Thursday, November 13, 2008

Death after Life!!!!

What is death???...its just a routine process where the soul changes the body,the body dies but the soul continues to exist!...its just like a snake changing its skin now and then...
the skin dies off but the snake lives...in the same way,our soul never dies...it exists forever.....
i was sitting in a satsanga(religious preaching) where a guru were saying these words.So comforting words arent they???...my soul lives forever,i will exist forever!But...bound of habit..i began to ponder!!!..

This is a largely followed concept that the soul never dies.The same concept given by every religion,isnt it a proof enough that this fact is true??..otherwise how come every religion give exactly the same theory!there is got to be some fact in it!Sounds logical enough!

But then i thought,can it be due to the fact that we humans love our life so much that we just cannot accept the fact that we cease to exist!Is the reson for similar theories the outcome of faliure of humans to accept their inexistence!Just because we cannot imagine what it would be like if we dont exist at all,we tend to believe that it wont occur at all!!..That sounds logical enough too!

hmmm...I cease to exist...that is interesting!...how would it feel???...silly question..how cn i feel if i dont exist!...i dont exist...this is crazy stuff!...what would be it like...i just cant imagine...a 3D blank image is taking a roller coaster ride in my mind...i just cant i-m-a-g-i-n-e..!!!An infinite loop of the same question began to flubber in my mind!
who ho ho....that gave me a high more than any tequila shot could have!
Now exploring this new possibility,my mind is playing games,forcing me to imagine.....i am walking on a quiet road,in the midst i see a truck coming at a speed of 100(mph or kph does it matter!).....i see it coming to me...i know i am going...a flash of white light....ttttttthhhhhhuuuuuuuddddddddd....still i cant imagine any further...i am yet again unable to imagine my inexistence!Thats unfair....i wanted to feel it!!!
And this is not the first time i have been left gasping,just about when i am going to die in any of my dreams...i always wake up...death never happens!...do i just miss the climax by coincidence or is it due to the fact of incapability of my mind to draw a picture of nothingness?...well , who knows!...
why cant the dream just complete for once....for just once i want to feel inexistence!!...can somebody give me an answer??...
....so dont worry about life or death,death is just a new beginning of yet another venture of your soul,remember it exists forever....guruji continued...and i nodded to sync with the 10000 plus crowd!!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Been Worshipping GOD lately?????

GOD.......Generator Operator Destroyer.....almost every person on this earth believes in the existence of the master,everyone believes in his supremacy, that he is Omnicient,Omnipotent and Omni present,He has given us this wonderful gift of life and we should express our gratitude to him for that,and this makes us worship the Almighty...isnt it???.Prayers are the most common n followed form of worship especially in Hindus,and people claim that they pray to show their respect for GOD.....but really is this the real fact????...

The fact is that worshipping has become more of a job rather than something really done to express our gratitude to the master.With the course of time people have forgotten that offering flowers or prasad is not the main point of worshipping but it is to thank him, make a humble bow to him and to search the divine soul within ours.This involves putting GOD above selfishness and ego,the two major vices most common in humans,but do we really do that????most of us,if answer truthfully will say no!Because in todays materialistic world,the truth is,we pray just to fulfill our dreams,our wishe, every thing we aspire for.We blindly tend to follow what seems to be the easiest way to please the almighty,go to a temple,offer flowers,chant a few mantras and take prasad...and we're done!!
We are no longer worshipping him but it is just a process of appeasement!So simple and it has an added advantage that one can boast of being a theist!!But in the process arent we disrespecting him by not using the greatest gifts he has given to us....our brain and our heart????

If we give a second to think about what we are doing we may find answers.Why would GOD be happy if we offer flowers in a temple???...He has created this world,owns everything,he has put flowers in their place beacuase he likes them that way so why would he be happy if we pluck a bunch of flowers and place in front of a deity???No one cares to bother to ponder about it!!And if we see the bigger picture...by claiming or believing that GOD becomes happy with those who follow rituals,recite mantras,go to temple...ask yourself one question.... arent we insulting GOD by having such materialistic notions for him such as he is happy with ones who offer him something and not with those who respect him but do not follow rituals or go to temple????...it is equivalent to calling him a trader!..What we continuously overlook is the fact that the Almighty is not a human,he is much more powerful and divine away from the materialistic weeknesses we humans have!

After scratching our heads i am sure everyone will hav the answers....it is not necessary to offer flowers in a temple, if u seriously want to offer something offer good karma!There is no need to take a bath before you pray,if u want to maintain purity,be it of the soul.U dont need to fast every week,dont stay away from food,if u have to fast for him,try staying away from selfishness and ego for one day each week instead!U dont need to build and decorate temples,if u want to decorate something decorate mother nature,the real representation of the almighty!U dont need to recite mantras,preach humanity instead!U dont need to offer anything to GOD,he has everything u can give,try helping out others instead!Everone of us has read Bhagwat geeta,when asked everyone seems to respect it and people read it now and again trying to worship!But no one cares what's written inside....it is karma kar fal ki icchha mat kar...do ur best forgest the rest maybe an informal translation!Arent we directly contradicting this statement by GOD himslef by worshipping with an ichha of fal without having to do the real karma!!

After all this pondering,people might think that it is correct and everyone might tend to agree.But people do have a core and shell in their hearts,the core always knows what is correct but it is draped in the curtains of selfishness and ego and the shell refuses to change....perhaps this is kalyuga!
so have you been worshipping GOD lately?????....do ask yourself!
P.S. i have used he/him for GOD everywhere but it was just because 'it' sounds bad!

Not so mysterious mysteries!!!!!

A man sitting under an apple tree,an apple falls,he thinks-what made this apple fall downwards???...he thought and thought and gave us the laws of gravity!
Thank you Sir Isaac Newton!..Today we think,how come no one before Newton ever thought of such a simple thing,i mean,apples fall everyday!If i were alive at that time i would certainly have noticed!
How could i have ignored such a mysterious thing happening right under my nose!!...Well i am alive today and to my surprise i realised, that i do it!!
Ok Sir Newton gave the laws of gravity but...did i ever sat to wonder what gravity is??? what is this invisible force that binds things!!Someone who thinks is an Einstein in the making may answer-gravitons dude!
But what are gravitons???...Even science does not explain that!Isnt it a mystery? A mysterious force that is binding us together and we dont know what is it!We hear the word gravity ten times a day but never ponder so as to what it is!
And i dream of becoming like newton!!!

Hold on....Did i just say dream???..So whats new,i say the word regularly.I have been dreaming all my life-sweet dreams,mysterious dreams,scary dreams,weird dreams and most amazing dreams i have no link to whatsoever!
So who is the script writer of my dreams???...i tell you they are damn interesting!who choses the locations??..they are familiar but kind of new!
,and where does that high quality video of my dream play???..my eyes are closed, but the video is crystal clear!
Never thought on these lines before....of course some people do explain this on bases of mythology,that kal-the creator of kalyuga,has the power to show us anything and dreams are a part of that!..but if you research,you can find nightmares existed even before kalyuga..
so isnt a very satisfactory explanation i guess!Till i find answers,i'll still be dreaming,about daemons,life,devils,spirits.......spirits!

Found another word i use so commonly in my vocabulary! spirit or atma!Though spirit has been defined as ajar,amar(cant be altered/damaged,cant be killed).It is supposed that it is only theatma that lives and body is just a medium for it to be in this world.
but unanswered question remain! if only atma lives and changes body(if we believe in life after life) then how is it that a human is more intelligent than a rabbit! a rabbit may have the spirit of shakespeare!..who knows! Mythology says that its all about the spirit,it is our identity and ourkarma depend on the spirit only,...then how does spirit depend on the body it should work the same in humans or animals!How can we explain the change of heart that happens to people...good turn bad and the bad turn good!..the spirit remains the same and it is ajar!Many would disagree on me on this note...i may be wrong but sure about one thing that questions remain and it is definitely a mystery!

we keep searching for mysteries round the world nazca lines,pyramids,UFO etc. and wish we could see them some day,that would be so interesting! But till that day you have a lot of mysteries around you,that will keep you interested if you care to ponder!
please share any such mysteries that you think remain or if you can throw some light on abovementioned!

Dreams,Ambition,Passion....Deja vu???

In a second standard classroom,teacher asked-what do u want to become when you grow up???....Pilot,Astronaut,Sailor,Scientist,Magician,Painter,cricketer,Athlete...came the enthusiastic replies.Do u recognize any of these children???Believe it or not,one of them is you!!
so what happened to that child who dared to dream and believed it had the guts to  fulfill them????what happened to the passion that flowed in the veins whenever u desired something???where is that passionate kid who wanted to be different,wanted to change the world,wanted to do something so phenomenal!!..??why cant you find time as u did to forget everything and listen to your heartbeat??wasnt it the best music in the world???I am not asking these questions,u have asked these questions to yourself now and then but perhaps didnt dare to answer!


Forget childhood dreams,they may be childish!!we never lose the power to dream,we never stop dreaming,then why dont we stand up to fulfill our dreams or even try to do so??Many times in our life we stand on a divergence,our Heart always shows us a way full of surprises,challenges and fulfillment and the brain shows us an easy way leading to material gains.We live in the fear of faliure ,casually ignoring our heart and smartly(well..atleast we think so!!)following our brain.The result..our ambition gradually becomes just our hobby and then a talent that once was!...gone...wasted!

Different people have different explanations on why they didnt follow their heart,some say that you have to be practical in life,money matters.Unfortunately,they are right,money does matter in todays world,but could any sum of money ever match the satisfaction and joy of accomplishing something you ever dreamt of!Ask neil Armstrong what sum he would have taken in lieu of losing the chance to be the first one to step on the moon....i bet you wont be able to count!Ask Steve Irwin if any sum of money could provide him the thrill he got in jumping into a lake full of hungry crocodiles!!!!the answer would be no....because this is passion!! they dared to look beyond an ordinary life....a life that can only be sought if you follow your heart!


A few would  say that they didnt get a chance to fulfill their dreams,this one has a simple answer,read the biography of any one person who made his/her dreams come true,you'll never say that again!!Life is never short of chances,all you have to do is to dare to cling on one!

Some might  say that there's a lot of struggle and that too with a chance of faliure in following your heart...ask yourself...what do you want to be...a tiger in the zoo who gets all the comforts necessary and a comfortable life or a jungle tiger who may have to struggle everyday but no one can mess with his free spirit!...isnt that what we call life???
And a bunch might even say that they were forced to do so....for them i must say,though it might sound rude,if you dont have guts to stand up for your dreams you dont deserve to dream! 

The choice remains,with you always,at every stage of life...of a life that everyone dreams of or a life that only you can dream of!!