1.Eating good food.Food that is cooked afresh,neither too hot, nor cold,neither too much of salt,spicy,tangy;reheated food,food that is old.
Faith.in something worth living for.(Gita)
3.Do what you ought to do and do not anticipate results.(Gita)
4.Remember we can change nobody nor their opinions.People and things are what they are.Leave them be.(Gita)
5.Too much of attachment to anything is a curse.
6.We are born with none and shall leave alone.All relationships acquired.These are of two kinds.One is SONDHAM( relative is a poor substitute) ,which is not determined by us, namely parents, brothers and sisters and children .These can not be avoided.We must take this with a pinch of salt in that because of their special place in our existence that does not give us the right to interfere in their lives.The other is BANDHAM.These are acquired by us, like wife, profession , friends.Less interaction that would lead to our well being is better.
5.Avoid comments on others.
6.Attachment leads to desire;desire to anger, anger to imbalance, imbalance to destruction of intellect-and that leads to ruination. Be content(Gita)
Category: General
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Stay Happy and Healthy.
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G-20, Hilarious!
The assemblage reminds one of Medieval Nobility, sans King,where mutual backslapping and bonhomie was in evidence, concealing the dagger .What is for public consumption is not for private practice.The more powerful is trying to off-load their burden on the less powerful(though economically powerful).
Is it not hilarious to find China on the Economic policy making body while it is the culprit in dumping the world with hazardous and under priced products, black mailing countries including US by touting its local market strength?
It is the same China that keeps on committing Human Rights violations.Or take Israel which steadfastly refuses to freeze settlements in West Bank, causing untold miseries to Palestinians and yet it finds a pride of place in this august(?) summit; or take Pakistan which is safe haven for terrorists,Libya known violator of International Law,North Korea, the international Government terrorist; Sri Lanka ,perpetrator of Tamil genocide.All these entities are going to save the world.Obama wanted a world audience, he got it.Period. -
On Parenting.
Parenting is instinctive.It is strange that people read books to be a parent.Take the instance any living being;they take care of their offspring.They do not read books nor do they attend seminars.
Problem lies in the fact that adults have become self centred and their pleasures take the driving seat in their lives.Beyond a particular age(this varies,depending on one’s maturity), one compromises him/herself for their offsprings.Sadly this is lacking today.
In cases where people resort to reading books etc. it is generally born of a guilt feeling that they they have neglected children.Especially when both parents work, the child is left on its own.You also do forget what needs to be done to it;even if you know, you have no time;for material comforts are important to you.
I have my brother’s grand daughter in London in a senior position.
She has a three year old son.Suddenly she has resigned her job.Reason-She overheard her 3 year old son telling his friends that he does not like his mother going to office and he does not want to tell her directly lest he may hurt her.
Children yearn for physical presence and you also know it.Why do not we listen to our own voice, instead of trying to justify on economic considerations?If you leave the child in a creche , the child will leave you, when grown up, in an Elders’s home.
Parenting, especially to women is in born;nurture it;you do not need books and seminars.Be yourself and be happy.Remember money is an instrument of Happiness, not Happiness.You can buy a pillow,not sleep.
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Bi-Sexuality.
People are not afraid of bisexuals, but they abhor it.Unnatural
behavior may be justified because of individual abnormality;yet it
remains unnatural and abnormal.Anything can be justified including
murder and rape , stating individual reasons,; that does not make
these acts acceptable.Elsewhere in Alternet, I read a piece that Gonzo
porn is a symptom of cultural Apocalypse of US.In fact, articles such
as the present one is more symptomatic.It makes me recall Oscar
Wilde’s statement’America is a country which from barbarism developed
into decadence with no civilization in between’Cynical as it might be,
articles such as these prove he is Right. For a change let us think
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Public Conscience Vs Private Conscience.
Hobbes’s definition that private conscience as distinct from Public conscience omits conveniently the fact that Public Conscience (?) has been formed after collective private consciences.This dichotomy is due to mixing up of ethics, which is normative against running day to day life ,which is pragmatical.Freedom of choice is individualistic and not collective.Conflict arises only when there is a different perception of the same issue eithet by many or by the same individual at different times.Put it simply, what one’s conscience says as Right at one point of Time, the same conscience will say Wrong at another time.
Then what is Right and what is Wrong at the individual level?
There are as many systems of thoughts as there are philosophers-Idealism,Empiricism,Pragmatism , Logical positivism.
Interesting to note the concept of ‘Dharma’ in Hindu Philosophy.Dharma is performing what one ought to in consonance with one’s Nature, which consists of his dispositions.This has to be tempered with social responsibilities, as we call Public judgements today.In case of Conflict,Public responsibility must take precedence. Compare this to Kant’s Categorical Imperative, which states an action is to be performed, because it ought be..
As for as political context goes, this option will help those who want to cross vote , as happened in India , when President V.V.Giri, won a conscience vote(cross voting),defeating official candidate of the Party in Presidential election.
Politics and Ethics do not mix.
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