A logical statement - might sound illogical!

Yesterday morning, I somehow got this logical statement in my dream state, and i started proving it there.

Thankfully, i was at a transition sleep phase, and felt i should record it. Recorded the same on my phone. Jotted down the ideas..

Logical Statement -

I have erred

My mind tells I haven't erred

Hence I have not erred

Prove whether this is true or false

Proof:-

Based on the root of the statement I have erred based on some universal idea. This itself is a proof unto itself.

But people basically do things dictated by their mind every time, hence the following will also need consideration;

Case 1 - Mind and conscience say different things

My mind tells me i havent erred. But my conscience being the moral compass will definitely tell me i have (since it is already proved by the previous statement). Hence i have erred.

Case 2 - The conscience is silent

Now it could be a case when my conscience hasn't said anything around this situation. This is more a proven case that i have erred because right or wrong is decided by conscience and if the conscience hasn't said anything, it is absent or has been successfully silenced. Such a human being has no compass for right or wrong.

For the mind, the definition of right and wrong is personal and situational.

Hence, i have erred. 

Ps. It's about keeping the universal law above the personal law. And I declare i have written all of this when i was in my senses. Now try to make sense of all of this...:P

Double standards

Feels great, doesn't it

Knowing you can elicit smiles from a pretty face

And if a not so pretty one tries to talk

You say, 'shes trying to catch my attention!!'

When men try to make some girl smile, the basic fundamental is they feel the female is attractive. The more attractive she is, the more attention she gets. Probably she is naive to think that she is great coz of her looks. Little does she know, or for that matter, the men realise that the efforts are basically for satisfaction of the their own ego selves.  A man feels that if he is capable of making such a female blush and smile, he is worthy enough.

And when a not so attractive female, as per the man's estimate, tries to even talk to him - the reaction is different. Firstly, men don't try to make such species laugh. And that is because having judged someone as not attractive, you are already creating a mental impression that you are better than that person (in whatever sense it is) and hence you have no interest of any sort there. And in such instances, instead, the mental picture is that the not so attractive female is trying to impress you or catch your attention.

What a case of double standards our society has created, by attaching too much importance to how people look and dress...:)

Guilty of this crime,

Yours truly

Absolute Nonsense - Push or Pull

{Series of posts churned out from the depths of my creativity, and impulses of madness}

Women generally push a door, which indicates that it should be pulled, and they say its part of being a woman. Observed one such woman today and thought of an imaginary conversation between us.


I: Ma'am, you just pushed a door, which is indicated to be pulled.

Lady(L): See, the door moved, so there should be no problem!

I: Ohh! There is a problem ma'am - why do you think they indicate how a door needs to be moved? 

You see when you enter a premise, you will push the door, because you can see who is in front of you. If you pull at this point, there are chances that someone behind you may be injured. (they do damp this with a carpet these days)

When you leave a premise, you will always pull the door, to keep the door moving in the same direction as before. This way the door hinges can stay fine for long.

I know its complicated, but no need to think so much. Just see whats written near the door handle and follow.. (so simple...:P)

L: Excuse me, if you mean to say that we can push only when we enter a premise, then think that I am entering 'outside' and your problem will be solved!

I: Ahh, good one there madam! But there is a clause you fail to understand - the door belongs to the shop! Hence even though you are entering 'outside', it is not the premise to which the said door belongs to. Hence you should follow the rules, based on the premise to whom the door belongs...

L: Arghh!



Ps. Dedicated to all the ladies who care to read this...:P

One World, One Culture Series - Erhu and Ravanhattha

I started my analysis of Indian musical traditions 2 years ago. Raagas being combinations of notes rendered in a particular format, it will not be difficult to digest that we will find songs based on Indian raagas, in musical traditions of other countries like China, Arabia etc. This is where i started sensing a Cultural Unity which exists but has not been investigated or established properly. My attempt in the forthcoming posts will be to try and document and share all the ideas i have around this topic.

I happened to hear this lovely Chinese song, played on a two stringed instrument called the Erhu. I love the sound...:)

Taking a look at it, and having investigated quite on Indian musical instruments, i was startled to see that this instrument looks a lot like Ravanhattha, played by street musicians in Rajasthan. The instrument is also a two stringed simple instrument, and its creator is said to be the mighty Dashaanana Ravana himself.

Erhu

Ravanhattha

A performance by a street musician in Rajasthan. Note that eventually the tune starts sounding Chinese...:)

The whole point of similarity here is Chinese music is primarily pentatonic (5 note scales), and we can find songs based on Indian raagas like Malkauns/Hindolam, Bhoopal/Mohanam in Chinese music.

This, I believe, is a significant discovery for me as it hints at the fact that culture spreads gradually, and does not respect the discrete nature of geographical boundaries. Thousands of years of cultural interchange has created an amalgamation, which we can easily enjoy and connect in today's Internet connected age.

We should utilize the unique advantage we have to establish our Cultural Unity...:)

The love of parents...:)

{I havent blogged for a long time and feel its better i share small snippets of my ideas. I feel this will help me finally get back to writing good, long posts.}

The love that you feel for your parents is the most purest form of love you will ever experience in this life, i.e if you love them at all and are fortunate to get amazing parents like i have. As a kid i could never think i could love my father, but then a father's love is of a different kind. They say you will understand a father's love when u become one, but i am glad i am able to understand it now itself. Mothers are generally always loved by their kids, specially when they have a sweet mommy like i have...:) 

Whenever u feel down in life, and think its worthless and the worst; feel like ending it, think that was this the reason why those two lovely people brought you into the world and went through around 20 years of hardwork and sacrifice to make you a person able to support him/herself? They made you so that you could be happy, as much as you were when you were a babe. Being happy in this life is very important for that is the sole reason they brought you here. You are an outcome of their love...

I feel immense gratitude towards my parents and love them a lot, more than when i used to as a child. It was taken for granted in those days but now i know, the love for your parents is the greatest strength one can have in this World.

Love you Aanna and Amma...:)

On the day of dad's 60th birthday shanti. (L-R) myself, mom, sis, dad and bro...:)