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Friday, December 31, 2010
This is Cool. and Sweet.
It's All About Perspective
I was heading to a cafe last night to meet some friends. On my way there I saw an interesting sight: A security guard outside and ATM was eating his dinner (I presume) facing the wall and covered by chairs on both sides. Perhaps so that nobody would see him eat and who likes to be stared at while eating in public? Just then a Mercedes passed by which probably cost more than 200 times this guys monthly salary. and I'm being optimistic.
My first reaction was to feel sad for him. But then I thought about it, and there was no reason for me to feel bad. Life is unfair. People are born with diseases they did nothing to deserve. People are born in poverty for no apparent reason. People are born with silver spoons, heck even gold spoons, just because. and I wasn't so lucky as a child but I am now.
Everything I need is right with me, and because my father worked hard. (Thanks to him of course). But I could still have more. I'm not greedy, not planning on being decadent. It's simple: The Watchman has Rupee 1. I have Rupees 100. Someone else has Rupees 1000. Why feel bad? If you want it work for it, and believe that you can have it. If you're lucky (and I dont mean in the lucky sense that destiny and all - if you have the presence of mind to take an opportunity and turn it into something real kind of luck) you will get it.
But it is our first instinct to feel bad for people worse off, but when things are in perspective - we are always worse off, or better off - in one way or another (emotionally, physically, mentally, or financially). That is an exceedingly negative stance to take and yes it's very pessimistic. We are of course better off counting our blessings and when we do get that opportunity, make the best of it and become better - emotionally, financially, or whatever.
Why be negative? Or perhaps it's not negative at all - It creates ambition and ambition makes you better. or maybe it doesnt. It's all about perspective.
Ps. How confusing was this? Writing a short post is so much harder than writing a long post. But let me know if this was too confusing I could write... a longer one?
My first reaction was to feel sad for him. But then I thought about it, and there was no reason for me to feel bad. Life is unfair. People are born with diseases they did nothing to deserve. People are born in poverty for no apparent reason. People are born with silver spoons, heck even gold spoons, just because. and I wasn't so lucky as a child but I am now.
Everything I need is right with me, and because my father worked hard. (Thanks to him of course). But I could still have more. I'm not greedy, not planning on being decadent. It's simple: The Watchman has Rupee 1. I have Rupees 100. Someone else has Rupees 1000. Why feel bad? If you want it work for it, and believe that you can have it. If you're lucky (and I dont mean in the lucky sense that destiny and all - if you have the presence of mind to take an opportunity and turn it into something real kind of luck) you will get it.
But it is our first instinct to feel bad for people worse off, but when things are in perspective - we are always worse off, or better off - in one way or another (emotionally, physically, mentally, or financially). That is an exceedingly negative stance to take and yes it's very pessimistic. We are of course better off counting our blessings and when we do get that opportunity, make the best of it and become better - emotionally, financially, or whatever.
Why be negative? Or perhaps it's not negative at all - It creates ambition and ambition makes you better. or maybe it doesnt. It's all about perspective.
Ps. How confusing was this? Writing a short post is so much harder than writing a long post. But let me know if this was too confusing I could write... a longer one?
Monday, December 20, 2010
We Are God
There is no scientific evidence that God - as a person - exists. With my Hinduish upbringing, and a lasting interest in other religious scriptures, I have come to understand one thing: Human Beings are not comfortable with the unknown. What we are uncertain about makes us uncomfortable. To mitigate this, since our consciousness has existed – Man has created stories, which turned into scriptures – and then Holy books that are lived by. Another thing I have come to understand in the 20 odd years or so of my life is that God is just a means to achieve happiness and understanding and unity with the world. We are a part of this world. What makes me so confident and contented in the thought that our ultimate goal is to achieve happiness is in line with the Buddhist school of thought: Our consciousness creates everything.
I'm not saying that physical things do not exist: what we can feel certainly exists. What I am standing for is that God is man's creation: A means to mitigate the level of discomfort with the unknown. Many of us will find this unbelievable, intolerable, bold or unnerving. But for me, it seems like the plain, simple, truth. When we see all the unfairness in this world – a child born in poverty or disease and at the same moment someone born with a silver platter ready to be served – it is clear in my mind that our consciousness combined is the greatest form of consciousness. No God would like this kind of a unjust world. It is his world after all.
Then there is the concept of karma – what you did in the last life affects you now. That is partially fair, but it is also just as unfair. Why would I have to deal with that I don't even know I did? I find that hard to digest too. What I believe, simply is that, this world is the way it is. It was designed because it was deemed to be the most efficient this way. Man will kill, man will realize that he can live in peace. Man will create, man will destroy. Man will live, man will die.
I am not an Atheist. I believe in God. The kind of God that resides in our consciousness – Heck, it is our consciousness. That is a reason why since the beginning of time, we have been asked to be mindful of what we are doing. Every action we take, every thought we think should be carefully understood and orchestrated. It is easy to say it and harder and harder to implement. The mindfulness is even harder considering the amount of distractions our generations our world is being exposed to. My mind is home to a lot of these distractions, I wouldn't want to be a phony – I love, and really, love – technology and all that it can enable. But that's the point – it is good only as long as it can enable – not when it becomes a disturbance. The key is of course to find the balance between the distraction and the mindfulness.
At age 22, I understand life better than most of my peers – and Im not being modest here – there's no reason to be. I'm being honest, simple and truthful. I am confident that you will like why I say so. We are creators. We are enablers, we are people who make life simpler for both, human beings and other members the food chain (Generally speaking; when we are not fighting against each other in the name of religion). We may not have wings, but we can fly. We may not have ESP (some of us do), but we can communicate miles and miles away (through the use of a telephone, internet and the list goes on). The use of certain materials to create complex flying and communicating objects are nothing short of a miracle.
Technology enables us to do that. People say that it would be possible to even transfer our conscience into a machine – which would be a form of immortality. Not for our physical body of course, but our thoughts will exist – and as debatable as this is – what are we if not a series of thoughts? (If I think like you, I could be you. If I think like my neighbor, I could be my neighbor. I think like me, that's why I'm me.)
We created the technology that helps us create other things. We created technology that helps us destroy. We created technology that helps us transform things. We can transform anything by use of other things. For example at a factor, plastic and metals are molded to become toys, cars and a million other products we use everyday. Isn't this a form of alchemy? Aren't we then, Gods? Heck – scientists are even able to create matter from nothingness.
We are so perplexed by all these mysteries because we don't take the simple miracles seriously. Man is prone to being bad – and I mean evil. Jack the Ripper is an example, Hitler, another. I won't go into that, because that could take a few thousand pages, but there is an explanation why. Firstly. We don't believe human beings are great (as in having the ability to do something miraculous like the Gods), and secondly, because of that notion, we think that there has to be a higher power that governs us all.
I do not explain this in order to create a new world order. And neither is it to explain why religion is bad – it is not. It is not as long as it is kept to oneself and not used to propagate violence and hatred. But human beings find it hard to keep religion or ideals to themselves. We want everyone to believe what we believe. The fact is, all the religions do believe in almost identical things – gods, truthful, honesty etc., but we want others to believe in the same thing as long as you also call it the same.
One other thing I believe is that we are both Good and Evil. Think about it. We create and we destroy. We are the balance of this world. Without hatred, there would not be the "understanding" of love. Without war, there would be no "value" of peace. We have to be both. We have to be ourselves. I do inherently believe that Human Beings are great, compassionate, understanding creatures – but what we don't understand is that in our history – so much war, so much hatred has already been propagated through religion, and other propagandas that we have come to understand the value of the good things.
We should practice whatever we like, think of human beings (as a whole) as the God and the devil. And be open to all. Agree to disagree. It is high-time for that, and there is no better time like now. And on top of it all, know that while there is no proof that human beings are the greatest form of consciousness there is – they are the greatest form of consciousness we know. There is greatness in us. Maybe I'm wrong. Or maybe, I'm not.
I'm not saying that physical things do not exist: what we can feel certainly exists. What I am standing for is that God is man's creation: A means to mitigate the level of discomfort with the unknown. Many of us will find this unbelievable, intolerable, bold or unnerving. But for me, it seems like the plain, simple, truth. When we see all the unfairness in this world – a child born in poverty or disease and at the same moment someone born with a silver platter ready to be served – it is clear in my mind that our consciousness combined is the greatest form of consciousness. No God would like this kind of a unjust world. It is his world after all.
Then there is the concept of karma – what you did in the last life affects you now. That is partially fair, but it is also just as unfair. Why would I have to deal with that I don't even know I did? I find that hard to digest too. What I believe, simply is that, this world is the way it is. It was designed because it was deemed to be the most efficient this way. Man will kill, man will realize that he can live in peace. Man will create, man will destroy. Man will live, man will die.
I am not an Atheist. I believe in God. The kind of God that resides in our consciousness – Heck, it is our consciousness. That is a reason why since the beginning of time, we have been asked to be mindful of what we are doing. Every action we take, every thought we think should be carefully understood and orchestrated. It is easy to say it and harder and harder to implement. The mindfulness is even harder considering the amount of distractions our generations our world is being exposed to. My mind is home to a lot of these distractions, I wouldn't want to be a phony – I love, and really, love – technology and all that it can enable. But that's the point – it is good only as long as it can enable – not when it becomes a disturbance. The key is of course to find the balance between the distraction and the mindfulness.
At age 22, I understand life better than most of my peers – and Im not being modest here – there's no reason to be. I'm being honest, simple and truthful. I am confident that you will like why I say so. We are creators. We are enablers, we are people who make life simpler for both, human beings and other members the food chain (Generally speaking; when we are not fighting against each other in the name of religion). We may not have wings, but we can fly. We may not have ESP (some of us do), but we can communicate miles and miles away (through the use of a telephone, internet and the list goes on). The use of certain materials to create complex flying and communicating objects are nothing short of a miracle.
Technology enables us to do that. People say that it would be possible to even transfer our conscience into a machine – which would be a form of immortality. Not for our physical body of course, but our thoughts will exist – and as debatable as this is – what are we if not a series of thoughts? (If I think like you, I could be you. If I think like my neighbor, I could be my neighbor. I think like me, that's why I'm me.)
We created the technology that helps us create other things. We created technology that helps us destroy. We created technology that helps us transform things. We can transform anything by use of other things. For example at a factor, plastic and metals are molded to become toys, cars and a million other products we use everyday. Isn't this a form of alchemy? Aren't we then, Gods? Heck – scientists are even able to create matter from nothingness.
We are so perplexed by all these mysteries because we don't take the simple miracles seriously. Man is prone to being bad – and I mean evil. Jack the Ripper is an example, Hitler, another. I won't go into that, because that could take a few thousand pages, but there is an explanation why. Firstly. We don't believe human beings are great (as in having the ability to do something miraculous like the Gods), and secondly, because of that notion, we think that there has to be a higher power that governs us all.
I do not explain this in order to create a new world order. And neither is it to explain why religion is bad – it is not. It is not as long as it is kept to oneself and not used to propagate violence and hatred. But human beings find it hard to keep religion or ideals to themselves. We want everyone to believe what we believe. The fact is, all the religions do believe in almost identical things – gods, truthful, honesty etc., but we want others to believe in the same thing as long as you also call it the same.
One other thing I believe is that we are both Good and Evil. Think about it. We create and we destroy. We are the balance of this world. Without hatred, there would not be the "understanding" of love. Without war, there would be no "value" of peace. We have to be both. We have to be ourselves. I do inherently believe that Human Beings are great, compassionate, understanding creatures – but what we don't understand is that in our history – so much war, so much hatred has already been propagated through religion, and other propagandas that we have come to understand the value of the good things.
We should practice whatever we like, think of human beings (as a whole) as the God and the devil. And be open to all. Agree to disagree. It is high-time for that, and there is no better time like now. And on top of it all, know that while there is no proof that human beings are the greatest form of consciousness there is – they are the greatest form of consciousness we know. There is greatness in us. Maybe I'm wrong. Or maybe, I'm not.
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