Singularity

The Yin-Yang: It looks like two distinct forces or entities trying to dominate each other as well as try become/consume the other at the same time. Each is in continuous action in doing so. But either of the two would have no objective or movement without the other. Call the two forces/entities whatever you like: White & Black; Passive & Active; Light & Dark; Good & Evil.

 

The Yin and the Yang are enclosed or rather confined into ONE circle. The ONE can be regarded as Singularity (Adwaitha Vedanta) while the Yin-Yang forms represent Duality (Dwaitham). The two are inherent of the ONE and ONE manifests into the two. And this is the simplest representation of the relationship between duality and singularity.

 

Extending the above concept a little further: In the beginning there is nothing else but the ONE; after all ONE is everything. Then ONE stopped being and within itself two things manifested. The action between these two in turn churned out the rest of the complexities. So in my understanding: all intricacies, harmonies, clashes, causes and effects that we can imagine arise from and exist within the ONE big system.

 

I would call this ONE the Universe as a whole. Some prefer to call the bigger system the Universal spirit or Universal consciousness or God. Most religious books also corroborate this concept.

 

The question is why did ONE complicate itself by dividing into two by its own intent? Probably just for entertainment ;-)

The cry for Islam

Once upon a time in a hostile arid land far away there was chaos, battle, pain and uncertainty. And no hope for the les miserables. Blood spilling and women looting were a part of every day life there.

 

Barbaric tribes and warlords killed all men and raped all women (and children and sometimes men too!) for entertainment and for power. In those days mothers (the few that were left alive) bore the pain of childbirth for two outcomes: either to create men to be sent to their deaths in battle or to watch their female newborns be buried alive. (Because females served no other purpose, in those cursed times, except be objects of sex-slavery).

And as for the leaders they indulged when they were alive. In food, orgies, and intoxicants until one day somebody else slaughtered them.

And fishing in these muddy waters were wacky wizards...those who instilled fear in the minds of everyone (as always) with the help of their soulless stone gods (which numbered just over a few thousands).

In this land it was a period of darkness, hollow-idol worship and blood sacrifices of history's ugliest.

Then in the 7th centutry a glitch occurred in the system. A bug in The Matrix called Mohammed : The ONE who managed to radically reform everything in this land with a new idea. Reminds me of a verse:

“yada yada hi dharmasyaglanir bhavati bharataabhyutthanam adharmasyatadatmanam srjamy aham paritranaya sadhunamvinasaya ca duskritamdharma-samsthapanarthayasambhavami yuge yuge”Translation:
“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in dharma, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself. To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to re-establish the principles of religion, I Myself appear millennium after millennium”

This illiterate and simple spiritual man, who is now called respectfully as Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him), based on The Almighty’s words that was revealed to him through the Angel Gabriel, brought about radical changes in the most impossible of situations:

1. Abolished intoxicants or mind-influencers of any kind by labeling them 'Haraam'
2. Safeguarded females and created a sense of respect towards their kind. How? Asked females to wear the purdah in order to avoid the leerings of men. Polygamy was introduced in order to take care of the widowed masses (Most men were dead remember?). On one condition: that each wife be treated equally.
3. Brought the perpetual inter-tribal warring to a pause by introducing the concept of ‘brotherhood’
4. Brought criminal activities to the lowest levels by the strict use of Shari-at, the Islamic law. Rob and off goes your hand; kill and off goes your head. Ouch!
5. Inculcated cleanliness into the local DNA. Muslims will have to now wash their bodies or clean parts of it at least 3 times before entering the mosque. Washing was almost unheard of in the pre-Islamic barbarian land and that too in a desert!
6. Instilled discipline to every Muslim life by fixing routines and timing for worship, fasting and pilgrimages
7. Curtailed greed by abolishing interest on money and forcing alms to poor
8. Gave a quantum leapboard to the spirituality process. Moved forward from worshipping multiple idol gods, the first stages of faith, to the advanced stage of a Formless, Omnipresent Allah

 

Was he a leader or what?

True, as usual with any religion, all of the above rules may have been twisted by now. Still Islam was clearly a necessity at those turbulent times. In my view Islam (and Buddhism) is a true religion in the true sense of the word religion.

One can observe Islam’s beauty if one manages to get into the marrow of the Word. Islam preaches the beauty of everything in nature and that God is in its details. In fact Islam is so nature-accepting that they have chosen green as their religion's colour!

 

Some gyan for the Islam-ignorant:

• The word ‘Allah’ literally means ‘God’ in Arabic. So it doesn not mean another Entity which is different from what is in your religion. Understand?
• Contrary to popular beliefs: unlike Christians, especially the new-age fundamentalists, Islam do not allow proselytization. An individual should willingly volunteer to convert to Islam.
• Circumcision is not Islamic but Jewish in origin. If not for whatever ambiguous that happened in the New Testament we would find most Christians circumcised too!
• Sometimes I feel they respect Jesus and the Virgin Mary more than the Christians. Jesus is mentioned as the ‘purest of the prophets’ in the Koran
• While Europe was in its darkest ages Middle East was shinning golden bright with researches in alchemy, mathematics, calligraphy etc. Trade flourished. For those who consider that Muslims and/or Arabs to be stupid go read history and count the contributions that came out of this Golden age. If I remember rightly even the numerals we use now are of Arabic origin.

 

Inspirations

1. Manoj VS
2. Islam for Beginners
3. Eaters of the dead by Michael Crichton

Welcoming Yama

What would be your feeling if your Doc told you this : You are dying. You don’t have much time.

...

Fear? Anxiety? Grief?

 

Most of us are paranoid of death. Some put up a brave face by convincing others that they don't fear it if death will be painless. I feel these people are either lying or just consoling themselves.

Why this Thanatophobia? Its because we never LIVED life the way we wanted to. A person who lived life will not fear death.

And why haven't we lived till date? Because everytime we procrastinated life for tomorrow.

We never loved like we always wanted

We pushed away reconsiliations 

We never saw the world

We shied away from challenges for security's sake

We shooed away opportunities

We never laughed wholeheartedly

We never did anything outrageous that we always wanted to do because we were afraid what others might say

We never took the courage to follow our dreams because we didn’t want to fail

We have never seen, felt, smelt, touched, listened and we never even ate or drank in peace!

People normally procrastinate life for a better tomorrow. Save money today for a luxurious life tomorrow. Move ahead ruthlessly above the corporate ladder for a better life tomorrow. Follow society’s norms so that security, honour and respect are safeguarded...for tomorrow.

Living life now, the way we want, will not leave any pending urges/wishes/tasks. Then death will be like just another experience that we may look forward to. It may only be a door to the next level in the game that God has programmed. We may not fear it. We may even welcome Death! It is the natural continuum to our birth and life.

“That’s what makes death so hard – unsatisfied curiosity” – Beryl Markham, West with the Night

Conflictuence

Laila got up from her workstation, threw her wireless mouse onto the office wall 10 meters from her seat, cursed aloud, took a few steps out of her cubicle and kicked a seat in her way really hard. Bad way to vent anger; not familiar with kicking-styles she cracked her shin quite deeply. Pain, uncertainty and shame overwhelming she fell unconscious.

Her colleagues sympathized with her thinking it might be that she was also on the 'fired' list and this was her reaction. They also knew that she had lost all her savings recently in the stock market crash AND that 6 months ago her boyfriend left her.

 

In belief-rich countries (South East Asia and especially India), if we were to interview different people of their opinions on why people behave the way they are and why such things happen (like in the case of Laila) we would get a fantastic variety of replies:

• A good handful of people will give occultism as explanation. It does establish its credibility to believers with its own evidences.
• Vaasthu Pandit Sharmaji had predicted, seven months back, mental problems for Laila since the septic tank of her house was situated in the North-West corner of the plot
• Also as per Feng-Shui the sharp corners within her house was inimical to her good luck
• Laila was ignorant of the fact that a door-to-door broom seller, who was the first person she met in the morning, was a bad omen condensing an impending downfall
• Baba Kalkiji, her neighbourhood tantric, confirmed that an evil spirit is after Laila. He foresaw this and had warned her; Exorcism was needed
• Laila's boss, being generally superstitious, had participated in a Sudarshanahomam that very morning to vanquish all his enemies and to reflect back 'evil eyes'. To top it, Laila hated her boss and had voiced it many times.
• One of Laila’s subordinates, Tarun, had cursed her when he gathered that she was getting all the credits for his hard work
• As per astrology, a debilitated Saturn and moon in her natal chart. Moreover she is going through the worst dasa (period) of her life
• Her palm also shows a line of terrible misfortune at this time of her life.
• More people associated her case in religious terms. All religions asserts that this is as usual was a case of Divine intervention.
• Mono-theistically oriented colleagues, Karim and Hannah, strongly asserted that it was God’s will for breaking a commandment
• Hindu Vikram pointed the finger to a particular deity (in whose portfolio of responsibilities the kind of misfortune is listed) who needs to be propitiated. He also preached a karmic connection to the misfortune. “As you sow so shall you reap” therefore this incident is an effect of causes Laila affected in either past life or past actions in this life.
• Local evangelist Dr. Ravi Moses had told her Jesus is the only way!
• A few people attributed the case to nothing but pure rationalistic and logical reasons such as
• Simple economics such as that the recession was imminent and therefore the stock market crashes, so Laila should have taken necessary precautions and not lose mental stability on this.
• On sociological reasons as per Mrs. Anderson. “After all the effect of society on an individual is tremendous, it shapes one’s mind and attitude”
• Upbringing and family background is paramount to the individual’s emotional makeup. Laila was a victim of parental abuse and therefore her violently reactive nature.
• Positive and/or negative environment surrounding the individual. Laila lives in a tough neighbourhood even now.
• A statistical matter as per colleague Joe. One in so-many individuals just had to encounter this problem.
• A medical case
• As per ayurvedic Dr. Vaidyaratnam, Laila has a dosha combination that makes her vulnerable to constipation(!) which in turn is the reason for her extreme reactions.
• Her allopathic doctor blamed it all on Laila’s addiction on sleeping pills.
• People like Deepak Chopra would give an holistic medicinal theory with an explanation on the basis that whole of cosmos has conspired for the situation
• Psychologist Dr. Rampal ascertained that Laila was of a neurotic type and the misfortune(s) of these sort is an obvious result

While reading the above list, one would have preferred a reason over the the ‘nonsensical’ others. That choice is based on YOUR experiences, YOUR understanding, YOUR beliefs and YOUR conditionings.

 But, what if ALL of them are concurrent reasons for the misfortune?! Can ALL these reasoning tally at the same time?

I opine Yes; Because each of the above is only one perception to the working of nature. And we are blind and ignorant to the existence of other parallel forces.

OrgaNized complEx

When one examine any individual cell in the human body (from any part), it is amazing to note that it is a complete organism by itself; complete in its energy sources, reproductive mechanisms, protective environments, behaviors etc.

And the human body is composed of a few multiples of ten thousand billion cells. Its again amazing to observe that these cells group into tissues that function together for a purpose!

And just as amazing to observe tissues group into whole organs to perform a particular function. The important thing is that here too the whole has a purpose.

And even more amazing to observe different organs interacting with each other to form systems! Like digestive, nervous, lymphatic, reproductive, immune etc., that performs a vital function for the entire human body. All these systems are interrelated, interdependent and interact harmoniously to form a composite whole. Any dissonance in an individual system would make the ‘whole’ to react and re-organize itself back to harmony.

 

Even a simple epithelial cell can be viewed as independent and as if the most important entity for the whole but the fact is that this one cell is just but one cog or wheel in the bigger machine, the whole.

 

Now, can we as an individual human being map as one cell within a bigger entity?!

 

Our planet Earth: observe it wholisticaly and one can see it is an organism too. Mother Earth is but a group of interacting, interrelated and interdependent elements (land, water, air, heat; flora, fauna; climate; systems interacting) forming a very complex whole. We need her and she needs us.

And, just as in our body, mother earth reorganizes occasionally into balance by belching lava, climate changes, new viruses, platonic shifts, atmospheric holes etc. Stability will finally prevail and she’s a composite whole again.

 

Need I illustrate again the same considering the absolute whole i.e. the Universe? Is it not obvious now that microcosmically or macrocosmically there is no end to complexity and amazement?

 

Everything: every being, every system, every process, every group, every star is part of a larger organism. So what seems disorder and chaos to us may not be at all. It is just that our heads are too small to understand it.

ForWarD

I feel that destiny is the resultant force that effects from the confluence of fate and freewill. And for this reason the actual future, i.e. destiny, cannot be predicted by any means to total accuracy. Have a look at the included diagrammatic representation on my idea of the mechanics of destiny. To simplify the upcoming technicalities, let’s abbreviate Destiny to D.

First let’s start with what is Fate. Fate is a circumstance thrust upon one, at any point of one's life. We may call this circumstance either fortunate or unfortunate. Some schools of thought believe that the nature of fate depends on one’s past-life or past (of present-life) performances. Actions even thoughts are said to cause an effect in the universe. Let’s call Fate F.

Many occult sciences; as the many as I have come across like astrology, divination, palmistry, omens-reading, entrails-readings, psychic reading, tarot, etc.; do a fairly good job of detecting and measuring this F force in one’s life. If one is lucky enough not to meet up with a fraud or a half-baked-self-promoted occultist then chances are that one will get quite an interesting insight of oneself, a read of life so far (past), present and future. But this reading is ONLY the pure F in one’s life. The reading assumes the individual allows only F to affect one's life in the coming future. Similar to what would happen if we allow a river to take us where it wants to when we don’t bother to swim at all. Therefore most occult sciences ‘see’ the F leg in the above diagram alone.

Next, there is another force that can interfere with F at any time, which I have not yet fully understood. And it is called Free will. This, I believe, is the force that created the most powerful people in the world. Also maybe the cause of the much progressed Western world front ended by USA. It is also the force that can kick impossibilities to the possible realm. Let’s call this Freewill force W.

With my classical christian upbringing I have learnt that only W matters. And this is what we all like to believe because then we have the confidence of being in control. The Bhagavad-Gita also tries to tilt the scales towards the W way though the book doesn’t explicitly say F is irrelevant.

F and W can interfere with each other at any time during one’s life to produce resultant D. This D CANNOT be clearly predicted by ANY known means (as far as I know). D is the best kept secret in the universe. And for this reason life is exciting. To know D you will have to be GOD himself! (Maybe in those enlightened higher states of consciousness one may fathom an individual’s D)

Back to the diagram, if you don’t use W then only F remains. Therefore D will be equal to F. So it's like going with the flow. Leaving everything to fate or God. But if one wants to consciously alter destiny then use W strongly at every point…to almost nullify F. And in this way an ambitious individual can chart (or so it appears to) his own destiny. This because then D 'will tend to' W as W > F.

 

Inspirations:

1. Synchrodestiny by Deepak Chopra
2. The Greatness of Saturn by Robert E. Svoboda
3. Autobiography of a Yoga by Paramhamsa Yogananda

Men are D♂gs

Hey women, so you know anything about men?

Er... Oh! Hey men, do you know anything about yourselves?!

So you do know that it is in their nature to be show-offs, dirty, foul-mouthed, fast, promiscuous and indulgent? NO? Then learn to accept it. For that’s M E N.

Men tend to pack together as one while at the same time fiercely competitive…. since ... since in spermal state! They tend to be quite preoccupied, uncaring & irresponsible.

Well, that’s how nature made them to be. It is in nature's interest that men sow their wild oats far and wide, thus inclining them to be promiscuous. And it is in nature's best interest that each generation of males are the fittest and the best, thus the tendency for men to find the 'best' or rather the 'better' mate than his previous!
 

Contrary to popular belief, men are more social than women. At least they tend to pack together, sometimes belong to more than one such fraternity: very much like their canine brethren. Dog and man have this natural affinity. Man's best friend :)

Bonding, whenever active within a particular pack, is extremely strong sometime even to the point of being selfless. All for One and One for All. A pack of men can achieve/conquer/raze almost anything on its way. Here, mob or mass psychology is on its best show of strength. Rape (mass) convicts often break down, during interrogations; pleading they had no clue as to what went wrong or want had gotten into their heads. I once happened to witness an extremely horrifying scene of a pack of dogs shred a tiny kitten to pieces just for the fun of it!

True, within a pack individual men love to show-off, brag and yap about their conquests (mainly sexual exploits and other achievements). But their mutual respect and friendship can be quite enviable to any of their female partner. A pack member may share or part with almost anything among themselves...food, bed, money, drugs, honor, shame, underwear, girls, etc. But can also fight over the silliest of matters.

 

Of course, not all men are social. There are lone rangers too. But be wary of these loners; they maybe outcasts, maybe dangerous and possibly rabid too.

 

With all that stress men undergo each day in this real world it is only natural that they are indulgent and addictive. By stress I mean: In prehistoric times, it was protecting their women and looting for new; in the middle ages, it was battles; in the modern day, it is trying to cope with the too much male competition and the much fantasizing. Poor boys! And so they drink, smoke weed, chew tobacco, have sadistic sex and pass out in the gutters. Ah! Beauty is in the eye of the Beer-holder :-))

Generally men are foulmouthed and dirty, yes. They can live in any part of the earth: from the gutters to the palaces. But they usually thrive in the more 'stickier' of places.

For men, if there is anything that can really transport their minds to a meditative state and switch them off from this material world is SEX. In fact it would be an understatement if I openly reveal it’s the ONLY thing on their minds...especially when in their youths. If this revelation is new to you ladies then learn it today: True is your presumption that for a man woman means sex! It’s hardwired into their brains. Everything else that surrounds this truth like true love, commitment, emotion, philosophy, beauty, literature etc. tends to be garbage in a man's mind. FEMALE, LADY, GIRL, WOMAN = S-E-X.

Well, that’s us...aren’t we just so cute? :-)

W♀men are Cats

Now hey mates, know anything about em wimen?
 

Ok so it’s like this: Women are the most enchanting and the most beautiful creations of nature. Their bodies are a work of art and that is why artists (in general) are obsessed with nudes. Women tend to be solitry, self-centered,  snobbish, judgmental, slow, manipulative, secretive and scheming. They can act quite caring, accommodating and responsible. They love to be flirted with, touched upon, be caressed, cajoled to and pampered with. And they are nagging (always) and dangerous if hurt.

In short they are are fussy as much as they are fuzzy!

Women first love themselves most and therefore their own bodies and the outfits they dorn. There is a reason for this: their attractiveness is their ticket to security and extended success. They can spend ALL their life-time and wealth grooming and perfecting either their bodies or outfits with the sole intention to create 'lust' in the eyes of the be(er)holder. And the latter need not necessarily be the spouse ;-)

 

No matter how indifferent they behave or how hard-to-get they play they just love being flirted with. They love the attention men give them. Well again, that’s how nature taught them to be. The strongest (successful) man selects only the best (attractive) women. And who is the strongest man? In prehistoric times it was the Flint the T-Rex killer; in the Middle Ages it was Louis XI the nobleman; in the modern day it’s Justin Timberlake the cool, rich & famous. It is in women's best interest to be manipulative and opportunistic. These qualities keep them and their offspring safe. They can switch sides (and men) at the speed of change.

 

Contrary to popular belief women are extremely solitary animals. FACT. It is extremely rare to see them herd or pack together! Have you ever noticed? Even if they do it may be for that individual woman’s self-centered reason. Even the strongest sister-sister or daugther-mother bond is temporary to the circumstance. If you haven’t noticed this keep your eyes and ears open from now on.

 

Women are short-sighted: They do not care about the greater good, but only about 'now'. Women love to live in luxury. They need to be spotless, speck-free, and clean all the time. They can’t stand gutters because it will dirty their furs. It’s very difficult for them to adjust to different surroundings. They will irritate men until they are better taken care of or be transferred to some neat palace. Poor men, the things they will do for sustainable sex :-))

 

Again, unlike man, it is woman that is the epitome of ego. They are extremely self-centered. Also project managers listen to this: Women actually hate to be advised, shouted at and commanded to. If you need to get something done by them (efficiently and effectively that is) be sure to sweet-talk them into it, pamper them well and promise rewards/gifts. Loyalty is reserved strictly only for those who take care (or at least act so) of women.

 

So now, any wonder why a woman's gait is called ‘Cat walk’ and gossips known as ‘kitty talk’. Well, that’s them, and accepting it.

 

And so what am I coming to with these two postings? The simple truth same as conveyed in the ‘Men are from Mars…’ book. If we are aware, conscious of and accept a being’s true nature then all of us couples could live in peace. No cribbing, No possessiveness, No violence, No break-ups.

Man and Woman are two different beings programmed to be attracted to each other. Ignorance of this fact is the culprit; Awareness of this fact can help improve the bonding factor.

 

 

Few of the inspirations for the sexist series:

1. The Naked Ape, The Human Zoo, Intimate Behaviour (All the above 3 are classic non-fictional books by Desmond Morris)
2. Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus (John Gray)

Preface

My mind like any knows no bounds. I think therefore I am ... a mess !

Who am I?

Why are we here?

Do we have any control?

Is there a rythym in this chaos?

 

These are questions tormenting mankind since we could think. The intention with the KRISING is for myself to come to terms with my own conflicting beliefs and the available philosophies around. I intend to do it by:

1. Picking out the individual veggies (topic) in my otherwise 'aviyal' mind
2. Allow free-flow writing to possess me on that topic :)
3. Do a post-mortem on the resulting output then follow-up with iterative edits. So expect continuous changes to my postings' tone and its message over time. Each of these postings must have changed at least 5 times already! Why not, I am a changed-being every moment. I may even disagree to my own earlier arguments.

Most of the postings here can be associated with the following through observance:

1. Spirituality
2. Human Behaviour
3. Human Evolution

Take note that many of the postings here are related and/or branched from another. You may refer the Tag/Labels for the checking out the root posts.

 

Please feel free to comment on the connections, interrelations and ideas that I have fissioned in your minds with krising. Thanks.

 

---- Last updated 10th April 2013 3:25 pm