At the mid-night hour, random thought came to my mind..
"Its always good to think twice before you talk, but when you don't need to think while talking to someone.. thats when you have found a real friend.. and probably a real love too!"
There is a saying, "think before you talk, don't talk before you think". Thats actually good, because that prevents you from hurting someone or give wrong impression of yourself. But when it comes to friendship, the rule seems to invalidate itself. How could you hurt your beloved friend? Your instincts should never allow you to do that. Even if it happens, you will surely regret and the true friend will certainly understand. This would strengthen the bond even more. A friend knows you inside out, how could you make wrong impressions? Friends don't mind you eating their cakes. Friends don't mind you turning their requests down. Friends don't mind having different opinions. And friends don't mind putting own life for each other.
So why bother? Actually when you think, its because you are concerned about the worldly rules and customs. Friends simply don't need them. A true love has to be completely free. Free of all the boundaries! Limitless!!
Believe me, its really difficult to find someone that you don't need to think before talking to, but if you do find someone, be assured, thats the real one!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Paper is more patient than man
Today I got my hand on 'The Diary Of A Young Girl", Anne Frank, and I missed a heart bit only on the second page on reading this.. it was so true..
"There is a saying that 'paper is more patient that man'; it came back to me on one of my slightly melancholy days, while I sat chin in hand, feeling too bored and limp even to make up my mind whether to go out or stay at home. Yes, there is no doubt that paper is patient and I don't intend to show this cardboard-covered notebook, bearing the proud name of 'diary', to anyone, unless I find a real friend, boy or girl, probably nobody cares. And now I come to the root of the matter, the reason for my starting a diary: it is that I have no such real friend.
Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a girl of thirteen feels herself quite alone in the world, nor is it so. I have darling parents and a sister of sixteen. I know about thirty people whom one might call friends--I have strings of boy friends, anxious to catch a glimpse of me and who failing that, peep at me through mirrors in class. I have relations, aunts and uncles, who are darlings too, a good home, no--I don't seem to lack anything. But it's the same with all my friends, just fun and joking, nothing more. I can never bring myself to talk of anything outside the common round. We don't seem to be able to get any closer, that is the root of the trouble. Perhaps I lack confidence, but anyway, there it is, a stubborn fact and I don't seem to be able to do anything about it."
Apologies for such a long quotation, but I could not crop any of this part. It is so touching.. even after "I don't seem to lack anything", there is something lacking. No, I did not feel 'alone in the world' when I was a boy of thirteen, I had bestest of my friend circle that time. I can certainly describe that as 'the best days of my life'. But the reason I felt so much for these lines is that, it feels awfully true at twenty-four. The scene of 'I sat chin in hand', resemble to my confusion whether to call someone or not and end up not calling at all. I have so many contacts and friends, but they all seem to be limited to work, jokes and phonebook, where is the real one? The problem seems to come from inside, somewhere.. 'I lack confidence', to be closer. Perhaps, it's not just me. I think, everyone has this utter need of a 'closer than heart' and almost everyone lacks it. May be our own walls of 'self' don't allow us to get any closer. The question is, how to bring the walls down, how difficult is it for a human to connect to other human? Really, 'paper is more patient than man!'.
"There is a saying that 'paper is more patient that man'; it came back to me on one of my slightly melancholy days, while I sat chin in hand, feeling too bored and limp even to make up my mind whether to go out or stay at home. Yes, there is no doubt that paper is patient and I don't intend to show this cardboard-covered notebook, bearing the proud name of 'diary', to anyone, unless I find a real friend, boy or girl, probably nobody cares. And now I come to the root of the matter, the reason for my starting a diary: it is that I have no such real friend.
Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a girl of thirteen feels herself quite alone in the world, nor is it so. I have darling parents and a sister of sixteen. I know about thirty people whom one might call friends--I have strings of boy friends, anxious to catch a glimpse of me and who failing that, peep at me through mirrors in class. I have relations, aunts and uncles, who are darlings too, a good home, no--I don't seem to lack anything. But it's the same with all my friends, just fun and joking, nothing more. I can never bring myself to talk of anything outside the common round. We don't seem to be able to get any closer, that is the root of the trouble. Perhaps I lack confidence, but anyway, there it is, a stubborn fact and I don't seem to be able to do anything about it."
Apologies for such a long quotation, but I could not crop any of this part. It is so touching.. even after "I don't seem to lack anything", there is something lacking. No, I did not feel 'alone in the world' when I was a boy of thirteen, I had bestest of my friend circle that time. I can certainly describe that as 'the best days of my life'. But the reason I felt so much for these lines is that, it feels awfully true at twenty-four. The scene of 'I sat chin in hand', resemble to my confusion whether to call someone or not and end up not calling at all. I have so many contacts and friends, but they all seem to be limited to work, jokes and phonebook, where is the real one? The problem seems to come from inside, somewhere.. 'I lack confidence', to be closer. Perhaps, it's not just me. I think, everyone has this utter need of a 'closer than heart' and almost everyone lacks it. May be our own walls of 'self' don't allow us to get any closer. The question is, how to bring the walls down, how difficult is it for a human to connect to other human? Really, 'paper is more patient than man!'.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Buddha says..
"This world is sustained by the laws of Nature, hence there is (seemingly) no creator of this universe (Brahma). If Brahma is the creator of world, he would be responsible for the sufferings, found throughout and suffered by all living beings."
Friday, February 1, 2008
नमो तस्स भगवतो अरहतो सम्मासंबुद्धस्स
I already have two blogs. Then whats the occasion for the third one?
My first blog started as a general personal blog. But later it turned out to be more centric towards work and technology related stuff. Now, few technology related planets are currently fetching this blog. Being on a planet, I cannot put everything, mostly off-topic posts. So, my subjects for this blog have been narrowed down to a great extent. Of course there are ways to filter posts depending upon the tags, and given that I do extensive tagging for my posts, it should not be a problem. But most of the planets are not doing the filtering itself. Even I don't wish to spam them with personal stuff. I need a special place for it.
Another one was created for sharing my fun with poetry. Its not very active these days. Mostly because I am not giving time for poetry now. I hope to be able to do that soon. Being of specific nature, I cannot write everything on this blog as well. I need to write something that is not poetry but not even a dry work or science and technology.
So I felt an utter urge to have one more blog, just for life (as in large and small) related things. Something more personal, nearer to heart, more spiritual or even just for fun. Let me embrace a new 'Sikkha'.
सिक्खा पदम् समादियामी!
My first blog started as a general personal blog. But later it turned out to be more centric towards work and technology related stuff. Now, few technology related planets are currently fetching this blog. Being on a planet, I cannot put everything, mostly off-topic posts. So, my subjects for this blog have been narrowed down to a great extent. Of course there are ways to filter posts depending upon the tags, and given that I do extensive tagging for my posts, it should not be a problem. But most of the planets are not doing the filtering itself. Even I don't wish to spam them with personal stuff. I need a special place for it.
Another one was created for sharing my fun with poetry. Its not very active these days. Mostly because I am not giving time for poetry now. I hope to be able to do that soon. Being of specific nature, I cannot write everything on this blog as well. I need to write something that is not poetry but not even a dry work or science and technology.
So I felt an utter urge to have one more blog, just for life (as in large and small) related things. Something more personal, nearer to heart, more spiritual or even just for fun. Let me embrace a new 'Sikkha'.
सिक्खा पदम् समादियामी!
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