you have a thousand reasons to hate
but so few to love, oh silly human!
as leaves from the tree of life wither by
at the end of it all
"i was right" would be but just an empty shell
waiting to crumble into the sands of time!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Showing Appreciation
One of the biggest corporate mantras is to show appreciation. "Good job", "Keep it up" - these are ubiquitous phrases one encounters on a day to day basis. I am sure they mean well, but my feeling is that it inevitably degenerates to a process.
In life, it is said that everything proceeds from a be -> think -> say -> do paradigm. In other words, you "be" what you want to create, then you think about it, they say it (optionally) and then finally do. The "be" part is critical because it is vital energy for the action. I feel this "be" aspect is missing many times in the "showing appreciation" scenario. A vital connection between the appreciator and the appreciatee is missing as a result.
The fix is that all complements need to go through a "genuine feeling" quality check before they transcend into words.
* I made appreciatee up
In life, it is said that everything proceeds from a be -> think -> say -> do paradigm. In other words, you "be" what you want to create, then you think about it, they say it (optionally) and then finally do. The "be" part is critical because it is vital energy for the action. I feel this "be" aspect is missing many times in the "showing appreciation" scenario. A vital connection between the appreciator and the appreciatee is missing as a result.
The fix is that all complements need to go through a "genuine feeling" quality check before they transcend into words.
* I made appreciatee up
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Dhyanalinga, Death and the Andhra CM
My friend visited the Dhyanalinga yesterday, for the first time.
Inside the temple, the thought that crossed him was: this is a fleeting life and will be gone without a moment's notice. Why would that thought come to him? And when the news of the Andhra CM's demise came in, it only reinforced his thought, very strongly. He was almost teary eyed and was saying - "We do all these things in life. For what? It could all be gone in a moment!"
Very weird - the way the Dhyanalinga works. Unfortunately, I've been able to glimpse this only in fleeting moments. What does it take!
Note: It's unfortunate that the CM had to pass away like this. But we were talking about that as well in the office today. How could we not find him for 24 hours+? It looks like our technological skills are sorely lacking and reflects very badly on our state of affairs. And this is the CM! I hope and wish all that passed away in that incident passed on peacefully.
Update - 5th Sep 2009: The next day, I saw the photograph of the Dhyanalinga on my friend's desk with fresh flowers in front of it. Whatever!
Inside the temple, the thought that crossed him was: this is a fleeting life and will be gone without a moment's notice. Why would that thought come to him? And when the news of the Andhra CM's demise came in, it only reinforced his thought, very strongly. He was almost teary eyed and was saying - "We do all these things in life. For what? It could all be gone in a moment!"
Very weird - the way the Dhyanalinga works. Unfortunately, I've been able to glimpse this only in fleeting moments. What does it take!
Note: It's unfortunate that the CM had to pass away like this. But we were talking about that as well in the office today. How could we not find him for 24 hours+? It looks like our technological skills are sorely lacking and reflects very badly on our state of affairs. And this is the CM! I hope and wish all that passed away in that incident passed on peacefully.
Update - 5th Sep 2009: The next day, I saw the photograph of the Dhyanalinga on my friend's desk with fresh flowers in front of it. Whatever!
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