After interacting with a lot of people, i have come to the following conclusion about the most abundant things in the universe. The first three in my list are:-
1. Stupidity
2. Greed
3. Hydrogen.
One expression that really freaks me out these days is "civilization" and civilized people. I don't understand what the **** these terms mean
Are we more advanced than our ancestors who were apes. This term seems to mean "Having a high state of culture and development both social and technological". I would agree with the technological parts(w.rt. bullet 1, Weapons of Mass Stupidity are very lethal and contagious) but what about the social aspects?
Having technology be a slave to a stupid master? How wise is that?
We are on a mission to destroy the eco-system that we inhabit, and hope to not face the consequence.
When we are strong, we want to bully our fellow human beings to do what we want, and when we are weak we are going to plea for mercy, deceive or cheat. What the F***.
This race for higher glory, pleasure, *fulfillment* is maddening.
To each his very own.
I dont think animals are so stupid or fuc*ing selfish. They eat when they have to, and maintain some sort of equilibrium with their environment.
Man's greed is only second to his stupidity. He would exploit everything around him only to repent for it later. But yeah life is now. Who cares about tomorrow.
Everyone wants to marry a Goddess, raise his own kids, be *successful* in life. People around us are living in pathetic conditions. But i did not create these conditions, and why should i clean it up? A very reasonable excuse.
People fight over religion. What the heck? Is your faith in Him, so weak, that you need to fight with people over what their faith is. Religion was made to unite people and not to divide them.
Yeah, a man is a funny animal. He has to loose everything, before he realizes the importance of what he has lost. So much for the civilized world.
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Love
Love and God are so similar, they call upon you to trust, accept and let things be and enjoy the stillness and ever-changing landscape.
From an atheist's point of view God is a conversation designed to soothe a man's survival instinct, it is a conversation, that lets him live in peace amidst all the chaos and change around him.
Love is something similar, when analyzed and understood.
But understanding is so damn limited, it does not understand or comprehend, that there are powers beyond it, well how can it?
Love is a fresh flower to be felt, admired, its in the present, its strength its tough, trying and yet so satisfying. Makes the life thatz empty meaningful.
After being a non-believer for so much time, i believe, i choose to enjoy my life and be at peace take what i want, though it might not make sense, but thatz just all i want.
Not to analyze things anymore, not to be so rigid, so power hungry, so focussed on myself.
Just chill and enjoy, be at peace with things, and chill out, take a break.
Believe and love, and let Him enter and Be.
From an atheist's point of view God is a conversation designed to soothe a man's survival instinct, it is a conversation, that lets him live in peace amidst all the chaos and change around him.
Love is something similar, when analyzed and understood.
But understanding is so damn limited, it does not understand or comprehend, that there are powers beyond it, well how can it?
Love is a fresh flower to be felt, admired, its in the present, its strength its tough, trying and yet so satisfying. Makes the life thatz empty meaningful.
After being a non-believer for so much time, i believe, i choose to enjoy my life and be at peace take what i want, though it might not make sense, but thatz just all i want.
Not to analyze things anymore, not to be so rigid, so power hungry, so focussed on myself.
Just chill and enjoy, be at peace with things, and chill out, take a break.
Believe and love, and let Him enter and Be.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Routine Life
You create a purpose, an intent, you can destroy it.
Creation and destruction are natural phenomenon. One that gets created would get destroyed.
Desire to stay in vacuum, being on the stands of the game called life.
Observing people being happy, being sad, judging evaluating, waiting for a safe time when you would start playing, living actually.
And then wonder of wonders, what is the meaning of life, is the tone that plays.
Nothing has to be done, nothing.
You could do various things, all the same. Desire to do dims, been there, done that.
What next, is the question?
How could Harry Potter have settled to a normal life after his seventeen years of adventure, is the question that crosses the mind?
Something that would be bigger than me, would challenge me could be an answer.
What constrains me is my responsibilities, the fear of failure. Not actually the fear of failure, but the depression that ensues when you put everything on stake, and loose out. Invariably, you think are you a moron, a person with sub-normal intelligence. What were you thinking, and if you weren't thinking, why not? Huh, is the only retort. I would be more careful, more thoughtful is what you offer. But damn, the life of thoughtfulness and care is boring.
Feel like dozing off.
Wonder what would it be like if i were a psychologist?
Damn never stop trying it on myself, hope would not drive my patients nuts.
Coming back to life, i like to call it quits in the middle of all the projects i take. Why?
They stop being fun. I remember as a kid, i used to play cricket, and i used to play with the first gang of friends, then the next gang, and would never tire.
That was fun for me.
The wizened old man, i was sitting next to in a seminar, looked so cheerful and happy. He was enjoying life, being happy, and having fun. He opined that it is not what is outside that is fun, but what you make of it. Intellectually, and theoretically, i agree.
But practically, no. Why is the entertainment industry there?
Is it like that some things are naturally fun, and others need to be created like that?
People opine that living a life, where you are looking for fun is maddening, because something would turn you on, something would turn you off, and life is not in your control. But damn, what do you do with the control in your life? Play a rat race, enjoy nature, muse or abuse.
Guess the answer does not lie in pondering, it lies in living, doing things that i would love to do.
Hmm, the spirit is down, but not out.
To a greener pasture, to a lively place, tada for now.
Creation and destruction are natural phenomenon. One that gets created would get destroyed.
Desire to stay in vacuum, being on the stands of the game called life.
Observing people being happy, being sad, judging evaluating, waiting for a safe time when you would start playing, living actually.
And then wonder of wonders, what is the meaning of life, is the tone that plays.
Nothing has to be done, nothing.
You could do various things, all the same. Desire to do dims, been there, done that.
What next, is the question?
How could Harry Potter have settled to a normal life after his seventeen years of adventure, is the question that crosses the mind?
Something that would be bigger than me, would challenge me could be an answer.
What constrains me is my responsibilities, the fear of failure. Not actually the fear of failure, but the depression that ensues when you put everything on stake, and loose out. Invariably, you think are you a moron, a person with sub-normal intelligence. What were you thinking, and if you weren't thinking, why not? Huh, is the only retort. I would be more careful, more thoughtful is what you offer. But damn, the life of thoughtfulness and care is boring.
Feel like dozing off.
Wonder what would it be like if i were a psychologist?
Damn never stop trying it on myself, hope would not drive my patients nuts.
Coming back to life, i like to call it quits in the middle of all the projects i take. Why?
They stop being fun. I remember as a kid, i used to play cricket, and i used to play with the first gang of friends, then the next gang, and would never tire.
That was fun for me.
The wizened old man, i was sitting next to in a seminar, looked so cheerful and happy. He was enjoying life, being happy, and having fun. He opined that it is not what is outside that is fun, but what you make of it. Intellectually, and theoretically, i agree.
But practically, no. Why is the entertainment industry there?
Is it like that some things are naturally fun, and others need to be created like that?
People opine that living a life, where you are looking for fun is maddening, because something would turn you on, something would turn you off, and life is not in your control. But damn, what do you do with the control in your life? Play a rat race, enjoy nature, muse or abuse.
Guess the answer does not lie in pondering, it lies in living, doing things that i would love to do.
Hmm, the spirit is down, but not out.
To a greener pasture, to a lively place, tada for now.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Love, oneness and Gandhi
Have you ever been in love?
Stupid question, everyone has, at some moment of time.
The world looks great, you have so much energy and nothing is impossible to do for the one you love.
Well, its bad if the person you love does not respond, or worse still, has personal goals "orthogonal" to yours, and you end up getting "cheated".
But then if you could have done anything for that person, and that person does something that takes away something from you, how is that cheating? Isn't that what you wanted? Guess sometimes not. Coz you honestly believe that, the person you love, does not see, what you can see, and is going to go down. You try so hard to make the person understand, but it doesn't work out always. Get that, but then the conversation that naturally appears is "I did so much for the person, and yet ...". Hatred arises. Oneness with "people" is lost. There is no room for that person to err, coz you are so vulnerable and constrained in your way of thinking. Love does not constrain, it sets you free. It is your expression to love that person, and that person's expression to be himself/herself.
I gave up on loving the first person i loved, (atleast for a while) coz something happened. Wonder how it would have been for Gandhi, so much love for each and every person on the planet. Non-violence is the only way when you want people you love to understand, that they are misguided in their actions. I have read that it was a nightmare for Britishers to go on attacking people who just stood there and did not resist. The humanity in them revolted. Many went nuts or lost their peace of mind. They persisted and fought a loosing battle, and soon it became too much for them to continue. Gandhi had a lot of followers, because i guess he was there for the people, he was one with them, there was no personal agenda that he had. I guess it is the toughest for relatives of people who are so hell bent on getting their mission resolved. Would someday read how his people felt. "Gandhi, my father" the movie was on the lines i expected. Osho believed that Gandhi was very cunning, i think he was the apostle, that humanity so badly needed. He gave his life, but could not see the destruction of the independence and freedom for which we had struggled.
Hats off father.
Where are we, his sons, headed for? Why are we spreading so much hatred amongst us? Guess, its easy to err, than to stay on the middle path.
Stupid question, everyone has, at some moment of time.
The world looks great, you have so much energy and nothing is impossible to do for the one you love.
Well, its bad if the person you love does not respond, or worse still, has personal goals "orthogonal" to yours, and you end up getting "cheated".
But then if you could have done anything for that person, and that person does something that takes away something from you, how is that cheating? Isn't that what you wanted? Guess sometimes not. Coz you honestly believe that, the person you love, does not see, what you can see, and is going to go down. You try so hard to make the person understand, but it doesn't work out always. Get that, but then the conversation that naturally appears is "I did so much for the person, and yet ...". Hatred arises. Oneness with "people" is lost. There is no room for that person to err, coz you are so vulnerable and constrained in your way of thinking. Love does not constrain, it sets you free. It is your expression to love that person, and that person's expression to be himself/herself.
I gave up on loving the first person i loved, (atleast for a while) coz something happened. Wonder how it would have been for Gandhi, so much love for each and every person on the planet. Non-violence is the only way when you want people you love to understand, that they are misguided in their actions. I have read that it was a nightmare for Britishers to go on attacking people who just stood there and did not resist. The humanity in them revolted. Many went nuts or lost their peace of mind. They persisted and fought a loosing battle, and soon it became too much for them to continue. Gandhi had a lot of followers, because i guess he was there for the people, he was one with them, there was no personal agenda that he had. I guess it is the toughest for relatives of people who are so hell bent on getting their mission resolved. Would someday read how his people felt. "Gandhi, my father" the movie was on the lines i expected. Osho believed that Gandhi was very cunning, i think he was the apostle, that humanity so badly needed. He gave his life, but could not see the destruction of the independence and freedom for which we had struggled.
Hats off father.
Where are we, his sons, headed for? Why are we spreading so much hatred amongst us? Guess, its easy to err, than to stay on the middle path.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Love, marriage and Happiness
Hmm Marriage on the cards, hence rumblings might decrease and the mind might not be idle any more:-)
Just came out of a bad phase with my girlfriend. Well we were blaming each other for this and that and wat not. I can laugh at it now, that it is past me, but it was hellish.
Possessions and Possessiveness. Thou shall do this, thou shall not spend so much money, thou shall be responsible, huh, thou shall take care of my parents.
Am i getting married because i want to have good food, and get taken care of and would give something in return. Is this some kind of a deal, you shall do this and THEN i shall do this.
You shall not do this, huh.
Where did the respect and love for the person vanish? Constraints and restraints.
Why can't both people be free in a married setting? I dont enforce so many rules on my bro, i know he is grown up and can take care of himself, then why was it with my girlfriend. Coz also because i thought rules are getting imposed on me, and then if you make me unhappy, its my solemn duty to make you unhappy, hmm. Stupidity can be recognized easily at hindsight(well thats my original, another one could be that it is your birthright, it actually is:-)
Feel so great, that i do not HAVE to enforce rules, i do not HAVE to follow rules, yeah there would be things that would make sense and then there would be that wouldn't make sense, but then again, i dont HAVE to make sense. Great, looking forward to be with you dearest Shalu, being happy and *letting* you be happy, sorry for the pain i have caused, well i know i am forgiven:-)
Just came out of a bad phase with my girlfriend. Well we were blaming each other for this and that and wat not. I can laugh at it now, that it is past me, but it was hellish.
Possessions and Possessiveness. Thou shall do this, thou shall not spend so much money, thou shall be responsible, huh, thou shall take care of my parents.
Am i getting married because i want to have good food, and get taken care of and would give something in return. Is this some kind of a deal, you shall do this and THEN i shall do this.
You shall not do this, huh.
Where did the respect and love for the person vanish? Constraints and restraints.
Why can't both people be free in a married setting? I dont enforce so many rules on my bro, i know he is grown up and can take care of himself, then why was it with my girlfriend. Coz also because i thought rules are getting imposed on me, and then if you make me unhappy, its my solemn duty to make you unhappy, hmm. Stupidity can be recognized easily at hindsight(well thats my original, another one could be that it is your birthright, it actually is:-)
Feel so great, that i do not HAVE to enforce rules, i do not HAVE to follow rules, yeah there would be things that would make sense and then there would be that wouldn't make sense, but then again, i dont HAVE to make sense. Great, looking forward to be with you dearest Shalu, being happy and *letting* you be happy, sorry for the pain i have caused, well i know i am forgiven:-)
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Freedom
Habits: an automatic pattern of behaviour in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition(WordWeb)
Job: The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Girl Friend: A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
Romance: An exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure), A relationship between two lovers
Love: Have a great affection or liking for, Get pleasure from, Be enamoured or in love with
Liking: A feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
Feeling: The experiencing of affective and emotional states, A vague idea in which some confidence is placed, sensation, temporary
Boredom: The feeling of being bored by something tedious
Freedom: The condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints(read habits, job, commitments)
Is life about possessing or is it about experiencing, is it a means to an end or is it a journey to be enjoyed. A new car becomes not so great after a while.
Commitments, attachments: all get boring after a time. Is there a point in sustaining them just because the circumstances are aligned that way or because you once felt attached or commited.
Life: An analysts delight, lol.
Freedom: a dirty word, flawed, the act of freedom causes bondage. An imaginary concept.
Pleasure, feelings, love: things to be experienced and to satiate yourself with. Sustaining feelings or trying to sustain them is stupid.
Reality: Something to wake you up. Something that never lies. Good in the sense it tells you the same thing when you are up, down, you frown or clown.
Me: a stupid who takes delight in analyzing stuff, which is a dangerous habit, from which freedom i shall not seek.
Cheers and a Happy New Year 08
Job: The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Girl Friend: A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
Romance: An exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure), A relationship between two lovers
Love: Have a great affection or liking for, Get pleasure from, Be enamoured or in love with
Liking: A feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
Feeling: The experiencing of affective and emotional states, A vague idea in which some confidence is placed, sensation, temporary
Boredom: The feeling of being bored by something tedious
Freedom: The condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints(read habits, job, commitments)
Is life about possessing or is it about experiencing, is it a means to an end or is it a journey to be enjoyed. A new car becomes not so great after a while.
Commitments, attachments: all get boring after a time. Is there a point in sustaining them just because the circumstances are aligned that way or because you once felt attached or commited.
Life: An analysts delight, lol.
Freedom: a dirty word, flawed, the act of freedom causes bondage. An imaginary concept.
Pleasure, feelings, love: things to be experienced and to satiate yourself with. Sustaining feelings or trying to sustain them is stupid.
Reality: Something to wake you up. Something that never lies. Good in the sense it tells you the same thing when you are up, down, you frown or clown.
Me: a stupid who takes delight in analyzing stuff, which is a dangerous habit, from which freedom i shall not seek.
Cheers and a Happy New Year 08
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