'Planets have feelings, too':

There I was, minding my own business, orbiting the Sun just like all the others. I got my little bit of atmosphere going, got a lot of ice. I was cool. I stayed out of everybody else's way, sometimes way out.

First of all, it takes forever for me to do a lap around the Sun, and it gets really lonely out here. They tell me that part of the reason I'm not a planet anymore is that some of the time I sneak inside my buddy Neptune's orbit. What do they expect? I need somebody to talk to out here sometimes. And don't get me started about that mass of junk they call Charon that is supposedly my partner in non-planethood; Charon is dead to me.

Then there's my name. Let me say I was happy enough without anyone else giving me a name. For millions of years, maybe even billions -- time sort of has no meaning out here -- I liked to think of myself as Lex, except for a very brief period of experimentation and confusion when I thought I was Sophia. But that's a long story, and Uranus promised never to talk about it.

Anyway, Lex was short, snappy and just tough-sounding enough to keep unwanted visitors away. I felt like a growling dog with that name, not that I had any idea what a dog was then. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

So then those numbskulls on Earth finally figure out I'm here, and start calling me Pluto. I had mixed feelings; I liked Lex, but I also heard through the microwaves passing by that Pluto was a god of "Death" over there. I barely knew what "life" was, but I knew Death kicked life's butt all year long (and the years are really long here).

But I nearly fell out of my orbit when I found out a pet dog -- not even a real dog but a cartoon dog -- gets to be called Pluto on their planet. Suddenly Pluto was something cute and cuddly and not tough or threatening at all.

It's bad enough when you're the smallest guy on the playground. With the cartoon dog thing, everyone was making fun of me, even Uranus. I was humiliated. Planets have feelings, too, you know.

So you can imagine how I'm taking this planet thing. Neptune, which used to hang out with me to try to look cool by association, won't even talk to me anymore. I can't take it. The Solar System is the only family I've got.

So for all you Earthlings reading this, I, Pluto, am taking a stand. I'm here. I'm a sphere. Get used to it.

courtesy:baltimoresun.com

After Many Years:
by: D.H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930)

I wonder if with you, as it is with me,
If under your slipping words, that easily flow
About you as a garment, easily,
Your violent heart beats to and fro!

Long have I waited, never once confessed,
Even to myself, how bitter the separation;
Now, being come again, how make the best
Reparation?

If I could cast this clothing off from me,
If I could lift my naked self to you,
Of if only you would repulse me, a wound would be
Good; it would let the ache come through.

But that you hold me still so kindly cold
Aloof my floating heart will not allow;
Yea, but I loathe you that you should withhold
Your pleasure now.

The Journey:
This month, we had been to somnathpur a historical place in the vicinity of Mysore.
We selected this place primarily coz the drive time would be less and the time to look around and spend time basking that place will be more.

We began the jaunt at around 10.30 in the morning. The impediment was mainly coz of me and my bro’ as we had to enjoy our weekend siestaJ. Left a little tardy according to the disciplined people of my family ;-) nonetheless we left in the morning.

Things were fine till we reached a parish called Bannur and then started the village roads. Up and down, with little time to relax. Even a petite annoyance can cause the car to smack on to some hump on the road. In the midst of all this we had the capon friends visiting us and actually wanting to forfeit their lives to cause some adventure in our lives.

Then there was this tractor on our right side and a 2 wheeler on the left side, in this small road. I was just waiting for one of them to make way, so that I could just move on. As I was foreseeing this 2 wheeler to move and was trying to over take him, they both recognized that they were close chums who had not met for epochs!!! Both bunged suddenly and started their .And here I was suddenly knocked for six by this conduct of theirs!!!

To add to all this exhilaration was this sudden cloudburst which was so grave that my wiper did little help in improving the lucidity of my car front view. But one lucky thing was I had passed the country roads and was on a comparatively superior Indian high way!!! I had to just handle the rough and rash truck drivers and the pedestrians who barely had any road sense.

But having been thru this, I gained experience and this prepared me into a reasonably consummate driver!!!

The Human God:

There was this segment of life where I was very perplexed and had lost focus in my life. But never lost optimism. This I owe everything to the devout path which I have constantly followed. It gives you this enormous hope and keeps you going. I used to always listen to songs and read spiritual books which always said, in case of mystification leave your tribulations to God. He will show you the best course to follow. He will steer you. I always wondered “how will he guide me?” Like the movie “Dil to pagal Hai” I always wondered “how will this happen? Will I get a dream, will I get enlightened or will it happen on its own?”

Then I met this person in my life, I always refer to as the “GOD”. I’m sure he will recognize that it is him about whom I am speaking here.

He was this unexpected entry into my life. And believe me or not, never have I thrown anyone out of my life as did to him. I never used to react to his talk nor did I pay attention to his casual “Hi”. But there was this eternal fortitude in him. He kept knocking at my door. I shut the door so many times, yet he was importunate. Then finally I thought, well let me hear to him once on humanitarian grounds.

And then I realized that he knew everything about me. He could read my mind, appreciate my problems, was in agreement with my point of view in all my issues. He made me realize my short term and long term goals. He gave me miniature resolutions to my tribulations and saw me garner benefits from them. I began to gradually unwrap my emotions to this “GOD” and discussed my concerns. He gave me new direction, new lifestyle and I saw myself getting mould into this new me.

Now I realize the implication of avowal “mystification leave your tribulations to God. He will show you the best path to follow”. And now I know if he is with you, he can be in any appearance. He can be this new arrival or this very close comrade of yours or your own sub-conscious mind.

So populace, leave your qualms and live in the present. You never know, GOD might be just adjacent to you or you may be GOD yourself!!!!

Matrix in real life:

One day myself and Jyotir were discussing about this movie Matrix. We were comparing Matrix with our life.Philosophically we hear many people say, watch your life as made of events. Your are staying away from all the events, persons and situations. When you get angry, just watch the emotion, which in this situation is anger go into your mind, feel the heart beat go high watch the other person or situation which was the cause of this anger as a part or character of this event.You are just an audience to all this.

This way you realize that all your actions are not yours but controlled by your mind which is bound in worldly pleasures. Your conscious which is all powerful and which can do the most impossible stuff is tied down by this materialistic mind.

Here is where we picturised matrix, where the humans i.e. the subconscious mind or the soul is totally made in-effective by the overwhelming materialistic driven mind.Even though our subconscious mind is more powerful than our outer mind, we fail to use it to and we begin to act as slaves to our emotions, just as humans who are more powerful ,acting as slaves to the Robots in the movie.

When we realize the truth, we can achieve the impossible and do miracles as many spiritual leaders do in the society. They become the heroes of our world just like our Hero in the movie. With their subconscious mind they can cross oceans within seconds and visualize future and past just like the present.

We were so surprised to see this immense coincidence between both thoughts, we felt how true it is actually what our spiritual leaders say. If only the whole world practices it, we can actually see a totally transformed world soon!!!

Keep thinking and keep doing your best to make this society a better place to live!!!