Namah Ayodhyaadheesha Shree Ramachandra Dasharatha Kakustha!

 

Naasadiya Sooktha

Srushti se pehle kuch nahi tha..

sath bhi nahi .. asath bhi nahi

Antariksh Bhi nahi.. tha Aakash bhi nahi tha..

...When I was growing up my passtime was Doordarshan.. Today I am hooked to YouTube, so choices are more. Since choices are more, I dont remember what I binge watched. Those days are like, every show that you watch, lasts as long as the grey cells do.

My quest to find truth is never ending. Dont think I am searching for purpose of life kind of stuff.. It is simple things like day to day issues and truth - lie aspects in interpersonal issues, people around me and such trivial level only. But it matters a lot for the moment. That is required to keep us going.

This world is a stage of evolution from nothingness. From nothingness to creation, from creation to beauty and bounties, from beauty and bounties it created desire and greed, from desire and greed created truth and un-truth. When the creation ends- entire evolution goes back to nothingness... like it says in Naasadiya Suuktha.

How creation goes back to nothingness? May be because of natural calamities, extinction of food, extreme weather due to our own mistakes with eco, or may be any other natural causes. If nothingness is a permanent change, then rest of the stages of evolution is temporary. Therefore next invention in spiritual world should be to find out our form or identity in nothingness. 

Now search this song in Youtube.. if you understand Hindi, it is an intriguingly melodious and philosophically stimulating song!!!

Srshti se pehle kuch nahi tha..Sath bhi nahi Asath bhi nahi..

Narendra Modi - Yugapurush

 Well... literally... One yuga means 25920 years they say. By that definition, Yugapurush means a man of the Yuga. Like any other Modi voter, I too, have an exaggerated, overwhelming adulation for him for all his leadership, interest, extremely hard-working spirits, more than all for highest sense of nationalism.

I was doing internet research and wanted to prove my point why he is Yugapurush. :) (on a lighter note) as per my definition. Even if you don't like him, please take a close look at this.

1st one is our ancestor from Harappa times (Previous Yuga), a noble man of then. 2nd one from Kaliyuga.. is our contemporary, Prime Minister of today.

Just watch the facial features, folks. Nothing much has changed. Even style of trimmed beard.!!!!

Neighbors at war - Lockdown time

Jesus, they say, said 'love thy neighbor'. ...HE is son of GOD so, he could. For normal people with normal emotions and normal difficulties and normal or below normal temperaments, loving their neighbor is like starting with a spiritual awakening. Its not going to be easy. 

Neighbors, we wish and pray that should be helpful only when we seek, shouldn't be nosy, shouldn't be noisy, shouldn't be curious, shouldn't be (NEVER EVER PLEASE) jealousy. ..Shouldn't be aggressive, shouldn't be encroachers, shouldn't be stalkers, shouldn't be ...list is long..

I used live in an old BDA colony in Chandra Layout, which used to be a humble place of dream location for Mangaloreans (because of proximity to Mangalore highway), retired teachers and clerks from places all over Karnataka. Unlike strictly vegetarian demography's of Jayanagar or Basavangudi, this area had simplicity, humbleness and little spiciness of Coastal restaurants for Mangalorean restau-preneurs. Well, as years passed by, area gets more crowded and humble single floor houses grew tall as much as up to 5 with their new owners and the problems grew 5 fold too. 

Things get dearer when they are scarce or rare.. yes? I always wished and day dreamt that all my neighbors should be so rich that I don't get noticed when a new TV or Fridge delivered at my door step, nobody gets curious when an average car of price range much below BMW/MERC gets parked near my gate, nobody counts how many times pizza delivery boy bells my door in a week, how many packages per day flipkart, amazon delivery boys drop in, how many times airport taxi has a pick up. ...well...

All until a millionaire buys a 4 storey house that was newly built, sharing my compound.  Bangalore is a millionaire hub. When the house was built we had normal troubles of noise and dust for 10 months. It was ready in no time. Now genie granted a millionaire neighbor and opening an altogether different experience. As such new neighbor and I are equals. He is multi millionaire by global standard currency like pound and I, that of single local currency. That is only and a galaxy of difference. The new guy rents an adjacent house on the lane and changes every standard of the lane. Domestic help raises her charges, flower, prices at vegetable cart, electrician/plumber charges, even so, pizza delivery boys expectation of tips..yea..now 5 storey tall...

The new house was just envy of few and new guy goes on a demolition drive to 'customize' as per his standards. The stylish wooden works gets dumped in no time... walls and windows under concrete cutting machine... the TRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrr. GRRRRRRRrrrrrr... STREEEEEMmmmm.. sounds were full of my ears and head making me and better half dumb and deaf. We spoke in sign language and wahtsapp living in the same house.. our house was full of concrete dust and soon they filled our lungs..In the meanwhile I had several battles with mason, laborer, carpenter, plumbers over dust, noise, wreckage of walls, encroachment of my terrace.. and at every BHHOOOM...I ran to see my compound behind... it looked like a fresh bomb blast debris... and at every instance of my calls to HOYSALA (POLICE), they promptly arrived to collect penalty...

2 years pass by... several change of plans ...in between concrete cutting machines don't stop..so do my complaints.. I try to reach the owner. His driver of a BMW (top end version) arrives, dressed up in a neatly cut safari suit and a latest version of mobile phone in his hands (I guess the price... more than that of mine.. ) gives the same excuse in few shorts words and vanishes at the same speed. The rich guy is SO busy that he arrives by late night and leaves by dawn..and no one has seen him picking his newspaper by the gate... and I don't give up my effort to confront him face to face..

Time passes by and world welcomes corona and gets locked up inside...and so do I. TRRRRs/GRRRRS/STREEMs/BHOOMs dont stop.. in fact numbs my family's brain. No work from home, no con call, in fact no calls from the house and we seek who could we go to and stay with.. Well.. people feared corona may transfer by phone..they unwelcome phone calls, they unwelcome people.. they welcome only hand sanitizers and masks.. When there was news of corona death tolls and of hospitals bills surpassing that of 1 or 2 cancer patients', nobody is empathizing our agonies and woes of dust and noise...expected is that free advise for a sample..."it is expected you see.. for a short while .. just be a good neighbor.. when the 5 storeys get ready..just see the land value..your networth goes up.."

After celebrating 3rd anniversary of noise and dust, my better half and I, decided to quarantine ourselves from dust and noise, went on relocation drive...trying to love, the neighborhood once was humble and simple, this time distantly... like rest of the world.. staying at far away home.

I remotely praying that all millionaires who think of this area... "Please EXIT"...

Strong will - miracle man

Lance Nayak Hanumanthappa Koppad ...quite a few sites open in google if you key in this name. He is Karnataka's pride, army's miracle man and a brave heart.
Indias defence forces are previledged to undergo highest standard of HR training... in every aspect..not only combat techniques.. I have always dreampt of making it available for general public.. those who quit defence after mandatory ten years service also dont share it.. or i dont see it... these skills are highly useful for academic and corporate world..but they are not commercially available. It is a big loss to the industry and society.
Defence research is in every area. But there are so many things that can be socially or commercially relevant. Unfortunately it is not on the access to commons.
I hope someone thinks about it. We may win some more medals in olympics, we may produce some best statesmen, leaders and change agents of society...
I have observed that one idea,thought or phylosophy generates at same time at multiple corners of the world and reaches the masses.. i wish this wish of mine comes alive.. mirrorring my thought, getting to reality... reaching the masses,.. amen!

Adi Shankara - Soundarya Lahari

...Vidhitakhila Shastrasudha Jaladhe..Mahitopanishath Kathitartha Nidhe..!!
Respectful prayer to Adi Shankara ...it touches my heart each time I recite this prayer and makes me surrender!!


This can be understood by only those who have read creations of Adi Shankara and the beauty and complexity of language in his creations..!
Here is Soundarya Lahari!!! In the normal reading it looks like any 'shloka' prayer for recital. For someone with comprehension of Sanskrit, it opens a world of imagination!! It has a secret knowledge in it. It can'be decoded easily.


1. Totally 100 verses
2. Each verse has 4 lines
3.Each line in each verse has 17 alphabets or sounds
4. Like any other Mantra, we can not find 'beejah' (essence), 'shakthi' (power), 'keelakam' (key- entry point). All 100 verses are all of that.
5. Each line is challenge to read with complex connected words.
6. On the 44th verse, we can find the name - Soundary Lahari!!
7. Numbers mentioned ..especially in verses 11 and 14..
      Chatush chantwarishath vasudalakalashratrivalaya
      Trirekhabhih Sardham Tava Sharana Konah Parinatah!!
---- 44 earth like planets in 3 clusters
----- Divided triange in exact half creating perfect angles!!!
     This geometry sounds like SriChakra in mandala or like explanation of space!!?!  .. I am still studying to find the meaning!


A perfect reading of Soundarya Lahari is possible only after several recitals. But the beauty is in visualizing the meaning of verses. If reading without mistake needs so much for normal people.. what is the measurement of knowledge for one who created it!!??


.... Paraye Kalaye Vimalam Charanam.. Bhava Shankara Deshika me Sharanam!!

Organ Donation - My inspiration

His name was Harish Nanjappa. I know him by reading on newspaper only. But this story inspired me!!!
Hebbal flyover in Bangalore has been witness to quite dangerous accidents. But his one is probably most eeriest of them all.

That morning at 7 AM, I was reading Times of India. There was a news of an accident in Hebbal Flyover. But what was different in this story is the last 20 minutes before death, what victim of this accident was doing. As per the news report his bike was hit by a truck. By the impact of that accident  his body was cut into 2 pieces. He was wearing helmet. As the gathered people around the accident area watched the occrence and some may have been busy with capturing video and photoes to share in Whatsapp, this man showed the practicality which most of us can not even imagine! So much is the power of his will and sense of realistic and practival thinking.

He is said to have shared the phone number to be contacted, name of the person and a last message that his eyes to be donated!!! His body is said to have cut into 2 pieces but will is so strong to think what should be most relevant at that point in time.. He probably realized he was dying, he cared to make this information known to his people, he pleaded his eyes to be donated.!!!

He was a brave heart...Much more than that, he exhibited a strong will at the deathbed what really made sense at the last 20 minutes of his life! Leave alone the pain that he would have been undergoing!! His sense of purpose and practicality is beyond my imagination. He is a hero.


Some people inspire even at death. He is one like that. It inspired me as well. I registered below;

http://donatelifeindia.org/register-your-decision/register-donor/


This is a tribute to this brave soul.. an attempt to keep his story alive..and to share with you all how he inspired me!!!