Random sectors of my mind

We look for answers in the wrong direction

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 19:15:00 +0000

We just need to look inside and tune in to within our mind. It is all there.

1:1s at work

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:34:00 +0000

The expression curve of certain feelings

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:03:00 +0000

Feelings tend to bubble up to the outer layers of the mind to be concretely defined at some point in time.
At times definition could be limited to acknowledgement of feelings to oneself - they need not be conveyed outside of the boundaries of one's mind. Not in all cases, not with certain kind of people who aren't as expressive or don't feel the need to be.

As feelings or emotions become more intense they tend to assume concrete existence in the mind and might be expressed in various ways. In word and/or action.

So expression in some way is guaranteed.

Some feelings however tend to become so intense that they begin to become intrinsic to a person's formation. They sink deeper in the mind, beyond reach of the intellect which can define, articulate and analyse them. They no longer wish themselves to be expressed and transcend the levels of intellectual control.

Probably such are never in the order of anything the human intellect or reason may hope to control.

Do they in the first place appear deep within the recesses of the mind, not sinking deeper but rising upwards on occasion to make their presence felt?

Love being the case in point.

Ways of conversation

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:54:00 +0000

Interaction between people often ends up being only partially efficient. Something like a force applied tangentially to a point so that it is not effective to its entire capacity.

Some people tend to have pre-defined questions about any topic and drive a conversation on the lines of their curiosity. They miss out on other information or insight the other party may have to offer. So focused are they upon prior thoughts and requirements out of a conversation that they literally filter out anything outside of the topic, override all conversation and try to push their will forward.

Some people are the opposite and let the other party drive the conversation - they choose to be only listeners (hearers?). While this could be deliberate as well as required at times e.g. when collecting feedback or pretending interest, when unintentional or done out of habit this fails to add any stimulation to a conversation. Might as well have been in an email? But even email can get interactive.

And there are those who seek as well as hear and also make interaction stimulating by their questions and responses. This definitely holds scope for surprise so both parties have to be attentive and careful. Requires some effort of the grey cells, have the almonds handy.

Thought, expression and perception

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:57:00 +0000

Some people don't express all of what they mean to say in words. And some don't say what they really mean.

y = x would be ideal where you didn't have to derive or interpret or use any perceptive faculties to understand what the other person might intend to convey. The listener's responsibility to ensure correct communication increases with m as less is spoken in the communication - and so a lot depends upon the capability of the listener. A reducing value of m, whether due to the speaker or listener, is probably a waste of time?

Thoughts not intended to be conveyed but which are perceived are not included in the present discussion!

Note in case the above didn't make sense: m stands for how steep the slope is, i.e. which axis the line of communication is more inclined towards.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:22:00 +0000

जब तक मालिक झाँझ बजाए
नाच नचनिया नाच बंदरिया |
रंग बेरंग तेरा क्या बिगाड़े
पग ठहरे मिट्टी बन जावे |

Inspired during the Savai Gandharv Music Festival 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:23:00 +0000

नाम से सम्मान मिले
रूप धन से ही मान |
गुण धन कोई दाम न पावे
गुनीजन क्यूँ पहचान ||

- पंडित कुमार गन्धर्वजी की बंदिश "अजब दुनिया जा रिया कहाँ है" से कुछ प्रेरणा.

Words inspired by Hampi (from the empire of Vijaynagar)

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:20:00 +0000

After a visit in December 2012.

To Hampi -

Pillars of gold, walls of might
a wonder they built, carved by day and night

Dams they laid and fountains fair
roads and squares with markets everywhere
by land and sea the traders came
silk, indigo, scent for sale

Scholars worked and poets sang
builders built and hammers rang
a city so fair, a reign so just
the roads never slept, the treasuries never shut

Rich and strong they were ever at war
for her repute was wide and far

The women were versed and the folk were free
the generals brave and the ministers wise
in a hand the sword and the other a quill
so lead them a king with strength and skill

But fall it must what comes to be
how high or noble or fair it be
to the tide of time it must fall
to dust, rain and fire and all

Now a fraction remains, as just a sign
a grandeur passed through the gates of time.

Reading it a few days after it was written I think it isn't worth saving here in blogger. But I'm saving it as a proof of being attached to myself.

Who cares about thoroughness

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 06:43:00 +0000

Although a certain amount of depth and knowledge must be present in order to appreciate thoroughness in the first place. So it might be unfair to expect some people to even acknowledge thoroughness. If detected some might perceive it as unnecessary, a waste of time, or as quirkiness.

Liking someone vs. being comfortable with them

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:01:00 +0000

As time passes and one gets to know someone better one might be less excited about them. But with time comes a comfort level as individuals get to know each other.

You might really not like a person that much after trying your best to accept them and adapt with them. And then there are family members who you didn't like ever since you remember. But the comfort that develops among people despite disagreements is an incredible aspect of human relationships.

Hearing silence and the noise

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:35:00 +0000

If you hear silence amid noise, at all those times that you do, you're in touch with the higher self.

Doesn't it happen so many times. That you're in the midst of a crowd & suddenly feel detached. And have a moment of peaceful silence? The kind that might be experienced at some places amid nature which have a positive energy vibration. That which is actually heard.

Rains and Pune

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:59:00 +0000

Love the rains, love the city of Pune and especially so when it rains.

But so many conditions apply to each of these "love"s.

I wouldn't love the rains as much if they were as hard here as in some coastal areas, so that everything is so humid it leaves the floor sort of sticky and a hint of fungus can be smellt on walls and cushions.

And I would dread the rains if I was living in cabin-like houses where water entered through the entrance and leaked through the tin sheets above and I didn't have the place to dry out my laundry. Wouldn't have many clothes to wash so drying them wouldn't be such a big problem. Drying my person would be a greater one.

Why can't I just enjoy anything without thinking of someone who wouldn't be privileged to enjoy something like it?

Why does there always have to be someone like that?

But thinking of the above I would probably love Pune anyhow, even if I lived here as a beggar on her streets.

What's the point of it all

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:28:00 +0000

If everything around is bound to someday be undone? Like shapes in the mist dissolve after the sun shines. A feeling of futileness which I can't express enough in words as much as I feel it.

In spite of which I do this silly act of putting it down here in this blog. Futility feeds futility which in turn feeds some more futility. But we don't stop living do we?

Judgement made versus insight had

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:09:00 +0000

Many or most of us are in a habit of classifying components of the environment around us as good or bad, right or wrong. Or at least as "ok" and "whatever". Actions or thoughts acceptable of those we like are unacceptable of those whom we don't take a liking for. A lot of subjective complications.

Thinking in this way takes a lot less effort than to be wary of the activity in the mind. Of the minute ripples that appear almost unnoticed while interacting with people every day. Or thinking about them.

But those muscles around your eyes, face or neck don't fail to notice who you like and who you don't.

A - is easy, and comes with a loss of insight into people and what happens around us
B - takes constant effort. But is a fun game to play with yourself.

Monday blues

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 06:31:00 +0000

It's a Monday, and it is cloudy July weather, exceptional with the lack of rain in my city this year. Just need to get out and come to office, and the blues recede by themselves. Next day you're a complete contrast, tricked into looking forward to go work because of all that which awaits your attention.

But I'm thankful I have somewhere to go work.

:-|

Wisdom life offers

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:21:00 +0000

There's always lessons around. It takes a lot of laziness shed in order to let these reach inside the mind, to be thought upon and processed. And will to bring about change in our actions and thought patterns. And persistence to keep this habitual.

The inspiration for this post was a speech by Dr. Ashok D Ranade about his guru in music, musician and artiste Pandit Gajananbuwa Joshi, at the occasion of the stalwart's 75th birthday celebrations.

Any word from my mind about Dr. Ranade seems small, inappropriate and unbefitting his greatness. So it seems appropriate that I don't get into details of what I learnt from that particular speech of his.

Gossip, outside and within

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 19:13:00 +0000

Gossip, chatter, idle talk. On people, or happenings about. There's one that is carried out between two or more people. And another that is carried out within one's mind.

The latter is something always available. 24 by 7. You don't need to find time for it, or company. Idle talk has much more potential to cause damage when it does rounds in the mind than in conversations.

Makes the mind dull. And capable only of being dull.

Stopping idle talk within results in a natural resilience to that outside. And a constructive, productive mind.

What is beyond my influence

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:14:00 +0000

Should not have the power to bother me.

This has to be an exercise done constantly within the mind. As we untangle ourselves from the bothers we get so used to living with, there's contentment and joy. And a lightening of the heart, but also an emptiness. Emptiness without a negative connotation. Just neutral emptiness.

Nothing to obsess upon. The things that might seem worth allowing to occupy the mind time and again, such as an art or an intellectual or social pursuit might not feel very important at times. There are these moments when nothing seems that important.

That is when the search might begin for some, for what seems true and ever-important, that which only matters.

Being indifferent to external approval

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:23:00 +0000

With the premise that one is ethical and means ill to no one. Those who possess this quality are gifted with peace with their own self. That leaves them with a lot of saved energy which can be channelized elsewhere.

Inner voice or social stereotypes

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 06:02:00 +0000

What dictates your mind?

Inspiration can occur at any time

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:16:00 +0000

What achieves more professional growth?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:08:00 +0000

Management, transparency and organizational strategy

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:20:00 +0000

(Fly! Fire!)

Picture projected to employees versus reality

From top to bottom, the management, employees and company strategy.

चांगलं गाणं आणि सर्वानुमते "रंगलेलं" गाणं

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:43:00 +0000

Expression via "graph"iti. Inspired by Jessica Hagy's blog at http://thisisindexed.com/.

Quality art music vs. what gets public patronage, black-and-white vs. grey, concretely defined vs. relative.

At any point in time, appreciation of a presentation of art would depend upon the "appreciative index" of the audience.