Writting vs. Talking

It really has been over a month now since I have written anything here.... I can now safely call this a monthly dump :) two reasons for not writting here....
1) Lot of travelling and work
2) I have got someone to talk with (so no need to write everything :) -- this is the real reason!

Music of Life

I was reading this article about a science student from US did his research on "how music affects various part of our brain etc etc."... for proving this, he has listened to many tunes, many instruments, many song and symphonies and finally concluded this...... i wonder, what enjoyement he could have got from listening to this great tunes and symphonies,,, i guess none since he was so busy colcluding something thats known to humans for ages that Music affects our brain :)


Now, think about those who invented various musical instruments... think about their joy when they first heard that sound... or those who have composed those great symphonies.... what would have been its effect on their brains? awesome,, isnt it!!


I wonder, why have a chosen to study science and not arts? I guess, to know and understand "how worthless science is in front of art of living!!!" :) I pledge not to be scientific ever while enjoying the wonderful MUSIC OF LIFE!

Expressions from ZORBA THE GREEK

Some of my favorite expressions from ZORBA THE GREEK – by Nikos Kazantzakis


Page 99 and 100

Confucius says: “Many seek happiness higher than man; others beneath him. But happiness is the same height as man.” That is true. So there must be happiness to suit every man’s stature. Such is, my dear pupil and master, my happiness of the day. I anxiously measure it and measure it again, to see what my stature of the moment is. For, you know this very well, man’s stature is not always the same.

How the soul of man is transformed according to the climate, the silence, the solitude, or the company in which it lives!

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The world, an incomprehensible, absurd jungle. The notions of ‘nation’ and ‘race’ of which you are fond, the notions of ‘super-nation’ and ‘humanity’ which seduced me, here acquire the same value under the all-powerful breath of destruction.

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You must consider the life you lead a happy one. And since you consider it such, such it is.

-x-

As of me, I often forget, I disparage myself, I lose my way, my faith is a mosaic of unbelief. Sometimes I feel I should like to make bargain: to live one brief minute and give the rest of my life in exchange.

-x-

if only we knew, boss, what the stones and rain and flowers say, maybe they call – call us – and we don’t hear them. When will people’s ears open, boss? When shall our eyes open to see? When shall we open our arms to embrace everything – stones, rain, flowers, men? What d’you think about that, boss? And what do your books have to say about it?

-x-

Make a heap of all your books and set light to them! After that, who knows, you’re no fool, you’re the right sort… we might make something of you!

-x-


Page 112 and 113


Life is trouble. Death no. to live – do you know what that means? To undo your belt and look for trouble!

-x-

My life had got on wrong track, and my contact with men had become now mere soliloquy. I had fallen so low that, if I had had to choose between falling in love with a woman and reading a book about love, I should have chosen the book.

-x-

You must know woman also succumb to a voice. And what won’t they succumb to – the jades! God only knows what goes on inside them! You may be as ugly as sin, lame or a hunchback, but if you’ve a soft voice and can sing, the woman completely lose their heads.

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He who can sleep with a woman and does not, commits a great sin. If a woman calls you to share her bed and you don’t go, your soul will be destroyed!

That woman will sigh before God on judgment day, and that woman’s sigh, whoever you may be and whatever your fine deeds, will cast you into Hell! If Hell exists, I shall go to Hell, and that’ll be the reason. Not because I’ve robed, killed or committed adultery, no! All that’s nothing. But I shall go to Hell because one night in Salonica a woman waited for me on her bed and I did not go to her…

-x-

Being regretful

One of my friend told me that he sometimes regrets doing certain things in past... that made me think.... Will I ever do that? Nop, never... because, the day I start regretting things I did in past, I would die... I have always chosen "hard way" over "easy way", I have always given up "what I had" to achieve "higher", I have always chosen the "wrong way" (in worldly terms) to do "right thing" (as per my soul)... If, I start regretting it all,,, my God,,, it would be the start of a great depression.... but I am happy today coz I have the confidence of writing what I have written above :)) I dont regret whatever I did in past, right or wrong,,, I never will!!!

Monthly dump???

Am I so busy that I need to name this "Monthly Dump" now????????????????? Naaaaah.... never!

WALK TO DEATH

Every step we take, is a walk to death.
Every move we make, is a walk to death.
Every turn we take, Is a walk to death.
Every passing breath, Is a walk to death.

He, who knew,
He, who understood,
He, who loved,
He, who cared,
He, who dreamt,
He, who achieved,
He, who thought,
He, who we all adore, is no more.

I heard that,
I couldn’t believe that,
I was sad,
I cried,
I realized…

Every step we take, is a walk to Death.
Every passing breath, is a walk to death.


May your soul rest in peace Sangeet.
You are and will always be alive in our hearts and mind.

Loneliness

In this whole world, I am never lonely, I can be alone but not lonely... bcoz, myself is always with me and I love the company of myself, my soul :)

Knowing death

i was fortunate (so to say), not to have witnessed anyone's death in my life... but, in recent times, i have witnessed two of my relatives' death... i have seen it more closely than others might see it... one of them died in an accident and i was there when his postmortem was being carried out while other died of heart attack and i was there when she was being cremated... and i met both of them, just one day before their death... they were so alive, so full of worldly feelings like tension, happiness, sorrow, joy, jealousy etc.... never would have they predicted their death... and so peaceful their face looked when dead, as if they were fast asleep... i was expecting DEATH to frighten me, it didn't... on the contrary, i liked it... if death can make you sooooo peaceful, i would love to fix up a date with my death as soon as possible :) just joking.... i want to live... live life to the fullest,,, i want to be happy and sad, want to make love to my lover and want to love my loved ones, i want to feel alive before i stop "feeling" and be eternally "peaceful".... but, i m not afraid of death... not at all... and now i love my life so much more :)

NOTHING NEW :(

Nothing new to write,,, so just repeating the same old philosophy of mine ---

Mein hi aakash hun, yeh prithvi bhi mein,

Mein hi jal hun, aur agni bhi mein,

Mein hi pran hun, aur mrityu bhi mein,

Mein Brahmand hun, Mein amar hun,

Mein khuda/god/bhagvan hun, Mein Aatma hun!!!

My philosophy in LIFE...

• Live and let live.
• Enjoy every moment in LIFE because DEATH is a reality and is just round the corner.
• Always be truthful to yourself, don’t worry about others.
• Whatever happens, happens for good and with a purpose – so do your KARMA, don’t bother for results.
• Everything around us (including us) is governed by the Law of Universe (nature) that says, “Nothing is relative, everything is absolute – an absolute truth”.

Compromises

Those who have not inherited wealth, need to make one of the following choices in today's world -

either choose values, dignity, honesty etc...
or choose money, power, fame etc...

both can not come to you togather if you are not "BORN RICH"

Alone

When I came in this world,
I was alone.
When I will leave,
I will be alone.

When I came in this world,
There were people around me,
Smiling at me, I was crying.
When I will leave,
There will be people around me,
Crying for me, I will be smiling.

When I came in this world,
I was alone,
I did not know fear.
When I will leave this world,
I will be alone,
I will not care about fear.

If I am alone today,
Why am I afraid?

You are beautiful (Song by James Blunt)

My life is brilliant. My love is pure. I saw an angel. Of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway. She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,'Cause I've got a plan.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place, And I don't know what to do,'Cause I'll never be with you.

Yeah, she caught my eye, As we walked on by. She could see from my face that I was,Flying high, And I don't think that I'll see her again, But we shared a moment that will last till the end. You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful, it's true.

I saw your face in a crowded place, And I don't know what to do,'Cause I'll never be with you.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful, it's true.

There must be an angel with a smile on her face, When she thought up that I should be with you. But it's time to face the truth, I will never be with you. :(

Feeling Alive

Yesterday, someone told me - "hey guys, you are working so hard. its really good. but, don't get disheartened if you don't get appreciation for your hardwork"... that made me think... "will i get disheartened?"... the answer was "NO, i will not"... "WHY?"... bcoz, when i asked myself...

AM I WORKING HARD FOR SUCCESS? ... NO, I AM NOT.
AM I WORKING HARD FOR NAME? ... NO, I AM NOT.
AM I WORKING HARD FOR FAME? ... NO, I AM NOT.
AM I WORKING HARD FOR APPRECIATION? ... NO, I AM NOT.
AM I WORKING HARD FOR MONEY? ... NO, I AM NOT.
AM I WORKING HARD FOR POWER? ... NO, I AM NOT.

THAN, WHY AM I WORKING SO HARD?

I AM WORKING HARD FOR MYSELF ...
I AM WORKING HARD SO THAT I CAN FEEL ALIVE!!!

Weekly Dump

Due to very busy (read,, I am lazy to take some time out) schedule of mine... I would like to rename this blog as "Weekly Dump" for sometime :)

Busy Vs. Lazy

I couldnt write my blog for past few days... I want to believe that i was too busy, but the fact is, I was a bit lazy.... bcoz if i wanted to write my blog, i could have definately taken some time out for it...but instead, i chose to relax in that time :) this seems to be the case, always... isnt it! materialistically successful men are those, who chose to be busy over lazy and those of us like me become philosophers.. bcoz even if my body is relaxing, my mind is always thinking :)

Flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad - II

I wonder, how thoughtful a person can be in 30 minutes of flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad???? and I find myself to be extreamly thoughtful all the time now a days!!! Is it bcoz I have started writting this blog? Not really, I always have been like this :)

Ok.. coming back to my journey,, One airhostess, seating behind my seat, was talking to her co-passenger about different experineces of her while flying... and the way she was using this term "pessengers",, i was really disappointed to hear that.... it was as if "pessengers dont know anything about flying", "pessengers dont have any sense of atiquate", "pessengers are some strange community" etc.. etc.. :)..... i wonder, how easy it is for a human to become an air-hostess and treat everyone else as aliens :) how easy it is for us to separate ourselfs as managers, middle class, employer, workers, air-hostesses, auditors etc etc... so many classes for us to belong to them that we almost forget that we are humans first :( I thought, its not only our earth but we (humans) are devided in sky also!!!

Earth from Sky

While flying from Mumbai to Ahmedabad, for the first time, I noticed how devided our earth looks from sky :( If I could see it from a plane, I am sure the higher forces in this universe can see it too :) We will have to pay price for all this nonsense one day!!!!!!!!

Flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad

After going thru my many memories of plane journey, seating on a stone in front of a tyre shop somewhere in Mumbai yesterday,,, now, it was my turn to be on one of that plane again!

It was really a refreashing view of Mumbai, while taking off...

Mumbai looked so SMALL from a plane today when it felt so BIG yesterday when travelling by car.
Mumbai looked so CLEAN from a plane today when it felt so DIRTY yesterday when travelling by car.
Mumbai looked so PEACEFUL from a plane today when it felt so NOICY yesterday when travelling by car.
Mumbai looked so ORGANISED from a plane today when it felt so CHAOTIC yesterday when travelling by a car.

IS THIS THE REASON WHY OUR POLITICIANS AND INDUSTRIALISTS CANT SEE ALL THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH MUMBAI?? BCOZ THEY ARE ALWAYS TRAVELLING BY PLANE?? IS THIS THE HIGH TIME WHEN THEY SHOULD COME DOWN TO GROUND 0 AND ASSESS THE SITUATION AGAIN??

Soulful songs

Starting from Indian independence, 1947, many singers sung very soulful and petriotic songs - manna de, lata, kishor, rafi, sp etc etc... those songs contain so much of emotions, so much goodness... we all love those songs, we all remember their lyrics... and still, the world is the same place, same meaningful songs are needed today as well :) when will we evolve as a better society where those songs are not needed to motivate us? can a society, a community be self motivated towards positive side of life???? i think no :(

Bombay dreams!!!!

Yesterday, while going to Pune at night, we had a flat tyre so we stopped somewhere in Aeiroli at one tyre/puncture shop...it was almost 11 PM... there were few guys sleeping in front of the shop, on ground... they were so fast asleep that nothing could disturb them... with no A/C needed, no bed, no bunglow, no car..nothing needed to sleep that well,, i wonder, what they would be dreaming of then???????

the shop was a 6ft x 6ft "kholi" with tyres everywhere...it seemed that the 20 yr old boy who worked there must be living there only... some clothes of his were hanging in the background.... while he was at his work very professionally,, i sat outside his shop on a stone and was looking around for some frames for night photography...sky was full with clouds and moon was playing hide and seek with me... it was looking more beautiful then ever before.. i was so much concentrated and was almost lost in the beauty of that night when flickering lights of an aeroplane brought me back to where i was... then i saw another plane, and another, and one more... all of them were in queue for landing... carrying many hundred sophisticated, high class men and women who were eager to land on Indian soil after a trip overseas, looking forward to getting back to their normal, busy, hectic mumbai life which made them rich and made it possible for them to fly.... i remembered my first foreign trip and getting back to India after that... what a feeling it was for the first time and then i was habituated... one more trip, and i felt less fortunate,, few more trip and it became routine... all the joy of flying, going to a foreign land vanished and so i gave up my approved H1-B visa for the US..left my high flying job and now here i was seating on a stone, in front of a tyre shop, watching the coming and going of flights that distracted my pleasure of watching moon and enjoying its beauty... i was confused as to what my dream was for myself??? do i have any dreams????? of course yes... i have many dreams... my bombay dreams!!!

PS: i will talk about my dreams sometime later as my coffee is getting cold now :)

Ego

Once upon a time, a king was going on his daily walk through his kingdom. He saw this poor beggar seating on one side of road. King looked at him and thought "Oh, look at this poor fellow. what a pity. i am so lucky that i am a king. i can get whatever i want, i have all the pleasures of life... etc... etc... he felt so proud of himself". In that very moment, his leg touched one stone that was lying on the road. That was a magical stone. Now king had magical powers and he could get to hear what that beggar was thinking. He was thinking - "Oh, look at this rich fellow. what a pity. he doesn't know anything about life. He is life a caged animal who lives in a golden cage. gets good food and all but then what he knows how different food tastes after a day's hard work. i am so lucky that i have seen so many places, met so many people, seen the world... etc... etc... he felt so proud of himself!!"

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When i feel that i am special, i am the greatest, i know the most, i m the richest, i m most handsome etc etc... and then, when i get into the mind of a another person and see that he thinks exactly the same as me, i am humbled!!!

Age does matter

There was this movie - NISHABD.. it was about a young girl falling in love with a much older guy.... but in how many cases taht happen in our society?? may be in exceptional cases only... the question is - why does age matter??? i cant find a logical answer.. may be compatibility of mind?? may be looks?? may be different needs?? i really cant say and explain but it is pitty that we have built a society which puts so many restrictions in our mind itself so we can never be able to get the RIGHT partner.. so many restrictions - caste, religion, region, language, looks, status, age......uffffffffffffffff!! are they really necessary?? why cant our choices for finding a Mr.Right or a Ms.Right so restricted........ or may I say, here also the law of nature persists and the matches are made in heaven :)

Coincidence

Coincedences have so become part of my life that they dont surprise me now.. may be that is very normal for someone who believes in "Law of nature".

money, money, money

somehow... i want to write more about this bloody "MONEY"... I hate money... I really do!!!! why have we created money? to be able to kill eachother without having to feel guilty about it - look at Iraq for example!!!!!! Can anyone explain why should America have more than 50% of world's money when more than 50% of world's people are living in Asia??????????????? what logic does money follow?????? money is blind, totally blind... it goes to those whose value system in life is most corrupted... look at india for example - here Honesty is taxable and Corruption is free :) If only, we can collect tax on all black money in India, all other taxes can be abolished!!!! people say - "If you pay taxes, you are honest"... but hey,, if I am honest, why should I be paying taxes??? Give me a break yaar... catch those corrupted ones... i m just an honest guy!!!!!!! ..and who wants to fight?? no one!!! first tell me what will I get from fighting?? only then I will fight :)) my blood boils and then it gets cold when i look around... y should i fight? if i can live without money, why the hell should i care for it?????? :)

Tara Rum Pum...

Seen that movie today... people say - lot to learn about life, future planning, security etc. etc... bullshit... its all about money... life in terms of money, future planning in terms of money, security in terms of money......... of come on, money is not everything...... seems, only for me!!!!!! rest of the world is just running behind money - in one way or another... it has all become money, money everywhere... in recent past, i liked the word "money" only in that film - "apna sapna money money"!!!!!! there was a good dialouge in that - "janha sach na chale wanha juth hi sahi, janha haq na mile wanha loot hi sahi" ... i think, in one's need, by asking for money from someone who has excess of it will not make anyone small... MONEY DOES NOT MAKE A MAN, A MAN MAKES MONEY :) and in today's world,, who makes money by values???????? there is only one value - "by hook or crook"!!! There is one person in this world whom I know, who does not need money to live his life - THATS ME.

More free

I need to be more free from me!

Form today onwards...

From today onwards, I sware to dump one thought daily on this site!