tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19641112431818608412024-03-05T19:49:39.590+05:30A FRESH NEW CREATIVE LOOK AT SPIRITUALITYEveryday spirituality ... redefined... for a creative life !!!bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-83398112494083942082009-12-20T18:55:00.004+05:302009-12-20T18:59:17.474+05:30Nuggets on spirituality on PEGOMAG.COMCheck these out:<br /><br />Knowledge suppressants<br /><br />Yoga and food<br /><br />Alpha beta and theta waves<br /><br />Poetry and prose...which is higher form of expression ?<br /><br />....more<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pegomag.com/sprituality/index.html"><a href="http://www.pegomag.com/sprituality/index.html"></a></a>bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-47362443219101608212009-09-18T20:12:00.002+05:302009-09-18T20:16:22.257+05:30Everyday Spirituality on Pegomag.comCheck out the NUGGETS ON SPIRITUALITY<br />on <a href="http://www.pegomag.com">www.pegomag.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.pegomag.com/sprituality/index.html">http://www.pegomag.com/sprituality/index.html</a><br /><br /><br />PEGOMAG is a uniquely creative online magazinebhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-8368281676657954682009-06-16T17:54:00.002+05:302009-06-16T17:56:26.793+05:30Beyond the words....on PEGOMAGPlease read creative spirituality on my unique web magazine PEGOMAG....<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pegomag.com/sprituality/beyond-the-meaning-of-words-16.html">http://www.pegomag.com/sprituality/beyond-the-meaning-of-words-16.html</a><br /><br />Thanks !bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-64636717785237427862009-05-11T12:59:00.003+05:302009-05-11T13:04:19.503+05:30Nuggets on SpiritualityFor Everyday spirituality... and nuggets on spirituality....pl visit my web magazine PEGOMAG at :<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pegomag.com/sprituality/index.html">http://www.pegomag.com/sprituality/index.html</a><br /><br />bhaskarbenjaminbhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-3707844164954922182009-05-02T13:32:00.003+05:302009-05-21T13:11:30.866+05:30PEGOMAG a unique on-line magazineDear friends:<br />Sorry for not updating this blog for a long long time !<br />I was setting up my web magazine called pegomag.....magazine with a positive ego !<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pegomag.com">http://www.pegomag.com</a>PEGOMAG is a magazine full of <br />creativity<br 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benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-19403229042918312932008-07-31T11:39:00.003+05:302008-07-31T13:30:53.668+05:30Is Spirituality for Oldies ?<span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>This is a question ....that is very common...</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> but spirituality is for every one ....tell me have you ever won</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> ...any internal battle without 'your' self being the referee</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> and spirituality is all about ....the here and now....do you agree ?</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> as the one who is not a witness to the goings ...does not 'see'</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> ...is aspiritual.... maybe religious...but not free !!!</strong></span>bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-22962439445675358542008-07-25T18:31:00.006+05:302008-07-25T18:41:39.152+05:30Spiritual Out Of Box !<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7HXnw4Igr9DXQE6npsmwLiwXfxpRlx00bbc6z_Nd0wG-ilvu1OME_jIKCWmgakNRc5gN5P7RD0q5OhrLkgcQpNsMNyJ5EO5ODxMOqLksOLjeCF96EwWWa0T8Gtj6wKqKo_ol_aj3M9DM/s1600-h/oobt.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226936498559551490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7HXnw4Igr9DXQE6npsmwLiwXfxpRlx00bbc6z_Nd0wG-ilvu1OME_jIKCWmgakNRc5gN5P7RD0q5OhrLkgcQpNsMNyJ5EO5ODxMOqLksOLjeCF96EwWWa0T8Gtj6wKqKo_ol_aj3M9DM/s400/oobt.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>A Thin King was out of the box...</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>...or a thinking was out of the box ?</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Is Living Spiritually ...different from living....</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> or is Living Spiritually .... a different form of living ?</strong></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:78%;">(also in </span><a href="http://creativityinedu.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;">http://creativityinedu.wordpress.com</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">)</span></p><br /><br /></strong></span>bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-49765014173421859712008-07-21T16:55:00.002+05:302008-07-21T17:02:56.205+05:30Spiritual Graffiti !<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinVY2-1QRMVMcZO1FsnayavOAnk-YdIMHvQJWCH8pRC8rBVd2FVyuu322RUuB-reAqEuaRqGOafJ0jj-x-sDISKB6lr1JmYuYhfUR3i3XBi5ncRwM5WCcESLmtqhVk64BvOThsHck-n3s/s1600-h/spirituality+graffiti1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225428621069071458" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinVY2-1QRMVMcZO1FsnayavOAnk-YdIMHvQJWCH8pRC8rBVd2FVyuu322RUuB-reAqEuaRqGOafJ0jj-x-sDISKB6lr1JmYuYhfUR3i3XBi5ncRwM5WCcESLmtqhVk64BvOThsHck-n3s/s400/spirituality+graffiti1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-21315737906285400422008-07-17T15:06:00.004+05:302008-07-17T15:15:39.372+05:30Redefining Spirituality<p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">( Here is a reproduction of my post from my other blog : </span></strong><a href="http://bhaskarbenjamin.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>http://bhaskarbenjamin.wordpress.com</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>.... this urge to reproduce is based on positive feedback I received for the post...and would like to share it... with friends here....as well )</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ffff66;"><strong>Redefining Spirituality</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>I have always felt that spirituality is spoken (actually meant to !) in the same breath as religion.<br /> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>When we say a country….a person….a sect etc. etc. is spiritual…. what we actually mean is……..that the country….or person….or sect etc. is deeply religious ! ? !<br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>While it is quite natural to assume that a spiritual ‘aspect’ is closely linked with GOODNESS (read GODLINESS)….and it is true as well…..it might be too far fetched to assume that an ‘aspect’ that is religious….would be spiritual…..<br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Then what is spiritual(ity) ?<br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>There are many established definitions……and I would leave that to the readers imagination/scholarship…<br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>….but I would like to redefine SPIRITUALITY as :<br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>A LOVE AND RESPECT FOR LIFE….. AN unflinching FAITH in the universal code….and an awe for the creation…… and passion/honesty in one’s work…..<br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>….Lets see how you feel about this……<br /> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> ...whatever…..but one thing is most certain……SPIRITUALITY IS NOT RELIGION !!!<br /></p></strong></span><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>~ posted by bhaskarbenjamin on June 9, 2008. in </strong></span><a href="http://bhaskarbenjamin.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>http://bhaskarbenjamin.wordpress.com</strong></span></a></p>bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-10973886152887842752008-07-15T17:55:00.003+05:302008-07-15T18:09:51.691+05:30A Commoner's take on spirituality ......<span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>A take on every day spirituality.....from a 'non-spiritual' person </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>What do I know of big big words</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> what do I know of philosophy.... or theories</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>I only know of simple things like these :</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> I live...want to be happy....wont hurt anyone... dont hurt me please !!!</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> We all own a beautiful world</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> lets not play the game of hit and miss !</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>lets spend our stay....here living and giving...</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> and for this.....we dont have to know..... more than this !!!</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> </strong></span>bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-40679521838213414832008-07-13T12:01:00.003+05:302008-07-13T12:28:44.198+05:30What is the need for a synthesis of SCIENCE & SPIRITUALITY ?<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffff66;"><strong> NEED FOR SYNTHESIS OF SCIENCE & SPIRITUALITY....... (an excerpt from my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">UN</span>-mailed letter to Francis Crick ....Nobel laureate & co-founder of genes)</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffff66;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Dear Mr. Crick:</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>........."In a way I succumbed to the famous "Crick's Gossip Test". I have been reading/talking/thinking about certain things for many years but only recently have decided to do something about them--as you would like to call it !<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>I have been reading and reading bits and pieces and this most unscientific way of researching has crystallised certain "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">pre</span>-hypothesis", if I may call it so, which I would like to share with you in the following inarticulate manner:<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>This world/universe/existence, whatever we may choose to call it, has been created out of knowledge. (You may call it awareness. Others might call it consciousness)<br />All thoughts (an altered form of knowledge) are possible to be converted into chemicals and vice <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">versa</span>.. In fact, they are converting this way or the other, on a continuous basis.<br />All human beings - and for that matter all animate and inanimate objects--as well as earth, fauna, flora, stars etc -- are different configurations of thoughts and chemicals. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>WE ALL ARE MERE THOUGHT CHEMICALS.<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>So, could we call "That" unalterable portion of thought in the thought chemical as SOUL? Maybe it is too immature to conclude ?<br />Is the creator or God or whoever, KNOWLEDGE ITSELF ?<br />Undeniably a spectacular <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">knowledge</span> system is at work ! ( I would like to hasten to add that knowledge is not information -- and most certainly not data )<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Take the example of DNA molecule. Is it an acid ? and yet has incredible knowledge. And RNA messengers !!! How can chemicals (As we know them so far ) behave in an intelligent manner. For that matter take all the nerve cell messages in our body. How does the cell know ? How does the gene know ? Is it not possible through a unique thought chemistry ?<br />How is the data or intelligence or information or knowledge, whatever you scientists call it, is stored in genes right through the ages ? Are we not hinting that gene is intelligent if we say that it undergoes mutations ? Can acids be intelligent ? There has to be an "element" of thought in these chemicals.<br />Some experiments in particle physics are bringing us closer to the reality that the 'myth' about light being the fastest traveller -- maybe is untrue after all. The obstructed particle (in one experiment) reaches faster to the other end of the tube than the unobstructed particle. Scientists are saying that the obstructed little guy produces its twin - across the barrier. How does a particle know ? <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Isn't</span> it possible that it has a thought attached ???<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>And closer home, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">haven't</span> we all noticed a change in mood (thoughts) with intake of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">certain</span> chemicals . And of course, the converse that change of mood(thoughts) alters the body chemicals !<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#ffff66;">The karmic code of the Hindus and the genetic code as explained by science, to my mind is the same thing. But then it is not a total explanation. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">In fact</span>, reading Hindu and Tibetan mysticism, I've been seized with a desire to cry out EUREKA many a times -- but then again, alas ! it would actually be premature !<br /></span><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>But the Oriental mythology has many potent indicators to offer. There is a need , yes there is a NEED for research and fact finding out here !<br />The only aspect where I thought my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">pre</span>-hypothesis was failing was with the inanimate objects. Can a chair or a spoon be a thought chemical ? But then reading about psycho-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">kinesis</span> has changed my doubts into a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">certainty</span>. Minds can move chairs/bend spoons only if there are similar thought-chemical receivers in these objects .<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Maybe everything created--every <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">artifact</span>--retains some portion of the creator's thought (chair maker in this case). Well, maybe ! In any case, an object takes shape, first, only as an idea !<br />The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Gaya's</span> hypothesis stakes a claim that earth itself is a thinking organism. I tend to believe it. And I read, not too long ago, that a particular scientist in USA claimed that earthquakes/seismic disturbances are more likely in areas where people do not live in harmony with each other ! The collective thoughts of a race can alter the earth's chemistry or physics or geology if you like!<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Have you, sir, wondered that food prepared with love and affection tastes better ? And have you, sir, nourished house plants with a tender, love-filled gaze ?<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>In fact, if thought-chemical universe is believed to be a reality then many riddles of para-psychology, psychology, mysticism, ESP etc. can be answered. (?)<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>And sir, in Homeopathy,when a solution ceases to contain a certain chemical (according to known chemistry) its potency in terms of its therapeutic dosage increases ! Could it be possible that on 'dilution' a chemical becomes a mere thought ???<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>And mathematics is sheer logic they say ! But the fact that an equation gets solved, to my mind, indicates an already existing structure/rhythm in the universe.. and quite rightly we call these as scientific discoveries !<br /><br />Having said all this, where do I stand ? What is the answer ? If universe is "KNOWLEDGE" and we all are thought chemicals then why still the mystery of life ? I wish I could answer this one straight away. But what I can venture is this : Sub-knowledge particles (human beings/<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">artifacts</span> etc.) interact and make the model extremely complex. It undergoes millions and trillions of mutations. Pure knowledge seems to have been intertwined with a large number of knowledge variates -- or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">contaminations</span> if you like !<br />The solution --- or can I say EVOLUTION , lies in changing the mind set if one has to know the secrets of the mind(or brain or soul )<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Maybe it is possible that the free flow of pure/uncontaminated knowledge cannot be grasped by mere intellect. Maybe a combination of head and heart, so to say, is needed. for how can our brain provide enough room for studying its own intricacies ? Or does it ?<br />I have realised that cliches/folklore/aphorisms/wisecracks etc. carry in their chaff a lot of grain. Truth, sometimes can be found in the most unsophisticated of places. To give you an example : I've wondered since my childhood why do we call it a conflict of head and heart, when every thought is known to be in our heads ? But I was amazed to learn from an unassuming book on Yogic meditation that the centre of feelings and emotions is not in the head -- but somewhere in our chest--close to where our heart is !!<br />The only unfortunate aspect about these old sayings is that , so far, they lack scientific validation. Like I said before, there is a lot to be done out here ! <span style="color:#ffff99;"></span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#ffff99;"></span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#ffff99;">East and West must meet !!!<br /></span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>And in case you are wondering why am I going on and on and on with my half-baked barrage of unintelligible words, I shall stop now. But let me make an attempt in articulating an explanation to the question (rising in my head or heart ?) that why I am writing to you:<br />I read in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">OMNI</span> that a man called Francis Crick ---a Nobel laureate -- says that "key to understanding the mystery of soul does not lie in religion-or psychology-but in neurons. And I thought, how TRUE!<br />I do believe that KNOWLEDGE is there already-- existing somewhere in the suburbs---driven away from the big cities and highways of sheer intellectual data-bases and institutionalised skyscrapers of beliefs !!<br />In case my letter has evoked no positive response in your well-accomplished thought process then kindly feel free to write back a stinker.<br />Hoping to hear from you either ways......."<br /><br /> </strong></span>bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-72231722498360184262008-07-10T13:26:00.005+05:302008-07-10T13:44:46.566+05:30LET US PULL UP OUR SOQs....3<span style="color:#ffff66;">LETS PULL UP OUR SOQs....(Spirituality and other quotients)</span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;"> </span><span style="color:#99ff99;">Scientists now know that human beings ...normally...can see less than one-millionth of the total range of reality</span><br /><span style="color:#99ff99;"> </span><br /><span style="color:#99ff99;"> Listen to the heart and use intellect as a useful servant !</span><br /><span style="color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="color:#99ff99;"> Aristotle said :...." Mind of a man can develop to its full...when society has been organised so as to release him from the constant anxiety of contriving to stay alive "</span><br /><span style="color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="color:#99ff99;"> Guts...our abdominal brain....It is the important centre of nerves connected to the sympathetic nervous system....behind the pit of the stomach....It takes an important part in control of emotions ...</span><br /><span style="color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="color:#99ff99;"> Neils Bohr...the famous physicist said :..."Opposites are not contradictory but complementary"...in his famous PRINCIPLE OF COMPLEMENTARITY </span><br /><span style="color:#99ff99;"></span>bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-57204998164473074202008-07-07T14:48:00.003+05:302008-07-07T14:58:07.564+05:30EVERY DAY SPIRITUALITY<span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>When a butcher cuts the portions of meat....and if he is good....they say his effort is not short of meditation....</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>...So....spirituality ....in all its simplicity would be to present in the HERE and NOW...</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>....and do ...whatever you have to do....with concentration....and honesty....</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>......Let big words....and even bigger analogies....not convert you into gullible seekers of the higher truth !</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><strong>...keep smiling.....be honest.......and CREATE....CREATE....CREATE......</strong><br /><strong> </strong><br /><strong> an idea...or poetry....or a painting....or a new way of looking at the whole thing !!!</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong> ... and pull up your spirituality quotient !!!</strong>bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-91666349012652686892008-07-05T19:37:00.004+05:302008-07-05T19:45:07.278+05:30WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW !!!<strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">Do we need to renounce the material world......?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">( A question often asked by people nearing the end of life....as they perceive it !....and a question that is often scorned at....by those who are young.....and who feel that they still have a lot to live for !)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"> My take would be :</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">DONT EVER RENOUNCE THE WORLD....KEEP YOUR LUST FOR LIFE INTACT !</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">....but PLEASE RENOUNCE THE FIXATION WITH THIS THING CALLED MATERIALISM</span></strong> <strong>!!!</strong>bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-14666968605317903232008-07-04T12:30:00.003+05:302008-07-04T12:47:07.973+05:30WHAT IS FLOW ?<strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">FLOW : This is the ZEN idea of 'NO MIND'</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">....When Skills and challenge are matched....FLOW emerges !</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"> .....When attention is fully focussed on "TASK AT HAND "<br /></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"> .....When SELF CONSCIOUSNESS DISAPPEARS ....!!!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"> A flow can be experienced....</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"> ....when a player hits a shot....a difficult one.....merely by focussing on the outcome....he is experiencing FLOW.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"> ....when an artist/painter paints 'manically' straight from the inner eye....he is experiencing FLOW...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"> ....when a mentor/trainer transcends the 'known' rules of the academia and communicates with the students at an 'un- explained inner level'.....THIS IS FLOW !!!</span></strong>bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-67605319427624954732008-07-02T12:21:00.004+05:302008-07-02T12:42:37.183+05:30CREATIVE SPIRITUALITY !!!<span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Can we be creative in spirituality ?</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Can we be spiritually creative ?</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Can creativity be called as spirituality ?</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Can spirituality be seen as a creative activity ?</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Do we have to be religious to be called spiritual ?</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Is religion the same as spirituality ?</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>What after all is spirituality ?</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">These are a few questions .....my questions....and I am sure these are your questions as well !</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">To answer these questions....we have to understand the terms involved !</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Wikipedia defines these terms as :</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;">Spiritual matters</span> <strong>are thus those matters regarding </strong><a title="Human" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human"><strong>humankind</strong></a><strong>'s ultimate </strong><a title="Human nature" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_nature"><strong>nature</strong></a><strong> and purpose, not only as </strong><a title="Material" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material"><strong>material</strong></a><strong> </strong><a title="Biological" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological"><strong>biological</strong></a><strong> </strong><a class="mw-redirect" title="Organisms" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisms"><strong>organisms</strong></a><strong>, but as </strong><a class="mw-redirect" title="Beings" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beings"><strong>beings</strong></a><strong> with a unique relationship to that which is perceived to be beyond both </strong><a title="Time" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time"><strong>time</strong></a><strong> and the </strong><a title="Material" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material"><strong>material</strong></a><strong> </strong><a title="World" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World"><strong>world</strong></a><strong>.</strong><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">Creativity</span> (or "creativeness") <strong>is a mental process involving the generation of new </strong><a title="Idea" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea"><strong>ideas</strong></a><strong> or </strong><a class="mw-redirect" title="Concepts" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepts"><strong>concepts</strong></a><strong>, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts</strong>.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">A religion</span> <strong>is a set of beliefs and practices, often centered upon specific </strong><a title="Supernatural" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural"><strong>supernatural</strong></a><strong> and </strong><a title="Morality" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morality"><strong>moral</strong></a><strong> claims about </strong><a title="Reality" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality"><strong>reality</strong></a><strong>, the </strong><a title="Cosmos" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos"><strong>cosmos</strong></a><strong>, and </strong><a title="Human nature" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_nature"><strong>human nature</strong></a><strong>, and often codified as </strong><a title="Prayer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer"><strong>prayer</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a title="Ritual" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual"><strong>ritual</strong></a> etc.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">So....under the skin...it is all the same !!! or is it ?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>My take is....you HAVE to be CREATIVE...in order to be TRULY SPIRITUAL....and vice versa !</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">And.... regarding religion....I shall leave this... as an input from you....please write !!!</span>bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-19027452352345682672008-06-30T18:49:00.006+05:302008-07-01T12:16:01.139+05:30SYNTHESIS OF SCIENCE & SPIRITUALITY<span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Scientist are reductionists...in a way......they come to conclusions by reducing a hypothesis....to its logical end....they believe in things ...if they stand to experimental scrutiny.....</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Spiritualists are holists....in a way....they look at the larger picture....and conclude intuitively....!</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Then how can these two quests be harmonised !!!</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>But if we remove the 'layer' of surface reasoning....both are identical twins under the skin...</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Both scientists and spiritualists....have the same quest :</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>To find out the answers to the unknown !!!</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Then why should they not join hands !!!</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>As ...in the ultimate analysis....whatever that is....it is the unravelling of the mysteries of life...that is important.....not any 'methodologies' or any 'partisan' labels !</strong></span>bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-69599924854726258082008-06-29T18:15:00.004+05:302008-06-29T18:31:13.631+05:30LET US PULL UP OUR SOQs...2<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;">FEW SIMPLE "RE DEFINITIONS":</span><br /><br /><p><strong>1. GENIUS is a faculty of becoming directly aware of inner relationships between ideas,facts,things,concepts....etc.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>2. MEDITATION is a process that aims at establishing the GENIUS in a human !</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>3. PERFECT REST : Movement in its ultimate extreme is same as perfect rest !</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>4. SIMULTANEOUS-NESS : In meditation our sequential logic is converted into simultaneity !</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>5. INTUITION : It is GOD's whisper in our invisible ears !</strong></p>bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964111243181860841.post-77376531875683349742008-06-27T19:04:00.004+05:302008-06-29T18:34:39.211+05:30LETS PULL UP OUR SOQs<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>SOQs </strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>SPIRITUALITY & </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>OTHER QUOTIENTS</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">What are our spirituality and other quotients........</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">There is IQ : The Intelligence Quotient....</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">There is EQ : The Emotional Quotient....</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">...and There is SQ : The Spiritual Quotient......</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">( ....in a few years....the 'pundits' might add a few more ....!!!)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">IQ was all about 'analytical' intelligence.....and people who scored high on this index were generally 'considered' <em>bright</em>....although....they simply had a greater proficiency in the LEFT hemisphere of their brain.....</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">EQ became the modern 'buzz word'....(once the intelligent among us realised that a person can be 'intelligent' ....but still may be failing to become successful )....... so it was realised that EQ....or a person's sensitivity/adaptability to emotional factors...was more significant than mere LEFT brain intelligence..... So a premium,for the first time....was placed....(maybe !) on RIGHT brain orientation !</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">But still the riddle of life was far from being solved......</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Then came the MOTHER of ALL....The SQ ...or the spiritual Quotient....</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">What SQ means....to the best of my knowledge....is a persons 'ultimate' capability to remain happy.....</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">These are brave words....and an all-embracing definition !</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Whatever may be the exact definition..........in this space....we shall try and explore some creative ways to increase our Spiritual Quotient !</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">We wont worry about defining it....we shall simply pull up our SQ.....</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">....and I believe that once we are creatively spiritual......we shall ....definitely pull up our SOQs !</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">to be continued....</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></strong>bhaskar benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763765297569441236noreply@blogger.com0