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Hashing Out People

Why do people discuss people? Is it just for the kick one gets out of discussing the qualities one possess or, well, as it is most of the times, lacks? Most of you will confer. Pardon me, I prefer to differ. In any pure discussion pertaining to people, there is a subtle thread associated with the concerns or care one has for the individual under the lens. If you start digging deeper, in any constructive people discussion , the web of despair, which seems to be called in because you are frustrated or hurt by something they did, is closely knit with a genuine welfare and liking for the individual on the table. To the people discussing, the person being discussed seems to be going away, you fear losing them. It's not just that the venting up of one's anger or frustration is the goal, as it is in most of the discussions; no, there is more than meets the eye in an unbiased hashing out. You actually love those people, which, to me, seems to grow as you go on discussing. Though i mig...

Maya is not Illusion

For as long as i have been in contact with the Oriental philosophy, the one concept that has baffled me the most is the concept called Maya When i first came in contact with the works and teachings of Vivekananda, which was around 13 years back, the same concept and its very succinct allegorical commentary given by the Swami left me with many sleepless nights. But the shortcoming was in my understanding, not his commentary. As I was mentioning the same to my close friend Abi the other day : "Swami's words are like words of an NCERT book, you need a guide to make the meaning lucid". The same guide dawned to me in forms of the following excerpt from an enlightening work of truthful art called "The Voice of Baba ji" . I am here by quoting them as is for others to experience. "The world of maya , when analyzed resolves itself into names, and forms, nama rupa . It is a combination of the three categories desa, kala and nimmita , space, time and cause, which ar...

Love's Loquacity Lost !!!

Never give out your password or credit card number in an instant message conversation. Pant, Shailesh says: "True love never can be rent, but only true love can keep beauty innocent. You can run from love, and if it's really love it will find you, catch you by the heel, but you can't be numb for love. How can I hurt when I'm holding you? The soul needs beauty for a soulmate. When the soul wants, the soul waits...for love and sex and faith and fear." U2 Pant, Shailesh says: this one.. said by U2... bono... the irisih singer Sarangi, Abinash says: love can keep beauty innocent Sarangi, Abinash says: mEANS Sarangi, Abinash says: bEAUTY IS GUILTY WITH OUT IT Pant, Shailesh says: ha ha... Pant, Shailesh says: Pant, Shailesh says: or may be.... the Guilt creeps into beauty without Love... Pant, Shailesh says: i mean ... wht gud is a beautiful rose when the island is marooned and no one's there to appreciate its beauty... Sarangi, Abinash says: Correct Pant, Shail...

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फिक्र ऐ तन्हाई का आलम न पूछ खयाल ऐ रक्स का मंजर न पूछ क्यों कर होता है शमा पे परवाना िफदा ख्वार की मदहोशी का मकसद न पूछ हसरतों मैं डूबी उसकी नीगIहों की कसम मेरी जुर्रत ऐ बगावत का जरया न पूछ उसके िदल पे हक है कीसी और जाल्म का इस जाल्म पे बरपे कहर का दायरा न पूछ