tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60645027587343651082024-02-24T14:54:48.421-08:00Inside a volcanoRaghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-91184231162763643512023-10-08T21:41:00.003-07:002023-10-09T10:36:45.021-07:00Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya<p>This is one of the very common and famous prayers in our scriptures which means "Lead me from darkness to light". I always have a problem with this line. When people say this line, I always used to argue what's wrong with darkness. Darkness did not do anything wrong. We always make our room extremely dark to be able to sleep properly. The movie theaters have to make it very dark in order for us to enjoy the movie. When we are really down, we tend to sit in dark places, because darkness is really helping us cope up with whatever we are dealing with in our lives. So there is nothing wrong with darkness. Both darkness and light are equally important.</p><p>Most of the times, the meaning is not straightforward in our scriptures. Its hidden somewhere in the nature or other random places. We need to have the time and motivation to gain insight, otherwise we will end up with wrong interpretations. </p><p>If you observe, the way we see the colors on a surface depends on what color the surface is reflecting. If we are seeing green color frog, the color we see is the light reflected off of the surface of the frog's skin perceived by our eyes. If we are seeing a yellow fruit, the surface of the fruit reflects the color yellow. If some surface absorbs everything, then we perceive it as black color (synonymous to darkness). If some surface reflects everything then it is perceived as white color (synonymous to light). So what this line is actually telling us is "Lead me from the state of absorbing everything to the state of reflecting everything", meaning, lead me to a state of being a witness to everything that's happening in the world. </p><p>This is definitely a prayer that we all need</p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-37339858675653131042023-05-05T19:58:00.001-07:002023-05-05T19:59:13.259-07:00Discipline - Creating constants in a day<p>People associate discipline with time. Actually discipline has nothing to do with time. Discipline is all about three things. Effortlessness, Support and Perfection. If you do a task everyday in the exact same way, in course of time it will become effortless and you get so attached to the task that it will also become your support. This will eventually lead to perfection. </p><p>We go through several things each day in our modern world and it will be a good idea to keep atleast few tasks in a day that will never change, that will act as a support in times of crunch. This is extremely hard, but it can also be a pillar of support once achieved. The so called people who are great at embracing changes definitely have few constants in a day. </p><p>We are living in a world of instant food, instant result, instant gratification. So there is a sense of urgency created in our brain that will keep us away from discipline. Because this will take time and consistent effort. And we are not able to even handle simple pressures in life. We are waiting for a bus, bus takes few more minutes, we will check our phone 10 times. We are waiting in traffic, we will listen to the traffic news on radio or look at the alternate routes. We are watching a series and the first episode ends in a suspense, we cannot stop. We have to keep watching. The instant result culture created by the technology is preventing us from having lasting friendships, lasting relationships etc. Keep atleast few tasks constant that we can do every single day that can eventually become our support</p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-36566924505313680352023-04-28T21:19:00.000-07:002024-01-06T22:25:15.111-08:00Character and Self respect<p>I believe that endurance builds character and the reasoning that you develop in your mind for that endurance becomes your self-respect. And that self-respect is what brings clarity/humbleness in speech. Based on the circumstances that you are facing in your life, sometimes you may have to endure a lot of things. You have to develop a certain reasoning in your mind to develop that endurance. It’s not at all easy. </p><p>Different people develop different kinds of reasoning based on their brought up, circumstances or compulsions they are living in, or the kind of knowledge they have or acquired over the period of their life. Sometimes, reading about history or knowing about what’s happening around us can certainly help in developing that reasoning in your mind. The drive for this reasoning is that you need it because without that you have no endurance and without endurance you cannot live. <span style="color: red;">So the desire to live creates purpose (or even the other way, purpose creates the desire to live)</span> that will help us build the reasoning that will lead to developing endurance towards what we are going through in life</p><p>For example “I am living a life based on dharma” can certainly be a reason to develop that endurance. It need not always be based on a philosophy. Lets take the case of a janitor, if they think that they are creating a healthy environment for people to live, that itself will create a purpose in their life, which in turn creates the reasoning for endurance</p><p><br /></p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-90718562889520986522023-04-26T22:19:00.004-07:002023-04-27T06:11:56.869-07:00Bring your day back to life<p>We keep seeing people and asking them "how are you", "whats up" etc. and most of the times we are used to giving responses like, "fine", "going on" etc and some other mediocre answers. </p><p>The life that we have every day is the microcosm of our entire life or Our entire life is the macrocosm of our every day life. If you observe your everyday life and see what you feel about it. Most probably thats exactly what you feel about your life</p><p>So the overall outlook of your life will change if you are really interested and excited about your daily life. This is the secret. So if you really want to improve your life, improve your everyday</p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-79088467927569074362023-04-26T22:03:00.000-07:002023-04-26T22:03:46.247-07:00We dont go out on Fridays<p>Me and my daughter (she is 12 yrs old) sometimes play this game. The game is to take a simple line and make something very interesting out of it. I keep telling her that extraordinary things can come out of ordinary if you think deeper. So the line we picked was "we dont go out on Fridays"</p><p>Her version</p><p>On fridays me and my family never go out. Its not because of exhaustion. Its definitely not because of laziness. Why do we need to go out every weekend scouring for something that gives us happiness when there is one thing we bond over at home. TV. Sitting on our comfy couch, eating our favorite food, legs up, cuddled in a warm and soft blanket, watching and bonding over our favorite TV shows. What better way to unwind than spending quality time with our loved ones. Questioning every character, making funny jokes, having our family share every moment of it with us, and most importantly being able to relate to each other. All of our differences come together to share this one wholesome moment</p><p>My version</p><p>Our body and mind try to compensate each other to bring balance at the end of each day. For example if your mind feels happy, your body will jump up and down creating exhaustion thus creating balance. One friday I thought, why create a balance. I want to be high all the time. So if your mind feels high, make your body still. Dont make much noice. You will feel more high and it continues. Since friday is the day our mind feels high, we dont go out on fridays</p><p><br /></p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-46717704932487158312023-02-06T19:26:00.004-08:002023-02-16T21:39:24.761-08:00Costco - The joy of abundance<p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">I love shopping at costco. There is so much joy seeing everything in abundance. We all suffer from an issue of not knowing how much we want in life. Since our mind cannot accept uncertainty in any aspect, whenever we see anything in abundance, its such a joy. We all love abundance of food in our homes, funds in our bank, friends in our circle, love in our heart.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">There is an important thing that needs to be observed. Whenever we experience joy, it makes it easier for us to do things. For example, if you love travelling and you have a travel planned, the joy of looking forward to that travel will give us an energy boost to do hard things, things we have been accumulating or the things that we have been postponing, losing some of that energy in the process. We still may not feel the losing of the energy, since the joy of looking forward continuosly generates life energy. So if you really observe the only thing that we really need in abundance is the energy with which we live. It creates positivity around us</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">Each of us have multiple different sources of energy. Some might feel happy singing/listening, or playing an instrument, or travelling, or even learning or whatever that we do, not because we have to do it, but because we want to do it. Thats the key to the abundance. Lets all start doing things that accumulate life energy and experience the joy of abundant life.</span></p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-66468844058599234802022-02-17T04:16:00.010-08:002022-02-17T08:42:22.351-08:00Affirmation godsEvery line that we say out loud will get registered in the universe. Every time we say the line, it will get registered. The more times a line is registered with the universe, the more compelling the universe will feel to act on the line. So it is very important for us to watch what we speak out loud. In our childhood days, our parents and grand parents used to call that phenomenon affirmation gods. They used to say that the primary and the only responsibility of these affirmation gods is to keep listening to what you say out loud and grant whatever you ask for. So now the responsibility lies with us that we have to be careful while asking. <div><br /></div><div>These apply to every line that we say every single day. We keep hearing these lines frequently from kids or adults. "Leave me alone", "I want some me time", "Go away", "I don't want to talk about it" etc etc. Now-a-days, for people these may not seem like a big deal, but we may not realize the impact of these lines while we are saying. They are getting registered</div><div><br /></div><div>Sometimes I feel that if every kid in the world stops saying the line "leave me alone" there wouldn't have been that many divorces happening in the world. Or if every adult stops saying, I want some me time, may be we wouldn't have got a pandemic like covid which is a complete "me" time. Or if people stops saying "I don't want to talk about it", may be everybody would have been blessed with good friends. They wouldn't have to take the help of external stimulants to feel better in difficult situations. If you notice, every small line that we say has an effect that we may not immediately realize. Let's take another example, if somebody asks how are you and in response we say "fine" or "going on", or some mediocre answer. We have to remember that it's getting registered that many times. Eventually your day/life will become mediocre. But if we say "excellent", "going very well" etc the same thing will get registered and eventually your life will improve if it's not already excellent.</div><div><br /></div><div>When I was kid, a small boy used to come to our house. He used to say that he always wanted to keep his mouth clean. He wouldn't even say one line that has a negative affirmation. He was very reluctant to even say slightly bad words like idiot. He used to tell that instead of saying that word just explain what the other person did wrong in a polite way and what they can do to fix it. </div><div><br /></div><div>Let us all cultivate the habit of speaking nice things out loud and contribute to the greater good of the world</div>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-60928904801883306832021-12-31T20:59:00.001-08:002021-12-31T21:07:19.142-08:00New year Wishes<p>We are all good people. We all have good intentions and always want to do good things to people and in general. In the process of living our life, we might have some screw-ups. If we don't fix the screw-up right away, they turn into something big. For example, if we had a trouble or a fight with a friend or a relation, if we don't fix it right away, it might turn into something big. Similarly if we want to do a certain thing and have been postponing it, it will become increasingly difficult with time to accomplish the same thing. These kind of screw-ups require great deal of energy to fix</p><p>Even though, we have all the good intentions in the world, sometimes we lack that little push. Sometimes the energy we have may not be enough to give that push to accomplish a certain thing. As the things grow, we tend to give up and start looking for a fresh start. The many special days and festivals we have will give us that necessary boost to do the right thing</p><p>New year is one of the best occasions that will keep giving us chances for a fresh start and a boost of energy. It gives us an opportunity along with a fresh start and a new hope to push ourselves to do the right thing, to fix the screw-ups, to complete the things that we have been postponing</p><p>I wish this new year gives all of us the necessary boost of energy to build better relationships, to work a little more harder towards prosperity, to live a little more disciplined life towards better health, to pray/meditate to get us a little more closer to god and all the necessary push to move towards our overall well-being</p><p>A Very Happy New Year </p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-11229506532090547802021-12-31T13:01:00.003-08:002022-02-16T09:56:13.704-08:00Boring RoutinesMost of the people live their life with a standard routine. People looking from outside might call it boring. For all those people, I would like to say a few words. Whenever you are really enjoying something, you cannot think of anything else. You will not be even conscious about whats happening while you are really enjoying. If you are thinking about something else, you really are not completely in the moment. Not completely enjoying the current moment you are in<div><br /></div><div>People living the so called boring/routine life do not think of anything else. They are so happy with their routines that they don't even want to think about anything else. First of all they wont even remember to think of anything else</div><div><br /></div><div>People who always think of vacations and going somewhere else, escaping from these routines are the ones who are not happy with their life. They have no right to challenge the people living a routine life. Be thankful and be blessed that you have a routine life</div>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-7017406525208323562021-11-28T09:26:00.001-08:002022-01-03T19:08:55.442-08:00Real beauty of a house<p>The real beauty of a house doesn't depend on how big or spacious it is or how beautifully it is decorated or how much furniture it has, but it depends on the number of people in the house who are ready to work and serve without taking turns or looking for turns</p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-84404432803950977842021-11-20T19:45:00.002-08:002021-11-20T19:56:52.991-08:00ThanksGiving<p>One of the best things anyone can give or receive is thanks. It makes you feel that you are surrounded by a universe that cares for you. Giving thanks is a blessing that everyone should have that will make us celebrate all the care we receive and acknowledge that we are never alone irrespective of what we go through in life. This is one of the very few tools in life that can fill our heart with gratitude.</p><p>The culture of celebrating thanksgiving has an interesting aspect. The transition from the season of putting efforts to the season of reaping its benefits will remind us every single time that the efforts will never go waste. And giving thanks at this time, will keep us grounded irrespective of the results achieved for the efforts we have put in over time, and will also keep us humbled for the resources we are going to enjoy. Both aspects of this culture will let us master the cycle of efforts and results, resulting in a true gratitude that we can share with the world around us and contribute to its well being</p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-74709359723159747292021-10-19T19:12:00.008-07:002021-10-20T20:27:04.106-07:00Morals for the new ageThe morals in the world have to be changed from time to time during the course of evolution. Every generation needs a new set of morals to maintain their course of life without much deviations. Earlier people/religions have created concepts of heaven and hell, virtue and sin. But the current generation don't even understand those or they think why they have to worry about something that will happen after they die. Why cant we have something for living? And regarding virtue and sin, the lines are blurring between them for a long time now. In a way people have slowly started living in the moment than what was previously perceived. <div><br /></div><div>In this age of advanced and more present thinking will there be any concept of moral that we can think of, to teach our kids, that will be imprinted in their brain and will help them in maintaining their course in life, not deviating much from the so called good. I realized we need a new set of morals. Then came to the rescue is "law of karma". I am a very strong believer of karma. Whatever you do, comes back to you. Either good or bad. 100%. There are absolutely no exceptions. If I imprint this concept in my kids brain, atleast they will be careful when dealing with other people. </div><div><br /></div><div>I kept thinking, this covers for the societal living, but how can I create a moral that will prevent them from causing any self harm. Is there any such thing?. Unfortunately the tools we still have in our society are based on fear. <span style="font-family: inherit;">May be thats why people are literally flocking to the places of worship. But its all about creating a moral without fear. whats the point of having fear in morals as well</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div>This made me think about beautiful/meaningful relationships. Relationships are what keeps us going in life. How much ever we feel that sometimes we want to stay alone, but we all long for good and meaningful relationships. They are the ones that weaves the fabric of our friends, families and eventually societies keeping us safe and creating a feeling that our life is completely not ours and we are absolutely ok with that. So its rather not a moral thats required but beautiful, meaningful and long lasting relationships</div></div>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-64560953150318208352021-10-17T13:40:00.011-07:002021-10-22T06:17:02.344-07:00Piece of joy<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have been looking for the following words (given by a very learned person) for a long time. Finally found them. Didnt want to miss them again. So sharing here</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>You are not accidental. Existence needs you. Without you something will be missing in existence and nobody can replace it. That's what gives you dignity, that the whole existence will miss you. The stars and sun and moon, the trees and birds and earth - everything in the universe will feel a small place is vacant which cannot be filled by anybody except you. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">This gives you a tremendous joy, a fulfillment that you are related to existence, and existence cares for you. Once you are clean and clear, you can see tremendous love falling on you from all dimensions</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-65942517837925238552021-08-08T20:48:00.005-07:002023-04-28T21:08:42.538-07:00Person at the waves<p>Today after a long time, I went to a beach. It is such a beautiful sight to see the waves and the people playing and having so much fun around the waves. It is science that waves in an ocean are influenced by several external factors like wind speed, direction, moonlight etc. Some waves are pleasant and some can knock you down. But the person next to the waves always enjoys them irrespective of how pleasant or strong the waves can be.</p><p>Then I thought every person is a like an ocean. We have so many waves in the form of feelings. Sometimes we are happy, sometimes we are sad which are influenced by several external factors. Some are pleasant to the person next to us and some can be real hard that can knock them down. Imagine we have a friend or our life partner enjoying the waves irrespective of how pleasant or how hard they are, just like the person at the waves. It will be a beautiful sight/life</p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-82509118100408131892021-05-01T21:36:00.010-07:002022-02-16T12:11:24.459-08:00Have a big enough jar for all your pennies<p>In this current state of constantly changing world, we all keep looking for stability. In the process of gaining stability, sometimes we feel that our resources are getting wasted, our time and energies are getting wasted. I would like to talk about a phenomenon that used to happen in our previous generation (my dad's). They used to buy a house soon after either getting a job or getting married. They used to pay for the mortgage through out their job life. By the time they retire, the house value used to grow enough to save them from any financial hardship. Imagine an investment big enough rightly made and contributed through out your life and benefitting you by the time you retire</p><p>The current world and life is different. For example, if you join a job, you want to prove yourself, you work really hard. You become a key person getting involved in multiple things. But let's say if you have to change your job, you have to start from scratch all over again. Whatever you did was gone and you have to start from scratch. Let's take another example, you moved to a community, you worked really hard and made so many friends. Everything is going well. Let's say due to some circumstances you have to move to a different community far away from the current one, then you have to start from scratch, work really hard, make friends again and <span style="color: red;">this cycle continues as long as the world around you is changing</span>. Similarly you are in a relationship. You have spent a lot of time. Suddenly if you have to part ways from your current relationship, you have to start from scratch. </p><p>Every time you keep putting all your pennies into a jar. But the problem is that the jar was not big enough to hold all your pennies. If you consider the above examples, imagine a job which you don't have to leave, imagine a community or a relationship that you don't have to part ways with. Then you would have found THE jar that's big enough. Choose your aspects of life wisely before putting any efforts. <span style="color: red;">Imagine your life if you have a dream that's worth your life.</span> That's the biggest jar you can ever get</p><p><br /></p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-15049026694651298262021-04-03T11:35:00.002-07:002022-02-26T14:24:41.610-08:00Coffee - A new idea for satsang<p>When you feel happy meeting or interacting with somebody, a positive energy is created in the process that will spread in the vicinity. people coming into that vicinity will also feel that positive energy. Similarly when you don't feel happy meeting or interacting with somebody a negative energy is created that is spread and people around them feel the negativity. For example, when parents fight with each other, kids around them feel sad. </p><p>Our elders used to advice us to meet and spend time with good/noble people. They called it satsang. The idea was that in earlier days good people are synonymous with happy people. As days passed by, the word satsang is still in existence. But if we keep waiting for good people/happy people then we might keep waiting for a long time. So we may have to redefine the word satsang as well. <span style="color: red;">Satsang - Is it meeting happy people or meeting people happily.</span> If we get into the latter habit then whoever we meet, it would be a satsang meaning we will meet them happily and in the process a positive energy is created that spreads. But it may not be possible to always meet happily whoever and whenever we meet. </p><p>The idea is you need not always meet a person right. you can meet coffee or a book or whatever makes you feel happy. If you are sad meet coffee, it makes you happy. If you are happy, meet coffee and it feels happy. what other better satsang you can find. </p><p><br /></p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-72096454168953411942021-03-30T19:30:00.005-07:002021-05-27T04:53:52.237-07:00Put more life into life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">If I have to explain the concept of nirvana or god in a few words, it's like you are standing on a platform. God is right in front of you. But imagine a train with infinite compartment coaches is crossing the platform and is the only thing that's stopping you from seeing god. Now you have to wait for the train to leave which may not happen. So there are 2 ways to see the god. Either make the train slow down so that if you focus, you can see god during the gap between the coaches, or you start running at the speed of the train so that you can identify the gap between the coaches and if you maintain that speed with focus on the gap then you will be able to see God. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">So if you think of the compartment coaches as thoughts, the first way is to slowdown your thought process which is what they will teach if you attend any yoga camp or a meditation camp. But I would say, start running to match the speed of the train. Doing things as soon as you think of them. At the speed of thought. Living a lot more life, trying out a lot more things, having a lot more life experiences, that's putting more life into life.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div>
Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-30678013729968339382021-01-20T19:43:00.002-08:002021-01-21T07:14:09.586-08:00Hold the stillness<p>I am not sure if the title makes sense. If something is still, why do you need to hold it. We need to hold it because we want to be still and not because it is not moving. </p><p>In our life, we always tend to prefer things that dont change (basically still). We already do that. What kind of friends we have, friends who always behave the same way, means no change. What kind of people we want to talk to when we are in trouble, ones that we can count on, how we can count on, because they dont change that much. When do you think, we can settle down in a relationship, when we understood all the possible changes in the other person. Which means after that they dont have any changes as far as we are concerned. So in life, we tend to stick with things that are still (not changing or when we know all the possible changes, which kinda makes it not changing) </p><p>This is our natural way of living. But we tend to deviate from this path by choosing change because we get bored. The line "change is the only constant thing in life" has become famous because we are forcing this upon us that we have to get used to the change when our natural way of living is stillness. </p><p>So if we stick to our natural way, we can do great things. </p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-26436945980292114242021-01-20T19:40:00.000-08:002021-01-20T19:40:25.406-08:00Add how to all your doubts<p>We keep having so many questions in our life like will I make it? will I be happy in life? will I be successful? etc etc. Those are not the right questions we need to ask ourselves. We just need to add how in front of all those questions. How will I make it? How will I be happy in life? How will I be successful? </p><p>This will narrow down the list of choices for us that will get us going in life. </p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-54526427090273771102021-01-20T19:20:00.001-08:002021-01-20T19:33:58.072-08:00Car - The new head of the family<p>In earlier days, there used to be a concept called "head of the family". The idea behind that is, apart from him/her being the only earning member, that person used to be the member with the most wisdom and who cares for the well being of the others. Gradually this concept faded away as every person has their own jobs, ideas, way of life and thinking. Earlier the idea was that the head of the family used to keep everyone together, inspire them to follow the same path, protect them from external influences and keep them safe. In this modern age, this is an extremely difficult task just for one person</p><p>Now imagine the car. In this age of varied thinking, independent thought processes, life styles and personal freedom, Car is able to bring all the members of the family together, trying to move them together in the same direction, protect them from outside noise, weather etc. (imagine playing light music in the car while there is a big thunderstorm outside), try to keep everybody safe. Who else can achieve all these in this time and age. So as time went by, Car emerged as the new head of the family</p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-77173592167794803532020-12-07T19:04:00.016-08:002022-02-16T10:12:19.733-08:00Theory of miracles<p>Whenever we are going through desperate situations and feel like we are not able to take it anymore and wish that something magical should happen. God will also feel our pain and would be eager to grant us some miracles. But there is one key thing. God needs a channel to grant us miracles. God cannot make miracles happen out of the blue without a means. For example, if we worked very hard on something and waiting for an outcome, or if we tried really hard to get a job and gave multiple tests and waiting for an outcome, or if you buy a lottery ticket and waiting for an outcome etc.</p><p>So if we observe carefully, we need to DO something through which multiple channels or means are created for God to make miracles happen. Normally whenever we are going through tough times or situations, we don't feel like doing anything. But if we don't do anything, there wont be any means created for miracles to happen. So the key is to keep making effort as more channels we create, there is more possibility for miracles. So just keep going.</p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-49648298774233956672020-11-26T19:15:00.003-08:002020-11-26T19:17:55.680-08:00Interactions<p>I was always curious to find about the outcome of my interactions with people. Lets say whenever I meet somebody for the first time, talk to somebody, attend an interview, gave a presentation etc., I would be curious to know if they felt positive about the interaction or not. Whenever an interaction happens between 2 people, a chemical reaction happens and the outcome of the reaction is passed to both the people. So if you felt positive about the interaction, it is 100% sure the other person also felt the same thing. What they will do with that feeling is a different issue. But atleast you can feel happy that they felt positive about it if you did.</p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-90164119673063109712020-11-16T20:02:00.004-08:002020-11-16T20:15:49.481-08:00That small thing<p>Whenever you face a great tension or some really adverse thing happens in your life, just sit and observe for a little while. You might have very recently started something new like a new routine, joined a new gym, started doing yoga, started with a new goal or started a new discipline. This might be a very small thing and completely unrelated to the great tension you are facing in your life. But the tricky and surprising thing is that they are related. The only key to solving the great tension you are facing is to somehow accumulate enough strength to continue doing the small thing that you recently started. And the big tension will go away magically and automatically. </p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-45007498697125470022020-11-08T19:56:00.000-08:002020-11-08T19:56:34.201-08:00Manufacturing memories<p>When you take a photo using a smart phone, it captures and stores a lot of information along with the image. Similarly our brain captures a snapshot of an emotion along with a lot of other things. It's called a memory. You cannot call it a memory if it doesn't involve emotion. </p><p>In this age of social media, people feel so much pressure in trying to present the best version of themselves or to present their every day life as so eventful, interesting and happy. Smart phone is certainly helping in this goal. But in the process, people are losing the meaning of memories. </p><p>Wherever we take a photo and call it a memory and if you see it a few years later it should invoke or at least make you remember the emotion that you felt. If not you are just manufacturing memories. They are not real as they don't invoke any emotion.</p>Raghuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423860221088232546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064502758734365108.post-15399152696897014732020-11-01T09:20:00.001-08:002020-11-01T09:48:16.308-08:00Becoming a Gandhi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Why would someone want to become a Gandhi in this time and age of instant karma where people believe in responding harshly (if needed) even to their parents, bosses, friends or just anybody to feel relieved. People are losing their capacity to hold their feelings especially hard feelings. So why is it so important? Is it worth the try?<br />
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Non-violence is not easy. But at the same time, it is the only thing that will give immense satisfaction. Let me take an example and explain. If I am angry with my kid, I might tend to yell at them just because I can. But will feel extremely bad later, thinking that I could have explained to them politely or with some reasoning as to why they want to do certain things. But it's not easy. To control your emotion at the very instance, understand it and reacting accordingly is not easy. But doing that will make you and your kid very happy. We want to lead by fear as we don't have enough energy to deal with things either directly or after the effect.<br />
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I have used a not so good example as kids are somebody we love the most. Let me take another common example of a co-worker or some outsider. If they tend to insult you in front of a group of people, you will not be able to bear that feeling and will tend to cultivate a rebellion against that person. The moment you get a chance you will try to insult/harm them. But that kind of act will never give any satisfaction. In our current day societies enmity breeds enmity. Violence breeds violence.<br />
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Let us think about this in little more depth. Why do we react in such a way? There are a lot of gaps that exist in our life. It's not easy to fill those gaps. Most of the time we tend to hide our gaps or don't want to show our inabilities and instead fill those gaps with attitude, breeding fear etc. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: red;">There is one other way to think about this</span>. We all have different sources of emotional energy. If we really like some thing very much, or if we want want to get something badly, or if we work hard towards something, or if we love somebody so much, or if we understand a concept, these things can give a lot of emotional energy to get going. But there is one most important source that we miss that can give a lot of emotional energy, that is available in abundance and that has nothing to do with age and can be accumulated at any point in your life. That is "suppressed emotion"</div><p><span style="color: red;">Suppressed emotion is one of the most powerful sources of energy</span></p><p>The only problem is it is absolutely hard to accumulate. There are so many things that will prevent us from accumulating emotions. An emotion is like a pointed arrow. It has so much force that we tend to use it right away. After all it is the emotion that we are transmitting through words to other people that can cause enough damage. We just cannot wait. The technology that we have around us is driving us into this concept of instant result. But there are a lot of things in life like lasting relationships, friendships etc that cannot be instant. </p><p>So lets think for a second, if we can get away from this concept of instant result and find a way to accumulate and store the immense source of energy that comes from suppressed emotion generated from not reacting instantly. We will be able use it for a better living. Then becoming a Gandhi becomes natural. You don't even have to try. After all, the primary source of dissatisfactions in our life is our lack of energy. </p><p><br /></p>
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