Thursday, February 16, 2006
Random But very Interesting
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialisation is for insects." -- R. Heinlein
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
God ( Now that we have started to talk about)
The World Health Organisation reports that over one million people commit suicide every year. This figure is more than the total annual deaths reported due to wars and murders combined.
WHO calls this disturbing global trend of more people ending their lives a tragic social health problem.
The number of suicide cases highlight the gross imbalance in material and spiritual values in contemporary society.
Increasingly, people live for only worldly goals. Their entire sense of identity and self-worth comes from the pursuit and achievement of materialistic aims such as wealth, sensual pleasure, possessions and positions.
This definition of success in terms of material achievements lies at the root of suicidal thought.
Why? Because people pursuing such goals will sooner, rather than later, be confronted with a situation where they will fail to gain or fear the failure to gain what they crave for.
And similarly those who possess these things will be faced with situations where they lose or fear to lose what they live for. In such situations people become so identity-less and purpose-less that they feel life not worth living. And destroying one’s very existence appears to be the only escape.
For example, a student who considers getting top grades to be his life's only goal will feel euphoric on becoming a topper. But he is equally prone to be devastated if he fails. If he thinks that marks are the be-all and end-all in life, he may well consider his life a disgraceful failure and decide to end it.
How can spirituality help in such a situation?
Spiritual knowledge from the sacred scriptures helps us understand our eternal identity as spiritual beings, beloved children of God.
Spiritual practices like prayer, meditation and chanting of holy names help us experience the reality of God's love for us.
Our life becomes motivated and directed by a glorious purpose: to use all our abilities and resources in the service of God and all His children, to thus revive our dormant love for God and to share that treasure of peace and joy with all living beings.
We become empowered by the conviction that even if everything goes wrong and everyone misunderstands us, still one person cares for us, understands us and stays unflinchingly with us at all times: God.
Just as an intelligent child sees the love of the mother, not only in her pat, but also in her slap, spirituality helps us to see God's love, not only in times of success, but also in times of failure.
We see life not as a 100-metre sprint in pursuit of fleeting pleasures, but as a 100-kilometre marathon in pursuit of everlasting joy.
Even amidst reversals, we see the road to eternal glory still beckoning us. Buoyed by the protecting and reassuring presence of God in our hearts and lives, we march confidently through the ups and downs of life. Sociological surveys show that spiritually minded people enjoy much better mental health than those who are materialistic.
So as we pray for the souls of the unfortunate who ended their lives, let us also pray for the spiritual enlightenment of some others who may be veering towards a similar fate.
WHO calls this disturbing global trend of more people ending their lives a tragic social health problem.
The number of suicide cases highlight the gross imbalance in material and spiritual values in contemporary society.
Increasingly, people live for only worldly goals. Their entire sense of identity and self-worth comes from the pursuit and achievement of materialistic aims such as wealth, sensual pleasure, possessions and positions.
This definition of success in terms of material achievements lies at the root of suicidal thought.
Why? Because people pursuing such goals will sooner, rather than later, be confronted with a situation where they will fail to gain or fear the failure to gain what they crave for.
And similarly those who possess these things will be faced with situations where they lose or fear to lose what they live for. In such situations people become so identity-less and purpose-less that they feel life not worth living. And destroying one’s very existence appears to be the only escape.
For example, a student who considers getting top grades to be his life's only goal will feel euphoric on becoming a topper. But he is equally prone to be devastated if he fails. If he thinks that marks are the be-all and end-all in life, he may well consider his life a disgraceful failure and decide to end it.
How can spirituality help in such a situation?
Spiritual knowledge from the sacred scriptures helps us understand our eternal identity as spiritual beings, beloved children of God.
Spiritual practices like prayer, meditation and chanting of holy names help us experience the reality of God's love for us.
Our life becomes motivated and directed by a glorious purpose: to use all our abilities and resources in the service of God and all His children, to thus revive our dormant love for God and to share that treasure of peace and joy with all living beings.
We become empowered by the conviction that even if everything goes wrong and everyone misunderstands us, still one person cares for us, understands us and stays unflinchingly with us at all times: God.
Just as an intelligent child sees the love of the mother, not only in her pat, but also in her slap, spirituality helps us to see God's love, not only in times of success, but also in times of failure.
We see life not as a 100-metre sprint in pursuit of fleeting pleasures, but as a 100-kilometre marathon in pursuit of everlasting joy.
Even amidst reversals, we see the road to eternal glory still beckoning us. Buoyed by the protecting and reassuring presence of God in our hearts and lives, we march confidently through the ups and downs of life. Sociological surveys show that spiritually minded people enjoy much better mental health than those who are materialistic.
So as we pray for the souls of the unfortunate who ended their lives, let us also pray for the spiritual enlightenment of some others who may be veering towards a similar fate.
Saturday, February 11, 2006
God
The un-ending debate to define GOD
The Deep seated of Scientific Humans, to define, to quantify, to delimit everything they THINK they can know..
Well you reach GOD from various directions:- It all comes from the human desire of CONTROL and
POWER, currupts?
No i am not exactly an ATHEIST But..
"the Human fear of unknown"
- someone develops a belief system based on observations!
- Followed by one, and more and more and certain masses
- Leads to Feeling of Power
- Control
- "self righteousness"(Ghamand)
- Power CURRUPTS
but where is the GOD, the belief system..what was the cause
The INVENTION OF GOD?
- What if you Knew just about everything
- Then do you need GOD
- Then who is GOD
- Then ru GOD ?
- If you Knew Everything.. then what would you do living?YOU knoe it all!!
- Life looses its meaning?
- SO you can never knoe everything..
- If you do.. you r GOD
- If you are GOD.. what will you do ..you dont have any desire to live!
- GOD= No LIfe
- Is No Life= Death?
COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE= GOD= Death?
What do you think of GOD?
DEFINE GOD?
The Deep seated of Scientific Humans, to define, to quantify, to delimit everything they THINK they can know..
Well you reach GOD from various directions:- It all comes from the human desire of CONTROL and
POWER, currupts?
No i am not exactly an ATHEIST But..
"the Human fear of unknown"
- someone develops a belief system based on observations!
- Followed by one, and more and more and certain masses
- Leads to Feeling of Power
- Control
- "self righteousness"(Ghamand)
- Power CURRUPTS
but where is the GOD, the belief system..what was the cause
The INVENTION OF GOD?
- What if you Knew just about everything
- Then do you need GOD
- Then who is GOD
- Then ru GOD ?
- If you Knew Everything.. then what would you do living?YOU knoe it all!!
- Life looses its meaning?
- SO you can never knoe everything..
- If you do.. you r GOD
- If you are GOD.. what will you do ..you dont have any desire to live!
- GOD= No LIfe
- Is No Life= Death?
COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE= GOD= Death?
What do you think of GOD?
DEFINE GOD?
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Ignorance is Bliss??
Is It?
The less you know.. the smaller is your view
the more you understand the more considerations pop in ur mind?
OK Gyan in purple
Fact is that EVERYONE IS ALWAYS RIGHTS
FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW
And the bigger challnge lies in that..
when you start understanding more point of views!!
more lifes
why and how people are the way they are
your are caught in the middle
everyone is right from their point of view
So what do you do?
MAKE A POINT!
:-)
UR own point from your own point of view
Its the trubble of the Universe to comprehend and re-comprehend the same
The less you know.. the smaller is your view
the more you understand the more considerations pop in ur mind?
OK Gyan in purple
Fact is that EVERYONE IS ALWAYS RIGHTS
FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW
And the bigger challnge lies in that..
when you start understanding more point of views!!
more lifes
why and how people are the way they are
your are caught in the middle
everyone is right from their point of view
So what do you do?
MAKE A POINT!
:-)
UR own point from your own point of view
Its the trubble of the Universe to comprehend and re-comprehend the same
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