I want to share the below conversation I saw/remembered. . .which illustrates the contradictory-looking nature/words of the great Eastern Masters...(that's because, the underlying Reality/illusion itself...is so contradictory...with such a dual nature, that its description too becomes cryptic & even non-sense to the Logical Mind, which can never get it...!)
A great Indian Master was once asked by one of his perplexed disciples," Master, I really do not understand...!!
You once said that --
'The journey to Enlightenment is very hard and arduous! 'but..but...I also remember you saying yesterday that--'Enlightenment is right Here and NOW...you don't have to go anywhere to get it!
'
How is this possible..? 
Isn't that contradictory..?
"To this, the Master nodded his head, smiled and calmly replied:" Not at all.
What i said is true.
Enlightenment, or GOD or whatever you may want to label it...is ALWAYS Right Here, & Right NOW..!
But are YOU..??
It is YOU who is NOT HERE & NOW...!!
You are in your false world of illusions...always either in the PAST or in the FUTURE...either HERE or THERE..!!Hence, it is YOU who has a long & arduous journey to the HERE & the NOW...!
Enlightenment/GOD...is waiting fer YOU..Right Here, Right Now..!It is Right here, Right now--in fact all around YOU...in your blood, in your breath, in every heart-beat of yours...! 
But are YOU here..?
NO !! NEVER..!!
It is difficult for you to leave the world your ego has created--replete with a false sense of security, wealth, name, etc...!
It needs Courage to take that plunge...& to really "SEE"...the fact that the process is EASY because of GOD...but difficult because of YOU..!!"------------------
Love & Best Wishes,
The boy in "rags"-----
Well, well, well..!! :)
This was a pleasant surprise indeed..that SpringSource, after much careful deliberation agreed to be acquired & be a part of VMware inc.
And it is heartening indeed to know that, despite being acquired by VMware, SpringSource will continue to be committed to supporting its open-source, free model...& that VMware also supports this idea, thus bringing smiles to the developer-community all around the world..!
For more details, you can read this blog article by Spring's Rod Johnson himself..
or..the blog article of VMware's CTO, Mr. Steve Harrod..! :)
Can't wait to see the new wave of "children"---i mean the innovative products & architectural paradigms that could come about with this marriage of 2 innovative, complementary halves...! ;-)
Love & Cheers...!!
The boy in "rags"
Planet (H)eart(h)
Check *this* out too..!! :)(Click on the image below, & see this tiny beauty that left people baffled..!! :))----------
Hey !!
Just check this out pa..!!I spent hours struggling to "express" something I badly wanted to share...!
...Something that struck me with Awe...while I could only wonder & stare...!!!
I may EVEN start a new blog DEDICATED to share the Gems of this great Indian genius--called Ramanujan ...
I have decided to christen that series-- "Ramanu-Gems"---the gems of Ramanujan..! :)
HOWEVER, for (starters!) now...
Please let me know...if the presentation is Good enough...!!I just want to "present" this SHEER Gem of a person & his works to the World...in a way that captivates the interests of MANY such budding talents...blossoming flowers, which get trampled in the bud itself...by some sheer stupidity on the part of teachers, & the so-called grown-ups..!!! :-(
Love & Best Wishes,
The boy in "rags"
Planet (H)Eart(h)
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CLICK on the image below..to see the love-ly gem of an equation by Ramanujan..!
Hi pa...
Have been wanting to share this since Friendship-day..!!
But fer ma'friends, everyday is Friendship day..! :)
So...although me too late...as ALWAYS..!!
{I am the LATE Mr.Raghu...!! :))}
WHY not...today..??
Jusst check the image below this article..!!
this is made by "rotating" a line around an imaginary axis...after (presumably) dipping that line ( or worm, or thread..or whatever..! :) ) in colours/dyes of my CHOICE..!!! ;)
Nice na..??
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He he he !!
I know, this might rotate your head into a tizzy..but TRUST me..it's really NOT that complex...! :)
It's amazing HOW complexity arises out of utter Simplicity...like in Fractals,in our Minds, bodies, in the whole Universe..!
}
Well...we can design an infinite number of glasses, wine-goblets, or even FLOWER-vases
...this way...!!!!
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Another thing that's making me sleep-less..is to try n find some equations that can produce a huge gamut of FLOWERS...symmetric ones, & even purr-posely(!) asymmetric ones..like Orchids...!!
( I know the purr-pose..GOD/Creator...surely is naughty..!! ;-) )
But one flower that is so hard...is the ROSE..!! :-(
Me is stubbornly AFTER it though...Let us see...!! :)
}
if only the output of this could drive a Computer-Controlled Manufacturing machine...!! Hmmmmmm...
I could then employ even tiny-tots..& create pioneering, trend-setting new Designs...!!
Anyway,
OLL i wanted to say is...
*CHEERS*..!
Sorry to disturb YOU
...but THANKS fer allowing me-MORON to...!!!
Take care..and be AWAKE...!! :)
Love & Best Wishes,
The M/Gl/B-aD boy in "rags"
Planet (H)eart(H)
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"CREATIVITY . . .is making mistakes...
ART . . . is knowing which ones to keep...!"
:- Scott Adams ( the author of my favourite Dilbert cartoon-strip)
Our L(i)ves...are just Li(v)es...Dreams...!
So... DEATH..is the Truth(?)..that Ends our Li(v)es...!! :)
Death is the SLEEP..that Wakes us UP..! :)
:- the ghost in "rags"..! :)------------------------
Hi pa..!!
Please let me know ---HOW's this image (below)..for a poster/wall-paper...for my-Self...?? :]
Hmmmmmmm..!!!
Had been wanting to share this Strange Snap frem a LOOOONG time...(perhaps 3-4 years..?? not sure...!! )...
But was groping & struggling for the "right" words to Describe my Deeply CRAZY ( or CRAZilY Deep.?!?) HEART & MIND...!!
Thankfully, recently, I stumbled upon this LOVE-ly poem which described things almost perfectly......& decided to put it here..!!
I clicked this snap mySELF...with my baby-camera...! :)
LOVE & Best Wishes,
The boy in "rags"Planet (H)earth
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"I close my Eyes...in order to see...":-Paul Gauguin=====================Click on the below image & Let me know HOW it is..!! :)
