comes out to see the world, the mother takes care of each and everything for the child from the time it takes it first breath! Once she is a mother, all her fuss about even feces is gone and she cleans up the kid. All her focus is now just the KID. She actually does not expect anything from the kid now. She just has a feeling that the kid should grow well. It should be healthy. It should be happy... She sacrifices - in fact forgets her happiness. There is no happiness for her on her own. The child's happiness is her happiness. She starts living through the child. Its a wonderful thing to experience for any woman.

There is no doubt that mothers love is TRUE UNCONDITIONAL love.
Its all great! Now, how long does this continue? What happens when the child grows and say, around 20yrs or so.. Does the mom's love still remains the same?

Actually, it depends on how the kid is. Now, its not just one side anymore. A mother is also a normal human being. Living with normal emotions, expectations, desires, anger and so on..
If the child is no longer caring for the mom. If it just thinks about its own self and goes around for its happiness, do you think the mom will still love the kid the same way as she loved 19 years back?

Definitely not. And dont be surprised that its my Mom who told me this! (I feel that she is an enlightened soul!)

As and when the child grows, the mom does not live through the child. A line of separation starts to appear. Because, the child has its own identity. Its different from its mom. Its unique. But still of course the love is there. But the 'unconditional' may not exist!
So, if the child loves the mom - if its understands the mom and respects her and gives her what she needs, at least recognizes and thanks the mom for what it gets from her it will all be good. Else, even this mom-child relation becomes a normal one-one relation. No special meaning. But of course, what ever happened 20 yrs back is still true. There was unconditional love. But just that, its not there anymore.

When the separate identity starts to appear, the universal rule comes into play - give and take! Only when the child loves the mom, the mom is going to love it back. And even if you are going to say that "No she loves the kid all the time", it can be because, "Its her child. Her product!".

This is some kind of bitter reality! Not many will agree with me. I know one person who will agree for sure - Its my Mom!! Who explained me this fact!

Its not the people around you!

Its the characters revolving around your life. Yes. What I mean is, you are not bound to people around you. Its just their characters.

First time when this thought came to me was when I left my home and stayed outside for 2 months. I felt that I dint miss my parents. Because, in one way or the other, I saw them in people around me. Of course, everyone is unique. They are their own. But still I could see glimpses of my Dad, my brother and my mom in people whom I met there. The way they think about some scenario just reminded me about my parents and bro.
And another thing is that, the same person may not react the same way all the time. But somehow, someone or the other would remind me of all those characteristics I have been living with.

Thats when I first discovered that its just the characters revolving around you. You are bound to face certain things, certain characteristics, certain way of thinking. And you face it where ever you go till the time you should face them.

I also felt that I cannot escape from such things. If I am going to escape from sarcasm of one guy, I am going to see it in another guy! Because, its just that I need to experience that feeling. So, if I just accept those in the first place, at least I can remain calm. Else, I try to find an escape - escape - escape again and again ultimately to find myself in agony!

Now I am living with just one person! And here I see all the characteristics of my Dad, mom, bro in him. May be that is not him. He is not like that all the time. He is not like that to others. But to me he is like that. Or at least I perceive like that. So it means just the same to me. Whatever may be the truth!

No point in blaming people or trying to escape from them. Just be calm and relaxed and face it. Accept it whether you like it or not. Just say to yourself, "may be there are so many things in me which they dont like!". After a while nothing will trouble you. You can just be your own self - with peace and calm!

Effect of Publicity on Public

Newspapers, Televisions and other media do their job of publicizing the day-to-day happenings in and around the world!

What is happening because of this? All the publicity and access to so much information?

First of all, before going to the result, let me think about why?
Media has so much power that it can impact the lives of everyone! The right for information is given to everyone through media. But we do not know if the information is right always.

By the time the "news" reaches the end user - a normal person, it becomes a "story". The newspapers, TVs, radio, websites and others increase their revenue by 'producing' and 'publicizing' interesting news which will attract any passerby. So, their business goes well and the competition increases among them all! And then, for sustaining the competition they need to do more of these. Produce, publicize, twist, make it more interesting, etc etc.. Its a vicious circle.

Soo.. ultimately what happens? Everyone knows everything! They have access to all sorts of information! Media is creating an enlightened society! Well.. thats a great thing!
But thats not the only thing they do!
Certain things gain more importance than what they deserve! Of course people need to be careful about different kinds of thieves and murderers and others.. Then only can they safegaurd themselves. But too much publicity of such kinds of news - rapes, cruel murders, gang robbery, etc can induce negative thoughts in many people.

It can give a frustrated person, a new idea to release his frustration and anger! Too many news like this can make people think like "So.. if I do it this way, I may not get caught easily! I can escape from law!" It infuses new ideas and gives courage to people to do wrong things in right way!

Such is the power which media possess! So, it needs to take every care that the impact it produces should be right! Things should not be given more importance than what they deserve. Else, they will have side-effects on society and culture!

Its the SIXTH sense...

All the growth that we see today, is because of our SIXTH sense. Its that which differentiates us from other animals.. We, have been evolving because of this sixth sense..

And at the same time, it is the sixth sense which never allows us to remain happy for long. It works and works and works and somehow makes us to think that we miss something.. It is this feeling that has led us to so many discoveries and inventions and at the same time it is the one which gives us a sense of restlessness. A feeling of insecurity that something is still there - 'undiscovered'.

It lets you discover the world around you. It lets you to invent your own world. But at times, it can go crazy that it creates lot of illusions and imaginative world around you.

The whole point is keeping this sixth sense inactive even though you know how much it is capable of. In spite of fully knowing what it can do, you should try not to use it. When it tries to observe, compare, analyze, judge, conclude, condemn you should consciously stop it and say "Stop honey! Be relaxed and be happy! Just enjoy THE moment!"..

Thats, the art of meditation - controlling your mind.

Positive thinking

What exactly is being positive?

Cheating one's own self that everything - 'all people and their thoughts and activities' are all good?Assuming that everyone is thinking good? Assuming that everything is good? I dont think so..

Positive approach in life does not mean that all things/people are good. Which would mean that there is nothing called 'bad'. Well.. thats not the case. Positive approach essentially means thinking that 'everything happens for good'.

So, you actually know whether someone around you is thinking good for you or doing something bad for you. You actually have the discretion to differentiate between good and bad. And the positive approach makes you "not to worry" about bad things and just take only good things around you. Just believe that things are happening for your own goodness. And that no negativity can disrupt your happiness.

Boundaries of mind

Mind is capable of thinking anything. But why dont all human minds think everything?

Minds thinking ability is limited by one person's principles of life. For some, killing is a very big crime. His mind wont go to that point. For some, the mind will go to the extent of cutting one's body into pieces.
Say, if a child is brought up by saying things like "If you do this, you will be punished! God will come and punish you in sleep! etc etc", it develops some kind of fear for punishment. If the child's questions are unanswered, it will mostly stop ask questions. In these cases, the level of thinking is limited by fear or by boredom. It can be a variety of such external and internal factors.

Mind needs different things to get engaged. If you dont give it, it either can sink into boredom or it can also jump high to extreme thoughts.

So when does some extreme thoughts come? From my experience, extreme thinking comes to those who have enjoyed lot of freedom. Unobstructed thoughts, both constructive and destructive can come to such people who work by logical reasoning rather than just following some "laid-down" principles. Scientists and great discoverers and inventors are people who think beyond boundaries. Who have basically no boundaries for their thoughts. Thats how some new invention is taking place. "Something new"!
And extremists/terrorists are also like that. They also do not have boundaries in their thoughts. But their thoughts are destructive. it invents different new ways for attacking and destroying things!

So, for making the mind to do its best, it needs freedom! It becomes highly creative when given full freedom. But channelizing the minds energy into something constructive is the main point.

Uncontrolled Mind Is Disastrous

Human mind is always working.. Even during sleep! Thats how we get dreams..
It just keeps on thinking something... And when left uncontrolled, it can really go to any extreme! The controls or boundaries for a mind to think, depends on the individuals "principles of life".

Mind is so powerful that it can create the world it wants. I mean, not only it just thinks, it also gives life to the thoughts. It uses the body for executing what it wants. It gets the energy to think also from the body - through the food. Food really matters a lot for mind as well.. The kind of food that you eat can influence the thoughts your mind can produce. This is what yoga teachers and other personality development teachers tell us these days in all courses.. Avoiding onions, garlic, etc., can make a lot of difference in the way mind works..
Not eating anything will also affect the mind. It cant think properly. Discontinued thoughts, forgetting continuity, sudden blankness, etc can comes because of lack of energy - lack of food!

"Idle mind is devils workshop" - Basically mind is never idle. Thats the problem. I think its the uncontrolled or unfocused mind referred in this saying as well.. It just thinks without any goal and generates some random thoughts. These random thoughts can be just some kind of disconnected thoughts or these can be dangerous as well. Because, before we realize where it leads, it can lead you to think that the whole world is dangerous to live! People around are bad! etc etc! And, in a moment, a person can even go to the extent of suicide!
And the same mind is capable of thinking about small - lighter things and just being happy..

Just a little of control is what it needs. And to control it, consciousness is what needed. Ask questions like "Will I be happy after doing/saying this?". If ans is no, dont do it.

Is India wasting money in Cricket?

I think "YES"!

I know many "die-hard" fans of Cricket in India will burn me alive for this statement! :-)
But actually, I think yes! India is wasting money on Cricket!

Cricket is not even our National Game. We got it from England and we are focusing so much of valuable resources on it! When we say there are many Indians without food, shelter, proper clothing, etc., then why should we "waste" money in Cricket? That too when we dont win all the time! Oh yea of course I know that India won Australia in recent matches and thats what many Indians are proud of now..

But, my question is does China play Cricket? Japan? Those are making economic progress like anything! Aren't they? Why are we wasting so much money on a 'game'? that too of 'Foreign Origin'? Oh yea, we always welcome everything and encourage everything! But we should first see whats more important! Food or entertainment? Economy or world cup?

I am really wondering does Cricket give some kind of revenue to our Country? Anything to do with our progress in Economy? Even if its going to do so, say, by these advertisements, etc., I 'feel' that if we calculate the total amount of money spent in preparation for these matches, in coaching the players, in traveling, etc., etc., would exceed the amount gained.

Of course, there are some good 'side-effects' because of cricket like providing employment to many people who are involved. Again, when considering the bad side-effects like
1. Ppl wasting lot of time in watching these matches.
2. Productivity of working ppl is reduced during cricket matches since they constantly go out for checking scores.
3. Cricket fans getting too much involved in the matches and attempting suicide or things like that..
and so on, again I am drawn towards the conclusion that Cricket is waste of time and money.

Yes of course, its a means of entertainment and people do need entertainments for a peaceful and enjoyable life. Actually, I am not totally against it. But I think its given more importance than what it really deserves!!

Its our responsibility to check whether its right or not when something is taking away a lot of our resources. We should be deciding what we want considering all the factors. And I think We don't need to give so much importance to Cricket when we have so many other burning issues which need immediate attention. We should have some focused strategy to improve our economy. A real focused one! Then only we can see immediate progress!

Caste reservation system in India is actually degrading the Backward Community!

Yes. This reservation system prevailing in India is actually degrading the "so-called" Backward Community (BCs, MBCs, SCs, STs.. What so ever!).

Once upon a time, (its not during my life-time! So I duno when..) these so-called BCs were dominated and deprived of their rights. And in the name of improving their lifestyle, the government is actually re-enacting the same drama and this time, the victims being OCs (or the "so-called" Forward Community) ..

But actually speaking, are the BCs gaining anything because of this caste reservation? Are they really improving?
I guess not!

Right form the schools, colleges, offices, hospitals, etc, etc., they have seats or places reserved for them. If a student belonging to BC scores 30% he is pass. But a student belong to OC has to score 50% to pass. Whats the use?
The main aim was to impart knowledge and education to the backward community so that they can improve and move forward in their lives. Now, if Govt is going to say its enough if you learn this much - that much which is sufficient to score just 30%, is it going to improve his knowledge?

The point is everyone should be given the chance to study. But, going further to choose the profession they want, depends on their skills and capacity. If the Govt says, a student belonging to BC or MBC or whatever can score 30% and get a seat in Medical college, where as, a student from OC should strive to get 99.9999% to get the same seat, the BC students are not going to take it seriously at all! And such a student who enters Medical college just because of this reservation system is going to ruin the lives of many patients for sure! He can always get things because of his caste!

If the Govt says that the student is not scoring more because he is from Backward community, then now the Govt is now actually making the discrimination based on caste! Instead of eradicating such a foolish concept, it is reinforcing the same on us!
Do we help a student to copy and pass the exam if he has not studied? Dont you think its foolish?

And above all, What does this reservation system imply? Why is the Government branding that students from the Backward Community are all dumb or idiots? And that they can only score 30% or 40%? Why is the Govt preventing the students from Backward community to study? The Govt is actually degrading the backward community and makes their brains lazy! It is ruining their brains!!

What it should have done is to create opportunity for providing education for all - Not based on caste but may be the financial status! The process should have been made such that it should be impossible to produce fake Salary certificates and enter the schools.
The financially backward community should be given free education! And whats more important is that the education in the govt schools should be of a quality comparable with the private schools.

You can only give chance to all. Chance favors only trained minds! The entrance to professional courses should be purely on merit basis! Only those who really qualify should enter for the professional courses. And of course, then only can they complete it successfully!

In the name of doing good to the backward community, the politicians are actually ruining their lives and pushing them into the deep graveyard by corrupting their brains! The Govt is doing no good by this caste reservation system.

And because of this, it is actually sharpening the brains of the OCs. And when the above average students of OCs do not get their seats in Educational institutions here, they go to foreign countries to get better quality education. And what do you expect from them? To come back and stand in the queue to find a job here? To be pushed back somewhere because of they belong to Forward Community?
Every one has the right to live man! They choose to settle in foreign countries where their merit is recognized! Where their knowledge is respected! And this is how all the "Brain-Drain" starts..
Its all in the hands of Govt to stop all such nonsense happening to our Country!

And the BCs in fact should realize what is happening to their community and should not accept that they are Dumb and Idiots. Thats what is the Govt saying through the reservation system. They should prove their capacity by working hard and being more competent rather than sitting lazily and taking the opportunity which they actually do not deserve!!

Being Lucky..

We say somebody is 'lucky', when we find that they have got something without exerting themselves as much as we do for the same..

But is it so? Are they really lucky in that sense?

Before I proceed, I have to say that I am strong believer in Fate and also the concept of multiple Births.
Its like, whatever we do, we have the energy of those activities around us. We will carry the results of our activity in our aura. This, we carry across our births. May be in one birth, a person struggles to find a right job. But he has not succeeded. In his next birth, the effects of those struggle and hard work will be there with him. He might get job easily without any struggle.. And we call him 'lucky'..

Also, at times, we get so frustrated that what ever we do, we do not see any results. I am sure, even in such cases, the effects of those efforts we take, will be with us - across births. If not now, may be later, may be in this birth or in the next, on one fine day when we never expect it, it will happen and surprise us. And that, I call Fate. Fate decides when to show the results.. For some, they get it immediately and for some, they do not. (May be this is what is being lucky!)

What ever we do - positive or negative, the effects are with us. Forever! And I think, this is how a person builds his Aura.. Also his 'Karma'!

Wonders of the world..

There are so many small wonders around us... It has become more common that we do not stop to say a "Wow!!".. More over, our schools have taught us the scientific facts behind them, so we say "Oh ya its like that because 2 + 2 always equals 4! Its quite natural"..

But seeing everything that we come across as a wonder makes life sooo happy.. It makes us to enjoy that moment of life..

For me, the most common miraculous thing in our daily life is Salt - Without salt we cant enjoy the food! When added to food, it miraculously changes the taste!! But we cant imagine eating it alone!

A small kid - Its a wonder! The very sight of a child makes you so happy.. You forget everything in a moment and start smiling.. Its so nice to see how it starts learning things.. how it struggles to balance and stand, how to tries to take its first step, how its trying to say something.. how it grows.. everything!
I duno why, but it makes me happy to think that even I was like that some time back and I grew up to this much big!!

And the next thing I would say is our brain - It has produced so many ideas to change the world! The imagination power, reasoning ability, creativity, planning, so many things packed in such a small stuff and that too inside our own body!
It created languages not only for men to communicate but also for man-machine to communicate! We cant see it (of course doctors can break through our skull and see it) but we are feeling it in everything we see in our life today.. The lights, train, cycle, computer, programs, table, chair and also my favorite Senseo coffee machine! I really wonder at that invention everyday!

Everything around and within us is a wonder.. And most of all our Brain is the greatest wonder bcoz, its able to see itself as a wonder!

How true is our world history?

How true is our world History?

First of all, how do we get to know about history?
For me, it was from school mainly and few things my parents told me..

I guess for many of us it should be from school.. But, in schools, they are going to tell us the History, in the way they want it to be. Say, in India, they would say it such a way that we feel proud of being Indian. And of course, and thats what for, the schools are!

We know the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in such a way that we feel really angry at those who did this to our nation! We still feel sad about that disaster.. I wonder how would this incident have been said in British schools! or may be they never said anything about this at all?

I think the history is modified continuously everywhere in order to create the impression they want! If every country is going to do this, slightly modify the history, for inspiring the people, then we would never get to know the true history...

The truth, is lost forever??

Diversity in India

India is truly diverse in nature! Its such a BIG country and has different languages, culture, customs, traditions through out! We have many modern and outgoing people and also, we have people who still exist in their own tiny world..

Its soo different!! It takes me a day to reach another city in India. In Netherlands, it takes me 20 minutes to reach another city!
And when I land in another city in India, even if they speak the same language, I need some time to grasp and understand it. Different accent!!

I think this diversity of India, has equipped all Indians with adaptability to live anywhere on world. Yes.. Indians are open to adjustments, open to accept or at least realize and understand that people are different .
Many people in European countries are even unaware of the existence of different kind of people with different habits. Even pure vegetarianism seems a new inexplicable concept for them. I was surprised when a lady told me, "I will order fish rice for you. You are a vegetarian? So what? you can remove the fish pieces and eat the rice!"
She said it as a fact! She did not want to make fun of me. She never understood the meaning of vegetarianism. :-)

Its because, they have all the wealth they need in their country, they never had to think about going out or making adjustments or putting effort to understand or please others, in order to live.

But, its an entirely different world for us. Whatever it is, we are able to manage it because, our nation has inculcated such an ability right from our childhood.. India is so diverse that, we can see how different people can be! We get a chance to see people of different kind in our own country, in our own city in fact!

Not to forget about the exceptions! I cannot deny the fact that there are people who are more open minded in those countries and there are people in India who do not want to accept anything other than what they like.

But I am sure, if you live in India, you can defintely learn to adjust and adapt to any environment. Proud to be an Indian, huh?

Recognizing Talents around us..

How many of us recognize and praise or encourage the people around us with good talents? It could be anything.. Dancing, Singing, Talking, Writing, Playing .. Anything!!

If I say that someone is dancing good, does that mean that I cannot dance good?
May be I know dancing and I dance better. Or I am trying to dance like that person. Or, I know nothing about dance!! What ever it is, recognizing others talent does not reflect anything about my level on that...
Even if I cannot dance well, cant I accept that someone else is dancing well? Its just a fact that she/he is dancing good. Thats all.

And only when we start accepting that, can we put effort to improve our level. Else we just start trying to find out some reasons to prove that we are good or better than others. Even if we know that it is not so.. Here is where we start cheating ourselves.

So.. its always better to accept the facts as they are and try to go to the next step.. Just recognize the true talents around us. Try to encourage them. It will in fact help us to bring healthy competition for us. It will help you bring out 'our' best.
When we realize and recognize that someone /something else is good, it shows our openness and the real interest we have on the subject. It does not mean that we are no good.

Basically, what I feel is being open and confident on one's self will always lead to the pathway of success.

God talks to you!

Can God come into someone and give blessings to everyone? And talk to everyone? And predict future? or Do something unnatural and extra-ordinary?

I am not a disbeliever of God. I do believe in God's existence. But what I disagree is God coming into someone (especially who does lots of Pooja) and God speaking through that someone to others, blessing others through that someone, etc., etc.,.

At times, I feel like laughing at them. Some of these people are actually innocent and some, are really dangerous!! Some do it believing that the God actually comes into them.. Some do it to make others believe, that they are God.
But what ever it is, it is not a thing to be encouraged.

Think about it.. God is Omni-present! He is everywhere. You can feel him through the smile of an innocent child.. through the touch of the flowers.. through the sight of a pure due drop.. You can feel him through the kindness and love of another fellow being. Its so simple! He is everywhere around us.. Then why would he go to someone in particular????

Nobody is special to God! Everyone is equal to God. In fact many say we are all kids to God. Then why favoritism? Why would God choose only few of his children to communicate to the others??

I feel there should be something else going on behind this!
Observe carefully when these people are saying that they are possessed by God. When they are helpless? extremely angry? extremely sorrow? some kind of extreme emotions?
Or, after doing some Pooja? After performing some meditation?

I think it happens like this - when some form of energy flows through them, which is enormous to handle for an ordinary being, they go to some state of mind in which they do not feel themselves. For some people, after performing pooja, such energy flow comes. For some, they experience it when they have strong emotions.

Because, performing rituals or reciting slokas increases the positive energy vibrations around you. All slokas in our religion, are all having only positive words and meanings. There is not a single cry or negative word/emotion in it. So if a person recites some sloka with full concentration and dedication, he can definitely feel that positive energy around him. Even others can feel it..

The other case - During extreme emotions, may be because of some bodily reactions, they have such a different feeling that they go to some other excited state of mind. For some people, they go beyond the normal state, out of control and they do not realize who they are at that time.
In technical terms, they call it Multiple-personality disorder.

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What Wikipedia says about this disorder
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Soo.. In such situations, what happens is they start calling themselves as God. Since such a kind of power or energy flow is accepted as unnatural, it becomes easy for them to make others believe that they are different and that God has come into them!

The thing is some people do not realize that they are doing like this. They also start believing that actually God is coming into them. Its just some energy flow. If you know how to handle such an enormous flow of energy that comes to you, you can be perfectly normal even when such a thing happens..

Many do not want to do it. Because, now others do not see it as a disease but as a blessing! So, they want to keep it with themselves. So that they can convey the message they want through a stronger means!! They can utilize the situation. They can command others! This is a kind of disease which people would not want to go..

And.. Some people, knowing what it is, fully aware of what it is, are trying to fool other people and make business out of it! They want to use the belief, people have in God. They try to use the ignorance of people and shatter their confidence on themselves. They are just cheaters and want to use the fear and other weaker emotions of people and extract wealth from them.

Basically, we all should realize that all of us are capable of realizing the God - The supreme power - The Nature - The ultimate truth - The ultimate bliss - what ever you call that as.. We all can feel God. God never shows favoritism. God never speaks through someone to us. He speaks to us directly - Through Intuition.

We all have intuitions and thoughts coming to us. But the problem is, we do not give importance to it.
What is this Intuition?
Intuition is some thought coming to us which cannot be reasoned out. It may not have some logical background.
Of course intuition comes to everyone. But.. only when it is not adulterated with our own desires, wishes, ambitions it is called intuition. Otherwise, it is just your own thought, some kind of fascination. Thats all. True intuition comes to us only when we are leading a conscious life. Only when we are in sync with Nature. Even great scientists have said that, it is the intuition which has led them to discoveries or inventions many times.
Again, the most important thing is you should not land up in cheating yourself in the name of intuitions..

Because we do not trust ourselves, we do not have the confidence on our relationship with God, we do not trust our own intuitions, we want solutions to our problems from somewhere external - from someone who calls himself as God - from someone who seems to be more confident than us - from someone who seems to be stronger.. We just want 'someone' to give us happiness.. we want someone to boost our confidence level.. we want someone to give solutions to our problems..
This is the problem! Only when we start realizing that we have the solutions for our own problems, only when we start realizing that we can feel God, only when we give proper importance to our intuitions, only when we live in sync with Nature, we can be happy..

Its all in our own hands - our own minds. We ARE absolute happiness!!

Making Business out of Everything!

Why do people do this?
Make Business out of everything?

Terrorism - If somebody is killed, news papers gives a lot of different stories about that.. The best thrilling story - whether true or not! makes more money! People have started using even 'Death' as a reason to make out money!

Disasters - If some place is hit by Tsunami, even for that, people will start creating stupid stories around it and then invite everyone for anti-tsunami prayers, fund raising, etc. etc. How many of these fund raising actually is used for the mentioned purpose?
These are done just to escape tax??

God - I think this is the most misused 'subject' for earning money! People are constructing temples, ashrams, homes, etc in the name of God just for the sake of earning money! Just of the sake acquiring fame and power!
This will ultimately reflect in the core principles of human kind!The belief that people have on their lives, the belief with which they live - everything will be shattered! Its like killing Human kind! Burying the core values and principles of human kind!

Yoga classes - I really dont like some of these modern day yoga classes. Which tells you how to be "Good". How to do good to others. You cannot cultivate "goodness" in someone by telling them how good people react to situations. You cannot become good by imitating someone. You cannot become good because someone else wants you to be good! Basically, they are teaching you how to "act" like good people by clearly explaining what are the traits of good people, how they react to situations, how they smile, how they walk, how they talk, etc.,
Goodness should come from within. You should feel it within you. Then only can you express it - bring it to the outside world. Others can feel it. Here again may be not everyone can feel it!

Yoga - union with supreme bliss. You achieve that by doing various exercises which brings discipline in your body. Controlling your prana, emotions, etc. You purify your body at the subconscious level by controlling your prana.. and there are many more in this which are beyond my knowledge now. So basically yoga helps you to purify your mind, body and soul and you automatically become good. I mean, you dont even focus on being good. It just happens..
But these modern day yoga teachers, they teach you few exercises (These few exercises also, they do not know whether you are doing it the right way! They have so many students and they cannot concentrate on you!!) and they lecture about how you should "act" like good people. Its like as thought they can bring something divine from somewhere and externally fix it on your face!! The worst part is people start believing that they have become good because they are doing good as their masters have said! But, just acting on the superficial layer is not going to be of any help! Trying to cheat one's self in order to attract more business!!
I can only laugh at these who try to fool themselves..

Not only these.. The list goes on.. Politics, Sports, Arts, Disease, Religion, etc, etc,. Its Endless!! Anything that comes on the way.. People can use it for making money.

Should I say people are very intelligent these days?
Or people are going mad to believe everything without thinking rationally?

Right and Wrong..

What is this Right and Wrong? Where lies the origin of these words?
When do we say something is right ? or something is wrong? On what basis?

If some terrorist kills somebody or some mass of people, we can simple say that it is wrong. But again, as far as he is concerned, he has his own reasons for doing it and he says its right! Are we to accept this?

We framed Rules and Laws, Courts of Justice, Bar councils with Lawyers to argue for what is right and wrong.. Who framed these initial rules? These initial laws? On what basis?

One thing is clear! If all rules and laws are framed such that everyone accepts it, no terrorists would have come into place. Which means, there might be someone or some people all the time who will feel that the "general right thing" is "wrong". Or the "general wrong thing" is right. Which means there can be no "Universal right thing"??

- In every day life, are we all doing right things?
- How many people feel that what we do is wrong?
- Are we to decide about right and wrong based on how many people accept it?
- What if many people are wrong? Like many people thought Earth was flat! They hit him with stones when he said its round! Are we to loose our ideas then?

Why should you not have something in your mind which you strongly feel as right? Whats wrong with that?
Nothing! There is nothing wrong with that. Provided, that does not hurt anyone.

Now.. If someone gets hurt unnecessarily? I mean, they are so weak or expect too much and get hurt??
I cant help it! I am not responsible for anyone!!

So.. what is the line? where is the line of discretion? How much should you think about hurting and not hurting others? How much should you think about how many are accepting your ideas?
Its difficult. But, if you are leading a conscious life (BTW, whats this conscious life?) , I think it could be easier..

Without intentionally hurting anyone, we can go ahead with our ideas if we feel they are right for us, for that situation.
Yes. Situation! Right and Wrong continuously vary w.r.t Time, Place, People, Culture, Generation, Situation.. What say?

"Gods must be Crazy"

Another movie that I watched recently - "Gods must be Crazy"!
We created our own world.. We changed our environment. We invented and discovered lots of things to "ease" our lives!! Are we at ease? I think we basically complicated our lives!

Its so funny - we have schools also to teach us for 12 years about what we have done to ourselves and our environment. About what someone else has perceived about this world. About what someone else has done to this Earth. And after that schooling, the more innovative people will figure out how to change or adapt our environment to suit our way of living... How to change our lifestyle.. How to make it "easy"!

And it was really hard to believe that there are still some people like the ones shown in the movie - in Kalahari who are unaware of the existence of the modern world.
I liked the way they were described! There is no such thing called 'guilty' in their language. How innocent and pure they are!!

These people are in their own world without knowing anything. They don't even wear dress. They don't go to school. They don't learn Maths, Physics, Chemistry, etc, etc, etc. We learn all these without knowing why we are learning! Without knowing when we are going to use them! They do not know what is money!! They do not know about Employment! They do not know office, schools, cars, cycle, bottle.. They do not know anything which doesn't belong to Nature!!

Seeing them I felt Ignorance is bliss!!

World beyond peception..

After watching the movie Da Vinci Code, he asked me - so, what do feel about the movie? Can you find some learning point?
I said "yaa.. One thing I could see is there is always a world beyond our perception!".

We tend to limit our definition of world based on what we see. We draw some boundary and be happy within. Some have smaller and some have a bit larger! Not a big difference actually.. All of us tend to limit it!

One day you say something and the next day your opinion changes.. Someone says something and it is disproved some other day.. You perceive something in one angle, someone perceives it entirely differently.. He says Jesus had wife.. It surprised me when somebody told me Bharathiyar was on drugs and he wrote beautiful poems only after having drugs! Its soo hard to believe that Lord Krishna did so many things for the sake of Devas. So many things which can be seen as injustice to Rakshas.. It might be even more harder to see the actual meaning of what the Sivlingam means..
Our opinions get updated as we grow.. As our knowledge base grows.. Of course! Its only for those who are open to update their knowledge base.

There are people who are very happy within their world. They dont want to come out. They are not ready to see what reality says.. what is there. Their life is simple. But limited! You need to make a conscious decision on whether to be happy with limited knowledge or to spread across a vast expanse and just see what ever comes on the way!

So.. ultimately, your opinions change drastically from where it started. The more we become open, we can see more. We learn more. What for? Why should you learn? How is it going to change your life? May be we become open for accepting new things and respecting others.

Again it is the step towards learning more.. Where does it going to lead me? To the truth? To the Wisdom? Is a lifetime enough to find out the truth like this?

Our knowledge is limited! There is always something beyond our perception and knowledge..

My Blog..

Alaas.. I have created this Blog. I have been wondering why I need such a thing...
But now I created this in the hope that I can keep this blog active and express things that are there within!

I have lots of thoughts going on in my mind.. Like some kind of background process! They are always on! Whether I am busy or not.. So many things!! At times, it becomes difficult for me to comprehend them.. May be when I try to put them here, I might organize them internally as well..

Through this blog I am just sharing all the thoughts, realizations and discoveries sprouted in my mind..