Seeing the future

Everyone who can read this blog have teh ability to see the future. Confused? Picture this...

You are standing with a visually impaired person. Lightning strikes. You will see it about a second before the visually impaired person hears it. So technically, you have seen the future when you think of it from a visually impaired person's point of view. Right?

Having said this, I think seeing the future is a lot about what enses you can stimulate and how accurately you can extrapolate. You can accurately extrapolate, looking at the lightning bolt, on how loud the thunder will sound. Hence you already know the future. Look at anything around you. if you can extrapolate what the same thing would look or sound a few moments later, you can close your eyes and practically live in the future. Right?

Finally...

4 years is really a long period of silence. Finally breaking it today.

These 4 years have been quite a roller coaster ride. Seen success and stagnation in my career, got married and have experienced the highs and lows of being a husband, forged new relationships, got in touch with old friends, and have definitely increased the count of grey hair on my head. 4 years, and the world around me has seemed to changed drastically. The threat of terrorism seems to be closer than I would have thought 4 years ago, crowds have increased manifolds no matter where you go, and prices have not only shot through the roof, but crossed the exosphere. Life, as I see it, has just grown more complicated.

To add to all this chaos, we have a million people talking with each other, posting on walls, posting videos, chatting, facebooking, orkuting, twittering...

Silence...

Moments of Silence

I came across this forward, and it sums up what i have been trying to say

Silence…

Have you ever experienced a moment in your life when you just ran
out of words and you go... s i l e n t ???


Let me assist you in recalling.... the moment when you left your home
for the first time and you look back at your parents who are worried
that their son/daughter are leaving them yet happy that their child
took the first step towards independence.


... the moment when the girl/boy you like most.. smiled back at you!
You don't say anything.. you just smile back..


... the moment when you get better marks than you expected... those
"numb" moments of ecstasy n surprise "is that true?"...


... the moment when you are parting with your old friend(s) and the
train has just started... and you are standing on the door of the
wagon.. waving "bye-bye" with your heart beating fast...



... the moment after the HR manager has just called you and told
,"You are through! Congrats!"



... the moment when you sit alone in your room after having told
everyone that you cleared that exam you prepared for 6 months!!



.....You can go on remembering your "special" moments!

I had always wondered why I never said anything to myself at those
moments.. as if it was "understood"... happiness, joy, pain.. all
feelings just flowed ceaselessly in the 'years' that passed in those
flash moments!


They say.. the best way to communicate is through "silence".
Love, Joy, Grief ,Surprise, Anger, Hope, Expectations, Support,
Non-cooperation...


Can you imagine the importance of a silent moment in a song??
When Bryan Adams stops for a while along with music, before he goes
on in his husky voice...

... Please forgive me. I cant stop loving you!



Ever had those moments when you thought you were tired enough that
you reach for your bed after dinner.. but find yourself wide awake
looking at the roof of your room silently... But you sure are
'thinking'... those moments of self-talk are the most important in our
lives. Those moments when we listen to our own hearts!
Those promises... those decisions... those are the moments when we
make our destinies!

Next time you go silent... listen carefully to what your heart is
saying.. listen to its joy...listen to its pain.. listen to its
fears.. listen to its desires..


Don't make it shut up and go off to sleep...

LISTEN TO THAT VOICE and ACCEPT EVERYTHING IT SAYS!

That voice alone can lead you to the abode of peace that your
sleep lacks... peace that awaits you!

Be in touch with your true self... be silent once a day, every
day !

Sometimes

Sometimes, when life takes a turn towards the dark crevices of loneliness, turn and look back. You will find that you were lonely always.

There is no one in this world who ever walks with you hand-in-hand throughout your life. Everyone is just on their journey. Sometimes you pass them and sometimes they pass you by and for those brief moments you have company.

Its tough to think of life without someone besides you, but when the end of it is lonely, then why cry about the journey.

Happiness is about brief moments in time. Enjoy them. Think of them when you are down, but don't depend on them.

Moments

Live every moment as though it was the last.

Nurse every heart as though it was yours sweetheart's.

Make every moment count, every interaction worthwhile.

Cause you never know, the next moment you may have to say goodbye.

Funny twists in an Indian's life

Life in India takes real funny twists, especially when it comes to one's personal (read love) life.

Indian's are a little conservative when it comes to the idea of love. Although this is the land rich with stories of legends that have sacrificed a lot for love and the great Taj Mahal which is the symbol of eternal love, the rural populace still considers a love marriage a taboo.

From a male perspective, an Indian has to go through rough patches at every stage of his personal life. First is the infatuation stage, which is fun but painful for everyone in a sublte way. Then comes the stage where proposing love to a girl leads one to sleepless nights. These two stages are the ones that are universal to all teenagers across the globe. From this stage onwards an Indian's life takes a different turn. Either an Indian girl thinks you are immoral in asking her out, or need tremendous courage and wit to evade the ever predatory eyes of society. If after a courtship (which is generally long) if they do decide to marry, the society, suddenly out of nowhere feels its their turn to judge the love. No one really cares about the time and thought the couple has put in to take the leap, instead what matters to them is whether the couple's stars permit this or not. Inevitably societal pressures cave in the spirits of the strongest. After all not all love life less.

So if there are any Indians reading this or plan to look for an India bride, here is a checklist you need to go through before falling in love:

1. Religion needs to be same
2. If above satisfied caste needs to be same
3. If all above satisfied take your horroscope and match them before you propose
4. If all above satisfied then look at the diameter of society that will affect your decision. Keep it small
5. If none above satisfied then look for a girl that has courage to defy society
6. If the above also not satisfied just get an arranged marriage done. Will save everyone the Pain.

Have fun :)

One can't think without words?

Must have heard a very common saying, "You cannot think without words"?

Are you sure that's true?

How does a child think? What does music do to you? What does the sight of sunset do to you? Do words help express all these? Probably the answer will be no, cause if its yes, then you probably haven't really experienced these.

Close your eyes and when in anguish, the guitaring from GunsNRoses's November Rain fills your ears. When you miss someone you don't say in your mind, "I am missing you". You just see that person and feel him/her close to you.

I was at a stand-up comedy last night. It was named Mr. Funny Man. The comedian asked us to close our eyes and try thinking for 3 seconds without words. I am sure none of us could. Then, he went on to perform with no words at all for the next 5 minutes, making complete sense. People laughed, but that is when I realised that its not words that are required to think or emote. The other senses are powerful enough to enable your mind to think.

Words help give meaning to thoughts that one is unable to convey or one is unable to undertand otherwise.