Life in full speed!

Destination reached!?

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:25:00 +0000

I am about to finish my work, and Sabari has settled in Denmark. Looks like "Life in full speed!" has come a long way now, and possibly reached its destination. Or may be just another halt. Who knows. Depends on readers! They are the fuel who pulled this blog to 200+ posts! Yes, its more than enough material for a semester course or a book to be published!

I am quite addicted to writing a blog, so the flow is unavoidable though! There are some topics here which still have more in my mind, and deserve to be posted. And there are some more topics, which were promised earlier, but not posted! So looks like the journey will go on, even after having reached the destination! Let's see, comment as to what category or posts you liked most, will post on those topics. Or, comment as to what you would like to read about, and I will post about it.

Let's see. Since I am fascinated by wordpress, may be I will write something out of nothing.

Since I like to report my favorite engagement, I might tour you in YES!+ activities.

Or I might just scribble something in German. There you can play a guessing game, just write in comments, whatever you guess that German post means! I would correct it with what I meant! German is very close to English. So its hardly a difficulty to guess. Also, you can just get it translated from google!

We have decided to keep the Candid Eye on the events and concern of our India.

Do you know how many Saints have happened in India! This is a land of saints. Inform me of those you know, who are not mentioned in the Land of Saints archieve.

Finally, a little bit of physics fundae is welcome anyday! I intend to write about Physics in daily life, so pose some questions about nature, and you could get to know of the Physics mechanism behind!

Each of the topics tagged in this blog deserve a blog of its own! May be I will write about Bhagawath Geetha (The song of divine) sometime. Let's see, to sing the song of divine needs some practise!

Jaigurudev.

Who has the time!

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:18:00 +0000

When the time to spend with loved ones, is so short, who has the time to hate others, get angry on them, scheme a revenge for them, laze in fantasy or dream of heavens.

In an average lifetime of 80 years, 40 years are spent sleeping. Then 2 hours a day in Eating, take out 8 more years. Then 1-1.5 hours a day in Bathroom. Take out some more years. Then, transport. few more years gone. finally you do some much work for just financial sustenance. And then, few hours a day, you spend with your loved ones... count how much time we have! and as you grow, time seems to fly faster!

One who thinks, I have lot of time, becomes lazy. One who sees the short amount of time available, becomes illustrious.

This lifetime is long enough to see the fruits of our actions, and is short enough to postpone anything good.

Don't Panic! Here is the hitchhikers' guide to galaxy!

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:55:00 +0000

Well, you might have, once is a while, bought a city tour guide and a map guide or so. If you were

to roam around in the whole of the galaxy, what you would refer to!?

I finally saw this wonderful movie, the video based on the book "The hitchhikers' guide to galaxy"!

It was great to read the book first, and film meets up with all expectations and much more.

In a book reading, there is so much for personal imagination, that adds fun!

Douglas Adams did a remarkable job by thinking out of box for his (hitchhikers') guide to galaxy!

Its amazing how when one let's go off the binding of usual concepts, an idea with a stroke of

divine downs in naturally!

guitar class is back!

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:44:00 +0000

Its been two years or more

When I plucked few strings

And its time to take it back

And play some scales and chords

When I hold it in my hands

And breath in some life

And pluck few strings

It gives such a nice sense of music

~~~

I recollected and applied many Patanjali Yoga Sutras, while learning German. I hope same strategy will work for Guitar classes:

Honouring the practise, the teacher, the practitioner

Any practise is a practise, when done over a long enough time, without break, with honor.

Teevra samveganam asannam It is easy for someone who does it with full intensity.

~~~

things under water... :)

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:54:00 +0000

Bought a new goggle for swimming. Experience of it was mixed, good, as I can now keep my eyes open under water also, and not so good as the size is bit smaller, so sometime water goes in, and once when I dived, the goggle came out of eyes and rested on my lips! so not so good fitting.

The nice part is the way things look when I am under water!! Its like:- a sense of hearing, which is not blocked unless you are in a secluded place, is blocked. And a whole new world of sight is opened up:- seeing the bubbles of water splashed by movement of people swimming, the radiance caused by them, the scattered light filling up till the bottom of the pool(yes, they have maintained it well, i can see the botttom.) is a new experience!

Underwater View in a Swimming Pool

It reminds me of the movie The life Aquatic. Thanks to Bawa! Its a fantastic comedy, bit adult, and a delightful venture in the marine life.

It is also one of the first movies, whose director's commentary I heard. Its interesting how these people come up with the ideas that result in a movie.

Surely one more thing added to my things to do after PhD is :- Scuba diving!! :)

new venture

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:36:00 +0000

Thanks to Shaila and Maddy I am waking up at 4:30 types, which I can't believe in myself, and going for a group sadhana. Its a long term initiative (I would probably participate for atleast the summer, as otherwise I find Bengaluru pretty cold to get up so early) and its been three days now.
Its interesting to set out yourself when Sun is still on the other side of the planet, and check out what's happening outside.
When you are asleep, there is no problem in the mind- you only see the problems when you are awake- and also create problems! If the whole world goes to sleep on exactly the same time for 24 hours, I guess the problems in world would definitely reduce!
Its interesting though, even at 1 in night or 4/5 in early morning, in India, there are always some people on the streets. Its like, atleast some people dont sleep.
So when the mind is largely sleepy and little bit awake, in between 4-6am, and also there is so much silence outside, the meditation happens naturally! Its easy.
Plans are big. Let's see how things go.

Swimming!

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:37:00 +0000

Its absolute fun to get back to swimming these days! It was third day today. Its summer time in Bangalore, so its easy to swim in cold/normal temperature water.

I am observing how body is getting ready day by day to this sport and exercise activity. I can feel exactly which muscle in biceps is used, exactly which muscle in thigh is getting exercise!

Its interesting, when you are in water, you don't feel so tired, when you climb out of the pool, you can suddenly feel so much more weight!

This is one exercise where breathing is highly important:- as it is one is struggling not to drown(!) :) and avoiding water entering in mouth or nose... and in addition, suddenly you can get tired, will be out of breath!

From my previous swimming experience I have learnt that I need to do swimming with proper warm up. Else in middle of pool if one gets a cramp or muscle pull, that's it! Quite awkward. I am going to start a full fledged multivitamin course also, as the muscles need it.

I only know two types of swimming strokes- straight forward hand motion, tortoise like swimming. Would like to learn other two common ones this summer:- butterfly and backstroke. In both these others, there is more chance of water going in nose once in a while, so I haven't managed it yet.

However in Diwali vacation in Mumbai, I learnt how to just float for a while on water... Its a skill!! You know, the babies can do it effortlessly! Because effortlessness is the key! And they are good at it. Very Very young babies only. And of course don't experiment unless you are expert in handling them! They can do so in a bath tub... The thing is, our body has enough air and other empty space to make it float on water. The density of body is very close to that of water! So there is saying in Marathi which means "Strange is the way of water, it drowns a live man, and keeps floating a corpse!" Yeah corpse floats on water! And so the key to float is to be like a corpse:- effortless! :) And in that effortless state of mind and body you can also feel oneness with water element, air flowing in and around, the space above and fire in form of sunlight...

And today two guys were swimming in another interesting way!! They swam :--- well, its tough to describe, you should have seen them, and I couldn't stop laughing for long after that --- They swam in the direction of their legs!!! so stomach was on water, their motion is not in the direction of head, but legs! they move the hands in opposite direction!! :) Its good to have number of regular swimmers in the pool, along with amatures and novice. The Jayanagar swimming pool is very well maintained by corporation, there is nice mechanism to clean feet before entering, the pool is wide and long, goes upto 16 feet deep, and you can see the bottom even in 16 feet!!

hmmm. so to do thing is to buy a hair cap, goggles, ear cap, and get professional help for learning remaining forms of swimming now! lots to do.

new Laptop

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:17:00 +0000

Bought a new laptop! Mac Powerbook G4. Thanks to a wish fulfilling angel!

Fortune found

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:35:00 +0000

Oh! Fortune It Is.

To Be, With You; To Be.

Who Are You And Who Am I.

And What this World Is.

The Day it all Began

In a lovely Morning Sunrise

The Clouds Floating in the Sky

And the Big Tall Trees

That Smile of Yours

And a cup of Hot Drink

A Walk to the Lake

And the mist on the road

Animals in the Zoo

The Deities in the Temple

A walk in the Garden

The Popcorn and laughter in Theatre

The Sun Went by So Fast on the Sky

The Dusty way back on a bumpy road

Standing in the Bus with its cracking Noises

The Fireflies that Showed us the way

Moments to cherish they shall always be

To stand with thee

Do you know who are We...

3 phases of any work

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:03:00 +0000

Obviously, you would say, if I note that there are three phases to any work:- beginning, continuation, completion. :)

Yeah it is important to note how these are related to three energies:- Brahama Vishnu Mahesh:- creative, maintenance and transformation.

In the beginning you need good new ideas, in the continuation, you need to sustain these initiatives, and completion is essentially a transformation of this work to its goal, and thereby leading to new beginning.

In any activity, you can see which part is taking you long time. Or which part is not working properly.

I tend to begin new things absolutely easily! Lots of new initiatives almost daily! :) then some of them are sustained, and few of them are completed! :)

So now I am focussing on some completions...

@ a fashion show

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:18:00 +0000

from the "nida for skin" fashion show at olive beach, long back. sizzling catwalk and music full of beats... lower left is Nida herself, the designer. right is a wonderful model who performed a dance also. cool evening it was. when seen in person, rather than on television, a glimpse of fashion world is more of a electrifying nature, rather than sensationalizing.

The POE factor

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:53:00 +0000

Your life is interaction with world in three ways:-
You Observe the world with 5 senses,
You Perceive the world,
You Express yourself in the world.

The Observation, Perception and Expression decide how successful you will be in the world.

And the same faculties in others can help you understand them better. When someone doesn't notice your help or love, you can say, "oh poor in observation." When someone doesn't understand what you are telling them, "oh he/she needs to improve Perception." And when someone is not speaking well or enough to you, you can say, "oh, he/she needs to improve on expression."

You need detailed, minute and diversified Observation; clear and communal Perception and natural and authentic Expression. Regular practise of Sudarshan Kriya and Meditation enhances your POE factor. :)

When you leave a comment, I know that you have observed my post, perceived something out of it, and I am glad you expressed! :)

Die Deutschkurtz endet

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:12:00 +0000

Hallo!

Heute die Deutschkurtz Sprechen Prufung endet. Ich habe schon interessant Zeit, und viel Spass im Deutschkurtz. Ich danke alle laute von Sri Sri Zentrum fur Sprache Studien {Sri Sri Center for Language Studies} im Bengaluru. Mein Lehrer Herr Nataraj habe sehr gut Deutsch kenntenise.

Ich weise nicht vier worter im Deutch, vier monaten vorer. Aber jetzt Ich kann schreibe, spreche, hore und antworte in Deutsch. Ich denke, das is aber nett!

Verstehen Sie nicht, was Ich habe geschriben? Vielliest besuchen Sie die worterbuche einmaal. Deutsch ist nicht so schwer!
Tchuss!

What gives value to what?

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Right from my childhood, I have been aware of what gives value to which thing!

I was in 6th standard. I had gone to Sangli, from Pune, and easily solved a puzzle competion in a local festival contest. They called me on stage and asked, "which place do you like more, pune or sangli !?" I said, "since my father is here right now, I like Sangli !!" My this quick and innocent reply was probably not expected by the organizer, and he burst into laughter, along with all the audience, clapping and laughing!

So when I heard this in His Holiness Sri Sri Ravishankarji's Commentary on Narad Bhakti Sutra, I was happy to see that this has been in me since long! He says:- Do you get value because you are wearing a necklace, or a necklace gets a value because you are wearing it!? A shawl is important because of the person who wears it. A stick carried by Gandhiji is important because it was used by him.

Instead of wanting something for myself, I ask:- does it worth deserve me?

I like Bangalore, because I have so many friends here. So also, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Germany, France, US! I like some languages because my friends speak them too. :) And I like to learn those. Now that I have friends all over the world, It seems that I will end up learning all the world's languages!! hahaha!

Before you sign up or pay...!

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:42:00 +0000

Be it a class, a trip, a business deal or a movie show. One thing I have learnt very well now, is that I need to know the terms and conditions of any contract, BeforE I sign up or pay! And I need to know it in full detail. Often those who want to sign a deal with you, have their own benefit in mind, and they unintentionally hide or intentionally don't disclose the details which you may not be comfortable with.
So, ASK for the details. GET To Know the total information Before You Sign up or Pay. Your ignorance is not counted as innocence in business world!

Jagjit and Chitra Singh

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:08:00 +0000

March in March...!

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:30:00 +0000

In a society, there are flows, because there are flows in the individuals of the society. And in an individual, there are flows, because the society is like this!
When the individuals stand up for the human values, the human values in the whole of society are raised up.

For corruption or terrorism to exist, it spreads its wings and roots to diverse parts of society. When these are cut down, there is no base for it to exist.

Here begins an event for a social reform through individual action:- March in March:-
The March Against Terrorism Against Corruption.

Delhi, 1March, 2-5 PM, Parliament Street, Delhi.

gave an exam...! Abschluss Prufung.

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:40:00 +0000

Ending exam of the German class. Es geht gut.

I was watching during the prep, am I "relaxed and focussed at the same time!?"

Sometimes I was, sometimes I wasn't.

Its been some 3 years after which I am giving a formal exam. Quite a long time for any normal student!

And I saw the old patterns coming up:- postponing the important and not so urgent till it became urgent, fantasising, day dreaming, escapism, shortcuts, regrets, building up of anxiety as the time of exam came closer, rise of body temperature, wishing to just go away somewhere else from the textbooks...!

The difference was I was watching these and letting go... sticking to study for learning. and It went pretty good I say, this time. Its Just a Simple Skill.

Forever Bangalorean!

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:29:00 +0000

"Bangalore Mirror" did a fantastic job by inviting His Holiness Sri Sri Ravishankar, and arranging a Huge gathering of city folks to spend an evening with Him in Kantirava Stadium on 21st Feb!

Wow, what a pleasant evening it was. Thousands of citizens from Bangalore, Flood Lights filling the stadium ground, and soothing melodious music. Lots of YES!+ Youth had gathered together and put up a kiosk on the occasion.

Without wasting time in formalities, Sri Sri immediately tuned up with Bangaloreans and spoke about various things we could do in Bangalore. First and foremost, clean and green bangalore. He sighted an example of a city in Maharashtra, where volunteers are taking brooms in hand, and cleaning up the city!!

... read more :- http://yesplusbangalore.wordpress.com/

Habits

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:48:00 +0000

I seem to be writing the blog like a homework assignment! Never mind, commitment to something is better than to nothing.

Actually what stops one from being free totally is Habits.

If you look at it, every now and then, you attain freedom. Be it during Long Sudarshan Kriya, Guruji's Darshan or just a satsang. How long do you Retain freedom!?

Liberated ones retain it on all times. It becomes their nature. That reminds me to write about Geetha.

The moment the freedom is attained, the old impressions/ habits come up. Knock knock, can I come in!? They ask. And "out of habit", one allows them to enter!

Only way to come out of Habits is through Samyama- taking a vow. Home work:- Read the knowledge sheet on this!

"When you are not committed, you will become lazy and eat here and there!"

"If you don't put habits into samyama, there will be illness and sorrow!"

Re-arrangement of 5 elements

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:48:00 +0000

Aren't most of our desires nothing but just re-arrangement of 5 elements?

e.g. if you want a Car, it just means that you wish to get that tin/metal pot from factory/showroom to your home. for an alien, how it will look like? there is this box of tin, it gets moved from one place to another. and then the 5 feet few inches automaton(so called human being) spreads his uppar part of face ( lips ) and jumps (smiles and jumps)!

having food is another re-arrangement. and so on.

of course, when we re-arrange the 5 elements, there is something subtle energy that moves up within and hence its good to keep re-arranging!

However notice why that movement of energy happens... its because we have kept the condition in mind that IF i buy a car THEN i will be happy.. remove IF THEN, and be happy!

full meals...

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:56:00 +0000

i was in a restaurant and ordered north indian mini meals. I hardly manage to order particular dishes, as they are pretty costly for a single person having dinner. as usual mind went into many thoughts and this came out:-

short term relationships are like the separate dishes that available:- don't really fill up oneself fully, and are costly!
long term relationships are like full meals:- they have all the variety, and economical!

Vaishnav Jan to tene kahiye je

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:10:00 +0000

playing with water...

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:56:00 +0000

"Bath", "cleaning the body" are too boring rituals for me. So I postpone them as further in the day as possible! But can't do it for long, cause I have to get out of home sometime or other!

Other day I rephrased it, and changed the act--- "Bath is now defined as playing with water!!"

Now there is no delay, whenever I wish, I go for playing with water!

Also breathing exercises are playing with breath,

Yoga is playing with body,

eating is playing with food...

And life is a game of living!

Selection without rejection

noreply@blogger.com (Abhay Karnataki) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:50:00 +0000

When you go to Supermarket or shopping complex... What happens? You want to buy a shirt and then you buy the one that is "best" and in your budget. Just see, in the process have you disqualified a whole lot of others!?

Then what happens, next time when you go, its the lot that you have already rejected, so there is nothing to select!

What might be a better idea, is to select, while not rejecting others, considering them as equally viable options.

And this applies to a thousand other selections we do in the life. Be it language, life partner, nationality or religion there is selection. When you don't reject others, they too have a special place in your life inspite of de-selection.