Simple Living, High Thinking

What is the purpose of Life ? Is it just to fulfill the basic needs of life or have we got something more to do with our living ? Mere thinking of it would just make our senses ignited !!

Life, as the way we look at it, can be either SIMPLE or COMPLICATED. However, it is not always simple nor always complicated. We can say,

Life is very simple if we accept the way it is, else

Life is very complicated if we want it the way we wish it to be !!

Choice is always ours but to judge it each time and determine the timely nature is extremely important.

Life is simple, why make it complicated ?? Don't we get the basic needs of life without having to do too many extra things that our mind prompts for !! But, why should we limit ourselves to only air, water, food, shelter and clothing. Do we think like that ??

Yeah, right !! We are capable of doing things much more than what we actually do, we can think much better than what we actually think. If so, we can lead a much better-quality life than the one which we currently have.

Suppose we go to a hotel to have a cup of coffee, do we look/appreciate at the shape of the cup more than the taste of the coffee ? Many a times we do things like that in our every-day scenarios. So many times we forget the purpose of our work what we started for, rather we look for something else and either appreciate if its too good else complain on it badly.

Each thing has its own worth & pride and so are we. We need not have to under-estimate ourselves for anything that we are not capable of doing so. It may only be impossible within the mindsets of the ones who think so. The hindrances may be many, but to overcome we ought to develop courage - the courage to face a failure. People fail at step1 itself when they fail to try. When you succeed your try, you can lead others, else you can still be a lesson for others.

Why ENVY others ? People wish to see a uniformity only with that of others who are at higher status than theirs. Either they want themselves to reach to the top positions equal to whom they see and compare, else want others to come lower-down to their positions or even lower than them. Does it give them a sense of satisfaction ? If so, may be at the time when they do so, but later on, won't it be realised sooner or later. Better is to prevent than to regret. For everyone is not the same, the routes shall be different keeping the common mission to become a better human being.

Why to HURT, if it can't be helped ? When we speak of so-many things in Life disordered, we often see each other cursing others for the things for which neither of them take the responsibility to improve. Energy is available in ABUNDANCE in Nature. Why not make use of it ? We humans too get lot of energy and equally we spend energy in plenty. This is the concept of Giving-n-Taking. When we give something to others or when we help others, we feel better, i.e we have welcomed the entry of good-feelings (positive-energy) into us. When we curse or blame others or when we hurt others, we surround ourselves with negative-energy. If things around us are negative, we are almost certain to carry a part of this negative energy into us.

To live as a simple human being is very difficult. Our thinking never stops us from making us more sophisticated. However our thinking be, since it is only visible within us, we never bother to keep it sophisticated, rather we focus on monitoring things which others do look at us. So then, do we live in for others ? To care for the mind is equally important of the care we take for our body-language. To go behind the pleasures is like forcing the mind to scatter its energy in various directions, there-by losing focus.

The responsibity of grooming a kid from a state of of knowing nothing to a state of knowing everything to lead an independent life is with their care-taker, usually the parents, grandparents and the environment. Bring-in changes what you feel is a better choice. Care for them better way to make them care others in a better way.

What we see depends on where we stand. When we move higher, obviously we see more things and so we can judge more things with more accuracy and ease. What we eat makes our mind, what we drink even makes up our mind & not just body. The body can be satisfied but not the mind. So the food to the mind is more important.

How to ignite the unused senses of the mind ? As we all know, no body has ever achieved to use more than 20 % of the total capacity of mind. It has got the super-power to turn things. Its time to THINK THINK THINK !!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is a better LIFE to live :)

Live Simpler, Think Better
Dream Bigger, Achieve Higher

LEADERSHIP- A keynote !!

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority ...
How many of you have worked under people who have Influenced you, how many have shown their Authority??? Any inputs you wanna give on how a leader should behave like...

1) A Leader should possess an influential character by virtue of which he deserves and gets respect from his team members and not by mere authority.


2) A Leader should accept the responsibility when things go wrong in the same way as when he deserves applause for keeping up the right things. (It should not happen that he accepts ownership of all right things and but blame on team members for all wrong things happened).


3) A Leader should motivate his team members and always keep their spirits up and alive. Should encourage them to have fun, meanwhile making them more aware of their responsibilities too. 


4) An Ideal Leader is one who has the ability to turn things/people from bad/worse to good/better. He who can not just point out negatives of things/people, but to address it and change the way to turn it right are key essentials.


5) Last but not the least, A Leader should not merely just wish for his own/ project-wise growth, but in parallel also help people under him to become good LEADERS. This what determines SUCCESS of an individual in full.

Leadership and success cannot just happen individualistic, but they can only be achieved collectively and not without the help of people around you

(This is my honest opinion put-up based on my experience working under several heads of different accounts. These are still my learning experiences and yet to address them practically in coming times. I might still lack expertise or experience to write on such topics yet)

Prayers and the Pursuit of Happiness :)

Well, the article may try to help us with the answer.

Has Prayer got to do something with Happiness? Is there any relation between the both?
What do we think Happiness is? Well, the article may try to help us with the answer.

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Happiness, as per my definition is a feeling of satisfaction achieved when you have got what you had wished for and having spent your efforts, energy and time in that direction. Happiness cannot be measured but only felt and expressed. Can it be otherwise explained?

Richness in terms of Money can be measured but we falsely and firmly believe in Money giving us happiness. It is not exactly that Money gives us happiness and pleasure but it is our belief in the earlier statement which make us feel better when we grow richer in terms of money and consider ourselves happier.

Happiness- It is the state of mind without worries and tensions of the world. It is the state of experiencing freedJm and jJy without prJblems. Freedom can be said to be attained when we come out of our limits and boundaries. Joys are our expressions. It is not someone who needs to dictate us all the time; we are dictated by our mind. Whatever the direction the mind says, the body follows. The actions are dictated by the thoughts. The thoughts are influenced by surroundings and controlled by the beliefs. The beliefs are the pillars of life. They are the hopes growing stronger and stronger with the growth of our physical age.

“Existence of God” is one such belief the majority of the world believe in. We believe in this even though nobody has ever achieved to prove it. The way to approach and get closer to this belief is “Prayer”.

There can be no person without problems or worries, except the little innocent children. They are the happiest group among people of all age. For they have no responsibilities and no problems. They need not care about others for anything and everything they do. They put their complete responsibility on their parents’ and feel relaxed. Their smile and openness not only make them happy but also bring happiness to others.

In a similar way, if we can possess the child-nature within us, we can still be more happier than whatever we are. Why do we have to think or compare about others for every person is unique in his own way. We need to enjoy what we are, what we are given with, what we can do from the things what we get. A little Prayer to God could help us take off our over-whelmed responsibilities and burdens on our shoulders and we could feel there is someone to care and protect us and feel relaxed.

There is nothing like being theist or atheist, but cannot deny in believing in the existence of something which is greater than us. Let us call it as the ‘Supreme source of Energy’. There is nothing wrong in surrendering to the one who is greater than us, only to take advantage of the blessings and the energy from the source itself rather than searching for it anywhere else.

It need not essentially be chanting mantras or prayers regularly to mean that do prayers. Neither does it help much if it is done with an intention of showcasing to others. When things are done generously rather than being selfish, the outcomes are seen to be maximized. It can be said generally that, when we expect less, we be more happy. So, it is a state of achieving highness when you can still pray but asking for nothing. This can be said as the state of being connected to the source of Supremo.

There is no better thing than changing the lives of the people, serving them and help them serve others better compared to all materialistic achievements. Equally there is nothing more worse than hurting people and achieving your goals, money, positions and respect. There shall always be returns for every good deed and action that we do. However small or late the response time be, but everything has its own consequences, which one may or may not be aware of at the time of performing the action. No one can deny or under-estimate the fact that, the results we see of tomorrows are the result of today’s action of our inputs. So it is in our hands only as to see how our future should be !!

Why should we search for God or temple outside? Do special pooja(s) to please God/People ?
Why cannot we consider the place we live to be sacred enough and serving people to be the pooja, keeping our heart with purity to see it as a temple, filling energy within us as equal to see it as God and to see the work we do with sincerity to consider as real worship ??? ------  as is bath important to clean up our bodies filled with dirt and sweat, so does the a meditation can do the job of cleaning up of dirty thoughts inside us and remove sweat-like detachments and keeping it pure. I wonder why people do not give more importance to their inner-body compared to the time and efforts they spend on their outlooks.

More importantly, over the period of time, we have unknowingly groomed an enemy within us, it is the “Ego” which makes us feel the wrong/right things we do as right and see the things others do as not so right. The ingredients for its growth are money, status, property and position which we feed it with. Hiding expressions and emotions only curb our happiness which otherwise could be made surplus. To help others and take help from others is one of the easiest ways to limit your ego and share your expressions and emotions with them, to have mutual benefits. Why should one hesitate and worry to do things which he has nothing to lose and only to gain benefits ??

We need BETTER THINKERS !! for INDIA'S prospective future.......

(pls don't take it personally, it is just an article, you can share with others to know what they think)

Since we are all Engineers & most of us are programmers, from that perspective in mind, think of the following situation and make a judgement !!

Imagine that , it is an wonderful application that you have been using or working with since a long while. It is a nice GUI at the front-end and has a complex coded-program at the back-end. You only know it from the front side, but never have any knowledge on the background behavior of the code.

All of a sudden, since one day the application console down-performs. You feel that, it couldn't suit to your new demands or for the new requirement.

What you gonna do at such a point of time ???????? (The answer determines our Nature & Character !!)

a) You gonna throw the application, stop using it, buy a new one / get it from some one and start using it as per your requirement.

- In doing this, your problem gets solved temporarily - no doubt. But, how much can you be assured of its performance in the long-run ? And you are going to advice everyone to stop using the old app and switch on to the newer one. Aren't you making the process more complicated again ? and stop valuing the worth of the application that you were using it earlier ??

b) We always have the testing team to decide and tell whether the application is suitable for the next demands or not ? Don't we have a testing process in place ? Don't we test it under different circumstances to judge and merit its performance ? or Do you only conclude the result of app and dictate others, based on one-time observation at just one platform ?

- However, the testing team are not only there to say it is a failure. They shall be/ need to be more capable of identifying where exactly the application fails. If it is seen deeply, getting back to the background i.e code at the back-end, just a small modification in it could have made all the difference in its performance to match up to the required level.

Don't you think it is true ?? Now, apply these thoughts into Real Scenarios of Life. Hope the subject gets its answer in a hidden manner although it is directly not made visible. Such situations may have happened in our Life where we may have taken the inappropriate decisions because of error in judgement or lack of complete information and knowledge of the situation. Am i not making some sense here ??

Now my bet is on - no doubt, everyone thinks well. But if thoughts are applied in right direction from everyone, it definitely helps and brings in Growth. However, all of a sudden, there cannot be rapid Indian Growth, it can be seen more individualistic, then broadening and widening can only make it better for India. This is my honest opinion. It is an attempt in trying to understand the minds of people how they react when they come across such situations and then gauage their minds.

Understanding the relation of an application behaviour with the country's growth seems extremely irrelevant. But, we cannot deny the fact that, every small action has its own consequence, sometimes more bigger than what can be guessed. There is a saying, "The flapping of a butterfly's wings at Singapore can set off a Tornado in Texas".

I ONLY FEEL 50% OF WORLDLY PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED JUST IF 50% OF THE WORLD POPULATION CAN THINK BETTER !!

Don't you agree ??

Thankyou.........

Divine Secrecy ( My own translation in English of the below post available in picture in kannada version )

THE PRINCIPLE OF TRUTH IN REALITY - Sayings from

Sri BrahmaChaitanya Maharaj, Gondavalekar, Satara Dist., Maharashtra.

The God who lives in the heart of mankind is like a Knowledge source. When he forgets about God, he shall be losing his peace of mind. Then on, he develops ignorance from within himself because of which he looks out for the outer world in search for it. Due to this, an illusion gets created in his mind that “I am lacking something or I am having something less compared to others, due to which he is never satisfied. What I am lacking in is something which I can get it in the outer world. If I get all those things which I desire for, I can definitely achieve satisfaction. I can fill my emptiness in making the things and persons I see of the outer world as mine. I only shall be putting in efforts in order to make it happen. I can satisfy my senses once I get everything of my wish and start enjoying them”.

This illusion is quite opposite to that of the realistic nature. Materialistic living is a perception where in all the people and things look incomplete. Even after getting things of his desire, the happiness doesn't last long nor does it prevail to continue. After a while, he feels himself being incomplete again. It can be understood that, the materialistic things whatever one gets in how-much-ever amount, complete satisfaction cannot be attained. Apart from this, his mind shall be bound and controlled under environmental circumstances. Hence only, he cannot even whole-heartedly enjoy the things that he already possess to the fullest. The ignorance grown upon on a person has more than a minimum effect on him in continuing his thirst in direction of the materialistic lifestyle despite being conscious of its temporary existence. Forgetting God only makes the person believe the outer world as more truthful than the existence of God himself. So, the stronger the belief on outer world than God makes stronger his mind to sustain it and makes him conscious of the world he sees and lives in. This makes his mind diverted in the direction of materialistic things, people and situations around him. Since, the materialistic world itself is likely to continue in a state of never being satisfied, so is he even more likely to get disturbed and diverted.

Saints feel pity on on the man when they see the way how he gets cheated in life. They tell from their experience that, satisfaction lies within i.e from within the heart where God resides. Without being able to see or experience him from within, satisfaction cannot be achieved. In order to find him, one should look inside and not anywhere outside. To feel his presence within us, there is no better way than being connected to God. HIS continuous remembrance is the only way to experience being connected to God. In HIS  remembrance, the power of mind can focus towards his inner conscience. Hence it becomes more and more concentrated and through this energy he reaches God inside his heart. Whatever satisfaction that was once lost because of forgetting God can be achieved back with HIS remembrance again. The mind has the ability to keep in memory of things and people. The amount of time such things and people remain in memory depends on their values which they have brought into his life. He gives more importance to the things which and the people whom he feel have more value in his life. The values are nothing but the fragrance of satisfaction derived from such things and people.

 It is being said that, every life on earth is a part of God. To feel and experience the sastifaction in presence of God shall be the basic right of every man. To make this happen, it is necessary that a man gives his utmost value to God. When he feels God as being valued at his highest precedene over others, HIS remembrance shall happen quite naturally. This is achieved when HIS remembrance becomes continuous and constant. The result of this can be seen as "being connected to God" both in his inner and outer worlds. This is addressed as "Bhagavad-Anusandhana". There is only secret for achieving all these, which is "remembrance of God in all states of existance and every aspect of life", called as "Namasmarana".

ಭಗವಂತನ ಸ್ಮರಣೆಯ ರಹಸ್ಯ (taken from "Chaitanya Ashrama", Hebballi, Hubli-Dharwad Dist.)

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Unreasonable Change for a Unreasonable Growth ??

If we can recollect past things within us (inside memory), isn't there a way to bring it out or make it vizualize out?

Often it happens that the things which aren't recorded becomes unnoticed and the information shall be lost and harldly can be retrieved later. However, for a short span of time, the happenings which we face or see through shall persist in our memories for some span of time, depending on how strong/effective is the happened incident.

If at all, we can bring/recall those incidents within our memories, why can't there be something which can make it happen to bring them out and to showcase it to everyone? Hope the statements i have made are well understandable !! for it can be a solution to solve problems or conflicts that remain unresolved over a period of time.