GURU

One of the most distinctive features of a language is its ability to express the most complex things in the most lucid forms. Whenever we see a particular object, or have an ephemeral thought in our mind, it’s a language that gives us the ability and, mind it, the liberty to express it. A language abstaining from such characteristic is like a beautiful beggar. Though she’s beautiful, but she can’t express her beauty for the lack of means. Thus a rich language will always be able to magnet the educated class.

Recently we celebrated Guru Purnima, which is supposed to be an occasion of paying respect to our gurus. Suddenly something flabbergasted me, what is the English translation of the word Guru. English dictionary describes Guru as, any person who counsels or advises or a mentor. I am pretty sure, that’s what it does not mean, since mentor is a trusted guide or an advisor. A guru is not only for advice, but majorly for inner peace.

A guru cannot be a teacher since a teacher does it by profession, while a Guru follows the path by choice. Guru cannot be described as a guide since a guide only shows us the way. The art of a Guru is not only to show us the way, but to make us capable of walking alone. It would be foolish to perceive Guru as an advisor. An advisor does it for money.

Guru can neither be defined as a Father since the father son relationship grows to be a symbiotic one. Guru is not even a mother since he would, unlike her; constantly make the child aware of wrong doings.

But then how can we define Guru. Which word would suffice the vast sphere of a Guru’s nature? Which word has the honour of describing a Guru?  For me, there’s just one word. Guru means LIGHT.

THE IDEAL

During our school days, none of the science students has ever been spared by the ailing of the gaseous equations. The only lifebuoy being the ideal gas, for its simple equation, PV = nRT. The concept of ideal gas is simple, a hypothetical gas, which obeys the ideal gas law, a simplified equation of state, and is amenable to analysis under statistical mechanics. The concept of ideal gas does seeds one thought in mind, for a better understanding of things, we need to have an idealistic scenario everywhere.

An ideal scenario, paves the path of expected behaviour and any deviation from the same might be corrected. When we need to produce a shape, first we prepare a prototype of it, then design the mould and finally pour the metal for the desired effect. The properties of the prototype are the determining factors of the properties of the resultant product.

The ideal scenario, not only exists for gas, but for humans too, when we hear the words, Discipline, Attitude, Intention, etc. they are nothing but the attributes of ideal human behaviour and they try to work as the mould for humans. But we still need a prototype to follow, since human senses work best when they see things rather than when things are defined to them. The best prototype ever produced, has been, the Generator Operator Destroyer, and we all call him, GOD.

Humans have, from the initiation, been a very selfish creature and anything created was for their own need and desire. We are well aware of our shortcomings and limitations, and, being human, have the desire to overcome the shortcomings. One can only receive from someone greater than it. On this earth, there’s no one greater than the human race, so the requirement was to create something greater that is above us. And we created Him; It is believed that, He lives in a place, above earth, Heaven, and empowers us.

Though the existence of the Supreme Being is still questionable, and the presence is just because of the strong belief we have. The basis of the existence is the impregnation of The One in the human conscious.

The basis of thermodynamics is the concept of the Sink, which is considered to absorb or remove energy from a thermodynamic system. Analogous to it is the system of human civilization, which is deeply submerged in sufferings and sorrows and desperately needs THE SINK. You guessed it right; the sink is The Holy Being. Unlike the thermodynamic sink, which has turned into pollution, the Ubiquitous Sink, silently takes up the human heat and in turn provides confidence, thus a perfect perpetual system of peace.

What we have created is an extremely flexible all good figure, which gives us the liberty to extract qualities, which we want to imbibe, for happiness in life. Thus everyone sees Him with a different perspective and to one’s amazement; the perspective fills the jig-saw of life.

Human Behavior

Recently I went on a trek, with few friends, I met a couple of new people and spent the day with friends. The place was beautiful, the environment was amazing and the ambiance was spell-bounding. Scores of cascades, chaparral ways encountering stunted trees, shimmering rain, were a perfect recipe for an awe-inspiring trip. Coming back, I was, hammered by a couple of thoughts, the way, my friends & I, reacted to, the situation, the environment, and the various pranks played by us. Why was it so, that every one, behaved in a totally different manner, reacted in a unique way.

Contemplating on the situation, I thought of human behavior with respect to situations. When I talk of behavior, I actually connote the manner of acting in a situation or controlling oneself. Yet again, manner & control are an integrated part of human beings, which are largely controlled by our nervous system. Since childhood, the way we react to things has changed dramatically, which happens, mainly due to external reasons. In my perspective, there are three major spheres that affect our behavior, first one is, the child, second, the elder and third, the aspiration.

The child inside us awakes, when we are happy and the environment supports our happiness, say snowfall while we are on a hilltop. The child gets active, subconsciously, and overtakes the weathered, matured person. The child reaction is, generally, an unexpected reaction from us, but this is the reaction that was got inoculated in our mind, during our childhood. This is a way, in which we want to react, when we feel happy, but often don’t, because of the elder behavior.

The elder inside us, often, tries to overtake the child. This elder is impregnated in our conscious mind, by, as expected, our elders. We are tinctured with the perspectives of our elders, who are majorly, our parents, family members, teachers and other elders, with whom, we spend time. Since the elder, apparently, is in our conscious mind, we consciously, react to situations in a manner we are told to and gradually, the tellings infuse in our sub-conscious mind and become our behavior.

The aspiration is more of individuality. Everyone does have a role model, or wants to reach heights in life, it’s that aspiration, which makes him behave in that fashion. If we idolize someone, then we try to behave in the way, our idol would have behaved. It’s the desire to be like him, which gives us pleasure in reacting to the situation.

The child in us, makes us happy and gives us joy, it’s important, to keep it alive to lead a happy life. The elder teaches us discipline and the way we must behave in society, so as to thrive, by pleasing others. Last but not the least, the aspiration, carves our path to success.

Falling In Love

Not a while ago I was trying hard to garner sweet words to find an alternative to “I Love You”. To all my efforts, I couldn’t cross any word, except aroha, “A strong positive emotion of regard and affection” ,which, casting me down, proved that English language lacks expression of Love. More over the word “Love” has been made so versatile, that for young lovers, it is losing its essence. We love our country, our parents, our girl friends, games etc., have different emotions for them, but surprisingly the same word “LOVE”.
Excogitating for hours, I came up with, a cliché, heard thousands of times in hundreds of movies, “I am falling in love with you”. Now there’s one thought that has been hammering my mind, the word, fall, in English has a negative connotation, still, to fall in love, means, to experience feelings of love towards someone. After my mind wandered around for possibilities of the same, I was stunned to remember a game called “Trust”.
Trust is a team game, which teaches confidence and faith towards your partner. The game has a team of two partners. The first person has to stand ahead of the second one and then needs to fall back. The fall should be a free fall and the other partner standing behind would hold his partner and prevent him from falling.
It’s never easy to fall free on your back, specially, because we cannot see what’s at the other side. There’s an inner instinct that stops us from falling and provides a resistance. Overcoming that resistance requires a mammoth effort. The only way to bypass the resistance is to imbibe in the subconscious mind, the confidence that something would hold us and would not let us fall.
Yes. My mind struck, that’s where the answer lies. It’s not about falling, it’s about falling with the faith in heart that there’s someone who would hold us. That’s what love is. Love is nothing more than trust and confidence that there’s someone who would protect us.
So, falling in love suddenly showed me a different perspective of love. It means having utter confidence in your partner.