Parents should be the guides to the way of world. They should handover the knowhow and the knowledge to the progeny. The fact that one can only handover what one knows, limits the offspring's scope but that is exactly what children need to work on. Parents should play the role of "buddy" to the newly recruited member of the planet earth. And children should be thankful to their progenitor for "showing the ropes". But once children understand their parent's limitations, they should work on expanding their "scope" and make most of everything they know.
Friday, November 8, 2013
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Self
The acceptance of self is the easiest act. It simplifies life to no extent. It clarifies the next steps and goals to fulfill like nothing else.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Unbelonging
Raging silence of an impressionable mind
That searched for a sense of belonging
In words of wisdom, facts and fiction
To make up for soul stirring conversations
The first ray of meaning came with one
That started awe-inspiring friendship of souls
For equally fired spirits and minds
One that could teach and one that could learn
Transcending every rule of world
Unexplained and understood
Inflamed the mind to finally put
Those silent thoughts to coherent words
That searched for a sense of belonging
In words of wisdom, facts and fiction
To make up for soul stirring conversations
The first ray of meaning came with one
That started awe-inspiring friendship of souls
For equally fired spirits and minds
One that could teach and one that could learn
Transcending every rule of world
Unexplained and understood
Inflamed the mind to finally put
Those silent thoughts to coherent words
Duty to Self
Abandoning the one we love to let ourselves live in sanity is allowed only if that love brings us down to a level where we cannot respect ourself - for possessiveness, pettiness and lost peace of mind. It is better to be at peace than to be in a relationship that is mentally abusive.
Our first and foremost duty to ourself is to rise and become a better version of ourselves. Anything that reverses the process should be abandoned - people, places, things, thoughts, actions and words. Those things inflict a pain to the soul.
We are programmed to gravitate towards things that raise our soul and level of life. We should strive towards them in awareness.
Our first and foremost duty to ourself is to rise and become a better version of ourselves. Anything that reverses the process should be abandoned - people, places, things, thoughts, actions and words. Those things inflict a pain to the soul.
We are programmed to gravitate towards things that raise our soul and level of life. We should strive towards them in awareness.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Simple and Natural
What is it that makes your mind comprehend something as complex and something as simple? Art for me is simple - in any format. I am attracted to it naturally. Why am I am not attracted to other things out there in the same way?
Sunday, November 3, 2013
The Fountainhead - Logic
Had read The Fountainhead a long time back but a recent look at the synopsis agin while reading Ayn Rand's biography, helped me understand Peter Keating better this time round.
I was taken aback by the logic of Peter Keating's character. It did make me think as I had never thought in that direction. Some people are so empty within that they mirror people around and try to be better at that. They have nothing to standby and nothing to live by - just plain need of people to value them. Peter Keating existed for people who liked him. The more number of people liked him, more valued was his own existence. He could not have afforded to lose people - for that would indicate loss of his very existence. So he did everything in order to be on the right side of people.
On the other hand, Howard Roark did not care if he had people on his side. He valued himself and his existence more than people. His confidence was derived from his knowledge of self and he could stand alone in any situation because he knew what his stand was. He is an example of a man who is so aware of himself that he does not care about his fate. He can only attract followers who will always be in awe. He does not go to people, they come to him, after they can comprehend what he is all about. He takes pride in his purpose and is focused on getting it at any cost.
Dominique Francon's character is capable of distinguishing the characters of Peter Keating and Howard Roark and hence has the ability to understand society's reaction to each of them. She can see clearly what many people cannot in Peter or Howard. She has a predilection to Howard's character but also understands the ground reality of the society in which she lives. She knows, she cannot convince Howard to camouflage himself to blend in and that he will be destroyed by the very principles he lives by. She knows that society will exalt Peter Keating and the likes by the very nature of them being wanting to be liked by everyone.
I was taken aback by the logic of Peter Keating's character. It did make me think as I had never thought in that direction. Some people are so empty within that they mirror people around and try to be better at that. They have nothing to standby and nothing to live by - just plain need of people to value them. Peter Keating existed for people who liked him. The more number of people liked him, more valued was his own existence. He could not have afforded to lose people - for that would indicate loss of his very existence. So he did everything in order to be on the right side of people.
On the other hand, Howard Roark did not care if he had people on his side. He valued himself and his existence more than people. His confidence was derived from his knowledge of self and he could stand alone in any situation because he knew what his stand was. He is an example of a man who is so aware of himself that he does not care about his fate. He can only attract followers who will always be in awe. He does not go to people, they come to him, after they can comprehend what he is all about. He takes pride in his purpose and is focused on getting it at any cost.
Dominique Francon's character is capable of distinguishing the characters of Peter Keating and Howard Roark and hence has the ability to understand society's reaction to each of them. She can see clearly what many people cannot in Peter or Howard. She has a predilection to Howard's character but also understands the ground reality of the society in which she lives. She knows, she cannot convince Howard to camouflage himself to blend in and that he will be destroyed by the very principles he lives by. She knows that society will exalt Peter Keating and the likes by the very nature of them being wanting to be liked by everyone.
Ayn Rand and Her Life.
Do I agree with everything Ayn Rand says? No.
Do I agree with her lifestyle or thought processing all the time? No.
But I do respect her truthfulness to 'her' values and way of life.
She did live by her principles - so in the face for everyone else - that it was hard to ignore her. She must have been hated more than liked in her immediate circle but the fact is that no one could have ignored her. Her aura must have attracted people but her true self would have driven away more. She was focused to her purpose and ignored everything else. Her natural self was propelled towards writing and only that. She used every bit of her experience, life and people around her to meet that goal. She was selfish and she was rude. But she completed her purpose, the reason of her birth and life. She was born to write.
Do I agree with her lifestyle or thought processing all the time? No.
But I do respect her truthfulness to 'her' values and way of life.
She did live by her principles - so in the face for everyone else - that it was hard to ignore her. She must have been hated more than liked in her immediate circle but the fact is that no one could have ignored her. Her aura must have attracted people but her true self would have driven away more. She was focused to her purpose and ignored everything else. Her natural self was propelled towards writing and only that. She used every bit of her experience, life and people around her to meet that goal. She was selfish and she was rude. But she completed her purpose, the reason of her birth and life. She was born to write.
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