Humor meets philosophy : On Life and Reality

Humor meets philosophy : On Life and Reality

Every-time I shut the door to reality, it finds it's way in through the windows.
- Unknown

My colleague wrote the above lines on a 4X4 banner and pasted it on the outer wall of his cubicle below his name. When asked where he read that, his reply went something like this "The story goes back to my sophomore year when I was driving back via Wichita in Kansas from my road trip. It was 12 AM and I really had to stop to pee. The nearest gas station was miles away when I spotted this shady motel. Nature's call made me hesitantly pull into the parking lot. It was a whorehouse and I do not recall much of what happened after I answered my nature's call. All I remember from that night was the scribbling on the wall from the above lines and that I woke up in the bushes on the side of the road on which I was driving the earlier night stripped of cash, my clothes and my virginity. I want to believe that was the best night of my life but I don't remember it."

His lines kept me thinking.
Every-time I shut the door...
Every-time I shut the door to reality....
Every-time I shut the door to reality, it finds it's way in.....
.......through the windows.

Why do we need to shut the door to reality. Either we deal with it or we don't.
If we do not or can not, I suggest we shut our eyes to reality. When we shut our eyes, the world is our stage and we are the Master of puppets. We define each role and each action in our world. We create reality on our terms.
It's all in the mind.

The guy(or girl) whom you secretly wanted to have but you know you can't in reality will do everything you want him to do in your world. No one can take that away from you. It's your creation and you are the master of your world.

The boss whose ass you so wanted to kick but you can't because of legal and career implications is possible when you shut your eyes and let your mind create it.

The epitome of wealth and power you so wanted to live and you know it will take more than one lifetime at your success/ day at it, you can live it in your mind.

Dreams and fantasies are healthy (to a limit before the conversion to "pervert-uism"). It may not be a path to spiritual self but helps in knowing self better.

It may not change reality but it will definitely help us to deal with it better and come out stronger from within.

The GODs must be smiling... Atleast I am :)

Ha... So my erstwhile city and my NOW city recorded the same temperature Sunday morning that is -2 degree celsius. The difference being a weather alert at my erstwhile city and a weather rejoice at my NOW city.
I think its just me :)

Void

I feel a feeling of emptiness
I feel it inside me
Its not that I am empty
I still feel it within me

Surrounded am I with people
I still have the sinking feeling
Dont worry, I tell 'em
No antacid will work
It's just my emptiness
I still feel it within me

It keeps me warm in winter
It gives me aches in spring
It never wants to go away
It still stays within me

I tell it to go find a companion
I tell it to leave me alone
I tell it to go out in the world
It still stays within me

It tells me it wont leave me
It tells me it would lose its face
There is so much emptiness out there, it tells me
It would rather stay here

Its not that I am empty
I still feel it within me

poitin and pointe guiness .... Irish Way

poitin pronounced potcheen and pointe guiness pronounced pInt guineeez

Poitin = (Illegal to distill at home)Very Strong Irish Whiskey
Pointe guiness = 4.7% alcohol = 197 calories in a guiness glass = Dublin trademark drink

Fancy words eh ;/

Cappuccino, biscotti and Marijuana please..

The city of Amsterdam, Holland, The Netherlands.
The city of Tulips.
The city where prostitution is legal.
The city where you can order marijuana, hashish and AK47(cocktail of soft drug) over the coffee counter.

Santa, My wish list

I wish I could fly...
across the mighty oceans.
I wish I could see...
the world beyond my imagination.
I wish I could embrace...
the sky beyond the horizon.
I wish I could hear...
the fish beneath the sea.
I wish I could smell...
the color of pretty spring.
I wish I could touch...
and spread joy to every little thing.
I wish a happy world.

Third World

Term : "Third World Country"

If someone calls your country a "Third World Country", does it sound derogatory to you?
Why is the term first coined by J.L Nehru to unite nations not aligned with the east or the west during the cold war has become more of a curse, an abuse than an independent stance or expression of individuality.

Is it just me who thinks this way?

Is Death ever Justified?

Is Death by a natural cause better than death by a man-made/ man-inflicted cause?
Is Death by a Kashmir earthquake better than death by the New Delhi bomb blast?
More so...
Is Death by the Kashmir earthquake better than death by starvation due to untimely aid?
IS Death by deadly winters at Antarctica better than death by Global Warming?
Is Death better one way than another?
Is Death ever justified?

IT would be justified if IT could be REVERSED.


FYI:
More than 56000 people died in the October 8 Kashmir earthquake. More than 0.3 million of those survived dont know if they will make it through the untimely aid which cant reach them due to landslides and road blockage and unending "peace talks..no action" between India and Pakistan.
The death toll in the yesterday's October 29 Delhi bomb blasts had been reported to be 60 and growing not in a good way.
52 people were killed in July 7 London explosions.
100s died in a train derailing in southern India on October 29.
1000s died in July Mumbai floods.
More than 800 people died in August Katrina Hurricane.