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- Value of Space X vs Value of a Blog
Why my blog is more valuable than space X. Well, that is a bold claim. Although the blog is about philosophy, I am not going to lie. This blog really worth more than net worth of elon musks space X (Which is about 350Billion this year). Following are my reasons and comment me if they are not rational. Objective of space X The objective of elon musks space X is to expand the collective human consciousness a multiplanatory one. And that is the great objective. And the other way of preserving human consciousness is by making more babies. And this is also comes from the same geniuses mouth of musk himself. The real question is why? To identify this origin you have to look at the problem the musk is trying to solve. That is to find the meaning of life! And the man thinks that the current human consciousness is not wise enough to do this so until it is developed, he is trying to preserve it. I would say bravo! A great cause again. Even his AI Gork is supposed to serve the same cause. I am sure although people do not understand his deep philosophical roots, everyone supports him as he is building something we gave never seen. Electric cars, real space ships, starling satellites. What next. The guy is creating like a mad man, and I can only imagine his suffering doing this. As I know nobody can build anything unless they are massively suffering from wanting to create. It happens to me when I build this blog. Isn't it shameful to think we are fools and leave the "True" work to someone else from future, until we are busy making rockets and making babies? :) Space X: https://unsplash.com/@spacex Objective of a blog Now if we compare the objective of magical mindful living. We directly discuss the meaning of life. Without letting it to be a responsibility of the future generation of multiplanatory consciousness. We do this by examining the self with mindfulness, as we "believe" the code is already cracked by the plethora of dead philosophers of the past. We just have to uncover this and make it widely available through discussion. If the meaning of life is not yet unravelled still we should initiate Discussion among majority of the common public who do not understand unnecessarily complex words of philosophers. Imagine a seven billion population becoming seekers of truth. They discuss and talk about it when they meet each other instead of office problems, in the park, in the hotel, in coffee houses. And their newspapers spread the messages of simple truths. They spend resources for the search of the meaning of life on earth. Wouldn't you think that would potentially benefit current generation as well, not only future? If ultimate objective of the Mars project, the greatest combined effort of futuristic humans is finding out the meaning of life , we have a better objective here than that. To start it today. And we use the reverse goal setting to do it, without wasting time to become seekers of truth on mars. We become seekers of truth on earth. Instead of waiting for it tomorrow, we start doing it today. Isn't it more valuable than space X? This is only one proof, next one is even better. Complexity: https://unsplash.com/@tavgaksalih Where is Real value of space X? Values are generated in minds, and only persists in minds. So values are temporary and relative. Space X today which worth billions of dollars only, and only because there are thousands of individuals believe In this vision and back up with dollars. Just like value of money is zero when people stop believing in them space X would plummet in value the day people lose their interest. Who knows this even can come from Elon himself. The day he comes forward to the media, and say he has found the meaning of life and there is no value in his project now, then so called market value of space X would drop. People will withdraw their money. You can read about values in my previous articles, of a pot and schmidth tunnel. More importantly for my consciousness the value of these words would not drop. Not until I die inevitably. And every consciousness who "believe" that the truth is there hidden behind words in this blog, perish from earth it would remain valueble. And even if the blog disappear, if that knowledge is passed down generations to come, the value would remain until all consciousness is disappeared from earth by choice or by nature. Even if there are no words, truths will prevail. Don't you think that is the most valueble thing someone can possess? The ability to detect truth for themselves, by mindfulness? It's just a path to train our eyes and ears as Truth is everywhere valueless and ignored. Even in a glass of water.
- How to catch a butterfly.
It is almost a year ago since I have written following poem. Infact, it is a true account. I really did catch some butterflies when I was a kid. Often on dry days, flocks of butterflies would fly across the playground, from east to west in some days. From north to south other days. Catching a butterfly Poem Why and how to catch butterflies? And I am not proud of my abilities of catching a butterfly. Infact, I advise anyone not to. These delicate creatures have so flimsy wings that trying to catch them with hand would almost certainly damage their wings. I cannot remember, what happened, but I have the feeling of guilt still remain in my heart, that some of them did not fly. I was a kid after all exploring the world, now when I think about it now. Maybe curiosity drove me, killing was not my intention. So, I forgive myself, what else can I do? Yet I write everything here as it is a good example for mindfulness. I feel like Joseph Mangle in Auschwitz, touching those withering lives of Mimosa Pudica. Yet, catching butterflies need enormous patience. Like a wild cat, you need to sneak up to them slowly. They would fly away if any movement of air. I'm not sure they can see us. But when they close their wings, I was able to grab them by the wings. I teach my kids not to touch these insects now, yet nobody was watching when I did it. Only me and the God. As I now know the God, lived within me all these years, without any doubt, to witness it all, happening. Maybe all those butterflies did reborn as butterflies, or something else. Life is in universe in a continuous flow, cycling. Maybe it is just a memory in my head. Butterfly: https://unsplash.com/@kageyama Why shouldn't you catch butterflies? You may think that is something simple, and if I told you that is all what happened I would be lying. This is a confession of a crime of my past and whoever you are reading now is the judge. I have caught countless dragonflies, flies, tiny creatures, who would die. The guilt is enormous, although the lives are tiny. Maybe I was abusing power just like a dictator would do. Will I be forgiven? I fear the punishments of nature, but I would not carry the guilt to my grave. And I would not wait until I am a grandpa, to look at the picture of Dorien grey in the Attic of my past. There is a big lesson for us to learn here. Consciousness is a potential, equally good or bad. Universe does have a way of trapping us in a guillotine of crabs , a sin cycle. Yet only mindfulness lets me step aside from life, the highway of my thoughts and observe what has happened and happening. Just like a butterfly, life is flimsy agile and fast. Only few would ever have patience to sneak up to depths of the mind to reach and grab it. With mindfulness. And often in places with no more sound than in an empty playground. I consider the now, a butterfly. I grab it by my hands of wisdom. Consider what it means. What if it means killing my own self? What if I never can catch this thing called myself, without killing it first? What if once I catch it the life of this tiny floating creature would cease to exist and even would not be born? Should I be afraid? Is there even a thing called resurrection? What if I kill myself so I cannot kill any other? Not literally but conceptually? Does a crane is as guilty as a child catching butterflies? https://unsplash.com/@chirag14 This article is not complete if I do not tell you how I do overcome the guilt. Because everybody has scars that they hide. Answer is not a secret. It is just the same principle. You just empty the cup. When you realize everything, you have seen is just another miracle, of mind. You can understand it is same with guilt (read my article on sin cycle if you would want to know better). Every story of the past, and every story of the future has same origins which is called mind. So, I am not sure, about the story I have given you about butterfly was the true version, as it is just my version of it. Maybe the God, has a different version of the same story. Fact is it doesn't matter. I do not know anything about how the universe functions. I don't know why I should even write about those dead butterflies. I just do not want to be a part of life. It is tiring, and absurd, and even stupid, no matter what I do universe would never make sense. Imagine this, if there is something called true right, why is it not obvious? Why create a puzzle of entangled heavens, hells, sins and death. Why make living so hard, why make it a contest to survive? It makes no sense. " Only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing "
- Information overload - Mindfulness Essay.
Information is good and bad. Information is good, for the success, prosperity wealth, even tiny bit of happiness that we assume which is there. But is this real? Does Information govern everything that we do? At least I can give you one example where Information is harmful, and that is mindfulness. Story of the Merchant Pouring tea: https://unsplash.com/@oriento Once upon a time a wealthy merchant, was looking for happiness. He could not find what he seeks even after being rich. For whatever reasons, the life seems to be in a continuous flow, and problems do not end, even if you become successful. So, he thought he should put to an end to this. He flew over the Himalayas to reach Tibet. The land of lamas. He took a risk leaving behind every success he achieved to gain wisdom on life. There he met one of the most renowned teachers. This time not on top of a mountain, but just in a well populated town. He went there and explained his ambition to the teacher. Asked him to show him the path to freedom . To ultimate truth in life. While he was explaining, somebody brought a pot of tea. And while he was talking, teacher started to pour him some tea. While he was talking still, the teacher kept on pouring tea. Now the teacup was full up to the brim and suddenly it was overflowing. Yet the teacher did not stop pouring tea, and the merchant saw this and panicked. Stop! Pouring tea. It's overflowing. The teacher stopped. And after a moment of well-deserved silence, he spoke. "To learn the truth about life you have to empty your cup first". And that was the first and the last advice he got. Himalayas: https://unsplash.com/@mimansakn Information overload problem This is a great story to illustrate what information overload has done to us. Hardest to get rid of is the ones which are in our brains. We are glued to our ethnicity prejudices cultures and everything mental. Although we say we are not attached to physical objects we are in fact slaves to mental objects . Infact although it feels like emptying the cup is easy thing to do, it would be hardest and weirdest thing to do. We ourselves are defined by the information we possess about past. We can call them memories. But these same memories are hindrance when we consider understanding nature. Imagine what it means. No matter what, you think you cannot go beyond the set boundaries of your set of vocabulary and the number system. I'm not saying you cannot make a new word , or an equation or a novel programing language. I'm showing you that they are limited. Although we are gifted by the nature to have a consciousness which can sustain itself, this same consciousness which keeps records is our problem. We are limited by our six senses. And to understand and break into the creator's realm we need a new approach. And that is the first lesson of anyone who wants to step into mindfulness. And If you are wise enough that is the only lesson that we need. You can do this, by deliberately choosing to empty your cup. You do not have to walk in the park or go on a vacation. You do not have to watch TV or take photographs to make yourself happy. You do not have to drink tea. You do not have to have a prior knowledge to read something you do not understand. What is the point? If you are defined by the things that you see and feel, then no point carrying the filled cup of information with you. You can be just like a tree, now, in this moment, doing whatever you are doing. And tomorrow is never there. How to catch a butterfly: https://unsplash.com/@jcotten You can be sad when you are sad, you can smile when you are happy, You can be peaceful when internal structure is calm. But beyond that, there is no point thinking about what you have felt yesterday. There is no use thinking about retirement while you are at work. Even tomorrow is far away. Even lunch break is a stupid idea. What matters is what is here now. If we can frame and capture ourselves to this second which is called now and stay there as long as we prefer, then we might be able to understand the wordless meaning of life. To do that we must empty the cup as necessary as, tea will be kept pouring in each second you are awake. Isn't it the most amazing thing in the world? The rapid movement of the matter across time at lightning speed giving an illusion of a persisting life? What do you make out of it? Can you please empty your cup? And be mindful?
- The tree of life and mindfulness - Essay
About talking trees. I have enormous respect for trees. Just like mountains, a big tree is all what I need to remind myself to be down to earth. They are the miracles of the nature. Just the other day I was looking at this gentle giant , of a tree. Apparently, it is silent. We humans are so nosy that we do not hear trees talking, as we are too much involved in writing our own stories. Except in fantasy film, we do not hear them talking. But trust me they do. All the nature lovers will agree me on this. If you decide to watch a tree for half an hour in the park, you will notice they are better friends. If you sit on a bench and notice their presence you will hear the slow sound of leaves. You will hear the birds, arguing with each other on the branches. You will see the shades, the tree provides to the humans and squirrels, so they do not burn by the sun. Talking trees: https://unsplash.com/@aaronburden If you are silent, you will hear the tree breathing through its pores. They are synchronized with your breath. They inhale your dirty carbon dioxide, to purify with oxygen. They have the ability to serve thousand species, by various functions from bees to birds. And they do this, just staying at one place, without making any noise. If it wasn't for trees, there would be no life on earth beyond single cells. For this I respect trees, as I would respect the god. Trees remind me that I do not have to run away from life. If my roots have a stronghold of a ground that I am standing on, there is no place to run. I can stand tall on my own. They remind me to face the harsh winters of life and the spring with same silence. They make me stronger teaching me to move, in speeds of a snail, each year, yet live thousands of snail generations longer. They are providing ultimate wisdom that slow is the fast when we consider the game of life. The trees of life, at my parents' house are still there. I moved with life, obviously as I have feet. Yet trees remained. They are still at the side of the garden, stronger than ever, making tiny fruits each ear for the new generation of floating life. They are wiser and bigger, I am sure their deed is done for the world, yet they carry on. What trees are there in your parents' house? Are they still there? Heros Of life. Tree of life: https://unsplash.com/@yxjyxjyxj123 Silent mindfulness and tree of life. I like the silence ; I seek the silence. More than noise, yet I know it prevails only because of the noise. I consider this blog, a tree. A tree which grows against all the odds of the nature. To bring about happiness, to hearts far and close, years after my presence. It has roots of the wisdom deep down in my past, which also represent all the teachers of life, generations down the line. I am sure it spreads deeply until it meets the first monkey who decided to walk on feet instead jumping from tree to tree and chose to teach this to others. Each year, I see it grows, as I nurture it with best ingredients I can provide. Which are the simple truths about nature. And I am sure, there will be a time birds will come one day, as it is inevitable. Hungry birds battered by thirst every day, seeking wisdom, will come, and when they do, they can eat the fruits for free. And spread the seeds of truth so the next generation of the mindfulness trees will grow far beyond the reach of the any human on earth. Even if it did not, I would not worry. As, it provides me a shade today. It gives me opportunity to climb it daily and reach above the canopy and observe the universe like Bear Grylls . And make me wiser. Tree is now bigger than me, so it keeps me humble student, an observer of the mindfulness. Join us with observational journey to understand the nature likewise tree of life.
- Sound of silence. Is silence another sound?
The song. Sound of silence. Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence I have listened to both songs. Yet again for the 100th time. Simon and Gurfinkel's the older version is equally dealing to listen. Ironically when I heard the above lyrics for the first time, I could not think it's a little stupid. Singing a song is the opposite of being silent. If you love the deity of silence , you should not disturb it with a song. Even if it is to praise the God of silence. But there is a deeper truth hidden behind apparently disturbing song about silence. Which we are going to uncover here. Silence: https://unsplash.com/@louishansel What's wrong singing a song about silence? I was wrong when I say, singing a song about silence is going to disturb it. Infact, you felt it right? Even when the silence in your room is disturbed by the sound of the song, still you will feel the silence when you hear the song. I am sure majority of us do. That's why the 2015 version of the song has 1B views on YouTube. Why this paradox happens? What is silence? Is it another sound? Short answer to this is silence is a feeling. I will explain this in detail. Generally, silence means absence of sounds. We assume this is something external. Forgetting the observer. We assume that the silence is in the environment. An environment which makes no disturbances in the air, is surely silent. Like inside of a Chapel. But obviously silence doesn't exist without the observer. Someone needs to be there to listen to the absence of sounds. Some consciousness. And this basically answers above problem. In fact, we feel the silence Even in the absence of it, when we hear a song about silence. Only because it is mental. We go back in our minds down the memory lane to places where there has been silence. So even when the ear drums are constantly bombarded with music, paradoxically mind tries to be silent because of the lyrics of the song reminds of this. Isn't it amazing? There seem some more things we can learn about mindfulness from this song. If you follow above argument, you know how a person can be calm even in a chaotic environment. As the inner peace and silence doesn't depend on what happens at the level of the ears. You may be listening to music, you may be listening to a sermon, someone may be blaming you . Yet if you focus on keeping the silence you can do this. Observing in Silence: https://unsplash.com/@malidesha Is silence nothingness? Next important fact is silence itself is a thing. Silence is the side effect of the absence of the noise. So inherently it is defined and related to the noise. Infact, if there is no noise in the world, we would never know a silence exist or not. Silence would not be a "thing" in a world without noise. This is why we can say the silence is different from nothingness . Nothingness which I have explained in my previous article is outside of our imagination. It is a thing that is even not there. Nothingness is the absence of everything including silence and things created by our mind, is the closest we can get. By this time you should have the question, why this is important? I can answer this by saying, because it helps us in mindfulness. Which is the art of nonjudgmental existence. While practicing mindfulness, if you observe silence, it is going to create profound experiences for you. And just like music, just like food, your mind is going to crave this experience day after day. And as our objective of mindfulness is to understand truth about ourselves, I see this as a danger. Identifying silence as another thing helps me be non-judgmental. As at this point mind would know, that it too will be replaced by another object. Then there would be no loss. I do not want you to be stuck in silence. But to observe the valuelessness of it in mindfulness when it is there.
- Miracles of Silicon Valley - essay
Miracles of natural world. Miracles do happen in different forms in different speeds. A seed of a chestnut 🌰 tree is a miracle of its own. To create a giant tree with proper nutrients water and sunlight. To combine earth material to form this tree which is totally different from the seed itself. But is capable of creating same type of seeds, even with better ability to withstand the challenges of changing environment. Isn't any seed for that matter a miracle of nature? I am sure every tiny cell on this earth is a miracle of nature. Although there is possibility that the creator himself created such miracles, it seems sustained without his involvement. Human consciousness is a miracle which happened in the universe. An impossible probability of the atoms being able to recognize and form abstractions of atoms themselves. A tree: https://unsplash.com/@yoksel Miracle of metals And this consciousness which developed over thousands of years, have now accumulated knowledge about things of nature over generations. Humans have cracked the code for manually overriding the process of passing down the knowledge to the next generation. With this ability they have become their own creators. When I look at the sky, I see a tiny aero plane travelling at speed of sound above the clouds. Humans have created these flying machines, from metal which does not even float on water! They have figured out how to use such metal to build gigantic ships which can carry thousands of tons of cargo. We have harvested powers of birds to fly in the sky, we have overcome the speed of a cheetah decades ago. We have dived the depths of deepest parts of the ocean and claimed tallest mountains in the world. With equipment we built, from a tiny nail to a piece of rope, from a tank of oxygen to GPS, has helped us to do so. Isn't it another miracle? I think that is the greatest one so far since the garden of Eden. Heavy load: https://unsplash.com/@carrier_lost Miracles of Silicon Valley I am going to take you on a tour in Silicon Valley now. From small transistors to IC chips, to Internet, Silicon Valley holds a record for high tech development than any other part of the world. It drains the brains, the money and little bit of silicon for each new development of technology. And I am sure the device you carry in your hands now has material developed from there. And things have complicated so much from a simple transistor that no individual has the capability of figuring out everything. Doom of Silicon Valley Although we are lucky to live in an era of miracles, are we using them correctly is a question we should ask more often? As I see a future as an equally unpredictable. Imagine every miracle I see daily, from my automobile to the computer, depends on machines which we built, which are so complicated and complex, In these long assembly lines . We were almost at doom when production lines halted in times of covid. We could not wait until we are clear from every risk because as a human race now, we are dependent on our miracle production lines. I wonder what would become to our lives if the Silicon Valley stopped producing IC circuits for a decade? I am sure it won't happen in my lifetime, then again, I cannot be so sure when I saw that palisade California wildfire. Nature has a way of teaching us lessons a hard way. Like we are stubborn kids. I'm not sure about you but I know there will be a dooms day to our common dream of Silicon Valley Miracles. It can be anything from a financial crisis to a warfare. Anything from global warming to a mega volcanic eruption. But I am not worried about it today. As long as it is not me who cares right? Silicon Valley miracle: https://unsplash.com/@omarsabra64 A rational solution? I take the rational approach to life. I use my device to spread the message of mindfulness as l can see the search for a happiness which has origins from Silicon Valley is never going to end. As there is end to life there will be end to every miracle which comes out from Intel google and apple Inc. I am not eager to see the next miracle of virtual reality. But I am eager to travel back to the place and understand how everything originated to create a miracle In the kindergarten of my class. Let's focus on humanity, peace and happiness instead, the things which we take for granted. Maybe those are the main reasons that the miracle prevails. Wouldn't you agree? How about a poem? At the end of dry season. Before the monsoon rains. I see thousands of ants, develop wings. They start to fly Hovering over every streetlight All night long. In the morning, when I wake up I see only their broken wings and Shattered Silicon Valley dreams
- Migrating birds - Essay.
About twenty years ago, we had an essay competition. The topic was "Migrating birds". Some bizzare unexpected topic. Yet I have read an article on birds just the day before out of curiosity. I can still remember I was smiling when I knew the topic, as this was very easy for me. Except for myself every other child suffered writing as they had no prior information on this. So I easily won. I do not think it was a fair game. Yet I do not worry now as universe has different intentions than everyone else. I have decided to write again about Migrating birds. To be fair I have forgotten all the details of that article. Hence I will only combine common knowledge and mindfulness, and you can be the judge on the essay. Migrating birds Real Migrating birds Often I would sit by the lagoon in afternoons, just to let thoughts settle down in the chaotic mind. It is a slow process, yet when I do not stire the water it happens automatically. Effortlessly. Things I see during these hours are illuminating my life as I would often remember even tiny details like a bird flapping it's wings or crows attacking a flock of migrating Birds. Migrating Birds, often few flocks, are seen fishing in shallow water, fare away from shore. And crows who are permanent residents of the lagoon do not like this. I am sure there is enough livestock, of fish for everyone even for fisherman and us. Yet instincts of crows are different and they get together for an attack. They take a flight from the shore, even to reach these foreigners they have to fly about 200 meters. And there is no place to land on water, as they have short legs, they would be drowned. So they can just attack one or two birds just a peck. And they have to return to the shore. I can only compare this to a modern day long distance warfare. The battle for the middle east during the world war 2 heavily depended on aviation power of British and Germens. And just like a flock of crows they had to fly long distances into enemy territory to attack. Im not sure it is even worth, all the trouble. Atleast not for the migrating Birds. They just ignore as this as surely is not the first time attacked by local inhabitants during their long journey from siberia. It is amazing how much long distance they travel during winter to reach these feeding and breeding grounds in Indian ocean. But that is not even determined by their conscious thoughts. These are hardwired journies in their genetic code. Somewhere. They have no choice. They cannot stay in the paradise longer than few months to build an army and make a fortress of defence. Like all the intruders of Indian ocean they would eventually leave. Leaving only some horror in the minds of locals. They can never steal all the fish, all the gems or the rich soil. Migrating birds in the lagoon On boundries. But migrating Birds teach us about some important rules about nature. Have you seen the videos about how scientists tracked a hawak on its journey a whole year. It had travelled so far north and south east and west, from mediterranean to Depths of Nile and from Egypt to Russia over the Iron dome of Israel. Migrating Birds remind us that the boundaries are not real. They do not exist just a few feet above the ground and just a few feet below the ground. I am sure even a ballistic nuclear missile would know this if they had a consciousness. If they had a consciousness they would scream before they were fired, not only for their lives but at our foolishness as we are just shooting them across imaginary boundaries at ourselves. When are we going to think as a single human race and that the earth is our home . It made me wonder, whether migrating Birds are really migrating? Humans migrate because of our imaginary boundaries, whenever we cross them. But for the bird consciousness there is no migration. Home is wherever they live. Have you ever thought about it? Do you consider yourself as a migrator?
- Einstein's Quotes on time.
List of Einstein's Quotes on time. Time is relative "Time is relative; its only worth depends upon what we do as it is passing". "Time seems to follow a universal, ticktock rhythm. But it doesn't". "The rate at which time passes depends on your frame of reference". Time is an illusion "Time is an illusion". "The distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion". Time's purpose "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once". Einstein: https://unsplash.com/@brentdalling Einsteins Quotes on time "Dumbest" to "best" Einstein has said many things, during his lifetime and some even would consider him as a demigod of science. As there is no depth he could imagine. So, more than science he had believed in the ability of imagination. Consider the following quote. "Imagination is more important than knowledge". As it pushes the boundary of the knowledge into the unknown parts of the universe. He has done this not once but many times. So, I am going to consider his quotes on time. A handful of them. The first one came across was the last one given here. Which is "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once". Having written a book about time and having a clear idea where the time exist now I can say that must be the dumbest thing Einstein has ever said. Explanation is simple. "Everything does happen at once". And I can prove that is the case. More importantly once I prove I can show you that Einstein is false atleast once in his life. Maybe he was busy feeding his cat when he wrote the above, that he himself forgot to imagine. And to see the proof we need mindfulness. Why everything happens now? On Time: https://unsplash.com/@heatherz Close your eyes and imagine everything happenning in the universe this instant of time. You can call time is relative and we are stuck in different time zones at the same time. We feel this only because we are thinking about the universe inside the framework of universe. Imagine the universe is a gigantic ball. And relative to the observer who is outside the universe, he can observe everything happens in the universe at the same time. Although we see the light from even dead stars far away corners, due to the relative slow speed of light. This observer outside the universe could "See" with his superpower that the universe has only one clock. Which is the clock that his observation happens. (maybe he has "Instant" vision about anything happening anywhere in universe so there is no delay) That is the proof everything happens at same time. Every function at this instant in the universe happens now. You have to imagine it, as our physical abilities are not capable of "Seeing" this. But with mindful imagination you can "See" this is the case. So, there is only one time. Which is called now. All the other things which happened before this instance is past. And everything which did not happen yet to happen is "Future". And as both are not existing anymore at this instance they are just imagination. So, I can conclude that only reason for time to exist is because of imagination of consciousness which can expand the thoughts to an imaginative past and imaginative future. Now you can ask the question, Wait isn't it same process that creates now itself? I think I have answered this question in the book what is time ? So you can get an idea. Future: https://unsplash.com/@hadijasaidi What about other quotes? Now, once we are there. You can read the rest of the quotes by Einstein about time. And I can see all the five other quotes about time given here confirms the above conclusion we arrived. "Time is an Illusion", "Time is relative", "Time does not function as a tick tock clock" as it is really a continous function. "Time depends on your frame of reference" as this frame of reference is non other than your own consciousness. Time was born with you and will end with you. Things do not stop there. This is why again and again for the 400th time I am inviting you to be mindful. What is true for the time, is true for everthing. Every mental object that create throughout our lives have tracable origin which points back to us. Isn't it amazing? To know that even God exist within us? What about the devils and death? If mindfulness has taught me anything about life that is the biggest lier is my mind. As nothing it say is an absoulte truth. How to be at harmony with this, is the question. Maybe which is another illusionary problem like time. Let it go, let it be, let it flow, is good advice.
- What I learned from video gaming.
I confess. I am prone to get addicted to anything. Latest example is my writing. Once I start writing, I just cannot stop. Not like thousands of readers waiting for me to write a great masterpiece but just an addiction. I had different similar addictions in the past. One of them was gaming. I consider gaming as a waste of time. Just like watching films . Yet I was addicted to playing games once. Candy crush, Far Cry, many more. It is not like I have spent thousands on a home gaming platform. But it could have easily been the case if I had rich parents who had nothing to guide me with. So my persuit of a career blocked me from anything becoming an addiction as I would have to quit at any time unexpectedly when it overspills to my life. SuperMario: https://unsplash.com/@kommumikation Playing video games my experience. In the college I had a friend who played video games. Not until I went to college I had my hands on a real computer. So I played Far Cry in his machine. Cannot remember which version. Sometimes hours and hours sitting in front of computer shooting hypothetical enemies, trying to save a girl from crazy genetically engineered beasts. That was fun in the initial stages of the game. But as the game advanced I found I am unable to win some stages. I couldn't drive the jeep while shooting at the same time. And I asked the help from my roommate. So while he drove the vehicle I would shoot enemies using the mouse. And it worked. We worked hard for days and both of us were addicted to the experience for just about a fourtnight. We were at it all afternoons. And we found the freaky animals were becoming more and more stronger. Sometimes we would not last a few seconds as they were so fast in attacking. We needed more support. And this time we found a cheat code so we can freeze the game at will, prepare ourselves so we can attack the enemy better. It was just like we had superpower of quicksilver . So once this gaming spree was over and we finished the last level, we even had some fans, gathered around to watch us play. That really did not feel like an imaginary game. Fortunately we did not continue to do this after we won. I have tried few other games and it did not stick. Even today I am afraid of these digital realities as I am likely to get stuck in them. So called productivity of mind markedly reduce when I try to involve myself in social media, a true introvert problem. Then on the other hand when all these life aspirations calmed down at the halfway of expected life I wonder why it just feel the same. I feel like I have been playing another episode of Far Cry! Far cry express. With all the exams, all the rules, all the people I have met does look like a virtual reality that created by the dreams of the past. There is nobody who can answer that is not. As I have checked with every philosopher from Great Socrates. What should I do now? GameBoy : https://unsplash.com/@mike_meyers What Iearned from video gaming Playing the video game was not a waste of time when I looked at it from this new point of view. I already knew that was a lie, so I did not mind a soldier falls down dead from a head shot. I was the dead shot in a dreamy game. Yet in so called reality when I see the brutality of ISIS or a guillotine of crabs I ask myself what is real? Isn't it again just a memory in my mind Once the act of observation is over? I do not want to argue over this with someone who do not even understand what I talk about. Giving something valuable to you is not the idea. I just write down my observations of life as I understand it is unique, like all other countless consciousness of the universe. I'm just trying to figure out my life, by asking the question What part of it is real when I compare it to the video games I have played, sitting on my partally packed couch. And I cannot rationalise anything real. There seems to be no answers I can arrive at how much I tweaked the words. Such that when I know even a complex video game I played was only possible with a long streak of one's and zeros. How can I be sure what is happening in my brain this moment is exactly not that? Ones and zeros. If you are confused, perplexed and paralysed by these thoughts now, I think I have won the argument. My advice is do not try to get a meaning. Just keep the information inside and watch the process. The Matrix will end when you are older and wiser.
- How to be productive in mindfulness?
Being productive Productive can mean different things to different people. Imagine a man on a fishing boat. Being productive for this guy is catching more fish. And he would do anything for that. He would paddle his boat to better parts in the lagoon. He would wake up early than other fishermen. And repair his net everyday, so the fish remains in the net. If you compare this to a factory being productive means the output. Imagine a Tesla factory. If number of cars made this year is more than the last year we call this year is more productive. And if all of them sell that is even better, due to productive marketing stratergy. So if you consider everything we do, all of these activities are associated with some outcome. And this outcome if more than our expectations we are happy. If less than our expectations we are sad. Even washing dishes is associated with a feeling of accomplishment once its done! Live, work Create: https://unsplash.com/@jontyson Philosophy of being productive in life. So you may ask, what is the philosophy in it? I would say that there is a simple definition for our lives. If we go to a church we expect to come out as saints. If we read an article we want to be wiser at the end of it. If you sleep you would wanna wake up fresh. If you do nothing you expect an empty silent mind . You live a life, and in this life all we do is doing something expecting something. Now imagine a task where the expectation is not there. Can you imagine that? We are so used to outcome based success that we cannot do this. Even if you sit down for meditation you would try to achieve something. But what if I told you mindfulness is different in this matter. In mindfulness, in proper mindfulness if you try to expect something you will not understand anything. How mindfulness is opposite of being productive. Mindfulness is peace. Mindfulness is happy. Mindfulness creates profound experiences. But during the time of doing it you would not know that, as Mindfulness is living with the experience at that moment. Since you are not comparing this experience with anything from the past, or projecting it to future, at the time of mindfulness you would feel nothing. However as the time goes on, while you are back to the mindless days, you would understand the mindful moments were the best moments of happiness. I can give you an example. Waterfall: https://unsplash.com/@bjhguerin Have you ever been to a waterfall ? Have you ever looked at a tree ? For the sake of doing that? In the book "the power of now" Ekart Tolle talks about being aware of a tree just in front of him as his moment of enlightment. You may consider this a joke, what can a simple tree teach you about life? I would not comment. You just have to see. Every little thing you see or hear is a pointer to yourself. They try to teach us a lesson that we will never learn from teachers, books or reading. Our minds are more than capable of generating its own knowledge. This wordless knowledge about self is the most valueble of all, cause its unique. I have written about the experience about a waterfall, I had years ago. I did know nothing about mindfulness during the time of the travel. That mindfulness is the pathway to the truth. But I just wanted to remember what I saw. So as I was looking at the waterfall, I chose to stay silent and observe everything I see. I did not do it for half an hour, just 15 minutes, I listened and watched and listened and felt. I did not judge waterfall was beautiful or not. I did not try to compare it with other waterfalls. I did not do anything other than letting the mind observe. I observed the trees around it. There was a massive tree which stood almost the height of the waterfall itself, I didnt try to judge its height in meters. I saw the sky through the gaps in its canopy. And I did not care that was a valueble experience or not. Paradoxes in life are everywhere: https://unsplash.com/@aarsoph Being productive in mindfulness The paradox Now after more than five years later I can still close my eyes and go back to that place and re-live that experience. Its costed nothing when we compare how much we spend to make ourselves happy. We might spend thousand dollars to reach far unknown corners of earth looking for a novel experience. But novelty of the experience is not there outside. You can make a profound experience even in your backyard looking at a chillie plant if you chose to just do that. And when you do that, my suggestion is try not to be productive. Try not to create experience. Try not to gain anything. And the nature does work in paradoxes. And one day you will know you have gained everything you wished from life in those little moments you chose to be aware.
- Life is a Game - ask US President about it If you do not know it yet.
Game of life. More than anyone, I have written about the game of life. I have written several articles on this comparing life to a game of chess, or mathematical model . I have written how the rules of this game are just arbitary and bizzare creation of humans themselves, and how the game differs from place where you live, the time and the ethnicity etc. Yet, I think the seriousness this is not understood some, and some chose to stay quite and pretend that they are just pure at heart in what they do. So, I will llustrate a good example from one of the most controvertial interviews ever I saw on Youtube, and it is about US president Donald J Trump vs Zelensky the Ukrain president. Games we play: https://unsplash.com/@metelevan Background I think more than half of the world has now seen the discussion at the oval office few days prior when Zelensky confronted US president and Vice President on the matter of Ukraine war. It started with hilarious questioning about the dress code of Zelensky, who always wear like he has come straight from the warzone, that he did not have time to change his cloths. So, he knows that the message he is giving was that his country is at war and sense of urgency is conveyed by this. Everyone knows, he knows, but did he agree? No! even after questioning he did not agree. He did not agree that this is part of a act of a "President of a country at war". He was a comedian, and an actor before he became a president. He played a role of president in a TV series, representing a teacher who won elections, against a currupted government. So, I think he knows his acting more than anyone else. I think he really needs to come out of his acting if he really wanted to be a president. No need to forget the humor also, he should smile more. On boundries. I am a philosopher. So I do not know whether our genetics contain facts about our religion and our nationality. It is only depend on the place of which mothers womb that we appear. And nature has already chosen for us. The boundries that we have created on the surface of earth are not even real. They are not even creations of you and me. And for these artificial boundries thousands of human consciousness have sacrificed their lives as they believed that is the right thing to do. Some by choice, some by force. But I am sure the wise old looking US President is more aware of these facts and he knows it is a game. Everyone is selfish under their own skin. I do not know whom I sould be more afraid of. The one who talks truth about life or the one who acts like he knows nothing but wants to put everything infront of him to save some illusionary sovereignty. It is not even sovereignty itself, pure madness. How can, someone send some mothers son to a war against another if that is totally avoidable? I like the Achelis wisdom, when he mocked the kings when he said "Imagine a king that who fights his own battles, wouldn't that be a sight?" No borders No nations: https://unsplash.com/@markusspiske Unique perspective I have no connection with Trump Administration. I am half way across the globe, either way from America. Infact I sould be the last one on earth to be worried about oval office, as I have nothing to do with it. Yet, world wide web doesn't allow me to sleep at night until I see all the videos of Trump and his crazy deeds of the day, mainly because of X, FB and Youtube Reels. I have no connections with Russia as well. Except I still love the "Vassilisa the beautiful" The fairy tales, about Ivans, which made me a reader when I was in primary school. The first "Big" book I have ever read on my own out of curiosity. This background is only to introduce the fair political and geological perspective I have about everything happened in the Oval office in that one and only interview. As someone in Europe America or Ukrain would not see what I see from here. Listening to US president I am sure there are many more analysis. But I was more interested in something President Trump said. Which is when he warned President Zelenskey that "You do not have the cards here" just like they are playing a cardgame. "Gambling with World war 3". And Ukrain president responded by saying "I do not play card games". But that there I see another lie. Infact I think, that is exactly what is happening. Presidents in countries should know that they are playing a dangerous card game. Not just money involved, they play with lives of people. And when you know this you will be careful of your conduct. War and destruction and femine should be avoided at all costs. And trying to fight an enemy thousand times stronger than you is, just foolish, not bravery. True bravery is to identify where all these stupid ideas comes to our minds in the first place. So, I would trust Trump more than Zelenskey, regardless of what he represents, as he has proven infront of the world that he is a lier. Infact he would never be a true universal ruler . And I thank that he is only president in Ukraine. Imagine he was president of USA? Then I would closely follow everything as he would surely start a nuclear war, as he posses all the "Cards of the Game". Who is the Joker? https://unsplash.com/@introspectivedsgn This made me understand why although seemingly crazy Trump was elected not once but twice. He doesn't lie about his game. Others appear about things they even do not know, hide their evil intentions, behind fake faces. A idiot who talks true is better than a saint who lies right? It is ancient wisdom as you can read about the story of the thief who did not lie. I will end the article here. I am sure lot of Americans and everyone else have different point of views than this. Specially good Ukrainians, who are involved. All the wars start in minds. So, lets be careful when we sow hatred in the first place. But I am open for truely enlightening discussions, as it is always a necessary risk to offend you to bring out the truth.
- My literary career - or being a Mindful Resurrected Poet
A Poet Of course, I did some English literature for my O/L. I am not sure I should be proud of this, but I had no choice as literature was mandatory in our school. Trust me I have tested my singing skills and dancing skills even little bit of athletics. Which were all failures before beginning. But literature I enjoyed. I liked seemingly meaningless words of Robert Frost . I imagined him on his queer horse under the trees, on the darkest day of the year on a snowy afternoon. The best parts were the lies. I could write explaining the meaning of a poem few verses long. Nothing but in pages and pages of lies. I knew literature was a lie. And I knew teachers who marked the papers knew literature is about lies. Do you have to believe everything you write? Not at all. The best liar wins in this game. Everybody knows literature is just imagination. So, never I thought it as a career choice. Instead, I became a slave for the science for twenty years of my life, forgetting everything about the poems, so I could understand truth. Frosty: https://unsplash.com/@inayali The dead Poet So, it brought me tears, when I watched the film, " The dead Poet's Society ". Where I heard the seemingly meaningless words of "Carpe Diem". On top of every page of this blog reminds me of the dead poet. It wasn't about the fictional character of a teenager who committed suicide. It was about my past, when I chose to follow a path of greed over a path of heart. It was about the days I did not chose to seize, instead swallowed every word that I wanted to say like a coward. It was about the days I sat on a bench on a lecture hall wondering when the lectures would end so I could run back home to climb a tree back again for the thousandth time and watch the cows grazing. What was I thinking? To build an aero plane? With science? Resurrected Poet Life is about patterns which I believe, as advised by my father. So, when I step to the chaotic rhythm of science, still the words from the past resonate in chambers in my mind, I saw patterns of literature and poems in metanalysis and systematic reviews. Artificially suppressed words start to appear when I created just a little space. Just when I chose to write a book filled with little poems and stories about life. So, the Dead poet in me started to work again and this time writing poems about death itself . I do not worry about a future which does not exist, as I am mindful more than ever about the present. I savor every word I write, only thing which matters forever. I do not cry about the years, I spend with science, as it taught me important lesson that teachers never told me. Science is not about truth at all! science is all about lies. And it is a bigger lie than literature as everyone believes it is the ultimate truth, except few philosophers of the past and future. If science has done anything it would be just making me a dumb believer, and age faster. What has it done for you? Or are you waiting for your resurrection on your death bed? Meta Analysis: https://unsplash.com/@markusspiske A mindful Resurrected Poet Science is a lie, just as literature. I have already argued over this in the past , so I won't waste more words here. But mindfulness, I cannot stop talking about every time I write. As it is like a door to a real resurrection if there is a one. Mindfulness oh mindfulness You are the apple of my eye My cuppy, cake gumdrop, Snoogump Boogump pie You are the rain, when I'm sweaty and tired You are the food, when I am a hungry angry coward You are the Xray vision to expose the lies that everyone tries to hide Illusions of the past future and demonist time. Oh. I get carried away with words. But you do not have to believe me. And only advice I can give is do not wait until all the equations are solved in life. You have to take your time to inspect yourself as that is the greatest scientific experiment and the only one which matters. And I would be not lying If I say that would be the last one you will ever do, if done correctly. Let's be mindful tomorrow. <- Some Sarcasm















