This new understanding about the cosmic blue print and its functioning in our “MIND-BODY ORGANISM” amply clarifies the two previously made statements (under the heading THE MORE OBVIOUS APPLICATION).
LIFE, AS IT IS, IS OUR OWN CHOICE.
AND
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO GO EITHER WAY EVERY SINGLE MOMENT
Let us put to test these two theorems in the more practical and real life of Susan who is suffering intensely after being cheated by Craig.
For this we would require to dissect the possible past of both (Susan & Craig) and then come back straightaway the present situation of heartbreak. Also noteworthy is the fact that we would be analyzing the situations and people from Susan’s perspective (who is a representative of our own self). So the possibility exists that Craig was not a very reliable or responsible person from the very beginning and Susan deliberately choose to ignore the hints and vibes from her INNATE INTELLIGENCE about him. May be due to some vested interests such as fulfillment of her ego upon being associated with Craig (who may have been the coolest kid on the block, so to say).in that case it is her OWN CHOICE that is making her suffer. If we choose play with fire we cannot complain when we get burns, getting burns is an inherent possibility of playing with fire it is understood without being spoken. Similarly cheating is an inherent prospect of a relationship with an infidel person. So it is Susan herself who is to blame for this situation of heartbreak and suffering today rather than Craig, since this was coming from day 1 of their relationship but she purposefully choose to turn a blind eye towards it because of involvement of “fulfilment of her ego”.(LIFE, AS IT IS, IS OUR OWN CHOICE).
Now there also exists another possibility, that Craig was a genuinely nice person when Susan first met him and this pleasantness of his drew Susan to him guided by her INNATE INTELLIGENCE and reception of good vibes. But somewhere down the line corruption occurred in his (Craig’s) inner world which culminated into today’s situation. Now it is totally up to Susan to either decide to forgive Craig for this isolated incidence of infidelity, forget this incident and move on with this relationship OR to dump him (Craig), forget this incident and move on in her life OR to continue hanging on to this incident by making a replica of it in her MEMORY and continue suffering incessantly, either with or without Craig in her life.
So life has given all these variety of options to Susan from being free of Craig and the suffering of the incident to hanging on to both (Craig & suffering) OR being with Craig and letting go of suffering etc... (THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO GO EITHER WAY EVERY SINGLE MOMENT).
It is she who has to make a choice this moment and hence decide upon the nature, course and quality of the moments to follow (or the future).
Sunday, February 28, 2010
ABUSE OF FREE WILL
Unlike any other thing or being in the universe (scientifically visible and known to us presently) we have been bestowed with the gift of FREE WILL which now in our irresponsible hands has become our own misgiving. Nothing in the universe has been bestowed with the capability or the option to interfere with the functioning of the four principle cosmic forces other than us and we have abused this power to its fullest.
The body is full and begs not to even be reminded of the word food but just because we have paid Rs 500 for the buffet we go on endlessly stuffing the body mercilessly.
The burning eyes demand some rest and sleep but we don’t heed to it at all we continue watching the late night movie or the cricket match.
Similarly events of the outer world touch and stir our inner world creating thoughts and their generic emotional responses. The event of present quickly slips into past, please understand it is not happening now. Say for example, boss takes away all the credit of our hard work or our work environment generates a disturbing negative emotional response in us. True, when that negative event of the outer world occurred it stirred our inner world and engendered negative responses in our inner world. But look at this closely that event happened a week or a month ago and we are still carrying it in our mind. The event is existent no more and nowhere but for our mind. We constantly abuse the principle force of MAINTENANCE with our FREE WILL and unnecessarily sustain the misery producing experience in our inner world. It becomes like an echo. Though the original outer world event which triggered this cascade of thought patterns and emotional responses is no more a PHYSICAL REALITY (it is gone, it is no more & has become a thing of past) we create its “INNER WORLD REPLICA” called MEMORY and reverberate the incidence in our inner world.
MEMORY is nothing but an “INNER WORLD REPLICA” of an outer world incident. (Memory is one of the components of SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE, how it gets corrupted and becomes a source of suffering would be discussed in further discussions). With this inner world replica we repeatedly relive the outer world incident and repeatedly generate the emotional responses associated with that incident.
ON A MORE JOVIAL NOTE :-)
A person may have abused and called us stupid only once but we, by the virtue of our memory, abuse & deem ourselves stupid at least over a 100 times by incessantly replaying the REPLICA of that outer world incident in our inner world. He says it, we prove it!!!!! :-). Who then is responsible for our suffering the person who abused us once or we who abused ourselves over a 100 times????
So now we understand that it is our irresponsible and abusive interference with the functioning of the cosmic forces that brings physical illness and mental suffering rather than the outer world incidences alone.
The body is full and begs not to even be reminded of the word food but just because we have paid Rs 500 for the buffet we go on endlessly stuffing the body mercilessly.
The burning eyes demand some rest and sleep but we don’t heed to it at all we continue watching the late night movie or the cricket match.
Similarly events of the outer world touch and stir our inner world creating thoughts and their generic emotional responses. The event of present quickly slips into past, please understand it is not happening now. Say for example, boss takes away all the credit of our hard work or our work environment generates a disturbing negative emotional response in us. True, when that negative event of the outer world occurred it stirred our inner world and engendered negative responses in our inner world. But look at this closely that event happened a week or a month ago and we are still carrying it in our mind. The event is existent no more and nowhere but for our mind. We constantly abuse the principle force of MAINTENANCE with our FREE WILL and unnecessarily sustain the misery producing experience in our inner world. It becomes like an echo. Though the original outer world event which triggered this cascade of thought patterns and emotional responses is no more a PHYSICAL REALITY (it is gone, it is no more & has become a thing of past) we create its “INNER WORLD REPLICA” called MEMORY and reverberate the incidence in our inner world.
MEMORY is nothing but an “INNER WORLD REPLICA” of an outer world incident. (Memory is one of the components of SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE, how it gets corrupted and becomes a source of suffering would be discussed in further discussions). With this inner world replica we repeatedly relive the outer world incident and repeatedly generate the emotional responses associated with that incident.
ON A MORE JOVIAL NOTE :-)
A person may have abused and called us stupid only once but we, by the virtue of our memory, abuse & deem ourselves stupid at least over a 100 times by incessantly replaying the REPLICA of that outer world incident in our inner world. He says it, we prove it!!!!! :-). Who then is responsible for our suffering the person who abused us once or we who abused ourselves over a 100 times????
So now we understand that it is our irresponsible and abusive interference with the functioning of the cosmic forces that brings physical illness and mental suffering rather than the outer world incidences alone.
Friday, February 26, 2010
THE BIG PICTURE Macrocosmic...
The steps 2 and 3 from SORTING to EMOTIONAL RESPONSE are nothing but CREATION, the first of the four principle cosmic forces, in action in the inner world in response to an outer world event (cheating). We must understand though that the emotional response generated suffering, emotional outburst, anger etc... have not been created by the cosmic force of CREATION rather they have been generated (as seen in the previous discussion) with the help of Susan’s own mental-setup which is an inherent part of her SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The force of CREATION is universally and unconditionally available and at work in our inner world. Which part of the inner world gets to harness it the INNATE INTELLIGENCE or the SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE depends on the use or misuse of our FREE WILL. In the present scenario Susan, in her unawareness of working of the mind, has BY DEFAULT chosen her MENTAL-SETUP (a part of SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE) to harness the energy of the cosmic principle of creation. When we repeatedly and continuously use a particular faculty of our inner world it becomes our DEFAULT SETTING. That is unless we become consciously and intensely aware of what is going on inside us and exercise the power of FREE WILL within us and consciously choose to use or harness a different faculty of our inner world (for example innate intelligence instead of mental setup) the DEFAULT setting faculty would automatically and continuously be operating through us even without our knowledge. So now we clearly appreciate that though a pure cosmic force (CREATION) harnessed wrongly by the use (rather abuse) of our FREE WILL it has created negative emotion and experiences in us.
An analogy to make this phenomenon clearer, in a cinema theatre light is being projected from the projector on to the screen. If we were to place the film rolls containing beautiful sceneries of tulip gardens, mountains, sunrise etc then beautiful images would come to life on the screen but if we were to place film rolls containing ugly images of crime, war, violence etc detestable images would spring to life on the screen. Similarly the cosmic force of CREATION is the continuously switched on PROJECTOR LIGHT and the MENTAL FACULTIES (innate intelligence or the social intelligence etc) are the FILM ROLLS placed in front of it. Whatever the faculty we use in front of it so is the imagery of the experience generated within us.
Once created the thought (right from sorting to the emotional response) comes with its own power of MAINTENANCE that is its capability to hang around in our inner world. But it would not remain the same all through it would undergo CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION). With this constant change it would generate a myriad multitude of responses and emotions in our system. Finally the cosmic principle of DEATH (REJUVINATION) would come into action and remove the thought, its modifications and its emotional responses as well. That is why we say “TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS”. We must understand here that it is not the time that heals all the wounds rather the cosmic force of REJUVINATION that removes the old thought and its associated responses from our system to make way for fresh ones. But here again we misuse our FREE WILL, we do not allow the cosmic force of DEATH & REJUVINATION to enter and cleanse our system instead we repeatedly abuse the forces of CREATION and MAINTENANCE and hang on to the event gone by constantly and hence multiply our own suffering and misery.
An analogy to make this phenomenon clearer, in a cinema theatre light is being projected from the projector on to the screen. If we were to place the film rolls containing beautiful sceneries of tulip gardens, mountains, sunrise etc then beautiful images would come to life on the screen but if we were to place film rolls containing ugly images of crime, war, violence etc detestable images would spring to life on the screen. Similarly the cosmic force of CREATION is the continuously switched on PROJECTOR LIGHT and the MENTAL FACULTIES (innate intelligence or the social intelligence etc) are the FILM ROLLS placed in front of it. Whatever the faculty we use in front of it so is the imagery of the experience generated within us.
Once created the thought (right from sorting to the emotional response) comes with its own power of MAINTENANCE that is its capability to hang around in our inner world. But it would not remain the same all through it would undergo CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION). With this constant change it would generate a myriad multitude of responses and emotions in our system. Finally the cosmic principle of DEATH (REJUVINATION) would come into action and remove the thought, its modifications and its emotional responses as well. That is why we say “TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS”. We must understand here that it is not the time that heals all the wounds rather the cosmic force of REJUVINATION that removes the old thought and its associated responses from our system to make way for fresh ones. But here again we misuse our FREE WILL, we do not allow the cosmic force of DEATH & REJUVINATION to enter and cleanse our system instead we repeatedly abuse the forces of CREATION and MAINTENANCE and hang on to the event gone by constantly and hence multiply our own suffering and misery.
THE BIG PICTURE microcosmic....
So now that we are familiar with the modus-operandi of the mind we will proceed to see how various other faculties are influencing and shaping it. But before we proceed any further we must also equip ourselves with the understanding of the fact that all these various processes of the mind, that is PERCEPTION, “SORTING, CROSS-REFERENCING & TAGGING” etc... are happening in fractions of a second (microseconds rather) and to us (in our present state) seem as one single entity. Making us feel a sense of helplessness when it comes to generating appropriate reactions specially to unpleasant and provocative situations (since they are tagged with super charged emotional heavy weights such as anger & suffering etc...) .
So now we will enter into the “mental mechanics” of the girl, let us call her Susan, who is suffering because of being cheated by a person, let us say Craig.
STEP 1: PERCEPTION of a particular situation or verbal information via some person gives Susan a confirmation of being cheated. A confirmed situation is at hand is being PERCIEVED
STEP 2: Immediately the “SORTING, CROSS-REFERENCING & TAGGING” process for this perceived situation begins.
STEP 2A: The situation is immediately sorted as BAD
STEP 2B: CROSS-REFERENCING is done with the existing memory record system of her mental setup and the data, either from previous personal experiences of a similar kind or borrowed ideas from her socio-cultural milieu, further classifies this situation as appalling, “why me?”, “this can’t be happening” etc..., memories of the sufferings she herself underwent on previous occasions of being cheated, or if it is the first experience for her then, the stories and sufferings of people who had undergone a similar experience either personally known to her or via media ( movies, T.V, novels etc...) flood her system.
STEP 2C: Once cross-referenced the situation is now TAGGED as an emotional trauma.
STEP 3: Deemed an emotional trauma the generic response to it that is suffering, emotional outburst, anger etc... begin to erupt in her system beyond her control and she sinks deeper and deeper into suffering while oscillating like a yo-yo between the extremes of anger ( against Craig) and helplessness (towards this situation and her own self).
Next, we will go on to see how the four principle cosmic forces are in action in Susan’s mind and how she uses (rather abuses) her free will to interfere with their functioning.
So now we will enter into the “mental mechanics” of the girl, let us call her Susan, who is suffering because of being cheated by a person, let us say Craig.
STEP 1: PERCEPTION of a particular situation or verbal information via some person gives Susan a confirmation of being cheated. A confirmed situation is at hand is being PERCIEVED
STEP 2: Immediately the “SORTING, CROSS-REFERENCING & TAGGING” process for this perceived situation begins.
STEP 2A: The situation is immediately sorted as BAD
STEP 2B: CROSS-REFERENCING is done with the existing memory record system of her mental setup and the data, either from previous personal experiences of a similar kind or borrowed ideas from her socio-cultural milieu, further classifies this situation as appalling, “why me?”, “this can’t be happening” etc..., memories of the sufferings she herself underwent on previous occasions of being cheated, or if it is the first experience for her then, the stories and sufferings of people who had undergone a similar experience either personally known to her or via media ( movies, T.V, novels etc...) flood her system.
STEP 2C: Once cross-referenced the situation is now TAGGED as an emotional trauma.
STEP 3: Deemed an emotional trauma the generic response to it that is suffering, emotional outburst, anger etc... begin to erupt in her system beyond her control and she sinks deeper and deeper into suffering while oscillating like a yo-yo between the extremes of anger ( against Craig) and helplessness (towards this situation and her own self).
Next, we will go on to see how the four principle cosmic forces are in action in Susan’s mind and how she uses (rather abuses) her free will to interfere with their functioning.
TOWARDS THE BIG PICTURE
Now let us enter into the mechanics of the mind of this girl (or boy) who has undergone the bitter experience of being cheated in a relationship. The situation of being cheated arises in her life. This situation is initially just PERCEIVED. Now, no matter how outrageous or extraterrestrial this may seem but the fact is that the situations by themselves are just situations, totally bland and totally neutral it is we who judge and TAG them as good or bad, pleasant or bitter etc according to our MENTAL-SETUP. A situation is initially perceived neutrally without any TAGGING and hence is incapable of generating any response, since unless TAGGED and hence automatically linked to a generic emotional response of that particular tag, no situation in itself is capable of producing any joy or pain. Unless tagged and linked to the corresponding emotion. After PERCEPTION the mind enters into “SORTING, CROSS-REFERENCING & TAGGING” mode, these three are almost a simultaneous processes, SORTING is a more general activity in which the situations are very broadly classified into good or bad (that’s the basic fundamental, though they may be classified as correct or incorrect, success or failure, etc..One of the opposites) once sorted into a particular category of opposite (that is good or failure or correct etc...) it is immediately CROSS-REFERENCED with the existing memory record system and automatically TAGGED. Let us understand this entire three step process with another example, before we proceed any further, in a scenario of arranged marriages if a boy rejects a girl then immediately after perception of this situation, by the girl, it would be sorted into bad or failure category with the help of cross-referencing with the existing memory record system of the mind, which would identify this situation either through previous personal experiences or borrowed ideas from the socio-cultural milieu around it .This cross-referencing would immediately christen this situation as painful either through previous personal experience or via borrowed ideas embedded in the MENTAL-SETUP. Automatically the situation gets TAGGED as an emotional trauma and hence the generic response to the tag of emotional trauma which may be suffering or crying or depression would get generated. But in a similar scenario of rejection where the girl is not interested in getting married and is being forced by the family to do so (for whatever reason, career,lover,disinterest etc...) same situation of rejection would be sorted as good or success, with the help of cross-referencing with the existing memory record system of the mental-setup which would hail this as a favourable outcome and hence tag it as pleasant or enjoyable outcome and hence generate the generic response of pleasure or relief or happiness. So we see very clearly that situations by themselves are neutral the same situation is capable of generating two starkly opposite responses (suffering as well as pleasure and relief). The response generated depends totally on our mental-setup.
FROM THE JIGSAW TO THE PICTURE
Free will, the four principle cosmic forces, life as it is our choice, two tier action of cosmic forces on the mind- body organism, innate & social intelligence......... and so much more has been discussed till now but how and where do all these facts meet and where do they fit in, in the big picture (if there is one at all!!!!).
For that let us start from where we last left.
“So where in lies the fault? From where do misery, doubt, anger, jealousy, depression, laziness etc...(And the entire gamut of negativity garbage) arise?
INNATE INTELLIGENCE is pure and perfect by its very nature and SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is an absolute necessity!!! Then from where has this pile of negativity garbage arisen in us??? “.
Let’s understand all this with a few illustrative examples. A child suffers a drowning experience before the age seven, now this traumatic experience will get recorded in his formative MENTAL-SETUP and water bodies will be TAGGED as dangerous and traumatic in his MENTAL-SETUP and hence the generic response to danger, that is fear, will get associated with water bodies. So every time he sees a water body his MENTAL-SETUP would identify it with dangerous and traumatic TAG and this would automatically generate the associated response of fear in him unnecessarily. The water body he is seeing now has no relation to the previous water body in which he had the drowning experience, moreover that time he was a small kid of 3 feet now he is an adult of 6 feet everything is so unrelated but since the MENTAL-SETUP has done its(water bodies) TAGGING with the powerful emotion (the generic response for danger) of fear the intellect gets completely clouded by this flood of emotion and the mind is unable to see the stark differences (rather a complete lack of any association) between the two situations and the person starts to suffer from phobia of water bodies. This is how our own MENTAL-SETUP imprisons us with its imposing bars of limitations.
Now let us consider a situation where a girl gets cheated by her boyfriend (or a guy gets cheated by his girlfriend) and goes through an extremely bitter experience. Now, the four principle cosmic forces that are CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH) are constantly working on her mind and body. Mind by its very nature is a constant flux of a stream of thoughts that is why we find it so difficult to concentrate on one single thing for a long duration, hence in the mind there is a continuous CREATION of thoughts, these thoughts can be MAINTAINED sometimes according to our given priority and sometimes by their shear intensity. That is, since reaching the office or college on time is a higher priority (as assigned by us in our mental-setup) than visiting a sick or ailing neighbours house the thought of reaching the office or college on time would maintain or assert itself for a longer duration(and quickly push out the thought of visiting the ailing neighbours home). Hence it will shape all our decisions about what we do and what we do not do. Hence our actions would constantly be dictated by it. If left to the normal course of events this thought of reaching the office in time would CONSTANTLY CHANGE (EVOLVE) as per the needs, that is it would express itself as getting up early in the morning to begin with then change to quick freshening up and then may be into skipping the breakfast and hurrying to drive or catch the bus if the time is still scarce. And as a natural progression it would DIE off when we reach the office or college and its place would be taken by a new thought about the previous days assignment or the presentation ahead in the day hence the system would be REJUVINATED by a new thought.
But here in steps the FREE WILL and the drama of human life begins.
For that let us start from where we last left.
“So where in lies the fault? From where do misery, doubt, anger, jealousy, depression, laziness etc...(And the entire gamut of negativity garbage) arise?
INNATE INTELLIGENCE is pure and perfect by its very nature and SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is an absolute necessity!!! Then from where has this pile of negativity garbage arisen in us??? “.
Let’s understand all this with a few illustrative examples. A child suffers a drowning experience before the age seven, now this traumatic experience will get recorded in his formative MENTAL-SETUP and water bodies will be TAGGED as dangerous and traumatic in his MENTAL-SETUP and hence the generic response to danger, that is fear, will get associated with water bodies. So every time he sees a water body his MENTAL-SETUP would identify it with dangerous and traumatic TAG and this would automatically generate the associated response of fear in him unnecessarily. The water body he is seeing now has no relation to the previous water body in which he had the drowning experience, moreover that time he was a small kid of 3 feet now he is an adult of 6 feet everything is so unrelated but since the MENTAL-SETUP has done its(water bodies) TAGGING with the powerful emotion (the generic response for danger) of fear the intellect gets completely clouded by this flood of emotion and the mind is unable to see the stark differences (rather a complete lack of any association) between the two situations and the person starts to suffer from phobia of water bodies. This is how our own MENTAL-SETUP imprisons us with its imposing bars of limitations.
Now let us consider a situation where a girl gets cheated by her boyfriend (or a guy gets cheated by his girlfriend) and goes through an extremely bitter experience. Now, the four principle cosmic forces that are CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH) are constantly working on her mind and body. Mind by its very nature is a constant flux of a stream of thoughts that is why we find it so difficult to concentrate on one single thing for a long duration, hence in the mind there is a continuous CREATION of thoughts, these thoughts can be MAINTAINED sometimes according to our given priority and sometimes by their shear intensity. That is, since reaching the office or college on time is a higher priority (as assigned by us in our mental-setup) than visiting a sick or ailing neighbours house the thought of reaching the office or college on time would maintain or assert itself for a longer duration(and quickly push out the thought of visiting the ailing neighbours home). Hence it will shape all our decisions about what we do and what we do not do. Hence our actions would constantly be dictated by it. If left to the normal course of events this thought of reaching the office in time would CONSTANTLY CHANGE (EVOLVE) as per the needs, that is it would express itself as getting up early in the morning to begin with then change to quick freshening up and then may be into skipping the breakfast and hurrying to drive or catch the bus if the time is still scarce. And as a natural progression it would DIE off when we reach the office or college and its place would be taken by a new thought about the previous days assignment or the presentation ahead in the day hence the system would be REJUVINATED by a new thought.
But here in steps the FREE WILL and the drama of human life begins.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE further....
Memory & social etiquette's. Understanding, adoption and living of social customs and traditions and the shining jewel in the crown, language (to help us express ourselves to the outer world, to interact, to communicate and express ourselves) are all the various facets of SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE. We must understand that without social intelligence we would be a misfit in the society. SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is the essential "societal existence and survival gear". Both our mind and body need to be equipped with it (SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE) in order to maintain a comfortable and smooth social subsistence. A simple example of social intelligence at work on the body is toilet training of small children. With time the body learns to exercise control over itself and hence is able to produce a more socially acceptable behaviour (imagine life without toilet training!!!!).
Similarly, we would not last a second in this social jungle without our memory. Memory is an extremely important part of our "societal existence and survival" arsenal both professionally and personally. Professionally, all the knowledge that we have gained in our lives from kindergarten to university to the constant influx of newly generated experiences is nothing but memory and personally too we are pressed by a constant need for data bank maintenance (memory) right down from who is who to birthdays & anniversaries to who did what and who’s a friend and who’s a foe etc etc... Imagine a person with head injury and a complete loss of memory, his entire life gets washed out like ink from paper. He is now unable to identify or relate with his own parents, wife and children (all of whom he had held s dear in his life). The entire fabric of his life (social life) gets ripped and shredded. So we see that how indispensably essential memory is to our existence.
Again it is the social intelligence that gives us the ideas about right and wrong, do’s and don’ts, aims and ambitions etc... and in effect makes us behave the way we do, dress the way we do and talk the way (as well as the content of talk) we talk mostly in accordance or in opposition of the existing and indoctrinated social and moral codes of conduct.
Finally, most importantly and principally all these various functions are achieved via-media of LANGUAGE. Language is indispensable to our societal existence without language (in this present state of ours) neither can we think ourselves (or even for ourselves) nor can we express anything useful to the world outside (chiefly because there is nothing much to express either, since we ourselves are handicapped without language and cannot think or imagine without it).
So where in lies the fault? From where do misery, doubt, anger, jealousy, depression, laziness etc...(And the entire gamut of negativity garbage) arise?
INNATE INTELLIGENCE is pure and perfect by its very nature and SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is an absolute necessity!!! Then from where has this pile of negativity garbage arisen in us???
Similarly, we would not last a second in this social jungle without our memory. Memory is an extremely important part of our "societal existence and survival" arsenal both professionally and personally. Professionally, all the knowledge that we have gained in our lives from kindergarten to university to the constant influx of newly generated experiences is nothing but memory and personally too we are pressed by a constant need for data bank maintenance (memory) right down from who is who to birthdays & anniversaries to who did what and who’s a friend and who’s a foe etc etc... Imagine a person with head injury and a complete loss of memory, his entire life gets washed out like ink from paper. He is now unable to identify or relate with his own parents, wife and children (all of whom he had held s dear in his life). The entire fabric of his life (social life) gets ripped and shredded. So we see that how indispensably essential memory is to our existence.
Again it is the social intelligence that gives us the ideas about right and wrong, do’s and don’ts, aims and ambitions etc... and in effect makes us behave the way we do, dress the way we do and talk the way (as well as the content of talk) we talk mostly in accordance or in opposition of the existing and indoctrinated social and moral codes of conduct.
Finally, most importantly and principally all these various functions are achieved via-media of LANGUAGE. Language is indispensable to our societal existence without language (in this present state of ours) neither can we think ourselves (or even for ourselves) nor can we express anything useful to the world outside (chiefly because there is nothing much to express either, since we ourselves are handicapped without language and cannot think or imagine without it).
So where in lies the fault? From where do misery, doubt, anger, jealousy, depression, laziness etc...(And the entire gamut of negativity garbage) arise?
INNATE INTELLIGENCE is pure and perfect by its very nature and SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is an absolute necessity!!! Then from where has this pile of negativity garbage arisen in us???
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE
Let us begin with clearly understanding each of the two intelligentsia (INNATE & SOCIAL) integrated into our “MIND-BODY ORGANISM”.
As the very name suggests INNATE is innate or inherent to our system, that is, it is a part of standard or original “MIND-BODY ORGANISM” equipment. On the other hand SOCIAL intelligence is an accessory implanted onto the standard “MIND-BODY ORGANISM” equipment. The INNATE intelligence is universal, inclusive, accommodating and adaptive in nature. SOCIAL on the other hand is culturally confined, exclusive and rigid.
These stark differences can be easily exemplified by a comparison between a child and an adult. A child (less than seven years of age, without a MENTAL SETUP, as previously discussed) is a “MIND-BODY ORGANISM” equipped only with INNATE intelligence and hence he is a global citizen. That is, if it were to be adopted by parents belonging to any corner of the globe, no matter how distant, (for example, an African child by Australian parents or an American child by Indian parents etc..) it would accept them as his parents (universal), it would automatically learn the language and pick up the customs and traditions of that particular part of the globe (inclusive and accommodating) and even when repeatedly reminded by people around him about physical differences between him and his parents he would question the same to his parents and adapt according to the answers given.
An adult with a fully functional SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE implanted into his “MIND-BODY ORGANISM” struggles to spend even a month or a week in a different socio-cultural milieu leave alone adapting to it for life. An adult is culturally confined, that is, we find it difficult to open up and mix up with people from differing socio-cultural backgrounds. An adult is, exclusive, that is, we are always busy sticking the “EXCLUDED” label on people. Somehow we find reasons to exclude most of the people around us and then surround ourselves with a handful we call our core group or near and dear ones and then we subject them also to our continuous (though subconscious) scrutiny. And if on any occasion or event they to do not match up with our “MENTAL CROSS-REFERENCE RECORD SYSTEM” of DO’S and DONT’S even they (the members of core group) are liable to being labeled “EXCLUDED”. An adult is rigid, that is, no matter how obviously wrong we may be we find it extremely hard to accept our mistake (we always have an explanation for the same) and it is exceedingly difficult for us to adapt to anything totally new (be it language, culture, ideas, people or for that matter even the climate).
At this point we must understand that SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is not the villain we are looking out for, as the sole cause of all the miseries in our lives, upon whom we can lay down the entire burden of responsibility for anything and everything that can and has gone wrong in our lives. There are more pleasing and functional aspects to it too.
As the very name suggests INNATE is innate or inherent to our system, that is, it is a part of standard or original “MIND-BODY ORGANISM” equipment. On the other hand SOCIAL intelligence is an accessory implanted onto the standard “MIND-BODY ORGANISM” equipment. The INNATE intelligence is universal, inclusive, accommodating and adaptive in nature. SOCIAL on the other hand is culturally confined, exclusive and rigid.
These stark differences can be easily exemplified by a comparison between a child and an adult. A child (less than seven years of age, without a MENTAL SETUP, as previously discussed) is a “MIND-BODY ORGANISM” equipped only with INNATE intelligence and hence he is a global citizen. That is, if it were to be adopted by parents belonging to any corner of the globe, no matter how distant, (for example, an African child by Australian parents or an American child by Indian parents etc..) it would accept them as his parents (universal), it would automatically learn the language and pick up the customs and traditions of that particular part of the globe (inclusive and accommodating) and even when repeatedly reminded by people around him about physical differences between him and his parents he would question the same to his parents and adapt according to the answers given.
An adult with a fully functional SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE implanted into his “MIND-BODY ORGANISM” struggles to spend even a month or a week in a different socio-cultural milieu leave alone adapting to it for life. An adult is culturally confined, that is, we find it difficult to open up and mix up with people from differing socio-cultural backgrounds. An adult is, exclusive, that is, we are always busy sticking the “EXCLUDED” label on people. Somehow we find reasons to exclude most of the people around us and then surround ourselves with a handful we call our core group or near and dear ones and then we subject them also to our continuous (though subconscious) scrutiny. And if on any occasion or event they to do not match up with our “MENTAL CROSS-REFERENCE RECORD SYSTEM” of DO’S and DONT’S even they (the members of core group) are liable to being labeled “EXCLUDED”. An adult is rigid, that is, no matter how obviously wrong we may be we find it extremely hard to accept our mistake (we always have an explanation for the same) and it is exceedingly difficult for us to adapt to anything totally new (be it language, culture, ideas, people or for that matter even the climate).
At this point we must understand that SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is not the villain we are looking out for, as the sole cause of all the miseries in our lives, upon whom we can lay down the entire burden of responsibility for anything and everything that can and has gone wrong in our lives. There are more pleasing and functional aspects to it too.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
INTELLIGENCE (detailed)
The expression of universal intelligence, unhindered, without and independent of our knowledge or permission is called the INNATE INTELLIGENCE.
When hungry we eat food, when tiered we go to sleep, when thirsty we drink water etc..... these are all the EXPRESSION OF INTELLIGENCE. That is, when the innate intelligence of our system functions through us by giving us choices it is called the EXPRESSION OF INTELLIGENCE. CHOICES? (One may wonder how?)
For example, The INNATE INTELLIGENCE of our system decides that our body and senses are tired and they need rest. It sends across this message as a feeling of sleepiness but we choose to ignore it, with burning eyes, begging us for some rest and sleep, we continue to watch a movie or a match late into the night. We choose to ignore the INNATE INTELLIGENCE of our own system and hence hinder with the EXPRESSION OF INTELLIGENCE.
These scenarios as discussed above are the INNATE INTELLIGENCE and the EXPRESSION OF INTELLIGENCE in the physical body of our “MIND-BODY ORGANISM”. These two entities (that is the INNATE INTELLIGENCE & the EXPRESSION OF INTELLIGENCE) are also equally functional in our mind.
For example, we meet a person for the first time and immediately (if we remain sensitive enough) we get a so called “vibe” from him. We instantaneously know him not through words not through any descriptions or hearsay evidences we just know him in a whiff of a moment without even having exchanged a word or a handshake this is INNATE INTELLIGENCE. Then immediately our SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE (we will define and discuss this entity shortly) takes over if we get a “vibe” of goodness from him, which automatically would also reflect in his actions then immediately our SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE will take over and we would become suspicious of him we would start judging him and will constantly be on a look out to find out the intention behind his integrity and if we get a bad “vibe” but we have some vested interest in the person (a wealthy business partner, boss, a better performing classmate who could help us with his notes etc etc....) our SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE would immediately take over and completely blanket this “vibe” with a flurry of explanations “don’t be emotional, this world is a very practical place”, “don’t judge people before hand , how much do you know him?”, “oh he is such a nice person that is why he has been rewarded with so much success” etc etc... We silently side by our SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE, find a fault or some imaginary sinister intention, laced with vested interest and ultimately personal gains, in the action and behaviour of the person with “vibe” of goodness and ultimately shun him and continue to hang around people with bad “vibe” ignoring all their palpably obvious vices because of our own hidden agenda (promotion, investment, help with understanding of a subject etc..) and vested interests. We choose to ignore the INNATE INTELLIGENCE of our own system and hence hinder with the EXPRESSION OF INTELLIGENCE.
Another important thing that we must understand is the TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE.
As seen above it is of two types
1) INNATE INTELLIGENCE
2) SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE
We have seen, discussed and understood the innate intelligence, we shall go on next to see, discuss and understand the social intelligence and its functioning on both the tiers (mind and body) of the “MIND-BODY ORGANISM”.
When hungry we eat food, when tiered we go to sleep, when thirsty we drink water etc..... these are all the EXPRESSION OF INTELLIGENCE. That is, when the innate intelligence of our system functions through us by giving us choices it is called the EXPRESSION OF INTELLIGENCE. CHOICES? (One may wonder how?)
For example, The INNATE INTELLIGENCE of our system decides that our body and senses are tired and they need rest. It sends across this message as a feeling of sleepiness but we choose to ignore it, with burning eyes, begging us for some rest and sleep, we continue to watch a movie or a match late into the night. We choose to ignore the INNATE INTELLIGENCE of our own system and hence hinder with the EXPRESSION OF INTELLIGENCE.
These scenarios as discussed above are the INNATE INTELLIGENCE and the EXPRESSION OF INTELLIGENCE in the physical body of our “MIND-BODY ORGANISM”. These two entities (that is the INNATE INTELLIGENCE & the EXPRESSION OF INTELLIGENCE) are also equally functional in our mind.
For example, we meet a person for the first time and immediately (if we remain sensitive enough) we get a so called “vibe” from him. We instantaneously know him not through words not through any descriptions or hearsay evidences we just know him in a whiff of a moment without even having exchanged a word or a handshake this is INNATE INTELLIGENCE. Then immediately our SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE (we will define and discuss this entity shortly) takes over if we get a “vibe” of goodness from him, which automatically would also reflect in his actions then immediately our SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE will take over and we would become suspicious of him we would start judging him and will constantly be on a look out to find out the intention behind his integrity and if we get a bad “vibe” but we have some vested interest in the person (a wealthy business partner, boss, a better performing classmate who could help us with his notes etc etc....) our SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE would immediately take over and completely blanket this “vibe” with a flurry of explanations “don’t be emotional, this world is a very practical place”, “don’t judge people before hand , how much do you know him?”, “oh he is such a nice person that is why he has been rewarded with so much success” etc etc... We silently side by our SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE, find a fault or some imaginary sinister intention, laced with vested interest and ultimately personal gains, in the action and behaviour of the person with “vibe” of goodness and ultimately shun him and continue to hang around people with bad “vibe” ignoring all their palpably obvious vices because of our own hidden agenda (promotion, investment, help with understanding of a subject etc..) and vested interests. We choose to ignore the INNATE INTELLIGENCE of our own system and hence hinder with the EXPRESSION OF INTELLIGENCE.
Another important thing that we must understand is the TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE.
As seen above it is of two types
1) INNATE INTELLIGENCE
2) SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE
We have seen, discussed and understood the innate intelligence, we shall go on next to see, discuss and understand the social intelligence and its functioning on both the tiers (mind and body) of the “MIND-BODY ORGANISM”.
Friday, February 5, 2010
REPLY TO COMMENT ON the fork in the road
very true my friend, choices if not handled properly can become an incessant source of misery and in that situation not choosing seems to be the most beautiful and reliable option but remember that not choosing is also a choice, that is we have chosen "TO NOT TO CHOOSE" and if this choice is made without readiness (as defined in the blog on readiness previously) then again we have chosen only dilemma and misery for ourselves.
For example if we choose “TO NOT TO CHOOSE” and suddenly we get a call from a very good college to pursue a course of our liking, we will immediately start to critically analyze it and start to look for some missing link (something wrong, something fishy about it) and even if we join it we would never respect it, in fact we would always live in the delusion that “if I could get this much without any effort imagine where could have I been, had I put just a little effort” since it came to us without our so called efforts( the same thing happens in relationships when we take the other person for granted as our own belonging or right and then loose respect for them).{The topic of why we choose what we choose and why we are the way we are has been dealt with in the series labeled MENTAL SETUP}
It is only when "TO NOT TO CHOOSE" arises out of the knowledge of choices available, experience(and not just theoretical knowledge)of the cosmic intelligence working and shaping our own lives every moment and an overwhelming sense of gratitude for what IS (we shall be coming to it, a bit later though) that this choice of "TO NOT TO CHOOSE" becomes an ultimate flowering of our lives and leads us automatically to higher and higher possibilities and this is precisely what we are attempting by integrating ourselves. By integrating ourselves we are going through the process of intelligently (as defined in previous article) assessing our TRUE choices, choosing with a sense of RESPONSIBILITY and understanding the NECESSITY (as defined in previous article) of going through the entire process leading ourselves to that ultimate state (space) where ALL POSSIBILITIES are equated the same as NO POSSIBILITIES (a paradox as it may seem, but is a very much an experiential truth or reality, we shall come to it also, a bit later though)
For example if we choose “TO NOT TO CHOOSE” and suddenly we get a call from a very good college to pursue a course of our liking, we will immediately start to critically analyze it and start to look for some missing link (something wrong, something fishy about it) and even if we join it we would never respect it, in fact we would always live in the delusion that “if I could get this much without any effort imagine where could have I been, had I put just a little effort” since it came to us without our so called efforts( the same thing happens in relationships when we take the other person for granted as our own belonging or right and then loose respect for them).{The topic of why we choose what we choose and why we are the way we are has been dealt with in the series labeled MENTAL SETUP}
It is only when "TO NOT TO CHOOSE" arises out of the knowledge of choices available, experience(and not just theoretical knowledge)of the cosmic intelligence working and shaping our own lives every moment and an overwhelming sense of gratitude for what IS (we shall be coming to it, a bit later though) that this choice of "TO NOT TO CHOOSE" becomes an ultimate flowering of our lives and leads us automatically to higher and higher possibilities and this is precisely what we are attempting by integrating ourselves. By integrating ourselves we are going through the process of intelligently (as defined in previous article) assessing our TRUE choices, choosing with a sense of RESPONSIBILITY and understanding the NECESSITY (as defined in previous article) of going through the entire process leading ourselves to that ultimate state (space) where ALL POSSIBILITIES are equated the same as NO POSSIBILITIES (a paradox as it may seem, but is a very much an experiential truth or reality, we shall come to it also, a bit later though)
FORK IN THE ROAD (CHOICE)
May be not at seven or seventeen years of age but...... 37...., 57..., 77...., 97...... Years, decades after decades pass by us and we keep sinking deeper and deeper in our own undoing, that is, the MIND. The independently intelligent operating system capable of identifying possibilities and choosing from them or the MIND, which was supposed to make our life beautiful by presenting to us the arcade of choices available and hence escalate us to higher and higher pedestals of life opening up further and further new possibilities by helping us make the right CHOICES has become our own self made prison of incapability’s and inability to correctly identify choices. But how has such a blunder come to happen???
The operating software of our life (MIND) which was supposed to have filled our lives with joy, enrich it with possibilities and help us experience more and more beauty and hence leading us to further and further higher pedestals of existence seems to be doing just the opposite!!!! (That seems to be a universal experience without any exception)
To understand what went wrong? Where? And how? Of this paradoxical situation (paradox, because the mind which was supposed to be the greatest blessing and source of joy has become the biggest annoyance) we need to have a closer look at the “MIND-BODY ORGANISM” (or the human being) and it’s functioning.
Human beings as we like to connote ourselves, are not just the body or the mind, nor are they just a mind in the body, they, rather we, actually are “MIND-BODY ORGANISMS”. That is the actions and functions of the body affect the mind and the actions and functions of the mind affect the mind. The functions, actions and responses of both the mind and the body are mutually interlinked.
For example if we were to taste very bad food (which is a simple perception, physical gustatory action, of the tongue) we will experience a sense of irritation or anger or discontentment etc...(Which are mental activities or the responses of the mind) similarly if we were very upset due to any particular reason (which is a mental faculty) we would not experience any pleasurable taste in the food served to us no matter how delectable it may be (which is a simple perception, physical gustatory action, of the tongue).
So we see that, as hinted in THE BLUE PRINT APPLIED section, our mind and bodies are mutually intertwined ,and so much so, that we have completely lost the understanding that they still are two entities (mutually dependent and interrelated though). We also need to familiarize ourselves with the concept of INTELLIGENCE and EXPRESSION OF INTELLIGENCE in these two spaces (that is the mind and the body)
INTELLIGENCE pervades our entire system. How the bread we eat become the blood that flows, the bones that hold us, the muscles that move us and much much more is beyond our comprehension and yet it happens so smoothly and silently that we are virtually oblivious to it. We don’t even bother (neither there is any need to) that how all this would happen, all we do is just eat food and forget about it. How the heart continues to beat incessantly? How the lungs filter out the carbon dioxide and take in oxygen continuously? How the mind makes sense out of sights, sounds and actions? All these and many more questions we have never bothered to bother ourselves with!!!!
Answers apart, but all these questions themselves prove one thing for sure that there is an INNATE INTELLIGENCE running our bodies without our permission or knowledge. This INNATE INTELLIGENCE functions in our body via media the same four cosmic forces, which are CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH). This expression of universal intelligence, unhindered, without and independent of our knowledge or permission is called the INNATE INTELLIGENCE.
The operating software of our life (MIND) which was supposed to have filled our lives with joy, enrich it with possibilities and help us experience more and more beauty and hence leading us to further and further higher pedestals of existence seems to be doing just the opposite!!!! (That seems to be a universal experience without any exception)
To understand what went wrong? Where? And how? Of this paradoxical situation (paradox, because the mind which was supposed to be the greatest blessing and source of joy has become the biggest annoyance) we need to have a closer look at the “MIND-BODY ORGANISM” (or the human being) and it’s functioning.
Human beings as we like to connote ourselves, are not just the body or the mind, nor are they just a mind in the body, they, rather we, actually are “MIND-BODY ORGANISMS”. That is the actions and functions of the body affect the mind and the actions and functions of the mind affect the mind. The functions, actions and responses of both the mind and the body are mutually interlinked.
For example if we were to taste very bad food (which is a simple perception, physical gustatory action, of the tongue) we will experience a sense of irritation or anger or discontentment etc...(Which are mental activities or the responses of the mind) similarly if we were very upset due to any particular reason (which is a mental faculty) we would not experience any pleasurable taste in the food served to us no matter how delectable it may be (which is a simple perception, physical gustatory action, of the tongue).
So we see that, as hinted in THE BLUE PRINT APPLIED section, our mind and bodies are mutually intertwined ,and so much so, that we have completely lost the understanding that they still are two entities (mutually dependent and interrelated though). We also need to familiarize ourselves with the concept of INTELLIGENCE and EXPRESSION OF INTELLIGENCE in these two spaces (that is the mind and the body)
INTELLIGENCE pervades our entire system. How the bread we eat become the blood that flows, the bones that hold us, the muscles that move us and much much more is beyond our comprehension and yet it happens so smoothly and silently that we are virtually oblivious to it. We don’t even bother (neither there is any need to) that how all this would happen, all we do is just eat food and forget about it. How the heart continues to beat incessantly? How the lungs filter out the carbon dioxide and take in oxygen continuously? How the mind makes sense out of sights, sounds and actions? All these and many more questions we have never bothered to bother ourselves with!!!!
Answers apart, but all these questions themselves prove one thing for sure that there is an INNATE INTELLIGENCE running our bodies without our permission or knowledge. This INNATE INTELLIGENCE functions in our body via media the same four cosmic forces, which are CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH). This expression of universal intelligence, unhindered, without and independent of our knowledge or permission is called the INNATE INTELLIGENCE.
Friday, January 29, 2010
LIVING THE LABELS
We have transformed ourselves into entities who live LABELS instead of life. That is, a certain kind of tag or label gets incorporated into our software, operating system, (that also without our knowledge) by the socio-cultural milieu around us and we get busy living it.
For example, on an occasion or two a person publically loses his temper. Once he is settled people around him will tell two things either they will justify what he did and tell him that what he did in that situation was correct or they will TAG or LABEL him as “an angry or volatile person”. They will come and repeatedly tell him that he is an angry person, they will remind him of various real and hypothetical events of recent and remote past to prove their point (of course there also is a third and an extremely rare breed of people who will present the truth as it is & help the person to reflect on it, but they have not been mentioned here for the shear lack of their numbers and rarity), and voila we have an angry young man between us. Now, there will arise situations where he does not actually feel precipitously angry or angry enough to exhibit the same. But soon enough his “angry young man” TAG (LABEL) would kick into action and even without his knowledge or control he will burst into anger tantrums and will regret having done so later. This, now, will become a vicious circle. He lives with a guilt of unnecessarily throwing temper tantrums along with the constant fear of being unable to control his temper when situation demands him to.
This truly is a difficult and yet a comic situation at the same time. It is difficult because this person would repeatedly make a fool out himself by losing his temper unnecessarily and then would keep regretting (feeling guilty) the same and it is comic because he does not realize that it is not he who kicks in the irritability storm rather the LABEL (TAG) (given to him by the society), which sadly he believes to be himself (it is his identification with the LABEL), that makes him behave the way he does.
Another example, a person who has been very straightforward and honest gets into trouble repeatedly because of his straightforward ways. People around him start RE-PROGRAMMING him. They tell him all possible imaginable and unimaginable nonsense about how corrupt this world and these times are, they tell him how all these noble values are only meant to be enshrined in religious and moral books never supposed to be practiced in real life etc etc.. This young man, (unknowingly though) due to continuous socio-cultural RE-PROGRAMMING, TAGS (LABELS) honesty and straightforwardness of his inner nature (operating software, mind) as “socially useless” to a certain extent “harmful to own self”.
Whenever a certain situation arises his mind tries to respond naturally with its innate honesty and straightforwardness but this process is immediately taken over and shut down by the newly implanted LABEL of “socially useless” and “harmful to own self” pasted over honesty and straightforwardness. These LABELS now force him to behave with deception and dishonesty which of course he regrets later. But, as if under the influence of some invisible force, again and again he is forced to behave in this fashion and then regret having done that, since this is against his innate nature until he becomes totally insensitive and corrupted to a point where he himself becomes an ardent believer of the lies such as “all these noble values are only meant to be enshrined in religious and moral books never supposed to be practiced in real life” etc.
This is what is meant by LIVING THE LABELS and NOT THE LIFE. This is the Cage of our own self imposed limitations. This is what was intended to be expressed by the lines “Now the child is crippled, instead of expressing himself freely and exploring life, as he was doing until now, he is forced to live life out of the limitations implanted into its mind”. And it is here that the subtle FORK IN THE ROAD (CHOICE) comes into light.
For example, on an occasion or two a person publically loses his temper. Once he is settled people around him will tell two things either they will justify what he did and tell him that what he did in that situation was correct or they will TAG or LABEL him as “an angry or volatile person”. They will come and repeatedly tell him that he is an angry person, they will remind him of various real and hypothetical events of recent and remote past to prove their point (of course there also is a third and an extremely rare breed of people who will present the truth as it is & help the person to reflect on it, but they have not been mentioned here for the shear lack of their numbers and rarity), and voila we have an angry young man between us. Now, there will arise situations where he does not actually feel precipitously angry or angry enough to exhibit the same. But soon enough his “angry young man” TAG (LABEL) would kick into action and even without his knowledge or control he will burst into anger tantrums and will regret having done so later. This, now, will become a vicious circle. He lives with a guilt of unnecessarily throwing temper tantrums along with the constant fear of being unable to control his temper when situation demands him to.
This truly is a difficult and yet a comic situation at the same time. It is difficult because this person would repeatedly make a fool out himself by losing his temper unnecessarily and then would keep regretting (feeling guilty) the same and it is comic because he does not realize that it is not he who kicks in the irritability storm rather the LABEL (TAG) (given to him by the society), which sadly he believes to be himself (it is his identification with the LABEL), that makes him behave the way he does.
Another example, a person who has been very straightforward and honest gets into trouble repeatedly because of his straightforward ways. People around him start RE-PROGRAMMING him. They tell him all possible imaginable and unimaginable nonsense about how corrupt this world and these times are, they tell him how all these noble values are only meant to be enshrined in religious and moral books never supposed to be practiced in real life etc etc.. This young man, (unknowingly though) due to continuous socio-cultural RE-PROGRAMMING, TAGS (LABELS) honesty and straightforwardness of his inner nature (operating software, mind) as “socially useless” to a certain extent “harmful to own self”.
Whenever a certain situation arises his mind tries to respond naturally with its innate honesty and straightforwardness but this process is immediately taken over and shut down by the newly implanted LABEL of “socially useless” and “harmful to own self” pasted over honesty and straightforwardness. These LABELS now force him to behave with deception and dishonesty which of course he regrets later. But, as if under the influence of some invisible force, again and again he is forced to behave in this fashion and then regret having done that, since this is against his innate nature until he becomes totally insensitive and corrupted to a point where he himself becomes an ardent believer of the lies such as “all these noble values are only meant to be enshrined in religious and moral books never supposed to be practiced in real life” etc.
This is what is meant by LIVING THE LABELS and NOT THE LIFE. This is the Cage of our own self imposed limitations. This is what was intended to be expressed by the lines “Now the child is crippled, instead of expressing himself freely and exploring life, as he was doing until now, he is forced to live life out of the limitations implanted into its mind”. And it is here that the subtle FORK IN THE ROAD (CHOICE) comes into light.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
OBVIOUS APPLICATION continued
By the age seven the socio-cultural milieu of the child has installed a functional, base line reference for life, software (mind) into its hardware (brain).
Now the child is crippled, instead of expressing himself freely and exploring life, as he was doing until now, he is forced to live life out of the limitations implanted into its mind.
For example, someone who himself was poor at mathematics and was afraid of it tells the child that it’s a difficult subject. The child will initially try to get a confirmation of this from his parents (who even without their awareness are a child’s referencing system and he obtains their seal of approval before accepting, storing, archiving an acceptable thought or discarding an incorrect one) , the child also has a counter check mechanism of his socio-cultural milieu. If his parents do not support this idea or his friends do not concur or he learns by example from his teacher, that mathematics is an enjoyable subject he will then be saved. But if all of these referencing mechanisms agree with the belief that “yes mathematics is a difficult subject” then the child is doomed to develop a handicap into his possibilities. If this idea that “mathematics is a difficult subject” gets incorporated into his software then the next time around he touches his mathematics book his mind would already be flashing the red lights and siren of “DIFFICULT “so bright and so loud that nothing would make sense and even if it does he will sure enough make the silly mistakes, subconsciously though, and ensure poor grades and hence the sustenance of this wrong belief again and again.
This is what we end up doing all our lives. Some idea gets implanted into our mind and we start living it out. Some child gets implanted with the right ideas about success, he starts living that idea (until of course that idea gets shaken by some wrong or negative idea via some adverse incident) on the other hand another child gets implanted with wrong ideas of failure, low self-esteem, poor capabilities etc and he starts living them out with failure and disappointments galore.
If were to keenly observe our lives we would find that we are looping in a circle of “same situation different faces, same circumstances different places” that is we are continuously living our own past good or bad. We have become trapped in limitations laid out by our own mind and like a tiger in a zoo cage, we can only go this far (as far as the cage of our own self imposed limitations allows us to).
And this is where the concept of CHOICE comes into action.
Now the child is crippled, instead of expressing himself freely and exploring life, as he was doing until now, he is forced to live life out of the limitations implanted into its mind.
For example, someone who himself was poor at mathematics and was afraid of it tells the child that it’s a difficult subject. The child will initially try to get a confirmation of this from his parents (who even without their awareness are a child’s referencing system and he obtains their seal of approval before accepting, storing, archiving an acceptable thought or discarding an incorrect one) , the child also has a counter check mechanism of his socio-cultural milieu. If his parents do not support this idea or his friends do not concur or he learns by example from his teacher, that mathematics is an enjoyable subject he will then be saved. But if all of these referencing mechanisms agree with the belief that “yes mathematics is a difficult subject” then the child is doomed to develop a handicap into his possibilities. If this idea that “mathematics is a difficult subject” gets incorporated into his software then the next time around he touches his mathematics book his mind would already be flashing the red lights and siren of “DIFFICULT “so bright and so loud that nothing would make sense and even if it does he will sure enough make the silly mistakes, subconsciously though, and ensure poor grades and hence the sustenance of this wrong belief again and again.
This is what we end up doing all our lives. Some idea gets implanted into our mind and we start living it out. Some child gets implanted with the right ideas about success, he starts living that idea (until of course that idea gets shaken by some wrong or negative idea via some adverse incident) on the other hand another child gets implanted with wrong ideas of failure, low self-esteem, poor capabilities etc and he starts living them out with failure and disappointments galore.
If were to keenly observe our lives we would find that we are looping in a circle of “same situation different faces, same circumstances different places” that is we are continuously living our own past good or bad. We have become trapped in limitations laid out by our own mind and like a tiger in a zoo cage, we can only go this far (as far as the cage of our own self imposed limitations allows us to).
And this is where the concept of CHOICE comes into action.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
THE MORE OBVIOUS APPLICATION
So how does this knowledge of FREE WILL (an exception to the cosmic rule), two level working of these four {CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH)} forces in one being (another exception to order of the cosmos), change our perspective into life.
Well, putting it simply it brings to light completely new and revolutionary understanding that is
LIFE, AS IT IS, IS OUR OWN CHOICE.
It is the direct expression of our own FREE WILL. Secondly
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO GO EITHER WAY EVERY SINGLE MOMENT
Since the mind (the operating system) is in a constant state of flux we need to be aware of what choices (thoughts) we are making every single moment.
Let us proceed step by step dissecting every single concept mentioned above
I. LIFE, AS IT IS, IS OUR OWN CHOICE
Immediately the mind hurls the counter argument of choice of birth against this statement. That is if life were our choice then why someone would be so stupid to choose to take birth in poverty, famine and civil war ridden Somalia. If it were a choice then “I would myself have chosen this”,”I would myself have become that” etc etc..... is what the mind is presently chattering. The theory of KARMA, the concept of life as a continuum and previous births are the ample and available explanations of the above raised doubts but we will not delve into them since all that is not much of direct consequence to us right now and most importantly our aim is to experience a better, more joyful, more successful life NOW rather than engaging ourselves in futile theological and metaphysical discussions about previous births and life after death etc..
So let us see how we have chosen to shape up this life of ours as it is.
Till the age of seven our operating system (mind) is still in its formative state it is just receiving the information from its surroundings and storing it, it is continuously seeking clarification so as to correctly archive each and every bit of information (memory), that is why we see that the children are continuously asking questions much to the peril and sometimes embarrassment of parents. This is a very critical time period, parents must infuse only positive and correct software (information, memory) into their children. For those whose mind is now questioning the concept of choice, since the programming of childhood seems to be a totally choice less event, let us remember that, right from our timing of birth to place, parents and our entire socio-cultural milieu we are born to is our choice (we are unaware of it after birth though) the detailed mechanics of which we have not discussed here in order to save time and quickly jump over to the more pertinent and pressing issues of this (present) life. Therefore, in conclusion we have chosen our parents and our entire socio-cultural milieu in accordance to the life we wanted to live, and hence, they have only loaded the software (MENTAL SETUP) we ourselves wanted to, in order to live and experience this life.
After the age of seven once are operating system (MIND) becomes functional and kicks into action the real fun and the obviously apparent game of choices and their ensuing results follows.
Well, putting it simply it brings to light completely new and revolutionary understanding that is
LIFE, AS IT IS, IS OUR OWN CHOICE.
It is the direct expression of our own FREE WILL. Secondly
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO GO EITHER WAY EVERY SINGLE MOMENT
Since the mind (the operating system) is in a constant state of flux we need to be aware of what choices (thoughts) we are making every single moment.
Let us proceed step by step dissecting every single concept mentioned above
I. LIFE, AS IT IS, IS OUR OWN CHOICE
Immediately the mind hurls the counter argument of choice of birth against this statement. That is if life were our choice then why someone would be so stupid to choose to take birth in poverty, famine and civil war ridden Somalia. If it were a choice then “I would myself have chosen this”,”I would myself have become that” etc etc..... is what the mind is presently chattering. The theory of KARMA, the concept of life as a continuum and previous births are the ample and available explanations of the above raised doubts but we will not delve into them since all that is not much of direct consequence to us right now and most importantly our aim is to experience a better, more joyful, more successful life NOW rather than engaging ourselves in futile theological and metaphysical discussions about previous births and life after death etc..
So let us see how we have chosen to shape up this life of ours as it is.
Till the age of seven our operating system (mind) is still in its formative state it is just receiving the information from its surroundings and storing it, it is continuously seeking clarification so as to correctly archive each and every bit of information (memory), that is why we see that the children are continuously asking questions much to the peril and sometimes embarrassment of parents. This is a very critical time period, parents must infuse only positive and correct software (information, memory) into their children. For those whose mind is now questioning the concept of choice, since the programming of childhood seems to be a totally choice less event, let us remember that, right from our timing of birth to place, parents and our entire socio-cultural milieu we are born to is our choice (we are unaware of it after birth though) the detailed mechanics of which we have not discussed here in order to save time and quickly jump over to the more pertinent and pressing issues of this (present) life. Therefore, in conclusion we have chosen our parents and our entire socio-cultural milieu in accordance to the life we wanted to live, and hence, they have only loaded the software (MENTAL SETUP) we ourselves wanted to, in order to live and experience this life.
After the age of seven once are operating system (MIND) becomes functional and kicks into action the real fun and the obviously apparent game of choices and their ensuing results follows.
THE BLUE PRINT APPLIED
So we have come to a conclusion that there exists a universally applicable cosmic blue print applicable to this universe in entirety but herein lay the twist in the tale, just when we agreed to the absolute universality of the harmonious, simultaneous, continuous and uninterrupted action of these four cosmic forces (CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH)) the EXCEPTION sprung up.
If were took take a closer and deeper look at the entire cosmic lay out we will see these forces acting harmoniously, simultaneously, continuously and in an uninterrupted manner SINGULARLY in each and every entity of the cosmos.
SINGULARLY means that only one set of these four forces is acting at a time in an individual object (living or non-living). There are no levels and there is no interruption or induced in harmony in their actions, they just flow in a perfectly orchestrated symphony (no matter how chaotic it may seem at one passing glance, without delving deep into macro & micro details of it simultaneously) doing what needs to be done.
Nowhere in this visible universe within the sights of modern science is a place, object or organism exempt from the harmonious interplay of these forces and nowhere is the scope of interference, that is there is nothing a galaxy, star, mountain, river, tree, animal or bacteria can do or not do about their creation, maintenance, constant change (evolution) and rejuvenation (death). There simply is no choice for them there simply is no FREE WILL.
AND.................... herein lays our exception .....................US.
Yes we, the human beings, are a true and only exception to this cosmic rule because of our FREE WILL. It is not that these forces are not acting simultaneously in us, they are, but we have the FREE WILL to disturb them, their actions and create in harmony. This FREE WILL, for it to be used also required an independently intelligent operating system too; else what’s the use of having it in the first place. That is, only if a system is capable of identifying possibilities and options can it actually choose, if it cannot identify possibilities then there is no need or role of FREE WILL because then things would continue to happen in a singular track of happening as they are.
For example, there is person who has never seen or known about any modality of transport other than a bullock cart so whenever he has to travel he can only travel in a bullock cart (bullock cart is the only choice, hence a no choice, the only possibility for him) but on the other hand a person who is aware of all modalities of transport has a choice, a possibility, of looking into available options and then selecting what he deems the best for the situation (a flight for long distance, a car for local travel etc etc....).
Since nowhere in the universe the concept of FREE WILL existed nowhere in the entire universe is existent an operating system with ability to cognize (understand) itself, its surroundings and its options from a given situation.
Since free will, for it to be functional and expressive, required an independently intelligent operating system hence human beings were given the MIND, encased (more correctly though, represented) in the highly advanced, complicated and evolved physical brain.
But herein lays another twist in the tale since CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH) these four processes are universal forces continuously at work in the entire universe, from the macrocosmic galaxies and stellar systems to the microcosmic single individual, constantly at the same time and in harmony with each other the mind also must be, and has to be (since it is also a part of this universe) , subject to them.
And here is the SECOND EXCEPTION........... That is in human beings these forces are acting at two levels and NOT just SINGULARLY as in every other entity of cosmos.
So on one level (plane) these forces are acting on the PHYSICAL BODY and on the other level (plane) they are acting on the MIND. This interplay of these forces at two levels in one being is not simple and mutually independent rather it is complicated, mutually intertwined and interrelated at certain junctions and totally independent at others.
If were took take a closer and deeper look at the entire cosmic lay out we will see these forces acting harmoniously, simultaneously, continuously and in an uninterrupted manner SINGULARLY in each and every entity of the cosmos.
SINGULARLY means that only one set of these four forces is acting at a time in an individual object (living or non-living). There are no levels and there is no interruption or induced in harmony in their actions, they just flow in a perfectly orchestrated symphony (no matter how chaotic it may seem at one passing glance, without delving deep into macro & micro details of it simultaneously) doing what needs to be done.
Nowhere in this visible universe within the sights of modern science is a place, object or organism exempt from the harmonious interplay of these forces and nowhere is the scope of interference, that is there is nothing a galaxy, star, mountain, river, tree, animal or bacteria can do or not do about their creation, maintenance, constant change (evolution) and rejuvenation (death). There simply is no choice for them there simply is no FREE WILL.
AND.................... herein lays our exception .....................US.
Yes we, the human beings, are a true and only exception to this cosmic rule because of our FREE WILL. It is not that these forces are not acting simultaneously in us, they are, but we have the FREE WILL to disturb them, their actions and create in harmony. This FREE WILL, for it to be used also required an independently intelligent operating system too; else what’s the use of having it in the first place. That is, only if a system is capable of identifying possibilities and options can it actually choose, if it cannot identify possibilities then there is no need or role of FREE WILL because then things would continue to happen in a singular track of happening as they are.
For example, there is person who has never seen or known about any modality of transport other than a bullock cart so whenever he has to travel he can only travel in a bullock cart (bullock cart is the only choice, hence a no choice, the only possibility for him) but on the other hand a person who is aware of all modalities of transport has a choice, a possibility, of looking into available options and then selecting what he deems the best for the situation (a flight for long distance, a car for local travel etc etc....).
Since nowhere in the universe the concept of FREE WILL existed nowhere in the entire universe is existent an operating system with ability to cognize (understand) itself, its surroundings and its options from a given situation.
Since free will, for it to be functional and expressive, required an independently intelligent operating system hence human beings were given the MIND, encased (more correctly though, represented) in the highly advanced, complicated and evolved physical brain.
But herein lays another twist in the tale since CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH) these four processes are universal forces continuously at work in the entire universe, from the macrocosmic galaxies and stellar systems to the microcosmic single individual, constantly at the same time and in harmony with each other the mind also must be, and has to be (since it is also a part of this universe) , subject to them.
And here is the SECOND EXCEPTION........... That is in human beings these forces are acting at two levels and NOT just SINGULARLY as in every other entity of cosmos.
So on one level (plane) these forces are acting on the PHYSICAL BODY and on the other level (plane) they are acting on the MIND. This interplay of these forces at two levels in one being is not simple and mutually independent rather it is complicated, mutually intertwined and interrelated at certain junctions and totally independent at others.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
THE BLUE PRINT SCRUTINY continued...
THE BLUE PRINT SCRUTINY (2)
II. These four processes are continuously at work in the entire universe, from the macrocosmic galaxies and stellar systems to the microcosmic single individual, constantly at the same time and in harmony with each other.
We all would agree that these four (CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH)) process shape and mould the entire universe including us, but it is worth scrutinizing how they are simultaneously at work and that also in complete harmony(since each seems to be opposing the other).
Just as the star is being formed (creation) it is being maintained in its condition then (condition of that moment) which is giving way to a constantly changing (evolving) milieu which implies that a constant rejuvenation of present star is taking place during its formation and sustenance after its formation (as it constantly burns out its hydrogen and keeps changing).
Similarly even as the human embryo develops into a fully grown foetus simultaneous with the obvious process of creation, is going on maintenance (sustenance) of what has been created, constant differentiation of various cells into more specialized organs and organ systems (evolution) and constant death of cells that have finished their allotted life span.
Even in a full grown adult constantly new and renewed cells are being created, the entire body is continuously changing on micro and macro levels, on micro levels it is the change of temperature, pH, chemical and cellular composition and on macro level it manifests as obvious gain or loss of weight, health or disease etc... .Amidst all this change body is being sustained or maintained seemingly unchanged (outwardly though) in its present form. Constant death of cells that have finished their preset life span is an obvious and vital function for body to rejuvenate itself.
Hence we see all these forces acting harmoniously, simultaneously, continuously and in an uninterrupted manner in each and every entity of the cosmos. Though at one point the manifestation of one entity may overshadow the existence of others none the less all are active and present harmoniously, simultaneously, continuously in each and every entity, situation and person.
II. These four processes are continuously at work in the entire universe, from the macrocosmic galaxies and stellar systems to the microcosmic single individual, constantly at the same time and in harmony with each other.
We all would agree that these four (CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH)) process shape and mould the entire universe including us, but it is worth scrutinizing how they are simultaneously at work and that also in complete harmony(since each seems to be opposing the other).
Just as the star is being formed (creation) it is being maintained in its condition then (condition of that moment) which is giving way to a constantly changing (evolving) milieu which implies that a constant rejuvenation of present star is taking place during its formation and sustenance after its formation (as it constantly burns out its hydrogen and keeps changing).
Similarly even as the human embryo develops into a fully grown foetus simultaneous with the obvious process of creation, is going on maintenance (sustenance) of what has been created, constant differentiation of various cells into more specialized organs and organ systems (evolution) and constant death of cells that have finished their allotted life span.
Even in a full grown adult constantly new and renewed cells are being created, the entire body is continuously changing on micro and macro levels, on micro levels it is the change of temperature, pH, chemical and cellular composition and on macro level it manifests as obvious gain or loss of weight, health or disease etc... .Amidst all this change body is being sustained or maintained seemingly unchanged (outwardly though) in its present form. Constant death of cells that have finished their preset life span is an obvious and vital function for body to rejuvenate itself.
Hence we see all these forces acting harmoniously, simultaneously, continuously and in an uninterrupted manner in each and every entity of the cosmos. Though at one point the manifestation of one entity may overshadow the existence of others none the less all are active and present harmoniously, simultaneously, continuously in each and every entity, situation and person.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
THE BLUE PRINT scrutiny continued
II. These four processes are continuously at work in the entire universe, from the macro cosmic galaxies and stellar systems to the microcosmic single individual, constantly at the same time and in harmony with each other.
We all would agree that these four (CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH)) process shape and mold the entire universe including us, but it is worth scrutinizing how they are simultaneously at work and that also in complete harmony(since each seems to be opposing the other).
Just as the star is being formed (creation) it is being maintained in its condition then (condition of that moment) which is giving way to a constantly changing (evolving) milieu which implies that a constant rejuvenation of present star is taking place during its formation and sustenance after its formation (as it constantly burns out its hydrogen and keeps changing).
Similarly as our bodies are being created in mother’s womb, they are also being sustained by various processes of respiration, assimilation, excretion, circulation etc... And there also is occurring simultaneous death (rejuvenation) of numerous cells that have finished their function and requisite time period of existence. The growth of the human body till late adolescence and then senescence and aging are all too obvious but they compartmentalize and portray these four processes acting individually and independently in different phases of life. That is creation manifesting itself in isolation during growth and rejuvenation alone at death. Which is false, even right now death (rejuvenation) is very much a part of our system. Constantly innumerable millions of cells (having served their purpose and finished their life) are dying within us and even in our death a new us is being created.
Hence the conclusion that we draw is that all the four forces are working constantly at the same time and in harmony with each other though the obvious external expression of one may overshadow others presence. That is creation may overshadow death during embryo genesis and growth and death may overshadow creation during the final eventuality of physical death but all are co-existent none the less.
We all would agree that these four (CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH)) process shape and mold the entire universe including us, but it is worth scrutinizing how they are simultaneously at work and that also in complete harmony(since each seems to be opposing the other).
Just as the star is being formed (creation) it is being maintained in its condition then (condition of that moment) which is giving way to a constantly changing (evolving) milieu which implies that a constant rejuvenation of present star is taking place during its formation and sustenance after its formation (as it constantly burns out its hydrogen and keeps changing).
Similarly as our bodies are being created in mother’s womb, they are also being sustained by various processes of respiration, assimilation, excretion, circulation etc... And there also is occurring simultaneous death (rejuvenation) of numerous cells that have finished their function and requisite time period of existence. The growth of the human body till late adolescence and then senescence and aging are all too obvious but they compartmentalize and portray these four processes acting individually and independently in different phases of life. That is creation manifesting itself in isolation during growth and rejuvenation alone at death. Which is false, even right now death (rejuvenation) is very much a part of our system. Constantly innumerable millions of cells (having served their purpose and finished their life) are dying within us and even in our death a new us is being created.
Hence the conclusion that we draw is that all the four forces are working constantly at the same time and in harmony with each other though the obvious external expression of one may overshadow others presence. That is creation may overshadow death during embryo genesis and growth and death may overshadow creation during the final eventuality of physical death but all are co-existent none the less.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
THE BLUE PRINT ILLUSTRATED
CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH) these four processes are continuously at work in the entire universe, from the macrocosmic galaxies and stellar systems to the microcosmic single individual, constantly at the same time and in harmony with each other.
Now let us closely scrutinize all the statements made till now regarding the blue print.
I. Every single living and non-living thing is subject to the same law (the four processes). Only its external expression and time scale on which this process is laid out varies from one object to other (statement made in the preceding post)
A mountain is born (CREATION) out of collision between two tectonic plates, it is MAINTAINED as it is, by the support of stable solid plate underneath it, it is subject to CONSTANT CHANGE as there occurs constant sculpting of it by the winds, water, rain and weather. It is constantly EVOLVING as it gets invaded by life, first on microscopic level later on macroscopic scale, bacteria and algae give way to ferns and shrubs which usher in plants and trees who invite the fauna (animals) as this evolutionary drama is being played out. The hostile barren mountain (of yesterday) is now teeming with intelligent, self-sustaining life. The forces of nature (wind, rivers etc...) along with the roots of plants and other organic activity is constantly denuding the rocks to sand and also nourishing it (REJUVENATION) and as time passes by the mountain becomes a plateau (death or change of form or total rejuvenation).
A similar process of CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH) is very easy to comprehend when applied to all living beings including humans.
Only difference is the time scale and expression. The time scale on which this entire process is laid out is hundreds of thousands of years for a mountain and only a few decades for a human being.
The modality of its expression also varies greatly, from gaseous nebulae gathering under the influence of gravity forming a starry mass (CREATION), to a star with intelligent & controlled fusion reaction lighting and sustaining it and hence constantly burning itself out and changing itself (MAINTENANCE & CONSTANT CHANGE) to the eventual change of form (death) of the star into a black hole, white dwarf or a PULSAR.
The same four processes when expressed in human life weave the astounding miracle of a single celled zygote (size of approximately 10µm and weighing approximately 10-9 grams) becoming a (approximately) 3kg baby with 100 trillion (10^14 ) cells{with a 100 billion (10^11) neurons and 100 trillion (10^14) synapses and various other specialized & dedicated organs and organ systems such as skin , cardio vascular, hepatobiliary, gastrointestinal systems etc..}. From one round microscopic mass of insignificance to the most complex & intelligent creation of this entire visible universe, in just 9 months.
Now let us closely scrutinize all the statements made till now regarding the blue print.
I. Every single living and non-living thing is subject to the same law (the four processes). Only its external expression and time scale on which this process is laid out varies from one object to other (statement made in the preceding post)
A mountain is born (CREATION) out of collision between two tectonic plates, it is MAINTAINED as it is, by the support of stable solid plate underneath it, it is subject to CONSTANT CHANGE as there occurs constant sculpting of it by the winds, water, rain and weather. It is constantly EVOLVING as it gets invaded by life, first on microscopic level later on macroscopic scale, bacteria and algae give way to ferns and shrubs which usher in plants and trees who invite the fauna (animals) as this evolutionary drama is being played out. The hostile barren mountain (of yesterday) is now teeming with intelligent, self-sustaining life. The forces of nature (wind, rivers etc...) along with the roots of plants and other organic activity is constantly denuding the rocks to sand and also nourishing it (REJUVENATION) and as time passes by the mountain becomes a plateau (death or change of form or total rejuvenation).
A similar process of CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH) is very easy to comprehend when applied to all living beings including humans.
Only difference is the time scale and expression. The time scale on which this entire process is laid out is hundreds of thousands of years for a mountain and only a few decades for a human being.
The modality of its expression also varies greatly, from gaseous nebulae gathering under the influence of gravity forming a starry mass (CREATION), to a star with intelligent & controlled fusion reaction lighting and sustaining it and hence constantly burning itself out and changing itself (MAINTENANCE & CONSTANT CHANGE) to the eventual change of form (death) of the star into a black hole, white dwarf or a PULSAR.
The same four processes when expressed in human life weave the astounding miracle of a single celled zygote (size of approximately 10µm and weighing approximately 10-9 grams) becoming a (approximately) 3kg baby with 100 trillion (10^14 ) cells{with a 100 billion (10^11) neurons and 100 trillion (10^14) synapses and various other specialized & dedicated organs and organ systems such as skin , cardio vascular, hepatobiliary, gastrointestinal systems etc..}. From one round microscopic mass of insignificance to the most complex & intelligent creation of this entire visible universe, in just 9 months.
Monday, January 18, 2010
THE BLUE PRINT
Big bang ....... and............... Space and time are brought to life, infinite quantities of matter is hurled into this new born space at speeds nearing that of light itself. Gaseous nebulae form stars, stars group into galaxies. Planets gather around stars held by their gravitational pull and solar systems are created that continue to exist and continuously change. But stars too come of age and explode into white dwarfs or implode as black holes devouring matter around them with their immense gravity.
Amidst all this din & roar also is created our own planet (earth). Here too a seed (easy to miss & seemingly inconspicuous, just like the nebulae of unorganized gases in space), when given the right opportunity, grows into a plant and a plant into a (difficult to miss) tree. Just like the organized mass of gases become a conspicuous star and just like the star, after its requisite life span is over, the tree too succumbs to a process of rejuvenation (popularly called or known as death).
It’s not just the galaxies and the stars on the macro cosmic level that are subject to this process of CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH) every single living and non-living thing is subject to the same law. Only its external expression and time scale on which this process is laid out varies from one object to other (a billion or more years for a star, to a few hundred thousand years for a mountain, to a hundred year span for a human being, to a span of few days or hours for microorganisms) but the essential process is the same.
Amidst all this din & roar also is created our own planet (earth). Here too a seed (easy to miss & seemingly inconspicuous, just like the nebulae of unorganized gases in space), when given the right opportunity, grows into a plant and a plant into a (difficult to miss) tree. Just like the organized mass of gases become a conspicuous star and just like the star, after its requisite life span is over, the tree too succumbs to a process of rejuvenation (popularly called or known as death).
It’s not just the galaxies and the stars on the macro cosmic level that are subject to this process of CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH) every single living and non-living thing is subject to the same law. Only its external expression and time scale on which this process is laid out varies from one object to other (a billion or more years for a star, to a few hundred thousand years for a mountain, to a hundred year span for a human being, to a span of few days or hours for microorganisms) but the essential process is the same.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
INTERLUDE
We have discussed a lot of basic ideas about our functioning, that is “why we are, the way we are?”, “why we act & function the way we do?” and certain definitions on areas of immediate concern in life such as necessity, suffering, mental setup etc... . But before we proceed any further we need one more essential bit of understanding and that is about the BLUEPRINT. That is the basic plan of life as a whole and our relation to this celestial blue print. So we will take a detour in the next few posts to discover more clearly the concept of cosmic blueprint and restart from where we left, refreshed with this invigorating understanding.
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