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भारतीय भाई बहनों से एक एक गुज़ारिश करना चाहूँगा की अब हम २१ वीं सदी में आ पहुंचे है | आइये भारत को विश्व का सर्वश्रेष्ठ राष्ट्र बनाने में अपना योगदान दें | यह समज लें की परमात्मा एक है, उनको राम कह लीजिये या फिर अल्लाह या Jesus या God या फिर और कोई भी नाम दे दीजिये | चलिये आपस के जातीय भेदभावों को भूल कर, भाई बहन बन कर राष्ट्र को ऊँचा उठाएं तो बड़ा मज़ा आएगा | भारत माता की जय! वन्दे मातरम! March 07 Who is Aakash (v3.0)Wh
 is Aakash??  [part III]{
-> wh
doesn't want to go out and play badminton with Niyati nor watch Slumdog Millionaire in theatre.  -> wh
doesn't want to go Kayaking with Vishal.  -> wh
doesn't want to wake up early and do prayers.  -> wh
doesn't want to go to Hare Krishna (his favourite restaurant) with friends.  -> wh
doesn't want to care what people think on road, [when he has shoes in his hands].  -> wh
doesn't want to have ice-cream with Sabrina.  -> wh
is really crazy and difficult person to understand. ("No Worries!!"  )} March 06 Remembering Baapu (Jadeja sir)1) Aaliyo and Maalio's saying: Aaliya ni topi maaliya maathe ne maaliyo ughada maathe (meaning, aaliya's hat goes on maaliyo and maaliyo has naked head). All the students accepted that until I told them, "Guys, think! If aaliya's hat goes on maaliyo, then maaliyo has the hat (from aaliyo), so how can maaliyo be without the hat?". Everyone said, "aakash ki baat mein dum hai, yaar!". All accepted. Two days later, in class, bapu again said, "Aaliya ni topi maaliya maathe ne maaliyo ughada maathe". This time, everyone is laughing so (so so) much and looking at me too. Bapu is thinking why are students laughing much more than usual on this usual saying. After two seconds, he stops worrying and says "ha ha ha" (in big slow voice). 2) Student's excuses for not having home-work finished and for being absent in class - "Sir, I woke up on time, I got ready on time and I was left my home. I was on my way, and just near nagar chakla (a place), a black cat cut my way (kaadi bilaadi e maaro rasto kaapyo), so I went back home and slept off." - "Sir, I had done the home-work. I had solved all the sums but when we were standing downstairs before our class, cow ate my notebook!" [actually this is very close to a real story when I saw live cow trying to eat my friend's homework notebook]. - This is a real one, happened in our class only [at 6am in the morning] "I came here on time but just down-stairs, outside our class, my scooter stopped working. So I went to find a mechanic. It was so early so I couldn't find one. Finally I found one and then I repaired it." then he comes at 7 o'clock when class finishes. Baapu said, "Class is over. Now go home and sleep". That guy, so brilliant that he couldn't just come upstairs at 6 and then go and find mechanic at 7am. - An ultimate one: "I was coming to class. I left home but in the way, I saw our milk-man (doodh wado). So I went back home and slept off!!". That guy supposadly thought that it's up-shakoon [bad luck] if you meet a milkman on your way. February 28 Aye dil mujhe bata deA song close to my heart - sung by Geeta Dutt, music: Madan Mohan. ऐ दिल मुझे बता दे, तू किस पे आ गया है
वो कौन है जो आकर, ख्वाबों पे छा गया है मस्ती भरा तराना, क्यों रात गा रही है
आंखों में नींद आकर, क्यों दूर जा रही है दिल में कोई सितमगर, अरमां जगा गया है वो कौन है जो आकर, खवाबों पे छा गया है ऐ दिल मुझे बता दे, तू किस पे आ गया है
वो कौन है जो आकर, ख्वाबों पे छा गया है बेताब हो रहा है, ये दिल मचल मचल के
शायद ये रात बीते, करवट बदल बदल के लल ला लल ला ... बेताब हो रहा है, ये दिल मचल मचल के शायद ये रात बीते, करवट बदल बदल के ऐ दिल ज़रा सम्भल जा, शायद वो आ गया है वो कौन है जो आकर, ख्वाबों पे छा गया है ऐ दिल मुझे बता दे ... भीगी हुई हवाएं, मौसम भी है गुलाबी
जा चाँद जा सितारे, हर तीर है शराबी धीरे से एक नग़मा, कोई सुना गया है वो कौन है जो आकर, ख्वाबों पे छा गया है ऐ दिल मुझे बता दे, तू किस पे आ गया है वो कौन है जो आकर, ख्वाबों पे छा गया है Roots of LoveThere was a young boy in ancient India. His name was 'Aakash'. He had a very lovely mother, father and a sister. When Aakash turned 7, he had to go in a forest far away from home for his education. There used to be "Gurukul(s)" in ancient india where young students went at an early age and they used to finish when they had become mature. These gurukul (schools) used to be in the forests - far from towns/cities and students had to stay there during their educational period. Aakash went to one of these gurukuls. He enjoyed at the starting but then he started feeling little lonely. He wanted to meet his mother. He started thinking - "I wish mother could have breakfast with me", "I wish I could play a sport with the mother", "I wish I could have lunch and dinner together with mother". Sometime after, he met a girl. She asked Aakash to have snacks together, one evening. They both talked about each other and had a great time together. Now he started thinking why is he getting attracted so much by a girl? Why he wants to meet her everyday? Why is he having expectations at all? He thought there was something wrong. The attraction of that sort is probably not a very good thing. He decided to find the origin of this. Today, he found the origin - the roots of this problem. Today he realised that he had forgotten where the love started from. He remembered the mother - the mother with whom he wanted to spend time. The mother who had sent this girl (or who was the girl herself). Today he realised that. All his expectations were now dying and he again started enjoying the ultimate happiness. So it feels like the love starts only from the origniality - when a person is being nice to you, he/she seems to be nearer to the original self. This is lovable and the love starts. Then [most of the times] impurities (like expectations) are mixed into these relationships. If these impurities are carefully avoided, a person will enjoy and keep great relations with others. Hari om tat sat. February 25 NaatakNaatak (gujarati) means a play or a drama. Actors:
Siddhantvaadi Aakash
Jyotishi (astrologer) Dada (grandpa)
Many - so many - sad (dukhi) people - Mitti de baave (puppets made out of mud).
Scene 1: Sitting room (Deevan khand)
Aakash turns on T.V. and Jagjit singh sings:
Aakash is very happy after watching it. He turns off the T.V.
Scene 2: Sitting room
(Aakash's father and dada have travelled to New Zealand from India. Dada is a famous and skilled astrologer - Jyotish. He is sitting in the sitting room. Like how the light from a bulb doesn't ask to be spread, it just does, similarly, people have somehow known his skills and they are standing in a big queue - to know their future, to tell their sorrows. Who else is there to tell sorrows. God is only residing in temple, mosque or church for them.)
Scene 3: Dream
Aakash goes to bed. He gets a dream.
He sees the mother (as in song above), making a boy from mud (mitti da bawa). That boy doesn't talk, doesn't walk and doesn't reply (hung(?k?)ara).
Now there are many of these boys (mitti de bawe?) in the scene.
Aakash, still in his dream, recognises on boy who is singing the following lines:
"Aakash ka soona pan, mere tanha man me. Payal ChanKaTi tum, aa jao jiven mein ....."
The End. 2006 fun memoriesSharing two funniest memories from year 2006:
1) Mosambi
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(Mosambi fruit is also known as sweet lime, it's not lime though)
Today, uncle came to baa (grandma) and said, "Mummy, this is mosambi. Not lime."
Baa: "Oh really! Oh god. In new zealand these limes are so big that it is hard to tell the difference."
Now I realised why dahl was tasting different for last few days!!
2) Questions
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David Nutt is a great lecturer of electrical engineering at AUT. We had EEP (Electrical Engineering Principles) lab today.
One chinese classmate came to Mr Nutt and said, "Can I have some questions, sir?"
Sir replied, "Can you have some questions? [pause]. Yes! Sure.
Question 1: How do you spell China?
Question 2: What is your name?
Question 3: What is E?
......
"
I couldn't stop laughing. February 24 We have been given - thoughtsWe learnt in last poem (well, so called?!
 ) that we have been given a few things - and with everything we get, we also get one more thing - Responsibility!We are responsible for using the things we have been given. We are responsible for whatever we do, whatever decisions we take.
This seems quite hard and after little thinking (of a few years) I have found an easy solution to this issue. This "might" work for you and so I am writing it.
Usually, whenever we come across something, where a decision is required, there are TWO possibilities. Either you take decision 1 OR you take decision 2! One is correct and the other one is NOT.
So it is as easy as selecting the correct one out of two.
Is it really that easy?
(Un?)fortunately not. Because until now, we might not have realised that there are so many decisions to take (which we are not even aware of). Let's look at a recent exmaple from my (lol) life:
I walk to the bus stop everyday to catch a bus to work. When I walk, sometimes there are ants running on the footpath. When I see that there are ants and I am walking on same path wearing shoes (for comfort!), I AM (I AM I AM I AM) responsible if any of the ants are killed by me. Now I have been given mind and so I should (must) find out how can I make sure none of the ants get killed while I walk on the streets. This was a (major) decision I had to take, which many people would not even realised (including me for last 3 years).
|| श्री ब्रह्मार्पणमस्तु || February 18 Honeymoon PeriodI saw two people (Aakash and Sravanthi) having a conversation which relates to blogs on this Live space (Buffer Overflow and Roots of Sadness). Let's have a look:
Sravanthi:
"I saw ur blog on friday. The comment attracted my eyes... Honeymoon period description was ultimate... gud decription!! hehehe
Whats after that period?" Aakash:
"I think after that honeymoon period what comes is not very pleasant. Fights, misunderstandings, lots of expectations; all these things naturally come. All these things should be carefully avoided and if not avoided then there are tears.
But after this period, there is a period which stays for a long time - sustainably and that period is perfectly awesome. when both have understood all good and bad things about each other, and each remembers good things of the other thing and lives happily. I am sure you understand that this relationship refers to just any relationship - mother and daughter, father and son, friend and friend etc etc. not usual relationships which today's youngsters will understand. :)" Sravanthi:
"I think it's true for all other relations except blood relations...
I'll tell u why... The first time when we meet a person it's only their name and designation that we know... So we usually go with those ppl with whom we develop first impression which is positive. and so we respect them, thier thoughts and all..
Then comes what u called as honeymoon period.. bcoz of that good impression, we tend to think that the person is diff from others and we develop infactuation.. its true in case of all ppl... everything seems to go smooth and happy.. in the mean time we start expecting something out of this relationship and then comes misunderstandings and all others follow..." February 15 Arjun's realisationકુરુક્ષેત્ર નામક ધર્મક્ષેત્રમાં યોધ્ધાઓની વચ્ચે સ્થિત અર્જુનને આજે સમજાયું કે જેમને હું એક મનુષ્ય, સખા/મિત્ર સમજતો હતો એ ખરેખર પરમાત્મા, સાક્ષાત્ પરમેશ્વર છે! એમને કોઇ બંધનો નથી, એમને કોઈ સીમાઓ નડતી નથી. એ સર્વજ્ઞાની છે. અરે! એમને કોમ્પ્યુટર પણ આવડે છે! Windows અને Linux પણ એમણે જ બનાવ્યા છે. અર્જુનને લાગતું હતું કે ભગવાનને માત્ર સંસ્ક્રુત જ આવડે છે, આજે એને જાણી ને આશ્ચર્ય થયું કે અરે! એ ઈશ્વર તો અંગ્રેજી પણ જાણે છે. અંગ્રેજી જ નહિ, વિશ્વની દરેક ભાષા જાણે છે. એમને કોઈ પ્રકારનો વિકાર નથી, ક્રોધ અને અહમ્(મિથ્યાભિમાન) તો તેમની આસપાસ પણ ફરકી શકતું નથી! વાહ! કેવા પરમ ક્રુપાળુ અને દયાળુ છે આ ઈશ્વર! કેવા પ્રેમાળુ! આજે અર્જુન આ સત્ય જાણી અનંત આનંદ અને સુખ ને પામ્યો. તેના હ્રદયમાં પ્રેમનો ઝરો ફુટી નીકળ્યો. તે કૃષ્ણના ચરણોમાં શીશ ઝૂકાવી રહ્યો. તેના મન અને શરીરના રોમેરોમમા આનંદ આનંદ વ્યાપી રહ્યો. ॥ હરિ ૐ તત્ સત્ ॥ February 14 We have been given....We have been given, My friend!
Not to put aside!
We have been given....
[Thoughts]
We have been given Mind, My Friend!
Not to put aside!
[Feelings]
We have been given Heart, My Friend!
Not to put aside!
[Applications]
We have been given this World, My Friend!
Not to put aside!
Don't put it aside, My friend!
Not to put aside!
|| हरि ॐ तत् सत् || || श्री ब्रह्मार्पणमस्तु || February 02 Karma - the way I understand! कायेन वाचा मनसेन्द्रियैर्वा बुद्ध्यात्मना वा प्रकृतेः स्वभावात् . करोमि यद्यद् सकलं परस्मै नारायणायेति समर्पयामि .. "Whatever I perform with body, speech, mind, limbs, intellect, or the inner self, either intentionally or unintentionally, I dedicate it all to that Supreme Lord Narayana." Karma is nothing fancy but a word which gets translated to "Work" or "Task" in google and I prefer to call it somewhere near "Duty". Duty might sound like a boring thing but can really be a very interesting thing if performed properly. 1) What duties? - Many people seem to be agreeing on the thought that "good" acts should be performed and "bad" acts should be avoided at all times. (e.g. donation and kindness are considered to be good acts and killing someone or stealing is considered as bad acts etc). We should follow this according to the religion we follow (if you don't call yourself a religious person, you still have a human-religion). - The acts should be performed which have naturally ascended on us - not the ones which we had desires for. (આવી પડેલું કર્મ in Gujarati) 2) How to perform? - It is said that every excellently performed act has some cosmic power (दैवी शक्ति) - something extra, cool and amazing - helping it. It is worth having a prayer to the God or to the nature to help us succesfully perform an act - It might be worthwhile telling the mind that I want to perform every act extra-ordinarily. - The act is then performed giving our 100% and a good positive (and happy) feeling. When work is "enjoyed", it is fun. - When the work is done, forgetting that we ever did it (as we - making us proud on success or sad on failure is problematic) - helps. Give it back to the one who helped us. That's it! Finished. हरि ॐ तत् सत् || श्री कृष्णार्पणम् || January 12 Truth We see, generally that many things have been accepted by general public - most of human beings but when we try to think about these things little deeper or from a little neutral perspective, we agree with these terms in a little different way. One thing I always enjoy to think about is "Truth". What is truth? Is there such thing? In general terms, truth is accepted as something which most of other people think. For example, we all have accepted "Time". In case of "time", it makes sense to have something which is (or has to be) accepted by everyone for convenience. So is there such thing as "Time"? - Let's leave our minds fly in the area of thoughts - without directly answering it here. So it seems like truth is a personal opinion - either of a person or of general public. But this is truth what we know as truth. Question is - is that real truth? Now, it seems like the search of real "truth" is difficult. Here comes an idea which helps solve the problem a bit - a thought which takes us little further and near to the probable real meaning of this thing called "Truth". Everything around these current thoughts of "truth" have one thing in common and that thing I believe is "relativity". Our thoughts are relative. Truths we accept or reject are relative - the decisions and understanding is relative. But hey, truth can not be relative - truth needs to be absolutely absolute. It needs to be true in any condition anywhere anytime (if there is such thing as time) - so anything relative is not the truth. I feel that a state of mind, which starts thinking in this kind of perspective would help one understand more and reach near the real truth and if this wordic description helps, it's good. हरि ॐ तत् सत् January 09 Buffer OverflowOver flow, over flow, Buffer over flow,
common mistakes everyone makes, buffer over flow!
Hey guys, there is a limit which does exist,
Don't exceed that otherwise you will get over flow!
Over flow creates so many problems,
Makes your program and OS crash crash crash crash crash!
Get satisfied from what you, have got already,
If you demand more and more, result is overflow!
Over flow over flow, buffer over flow,
common mistakes everyone makes, buffer over flow! January 04 Things I like - Swaminarayan SampradayI am feeling a great respect for the Swaminarayan bhagwan and swaminarayan sampraday today. I have not yet gone deep into the culture and the literature of the sampraday but I want to write a few notes about it which gives me pleasure when I think about them.
I feel that whatever Shriji maharaj (a.k.a. Swaminarayan bhagwan) did during his lifetime surely helped change the life I live or enjoy today, as the area of Gujarat was passing through a darkness in that time - when people had become sinners - they were doing all possible bad things and this man came to enlighten their life. The people from swaminarayan sampraday, till today, try to help the community in many possible ways and I can't resist expressing my thankful feeling to them.
Shikshpatri :
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Shikshapatri is a small book (of notes) written by Shriji maharaj where he has written mostly on what to do and what not to do. When I first read it, I felt like it could have been better - I felt it was too specific which I would have liked a more general sort of ideas which can be thought about in various directions. That was my very personal feeling for a short period. When I think even more deeply about it today, I feel that it fits perfectly to many people of general public and especially considering the time when it was written.
I think if we go on road and tell a gangster: "ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात् पूर्णमुदच्यते । पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥", he might run after us thinking we are saying bad words to him. In short, there is a need of expressing the views in more specific language too and shikshapatri seems to have that done in a very effective way.
Nar-Naarayan concept :
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Where there are always "nar" and "narayan", "purush" and "purushottam", "bhakt" and "bhagwan" - meaning there are two actors - one is a human and the other is the God (whatever name(s) you give).
Many other people agree with the same concept. For example, Vinobaa says there is the God, there is us and the rest of the world are things to express our devotion to the God. Swami Krishnananda in his "The teachings of the Bhagvadgita" also agrees on the very same thing.
Of course, thinking about it bit more comes with the concept of "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" where the whole world is ONE family and how we are related with every other thing in this world etc...
Akshardhaam concept :
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I, personally, strongly feel that Akshardhaam is the ultimate state of mind of a person which has passed the top level of spirituality. Akshar or Akshay - meaning the one which is constant, which can't degrade. (Something similar to Sthit-pragna as in Bhagvadgita or the very same thing). Akshardham - where there is ONE philosophy, one and the only truth, one and complete understanding. Where there are no differentiation - No differenciations of the God, of the people (races, nationalities), areas etc.
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Please note that these are just my views according to my limited understanding. Comments are most welcome. January 03 I want to dance!I want to dance today!
I want to sing loud.
I want to jump in the middle of the road.
I don't want to care what other people think.
But you know what?
When I have a smile on my face,
people are running after me,
to beat me up!
Absolutely crazy people I have seen,
here in Auckland city.
I don't want anyone else
to see.
I hope all can enjoy their freedom
in this world,
without any fear.
I really do - want that. December 28 Sacrifice त्याग किसे कहते हैं? तो एक महात्मा ने कहा: "व्यक्ति, वस्तु और परिस्थिति को छोड़ ना मत, लेकिन यदि छुट जाए तो उसके पीछे दोड़ना भी मत!" -------------------------------------------------------- What is called sacrifice? "Don't leave a person, a thing or a situation (which has [naturally] come to you), But if left (gone [naturally]), don't run after it too!" -------------------------------------------------------- December 14 A drop's help I don't understand, Why a drop is trying to help me, When the ocean has already done so! I don't understand, Why an LED is trying to show me the path, When the sun has already done so! I don't understand Why? I don't understand Why! Greatest minds This is a famous saying which we might have read in past: Small minds - Talk of people Average minds - Talk of events Great minds - Talk of ideas Greatest minds - Act in silence Why? Why do greatest minds act in silence? It is, because, they respect each and every other mind and each and every other mind's understandings! ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात पूर्णमुदच्यते | ∞ - InfinityInfinity ∞ - is one of the most amazing thing I've seen in my life. ∞ ∞ + ∞ = ∞ ∞ - ∞ = ∞ but infinity ∞ is "not defined" in mathematical terms. The "computer-way of thinking" would not understand ∞ at all. It is very hard to describe it in words or in mathematical terms or in binary language. We need to think differently - "out of box" kind of thinking is required than our usual way of thinking to understand it. It still exists and is amazing. More info on wikipedia. |
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