Life and Spirituality

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second with Prince Philip on March 21, 2014 A lthough sometimes we do not realize this, every action of ours, howsoever insignificant causes some change in the world around us. It is a different matter if this change is one like a ripple that rises in the vast ocean and subsides after a brief lapse of time, leaving no visible change on the surface. There are other times when a ripple may grow into a storm that leaves a significant change to the landscape in its wake. Even the smallest ripple can lead to vast changes due to the quintessential butterfly effect. An example of such an event in recent history was a relatively insignificant slap given by an official to a humble street vendor in a remote corner of Tunisia some years ago. It grew into the Arab Spring, protest and occupy movements in many countries and wars that are still shaking the world as in Syria. A well intentioned person must hope at all times that his or her acti...

Blue flowers the Lord gave to  my garden Dear Lord, please we ask of You Every breath is thanks to You You give without having to ask Trees so green, sweet sun to bask Song of birds, sweet water to drink A sleep so sweet, that comes in a blink Please forgive faults and wrongs we do Grant right thinking, the right things to do Fools say, tis selfish, this faith to cling Ha,  sans belief  there is no peace Peace and  happiness two sides of a thing Love, truth and Simplicity Sans that life full of lies and sleaze Check this out with anyone you please.   Happiness not just greatest of health Tis also the greatest of wealth Material wealth with undue increase Misery accompanied by sigh of breath Check this out from birth to death   Forever remains the everlasting soul What has gone must again be born What is born must one day go Dear Lord today I ask of You A pillow to rest, a roof for the head  Even as for anima...

  Red flowers in the author's garden While there is a good and bad side to just about everything in the universe with the exceptions of God and the Devil, there are things that add more evil than good and others that contribute more good than evil and ugliness to the world. Internet is one human invention that is already helping to eradicate evil from the world and would continue to do so over the next several decades and centuries. Why is that? The simple answer to that is – evil prospers in the dark, when information is suppressed and lies and false argument such as those put out by private banks with profiteering managements can be maintained whereas truth is bright and prevails as information flows freely. The several million dollar salary of rich bankers is to prevent loss of talent and the politicians can do nothing about it except make polite noises about the stench which does not vanish even with a forty thousand dollar commode on wall street?( read about th...

A Selfie in the Mirror S ome posts ago there was a post on dress colors and how a book described a method to select a lucky personal color based on astrology and numerology. Personally I do not have much belief in these sciences but do believe that some of its basis is based in time tested heuristics.  I found my shirt color from the book. Having worn a white shirt most of my working life it was a change to get into another color as shown in a picture of me in the mirror this morning. I have posted the photo on Facebook too and friends there have liked it. However the book recommends this color for weekends only or as a tie color on other days on a white shirt. UPDATE DECEMBER 2015  PM Justin Trudeau welcoming Syrian refugees to Canada, https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/676368557349986304 This author is delighted that Justin Trudeau has become the new Prime Minister of Canada. He is a good human being and the world needs more good human beings as leade...

W hile it becomes necessary to focus on some of the wrong that may be taking place in our world in areas crucial to human life with humble suggestions on how the wrong and the ensuing suffering it causes may be mitigated, as this blog has done from time to time, necessary because unless that is done a similar suffering may one day engulf us too, it is even more necessary to focus on whatever is beautiful and lovely on our planet because it is only from here that we can draw our strength. Focusing on the ugly side of human doings can only dissipate us. If not in human doings, one would find the beautiful side of our planet easily in nature, in open countryside, forests, mountains, mountain streams and lakes. Having focused my attention on the not so pretty side of human doings in this blog lately, I feel somewhat dissipated, for it is difficult for a human to remain detached and fully dispassionate in whatever one focuses on. The time has come to return a gaze to nature, its beauty and ...

White roses in bloom in the author's garden "The person who has not suffered illness has yet to be born. Only after death does illness cease. We must suffer both mental and physical pain and illness in this life." Buddha said that we should see a doctor for physical illness, but mental illness should be treated with  dharma or right living. http://chancenter.org/cmc/1992/01/31/buddhism-and-mental-health/ In the considered and educated life long experience and study of this author, an experience that some other impartial medical authorities agree with, modern medicine has a number of excellent medicines both for internal use and external applications for a variety of ailments of the human body ranging from medicines for eyes, ear, nose, skin to antibiotics and some common pain killers such as aspirin, but when it comes to ailments to do with the human mind and emotions, the available medicines seem not just to be less than desirable bu...

J ust as the variety of trees and wild flowers on our planet is immense, so is the variety of life and types of humans that live on it. While most trees and wild flowers of the forest are pretty, there are also some that are ugly. While most humans are inherently good, there are also some who are wicked. When one talks of good and wicked humans, one does not mean those who are superficially or visibly good or wicked but here the mention is of those who are   really, truly and deeply so. Thus, whereas one rapidly thinks of a thief or a robber as wicked, more often that is a case of a desperate or stupid person, one who has adopted illegal means and when one talks of a good person, it is not those who are recognized as philanthropists, who more likely are just persons who are too clever by half, employing a ruse to win respect in society with pretense, hypocrisy and show; or worse have found a clever way to make a living by exploiting the goodness of others. It is f...