Tuesday, November 24, 2009
UG KRISHNA MURTI AND OM!
The other side of the coin too should be presented to those folks reading this. When UG was young,He used to visit the Lord Hanuman(Anjaneya) temple in His home town of "Gudivada", asking the Lord there to solve some issues and in lieu, UG promised to break a coconut and finally the count became one thousand coconuts!UG could not keep the promise, and it so happened that when once He was in Bengaluru(Bangalore), He had to spend nearly three years in a street called "West Anjaneya street",aptly named because UG's host's house was bang in front of a Hanuman temple( one coconut equalling one day) !
I had a similar experience in Tiruvannamalai, the town made famous by Ramana Maharshi. We visited the Ramana ashram and sat for a period in the hall where The Great Ramana used to interact with people. No "OM" sound there. Three or Four houses away from there,lived "Annamalai swamy", the person who used to help Ramana take His bath and later fell foul of the ashram authorities. We went to that thatched roof under which Annamalai Swamy was present and when we neared the gate, i could feel as if i slammed into a "wall of OM"! Boy o Boy, i can still recall the moment vividly! The Swamy was contentment personified. He reduced His needs to 'Food,Shelter and "a small loin cloth. Every thing else was a burden to Him! No teachings, no disciples hanging on to His every word and there was nobody to stop you from meeting Him! I am reminded of UG's words to me"You cannot have This and That too Sir"!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
THOUGHT!
It is impossible to get rid of thoughts by any spiritual practice, except chanting the name of the Lord to the exception of anything else! To reach a thoughtless state, the mercy of "THAT" OR "GOD" is vital! AS Confucius said "making,making ,one day made". It is near impossible for any genuine article (person) to explain the state, as He/She are in a constant state of wonderment and UNITY! So, to whom can they explain when they have lost their locus of"I"! No amount of logic can help, because logic buries beleif. Once beleif is lost, everything is lost--both in a positive sense and it's opposite!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
CONVERSION PAINS SHIFTING FROM WINDOWS TO LINUX DISTROS!
I, for one never like things pushed down my throat! Windows has really made us dummies or puppets (the phraseology is yours to choose), that we have simply forgotten that there is a language and a script behind every operating system, because the Big Bill has smoothened the ride for us!
The truth ,alas is always bitter, but the fruits of a little labour are immeasurably high. That is Linux for you! It is so open in it's origin, growth and maturity,it leaves you in awe, wondering what was i doing all these years, hanging on to the tail-coats of Microsoft!
I request that those who have had enough of Windows, to read this article for starters! Kindly paste the url into your browser's address bar.: http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/
Monday, September 28, 2009
UG( Krishnamurti) and myself!
The first and unforeseen meeting took place in Madras ( now Chennai) in 1992. The first bolt that came out of Him, when He saw me was"sir, though i am not a fatalist, i personally feel there is very little in your hands".
Then He asked me to show my palm and said"sir, you have Divine protection as the Solomon square is very prominent". The folks around Him( except my uncle,a Major in the Indian Army) were all new to me and they started exclaiming "UG uttering the word-Divine"!
I was 32 at that time and for my height 5'9, weighed 60kgs. He whispered into my ears"you are going to be a fatty,sir".
After my first meet, i noticed two bulges above both my clavicles( OH! I am a Doc.)--collar bones! These normally are seen in people suffering from Hypo-thyroidism, but i was normal. So, i showed them to UG and He coolly said "they are your Thymus glands opening up sir" and went on to show similar bulges in Him and He further added "the yogis call them the ANAHATA CHAKRA, i.e the Heart center opening up! They have remained bulged since then,till date. Since i come from a family with deep rooted spiritual values and sadhana, consider them as a gift from UG. One parting shot from Him was"I will haunt you sir till your very end"! More to come, ciao!
