We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. We're always exploring and experimenting....on this way let the mind not be the one who is controlling u ......but u who is controlling it
Musings of a 10yr old:
Monu, his name was, now this little kid saw a remote control car in a local toys store one day, he instantly developed a longing for it, but sadly his typical Indian father had some other plans, he wanted to instigate some disciplines in this little fellow, said a straight NO , poor he, weeped and weeped till they came out and sat in the car, then again weeped, the father was also as resolute as his son, stood by his NO all the way, but this little guy's longing was so strong, he vaged a small revolt against his parents, food was his first and foremost weapon (mine too, Damn! what days they were!), hit the main course with a daring defiance, yes the main course only ( chips and pepsi can cover it later ;-) )
"I want that car, I want that car....'ahm ahm aheem' :'-(" , the weeping was not to stop, father sensed it, but no choice, he redundantly succumbs to his demand.
10 days later:
You find that car in some corner, dejectedly lying on its back, craving for some kid to come by and play with it. I wondered if this was the fate of that car, then why the fuss in the first place? :-/. but that's not all, now the kid has seen a new toy gun in the general store...........:-)
Musings of a 20 year old:
Ms.Reena Thakur, now she's not just any other girl, she's Reena, voted college's best girl by the boys community , very dynamic, very astute ,carried an aura of self confidence in her strides. Several hounds were already rejected for their proposals, you could hear about proffery fights for this girl every now and then, there were many who even had to gather the courage to go to her, and the rest needless to say backed off :-D
There was our Monu too in this same college, but he on the other hand developed a very silent kind of an attitude over the years, reserved, diffident, god knows what happend to him, he refrained himself from parties, booze, girls and any form of entertainment. He was basically what Reena Thakur was not.
Over the course of time, (lets not get into the details), these two personalities came close to each other, they bonded like the magnet's two poles, many hearts shattered in the college, and the word went out , someone said, "Yeah definitely Opposites attract each other"!
Musings of an old man:
Our Mr.Monu again, he has 4 children and 6 grandchildren now, has these beautiful young one's playing around him , enjoying his namak ka thaila, ghoda sawari, all the fun and joy explicitly in front of his very eyes, this happy old man couldn't ask for more, he had everything he wanted. The very sight of his grandchildren would sprout the child in him again, making him forget all his pains, the stoop, the joint pain, neck pain, almost everything gone, as if by some divine intervention, pumping life again in his loins ,living joy flowing in all his viens.
Now , this brings me to define the actual topic of our discussion:
What do we like ? The above three stanzas show different stages of life having completely different tastes in their desires, but what is that which is common to all of them? the 10 yr old kid likes a remote control car, then Ms Reena who is so smart and dynamic but falls for our geeky Monu, the old guy who loves his grandchildren, what is in common to all of them??
The fact is, you long for things which you don't have, its as simple as the fact says it, you are driving a bike one day and coming to college, you see a Santro pass by, you begin to crave for that Santro, you develop a longing to buy one?.........but for the person sitting in the Santro? for him a BMW passes by on the same day, he too begins to crave for a BMW similarly. Or I can say the other way to define a "like" or "longing" is that you have lost interest in your prior possessions( which were also victims of your past desires).
They say the opposites attract! why do they attract? We always long for qualities which we don't have, for example our Ms Reena was very dynamic, very outspoken, but where was it she lost her heart? a person might be smart and dynamic, but underneath he'll subconsciously be craving for someone who's totally opposite, who is not what he is.
What happened to little Monu, he was initially crying for the car,but when he got the car?, he lost interest in it, (because he had it with him) , then he started for a toy gun , (fact: small children are actually monitored carefully in some research studies in order to understand certain traits in adults.)
Our grandfather Monu, what was he craving for? He surely wants his youth back, to be strong and handsome again, enjoy life again, he internally craves for that, but being with small kids , with all the energy and happiness around , he could vividly live his dream!
Yup, that's how it is, the mind is so desultory in its longings, it always needs something new to harvest on.
Monu, his name was, now this little kid saw a remote control car in a local toys store one day, he instantly developed a longing for it, but sadly his typical Indian father had some other plans, he wanted to instigate some disciplines in this little fellow, said a straight NO , poor he, weeped and weeped till they came out and sat in the car, then again weeped, the father was also as resolute as his son, stood by his NO all the way, but this little guy's longing was so strong, he vaged a small revolt against his parents, food was his first and foremost weapon (mine too, Damn! what days they were!), hit the main course with a daring defiance, yes the main course only ( chips and pepsi can cover it later ;-) )
"I want that car, I want that car....'ahm ahm aheem' :'-(" , the weeping was not to stop, father sensed it, but no choice, he redundantly succumbs to his demand.
10 days later:
You find that car in some corner, dejectedly lying on its back, craving for some kid to come by and play with it. I wondered if this was the fate of that car, then why the fuss in the first place? :-/. but that's not all, now the kid has seen a new toy gun in the general store...........:-)
Musings of a 20 year old:
Ms.Reena Thakur, now she's not just any other girl, she's Reena, voted college's best girl by the boys community , very dynamic, very astute ,carried an aura of self confidence in her strides. Several hounds were already rejected for their proposals, you could hear about proffery fights for this girl every now and then, there were many who even had to gather the courage to go to her, and the rest needless to say backed off :-D
There was our Monu too in this same college, but he on the other hand developed a very silent kind of an attitude over the years, reserved, diffident, god knows what happend to him, he refrained himself from parties, booze, girls and any form of entertainment. He was basically what Reena Thakur was not.
Over the course of time, (lets not get into the details), these two personalities came close to each other, they bonded like the magnet's two poles, many hearts shattered in the college, and the word went out , someone said, "Yeah definitely Opposites attract each other"!
Musings of an old man:
Our Mr.Monu again, he has 4 children and 6 grandchildren now, has these beautiful young one's playing around him , enjoying his namak ka thaila, ghoda sawari, all the fun and joy explicitly in front of his very eyes, this happy old man couldn't ask for more, he had everything he wanted. The very sight of his grandchildren would sprout the child in him again, making him forget all his pains, the stoop, the joint pain, neck pain, almost everything gone, as if by some divine intervention, pumping life again in his loins ,living joy flowing in all his viens.
Now , this brings me to define the actual topic of our discussion:
What do we like ? The above three stanzas show different stages of life having completely different tastes in their desires, but what is that which is common to all of them? the 10 yr old kid likes a remote control car, then Ms Reena who is so smart and dynamic but falls for our geeky Monu, the old guy who loves his grandchildren, what is in common to all of them??
The fact is, you long for things which you don't have, its as simple as the fact says it, you are driving a bike one day and coming to college, you see a Santro pass by, you begin to crave for that Santro, you develop a longing to buy one?.........but for the person sitting in the Santro? for him a BMW passes by on the same day, he too begins to crave for a BMW similarly. Or I can say the other way to define a "like" or "longing" is that you have lost interest in your prior possessions( which were also victims of your past desires).
They say the opposites attract! why do they attract? We always long for qualities which we don't have, for example our Ms Reena was very dynamic, very outspoken, but where was it she lost her heart? a person might be smart and dynamic, but underneath he'll subconsciously be craving for someone who's totally opposite, who is not what he is.
What happened to little Monu, he was initially crying for the car,but when he got the car?, he lost interest in it, (because he had it with him) , then he started for a toy gun , (fact: small children are actually monitored carefully in some research studies in order to understand certain traits in adults.)
Our grandfather Monu, what was he craving for? He surely wants his youth back, to be strong and handsome again, enjoy life again, he internally craves for that, but being with small kids , with all the energy and happiness around , he could vividly live his dream!
Yup, that's how it is, the mind is so desultory in its longings, it always needs something new to harvest on.
Better is to try to get what you like , than to like what you get!
