High Thinking, Plain living

How long has it been since you were at a seaside?

How long has it been since you visited the hills?

How long has it been since you cared for a stare at the stars?

How long has it been since you watched the birds in your own backyard?

Man has a constant urge to research. This urge meets its prey when you spare some time for nature.. and it grows on this food. When research leads you from one question to another.. and to another.. and until you find no answer to one, you actually succeed. You revel in the paradox of where loss is success.

Consider the variety of shells that you gather at the seaside. Or the variety of flora that you see at the hills. Or the insignificance that you feel at the expanse of the universe. Or the wondrous colours of birds... Have you wondered at the purpose of creation? Or the purpose of life? Or the need for all the variety in creation? Is this the Maker's way of showing off his creative affluence? If He has created the butterflies for us to see and enjoy, who has He created us for to see and enjoy?

Or may be.. may be.. it is all created to keep us attracted. May be.. the purpose is not to reveal the Truth. Or may be.. we need to think beyond the attraction.. and the conditioning that keeps us attracted.

While man has researched everything that is physically manifest, right until he found the atom.. and continued still.. until he found the quark, the world of the unmanifest and abstract appears much much larger. For instance, consider this question.

What is the mind composed of? Where does it sit?

Well many answers could come to our mind. But chances are that in the drowning flow of wild answers, we would be led nowhere, leading to more and more perplexity.

Such research of the abstract, of mind, of intelligence, of ego, of love, of lust, of anger and its cause, of greed and its source, of the soul and its nature, has been done by our ancestors when times were conducive for such research, and the results have been documented in the past. In our times, in the absence of a conducive environment for a fulfilling research of the abstract, not much could be availed by our research, but we could certainly look up to the scriptures, intelligently not trying to reinvent the wheel.

Regular inquisitive and benevolent study of scriptures reveals to us a world of knowledge, free from all the conditioning, unbiased and balanced. Indulge in the knowledge, and discover High Thinking and Plain Living, the TRUE WAY OF LIFE.

Random thoughts

Financial meltdown, 3 day weeks, banks going bankrupt, bailouts, ...

We all wake up to news that we never thought we would see happening.

Did you ever imagine walking into a bank for withdrawal, you have adequate bank balance in your pass book and the bank doesn't have enough to pay you?

Did you ever imagine that business houses which you thought are no less than banks would start talking of job-cuts?

While we dedicate most part of our efforts to see our children settle well, do we actually do enough to hand over this world in the same shape that we received it?

The ideal childhood is that which allows unconditioned, unbiased and balanced thoughts to flourish. Children's character depends on what they observe and absorb in their formative years. Have we created an environment suitable to that?

As spineless citizens, we watch our politicians fathom the depths of immorality. Having allowed leaders to rule us, who are far from good examples, do we realise the cost of our silence?

By allowing the TV (and media in general) to police our thoughts, do we realise that we do not provide the width and freedom of thought to our children?

How much of what we see on TV (ads in particular) do you think is suitable to our children?

Often, one question leads to another.. and another.. and another. More often, questions overwhelm us. Answers, yes I think we know, but most often we do not implement. What use are we putting our thoughts to? Are we doing our duty as citizens? Are we doing our duty as parents? I really do not know. At the present moment, I derive happiness in that the process of questioning myself is on.