Dec 1, 2007

Freaky Friday

Before you read this, if you don't understand what is said here, that's not my problem. I give a lot of thought to what I write. These are things only a few can understand, hope you are one of them...


Rules rule you, unruly though it might sound, it is the rule.You can try to live a life unaffected by rules; but there is a rule- you have to live without rules within the rules. Like the chaos theory suggests there is an "order in randomness" and that is the rule.

You can aspire and dream all you want; but you have to live on the harsh reality that is ground. Sky is your limit yet your feet ought to be on terra firma- that is the limitless limit that limits the lot. People use all kinds of things to motivate you. Yeah, nothing is impossible, Impossible takes a little longer but what they leave out is "the Impossible"- you can't push the impossible -it's impossible.

You might mistake me for a nihilist, No I am not; There is a difference between probably impossible(PI) and impossible. Probably impossible are those you can achieve by will, courage and determination. Impossible is ...just impossible.PI is the impossible people motivate and talk about. Those are the impossibles possible by possibly impossible effort.

Now to some serious shit-

When you are in a friendship, your brain controls your heart. When you are in love, your heart controls the brain. So, how do u control your heart when the very guiding seat is being controlled by the uncontrollable? huh! that is impossible, but probable. That's the PI. If all you know is friendship and think only with your brian, LOVE is impossible. Eliciting love from those who think only with brain: that is "the impossible".

But there is one new and enchanting concept that is in netherworld. As all the emerging new "geek" words, it hasn't been named yet. It's the thingie you do in orkuts and facebooks. If I may go technical, it's the "extended phenotype of desperation". It's the loneliness in you trying to desperately seek consolation in what is virtually real. If you really feel lonely, try hanging out with friends and be with "real" persons.

How true are these words "I am tired of using technology, i need you right infront of me"(these are lines from Timbaland's AYO TECHNOLOGY)

My all time favourite is V fo Vendetta, because it stresses on the importance of ideas.
"It is the idea that is important, not the man"

I wanted to say this for a longtime--India is great because it represents an idea. An idea of helping, loving and caring: people. India is not sweets, cuisines and traditional dresses. It's the ideas and ideals these sweets and cuisines represent that are important.

We meet in a functions, dance, fun, frolic. Click pics in a frenzy, orkut them or picasa them , show them proudly to everyone we know and think we have accomplished something.

I would never suggest not to do the things mentioned. It would be very foolish of me. It is the way you celebrate life. But, what I am pointing out is, after all the fun don't forget what the functions are meant for. Don't leave the function with 2GB of pics and full stomachs, leave the functions with a handful of friends. Remember, for one second, all the things that made it possible for us to enjoy the function. Remember, for a second, all the persons responsible( not the function volunteers but your parents and friends). Spare them a moment, it gives them enormous joy that you remembered them.

If you have 100dollars and give 1 dollar away, that is not charity.
When you have 1 dollar,you want it desperately, and still you give it away- that is charity.

Same goes with people.

Sounds fucked-up, doesn't it?
There were people who did it and it's this importance given to people that's what gave India it's greatness. (and that's what thrown us into oblivion)

India is just a word. We, the Indians, give meaning to it

An average human being is the confluence of all the things that are extant in the society. The way he reacts to a situation, the way he behaves and talks- there is always a limitation to what a person want to do and what a person can do. My point is to rise above the limitations and do what you want to do, no matter what.It takes courage to be truthful to yourself but it takes mulish magnificence to face the consequences.

One might argue that it is "insane" to go after everything you aspire. That is just a perspective. After all it is the choices of a man that define him.I think its worth mentioning the saying "A Man's character is what he does when nobody watches him". It's the reality that changes everyone. I always wondered what hypocrisy might mean, and I hit the bull's eye one day. It's not backstabbing your friends, it's not the unharmful gossip behind the back, it's not the mindless yet harmless rumouring. The biggest hypocrisy of all is "cheating yourself". Society is what it is, people who go with it don't change anything. Change is the driving factor. Afterall, if it isn't for mutations we would not be here.

I would like to quote a wonderful dialouge from The MASK

"We all wear masks, Metaphorically speaking, We supress our darkest desires and adapt a more socially acceptable image"


Pragmatism and Maturity; the great words that is driving the world.

Pragmatism:
It's not what is right that matters but what is considered to be right that matters.

"Maturity is the cover people give to their mistakes".

I never respected these definitions...

People wonder when I walk to UDF at sub-zero temperatures and eat a 3 scoop
Banana-split.

If "Sanity IS Statistical", then I am , for sure, Insane.

"Somebody Stop me"

7 comments:

Sreenidhi Krishnamoorthy said...

I didnt understand

Srinivas Tennety said...

at 4:50am in the morning its really difficult to understand your post :)....i will probably read it again...or i might not be one of them who can understand

SV said...

dudem, i need to rearrange the post

Balaji Sharma said...

That sounded like a three-in-one kida post. Random comments.

a. Like the other thing they say on similar lines, perfection is a mirage. One can only try one's best to get close, but close is all one'll get. Is that good enough? Probably.

b. Vis-a-vis the 'extended phenotype of desperation', you get pretty close to the truth in that it is one's loneliness that seeks an outlet in more expressable media of communication. So what? You'd be surprised how many people you'd see who exhibit entirely different persona offline and online. Ever been constantly snubbed off or left out of 'realworld' conversations? Ever known a 'virtual' friend deeper than any of the 'real' ones? The hyped real world isn't always fun as a rule.

c. True. For a long time that's what separated Indians from the RoW. Now all we have are the symbols, the rituals the superficial exteriors - we've nearly lost all the symbolism and the gyaan beneath. Aping the west, or our own making?

Balaji Sharma said...

Oh, and the mask's fine as long as we can see ourselves in the eye at the end of the day. The mask is sometimes an inevitability. If people are content not looking beyond the veil, why bother at all?

SV said...

@batman,

On Comment b.

lemme clear one thing. I am not commenting on all the users... there are some who truly are "Virtually devoted", some who desperately try it.

Ever known a 'virtual' friend deeper than any of the 'real' ones?

I prefer "real" ones to "virtual" ones....

And finally dude,

"The hyped real world isn't always fun as a rule."

You said it. Touche, exactly the reason why people find solace in "virtual" world.

"So what?"
I never said "more expressable media communication" is wrong.

I pointed out something more joyous.....

SV said...

"A Man's character is what he does when nobody watches him"

Just because nobody is watching make vice a virtue or vice-versa