Something Special!

Well its been a really long time since my last post...and not without a reason!
I was just waiting for "Something Special" to come up...and here it is (pun intended :D)

The last 3-4 months have been really like this...and today I suddenly realized that its foolish waiting for something special to happen...I have to make it happen!
Events and time will pass by as always...but its upto me to make them count...to explore the reason they are there, and to fulfill the Plan!

And somehow, it takes me back into times where I had just chosen to wait...and the more I waited, the more the opportunities I lost...and more I pinched myself in regret! But now its so clear...
Nothing Special will happen until I act to make it happen!

Ofcourse this has been the case so many times...doing things in a quicky when I actually got down to do it, instead of just planning! Planning can be dangerous too :)

This is just one aspect of it...the more beautiful fact of life is...
everything IS Special in itself, whether I perceive it or not!
Its just what one needs to realize...Life is a dream, just an amazing flow of events that are too wonderful to comprehend, its an expression of Love and Joy that fills me up within...a travelogue of something in me that has never changed, and never will...



These words always keep me smiling...
"Life is Complex...
to Understand it, is even more complex...
but to Live Life is so Simple!"

why then do we need to constantly monitor our actions, our thoughts, our goals, or achievements...just relax! Theres sooo much more to life than just setting goals and achieving them...its so simple and efficient to achieve things happily...to enjoy the road and still reach the destination...that is the essence of this beautiful journey...

Its time to Stop Calibrating Life...
Its time to Start Celebrating Life!

The Night of Thrills...

This ones amazing...wait for it!

Anokhya Betachya Safarivar...

just making the headers...will write the post with leisure :)

Kuala Lumpur...

just making the headers...will write the post with leisure :)

Failure of Success...

Aaah...nothing really great to write about...having a "blogger's block" these days :D

Somehow over the last month things kept happening or maybe my mind wondered(or wandered, whatever) quite a lot...and now everything seems so balanced and rythmic...nothing unusual to be amazed at!...and perhaps this is again something unusual...well if you want to write a blog...you'll get 100 hundred reasons to keep posting...:D

But seriously...how many times do we get bored when everythings going perfectly?! And how many times do we get frustrated when something breaks your rythm, your momentum...thats the weird inertia of the mind...it just cant keep quite and can't tolerate things going out of its control...we just want to have a bit of a game with life...knowing that we'll always win!

Hard to believe...and yet so true...and thats the 'Failure of Success'!
When I started playing Chess about 15 years ago I always heard Makrand Dada(my Guru) that Chess teaches you to handle defeats...and I couldnt get it till years later...
My dad always said, "achieving something is easy...maintaining it is the real challenge...dis is what Jijau taught Shivaji!"

And now the meanings clear...its very hard to face a small failure or a tiny disturbance when you are in such a good harmony, and in total control of things...one off-day and Batsmen lose form, one wrong footing and bowlers go all cranky...

And its so wonderful to think how even these small agitations add spice to our lives...like I always say..."Ravanashivay Ramala mahatva nahi!(Ram's importance derives from Ravana)" and success isnt sweet if you get it very easily...perhaps, doing something easy isnt at all success!



Its all about a balance...good or bad...Nature will always maintain a universal and local balance! And its just our viewpoint that defines things as good or bad...Success always tends to blo your ego...problems always mature you more...its just a shift in how we look at things...and its such a wonderful game...India vs Pakistan...both great teams...equally good, and the twists just make the match more enjoyable...no matter who wins in the end!

The Secret...

"Itni shiddat se maine tumhe paane ki koshish ki hain...
ki har zarre ne mujhe tumse milane ki saajish ki hain...

Kehte hain ki agar kisi cheez ko sachche dil se chaaho
to use pura karne ke liye puri kayanat lag jaati hain!"

Hehe...I'm not showing off any dialogues memory nor am I admiring my favourite hero [:)]
but this statement or sutra or mantra has been so close to me all my life...can't resist from sharing it with you!

It is said that you mind has immense powers, much more than you ever perceive...and it is these "force-waves" so to say that can really turn things around! Whatever you Intend to do, put your complete Attention to it and 100% effort, it has to Manifest...and this is the Secret!



And its not just words, but I have been experiencing it all through my life...mostly unaware!
To start with, any exam...NTSE or JEE or whatever...I always kept thinking of how great it would be to excel, how would be my NTSE Interview?...or how would be my IIT Hostel?...and invisibly it gave me unfathomable fuel to keep driving towards my goals!
(And most of you know how I used this one sutra in 12th...not for JEE ofcourse :))

And today it appeared again...staring into my eyes like a happy angel smiling at me...

Last night I went home...quite tired of tuning the Laser for the lowest threshold after I sort of broke the Laser-Diode and had to again re-set-up things all over again...and just because of 5 careless seconds...in short, it was quite a frustrating day!

I just went back and had a good sleep for 7 hours...did my Meditation and Yoga(this is vey important...) and just took it as a fresh start..."come what may! I'm going to finish it today...whatever happens, I'll keep smiling and work with enthusiasm!"

And it just flowed out of me...maybe luck...maybe something else...but things just kept happening! I aligned the threshold and Laser in just over an hour (...fastest in tha past month!) had lunch...came back and started adjusting the parameters coolly...always thinking "come-on, give your 100%!" and after 2 hours or stabilisng the temperatures, I finally get it on resonance...and whoa!...just 5 minutes tweaking and I got the whole result...right there infront of my eyes...the thing I had come here for!!! Just 1 day...and it was done!
Wonderful, Amazing, Lucky, Stunned...my Post-Doc and I just stared at the oscillator in wonder...

Its not such a big thing...but the essence is sooo wonderful! Its not what you want to do or achieve...its about how you go about it...winners and losers are justa thought apart...
"Can I do it?"..."I can do it!"

Just going out there with an intent of giving the Best...your full potential...100% effort with an undying smile...and the jobs done! Whatever you wish for...from the bottom of your heart, with a determined mind and a smiling face...when it dissolves in your blood...when you become one with your intention...Nature will find a thousand and one ways to do it for you!

But beware...its a double-edged sword! If you think negatively...that manifests too...GIGO...Garbage In, Garbage Out...the Universe willnot differentiate between good and bad...if you keep thinking bad...you'll get even worse things!
Just recall the moments..."I dont want to bang today...no accident today...I'll drive slowly...safely..."...and BOOM!!!...you bang into somebody or just slip over somewhere...

Use this sutra constructively, for positive things...and in a positive way...or just keep away from the "Nuclear Energy"...it can kill!!!

Well...its pretty straight-forward...I shouldn't keep repeating the same thing over and over again...just felt like revealing a wonderful secret that has taken me places and beyond...




P.S.: please watch the movie called "The Secret"...

Destiny...

After getting used to Singapore, I'm back to writing my wonders...

I have always believed in a higher power that guides the Universe on its path...and perhaps thats what people call Destiny. Though some things are totally out of ones control, most of an individual's life depends on how he handles things and hows he adapts himself to the changes...

But still there are some things and events, which when pondered upon in a holistic way, seem to fit together magnificently, as though the mercury in the Terminator fuses back together to form something totally different from the original pieces! And thats when I again wonder about Destiny...

Well, frankly all this has been there in my mind throughout my life, but reading the Indian History recently bowled me out! I read Swami and Panipat, two great books that describe the Third Battle of Panipat and the start of the downfall of the Maratha Empire. But whats interesting is that had the Marathas not been defeated, the British could never have conquered the whole of India. It was only after the Marathas collapsed that the British took over, ultimately uniting the whole sub-continent and bringing in the Modern Age!



I have always credited the British colonial rule as an impetus for national unity, rationalism, scientific temper and modern education. Although India was the greatest ancient civilisation, it somehow lost its way in the mid-way and maybe its the British Raj and the amazing freedom struggle that is again taking India to its rightful place.

And then, I read more(lukkhagiri on wikipedia rocks! :P) about the Durranis and the infamous Nadir Shah and their success stories and how they united the Central Asia and the formation of today's Afghanistan! Its incredible how a small shepherd boy from the plains of the Central Asia has had such an impact on the history of the world greatest nation. Nadir Shah who plundered India ruthlessly and attained pedestals of cruelty was assassinated by his own son and chieftains trying to save the rebels from a massacre. And this gave the chance to the Afghans to unite under Ahmed Shah Abdali(Abdulla Durrani) and lay the foundations of Afghanistan.

And hadn't it been for Abdulla Durrani's might and skillful war strategies, the Marathas' campaigns in Nothern India would have gone unchecked! I am proud of the Maratha empire and its legacy, but there were many fanatic Anti-Muslim leaders who would have wiped Islam from the face of India, another indispensible factor in India's culture and modern indentity as the "Merging of Oceans"... (see Discovery's 'Story of India' :))

And the same events and the subsequent chain brought the Maratha empire, the last standing power standing against the British East India Company, to its knees and set another wonderful chapter in India's heritage.

The way the events fall into place and the immense global effects it has is just to be wondered about...

Learnings...

This ones not at all related to Singapore! but to much other aspects of life :)

Just got into a debate over how easy or difficult it was for Sonia Gandhi to enter the Indian Politics...well I dont want to start it again! Though very easy to ride on the wave of public sympathy for a disrupted family who have sacrificed 5 generations for the country, it was the courage and commitment of one lady, who had her husband and mother-in-law assassinated, two young children to bring up, struggled to fulfill her lover's dream...a better India!

Its amazing how a young lonely woman transcended all boundaries, broke out of her comfort zone of a rich prestigious family, to enter into the politics of a nation very foreign to her in tradition, history, culture and language. And thats what commitment is all about!
I personally do not favour the Congress or the BJP or any other party for that matter...but great individuals and great stories have always loads to learn from...

Commitment is giving your 100%, come what may! When you are focused on a particular thing, giving you whole and soul is commitment. Not drfiting away from the tracks is commitment. Being steady on the path is commitment. It is commitment that gives a direction in life...else its just a random array of events! Commitment is realising and honouring you inner abilities and to explore the infinite potential you bear...

When you take a task at hand, you must complete it successfully, or do not take up the job! That has been my motto for eons, and it is what gives immense pleasure. You may almost complete it, or complete it out of compulsion. Real happiness is in giving your Best at it. You may not be an Ussain Bolt or PT Usha, but running your heart out still gives the same joy! (unless you are a professional athlete :))

And it is this mantra that has changed my life...forever! Nothing else matter as much as seeing your job completed, successfully...the smile can't be matched enough! And it is this what I learnt from Sachin. Its not just his batting that makes him my idol...but the pure happy personality he is! You can see the dismay on his face, when India loses inspite of his century and the same person is sooo alive and active and cheerful on the field, as though a debutant! And thats the key to success!

I had a small poem in school called "The Fountain". The one line it had was a thought of the century... "thy work is thy rest!" Realise the joy we get when having our favourite food, watching our favourite movie, studying for our favourite subject! It is the intense passion for your work and the love of doing it...this is bliss! Interests may differ, we may not like our work, but it is our own choice to enjoy it! Just seeing it from a tilt...a different perspective makes even the most drudging topics lively! It is this that helped me be the school topper in Social Science in boards. And it wasnt the marks I got, but the happiness and sheer joy of learning geography... :)

Life has been very kind, to set such great examples before me to take lessons...and equally creating situations and opportunities to apply what I learnt thus. For me, life is like a classroom, you can learn from everything and anything...its the most beautiful documentary and I'm glad to be a part of it...

a Family away from home...

Last 5 days have been incredible! I have been sleeping for just 6 hours every night...travelling for long times, missing meals...still these were the best days in Singapore!

Saturday I went to Kiranji's place for Rudra Pooja and satsang...and just stepping in, I felt back at home! I could feel that belongingness, that love, that bliss, the home away from home...
And it kept being more and more blissful...the Om Namah Shivay chanting and my first satsang outside of India...they were just awe...wait for it...SOME!

On Sunday, Art Of Living Singapore had arranged for a blood donation drive at the Health Sciences Authority in the city. I donated blood, second time...feels wonderful to have contributed back to the society, back to the nature. Met wonderful friends...Ragahavendra, Selvi, Shalini...active volunteers here...making big difference in the lives of a distant land :)



I also got to attend the Mothers' Day celebrations here at Tiong Bahru. Art of Living members here have adopted 10 needy poor families and meets them regularly and communicates their problems and solutions to the government, which is more than ready to provide it. It was so touching to see them enjoy...the music, the games, the party...(videos are coming soon...)

Monday, there was the Maha Sudarshan Kriya at the Grand Park Plaza Hotel Ballroom! Its one of the best hotels in Singapore...in the City Hall area, one of the grand localities here. And it was just amazing and breathtaking to meditate in the Ballroom of a Five Star Hotel! It was phenomenal...

Today, on Guruji's Birthday we had a Maha Satsang at the Jalan Ampas AOL Centre. Chinese songs and A.R.Rehman's songs together...simply awesome! Great to meet so many people...different languages, different regions, different stratas...celebrating together with fun joy and bliss!

Thanks to the people I met, the friends I have here now, I dont miss home or India anymore...
With Guruji, every place on the earth just feels like home...

Very Important...

There are three kinds of people in the world...

1] who take responsibilities and make things happen for themselves...
2] who just watch things happening and follow...
3] who keep wondering whats happening!

be a change to bring about a change.
Take responsibility about your own life, your family, your city, your country, your world!
take up the YES!+ challenge!!!


I belong to You!

Short Term Pain...Long Term Joy!

As I promised yesterday...I'm gonna praise Singaporeans a lot for their discipline, tidiness and personal professionalism :)
(Please put your Indian ego aside...somethings may hurt...but I want India to be clean, organised, harmonious and comfortable!)

First of all...the cleanliness.
Singapore is really really clean. My hostel staircase is 10 times cleaner than my IIT room (n I do take care of it...you know better :D)
India had a lot of dust around...but whats important is people here dont litter around, and even clean shining floors are swept regularly. Its like having babies everywhere...keeping it clean as much as possible! There are garbage bins at every corner with clear signs...and none of them overflow. In the NUS canteen area...I saw 4 garbage bins in a line saying: "paper" "plastic" "food" "other". Its so blatant, that even a stranger will keep his discipline!
(again...I'll post photos here...its coming its coming :))

Second...the Innovation and Technology
Singapore is full of small and simple innovative ideas make life easier...you just need to have the eyes for it! The most amazing was a big convex mirror put at every small turn on the road. The traffic here is quite fast...thanks to well maintained roads and disciplined traffic. So both the cars, the one on the road and the one in the lane can see each other much before and signal each other accordingly. I havent heard people honking here at signals or going "pom-pom" at every corner they come across. [photo coming here...very soon!]
Another was similar...they have two aligned mirrors so that the bus driver can see anyone standing at the backdoor and open or close the door properly.
There are many more things...cant remember all in a sitting...wish to convey it through photographs :)

Third...is the Harmony.
I am so happy to see the harmony and respect for everyone here...especially because this is the perfect example of "east meets the west"! Chinese, Indians, Malaysians, Westerners...Buddhists, Taoists, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Jews...everyone lives together...and all think of themselves as Singaporeans first and all other identities come second. It is so breathtaking to see each person helping others and respecting him/her. Women are given equal status...982 males per 1000 females!
A person's life is also cared for a lot! On traffic signals, on the marked patch even a 40 seater double decker will stop for a person crossing the road! There are signs everywhere in the metro to watch out for the gap between the train and the platform so that noone hurts his leg! There are notices to keep children away from escalator edges...an atmosphere of care and belongingness...
What I'm most happy about is the video I saw in the metro today(yeah thy have LCDs in there :))! It showed a suspiscious person leaving a bulky bag behind on the train and running away...and how alert people around call the driver an emergency, help the staff evacuate the train, search for the bag and the person...its was so well compiled and clear...that even once you see it, you can easily face a similar situation!

Well, there are lots of good things about Singapore, and I'm now sounding like a typical Indian...comparing a foreign land and crying over the mess back at home... :D :D :D
but yeah, we need to take inspiration from good things we see and give our best to make life easier for our fello countrymen!

Chalo then...

Settling Down...

Yeah this is the most important part of the journey (or the odyssey...whatever you may call it...)

I just came here yesterday morning...it was a beautiful drive in a luxurious car(yes...the taxi was an accord!) fromt the Changi Airport to the Raffles Hostel on Clementi Road...southwest of NUS walking distance from the NUS and the Harbour.

I haven't uploaded the photos yet...still getting acquainted to blogger...but that will come soon :)

I am staying at a private hostel and mostly everyone heres studying in NUS...4 Chennai guys downstairs...2 chinese girls in the next room and some other people I havent met yet...but it really feels like an international congregation :P :D

I was a bit out at sea when I came...knew nobody, cudn't understand Singlish (thats what they callit over here...its English in Singapore accent...n its very similar sounding to chinese...) was really fed up of seeing chinese people all over...same built, same colour, similar faces...n a weird accent I cudnt understand!

What topped my 'waay-waay' (google 'Anand Rajendran' for this phrase...) was the utter discipline and organsiation in every second of life here...and I knew nothing...where to get a bus...wheres which place...how to pay for the ticket...and cudn't get what people aroung were telling me...but they help a lot!

People in Singapore are really nice, innocent, kind and disciplined people...and one can smell the spirit of a great organising harmony even in the smallest of things...

Now, that I've explored around a bit myself...thanks to the DSN I did, I feel at home everywhere in the world...I'm feeling just at home...like at IIT...with friends who understand me and are really nice people!

2 days in Singapore have really opened my eyes to innovations, organisation, management, rampant use of technology and most of all...Love for a disciplined life!
More to follow about this in the next post...

Bye Bye...

Singapore...

Hey guys...I'll be writing about my experiences and fun here in Singapore while I'm working at the NUS...really sad about not being able to talk to you personally...but this blog will convey all the feelings...

I'll be writing as frequently as I can... happy reading :)

Darshan


P.S.: Singapore is located in the GMT +8 time zone...thats 2:30 hours ahead of India...
this is the exact local time now...

Munich...

NO! I'm not going to Munich...nor am I going to talk about this place...but about what happened in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

Palestinian fidayeens stormed the apartment of Israeli athletes and took them over as hostage to demand release of 200 Palestinian political prisoners in Israel. Israel as always tries to use power over diplomacy, and led to the killings of all the 11 Israeli players. The Israeli fighters did manage to decimate the attackers, but not before a mindless blood feud started between the Jews and the Arabs, spanning the whole of Europe and Middle East.

What shocks me most, is that how come the politicians and the men in charge did not see the effects of it?! How did the Israeli think of eliminating their targets by sending assassins all over the place? While they did get partial success, the Arabs blew up embassies, one after another! And this no-end-to violence still continues in the Gaza strip and West Bank area...millions of Palestinians still live in refugee camps on the banks of the river, and the kids throw stones at the Israeli check posts...while Israeli jets swoop over bombing the area as if spraying Baygon on a mosquito colony!

When will this stupid fight over religion end? None of Islam or Judaism license innocent killings...and yet they take glory in shooting down the "infidels". Now the conflict has taken a new(and worse too) dimension, with the Israelis occupying the Gaza strip. Two beeming populations who hate each other since millenias cannpt survive trying to capture each others' resources. And though the US, UK adn UNO try to construct a road to peace in the middle east...it will simply never work unless people themselves realise the futility of such barbarism.

I just saw the movie "Munich" last night and was so infuriated seeing the thoughtless actions on both sides, but finally the hero in the movie realises the truth and quits from the region. What if everyone in the middle east were to think the same way?

Bad thoughts will always bring bad actions, but it is not bad people who get bad thoughts, it is the idiotic negligence of goodwill that creates chaos!

Hope the future has something very good in store for humanity...

The Seeker...

There are six signs of a seeker.

1] Acknowledge that you know very little. Many people think they know without really knowing or they become trapped in their limited knowledge so they never learn. Thus the first thing is to acknowledge that you know very little.

2] Be willing to know. Many people acknowledge that they know very little, but they still may not be ready to learn.

3] Be nonjudgmental and open-minded. Some would like to learn, but heir judgmental attitude and close-mindedness do not allow them to learn.

4] Be totally committed to the path. Some are open minded but they lack commitment and one-pointedness. They keep shopping here and there and never progress.

5] Always place truth and service before pleasure. Sometimes even committed and one-pointed people avoid the path in pursuit of momentary pleasures.

6] Have Patience and Perseverance. Some people are committed and one-pointed and are not swayed by pleasures, but if they lack patience and perseverance, they become restless and dejected.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

P.S.: Not just the spiritual path, but everything we do follows these six rules. A seeker does not just imply a devotee, but a true spiritual person gains heights in all walks of life. So, remember these six signs and live upto them!

Jai Gurudev...

Secondary Learning...

Children learn, what they live – Dorothy Law Nolte

If Children live with criticism, they learn to condemn
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight
If Children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty

If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness
If children learn with fairness, they learn justice
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect

If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live in.

P.S.: And its not only children...even adults learn things the same way...

Singapore Time...

Crusade...

Just watched "Kingdom of Heaven"...a MUST watch for all people!

Well to give you a background it tells the story of the second Crusade and how Saladin manages to win Jerusalem back for the Muslims. But, its not the battle or the effects or even the history thats important...its the idea it shares through a man...a blacksmith who in search of God's forgiveness reaches Jerusalem and sees everything in a new light and stands by his morals to protect thousands...Jews, Christians, Muslims alike...a true Saviour!

It depicts the vanity and the futility of the crusades and the muslim counter-attacks that followed...not to blame the guys involved but there was some serious wrongheadedness involved.

As little known the Popes planned the crusades for absolute power and wealth from the middle east...burning down the Holy land and killing thousand where once Jesus himself preached of love, caring and sacrifice...
what makes it sooo touching is its contemporary relevance...not just the middle east, but also the world around.

why do people all over the world still fight in the name of religion, though the real thing is just pure lust for wealth and power. From the Iraq invasion to the Gaza occupation...upto the Ram janmabhumi episode...its all but just stupidity.

Why don't people realise what God really says...if you have a close look...Jesus, Buddha, Prophet Mohammad, Guru Nanak...all tell us the same thing...and yet we plainly ignore the real essence for the outer covering thats rotten...do we still call ourselves humans?!

In the movie, the Balion defends the wall of Jerusalem...not for the holy shrines and few peices of stones...but the people who call it their home! Defies the Bishop, burns the bodies to avoid an epidemic during a siege and leads all men...young and old...Christians and non-Christians toward a safe life. Its not only him, but perhaps one of the only few rulers that lived who were also great moral humans...Saladin.

Its touching how the Balion ans Saladin keep terms to surrender Jerusalem and send the people safe to Europe...and how each of them though a great warrior manages to think of the welfare of all people.

Can we bring about a change similar to that?
Can we identify the greedy crusaders amongst us and stop them before millions die?
Can we see God in ourselves and everyone else?
Can we be civilised and human?

That is the question every modern society has to ask and resolve...and Fast!

A Beautiful Thought...

Meditation is seeing God in yourself.
Love is seeing God in the person next to you.
Knowledge is seeing God everywhere.
Expression of Love is service.
Expression of joy is a smile.
Expression of peace is meditation.
Expressing God is conscious action.

Maya...

We always search for the answer of "How can I always be happy?"
And this is what H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says:

Forget about "always" - then you will be happy!

In always wanting to be comfortable, one becomes lazy.

In always wanting perfection, one becomes angry.

In always wanting to be rich, one becomes greedy.

Fear arises when we do not realise that only life is for always. This projection on the nature of self - which is "always" - onto the temporal - which can never be "always" - is called maya.


A very simple, plain explanation that defines every problem we face...


Jai Gurudev...

Theory of All...

Well I was just sitting around doing nothing (which I do quite often nowadays!) and suddenly this thought flashed by...and I tried to analyse its ramifications and was amazed as to how interesting lukkha pondering could be!

It was just this observation that all things in the universe...living and non-living are created, maintained and ultimately transformed(note: transformed, not destroyed!) into something else. This is how matter and energy are conserved and the whole Big system evolves with time. Its rather amusing that even the ancient Aryan/Hindu mythology observes it too. We have Brahma, the Creator; Vishnu, the Protector and Shiva, the Transformer...

As also whats interesting is the attributes given to numerous deities in India, their picturesque descriptions and characteristics...every quality of God has been given a form, and it is this understanding that unites all of them into one single Superpower.

Another interesting phenomena is the behaviour of microsystems. Quantum Mechanics tries to analyse the time evolution of a system, given its initial state and the Hamiltonian. This would imply that even the initial state is crucial for the system's dynamics! Now, we may consider the whole Universe to be one single system and it has a state with millions and billions of parameters and evolves with time so beautifully with stability and grace! What does it say about its own initial conditions ? Though the Hamiltonian is awesome, it does imply that something incredibly great would have made created the initial state of the Universe, that everything is contained in it...even what I write about its own theory. So, even if someone does come with the GUT as they call it, it was inbuilt in the system itself that certain components in it would ultimately guess its own theory correctly!...isn't that a sufficient proof that God does exist ?!

Now, as I think further, I realise the intense desire within man t understand the world around him. Be it a scientist, a poet, an artist or a philosopher...they are all driven by an unknown force to get themselves more acquianted with the place they call their own...only the methods differ ! What would this indicate about the nature of the human species ? It is only humans which have this ability to look around and observe...this inner craving to know everything in a better sense...and this is what makes us all special !

On the weekend I attended a guest lecture by a God Prof. in TIFR who works on String Thoery. And it was so arbit and random to me before he presented it so awesomely. It is indeed vague to represent the Universe with a set of numbers, matrices, tensors and random dimensional spaces. But, it is not what these people do...but why they do it, is what fascinates me to the core.

I could see in his eyes, the joy of a child who stares innocently at everything around him and makes his own convictions about them. This is the spirit of mankind...to observe, analyse and try to understand better...this is what I would like to be continue doing the rest of my life. I am so glad that I got an opportunity to learn Physics and Science in general and got a philosophical heart to complement it...its so arbit and yet so simple and beautiful. Thats how amazing the Universe is!