(re)discovers nature…
I’m discovering this more and more out day by day nowadays! Feeling more alive, invigorated, useful, contributive, affectionate, caring – than ever before.
Still a lot more to work on my integrity – which I’m rediscovering is the basic foundation behind everything. Will write in more detail as things settle down.
What if one had a Nexus/iPhone or some hi-tech sophisticated phone…
and only used it to make phone calls…?
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I have occasionally been advised on and off right from childhood: be secretive about what you know. If you tell others, they will learn from you, utilise that knowledge, and become better than you, and you will lose out! There is a proverbial tale of the cat that teaches a tiger to hunt, and one day the tiger decides to eat the cat, but the cat climbs up a tree. The tiger can’t follow and questions the cat – how come you didn’t teach me to climb trees…!! But the cat is happy that that’s the one bit of knowledge it kept secret and DIDN’T share with the tiger, so its saved now aahaaahaaaa 
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Had been more active on facebook and twitter for a while… this had drastically reduced my writing habits.
Now I feel in my guts its time I resume writing again.
A LOT of things to write about.
As a freelancer I’m finding great joy in discovering the vast possibilities with jquery. A reader had asked to elaborate about employee to freelancer transformation, I think I’m in a better position to do this. Also a long pending post of list of ideas for those who’re learning software engineering. (One immediate suggestion: watch the film 3 Idiots)
As a father I’m finding a lot of joy in the way my son is the one person in the entire world who is most responsive to my curiosity and my enthusiasm for life than anybody else.
My so far mine (and my wife’s) mostly dormant dreams of working for children, have started manifesting into reality. Initiated with facebook of all things, which connected me to one of the founders of Sikshana.org, who happened by a wild coincidence to be my neighbor! Several other developments on this front as well, will be sharing at appropriate time in the near future…
Early morning walk
Flowers greet morning
Just unbelievably impressive – “I want to tell you that you’re one of the 2 or 3 best inventors of the world right now” coming from a TED conference of global thinkers! Not only is this man intelligent, his wisdom is inspirational, he just wants to open source the whole thing, and wants it to be not just secluded in some lab but to reach the masses!
‘SixthSense’ is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information.
This is an interesting wildlife sanctuary story, where an elephant and a dog befriend each other. Its just amazing how much concern the elephant shows when the dog gets injured once. Also about how gently it acknowledges the dog’s presence.
“Just two living creatures who somehow managed to look past their immense differences. … If they could do it, what’s our excuse?”
Seeing news of so many people homeless due to floods is really touching, almost unimaginable like a nightmare. Yet in a way almost like some movie for me, one more program on TV…
Donating to a relief party is atleast a small first step to being truly connected. There is a clothes-collection drive in our apartment tomorrow. Hope any reader finds out and contributes about similar initiatives in their own neighborhood.
This flood is a cruel reminder, but there are more people homeless than just those people we see affected on TV…
House is not your home, House is more of a physical interpretation of your success. House is more indication of your status, ego, fights and success. There is nothing wrong with it except it is not your Home!
“Home” is not a physical place in the outside world, but an inner quality of relaxation and acceptance.
but the irony of Man is that he spends his lifetime to build a house for himself and his family but it only takes a moment of awareness to come home
Reflecting on the above, in a way I am sort of homeless as well. How indifferent I am to the news, is directly proportional to how far I am from my own home! By coming home – not the physical home but true home of awareness and calm – when I establish myself in this home in myself, I will be more empowered to do something constructive for the physically homeless better!
I’ve often heard that relationships are like glass. Once broken, they can never be mended again…
I believe this is true only if our hearts are as brittle as glass! But thats certainly not the case! 
Some sound advice from the good doc. I really appreaciate the courage and integrity of the lady who asked the question to which he answered below.
Paradoxically, the surest route to forgiveness and trust is to not dwell on trying to forgive and trust. Heal your heart first, and then the forgiveness happens automatically. RT: @Deepak_Chopra: RT @mallikachopra Can you regain trust after a major betrayal? http://bit.ly/IjyF0
Particular relevant to many many many common everyday situations…
The video and audio seem to have gone out of sync. (But I remember having watched it properly the first time I saw ti around a year ago, seems its got corrupted later)
The ‘pain body’ he refers I relate it exactly to the ‘false center’ that this talk is about. I really appreciate the facial expressions of Eckhart in this talk that accompanies his brilliant elucidation…