Just a Thought

So how many of us have seen themselves in the mirror? - almost everyone right. We love seeing ourselves. We love gazing at our reflection. We have an obsessive admiration for our face for the beauty hold - but how many of us standing in front of the mirror see beyond this mirage of beauty, peers beneath the illusion of prettiness, envision the raw self - the self which is unadulterated of any beautification and glamour or in other words - how many of us see themselves as an animal in the reflection the way we see every other animals on the planet?  Hardly any I guess unless you're not high on weed. So here's this bizarre thought I've been thinking for a while now back in the days when we human beings stood up on our two legs we were naked, vulnerable, foraging here and there, living a nomadic life, being unconscious to that consciousness which later defined who we are, why we are, and what makes us different. So basically in that primitive age we were like every other a...

This is  2018 which means  2018 years have passed since the birth of Jesus. It's like lots of years. Everything around us has evolved. The things that took days to complete are now done in seconds. We have got everything in our fingers tip. We hardly need to leave our houses if not for office. Technology has given us a way for everything from shopping to socializing to handling our business. Even, for the thing, as intimate as getting a partner, technology has drastically made our life easier and better. And sometimes I wonder if technology really has such as huge power then why haven't we found a solution to hatred. Why can't we get an app that can make us love others more? Why are we still killing each other? Why are we sending our children to war? Why do we build borders and boundaries and walls? Why not relationships? It seems technology hasn't got a solution for everything. It's not a panacea. Sometimes it takes human touch - real human involvement to address ...

Of all the responsibilities, we inherently take being as a social animal, we tend to keep a human relationship responsibilities on the pedestal- the topmost priority. Something we do care for more than any other responsibilities because we know if we trifle with it or be irresponsible with it, its loss could leave a void in our life that can choke us to death. The pain that it inflicts is so unbearable that sometimes it turns us into a living corpse. We lose reasons to live anymore. No matter how bad a person is to other people in general but he tends to be the best to the people he cares about, to his near ones and dear ones. And this human relationship responsibility gets kind of very intense and important when it comes to deal with two lovers - the Romeo and Juliet sort of thing. The promises we make to our lovers are far more concrete and firm then we do for any other things. We end up losing our heart, body, and soul to the other person. We are willing to bet every single bea...

Human beings have put an immense amount of time and effort in replicating nature. Every discovery and invention and art is nothing but to show our self-reliance-  to prove that we don't necessarily need to rely on nature for everything. We can build things of our own, though, inspired by nature but it's our own creation, by our own mind and hands. The four wheels car, the two wings airplane, the artificially intelligent robot are few of the exemplary creations that we take pride in- that makes us think that we might have mastered over mother nature but the fact is we have not and we are not even close to it. and it can never be.  Nature is an elegant form of beauty, a supreme form of art painted by the hands of I-don't-know-who but certainly, the human beings can never possess those hands and one of the beauties of nature that we can never find an alternative of is rain. "BAARISH," that's what we call in Hindi in India. Why is rain so charming to some people...

Humans are an amazing creature. Human beings are invincible species. We are the miracle of this universe. We are the gateway to this infinite unfathomable universe. We have the power to distort reality. We have the strength to tear the fabric of time and space and penetrate through it. We can bend dimensions and walk on it. We can stroll in the past and jump into the future. We can undo things, redo things. We can cut, copy, paste and delete things. For us, the universe is like a computer and we are the one who is operating it. We literally have the power to control the world. We literally have the power to control every single speck of dust in this universe if only we could realize it. I recently watched Dr. Strange and it completely boggled my mind with the ancient concept of how we humans can exponentially enhance our capabilities by tapping into the power of our astral self. How we can break through the finite prison of our body and emancipate ourselves into this multiverse of po...

We, humans, have this intrinsic desire to be accompanied, to have someone's hand in our hand and can walk by our side, to hug someone when we are overwhelmed with emotions. Someone whom we can look up to when things are upside down. When we are haunted by ghoulish darkness we expect someone to come by with a candle and light our way. Humans are dark-averse beings. We get terrified when the languished in the dark. We get scared when we are stranded alone in a solitary way. We feel we are being strangled if we are asked to walk alone. To us, darkness signifies absence. It reflects the emptiness. It emanates the loneliness and you know lonely is the least we all want to be. But I don't think being alone is that bad or is scary the way it has been perceived by most of the people. Loneliness is not the absence of people but the presence of your very self which has basically been drowned out by this mass consuming, self-centered society which thrives on pulling each other's leg...

Perfection is a lousy teacher. I won't generally recommend anyone to chase for it and neither do any sages or shamans or philosophers would suggest. It's the castle built in the air. You can never reside in it. Though it seems to be appealing, if chased will eventually destroy you. Perhaps its a mirage. You feel like you can attain it but put your whole life to it and the only thing you can ever have is a drop from the ocean of it. I don't know what makes one lead an unhappy life but chasing perfection will certainly do and yet few of us fall victim to the beauty of perfection. No matter whats on the stake they set out to chase for it. They are so obsessed with their art that the perfection seems the only salvation for them and one of those obsessed artists was Heath Ledger, a charismatic intense and mesmerizing actor. An actor who literally used to cease his reality gets into the characters. The roles that he played might be fictitious for us but for him, it was an alter...

So as they say that life comprises of two things - happiness and sadness. With the absence of one, it won't be called life. A person without setbacks and sorrows doesn't get to understand what life is as much as the person without success and excitement. These are the two pivotal pillars of the bridge that we walk-on that keeps us balanced and stable. God forbid if any of these pillars fall the bridge collapses and the very idea of life shatters and we are buried deep down under the debris of this scattered life. So the question arises - is it really necessary for us to have these two contradicting emotions to lead a fulfilled life. Won't it be a life if one gets to feel just one of it most presumably happiness? Why do we need to cry if smiling takes less of muscle movement or why do we need to make our heart heavy if it beats faster when light. And I think this contrast in our life comes from this peculiar fetish nature has of keeping everything in equilibrium  - in other ...

Paulo Coelho is one of the most celebrated authors in the world, who got the worldwide fame with The Alchemist. It is truly said that greatness comes with pain, suffering, tragedy. If you look into all the great artists, musicians, writers - they all had one thing in common “ Pain ”. They all faced a lot of hardship in their life and what they are now is the result of that difficulty. Paulo Coelho also went through the extreme side of life which ultimately exposed him to the truth and brought him to a place where he is now. Paulo Coelho was not one of those kids who took normal traditional way without questioning or opposing it. He always stood against the traditional ways. He always had his own perception of the world that was beyond the understanding of normal people. When asked by his parents to go for engineering, he said he wanted to be a writer. Though he was forced to join the college but later he dropped out to follow his dream. Paulo Coelho disagreed with a lot of views ...

So there's a beautiful line by one of the famous spiritual gurus Osho, he says that if you love a flower do not pluck it, because if you pluck it dies and ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower let it be. Love is not about possession, it is about appreciation and I think this very line speaks of everything what love is about. Love isn't about having something, love isn't about owning someone. It is not love, if it induces worry. It is not love, if it inflicts pain and sadness. Love is about letting go. Love is about complete freedom. It is a state of bliss. it is some sort of serenity that helps our soul escape the confinement of our body from this mundane reality. That's what love is. And I don't understand why the love for God ushers us to the path of spirituality, enlightenment, emancipate us whereas love for human being gives us pain, sadness, and worry? Why there is such a difference? Are we not part of God? Are we not made up of that same stardu...

November 20, 2015, old blog post from the previous blog Steve Jobs is one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our generation. He is the one who initiated personal computer revolution. He did things that other considered impossible. He started Apple from his parents garage and with his intuition, vision and hard work made it the world’s most valuable company. Steve Jobs’s life was like a roller-coaster. He had a lot of ups and downs. Being adopted at birth, to discarding formal education, to be fired from his company shows how hard it was. Despite all these, he did what he wanted because he once dipped himself in the spiritual world. Let’s know why Steve Jobs chose spirituality when he was young. The Truth of being Adopted Steve Jobs knew from his early age that he was adopted. The fact that he was adopted was like a hole in his life, and he wanted to fill that up. Being adopted gave him a sense of rejection at birth, and it hurt him. He wanted to meet his biological parents, not b...

November 10, 2015, old blog post from the previous blog What signifies your life? What validates your aliveness? Merely your breath is enough to speak of your existence. No, it’s not. The thirst to know more keeps us alive. It is which keeps us walking. Knowledge is an infinite ocean to which we only accumulate a drop of it in our lifetime. We are dead the moment we feel that there is nothing more to know. So being a child is the only way to be alive because the child never gets run out of curiosity to know. They are Rebellious Every child is rebellious in nature. If they want something, they will go all the way to make sure that they get it what they want. But as we grow up everything fades away. Our rebellious nature is replaced by cowardice. We become compliant. We start accepting things as they are. We stop screaming for what we deserve. You well know, the scream of any child is enough to bend any situation to their will. So grow but never let your scream faint. Keep screamin...

March 15, 2015 - Old post from the previous blog Nature is the ultimate beauty. No human instinct can ever replace it. In fact, we can’t even go close. Every inch of nature is so precise and inspiring. Its never-ending beauty is a joy forever. It is the greatest source of inspiration. One of nature’s unparalleled beauty is Rain. Lots of people are emotionally connected to rain. It makes them feel good when they see sky dressing up for rain. A wave of joy runs throughout their body when they hear the sound of a thunderstorm. So let’s know the reasons why rain makes everything better. It calms our Mind There are a lot of thoughts come to our mind every second. We are constantly bombarded with it. Most of the thoughts are negative, and we easily get dishearted. Our mind is the only reason for the chaos in our life. Rain comes with a cure for all our chaos. It waters and flushes out every worry thought to make us free. It calms our mind. It’s natural way relaxation. It takes us to ou...

Since human evolution art has been one of the key things which have contributed a lot in making our world meaningful and beautiful. It is the thing that has given us the eyes to the aesthetic values, but it has been long since we have altered or broadened the horizon of art. So, what is an art and who is an artist? Is it merely the one who paints, sings or writes is an artist. To me, Art is all about emotions. If any piece of your work carries your emotion is an art. And this is what musicians, writers, and painters do, and we call them artists. So, what would we say to people who use the same emotion in creating a product -  rather industrial product? Is he/she not an artist? Art credit Artistic Intrusion Steve Jobs’s early Lifestyle was like every other Artist There was the beginning of counter-culture revolution when Steve Jobs was in his teens. He was fascinated by its philosophy and way of living. The counterculture was the voice to all the alienated kids who were r...