God Exists!

There was an article I read recently about complexity of perception. It mentioned that aborigines can recognize only four colors of a rainbow because they cannot see beyond what they can recognize.

This triggered a chain of thoughts in me. How can we be so sure about rainbow containing only seven colors. Are the colors limited by our sense of perception and recognition?

Another thing that came to my mind was that even with colors, we are so limited. How are we allowing to be entertained by such deep talk on existence of God? Anything that can be understood has at its root a certain percentage of assumption.

It is my inherent belief that we, by nature, can recognize only our Mothers with some degree of surety. We cannot even identify our fathers without being pointed out by our mothers.

Now, do not ask me about orphans adoptions etc. Those are exceptions to the rule. Even in the case of adoptions, I tend to believe that the child can recognize that the adopted mother is not its true mother to an extent. Again, it is my belief.

Now, even the father needs help of the mother for the baby to accept him as such, to accept the existence of God do we not need someone who has experienced His existence? That is where Guru's come in to picture.

Existence of God: We can either live in denial or search for a Guru to show Him to us.

Simplicity Conundrum

Read this

Two young persons of opposite genders, proceeded toward the apex of a natural geologic protuberance.

The purpose of their expedition was to procure a sample of fluid hydride of oxygen in a large vessel, the exact size of which was omniously omitted from the record.

As the male person precipitously descended, he consequently sustained severe damage to the upper cranial portion of his anatomy.

A similar fate befell the female, who immediately after the male person, performed a self-rotational translation oriented in the same direction having been traversed by the young man.

Now read this


Jack and Jill went up the hill

To fetch a pail of Water

Jack fell down, broke his crown

Jill came tumbling after.

Judge for yourself. Which is simpler? It has become fashionable these days to use flowery language to describe even mundane things and thereby making it difficult to comprehend.

Election fever has caught up with me. Vote for simple writing style. Jai Ho to simple English

In search of The Light

An example of how insightful a simple story could be, if viewed in a different perspective. This is adapted from one of the talks given by my Master.

Mulla Naseerudin was searching for something in the market that was well lit. His friend asked Mulla what he was searching for.

Mulla said : I am searching for the key to my house

His friend asked: Where did you loose the key?

Mulla replied: I lost the key near my house.

His friend asked: Why are you searching for the key in the market, when you lost it in your house?

Mulla retorted: I have no light in my house and it is very dark out there. Since this place is very well lit, I am searching it here.

At a first glance, this might sound very funny. But, thinking deeply, it conveys a profound thought.


Whatever you may have lost,
Where ever you may have lost,
You can find it under the light.
Light of an enlightened Soul - The Master.

Experience

"Experience is a Hard Teacher because it gives the test first and lessons afterwards.- Veron Law"

It is so true that we learn more through experience we go through, rather than the experience derived from others.  This is because the way we react to a situation is unique to ourselves and can rarely be compared to the way others react to the same situation.  This being the case, how can the experience felt by others when going through a situation be applicable to us?  Lessons learnt from others experience can help is in our preparation by giving us pointers to what to do and what not to do.  But finally, when we get to face the experience ourselves, how many times we think about the lessons we learnt from others experience?

Goals

Do you have a well defined Goal or purpose in life? Have you had it written down? Are you working every day towards achieving your goal? If not, take a moment and read this.

Ø Imagine being asked to board on an aircraft, whose destination is not known. Would you agree?

Ø OK now, the destination is known but the pilot does not know the route map. Would you still take the flight?

Ø Now, the destination is known and the pilot has route map but he does not know how to fly the aircraft. Will you be able to reach the destination?

Answers to all three questions is NO.

We will be comfortable boarding an aircraft only when we know where it is going with a pilot who has route map to the destination and knows how to fly the aircraft.

A life without purpose or goal is similar to the situation described above. In real life, destination is our goal and we are the pilot. It is not enough to have a goal (destination) but we need to have a plan to achieve it (route map to destination) and work steadily towards achieving it (Ability to fly an aircraft).

A Harvard Business School study conducted among its business school graduates point out that, 20 percentage of them were earning more than twice the salary of the rest of the 80 percent. Those in that 20 percent were also comparatively successful than the other 80 percent. Upon further analysis of the top 20 percent, it was found that all of them had a goal or definite purpose in life and were steadily working towards achieving the goal. The rest 80 percent did not have a goal or aim in life and were leading life without focus. Another startling revelation was that even among the top 20 percent, the most successful among them, amounting to 3 percent, had their goals written down. The rest had goals set in their mind.

This study proves that to be successful, we need a definite goal and most importantly, have it written down. Psychologically, the effect of having a goal in life and writing it down, makes us think about it all the time. Also, having a definite goal makes our thoughts focused. So, when we focus our thoughts, they become powerful and the whole environment works towards helping us achieve our goal. An old adage “As we think, so we become" confirms this.

So, success mantra is very simple: write down your goal in life, focus your entire attention on achieving your goal. Tell me if it works out or not.

A goal is a dream with a deadline - Napoleon Hill

Happy Goal Setting!!!