Sometimes one feels very tired, despite neither being hungry - nor having done some arduous schedule. Sometimes one feels very energetic, after having completed a very hectic schedule, maybe more than 10 hours work over and above daily exercise schedule.
Why?
Sometimes you feel low, despite everything being in place, no worry, nothing to fear...while sometimes you feel happy and carefree, very bold and ready to take on... despite all the situations turning against you - step by step, turn by turn...
Why?
Sometimes one keeps quiet despite knowing all the answers, and sometimes the same one keeps on speaking rapidfire - be it questions only... Why?
And why after all, someone has to ask WHY?
Do other animals also have such inquisitive or curious nature?
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Palmistry : Finger prints
Finger prints have been found to have such a remarkable linkage with health disorders and child behaviour that Johnson & Opitz in 1973 concluded that dermatoglyphic inspection “should be a routine part of the paediatric examination”. It is very helpful for diagnosing problems with infants because they can not tell their problems.
Although EAST recognised significance of thumb prints more than two thousand years ago*, WEST ‘discovered’ fingerprints in 1893 courtesy Sir Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin. However, in EAST we knew it then & we still know it.
No further development or research.
No curiosity.
No questions.
Sheer ACCEPTANCE!
Acceptance without questioning closes all doors to development of knowledge and wisdom.
Courtesy discoveries by the WEST, today there exist more than Seven thousand articles published in medical journals alone, apart from other researches which have established an un-deniable link between dermatoglyphics / palmar lines and health/psychological disorders.
Acceptance without questioning closes all doors to development of knowledge and wisdom.
Courtesy discoveries by the WEST, today there exist more than Seven thousand articles published in medical journals alone, apart from other researches which have established an un-deniable link between dermatoglyphics / palmar lines and health/psychological disorders.
*Chinese contract documents over Two thousand years old have established that thumbprints were used as signatures and unique identification.
pictures courtesy google.com (handresearch.com)
Saturday, 24 July 2010
Science and Nature : Ramblings
Life – art or science?
Science has precisely defined rules which should be proven logically when tested on objects under consideration.
Humans are the most complex living creatures on earth due to various reasons including their capability to think, communicate and emote.
Humans, due to these reasons and further due to the ‘Psychology’, can not be precisely framed in rules.
Most of the things in science are digital or quantum.
Most of the things in case of human life are analogue, logic is fuzzy and events continuous.
That is one of the reasons, and that too an important one, why life can be only approximated by science.
Science is always an approximation for that matter, howsoever close one it may seem.
Approximations are never and can never be as good as objects or events.
They can only be so close that the difference between the reality and approximation becomes imperceptible to the observer due to limit of his observing and discerning capabilities.
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Art of Life : Success or Otherwise
To begin with,
I think (I am…) therefore I am...
Fill in the blanks and every corollary follows.
e.g. : achiever, good-for-nothing, smart, lovable, ignored, most liked etc. as you wish, so you choose and use.
Brain is the cause-generating control centre.
Control the cause itself for desired effect.
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These are only clues. Explanations can be sought.
I think (I am…) therefore I am...
Fill in the blanks and every corollary follows.
e.g. : achiever, good-for-nothing, smart, lovable, ignored, most liked etc. as you wish, so you choose and use.
Brain is the cause-generating control centre.
Control the cause itself for desired effect.
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These are only clues. Explanations can be sought.
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Popularity : Being alike (2)
...(continued from previous post)
Popularity :
Hindu mythology only extrapolates this basic law of nature in a most convincing manner by postulating that all forms of life are ‘versions’ of ‘superior self’ or ‘Brahman’. Let’s not digress much; because we are not discussing religion or faith here, we are trying to examine rather mundane matters.
For a politician the trick lies in posing being “one from the masses” and thus connecting with the commons, as the “commons” are most powerful in any democracy.
In other circles also, this trick works except in the world of glamour and cinema, where the trick lies in posing the character as being ‘one of them’ but achieving (in films) what ‘they dreamt but could not’. In the personal life also, the glamour lies in being un-like you but being what you aspire to be.
The clientele of any product depends in this Ad-mad-world on the propaganda of being for the ‘mass’ or for the ‘class’. Profits from the ‘Class’ may overshadow those from the ‘Mass’ but the issue under examination is popularity and not profit.
So popularity comes with the population in numbers with which you can connect or make them believe you are ‘one of them’. This is one of the basic factors which underline the popularity of BLOGs on the net also. The language must be common parlance, as scantily loaded with the heavy words and phrases as possible, the issues should be of common concern, it should serve common interests and it should touch commons at as many levels as possible. That makes you acceptable and hence like-able.
But, being alike is not always being comfortable with, or being likeable. Sometimes you fit the slot if you complement the other person rather than being exactly like them.
On a lighter note, believe me, bribes wouldn’t be accepted even if you are eager to pay unless you are found to be comfortable with. The rapists wouldn’t dare attempt if you make ‘em un-comfortable by being equally eager for the "BIG event of RAPE". The boss would get suspicious about your motives if you do not crib the work overload but are eager to grab as much works as you can lay hands on! The servants would desist asking for leave frequently if they found you are only too glad to send them home.
Even if I found you are eagerly waiting for my next blog post, I may doubt whether or not to keep posting!
;)
Popularity :
Hindu mythology only extrapolates this basic law of nature in a most convincing manner by postulating that all forms of life are ‘versions’ of ‘superior self’ or ‘Brahman’. Let’s not digress much; because we are not discussing religion or faith here, we are trying to examine rather mundane matters.
For a politician the trick lies in posing being “one from the masses” and thus connecting with the commons, as the “commons” are most powerful in any democracy.
In other circles also, this trick works except in the world of glamour and cinema, where the trick lies in posing the character as being ‘one of them’ but achieving (in films) what ‘they dreamt but could not’. In the personal life also, the glamour lies in being un-like you but being what you aspire to be.
The clientele of any product depends in this Ad-mad-world on the propaganda of being for the ‘mass’ or for the ‘class’. Profits from the ‘Class’ may overshadow those from the ‘Mass’ but the issue under examination is popularity and not profit.
So popularity comes with the population in numbers with which you can connect or make them believe you are ‘one of them’. This is one of the basic factors which underline the popularity of BLOGs on the net also. The language must be common parlance, as scantily loaded with the heavy words and phrases as possible, the issues should be of common concern, it should serve common interests and it should touch commons at as many levels as possible. That makes you acceptable and hence like-able.
But, being alike is not always being comfortable with, or being likeable. Sometimes you fit the slot if you complement the other person rather than being exactly like them.
On a lighter note, believe me, bribes wouldn’t be accepted even if you are eager to pay unless you are found to be comfortable with. The rapists wouldn’t dare attempt if you make ‘em un-comfortable by being equally eager for the "BIG event of RAPE". The boss would get suspicious about your motives if you do not crib the work overload but are eager to grab as much works as you can lay hands on! The servants would desist asking for leave frequently if they found you are only too glad to send them home.
Even if I found you are eagerly waiting for my next blog post, I may doubt whether or not to keep posting!
;)
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Popularity : Being alike
Popularity:
A certain lack of refinement is necessary in all expression to easily connect with the masses. I realized this long ago.
It holds good for the blog posts too. Simple words, small sentences, common parlance and light stuff which relax the mind are most popular. Hence the popularity of visuals, even cartoons is much more than pure text.
This stuff is precisely not that! But you will enjoy once you sail through.
Tricks of popularity have their roots much deeper in nature than in mere psychological aspects.
When I was in college some classmates would not mingle freely with me. I saw no obvious reason for their hesitation. I soon found they were hesitant and shied away as they considered I belonged to the posh upper class from my polished manners and language. As soon as I adopted their manners and lifestyle they could easily connect with me and my popularity increased.
This connection of being “one of us” is most powerful bond and therefore important for anybody and everybody opting for a life or career dependent on public opinion. Be it a performing artist like Singer, actor, dancer or a politician.
Wherever VOTE counts, we tend to favour our own “likes”. We tend to like people who are ‘like’ us. The intensity of liking depends on degree of like-ness. We feel more comfortable with people like us, surroundings like our native place, food and language we are used to, garments we have seen or worn most.
A community is formed by population ‘ALIKE’ based on place of living, place of birth, education, profession, caste, colour of skin, tastes, socio-economic-political factors, language…so many factors-innumerable; no fixed criterion can be ascertained for defining a community. What is certain is that the strength of this bond among people in a community increases with the number of factors of being ‘alike’. Higher the number of ‘likeness’ factors, longer the bond takes to break. Interestingly, the converse is not true; the bond does not build up faster if there are more common factors.
The inherent quality of being associative holds good for any community, any living organism including humans. Everybody, every organism feels more comfortable, more secure and more stable emotionally and physically in the company of ‘a-likes’.
It’s in nature, in genes, in the very basis of our survival and reproduction. Everyone considers ‘self’ as the best, and those like us are only ‘versions’ of ‘self’ and hence ‘GOOD’. Those at variance from ‘self’ are ‘not GOOD’ and greater the difference from ‘self’, the more is their ‘non-GOOD-ness’ or maybe ‘BAD-ness’. The more threatened any living organism ‘feels’, the lesser comfortable it becomes and thus depending on the degree of this perceived threat the lesser tolerant or more aggressive it becomes in its approach towards ‘non-GOOD’ ones and thus the ‘non-GOOD-ness’ takes the form of ‘BAD-ness’.
It’s not narrated in so many words but it is rooted deeper in our genes than even the subconscious, and hence not easily approachable by even the psychologists. It is rather in the purview of Genetics.
A certain lack of refinement is necessary in all expression to easily connect with the masses. I realized this long ago.
It holds good for the blog posts too. Simple words, small sentences, common parlance and light stuff which relax the mind are most popular. Hence the popularity of visuals, even cartoons is much more than pure text.
This stuff is precisely not that! But you will enjoy once you sail through.
Tricks of popularity have their roots much deeper in nature than in mere psychological aspects.
When I was in college some classmates would not mingle freely with me. I saw no obvious reason for their hesitation. I soon found they were hesitant and shied away as they considered I belonged to the posh upper class from my polished manners and language. As soon as I adopted their manners and lifestyle they could easily connect with me and my popularity increased.
This connection of being “one of us” is most powerful bond and therefore important for anybody and everybody opting for a life or career dependent on public opinion. Be it a performing artist like Singer, actor, dancer or a politician.
Wherever VOTE counts, we tend to favour our own “likes”. We tend to like people who are ‘like’ us. The intensity of liking depends on degree of like-ness. We feel more comfortable with people like us, surroundings like our native place, food and language we are used to, garments we have seen or worn most.
A community is formed by population ‘ALIKE’ based on place of living, place of birth, education, profession, caste, colour of skin, tastes, socio-economic-political factors, language…so many factors-innumerable; no fixed criterion can be ascertained for defining a community. What is certain is that the strength of this bond among people in a community increases with the number of factors of being ‘alike’. Higher the number of ‘likeness’ factors, longer the bond takes to break. Interestingly, the converse is not true; the bond does not build up faster if there are more common factors.
The inherent quality of being associative holds good for any community, any living organism including humans. Everybody, every organism feels more comfortable, more secure and more stable emotionally and physically in the company of ‘a-likes’.
It’s in nature, in genes, in the very basis of our survival and reproduction. Everyone considers ‘self’ as the best, and those like us are only ‘versions’ of ‘self’ and hence ‘GOOD’. Those at variance from ‘self’ are ‘not GOOD’ and greater the difference from ‘self’, the more is their ‘non-GOOD-ness’ or maybe ‘BAD-ness’. The more threatened any living organism ‘feels’, the lesser comfortable it becomes and thus depending on the degree of this perceived threat the lesser tolerant or more aggressive it becomes in its approach towards ‘non-GOOD’ ones and thus the ‘non-GOOD-ness’ takes the form of ‘BAD-ness’.
It’s not narrated in so many words but it is rooted deeper in our genes than even the subconscious, and hence not easily approachable by even the psychologists. It is rather in the purview of Genetics.
Sunday, 23 May 2010
Gadgetted Life - You also have one
Sitting quietly in the dumbness of my own existence, I often think about my passion. What is a single point issue which can extract hours from my running time machine without even a signal of irritation.
No, it is not girl friend, cigarette, drink and you name a few. It is plain and simple - Gadget.
I think twice before spending money and often change my decision if my liking exceeds my budget. But if it is a gadget and I have zeroed in on it, I am ready to go on austerity drive for years together in order to purchase the same.
Why do I have such a maddening fascination for gadget ? Even you also feel the same, Don't you ! Good, then you would be interested in my story.
But the problem is that my story does not have an end as many choices are left undecided. You would help me ! Great, so let's move on.
First let's tune our frequency. I would concentrate about personal gadgets. These are different from common gadgets in many ways. Discussion would be on computers, mobile, household items, related accessories and their usages.
Usefulness and extent of the same are two prime factors while choosing a particular gadget.
Some say gadgets are integral part of their life, for some it is difficult to live without, to some it give a feeling of winning over intricacies and for some it acts as a friend in their loneliness.
People elevated a little find gadgets signify efficiency in their personal life. These connected times of globalization call for capabilities beyond common homo sapiens, to just cope up. The gap can be filled through gadgets.
In social sphere gadget eases interaction in speed and in content. Policy makers and visionaries want to use gadget for bringing in transparency and honesty as a whole.
There is a clear trend of evolution as far as my Gadgetted journey is concerned.
A fashion, a status symbol, a craze, a madness, a utility item, a system facilitator and an instrument of social change, my gadgetted journey has seen it all.
Share yours. We have so much in common.
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- Himanshu Mohan
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