Blog me...curiosity redefined

As a foodie, my experimentation with different dishes never stops! New addition is 'Chole curry'.  My lunch today    + Chole curry with red rice - my preparation   + Salads (Tomato, carrots and onion with a pinch of lemon juice on top of it)   + Jamoon - Prepared by my mom   + Chilli chutney - Prepared by unknown :-) The best part of any dish is when it is served right. I tried my best presentation. Red rice has always been my favorite as its more nutritious than white one.   I just enjoyed the sumptuous meal!!!  Happy eating....and always 'LOVE THY FOOD'.

       I always wondered how to be creative? Is it just applying the knowledge to solve something, called creative? Is it the insights that gets generated in your mind called so? Or is it the wisdom to put things in place called creative?       As a kid we are so curious, imaginative, fear-less, experimental. Does these fall into being creative? Yes, in many ways.  Why do we lose these traits as we grow up? Is it our education that is making us follow instead of staying open minded? Absolutely true.        The new system of education, with NEP 2020, wanted to bridge the gap between education and practical world. It only succeed in making the system same as what internationally developed countries are trying to achieve. Incremental changes basically. Where is the disruption?  NEP 2020 looks good on paper. As usual in India, there is no dearth of policy changes on paper. Really issue is in the implementation.   ...

      I was watching a new web series from Tharle Box called ' Kyaabre ' on my mobile, when my mom asked me if it was a movie. I had to explain what a miniature serial is or rather as we call it 'web series'. That is when it stuck me, how the new generation trends are changing our lifestyle. Be it a snackable videos, news snippets, shrunk games (T20 for ex.), short memories and finally our attention span.      I agree, we only live once...YOLO as this generation calls it. And its 'Cool' to not remember things as we can anyhow 'Google' it. Tomorrow's resumes might include hobbies like how much time we spent on social media or time invested in creating a snackable video. At the end of the day, we seem productive but in which direction? Well, hardly matters as we seem to be pretending to have achieved a lot.  There is an old Kannada saying  - ' During the daytime we see a well and at night we fall in to the one that is already seen'.    ...

     If only we knew that everything in Universe is an energy. Even the supreme power (Mahakal Shiva or the Adi Shakti) are formless and the only way Universe can perceive them is through the energy that exists. It exists not just in us as life, but throughout the cosmos as the sound (and the silence), vibrations (and the stillness) and light (even the darkness). This duality is necessary initially for our understanding and as we progress, we will eventually understand that in spite of the duality, there exists oneness. The ultimate truth.     As a simple living being on this planet Earth, I was in search of how to increase my energy or vibrations. Is it just sounds or mantras recited at a particular frequency? Will mediation elevate me? Is it just taking care of my thoughts? Has it got to do with some new dimensions or spiritual experiences? What is that one thing that can help me elevate my soul? Probably my search for that one thing, was my mistake. It is mor...

    Today morning I stumbled upon a video from Swami Mukundananda that was quite interesting. It was titled " Shri Krishna's Ultimate Advice to Achieve Success And Happiness in Life ". A simple story of how Buddha got his insight from a song sang by a group of village women on their way to fetching the water. If you are truly listening, we are bound to get the message from the universe. As Buddha found the middle path of living, the same as advised by Krishna in Bhagavad Gita, leave the extremes and follow the moderation in everything. You see tighten the strings in Tanpura, but too much tightening will break it.  I am sure my day started good with this note.     Photo courtesy - Internet      Its the same thing even Rumi has quoted. As usual the enlightened ones have got their senses right, don't you think so? Not that I am judging them. It is the result of the wisdom they receive when you seek the absolute truth.       E...

     Photo Courtesy - Pinterest.com              I suppose you have heard of 'Ikigai', which is where your life's purpose meets what you love and do. It is a Japanese technique that helps build a happier lifestyle. But when you ask Isha foundation Sadguru about how to figure your life's purpose. He just laughs and says "we are just a tiny spec in the entire universe and why do you think God has created a purpose for you?" If not, then why are we here for? Just to smile and be happy. We don't have control over our birth and neither do we control our death. Then why the hiccups, struggles, sorrows in between? Its just our creation, as we don't know how to live.    Sounds fascinating when our land had such great spiritual leaders like Buddha and yet we are striving to just survive instead of live. As Buddha says, it is our thoughts that are putting us into the troubles. The irony is we all know the truth, yet struggling to walk th...

      Are you on a detox? What is the purpose? Is it to become healthy? If yes, we are only half way through. The future demands for a wide variety of detoxes.  Photo courtesy - Internet     Fast forward yourself to 2050. As I visualize it, we might be living either of these 2 lives - one with full of robots that are dominating the humans and other we realized that machines are the real danger opting for a greener life. If you are in my shoes, visualizing along with me and choose the former, then believe me we need detox of more than just health in mind.     We need a detox of these e-gagdets, plastic in our environment, debris that we are generating in space and thoughts in the mind. Education system today is still leading to stuffing of mind. We need a change here too. Isn't the irony of the system such that we need freedom to create and unfortunately we are trying to create freedom of conformity.      The time has come when we ne...