He doesnt drink - doesnt gamble. Is rational and sensible. Hard working - intelligent. He doesnt smoke. He know to play guitar - He likes to watch movies. Very friendly in nature. A likable person.
She is friendly - doesnt drink or smoke. Has no bad habits - looks beautiful. She is smart and caring. She never hurt people. She sings and draws well.
They have known each other for 5 years now. They talk with each other almost every other day. They understand each other. They like each other.
When he get angry - she calms him.
When she get dissappointed - he peps her up.
When they talk to each other - they are happiest.
They only want to see each other happy.
Neither has a mental problem - physical problem or any major health issue.
OOOOOOooooooohhhhh! but sorry your castes dont match :(
Guess this is how god made you - different and completely incompatible - how can you be happy with each other. This is a sin - and you want us also to be happy about it. Child you are making a mistake - a huge mistake. I dont consent to you seeing each other.
And dont forget child : I love you and am only concerned about your happiness.
S - Sadistic and
O - Oraganised
C - Criminalisation of
I - Innocent
E - Emotions to
T - Terrorize the
Y - Youth
PS - I am just about to explode with profanity at the irrationality of such parents. But that doesnt achieve anything does it. The only thing that needs to be done is to make them understand - with patience - a LOT LOT LOT of it. In this case they are worst than children. So children have to grow up to become understanding parents.
PS1 - Typical Indian society scenario ....... very very sad.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
My story of the universe :P
In darkness all around
nothing to be found
Everything there
Just not yet aware
No Time to pause
No effect , no cause
No space to be
No place to see
With bang it began
With energy it sprang
In directions everywhere
Now space was there
It started in a flash
increasing its span
Something was to follow now
So time began
A part of the energy
a bit later
Chose to be limited
and became matter
The system was in anarchy
No rules no laws
So energy and matter decided
To remove the flaws
They chose some rules
To be followed always
At every time
And every place
Some matter after a while wanted to be energy again
Moving round everywhere It tried to find some way
It met a few many who wished the same
They stuck together and star became
The universe never stopped expanding and distances grew
So they created wormholes so matter could get easily through
There were violators who didnt stick to their roles
They were punished by sending to the black holes
But after a while the fun was over
Everything was following the established order
The rules were perfected , the laws - fixed
Things got boring, something was missed
Matter borrowed some energy -
created something called life
All rules, all laws remained the same
except the rule of strife
The rock stayed a rock ,water stayed water
But life kept changing though its the same matter
Energy and matter found a new way to flow
it was fun, something new and different so
But after some time like repeating history
Life felt stuck and everything boring
The rule of strife, followed by life
led to the rise of -'the intelligent being'
Throughout the time things changed a lot
The energy and matter in life completely forgot
What it really was and how it began
In this ignorance it made its own plan
We are just the same energy thats everywhere
Anything else is just illusion
Which misguides us away from the truth
Adding to all the confusion
Lets see how things go onwards
Where going backwards is the way forward
We will sooner or later find our way
Just wait and watch till that day
nothing to be found
Everything there
Just not yet aware
No Time to pause
No effect , no cause
No space to be
No place to see
With bang it began
With energy it sprang
In directions everywhere
Now space was there
It started in a flash
increasing its span
Something was to follow now
So time began
A part of the energy
a bit later
Chose to be limited
and became matter
The system was in anarchy
No rules no laws
So energy and matter decided
To remove the flaws
They chose some rules
To be followed always
At every time
And every place
Some matter after a while wanted to be energy again
Moving round everywhere It tried to find some way
It met a few many who wished the same
They stuck together and star became
The universe never stopped expanding and distances grew
So they created wormholes so matter could get easily through
There were violators who didnt stick to their roles
They were punished by sending to the black holes
But after a while the fun was over
Everything was following the established order
The rules were perfected , the laws - fixed
Things got boring, something was missed
Matter borrowed some energy -
created something called life
All rules, all laws remained the same
except the rule of strife
The rock stayed a rock ,water stayed water
But life kept changing though its the same matter
Energy and matter found a new way to flow
it was fun, something new and different so
But after some time like repeating history
Life felt stuck and everything boring
The rule of strife, followed by life
led to the rise of -'the intelligent being'
Throughout the time things changed a lot
The energy and matter in life completely forgot
What it really was and how it began
In this ignorance it made its own plan
We are just the same energy thats everywhere
Anything else is just illusion
Which misguides us away from the truth
Adding to all the confusion
Lets see how things go onwards
Where going backwards is the way forward
We will sooner or later find our way
Just wait and watch till that day
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Earth being round was a joke....... wasnt it??
Its funny how the mind plays tricks on you. One moment you are up and ready to go ahead - full of confidence and bubbling with energy and then suddenly you are like a mountain on your shoulder. And all this because a small thing is out of place. The capacity of the mind to make an elephant out of ant is truly amazing.
How it harps on the negative aspect when the good things are blaring in front? Why does it do it? I wonder. I have been through a feeling like this quite a few times. Probably when something important is at stake, something we want with great intensity.
Whatever it is - its funny because when you think back it always proves to be stupid to have thought those negative things. But not when you are going through it. At such times one only needs someway or someone to show the positive and stick to it. Some take it to god, some to friends, some to family and some to themselves. It doesnt matter as long as you are able to get over it.
But then when out of it i wonder - if the mind has such a nice amplifier of negative thoughts - why cant it amplify the positive ones. Obviously it is capable of doing that - then do we somehow block it or dont let it develop? How Koool it will be if there was a negative amplifier after the amplifier of negative thoughts -- he he. So whenever you are in trouble or stress - you would spring into happiness and be cheerful. ------ WOW :D . Might sound stupid - but then sometime back even earth being round was a joke. :P
How it harps on the negative aspect when the good things are blaring in front? Why does it do it? I wonder. I have been through a feeling like this quite a few times. Probably when something important is at stake, something we want with great intensity.
Whatever it is - its funny because when you think back it always proves to be stupid to have thought those negative things. But not when you are going through it. At such times one only needs someway or someone to show the positive and stick to it. Some take it to god, some to friends, some to family and some to themselves. It doesnt matter as long as you are able to get over it.
But then when out of it i wonder - if the mind has such a nice amplifier of negative thoughts - why cant it amplify the positive ones. Obviously it is capable of doing that - then do we somehow block it or dont let it develop? How Koool it will be if there was a negative amplifier after the amplifier of negative thoughts -- he he. So whenever you are in trouble or stress - you would spring into happiness and be cheerful. ------ WOW :D . Might sound stupid - but then sometime back even earth being round was a joke. :P
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Its needed ???
It amazes me
How frequently
We normalize it
saying - 'Its needed'
It hurts me
How easily
We take a life
saying - 'Its needed'
It humours me
How subtlely
We justify greed
saying - 'Its needed'
It pains me
How comfortably
We destroy nature
saying - 'Its needed'
It destroys me
How time and again
I do all this
saying - 'Its needed???'
PS :- More important needed by whom? - JUST ME ME ME ME
How frequently
We normalize it
saying - 'Its needed'
It hurts me
How easily
We take a life
saying - 'Its needed'
It humours me
How subtlely
We justify greed
saying - 'Its needed'
It pains me
How comfortably
We destroy nature
saying - 'Its needed'
It destroys me
How time and again
I do all this
saying - 'Its needed???'
PS :- More important needed by whom? - JUST ME ME ME ME
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Death != Big Deal
Saw something i had seen before today while going towards the office. It was a street dog after being hit by a vehicle breathing its last breaths. Had seen such a thing before too - but this experience was different from the last ones that i had. This time as i moved across that writhing body - half in blood in the middle of the road - something inside me churned. Cant explain the feeling exactly - was it pain, sadness, helplessness? i dont know - but i do know i was damned confused.
I saw that dog there on the street i knew he was alive then - and it was obvious that he was suffering. The question in front of me was - can i do anything for that poor thing suffering? then i thought how? can i take him to a vet? do i know any vet around? will any clinic be open at this time (it was a bit early in the morning)? What after i take it to the vet? Can i afford to spend? Will my clothes get stained? What if the dog has an infection? what if my hands get all bloody? Can i go to the office with soiled clothes? The more i thought about it - the more negative thoughts about doing something about it came to the mind. After a while i was disgusted by my own thoughts. By this time i was 500 meters ahead from where the accident had taken place.
Someone in pain is dying in the middle of the road and i could just move past it without a thought. And now i was thinking how not to get dirty..... What if it was a human? Wont i have jumped up right at it and tried to take him/her to the hospital. If yes about the human - then why am i hesitating now? Is it that a human life is more important that a dog's - how do i decide that - there is such a huge bias because i too am a human. Then is my bias the truth - how do i justify this?
Simply i tried to put into perspective the activities of the dog and human - what humans do ----- and what the dogs do ----- from a neutral standpoint - if i forget for sometime that i am human - and try to see the earth as a affected entity - then it is pretty obvious that human life is much more detrimental to the system than the dog's. So logic stands to give more importance to the life of a dog than a human. But still i was thinking ................ the thing was suffering........
I turned back to the dog - i waited on the side of the road so as to let the traffic situation allow me to go to the dog - there i felt maybe what the dog might be at that moment - the monster which had hit it, was coming again and again at his face swooshing past him - unsure if the next one coming will hit him again just as the other one did - the agony he must have been going through along with the pain - i can only imagine.
I went up to it - tried to lift up - the only thing i thought i could do for it then was to lift and keep him on the side of the road - because i saw that the injury was very severe - and i doubted if it could be saved - maybe it was my selfishness which was prompting me to think that way - to give up hope and not take responsibility - i felt coward. It made grunts of pain as i lifted it up i took it to the side in the shade. I was feeling pathetic - helpless - guilty - sad. I patted it on the head - that was my only attempt to ease the pain it was going through - and i knew that was all i was going to do....... i didnt do anything else i left it there to wait for death .........
Creatures live - creatures die everyday - i have no illusions or reservations about this one. Humans live - humans die. But after this event i feel if that dog's death was no big deal - then no human death is a big deal either - its just the part of the cycle.
I saw that dog there on the street i knew he was alive then - and it was obvious that he was suffering. The question in front of me was - can i do anything for that poor thing suffering? then i thought how? can i take him to a vet? do i know any vet around? will any clinic be open at this time (it was a bit early in the morning)? What after i take it to the vet? Can i afford to spend? Will my clothes get stained? What if the dog has an infection? what if my hands get all bloody? Can i go to the office with soiled clothes? The more i thought about it - the more negative thoughts about doing something about it came to the mind. After a while i was disgusted by my own thoughts. By this time i was 500 meters ahead from where the accident had taken place.
Someone in pain is dying in the middle of the road and i could just move past it without a thought. And now i was thinking how not to get dirty..... What if it was a human? Wont i have jumped up right at it and tried to take him/her to the hospital. If yes about the human - then why am i hesitating now? Is it that a human life is more important that a dog's - how do i decide that - there is such a huge bias because i too am a human. Then is my bias the truth - how do i justify this?
Simply i tried to put into perspective the activities of the dog and human - what humans do ----- and what the dogs do ----- from a neutral standpoint - if i forget for sometime that i am human - and try to see the earth as a affected entity - then it is pretty obvious that human life is much more detrimental to the system than the dog's. So logic stands to give more importance to the life of a dog than a human. But still i was thinking ................ the thing was suffering........
I turned back to the dog - i waited on the side of the road so as to let the traffic situation allow me to go to the dog - there i felt maybe what the dog might be at that moment - the monster which had hit it, was coming again and again at his face swooshing past him - unsure if the next one coming will hit him again just as the other one did - the agony he must have been going through along with the pain - i can only imagine.
I went up to it - tried to lift up - the only thing i thought i could do for it then was to lift and keep him on the side of the road - because i saw that the injury was very severe - and i doubted if it could be saved - maybe it was my selfishness which was prompting me to think that way - to give up hope and not take responsibility - i felt coward. It made grunts of pain as i lifted it up i took it to the side in the shade. I was feeling pathetic - helpless - guilty - sad. I patted it on the head - that was my only attempt to ease the pain it was going through - and i knew that was all i was going to do....... i didnt do anything else i left it there to wait for death .........
Creatures live - creatures die everyday - i have no illusions or reservations about this one. Humans live - humans die. But after this event i feel if that dog's death was no big deal - then no human death is a big deal either - its just the part of the cycle.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
I am not God ...... so what?
"Lets go to the temple today, pay our respects to the god"
Well i have come across this statement a lot of number of times. And everytime i have heard this i have been surrounded by a host of different questions - one of which i would like to discuss.
The basic axiom which i take for this discussion is that GOD - is a single entity - same for one and all. Not at all an unreasonable statement.
So when i say it is equal for all - that automatically means all the activities that we do in the place of worship have to be equal in their meaning. So to say - the joining of hands of the hindus, or kneeling down of the muslims or bowing of the christian are done to achieve the same ends i.e. to show respect to the god.
But since god is the same - so obviously the action that we perform to show respects cannot matter - because different people do different things to achieve the same effect. So in effect action is not the primary concern - if i want to show god i respect it.
The same can be thought about words - and so too about the rituals.
So now i ask - what is it that really matters in this context? Actions - words - rituals cannot be the absolute. And so i think there is something other which is common between all - which is actually the important part. And thinking about it 'FAITH' seems to be the answer.
So to say 'FAITH' that the action we do shows respect to god, is a more fundamental feeling.
So then if i take the next step - of separating 'FAITH' from the action, words, rituals etc and putting it in something else. The question comes to me - will i be doing something heretic?
Then what can i put faith in or rather what should i put faith in (to put faith or not is a question for another time but if we assume that it is needed to have faith then) - should it be a stone carved in shape of a mythological entity - should it be a tomb of a saint - should it be words in Sanskrit which i donot understand fully or should it be the pictures and photos of godly figures or should it be a cross on which the son of the god was supposedly crucified.
I find the best thing i can put faith - is something that helps me in all situations - is with me all the time - effects my life more than anything else - may not be magically powerfull - but its all that i have - MYSELF.
Yes i may not be magically powerful, may not move rivers, may not hold a mountain on one finger or create bread out of nothing. But between objects - that cant move and ME - who can think and move and act and feel - i prefer ME. You might say i am concieted and this is self important behaviour - but i am not asking anyone else to put 'FAITH' in me. They better put it in themselves is what i am saying.
Its the 'FAITH' that matters.
Well i have come across this statement a lot of number of times. And everytime i have heard this i have been surrounded by a host of different questions - one of which i would like to discuss.
The basic axiom which i take for this discussion is that GOD - is a single entity - same for one and all. Not at all an unreasonable statement.
So when i say it is equal for all - that automatically means all the activities that we do in the place of worship have to be equal in their meaning. So to say - the joining of hands of the hindus, or kneeling down of the muslims or bowing of the christian are done to achieve the same ends i.e. to show respect to the god.
But since god is the same - so obviously the action that we perform to show respects cannot matter - because different people do different things to achieve the same effect. So in effect action is not the primary concern - if i want to show god i respect it.
The same can be thought about words - and so too about the rituals.
So now i ask - what is it that really matters in this context? Actions - words - rituals cannot be the absolute. And so i think there is something other which is common between all - which is actually the important part. And thinking about it 'FAITH' seems to be the answer.
So to say 'FAITH' that the action we do shows respect to god, is a more fundamental feeling.
So then if i take the next step - of separating 'FAITH' from the action, words, rituals etc and putting it in something else. The question comes to me - will i be doing something heretic?
Then what can i put faith in or rather what should i put faith in (to put faith or not is a question for another time but if we assume that it is needed to have faith then) - should it be a stone carved in shape of a mythological entity - should it be a tomb of a saint - should it be words in Sanskrit which i donot understand fully or should it be the pictures and photos of godly figures or should it be a cross on which the son of the god was supposedly crucified.
I find the best thing i can put faith - is something that helps me in all situations - is with me all the time - effects my life more than anything else - may not be magically powerfull - but its all that i have - MYSELF.
Yes i may not be magically powerful, may not move rivers, may not hold a mountain on one finger or create bread out of nothing. But between objects - that cant move and ME - who can think and move and act and feel - i prefer ME. You might say i am concieted and this is self important behaviour - but i am not asking anyone else to put 'FAITH' in me. They better put it in themselves is what i am saying.
Its the 'FAITH' that matters.
Friday, October 9, 2009
To a place where blind man sees ....
God i love you - God 'I WANT' to make you happy by making you 'LOOK' good. So what will i do you know - i will take few of your beautiful creations - not allow them to do what 'YOU' made them for - but 'I' think 'MY' requirement is more important than yours - so i will take them from their place and put them all around you - although for you it could be loss of purpose of 'YOUR' creations but that is not important to 'ME'. What matters to 'ME' - is that this object which looks a bit like 'ME' - which 'I' believe is what you look like - should look beautiful to 'ME'. Hope you like it. :)
PS : If you say that is what they were made for - you dont even have the idea who decides what is for what. Your decision is what you want - not the reality.
PS1 : The point here is not - What makes god look good, but how we are limited by what 'we' think.
PS : If you say that is what they were made for - you dont even have the idea who decides what is for what. Your decision is what you want - not the reality.
PS1 : The point here is not - What makes god look good, but how we are limited by what 'we' think.
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