I was talking to a friend of mine. He told me a principle he follows, it was not an out of the world principle, we all have heard about it billion number of times but its application is really really difficult.
The point is not to get angry. Control your anger as anger upsets you more than the person on whom you become angry. Kudos to him as he told me various incidents wherein a person would have lost his/her temper but he maintained his calm. We also discussed the disastrous impact if he would have lost his cool and discovered that its really not worth to lose your peace of mind over a small issue !
He has asked me to follow it and I will try my best. Let me make a conscious effort to do so !
Thinking on the similar lines, life will be much better if one learns to control all the emotions be it anger, love, hatred, happiness, sadness, excitement etc.
That does not mean that we stop enjoying moments but lets not get overwhelmed by them so that when we lose things we do not crash altogether. Also while cultivating this do not become weak so that people can take you for granted ! Also think of the instances wherein you could have improved the situations if not for your anger !
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Friday, October 06, 2006
I am Tagged !!
V Tagged me so here i Go
I am thinking about… When to go home ?.
I said…"I'll wait"
I want to… be more clear about my thoughts.
I wish…to slow down the time machine
I hear… Truly Madly Deeply
I wonder… whats the aim of life ?
I regret… my childish behaviour when the situation demanded a mature one
I am ..calm.
I dance… as soon as music starts playing !
I sing… in the bathroom
I cry… easily
I am not always… sick.
I make with my hands… omlette, sketches.
I write… snippets of news
I confuse… love and friendship
I need… someone
And finally… I tag M, D and U
I am thinking about… When to go home ?.
I said…"I'll wait"
I want to… be more clear about my thoughts.
I wish…to slow down the time machine
I hear… Truly Madly Deeply
I wonder… whats the aim of life ?
I regret… my childish behaviour when the situation demanded a mature one
I am ..calm.
I dance… as soon as music starts playing !
I sing… in the bathroom
I cry… easily
I am not always… sick.
I make with my hands… omlette, sketches.
I write… snippets of news
I confuse… love and friendship
I need… someone
And finally… I tag M, D and U
Friday, September 29, 2006
Gandhigiri
A very popular term nowadays! It has struck a chord somewhere in young India but the wrong one. The chord is that of a style or trend rather than the chord of values. It has become fashionable to use the term Gandhigiri but the real essence behind that is mostly ignored. Even I like the term but understanding the true meaning behind it is a real difficult task.
We all know the terms Non-Violence, Satyagraha and most of us claim to understand it. But let a real situation come and we'll start compromising with the situation rather than fighting with the situation.
Let me give my own example, 2 years back I applied for passport. One of the stage in that process is address verification by police. They just do not do it if you do not bribe them. And I would have faced problems if the process got delayed. I must admit that it did not even take a minute for me to give in to the situation and I paid him the money to get the verification done.
Its really easy to talk and give lecture about all this but in real situations we do not find it so practical as there are other things which assume importance. We know we did wrong but we can not help it. As Gandhiji rightly said , its not easy to do Satyagraha , one has to be really really strong and firm to do it. As an individual I am not that strong yet. I have the tendency to give in to situations even though I know that its wrong.
Still a long way to go....
I dream of getting that strength in me, I am working hard for it. Not due to the trend factor though, but because of my own liking for these simple yet rock strong principles. Let the Gandhian thoughts be translated to action. At least lets give it a try.
We all know the terms Non-Violence, Satyagraha and most of us claim to understand it. But let a real situation come and we'll start compromising with the situation rather than fighting with the situation.
Let me give my own example, 2 years back I applied for passport. One of the stage in that process is address verification by police. They just do not do it if you do not bribe them. And I would have faced problems if the process got delayed. I must admit that it did not even take a minute for me to give in to the situation and I paid him the money to get the verification done.
Its really easy to talk and give lecture about all this but in real situations we do not find it so practical as there are other things which assume importance. We know we did wrong but we can not help it. As Gandhiji rightly said , its not easy to do Satyagraha , one has to be really really strong and firm to do it. As an individual I am not that strong yet. I have the tendency to give in to situations even though I know that its wrong.
Still a long way to go....
I dream of getting that strength in me, I am working hard for it. Not due to the trend factor though, but because of my own liking for these simple yet rock strong principles. Let the Gandhian thoughts be translated to action. At least lets give it a try.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
A start !
Something about Circular Sphere first …..
Can you call a sphere circular ??? Not really right, circle is a 2D entity and sphere is a 3D entity. Our brain is a circular sphere, wherein inherently it was made to think all the dimensions but as we progress and learn, that extra dimension is cut off. We are forced NOT to think in a different dimension. But still that dimension lives on and drives your life even without you knowing it.
That dimension is the human dimension which differentiates human beings. Human dimension is about righteousness and standing to one’s beliefs. The thoughts in the other two dimesnions scoff at this 3rd dimension as outdated, stale and out of trend. The other 2 dimensions are dominated by society and friends.Society includes your neighbours, office colleagues. With society you share the first dimension wherein you pretend to be in 3rd dimension but when time comes you fall back due to pressure from them. Friends are people with whom you share the 2nd dimension wherein you try to reach 3rd dimension but can not as you are scared of being laughed at.
This 3rd dimension dominates both the other dimensions. The day this 3rd dimension is lost you lose these old values, your path to hell starts where you start enjoying other’s suffering and you make sure people suffer and you gain at their expense. Thats the time when you lose the depth of human emotions and values and the sphere starts looking like a circle.
Can you call a sphere circular ??? Not really right, circle is a 2D entity and sphere is a 3D entity. Our brain is a circular sphere, wherein inherently it was made to think all the dimensions but as we progress and learn, that extra dimension is cut off. We are forced NOT to think in a different dimension. But still that dimension lives on and drives your life even without you knowing it.
That dimension is the human dimension which differentiates human beings. Human dimension is about righteousness and standing to one’s beliefs. The thoughts in the other two dimesnions scoff at this 3rd dimension as outdated, stale and out of trend. The other 2 dimensions are dominated by society and friends.Society includes your neighbours, office colleagues. With society you share the first dimension wherein you pretend to be in 3rd dimension but when time comes you fall back due to pressure from them. Friends are people with whom you share the 2nd dimension wherein you try to reach 3rd dimension but can not as you are scared of being laughed at.
This 3rd dimension dominates both the other dimensions. The day this 3rd dimension is lost you lose these old values, your path to hell starts where you start enjoying other’s suffering and you make sure people suffer and you gain at their expense. Thats the time when you lose the depth of human emotions and values and the sphere starts looking like a circle.
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