While reading a book by HH Dalai Lama I came across this quote where he talks about discontentment. “You want more and more and more. This, in a sense, is real poverty – always to be hungry, hungry, hungry with no time to be satisfied.”
One part of my mind recognises the truth of this statement. But, somewhere this understanding clashes with my desire of wanting more and more and more. There is an endless list of things I want in life. Things which, to my mind, are desperately needed to make life worth living.
Since then, I’ve been thinking about wanting verses needing. I want but do I need? Not really. I have all that I need to live a very comfortable life. But still this endless wanting continues. I guess it’s a case of “yeh dil maange more”!
Friday, April 30, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Shaken & Stirred
Life I’ve noticed, has a tendency of constantly getting shaken and stirred. It’s never stable and a lot of times to my mind, especially in my life, I could certainly do without some of the shaking around that God deems necessary for my existence.
I wonder if it’s just me…..no of course not, it’s everyone but since this is my blog, I shall just moan about myself.
A lot of times, when I find myself totally at peace, God pokes me in such a way that the peace is shattered and I’m totally out of sync. It’s happening right now, my mind a total mess and I do not think it is needed in my life at all. But I guess God does.....so He’s going to keep at it. And He’s welcome to, since I know this is to teach me an important lesson in life. All I’ll say to Him is……please “handle with care”.
PS: No questions on this post please. Thanks :)
I wonder if it’s just me…..no of course not, it’s everyone but since this is my blog, I shall just moan about myself.
A lot of times, when I find myself totally at peace, God pokes me in such a way that the peace is shattered and I’m totally out of sync. It’s happening right now, my mind a total mess and I do not think it is needed in my life at all. But I guess God does.....so He’s going to keep at it. And He’s welcome to, since I know this is to teach me an important lesson in life. All I’ll say to Him is……please “handle with care”.
PS: No questions on this post please. Thanks :)
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
25 Random Things About Me.
I was recently tagged in a note on Facebook where I was supposed to write 25 things about me. So since I wrote them down, I thought I’d post them here as a record of 25 “GREAT” things about me.
1. I am an extremely lazy person……to the extent that at times I get tired just thinking about all the things that I have to do.
2. I am also an extremely private person……hate sharing my thoughts.
3. I am a big reader thought mostly fiction. Can’t stand non-fiction which I find very boring. Love reading romance. I guess am a total romantic at heart.
4. I am totally blind without my lenses and as of last month need glasses to read too. The joys of growing old.
5. I am slim n trim….o.k. lying a bit about that but a little cheating is allowed.
6. I am totally uninterested in clothes. Just get the basics and that’s it.
7. I am not a great talker…..in fact I hate talking most of the time.
8. I am a great listener…..now this is one of my special points. You wanna talk….you’ve come to the right person.
9. I am a total non vegetarian……hate all those green vegetables which are so good for me. Give me tikka n butter chicken n kababs…..let’s not talk about it.
10. I looooooove chai. Anytime, anywhere….my most favourite drink.
11. I am a Libran, so, there is a constant struggle going on in my mind all the time while I try and bring balance to my thoughts
12. I am totally non tech. I am sooooo dumb when it comes to any kind of technology….....just goes over my head.
13. My take on life….one life to live so live it up…….kya pata kal ho na ho.
14. I am warm n loving if you matter…..if you don’t matter, you don’t figure in my scheme of things.
15. I am an absolute believer in Fate.
16. I hate any kind of controversy….again a Libran trait
17. I love spending time with myself.
18. The most amazing place I ever been to is Bodhgaya………………the energy was mind-blowing.
19. My favourite holiday destination is Jaipur. I go 3-4 times a year.
20. The one place I dream of visiting……Venice
21. The person who’s philosophy I try and follow is HH Dalai Lama……unsuccessfully.
22. The person I love the most is my nephew Aabir.
23. My most prized possession right now is my laptop which is getting old n ill with overuse.
24. The creature I hate the most is the lizard. Horrorssssssssssssssss
25. I hated writing these 25 things about myself.
Too many I’s in this post…sorry guys.
PS: I chickened out and did not put this up on FB :)
1. I am an extremely lazy person……to the extent that at times I get tired just thinking about all the things that I have to do.
2. I am also an extremely private person……hate sharing my thoughts.
3. I am a big reader thought mostly fiction. Can’t stand non-fiction which I find very boring. Love reading romance. I guess am a total romantic at heart.
4. I am totally blind without my lenses and as of last month need glasses to read too. The joys of growing old.
5. I am slim n trim….o.k. lying a bit about that but a little cheating is allowed.
6. I am totally uninterested in clothes. Just get the basics and that’s it.
7. I am not a great talker…..in fact I hate talking most of the time.
8. I am a great listener…..now this is one of my special points. You wanna talk….you’ve come to the right person.
9. I am a total non vegetarian……hate all those green vegetables which are so good for me. Give me tikka n butter chicken n kababs…..let’s not talk about it.
10. I looooooove chai. Anytime, anywhere….my most favourite drink.
11. I am a Libran, so, there is a constant struggle going on in my mind all the time while I try and bring balance to my thoughts
12. I am totally non tech. I am sooooo dumb when it comes to any kind of technology….....just goes over my head.
13. My take on life….one life to live so live it up…….kya pata kal ho na ho.
14. I am warm n loving if you matter…..if you don’t matter, you don’t figure in my scheme of things.
15. I am an absolute believer in Fate.
16. I hate any kind of controversy….again a Libran trait
17. I love spending time with myself.
18. The most amazing place I ever been to is Bodhgaya………………the energy was mind-blowing.
19. My favourite holiday destination is Jaipur. I go 3-4 times a year.
20. The one place I dream of visiting……Venice
21. The person who’s philosophy I try and follow is HH Dalai Lama……unsuccessfully.
22. The person I love the most is my nephew Aabir.
23. My most prized possession right now is my laptop which is getting old n ill with overuse.
24. The creature I hate the most is the lizard. Horrorssssssssssssssss
25. I hated writing these 25 things about myself.
Too many I’s in this post…sorry guys.
PS: I chickened out and did not put this up on FB :)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Art of Justification
To err is human…..and to be able to justify that error is even more human. No matter what we do, right or wrong, in the end we justify it to ourselves.
Today a friend and I were gleefully downloading music of a yet to be released movie from a free site when another friend commented…..pirates!!! I was startled….my pleasure in the music destroyed.
I sat brooding, lost in thought for a few minutes. I am someone who has very strong ideas of right and wrong. But somehow I had never really thought about this in the context of right or wrong. I mean this is India. We buys movie CD’s the day after a movie is released, books which are reprinted, pirated software for our computers and download music from a free website. Everyone does it.
As my mind was churning and floating, it started to come up with a story for justifying the free download. By downloading music as opposed to buying a CD (frankly speaking how many of us would actually buy as much music as we download) we listen to it all, talk about it to other people and help make the music popular. A buzz is created and more people end up going to watch the movie in the theatre when it is released. So ultimately the film profits from this free download.
By the time I came to the end of this particular justification I felt immensely better and started enjoying my free downloaded music again.
Bottom line…….any wrong can be made right by applying the “Art of Justification”!
Today a friend and I were gleefully downloading music of a yet to be released movie from a free site when another friend commented…..pirates!!! I was startled….my pleasure in the music destroyed.
I sat brooding, lost in thought for a few minutes. I am someone who has very strong ideas of right and wrong. But somehow I had never really thought about this in the context of right or wrong. I mean this is India. We buys movie CD’s the day after a movie is released, books which are reprinted, pirated software for our computers and download music from a free website. Everyone does it.
As my mind was churning and floating, it started to come up with a story for justifying the free download. By downloading music as opposed to buying a CD (frankly speaking how many of us would actually buy as much music as we download) we listen to it all, talk about it to other people and help make the music popular. A buzz is created and more people end up going to watch the movie in the theatre when it is released. So ultimately the film profits from this free download.
By the time I came to the end of this particular justification I felt immensely better and started enjoying my free downloaded music again.
Bottom line…….any wrong can be made right by applying the “Art of Justification”!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Confession
Earth hour was on the 27th of March and I am happy to say that I switched off all my lights. But I must confess, the whole day I was vacillating between wanting to follow it and pretending to forget about it.
While this whole debate was going on in my mind I realized how totally selfish it was of me to want to forget about it. I didn’t want to sacrifice those 60 minutes of my life in order to be part of a cause. And it’s not like I would have been doing anything earth shattering in that one hour. I would have been either watching television or listening to music or surfing the net. Nothing that important!
Since I did follow the earth hour call….I am now, actually proud of myself for not having given in to temptation.
PS : I did spend that whole hour on the phone :)
While this whole debate was going on in my mind I realized how totally selfish it was of me to want to forget about it. I didn’t want to sacrifice those 60 minutes of my life in order to be part of a cause. And it’s not like I would have been doing anything earth shattering in that one hour. I would have been either watching television or listening to music or surfing the net. Nothing that important!
Since I did follow the earth hour call….I am now, actually proud of myself for not having given in to temptation.
PS : I did spend that whole hour on the phone :)
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