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Why there is suffering in the world?

Sushant Bhattacharyya — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:23:38 +0000

Intriguingly, from this question stems another question—Is there suffering in this world? Both being perceptions, which one is more relevant in context of life?

To most of us adversities in life are perceived as suffering. For others, though small in number, hardships offer opportunities to make a difference in this world. Jesus symbolizes the Grace in accepting suffering with prayers in his lips for the tormentors. History is replete with heart rending episodes of patriots and martyrs who endured suffering smilingly.

Often one hears that opportunity to take care of specially—abled individual enables one to learn the joy of love, patience and compassion! In fact there are several instances in which people, in search of purpose of life, chose to relinquish Money, Power & Status. Their subsequent life style and contribution to earthlings shall always inspire mankind!

To name a few such achievers Gautama Buddha, Charles Dickens, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Stephen Hawking, APJ Abdul Kalam.

Image by Zoriah CC BY-NC 2.0

Thoughts on Suffering. Emotional or physical disabilities are factors that disturb us all. Competitive environment creates financial insecurities—a major cause of worry. Other aspects that disturb our comfort zone are social injustice, lack of social grace, and covetous nature of majority. In the process intra and inter personal relationship suffer causing unhappiness all-round. If these be the factors responsible for suffering, then we need to consider whether suffering is caused by situations or something else!

Perspectives of few quality thinkers on suffering:

a) Be all you Can Be by John C. Maxwell. “Adversity is not our greatest enemy. Human spirit is capable of great resiliency and resourcefulness in the face of hardship”. Someone said, ‘cripple a man and you have Sir Walter Scott; raise him in poverty and you have Abraham Lincoln; strike him down with infantile paralysis and he becomes FD Roosevelt; deafen him and you have Beethoven; call him a slow learner, retarded and write him off as uneducable and you have Albert Einstein; call him dyslexic and you have Leonardo Da Vinci; label him as unteachable in school you have Thomas Edison”.

b) The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. “We don’t know all the tests God will give you…..You will be tested by major changes, delayed promises, impossible problems…senseless tragedies…..God tests my faith through problems, ……..A very important test is how you act.……When you understand that life is a test, you will realize that nothing is insignificant in your life…. Some tests seem overwhelming, while others you don’t even notice. But all of them have eternal implications.”

c) APJ Abdul Kalam. “Problems should not become your master. You have to become the master of the problems. God gives us the opportunity to grow through problems. You have to concentrate on what can be done, not what you think cannot be done.”

d) Cause & Effect Phenomena. This phenomenon is an intrinsic aspect of Creation as corroborated by maxims like ‘man is a creator of his own destiny & as you sow so shall you reap’. Global warming is the most alarming and almost irreversible consequence of choices made by humans disregarding the perfectly designed ecological balance. On that analogy, situations faced are the consequences (effect) of one’s own choices as also reinforced by the understanding that we are products of our own choices only and not situations/environment. To quote James Allen in his book ‘ As A Man ThinketH’— “all you achieve and all that you fail to achieve is the direct result of your own thoughts. You are the master of your own destiny.”

e) Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. Renowned Viennese psychiatrist, founder of Logotherapy. During World War II he spent three years at German concentration camps including Auschwitz & Dachau. Endured years of unspeakable horror in Nazi death camps. Excerpts: “Hunger, humiliation, fear and deep anger at injustice are rendered tolerable by closely guarded images of beloved persons, by religion, by a grim sense of humour and even by glimpses of the healing beauty of nature—a tree or a sunset. ….. If there is a purpose in life at all, there must be a purpose in suffering and in dying. But no man can tell another what this purpose is. Each must find out for himself and must accept the responsibility that his answers prescribe…. He who has a why to live can bear with any how….In concentration camps every circumstance conspires to make the prisoner lose his hold. All the familiar goals in life are snatched away. What alone remains is the last of human freedoms—the ability to choose one’s attitude in a given set of circumstances. …… For a writer who faces fully the ubiquity of suffering and the forces of evil, he takes surprisingly hopeful view of man’s capacity to transcend his predicament and discover an adequate guiding truth”.

f) As A Man ThinketH by James Allen. Published in 1904 has evolved into a classic. Excerpt—“Suffering is always the effect of wrong thought ….It is an indication that the individual is out of harmony with himself, with the Law of his being…..Suffering ceases for him who is pure. There could be no object in burning gold after the dross had been removed and a perfectly pure and enlightened being could not suffer”.

Circumstances vis-a-vis Response. Most people, being ‘problem NOT solution focused’, get rattled when chips are down. Whereas one has no control over occurrence of situations, one always has the choice of response either to get swayed by circumstances or respond differently—“the ability to choose one’s attitude in a given set of circumstances”.

Why People Suffer? Best illustrated by few real life episodes:-

I met a teenager who was intensely depressed consequent to rape. She was into self harm needing admission in ICU several times. Despite despicable childhood experiences including rape, Oprah Winfrey, on the other hand, evolved into a world renowned woman of substance.
Specially—abled son and wife suffering from Parkinson’s disease seldom deterred Arun Shourie, Scholar, Author, Former Editor & Cabinet Minister from pursuing his purpose of life and write the 26^th book—Does He Know A Mother’s Heart ?—published 2011? . The book is based on his research on ‘Suffering’.
Nelson Mandela & Aung San Suu Kyi rejected comfort for years of imprisonment to free South Africa of apartheid and restoration of democracy in Myanmar.
One black woman in 50s withstood public insult and suffering when she refused to leave her seat in the bus for a white in USA. Her stand against discrimination set in motion a movement for equality and justice culminating into historical election of a black as President.
Anil K Kumar, Paraplegic Home Kirkee Pune. A road accident ended the aspirations of this young fighter pilot soon after commissioning. Has no sensation in his body below the neck. An accomplished writer and highly skilled in computer. I was impacted by his vibrant attitude on first meeting. He was an epitome of how to deal with adversities with a ‘disarming’ smile!

In the ultimate analysis, how one perceives suffering, depends entirely upon how one responds to situations. I am, therefore, inclined to think that there is no suffering per se

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13-Year-Old Makes Solar Power Breakthrough

Shagun — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:15:58 +0000

While most 13-year-olds spend their free time playing video games or cruising Facebook, one 7th grader was trekking through the woods uncovering a mystery of science. After studying how trees branch in a very specific way, Aidan Dwyer created a solar cell tree that produces 20-50% more power than a uniform array of photovoltaic panels. His impressive results show that using a specific formula for distributing solar cells can drastically improve energy generation. The study earned Aidan a provisional U.S patent – it’s a rare find in the field of technology and a fantastic example of how biomimicry can drastically improve design.

Aidan Dwyer took a hike through the trees last winter and took notice of patterns in the mangle of branches. His studies into how they branch in very specific ways lead him to a central guiding formula, the Fibonacci sequence. Take a number, add it to the number before it in a sequence like 1+1=2 then 2+1=3 then 3+2=5, 8, 13, 21 and so on a very specific pattern emerges. Turns out the pattern and its corresponding ratios are reflected in nature all the time, and Aidan’s keen observation of how trees branch according to the formula lead him to test the theory. First he measured tree branches by how often they branch and at what degree from each other.

To see why they branch this way he built a small solar array using the Fibonacci formula, stepping cells at specific intervals and heights. He then compared the energy output with identical cells set in a row. Aidan reports the results: “The Fibonacci tree design performed better than the flat-panel model. The tree design made 20% more electricity and collected 2 1/2 more hours of sunlight during the day. But the most interesting results were in December, when the Sun was at its lowest point in the sky. The tree design made 50% more electricity, and the collection time of sunlight was up to 50% longer!”

He says “But the best part of what I learned was that even in the darkest days of winter, nature is still trying to tell us its secrets!”

His work is certainly piquing the interest of the solar industry, and even more impressively he is demonstrating the power of biomimicry — a concept that many see as the pinnacle of good design, but one that thus far has been exceptionally difficult to achieve. Way to go!

This article was originally written by Andrew Michler. Read the full story here.

Cheap & Best

WebAdmin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:28:48 +0000

This article was originally written and posted on my personal blog.

How would you like your design? Image Credit: Collin Harman

Sidd: Thanks for stopping by my website and considering me for your project.How would you like your design?
Client: Oh don’t mention.We are clear about this. We want it, cheap and best.

Sidd: Thank you for your prompt reply.I am sorry but i will have to turn down this project.
Client: Why? I haven’t even told you the details yet. This is going to be one hell of a project.You’re going to love this one.

Sidd: May i take the liberty of speaking straight with you sire?
Client: Absolutely. Go ahead. Shoot. I like people who talk straight and honest.

Sidd: That this is going to be one hell of project. I agree. But not quite for the same reasons as you do, perhaps.
Client: I don’t understand that. I meant that this is a very important and big project.If this goes well, i am sure it will bring a lot of business for you.Plus, i know you are a “love-the-challenge”, type and i foresee, lot’s of challenges ahead on this one.

Sidd: I think you do sire. You do understand me well on this. Sure, this is going to be one hell of a project. And yes, the challenges will be great, i too can foresee that. And most likely too great to be overcome.
Client: Now i really don’t understand you. You seem to like the challenge part, but are you saying that this is going to be too much for you? That you won’t be able to rise to the challenge.

Sidd: Yes, sire that is right.
Client: I wish i could understand this better. So in other words, are you doing this project or not?

Sidd: Sorry, sire.No.
Client: Alright then. Thanks for your time. But i still don’t know why you turned down that project. I haven’t even told you any specifics and it’s over already.

Sidd: Sire, i am afraid that you did tell me enough.
Client: Now look young man. Please don’t play with words. I need a clear and precise explanation. Do you have one or not?

Sidd: I most certainly do sire.
Client: What?

Sidd: Sire, that cheap & best don’t go together. That which is best, will not come cheap and that which is cheap will not be the best. That alone sire was enough for me to make up mind. And not the first time, sire.
I wish you all the best with your project.If you will, excuse me for now sire.
Client: I see.Alright, go on.

Sidd: Thank you sire.

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Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.

The Question of a Lonesome Existence

Shashank — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:04:39 +0000

Relationships by sadlilelf

Many among us, frustrated from the deceptions we face in day to day life, make a choice to remain isolated; to turn ourselves into an island which is inaccessible to the world. We let no one build a bridge to it and/or anchor their ships on it. Eventually, we end up in a situation where guarding ourselves and our tormenting secrets becomes so much of a priority that we become irritated at the slightest amount of good behavior from anyone because we consider it an attempt of invasion. We metamorphose ourselves into a Loner.

When one attempts to justify such behavior, it can be rather sincerely justified with a myopic vision but when one attempts to look through the hourglass of time, he can notice the disastrous consequences that may arise.

A general human tendency is to avoid bad experiences. And when one discovers that many relationships that he cherishes in life are also a major source of bad experiences (because no relationship can exist without ups and downs), he tries to disconnect from these sources. If not managed properly, this can result in a mutual loss of warmth. Because the relationship is already going through a ‘down’ moment; the lack of communication at this stage leads to further slackening of the bonds and then snapping back of one or of both the parties into their respective cocoons.

If a person is going through hard times, this process can easily occur in most, even all, his relationships (though it may happen in superficially different manners) and the resultant cocoon can give birth to the ‘island’ — A Loner.

The Loner, at this stage, becomes the happiest person. The shards of the broken relationships are stepped over and it seems to him that an entire new World full of (often materialistic) opportunity has opened up. Everything seems achievable because the ”perceived’ shackles of old relationships no longer exist. And the Loner jumps for it. He starts afresh, slogging through the day to achieve the ambitions.

But this happiness is short-lived. In order to achieve any ambition, social interaction is necessary. This is where the trouble begins again. As we have no one close, even when we make mistakes (which every human does), no one is there to point it out. I am not saying that we need a guide for every decision we make. I am saying that even the most perfect of humans make mistakes because what they consider correct may be wrong from some other perspective.

The fault of a Lonesome existence is the lack of a neutral and/or opposing perspective. We perceive the world the way we grew up looking at it and not the way others did. So what for me is a garden hose may actually be the elephant’s trunk in the big picture.

Hence, it is necessary for us to understand that healthy social interactions with multiple persons in various healthy settings are an essential for healthy living. It helps us in learning and respecting different perspectives. This in no sense requires a modification of perspective if it is already healthy. But if your perspective is unhealthy, and you are making mistakes due to it, you are free to manufacture one by reaching logical conclusions from what you learnt from the discussions.

One may argue that this kind of interaction does not necessitates a real emotional bonding between two people and settings like workplaces, schools and parties are enough for a healthy living. But what we fail to realise is the fact that some aspects of our perspective are so deeply engrained (such as our understanding of love and friendship, of honesty and of our duties) that it needs to be constantly (and humbly) challenged to bring about a positive change. It also requires a lot of struggle to modify these often life-long understandings; which one can only cope with when there is a person who affirms the positive changes and supports even when things seem to be going wrong. It, also, has to be mutual: both the people in the relationship have to accept each others perspective and try to work out a common, undoubtedly better, perspective. [This is the reason that the institutions of marriage and friendship are held in high esteem: because two different people from two different backgrounds come together and create a harmony.]

Therefore, we’ll modify our perspective and add to the requirements for healthy living making it, “healthy social interactions with multiple persons in various healthy settings at all levels of emotional attachment“.

In the end, I shall address the issue of ‘downs’ in any relationship. Whenever there is a down, question yourself. In most cases, the down is a result of events that took place because of mismatched perspectives. So instead of challenging the person, it is better to challenge your own and his perspective in a humble manner. Even in the worst case, when either of you are unable to modify it for the better; at least, both of will have an understanding, hence a sense of respect, for each others perspective.

What after 100% ?

Sushant Bhattacharyya — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:54:03 +0000

15 Jun 2011, ominous day in India’s education system—cut off percentage for admission into a prestigious college in Delhi has hit the ceiling 100 percent! Sadly, our oft-repeated apprehension at Doon Youth Center (DYC) for more than a decade has come true. I recall an incident many years ago when one Class X girl having scored 92.3% expressed dissatisfaction for scoring less than her colleague’s 92.4 %. What an irony of senseless competition and liberal marking system!
With focus on increasing cut-off percentage for admission into colleges, pressure on students to score high marks starts as early as junior classes. To do so, means fair or foul do not seem to matter as also promoted by most parents/teachers.

Mother of a class X student, in fact, advised her son to cheat.

Feedback from students is alarming as almost everyone cheats during exams!

Purpose of Education—Existing

To score high marks while in school/college—commercial hub patronizing tuition centers.
To become achievers of money, power & status
Question—Does this purpose contribute towards maintaining good health and healthy relationships? Introspection of ground realities would establish enormity of the dissatisfaction level!
What Should Be The Purpose? Clear understanding on certain Principles of Life may be the determining factor. Principles of life:-
What is more important—‘Human Being’ or ‘Human Doing’?
According to a luminary in this field, purpose of education is primarily two—1) to teach students the difference between rights and wrongs and 2) teach them to develop the ability of choosing right over wrong.
Who am I and what have I been created for?
In context of the thoughts (akin to those of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore and others) of Albert Einstein “Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. Try not to become a man of success but a man of value”, what is the relevance of pursuing formal education?

We all need to do out of the box thinking to find solution! Wish I had all the answers.

The Cash & Love Theory

WebAdmin — Mon, 30 May 2011 03:49:51 +0000

This article was originally written and posted on my personal blog.

This my friend is for you. The creative one out there.

We all grow up with hobbies. You grow up with dreams wanting to be involved in something you love and cherish a lot. You dream that someday your passion we also be your job.But, sadly this happens for a very few. The very very few.

Before we can take stock of the situation, we find ourselves married well and truly to a job, that which is just a job.
This job is a regular 10-5 one, that you go through Monday to Friday ( and painfully sometimes on Saturday ) and wait upon the month end to bring in the money.And then all over again starting with the dreaded and hated Monday.
It usually is a secure job, often revered and well or satisfactorily paying. It allows your wife to shop, kids to get an education, your family to have a holiday once in a while, a nice or at least a decent car in the garage of a decent house.It also pays your bills.It does the usual tricks and keeps you well placed in the society. Well how the world looks at it, you are made. Sub-consciously maybe even you believe the same. But here is one slight problem in the the whole gamble. There’s no love in it !! It’s just a Cash Job.

You have it made in the eyes of the world, but the you in you lights up not at the office desk. It lights-up elsewhere. In the heart of hearts lays your passion buried. A dream, a wish, a desire. You find yourself yearning to be engaged in this passion. You find time after work, on weekends and ” even during office! This is what ticks you. This is your thrill. This is what makes you forget all else and dive into a never-ending thirst for more. All of us , creatives ( and perhaps all else too ) have this second job. This is our love. For the love of it. This is about the passion in our hearts. This is about our Love Job.

This job doesn’t pay your bills( certainly not well enough ).This job doesn’t provide security( mostly ). This job most likely is insignificant in the eyes of the world ( at least mine is ), but for you, this is it. If money is no object, you wouldn’t want anything else to do.You would have long quit the Cash Job. That is the passion you have for it. The frustration of being chained in that for which you have little or no love and seeing time pass you by , with you away from pursuing the passion of your heart is nightmarish. I believe many of us lie chained in such a way, leave a few fortunate/courageous/wise/smart ones.

I am no stranger to the theory myself, with the last few years spent pursuing the passion of my heart. I tell you one thing, I have hated Sundays and days of rest during my time as a web designer, a freelance web designer. Only because that keeps Alice away from Wonderland. Though I do realise that self-discipline is important, it can be hard when your passion is overbearing.Breaks are important and you need them. Yet what a wonderful contrast from the dreaded Mondays and the unbearably awaited weekends.

I come to work ( room adjacent to my bedroom) every morning with great anticipation about the great learning/knowledge that lies ahead in the day. I sleep every night with tonnes of ideas about the next day and the current projects. It is simply awesome.
I am a qualified Merchant Marine, a job that brings in some really decent money. A job that pays bills and allows some luxury as well.As it stands, I have traded that with something that just doesn’t measure up in terms of the money. But totally overshadows in the areas of satisfaction and love. Yahooooo !

But if you can’t pay the bills then you got a big problem.How are you going to survive if the cash flow stops ? What about the responsibilities ? There is a tonnes of situations that do arise when money stops flowing in.What can one do then ?
I think the trick is to maintain a balance. How you do that is really up to you. It is probably unwise to totally let-go of your Cash cow to delve into this other job that your passion leads you into. Well if you can monetize ( like in my case ) this other job, then you have landed the perfect job. If you haven’t then you can probably maintain a balance and keep working at it. It takes hard work and much patience to be able to become skilled in any profession. It may be faster when you love what you do, but it will still take some significant time. So you better not let the cash cow go.

Keep working hard,focused and patient as you work to make a final transition. But avoid any hasty & unwise decisions that tell you that you were born on Crypton and that you are super-man because of which you will do the impossible – make the transition and make the money real quick. That just doesn’t happen.There ain’t no fun in the money that is not the labour of your love and hard work, both.
Enough said.

Life is short and there is no sense of having regrets. Time is a non-renewable resource.
Make sure you make the most of it.

Photo Credits: mania & captainosaka

This article was inspired by Hugh MacLeod’s How to Be Creative

Drugs,Youth and Punjab – GLUT

WebAdmin — Sun, 15 May 2011 19:36:18 +0000

GLUT -As the word suggests – To flood (a market) with an excess of goods so that supply exceeds demand.

More than 70% of Punjab’s youth is addicted to drugs. A multi million dollar drug nexus operating under the noses of the Border Security Force, The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, The Narcotics Control Bureau and the Intelligence Bureau, leaving them as mere bystanders…

The following short film is an eye-opener. Get ready to be shocked by the truth.This is happening in India. This is happening at a scale that is unbelievable. This is happening to our youth.
Please share this link – http://thedyc.org/blog/drugs-youth-and-punjab-glut/ with others and spread awareness !
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Success—The elusive seven letter word

Sushant Bhattacharyya — Wed, 11 May 2011 21:01:51 +0000

‘Success is a journey not destination’ is an oft-repeated adage.

On what criteria do I select that route is not clear to most.
In route selection Stephen Covey’s thoughts—‘everyone is busy climbing the success ladder. No one pauses to think whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall’—makes a lot of sense to me.

Unfortunately we grow up developing ‘warped understanding of success’—high percentage signifies good education; post for School Captain/Prefect; be competitive not cooperative; obtaining certificate of merit in a field, popularity of which, ironically, depends upon herd mentality; winning debates & gold medals; admission in branded colleges; pursuing career through IIMs, IITs, Medical colleges, Central Services, Defense Services; quantum of affluence etc.

Should one be event-focused in pursuing success? In that case the related moot point is—as human beings what is more important ‘Being’ or ‘Doing’? Recently two senior bureaucrats (IFS) were recalled from foreign assignments for gross misconduct—domestic violence and sexual harassment.
Involvement of senior Officers of Defense Services, Bureaucrats & Police in Scams have sullied the image of respective organizations. Though great ‘doers’ professionally, do they symbolize success? In other words, by steering away from ‘Being’ to ‘Doing’ alone can anyone be successful? I do not think so!

To quote Albert Einstein “Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

Personally, I have learned the lessons of life only after I left the school. We are creatures of our values and character. Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.” Somehow such profound perspective fades into irrelevance against the growing focus on Money, Power & Status!

Whereas each one has the right to have perspectives, how realistically one can pursue it is the question. One more nebulous yet popular perception on success is—seeking happiness & contentment!

We are never taught the art of dealing with adversities although real success stories are replete with failures like that of Albert Einstein, Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Teresa, APJ Abdul Kalam, Thomas Edison, Nelson Mandela, Aung Sung Sui Ki to name few. On failure one experienced teacher had this to say after retirement—the word ‘failure’ should be removed from the dictionary. There is nothing known as failure, it is only ‘delayed success’! What a perceptive comment! In the words of a youth icon, perceived as a future Noble laureate, “emerging ten times stronger after failing would be success for her”.

Students’ Perspectives:
Class 8 student: “success is of three types—what I think is success, what others think is success and what is real success?” Another point of view of a class 9 student was “attaining one’s goal is not success because my goal may be to murder someone. But that is not success”. “I do not know what success is. But I think it has something to do with the soul” stated a Class 9 student.

How the hackneyed and archaic education system and Value Consensus (Money, Power & Status) of society would impact such young mind of good thinkers in future is a matter of concern. How to harness the potential of youth to facilitate cogent understanding of success is the question?

Dichotomy of Life.

“First I was dying to finish high school and start college. And then I was dying to finish college and start working. Then I was dying to marry and have children. And then I was dying for my children to grow old enough so I could go back to work. But then I was dying to retire. And now I’m dying. And suddenly I realized I forgot to live”. Anonymous.

If that be the pattern of rat race for success, then one would remain a rat at the end of it!
When Do I Come to Know Whether I am Successful? Only on completion of the race can one know the result to evaluate the degree of success. In context of life, one can remain in a denial mode or confusion until confronted with a mega crisis or old age afflictions whichever is earlier! In retrospect, one need not wait that long to make course correction in life!

My Perspective
Rather ironical yet true that post-retirement from the Army, my life was cruising along aimlessly until the age of 60! The understanding on success evolved as this ‘much talked about but least understood topic’ featured frequently during workshops and while interacting with others—students as well as adults.

“Choosing to enter into the arena of action, determined to give yourself to that cause which will better mankind and last for eternity. Nothing is successful that does not contribute in a positive way to help people.”

Excerpt from the book ‘Be All You Can Be’ by John C. Maxwell enabled me to develop more clarity. I have every reason to believe from my own experience that success would remain a chimera until internalization of a well-defined Purpose of Life. The challenge is to discover one’s Purpose of Life by asking the right questions based on principle-centered thinking and life style.