I hear people say the phrase good old days,
and i would say, sorry, folks listen to me,
for, i believe the newer days are much better!
I would say kids love their parents much more now,
and why not? They bend their backs to raise me up,
and then babysit my children, while i'm away making big bucks,
Alas, i can never repay their debt,
for when they need me, i'm either away or my kids need me.
I would say wives and husbands have equal rights now,
In the old days, While the husbands oppressed the wives,
all they could do was sulk in the dark with tears rolling down,
it is no longer one person oppressing the other, it is equal oppurtunity,
The one with the larger voice wins, the one with no restraint wins,
and if both of them were unrestrained and louder, dont panic,
for you can divorce and try again.
I would say friends love each other much more now,
and why not? who can they share all their photos with
or gossip on the phone twenty hours a day,
when photos and phones are free,
Alas, i can never repay their debt,
for when they need me,my phone goes busy.
I would say we have become less brutal,
and why not? In the old days, they thrust those big knives
into each other which were heavy and take forever to kill,
but now, thanks to the modern science,
i can wipe off a nation from the planet at the click of a button,
I would say social awareness has gone way up,
for in the old days, it would take ages for that old,
tired, pigeon to carry the news ,
but now, i get at the click of google,
i can find out who got killed in the college shootout
how many kids died out of mal nourishment and hunger.
The only problem with the newer days seems to be,
that people have been attached to their ipods and laptops,
and none seems to care for the person next to you,
And there goes another society defunct, just like the romans and the greeks.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
EAT OR BE EATEN
In this corporate world, there is only one principle to survive: EAT OR BE EATEN!
I know you may think that i'm above all these, i don't care about the rut, let me live my life my own way, but after a while, it gets to you...the excitement you get when you are in the STAR CATEGORY gets to you eventually and then you sacrifice your family life, your dreams and all you care about is winning that god forsaken race that you didnt even want to be in the first place..This may sound depressing to you, but unfortunately, the sad part of the story has not started yet...
As is common, after a while, you plateau out and what do you do then to be in the STAR category? You learn from the wise guys, read the guys who are in higher positions and then they teach you about those magical buzz words: team, morale, leadership...No more is the importance of taking an 'initiative' as important as here...this doesnt mean that you do something for the common good, instead it becomes making the commoners do something for your own 'good'...This kind of culture isnt isolated to one person or a group of persons, but slowly becomes the culture of the company and the society as a whole, for people want to be successful, right? And who better to learn that from than the successful people themselves....hypocricy, subserrviency to superiors, self-righteousness and a dollop of putting other people down...all are critical for a person to make it here..And whom can we blame except for this corporate culture that promotes individual dominance and idiotic bull heads?
I feel disgusted that i, too am part of this and i too have followed the path of success...but like a helpless sailor, i've watched my ship sail deeper and deeper, while i tried to steer away from it...i may have made money, i may have got reputation, for i know that it came at a price and the price was my SOUL!
I've a dream and it may not to be change the entire corporate culture, for it is too big and too beyond my reach, i've a simple dream and that is to promote togetherness, to promote the ideals of a one society whereever i go, read, some company that was founded on the principles of brotherhood and where merit is rewarded by how successful your team was and not on how successful you were...but, i know that there are very few companies that promote this utopian culture and that they may not pay me huge bonuses or grant me rich rewards, but they will give the one thing that i need the most: the feeling that i have got my soul in tact...
For whether this will happen now or in the far future, i dont know, but i do know one thing that there will be a day, when i will no longer be under this muddy,bloody waters, but i will be above, much far above these that i dont even notice the mud anymore...but, until that day, i pray to the almighty, that he protects my soul and keeps it intact so that it can one day shine again....
Amen!
I know you may think that i'm above all these, i don't care about the rut, let me live my life my own way, but after a while, it gets to you...the excitement you get when you are in the STAR CATEGORY gets to you eventually and then you sacrifice your family life, your dreams and all you care about is winning that god forsaken race that you didnt even want to be in the first place..This may sound depressing to you, but unfortunately, the sad part of the story has not started yet...
As is common, after a while, you plateau out and what do you do then to be in the STAR category? You learn from the wise guys, read the guys who are in higher positions and then they teach you about those magical buzz words: team, morale, leadership...No more is the importance of taking an 'initiative' as important as here...this doesnt mean that you do something for the common good, instead it becomes making the commoners do something for your own 'good'...This kind of culture isnt isolated to one person or a group of persons, but slowly becomes the culture of the company and the society as a whole, for people want to be successful, right? And who better to learn that from than the successful people themselves....hypocricy, subserrviency to superiors, self-righteousness and a dollop of putting other people down...all are critical for a person to make it here..And whom can we blame except for this corporate culture that promotes individual dominance and idiotic bull heads?
I feel disgusted that i, too am part of this and i too have followed the path of success...but like a helpless sailor, i've watched my ship sail deeper and deeper, while i tried to steer away from it...i may have made money, i may have got reputation, for i know that it came at a price and the price was my SOUL!
I've a dream and it may not to be change the entire corporate culture, for it is too big and too beyond my reach, i've a simple dream and that is to promote togetherness, to promote the ideals of a one society whereever i go, read, some company that was founded on the principles of brotherhood and where merit is rewarded by how successful your team was and not on how successful you were...but, i know that there are very few companies that promote this utopian culture and that they may not pay me huge bonuses or grant me rich rewards, but they will give the one thing that i need the most: the feeling that i have got my soul in tact...
For whether this will happen now or in the far future, i dont know, but i do know one thing that there will be a day, when i will no longer be under this muddy,bloody waters, but i will be above, much far above these that i dont even notice the mud anymore...but, until that day, i pray to the almighty, that he protects my soul and keeps it intact so that it can one day shine again....
Amen!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
The mirror of aracet
Harry potter fans! refresh your memory, for in those few moments alone, J.K. rowling passes a undeniable truth and a profound message to you..In the sorceror's stone, harry is flummoxed by the mirror of aracet and then those few pearls of wisdom come from the wise dumbledore (richard harris was brilliant even in such a small role)...
Basically, the mirror of aracet shows a person as if his deepest wishes were come true and only the most happiest person can see exactly himself in the mirror...
Even within us, there is this hidden mirror that prevents us from being happy...if only i had that job, i would be the happiest, if only i had that relationship i would be happy...unfortunately, my friend, if you look at "external" reasons to make you happy, then you will never be happy or your happiness will be short-lived,for the world is of constant change...Yours truly was and is a victim of such thinking and even though he realizes that, yet his mind deceives him and makes him believe that certain things will bring out the happiness to him...
what can we do? We know that happiness has to originate within and we know that external pleasures cannot give us everlasting happiness, yet is it possible for an average guy to live without having wants? And the other tempting question is, is there a place on earth where a person can live without wants? Both of these questions are tricky and i guess the answer is NO. It is not possible to supress the wants nor is it possible to run away from them...Even a monk in the himalayas cannot escape maya...
Does this mean then that we are born to suffer in this endless cycle of wishes..Isn't there any respite? The scriptures proclaim that surrender is inevitable...either you surrender to the maya or to the one that creates that, OUR LORD. Surrender yourself to the lord and ask for her intervention...make him the sole object to wish for, and then the rest will automatically fade way. If i cannot stop wishing, then let me wish for the absolute and purest wish...the company of my lord, my savior! This doesnt stop other wishes from sprouting up now and then, but making the lord ultimately wish will show us how pale and narrow minded these other wishes are and will make us avoid the disapointment and anguish when we dont achieve them...There will be relapses, there will be those occasional sorrows, but ultimately, the lord will help us weather out the storm and will remove the veil that separates out us from him.
So, next time, the mirror of aracet shows up, make sure that you see yourself bowing in front of the lord and praying to his holy, 'lotus' feet.
Omsairam!
Basically, the mirror of aracet shows a person as if his deepest wishes were come true and only the most happiest person can see exactly himself in the mirror...
Even within us, there is this hidden mirror that prevents us from being happy...if only i had that job, i would be the happiest, if only i had that relationship i would be happy...unfortunately, my friend, if you look at "external" reasons to make you happy, then you will never be happy or your happiness will be short-lived,for the world is of constant change...Yours truly was and is a victim of such thinking and even though he realizes that, yet his mind deceives him and makes him believe that certain things will bring out the happiness to him...
what can we do? We know that happiness has to originate within and we know that external pleasures cannot give us everlasting happiness, yet is it possible for an average guy to live without having wants? And the other tempting question is, is there a place on earth where a person can live without wants? Both of these questions are tricky and i guess the answer is NO. It is not possible to supress the wants nor is it possible to run away from them...Even a monk in the himalayas cannot escape maya...
Does this mean then that we are born to suffer in this endless cycle of wishes..Isn't there any respite? The scriptures proclaim that surrender is inevitable...either you surrender to the maya or to the one that creates that, OUR LORD. Surrender yourself to the lord and ask for her intervention...make him the sole object to wish for, and then the rest will automatically fade way. If i cannot stop wishing, then let me wish for the absolute and purest wish...the company of my lord, my savior! This doesnt stop other wishes from sprouting up now and then, but making the lord ultimately wish will show us how pale and narrow minded these other wishes are and will make us avoid the disapointment and anguish when we dont achieve them...There will be relapses, there will be those occasional sorrows, but ultimately, the lord will help us weather out the storm and will remove the veil that separates out us from him.
So, next time, the mirror of aracet shows up, make sure that you see yourself bowing in front of the lord and praying to his holy, 'lotus' feet.
Omsairam!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
The second one
As per the hindu scriptures, there is a belief that something that has been started shouldnt be stopped at least till the third day or else it will not go on smoothly..keeping in mind that tradition, im going to do it for one more day and then after that probably update this blog weekly and/or when i happen to get a chance...Single folks can probably get that a chance lot more often, but for married guys that doesnt happen so frequently....for chances are few and far and those chances have to be wisely used...
Anyways, i want to talk about freedom today for my tagline says that "a bird chained and blah, blah,blah"...what is true freedom? Freedom is pretty subjective and for me, it means to be able to have no attachments...but how is that possible? For a man (or woman), in this materialistic world, it is difficult to live without attachments...every work we do, every action we take, we expect something and slowly those expectations cause attachments...alright! since i know that expectations are a hindrance to my freedom, can i simply do my tasks without expectations? but in that scenario, wont i be dispassionate? Won't my work suffer, if i simply make it a 9 to 5 job..im taking work here as an example, but it can be relationships as well...isnt it? if i just take my role as a husband without expectations and worse without attachments wont i become too mechanical? Then, does this mean that a person who wants to have freedom and experience become too dispassionate and have the word 'emotion' sucked out of his life? Even, if it were possible to do that, how will i live? Wouldnt it be like living like a robot?
Or probably i'm thinking about it all in the wrong way...may be freedom doesnt mean that i shouldnt have attachments....may be freedom means with or without attachments, i should be the same...As a husband, i should be able to love my wife, treat her in the best possible way, but always remember that i'm a separate entity apart from her...this means that i shouldnt be completely be dependant to her..and the same goes for everything...dreams, aspirations, family and everything should be evaluated in the same aspect...but, if we start applying this for everything, then we should also apply it to my freedom as well...this essentially means that even though i dont have the freedom, i should be able to experience freedom...at this point, i'm completely lost...does this mean that a person who has absolute freedom doesn't necessarily yearn for it? Does this become like another sensory part of me like my being able to see, taste, hear and happens in the subconscious?
What does all this rambling tell me? I'm not sure...what is absolute freedom? how do we get it? Or is it possible to get it? So many thoughts, so many questions and yet so little time to analyze it...Lets hope that we get to analyze more and someday understand the true essence..
Omsairam!
Anyways, i want to talk about freedom today for my tagline says that "a bird chained and blah, blah,blah"...what is true freedom? Freedom is pretty subjective and for me, it means to be able to have no attachments...but how is that possible? For a man (or woman), in this materialistic world, it is difficult to live without attachments...every work we do, every action we take, we expect something and slowly those expectations cause attachments...alright! since i know that expectations are a hindrance to my freedom, can i simply do my tasks without expectations? but in that scenario, wont i be dispassionate? Won't my work suffer, if i simply make it a 9 to 5 job..im taking work here as an example, but it can be relationships as well...isnt it? if i just take my role as a husband without expectations and worse without attachments wont i become too mechanical? Then, does this mean that a person who wants to have freedom and experience become too dispassionate and have the word 'emotion' sucked out of his life? Even, if it were possible to do that, how will i live? Wouldnt it be like living like a robot?
Or probably i'm thinking about it all in the wrong way...may be freedom doesnt mean that i shouldnt have attachments....may be freedom means with or without attachments, i should be the same...As a husband, i should be able to love my wife, treat her in the best possible way, but always remember that i'm a separate entity apart from her...this means that i shouldnt be completely be dependant to her..and the same goes for everything...dreams, aspirations, family and everything should be evaluated in the same aspect...but, if we start applying this for everything, then we should also apply it to my freedom as well...this essentially means that even though i dont have the freedom, i should be able to experience freedom...at this point, i'm completely lost...does this mean that a person who has absolute freedom doesn't necessarily yearn for it? Does this become like another sensory part of me like my being able to see, taste, hear and happens in the subconscious?
What does all this rambling tell me? I'm not sure...what is absolute freedom? how do we get it? Or is it possible to get it? So many thoughts, so many questions and yet so little time to analyze it...Lets hope that we get to analyze more and someday understand the true essence..
Omsairam!
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Third one
Today is my third post and i cannot believe it...it has been quite a while since i thought of something and actually accomplished it...
Number 3 in hindu mythology places a significant part: as per hindus, there are 3 entities governing the universe:brahma, vishnu and maheshwara...out of these, brahma is the creator, vishnu is the preserver and maheshwara is the destroyer.
Maheshwara signifies destruction...Another correlation would be that maheshwara has three eyes and the opening of the third eye signals destruction...Probably number 3 might freak you out, but there is another side of number 3...maheshwara is the lord of renunciation, and the opening of the third eye is referred as removal of the veil between self and the almighty...
Does this mean that destruction is not always a bad thing? Probably so...for how can a person get a new perspective without destroying the older one.....how can the mind move to the lord if it lingers around the senses? May be destruction is not a bad thing esp. if it can get turn you towards something better, towards something more progressive...like a phoenix burning its older body to a newer one, may our old habits that kept us down be cast away...
Number 3 in hindu mythology places a significant part: as per hindus, there are 3 entities governing the universe:brahma, vishnu and maheshwara...out of these, brahma is the creator, vishnu is the preserver and maheshwara is the destroyer.
Maheshwara signifies destruction...Another correlation would be that maheshwara has three eyes and the opening of the third eye signals destruction...Probably number 3 might freak you out, but there is another side of number 3...maheshwara is the lord of renunciation, and the opening of the third eye is referred as removal of the veil between self and the almighty...
Does this mean that destruction is not always a bad thing? Probably so...for how can a person get a new perspective without destroying the older one.....how can the mind move to the lord if it lingers around the senses? May be destruction is not a bad thing esp. if it can get turn you towards something better, towards something more progressive...like a phoenix burning its older body to a newer one, may our old habits that kept us down be cast away...
Yet another beginning
I've created blogs for sometime now and have also had the habit of dropping them off mysteriously...either due to my own inner 'voice' or my other outer 'voice'...if you are single, you will never get to hear that :-)
Anyways, i'll not quit on blogging and i will continue to blog (& delete them) until someday when i realize the true purpose of my blogging...just like life, i havent yet found the reason for my blogging and probably that is why i go in circles of creating and destroying them...Ok! since we are on that topic, let us attempt to define the purpose of my "blogging"....is it a way of me saying to the world, this is how my inner voice sounds or is it more of an anonymous person scribbling his thoughts since he cannot to voice his opinion on them?I think it is the latter...but, as with any work, the ego will hinder your progress with all sorts...i hope im not making myself look stupid or the other way...look at my blog, i can do this as well...but, as lincoln said, if we always look at the hindrances, we can never get 'anything' done...
BTW, for all visitors who opt to leave your comments, dont say, it is a wonderful blog and all...make it to the point and leave something only when u have some content to talk about...there goes my ego again...sorry, chill and leave anything you want even if it is like, stop being sooo negative..or you suck!
Well...hope i can keep blogging...
Omsairam!
Anyways, i'll not quit on blogging and i will continue to blog (& delete them) until someday when i realize the true purpose of my blogging...just like life, i havent yet found the reason for my blogging and probably that is why i go in circles of creating and destroying them...Ok! since we are on that topic, let us attempt to define the purpose of my "blogging"....is it a way of me saying to the world, this is how my inner voice sounds or is it more of an anonymous person scribbling his thoughts since he cannot to voice his opinion on them?I think it is the latter...but, as with any work, the ego will hinder your progress with all sorts...i hope im not making myself look stupid or the other way...look at my blog, i can do this as well...but, as lincoln said, if we always look at the hindrances, we can never get 'anything' done...
BTW, for all visitors who opt to leave your comments, dont say, it is a wonderful blog and all...make it to the point and leave something only when u have some content to talk about...there goes my ego again...sorry, chill and leave anything you want even if it is like, stop being sooo negative..or you suck!
Well...hope i can keep blogging...
Omsairam!
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