UG KRISHNA MURTI AND OM!

When ever the environs are silent, i get to hear the "OM"! It is not the sound we are asked to produce from our belly button up outwards in ashrams ,etc. The "OM", as explained by Paramahamsa Yoganada is the "whirr of the cosmic motor". It so happened that dad and self were on a visit to see U.G in Yercaud( a beautiful hill resort near Salem city in Tamil Nadu)where UG stationed my uncle (an ex-Army Major). One fine evening, when the Sun was setting i was walking towards UG and the "roar" of "OM"went into top gear and i told UG that the sound in me was 100 times the roar of the Niagara falls as i was nearing Him and He shouted at me "why do you want to give it a name, why don't you just call it the "sound of silence"". That's the unorthodox UG for you!

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"!

THOUGHT!

Thought is Energy. Everyone has a thought sphere surrounding him/her, from which they pick up a particular thread of thought as the need arises. Thoughts do not originate from inside! The Western scientists studies in trying to locate site of the "mind" is bound to fail as they are searching for it inside the human body, more specifically the "BRAIN". As UG KRISHNA MURTI opined "the constant use of thought is waring down the system and will lead to conditions like "Alzheimer's disease" and "senile dementia". He also went on to say" a genius is one who has a very big thought sphere with INSTANT RECALL"!

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!

CONVERSION PAINS SHIFTING FROM WINDOWS TO LINUX DISTROS!

Now Microsoft have finally shot themselves in the foot with withdrawal of support to Win.XP and forcing folks to shift to Win 7 at prices so absurdly high that people are shifting in droves to Linux Distros(distributions-roughly 400 out there?).

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/

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! 

Aussies-- are they racist?

The recent attacks on Indians have raised the question whether the Australians (Whites) are to be trusted when they(the Aussie Govt.) say the attacks are simple robbery attempts. The point that raises eyebrows is ,most of these attacks took place near or inside the university campuses spread across Australia! In defence of Australia, the only point i wish to make is "why go there at all?, when you know there is a threat there to your life and limb". If you note ,the number of Blacks is decreasing, they are mostly jobless, their death rate is 20 years less than Whites! Saddening, to say the least! The East and West"the twine shall never meet" is a bitter truth! Hey, truth is always bitter!

Amitabh bachchan undergoes diabetes tests

Hats off to AB for the guts to undergo diabetes screening tests while he's in the U.K.It should prompt the Govt.of India to not only encourage but also to help the medical fraternity in India to organize such sreening camps.As of now it is the pharma industry with a portfolio of anti-diabetes drugs who help the few motivated doctors to conduct such free camps.With diabetes spreading like wildfire,especially in India,the Govt.should launch a country-wide campaign,using the media as a means to create a real need to check himself or herself (especially those with a positive family history) for evidence of pre-diabetes or frank diabetes!As a starting point,Hyderabad,the capital of Andhra pradesh should be the target as fresh evidence is emerging that this city has the highest numbers vis-a-vis,of diabetics.The fear barrier that "i may be diagnosed as having diabetes"is a real hurdle,and AB has done the right thing in puncturing that!

TRIP TO OOTY

I've recently been to ooty(a famous hill resort in south India) with my elder son.I visited it once before in the early '90s and much has changed like all things in life.Ruskin Bond calls it the "call of the mountains".I revelled in the beauty of the place.My Medical friends were surprised that i visited it in July,when the actual visitor season was over.Travelogues mentioned that April,may and June were the three months ideal for visitors.Being a Virgo,am allergic to crowds.The image is a shot from the Dodabetta Peak,the highest point on the western ghats(a mountain range).The high point of the visit was when my son asked me whether we can chill out with a beer!so much for parental policing!Adieu,my friends!