To Infinity and Beyond

When you try to imagine infintiy, what comes to mind? I immediately visualise never-ending Space. But infinity is much more than that, it may be the answer to our never-ending questions.. May be ;-)

Bertrand Russell said very rightly: "If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all."

May be we have to re-phrase our question, rather then asking what is infinity we should ask what does infinity mean? How can infinity be applied to our every day living?


Douglas Adams points it with humor:

"It is known that there are an infinte number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely products of a deranged imagination."

Well the opinions may vary here.. To be or not be? Lets just accept the undebiable fact that we somehow think that we exist, hence lets look at the way infinity influences our world.

A very interesting point that Jean-Jacques Rousseau made is this:

"Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being." Is there anyone, who will deny this fact? Although, as I wrote in earlier posts, RIGHT and WRONG can vary from being to being, from perception to perception, however TRUTH undeniably has only one mode of being. Agree?


William Wordsworth further stated: "Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity". This is very similar the Buddhist Teachings, which in my words has this underlying message:

.. for eons humas have been reborn.. suffering they choose, trapped like a mouse in a cage, walking the scroll wheel, over and over again. Yet they choose to come back, to do exactly what they have done before..


H. P Lovecraft sheds further light into this mystery: "We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far." May be it is right what Thomas More said: "By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life." Somethings we can simply not describe by words, only with feeling with faith, with awareness can they be understood. "Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude" - Alfred North Whitehead

I would like to close this post with Swami Sivananda's quote: "Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity."

I can only encourage you to meditate. And I can promise you that it will bring calmness, and insight if practiced right. If you are confused and looking for a way out. Meditate and be here in the now. The answers will come to you effortlessly.

BE!

- mehtap

The Tao of Pooh

"Well, what do you think, Pooh?" I said. "Think about what?" asked Pooh. "The Tao of Pooh, of course." "The how of Pooh?" asked Pooh. "Do we have to go through that again?" I said. "Go through what again?" asked Pooh. ""The Tao of Pooh," I said. "What's the Tao of Pooh?" "You know - the Uncarved Block, the Cottleston Pie Principle, the Pooh Way, That Sort of Bear, and all that." "Oh," said Pooh. "That's the Tao of Pooh," I said. "Oh," said Pooh. "How would you describe it?" I asked. "Well ... this just came to me," he said, "I'll sing it to you." "All right." "Now, then ... (erhum),

To know the Way,

We go the Way;

We do the Way

The way we do

The things we do.

It's all there in front of you,

But if you try too hard to see it,

You'll only become Confused.

I am me,

And you are you,

As you can see;

But when you do

The things that you can do,

You will find the Way,

And the Way will follow you.

"That's what I think it is," he said. "Perfect," I said, "But you know, don't you ..." "Know what?" said Pooh. "It's the same thing." "Oh," said Pooh, "so it is."

Contradiction

I wonder, why do people always want to be right?

Am not exluding myself.

Why cant we be happy about not being right?

The more progress happens, the stronger our individual egos become, it seems. We think our opinions are the only ones, we are narrow minded regardless of you us perceiving ourselves as openminded. Bullshit! Excuse my French :)

Why is it so difficult to listen? Why do we shut down our attention when it comes to a discussion, which is opposite to our opinion?

Why do we cling so much??

Why cant everyone be right?

Bottomline, we all have different parents, different cultures, different beliefs, different traditions, different languages, different EXPERIENCES.. Does that mean one is better than the other? Doese that mean one is right and one is wrong?

When we cut our finger, blood comes out. There we go, that makes us equal. We will all die. Thats an ultimate truth, huh? We all laugh, we all cry, we all grief.. hmmm you too?? We all eat, we all .. well you know..

So what is it that makes us sooo different?

Because once upon a time, someone draw a line in the country.. '..Now my people This is X and Y is your enemy..' Its actually funny thinking about that.. :) Seperate Territorium. Land is land. Right? So, then why are we radicals, fashists, patriots, proud to be this and that.. :) Sweety, proud of what?? You came to be through the same way as I did. Lets be friends, shall we? We have ATOM BOMBS? Who is going to push the button? Its a sad Joke!

Oohh you are jewish and you are muslims? Well thats different? Why is that different?

We are living in the 21st century. We have science and mathematics.. We have opportunities. At least some of us.. Shouldnt we be role models.. Why choose differentness?

I choose sameness, and I excuse myself and us, in the only thing that makes us different. And that is Experience, which makes the mind perceive things in diffent ways. So I excuse us when we are harsh, self centered, griedy, fundamentalistic, etc etc.. Its ok than you have seen differently, and you are right from your point of you. And I am right, from my point of you.

Its ok. Understanding will lead us further. Understanding eachother, and offering a helping hand will lead us further. In loosining up, in not taking ourselves so seriously will lead us further.

It will lead us further in a good way.

I hope.

Hand in Hand in 2008

In 2008 ..

I wish that we ALL become calmer and eventually find our inner-peace. I wish that we become more understanding and more compassionate, towards one and other.

I wish that hence the world becomes more peaceful and a bit wiser... I wish..

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The greatest achievement is selflessness.


The greatest worth is self-mastery.


The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.


The greatest precept is continual awareness.


The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.


The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.


The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.


The greatest generosity is non-attachment.


The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.


The greatest patience is humility.


The greatest effort is not concerned with results.


The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.


The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.


Atisha

Can a face see itself without a mirror?

Morpheus:
It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes, to blind you from the truth.

Neo: What truth?

Morpheus:
That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell, or taste, or touch... a prison for your mind.

Agent Smith:
I must get free, and in this mind is the key, my key.

I can open you the door but its up to you to enter!

Let me ask you how can you be so happy and contend with the things you have, when your friend or neighbour or some human being suffers immensely from some misfortune. How is it that we became so Ego centered. Its always me me me me.. Stop it! I can barely hear the silence.. Its so loud!

I feel sad!

Sagen - durfte ich nie das. To say – I could never that.

Sagen - was ich wirklich dachte. To say – what I really thought.

Sagen - was ich wirklich fühlte. To say – what I really felt.

Sagen - was mich wirklich bewegte. To say – what really moved me.

Sagen - was mich ärgerte. To say – what really annoyed me.

Sagen - was mich freute. To say – what made me happy.

Sagen - was mir Angst machte. To say – what I was afraid of.

Sagen - was ich wollte. To say – what I wanted to say.

Sagen - durfte ich immer nur das. To say – I was only allowed to..

Sagen - was andere für richtig empfanden. To say – what others thought of being right.

Sagen - was andere dachten. To say – what others thought.

Sagen - was andere fühlten. To say – what others felt.

Sagen - was andere bewegte. To say – what moved others.

Sagen - was andere ärgerte. To say – what made others angry.

Sagen - was andere freute. To say – what made others happy.

Sagen - was andern Angst machte. To say – what others were afraid of.

Sagen - was andere wollten. To say – what other wanted me to say.

JETZT SAGE ICH WAS ICH WILL !

BUT NOW I SAY WHAT I WANT!

Quote for the YEAR

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are
what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Eternal Recurrence

"What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: 'You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine." - Nietzsche (The Gay Science)

The name

NOAH remember !!!

IF...

"Knowledge, skill and ability are conducive to success and benefit, and are auspicious omens, good in their own right regardless of the movements of the heavenly bodies. With the benefits gained from these qualities, one will completely outstrip those foolish people who just sit making their astrological calculations. " And: " If the water in rivers (such as Ganges) could really wash away sins and suffering, then the turtles, crabs, fish and shellfish living in those sacred rivers ought by now to be freed of their sins and sufferings too." And: " If a man could eliminate suffering by making offerings, paying homage and praying, there would be no one subject to suffering left in the world, because anyone somehow can pay homage and pray. But since people are still subject to suffering while in the very act of making obeisances, paying homage and performing rites, this is clearly not the way to gain liberation."

- says Buddha

Undeserving of L O V E

Abandon everything that contradicts logic and experience!

Lost my sense of daily living..

Have I lived up to my own expectations? NO! Have not. Am I unable, is my being unable? So it seems. It seems we are all our worst enemy. Today is an exampalary day..



Everything seems so undeserving to me.. Everything cries and bleeds, with hopeless eyes. This illusion has captured us. We are confused "what is right" "what is wrong", is there such thing. What makes you better than me.. Or better, is there any YOU or ME? Your purity, your calmness, your angelic views of life. Whose is that? Why all of this? Man what is the purpose. We are tired of analysing..



There is no such thing as inherent existence they say. Reflect on it they say. They say you dont exists, neither anyone else. The mind and body exists, but there isnt any you in it. Perception through senses exist, thoughts exists, hence conciousness.. But no U exists. Try to realise this. It currently enwraps my whole being.. I catch myself denying it. Catch myself diving into ignorance. Ignorance is the root of all suffering they say. Learn, understand they say. Abandon all that contradicts logic and experience they say. Dont believe blindly they say. Compassion is the highest good they say. How can they lie? They say everything is conditioned, impermanent. Nothing lasts forever, no happiness, no breath.. Dettach, seclude, concentrate, clear.. Dont get caught in Mayas trap they say.



Do not stress yourself, find your peace. On your own record. Slowly but surely.. they say!



And it confuses me more, makes me cry everyday. Lost my sense for daily things. Cant find myself anymore. What is this all about?

FEAR

"...these fears that fell to my lot out of every day stirred a hundred other fears, and they stood up in me against me and agreed among themselves, and I couldn't get beyond them. In striving to form them, I came to work creatively on them ; instead of making them into things of my will, I only gave them a life of their own which they turned against me..."

-Selected Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke

Wei Wu Wei

Of the many earnest, and how earnest, people we may observe reading, attending lectures, studying and practicing disciplines, devoting their energies to the attainment of a liberation which is by definition unattainable, how many are not striving via the ego-concept which is itself the only barrier between what they think they are and that which they wish to become but always have been and always will be?
- Why Lazurus Laughed by Wei Wu Wei...

MUST SEE!

For those who want to explore reality from a scientific perspective, I recommend the following Documentary Series:

SPACE

2001 BBC documentary six-part series narrated by Sam Neill

"Star Stuff" - on the origin of the univers, stars and the solar system.

"Staying Alive" - the luck of planet Earth and how it could be destroyed at any moment by Black Holes, Comets and Asteroids.

"Black Holes" - the destructive force that may eventually destroy the Milky Way galaxy.

"Are We Alone?" - the possibilities of extraterrestrial life and human contact with it.

"New Worlds" - terraforming and humanity's colonisation of other planets.

"Boldly Go" - humanity's journey into far space.

THE SWEETEST

... hmmm

Above all, be the heroine of your life,

not the victim

- Nora Ephron

1999 Harvard Graduation Speech by a Prof

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of 1999

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

I will dispense this advice, now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind;
you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you`ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can`t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked, Youre not as fat as you imagine.

Dont worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you, Sing. Don`t be reckless with other people`s hearts, don`t put up with people who are reckless with yours. Floss. Don`t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you are ahead, sometimes you`re behind the race is long, and in the end, it`s only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.

Don`t feel guilty if you don`t know what you want to do with your life, the most interesting people I know didn`t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don`t.
Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you`ll miss them when they`re gone. Maybe you`ll marry, maybe you won`t, maybe you`ll have children, maybe you won`t, maybe you`ll divorce at 40, maybe you`ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. what ever you do, don`t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either

Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else`s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. don`t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it`s the greatest instrument you`ll ever own.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room. Read the directions, even if you don`t follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they`ll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you`ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don`t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out. Don`t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you`re 40, it will look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it`s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Like attracts Like..

.. Its been a long time..

Like to share an article with you.. Easy reading..

You're a Magnet
By Stephen Pierce

When trying to understand the Law of Attraction, it's easiest to think of yourself as a magnet.

As you already know, magnets attract things. But they do it without even trying, right? It's the same for you. You attract things all the time and most of the time, you do it by default. Most of the time, you are not making a deliberate choice in what you are attracting to you. You get up, go to work, take care of the kids, feed the dog, go to bed - you go about your daily business. Maybe while you do it, you are focused on a problem that needs solved or a bad thing that happened or you are just tired or in a foul mood.

So, while you're doing that - focusing on something negative - you're unconsciously attracting negativity to you. No one sets out to attract negativity, of course, but we attract the likeness of what we are thinking about. If you're thinking about a lack of something in your life, for example, you'll continue to attract a lack, just like that magnet attracts metal.

If you consciously make a shift in your thinking, however, to something positive - like seeing yourself with abundance instead of scarcity, you will attract abundance.

The key to successfully doing this sounds a little easier than it is, but with practice, you can do it constantly and effectively. Though life will always through hardships in our way, the key to not letting those hardships stay around and keep you down is to not dwell on them constantly. When one arises, examine it briefly and then figure out how to use it to your advantage or let it go.

People tend to have habits of clinging to the bad things in life, the negative, the things we do not like - we dwell on them in our thoughts, we talk about them to our friends, we focus on what we do not like, because it bothers us.

However, by training ourselves to not cling to that negativity - to let it come up, look at it for a minute and then let it go - we are opening ourselves up and making room for the positive.

Instead of a lack, we will be open to abundance.
We won't be a magnet that is repelling all the good things in life simply because we're in the habit of hanging on to the bad.