…khayal aya

So i was at Ali Akbar college and thought to take some tabla classes again. When I got there the vocal classes were going on, thought it was interesting so took a video!

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Through the dense forest he ran
The over grown leaves he couldn’t see the land
..couldn’t slow down now he had to keep goin
His heart rate ready to burst
He thought he left it in the dust
…he ran till he couldn’t lift his legs anymore.
With one look behind it grew bigger
He knew he couldn’t keep runnin longer
…it gained on him, there was no escape!
He had to face the reality and the truth
He had to leave his youth
…it consumed him and he knew what had to be done

Divided in two he stands with courage and ambition.

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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.

what does this mean?

There are alot of parents out there that hardly ever listen to their children.  And this depends on each parent’s culture, family, ethnicity, religion, etc.  However, that shouldn’t limit us from not learning.  Every parent can learn even from their own kids, but its hard for them to accept that they do not know something.  This is a big change, becuase the kids are growing up in a different culture and the parents are from another.  There is a generation gap and most of all this becomes a trust issue later.  There are many people out there that do not want change heck they don’t even want their kids to go through the change.  This change could be culture, school, behavior, or personality.  This has a big affect on kids growing up these days.  Mentally they are confused, scared, and most of all not happy with their current life.  Parents should step back sometimes and re-evaluate their own learnings, the culture around them, and how they can mix it up go better their children.

These are just some thoughts I got from people I talked to.  This also made me realize how lucky I am to have such open minded parents.  And most of all how happy I am to have parents that care so much for their children.  Thank you mom and dad, I know childrent are not suppose to say this but i really am thankfull to god for giving me such great parents.  I will always look up to you guys with respect and honor.

Every great beginning has an end!!!

That’s how i felt about my labor day weekend in Seattle.  Great start…and I wish it never ended.  Seattle is really a city that is a mix of Boston and SF. In fact, its perfect. I love rain and was a bit disappointed that there was no rain the entire weekend.

i recently came across a Ramakrisnhna Centre of South Africa and was just going through their website.  The site is actually very well designed and I read up on about the section of Vedanta…they essentially have a great description / outline of the Vedanta, which is below.  These teaches take a lot of practice and dedication, the ways to free our mind from limited to infinit.

Vedanta may be described as guidelines on:

• How to approach life and existence.
• Defining the aim of life, and
• How to achieve this aim.

It is a philosophy, a science and a technique that is primarily outlined in the Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita, among other scriptures. Swami Vivekananda summarised the Vedantic principles as follows:

1. Each soul is potentially divine.
   • Vedanta presents God as being one’s own infinite self.
   • This is what the scriptures refer to as Brahman or Atman. That is, the spark of the Divine which is ever present within oneself.
   • There is no separateness as humans and God are not seen as isolated entities.
2. The goal is to manifest this divinity within by controlling nature, external and internal.
   • The aim of life, according to Vedanta, is thus to realise this truth: that God is within oneself and to ‘experience’ God.
   • Moksha, or complete liberation from ignorance, is the final step when realisation of this truth occurs.
3. Do this either by work or worship, or psychic control, or philosophy – by one or more, or all of these – and be free.
   • To realise God, much effort is required on the aspirant’s part.
   • One may direct one’s energies and control the senses by selfless work, spiritual practices, meditation and study of scriptures.
4. This is the whole of religion. Doctrines or dogmas, or rituals or books, or temples or forms, are but secondary details.
   • Knowing that one’s real self – the Atman – is eternal and free from pain, suffering and the woes of this world gives one strength. This is the message of Vedanta.
   • When one is aware of this Atman, of the deep and limitless resource hidden within, then one realises that anything is achievable. There is no longer a dependence on the physical body and limited mind.
   • Religion is about knowing and letting one’s true self bloom and blossom.
   • It is evident that the Vedanta philosophy itself imposes no strict rules. It does not prescribe what one should eat or how to cook or what to wear. Nothing is condemned, not even enjoying the world and sense pleasures.
   • The only warning given is NOT to stagnate.
   • The whole of life then becomes a gradual unfoldment of the infinite possibilities hidden in every one.

Rama Krishna Centre of South Africa

work is going great…although the next couple of months are going to be really busy.  That only means no more weekends.  Past couple of weeks were up and down but now things are settling and I am getting into the system a lot more and deeper.

Rahki is on saturday and I have to get gifts for my sisters.   This will be interestin, since I do not know what they would want.  I think i’ll get them all gift cards, however having eight sisters is not helpful when giving gift cards.  I rather just give one gift that is used by eight sisters haha…

On the other thought I should be getting a gift too!

more random thoughts on the way…

so…i didn’t know this until right now that on OCT 7th mootools developer Olmo criticized JQuery straight up of copying code, hating developers and loving companies, problems with closures, etc, etc and the list goes on forever. Man on dec 12th John the JQuery developer actually wrote back and had some really cool comments on his blog. In the end Olmo finally apologized and i guess they both did.

Of course people are go to promote their code over any one else’s. Its just sad to see that these bikkerness actually exists in young people like us. On one hand we struggle so much to make our code better and on the other side we take it all away by showing our idiotic hot headed side.

if u want more info on the whole tension…here is John’s blog site:

http://ejohn.org/blog/i-learned-some-things-about-jquery-today/

what is perfect?

“…we are not perfect, and sure there are times that are really hard…but what does make it perfect is when things get real hard…we stick together no matter what…”

most of the times that is very true…we stick together why, things don’t always go well but we still do. Is it the fear, the love, the passion, the hate, the loneliness, or maybe even companionship. Whatever it is…we do it!!! Sometimes things are not that easy…learning and understanding each other. We blow up, then we get back…to what its worth…is it really worth. Back in the olden golden days parents just stuck it through…i thought it was the fear of being looked by society…but truly its the fear of being alone. No matter what how the other person is: controlling, manly, not listening, ignoring, sensitive, stubborn, and the list goes on…the fact is that no one wants to be alone. Some hide it through not showing it at all and ignoring it, others do it through emotions and friends. But once you have gotten that companionship and togetherness of a relationship, its really hard to let go. We break up and we are good for some time…then lonely again, and we want someone next to us….appreciate us…understand us…to be there for us when shit hits the fan….and frankly how many of us can say we had it…and we will have it for the rest of our life….

its true…havn’t stopped. since the day I left..there hasn’t been a moment where I didn’t remember. The days were longer and the evening with cool breeze in those hot summer days. At times I wonder what it would have been if i was there. Maybe things would have been simple, but ofcourse ppl’s ego gets in the way…specially the older ones. And yet i imagine the older we get the more ignorant we might become, only listening to things that we want to…and never looking back our mistakes. I guess that only happens when we become old enough to have fake teeth….

But i digress from my point…it has been 12 years now…thats a lot of days yet I still think about the days back in 93….I miss all my cousins in India…