Happytite!

On public demand, here on your favourite channel, we present... the happy recipe.

Take a bowl (your mind)
Add three cups of satisfaction (physical, mental and spiritual)
Churn this well with one and a half table spoons of freshly prepared-altruism
Heat the mixture on some time-bath till the colour (essence) changes to plain white(purity).
Dip this cake in a bowl of love till it is completely soaked and then sprinkle (for decoration) some nice personal

achievement ...as per taste. Happiness is ready to be served...

Note: The decorative item is not the crux of the recipe. Use it wisely.

The above recipe serves one.

nirWANNA?

I once asked a friend of mine, "What do you think salvation is?"
He replied, "A state of the soul when you already know the answer for your question."

I rever this friend. He never says things that need not be said.
He's the one that shouts "shut up!" whenever I cross the line with my friends or family...
He's the one that whispers "thank him/her" whenever someone does good for me...
He's the one that doesn't write posts like this... So I'll do it for him. Actually, I'll do it for myself.

I think, one can attain salvation by doing anything... I mean anything. (And doing absolutely nothing is included in anything) The extreme point that you reach while doing something is salvation. Let us look at this more objectively.
Suppose you do something you like doing very much. There is this moment while you are doing it when you internally feel really happy... ok this is not working... I'll elaborate...
Take an example. Say, You like erasing something that is written in pencil with an eraser. You like it very much. You saw a paper with something written in pencil and you don't need the paper. So, you start erasing stuff off it. It feels good. You tend to lose yourself doing it. You get detached of everything while doing it.(not erasing exactly.. anything that you really like doing) There is a point while you are erasing, when your heart (actually the soul) is the happiest. Pleasure comes from within. But this lasts for a really short time... about a second or even less. Some may not even realize this happiness. (I'll try to explain why some of us can't realise this happiness in another post)
So, this is the moment of bliss we all are actually craving for. We want a perfect world for this. We try to influence people for this. We work to improve ourselves for this. Slowly, if you keep improvising/practising your act of passion, this moment of bliss becomes a minute of bliss. Then after a few more blisses, it gets to an hour, then a day, and slowly as I suspect, it becomes stagnant.
After such an endeavor you tend to see the working of every gear in the universe in what you are doing. That is, the mind tends to open itself in these times of bliss and finally my theory is: you will attain bliss for eternity with an understanding of EVERYTHING that is perceivable by normal humans. But the fact remains... you need to find the passion and persevere throughout with a full and complete heart.
Hencewise, you can attain salvation through singing... through thinking or meditating (the age old technique)... through torturing yourself... and why not, even through other "so called" condemned stuff.

In the comments, please give ways in which you would like to attain nirvana.

P.S.: I can attain nirvana through writing this blog... who knows??? (I do have a passion for blogging btw)

Could it be anymore blank?

How many times have you fainted?
If your answer is zero... this post will definitely be of some value to you. And those of you who have become unconscious atleast once in your life, let me know if it felt the same.

First of all, why am I describing this to you? So that you don't say "what the **** was that?" if you happen to faint in the future and ofcourse because I did faint.

It happened when I was down with Typhoid in my 11th standard. The good-for-nothing doctor didn't detect my illness as Typhoid. So, she prescribed antibiotics one after the other which lead to my losing most of my energy and resistence. I had constant high fever and had to pop in a paracetamol every now and then just to keep the temp. around 100F. Food tasted like medicine and medicine tasted like shit. Gradually, I found it difficult even to walk around.
Finally the day arrived when I had the least energy. I forced myself to stand up... coz i had to take a whiz (one of the two things I had to get up for!). Then, the little blood I had rushed down from my head or the heart just couldn't give the required pressure ... I don't know what happened .... but I just closed my eyes, barely noticing that my mother was running towards me....and.......
....... Blankness .......
I had no idea how long I was like that. Finally I opened my eyes and felt a little different. The difference was that I was standing when passed out and was laid down on the bed when I opened my eyes. By the way ... like in the movies, you won't get a blurry picture first and then a clear image of people around you. My vision was clear and in a way thrilling. Thrilling coz only then had I realized that I had been unconscious all this while.
My parents later told me that I had been in this state of unconsciousness for about 5 mins.

Now on... if you want to reach a state of complete blankness, don't meditate. Just faint!

Credits:
Aditya P R S (the one who fainted)
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (the bacterium that causes typhoid)
Sath Hitu and Renuka (my parents)
The phenomenon of pissing in the toilet


.............. A WEAK BRAIN CELL PRODUCTION ............................
:-)

Hail 'Bitsian spirit'

Hey all..
I know I showed the following to many people.... but I'm really proud or rather boosted by this creation of mine. Plus this is my tribute to my rocking campus life at BITS Pilani. God made BITS.

THE ROUTINE

The night slowly started slipping into the horizon and the sun nudged himself into the sky.
Enthusiastically, the twilight started brushing all the flora into consciousness while a part of the fauna began dozing off.
Curious about the happenings of the day before and anxious of the dawning times, the sparrows started whispering.
Every second carefully helped the "ambience" kill the "silence" and "hope" reigned again.
The biosphere started raining fresh energy; a majority being contributed by the two legged creatures.
As the sun soared through the skies, "routine" started to surround "creativity".
Just as the sun reached the apogee of the horizon, a sub-conscious hunger began to manifest itself.
And then rose a potential mind...
And then appeared a humbled soul...
And then awoke a BITSIAN!


The next post won't be very soon.... till then adityos...!

Hardships heard you... (couldn't help the lengthy post)

I often wonder as to why things don't come to us easily.
Then I answer myself saying ... coz then no one would use the words "difficult" or "hard" anymore.

I feel that when one is on the quest for something, there are some stages in which the universe reacts to their initial stimulus... one's thought of the quest.

The initial stage:
Everything starts to make you feel that it is so right... so meant for you... the beginner's luck kind of philosophy. (inspired from Paulo Coelho)
Suppose you think of .... let's say.... starting a business...
The first part is quite thrilling. You summoning all your resources.. gathering contacts, starting tie ups or inviting stakes... etc. You feel like all this time you should have been a businessman (at some points of this initial part of your journey). You fit into the jigsaw puzzle. You see a flamboyant ambition and vision ahead of you.

Hardship stage:
This is the immediate and the longest of the stages. It gets you into the depth of what you started and introduces you to all the facets of effort involved. This is the stage when the majority is eliminated and a perseverant minority is filtered.
The problems in your business slowly start to manifest. You see probable losses or losses, breakups, fights, monetary constraints, the competition, the ailments of business etc. The initial enthusiasm you had fades and you start to feel like u are in a rut and can't step back or you might even start resenting. The ambitions seem impractical during the end of this stage.

The realisation stage:
This is the consequent enlightening part of the quest. You start to realise the gearing and the working of the universe around you and feel like changing it a little. But at the same time you also feel strong and aloft. The expertise and experience start to set in.
Your business seems to be just maneuvering through and for some time you stop caring about your ambitions and desires. The hunger for control ceases and you slowly leave things to take care of themselves, rarely overdoing your duty. (unlike initially)

The gifting stage:
This is the actual stage of satisfaction. The universe, realising that you have done your part of the build, starts to do the rest. Things fall in place & you feel the result pounding on you.
Oppurtunity strikes your door and the business takes a critical turn. Success hits your organization and the satisfaction of slogging all through will be in your heart. If not your initial ambition, a worthwhile achievement gets itself credited to you. Careful nourishment from there takes you to the heights of your potential.

And finally, there is this stage when I stop writing and leave you for comments.

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Things that inspired me to write this post:
1. Boredom
2. Chat sessions with some of my "intellectual friends" and my dad.
3. Lone time and the fact that I started blogging.
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C ya all soon.

Ma First Post.

This is my first blog.
And this is my first post...
I dedicate this post to
1. Me and my family
2. My friends
3. My enemies
4. My professors
5. My career and
6. Something that's not mine in any way...


What can one get from this blog?
Updates about me and the scenarios I manage to get myself wedged in...
My own philosophy with a pinch of humour, 1 tsp of spirituality and a whole cup of gratitude ground with resentment...
And some material to read and observe.

C ya all soon.