Science is one tough lady for a person to love. She is not only difficult, but treacherous- She will leave you when you need her the most. However, for most part, She is fun to be with. Eager to lead you on an adventure if and when you discover her. The affair for itself is oddly amusing- open for the world to know, and extremely secretive where only You and your Lady know the intricate details. More people have died loving her, than lovers in a conventional romantic relationship. They have fixated and spent maybe an entirety of a lifetime exploring just a single part of her. So much so for foreplay.

While at times frustratingly quiet, for it speaks without words. The universality of it transcends our life in perhaps every possible way.

Einstein once said that that the biggest mystery and perhaps the funniest thing about that mystery is that we are trying to figure out something of what we ourselves are a part of. It’s quite a simple an observation. Delving into the depths of it, it is maybe the most beautiful thing I have ever come across. Literally.

I am not a morning person, unless I have some business or lectures to attend to in the morning. I find mornings very unproductive. Everyone is busy with their lives. Going to jobs they do not love, working for people they do not like, speaking what they do not believe in, talking what is certainly not what they are thinking of.

Nights on the other hand, are quiet. Calm. Serene. Listening to violin, cello, piano or any piece of classical music, away from home, alone, taking in the cool wind is oddly overwhelming.

It has been about three months since I last updated. I scribbled- typed basically a lot of random notes and stuff. None of it makes sense. Why does it have to? Why does it always have to make sense? Why can’t we embrace the chaos? Maybe the biggest problem is that we try to make sense of chaos. That is the problem.

The problem is not chaos, but the way we look at it. In mathematics, either it’s a linear system or a non-linear system. Why the binary? Why not accept something for what it is rather than for what we are trying to project it as?

What is life’s greatest mystery that we are yet to uncover?

I was watching Person of Interest, a TV series that I never heard of and a friend suggested it quite recently. A character Mr Finch says, “I am hiding in plain sight Mr Reese, I am there for all to see, only nobody notices me”.

What secrets of the Universe lay hidden in plain sight? What is most apparent, yet no one has uncovered it? Is it still there, or has it been lost over centuries of squabbling over the trivial, or our own selfish need have made us so blind to what has been the obvious?

Run away. Ran far. Run till you can breathe no more, feel your legs will fall off. Run till there’s a searing pain in your stomach. Run till you can think of nothing else. Your mind is blank. That.

Just that.

The Missing Puzzle Piece

You often aspire for a lot of things-not necessarily materialistic; love, friendship, relationships. It’s like a constant search hardwired in your DNA. Everything and anything that you see around, things that appear to be perfect, things that are almost perfect, except for that one missing piece which fits into the symmetry of nature. You would admire it, maybe even acquire it, settling on a compromise, hoping that with time you’ll learn to do deal with it and the almost perfect will transcend into the perfect. But a little ways down the road, you’ll realise, that the missing piece of the puzzle was not missing, but it never was there, and is something that cannot be done without. For the puzzle is still incomplete, and there’s no fun in that. For all that is there to admire, but for that void, the nothingness, that empty space, is all that you’ll ever see and yearn to fill. Every now and then, maybe you would look at the puzzle, distracted by the sense of beauty that allured you once, you’ld be happy enough so much as to forget about the void. But the negative force generated by that void, is sufficiently great enough to overcome that happiness eventually ^[1]. The love, the happiness will eventually descend into the nothingness. And the puzzle will crumble into a million pieces eventually.

You’ll feel angry, and sad that it had to happen this way, but maybe someday maybe you’ll remember it with no regrets, and only the happen moments will flash before your eyes, and that it was fun. Life is oddly ironical this way.

I often surmise these thoughts with this quote from one my favourite books, Gone with the Wind:

 

"I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken--and I’d rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived."

 

   

 

[1] This a practical physics result and has been verified experimentally. For any body which is perfectly symmetrical such as a hollow sphere, the integral force exerted at the centre by that missing piece is equal to the force exerted by the remaining body. It’s amazing how much physics actually holds true to aspects of life which otherwise can’t be quantified due to the absolute vagueness of idea.

 

Sunday!

Sunday is the best day in the week. Whoever created the days of the week was a total moron. Clearly, he lacked a foresight that some people would like to have more of “Friday” and “Sunday”. My Sunday’s are the most lazy-assed of the days. I hate working on Sunday- be it assignments or studying for tests. Whatever needs to be done, it shouldn’t be done on Sunday.

My Sunday begins with my morning newspaper which often leads me to think of the Origin of Life and Universe. If some people are to be believed then, ‘God created this World in six days and on the seventh he rested’. It further adds to my argument for not working on Sunday. I usually disagree with those people most times, but I guess they would be happy to know that on this occasion my thoughts are in sync, even if partially- though for my own practical selfish purpose.

Now this train of thoughts- makes me wonder, ‘What did God do on Sunday?’ Play golf with the Devil on some neutral cloud turf? Go out and take a stroll on water? Go on a long fly-by (I believe God wouldn’t care for cars) or simply catch-up on some zzzz’s?

Life in the Promised Land.

To come to think of it- am not sure about the existence of internet and other tech stuff, no malls- which means no bowling, or pooling. No movies, pizza. Beer would be a definite no. You can’t use money to buy things (money is substituted by goodness points) - you have to be goody-goody, which means no sarcasm either. Rise up early, go to bed early. Do all the chores, and you still have to be in line to get your licence to the  promised  “wings and the golden halo”. So till you get those wings- it means you can’t fly, assuming that apparition came later down the line of transport hierarchy. Plus, since you are an angel- you can’t click your fingers to grant yourself those wishes you always had. Why? Because it would a gross misuse of your power, and you lose out on your goodness points.

And after all this hard work- you wonder why you worked hard all your miserable life to be here, to be even more miserable.

So much so for a thought on a lazy Sunday.

Yeah, this is why I want to retire in Cuba or Hawaii.

 

PS: I have no idea about what I wrote above, and this is just 10 minutes past 12 midnight on a Sunday.  Yeah, Sunday is here!

The Speaking Tree

Some days back, I happened to come across this article published through The Speaking Tree. Before you read further, I want you to think back- how back is not a parameter. An hour, a day, a week, month or decade- as much as you’ld like to contemplate upon. Think about what you did, and what you could have done. The regrets if any, the happy times, and the sad moments as well. Just think about it and read on!

1)     Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

 

2)     When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3)     Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4)     Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

5)     Pay off your credit cards every month.

6)     You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7)     Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8)     It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9)     Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.

10)   When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11)   Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12)   It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13)   Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14)   If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15)   Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16)   Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.

17)   You can get through anything if you stay put in today.

18)   A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

19)  It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one  else.

20)   When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21)   Overprepare, and then go with the flow.

22)   Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

23)   The most important sex organ is the brain.

24)   No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

25)   Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"

26)   Always choose life.

27)   Forgive everyone everything.

28)   What other people think of you is none of your business.

29)   Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

30)   However good or bad a situation is- it will change.

31)   Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

32)   Believe in miracles.

33)   God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

34)   Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

35)   Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.

36)   Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.

37)   Read the Bhagavad Gita. They cover every human emotion.

38)   Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

39)   If we all threw away our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

40)   Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

41)   Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

42)   All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

43)   Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

44)   The best is yet to come.

45)   No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

46)   Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

47)   If you don't ask, you don't get.

48)   Yield.

49)   Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

Life is complicated, not because it is, because we make it so. Give life a chance, and it will make miracles come true for you. Believe in yourself, good things will happen. If it’s not good, it’s not the end. Everything comes along in its own good time.