This is just a stupid cartoon I drew when I was writing this blog.. Thought of putting it here! :D It just expresses futile efforts of a saint to 'reboot' the mind of a psycho killer.Aah, if at all this was possible, wouldn't the earth be a paradise? Human beings living peacefully with no suffering at all? I think no.. Unless we get rid of the 'Shadripus' (six enemies of man - Kama (Lust), Krodh (Anger), Lobha (Greed), Mada (Intoxication), Moha (Delusion), Matsara (Jealousy)) from each and every human mind, we will not be able to lead to a truly peaceful life.. To restrain oneself from these enemies, our saints and sages had shown us a light of getting engaged in praying.. God is nothing but this concept with which if you occupy your mind, you will simply not get any time to look around other things and to give reign to those six hostile things mentioned earlier.. What have we made of this God now? A Jeanie who will give us everything we want, an open book where you go and write 'sorry' for all your sins and innocently (!) hope that your character gets cleaned, a diary where you reveal all your secrets and expect the diary to be as quiet as calm lake and an omnipresent energy the existence of which you selfishly recall when you need something badly!
hmm... I remember, at one of the musical programs, a poet expressing the concept of God in a very outstanding way. According to that poem, an atheist is the best friend of God.. why? because, that is the only person who doesn't rely on God, to whom the God can talk at equal level at the end of a tiresome day answering all the prayers and who can assure God that he can take care of himself without troubling God anymore..
Why do we need to ask anyone (even God) for support? Can we not figure out things ourselves without bothering Him? Even the greatest quests of life will then be solvable.. Yes, indeed, every problem has a solution.. Even Life's Greatest Questions become answerable if we realize this and if we realize who we are.. Even while writing this, honestly, I am trying to find who I am.. I am hoping I will get my answers some day.. Why am I here? What is the purpose of my life? I definitely know there are answers and I will figure them out some day.. I hope you will find yours too!
2 comments:
Very interesting post. :) I especially liked the part about Atheists, it's an amusing thought.
On the eternal questions, I wanted to post something we mention occasionally in our Philosophy class.
There's this lady who had a car accident and she's in a coma
And she's having a near death experience, she meets an angel
and the angel asks her: Who are you?
And she answers. "Doris Day"
And he says: I didn't ask what your name is, I asked who are you.
D: I'm a mother of five.
A: I didn't ask how many children you have, I asked who are you.
D: I'm an accountant.
A: I didn't ask what your profession is, I asked who are you.
D: I'm Mike Cunningham's wife.
A: I didn't ask who you're married to, I asked who are you.
And so on.
The lady woke up and dedicated her entire life to finding out who she was. I don't think you can really find an answer though, because everything can be paraphrased... You can just define your roles in life.
Times of India, Speaking Tree, Oct 15, 2007.
THE SPEAKING TREE
Balance Cosmic Energy For Maximum Benefit
Tripti Bhupen
A thundershower brings great relief from the scorching heat of the sun. The pitter-patter of raindrops falling fills the air with its rhythm. The sun, storehouse of energy, ceases to be our favourite for a while. A few days of clouds, rain, thunderstorm and showers are enjoyed by all. Very soon, however, we eagerly look forward to sunlight as the dull weather brings down our energy levels.
It’s the balance of energies in the cosmos that keeps us on our feet. We absorb these energies in the form of prana, the life force, and reach it to the various organs for them to work in unison. So our absorbing the energies from the cosmos keeps us physically alive. Any imbalance affects mental and physical health.
By learning to balancing these energies, we could derive maximum benefit from what is available to us in forms of vibrations in nature. A blend of these sounds and vibrations activates the chakras, the main energy centres in our body, thereby bringing about complete health and harmony between the cosmic vibrations and our chakras.
Chakra literally means a wheel or circle. In the human body energy flows through three main channels or nadis, namely sushumna, pingala and ida. Pingala and ida start from the right and the left nostrils respectively. These move to the crown of the head and then course downwards to the base of the spine. These two nadis intersect each other and also with sushumna. These junctions of the nadis are called chakras which regulate the body mechanism.
The ‘Kundalini Pranayam’ performed regularly energises and balances the chakras. Each major chakra has a sound to activate the energy of that particular area and open itself to receive maximum benefit from cosmic energies:
1. Mooladhara chakra: Moola or root is the adhara or source of support. From here, prana reaches energies to every nook and corner of the body. It is situated in the pelvis. Colour: red, sound vibration: ‘lam’.
2. Swadhishthana chakra: This controls the functions of reproductive and excretory organs. Sva signifies the vital force and adhishthana means abode. It is situated above the organs of generation. Colour: saffron, sound: ‘vam’.
3. Manipura chakra: Situated in the navel region, this chakra controls every organ below the diaphragm and helps to increase digestion and assimilation to maintain perfect health. Colour: red, sound: ‘ram’.
4. Anahata chakra: Anahata means the unbeaten. Situated in the cardiac area this improves heart and lung function. Colour: green, sound: ‘yam’.
5. Vishuddhi chakra: This signifies purity and enables all the glands to function to their optimum and maintains perfect hormone balance. Colour: violet, sound: ‘ham’.
6. Ajna chakra: Ajna means command. Situated between the eyebrows, this chakra is vital in stimulating the pituitary gland and slowing down the ageing process. It has the shape of the crescent moon. Colour: silverwhite, sound: ‘om’.
7. Sahasrara chakra: Sahasra means one thousand. This works towards mind and body balance and promotes total health. Colour: rising sun, sound: ‘mmmmm’.
Taking the most comfortable position, close your eyes and visualise each chakra and its colour as you inhale and chant the particular sound as you exhale. Regular practice of ‘Kundalini Pranayama’ brings about complete harmony in the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual energies, thus keeping oneself in tune with cosmic energies.
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