Evolution of a naive mind..
" Baagilolu kai mugidu olage baa vachakane shileyalla vee gudiyu Jnana degulavu"......
These are the lines writtten on the arch of the Public library in my home town of Chikmagalur.. It means " hey observer, pray before you enter this place, its not a sculpture, its a temple of wisdom".... How true is that...
It usually so happens that we hear people say about wisdom words, their view, their opinions.. Those remain just words until we realize.. When we actually realize those words it actually strikes like a lightning. The spectacular meaning those simple words carry, which when realized shows the vastness of it. The example of library given above is one such thing..
I was just reflecting back on how i have changed in the past years and what triggerd those changes. These are the few things that i think triggers change in a person
Realization of something
People
Books
Let me tell about my experience with these things.
"We have to be happy always".We hear people say it all the time, these are just plain words till a simple realization, that can bring about a new paradigm in which we see and perceive things. One can think about hours together on these words, the more u dig, the more u explore. I felt like i have found a new world when i realized that ultimate purpose of life is to be happy. If u are not happy now u cannot be happy ever, no matter what u have, no matter what u get, u cannot be happy until u want to be happy. This realization happened when i was going throught a tough time personally. And again the words "Difficulties makes u a wiser and humble person" striked. If i had not faced tough times and difficulties i would not be as wise as i am today...I also learnt "Passion, Commitment and consistency are the things which will take one to his goal".... few simple realizatons like these have changed me and my way of looking at the world..
I look back and see how i was in a coocon in my previous days. If only i had met people earlier and realized that those people can change my life, i would have been a better person than i am today. My friend used to say "let it be any person u can learn something from him". That has been happening all along for me. I met this guy whom people hate, i learnt how to handle rejections.. I met this girl whom guys run after, i learnt the 'rules of attraction'. Hundreds of people i have met have made me realize that its not about how many people u meet, its about how they have and can impact your life. A classic example, One of my earler room mates, Santosh. Here comes the point of my earlier blog about first impression. I did not have good impression about him at all when i met him for first few times. But the arrows are pointing otherwise now and i say he is a walking encyclopedia. Talk about anything under the sun, he has information about it and more importantly he has opinion about it. He doesnt feel shy to ask straight away about things he want to know. I think this quality of his has given him so much knowledge about things. I used to sit in front of him and hear him talk for hours, may it be ramayana & mahabaratha, Nature of people in different parts of india, Biology, Linguistic influences, prostitution, america, Business, Cooking, Rivers, Friends(The Series),Kalidasa,Jayalalitha,Lalu etc.. I know its a wierd combination of things to talk about but thats how he was.. After 6 months of staying with him i have realized that there is lot one can learn from being with like minded person. Number of people have influenced me in strong ways, few of my friends, My brother in laws, my sisters, my parents.. I am today a combination of realizations and learnings that i have had from these people...
Othello was one of the first books that i read. I was in high school and at that time i used to read so that i can answer people when they ask what i did during summer holidays.. Obvously i did not get anything out of those books at that age.. But lately i have realized that one single book can change your life. Its not about the number of books we can read, how much can we read anyways, even if i read 1 book a month, in a year i can read 12, in 30 years of my life i can read 360 books. A Small Library in our college itself has 65000 books. So its definitely not about numbers. If one can read 1 book a month consistently for 30 years he will be one of the most knowledgable and wise person on earth. My brother in law used to say, u have to read a lot, ready books, ready any piece of paper you get.. Now, i feel some books have greatly influenced me.. may it be few short read books like " who moved my cheese", " The present" or the real thought provoking books like "7 habits of highly influential people", "Rich dad poor dad", "Cash flow quadrant"," the monk who sold his ferrari" they have all influenced me in some way...
Maybe all these evolution happens in everyone. But today i am glad that i looked back and cared enough to figure out what has influenced me, what has made me to change for better....
These are the lines writtten on the arch of the Public library in my home town of Chikmagalur.. It means " hey observer, pray before you enter this place, its not a sculpture, its a temple of wisdom".... How true is that...
It usually so happens that we hear people say about wisdom words, their view, their opinions.. Those remain just words until we realize.. When we actually realize those words it actually strikes like a lightning. The spectacular meaning those simple words carry, which when realized shows the vastness of it. The example of library given above is one such thing..
I was just reflecting back on how i have changed in the past years and what triggerd those changes. These are the few things that i think triggers change in a person
Realization of something
People
Books
Let me tell about my experience with these things.
"We have to be happy always".We hear people say it all the time, these are just plain words till a simple realization, that can bring about a new paradigm in which we see and perceive things. One can think about hours together on these words, the more u dig, the more u explore. I felt like i have found a new world when i realized that ultimate purpose of life is to be happy. If u are not happy now u cannot be happy ever, no matter what u have, no matter what u get, u cannot be happy until u want to be happy. This realization happened when i was going throught a tough time personally. And again the words "Difficulties makes u a wiser and humble person" striked. If i had not faced tough times and difficulties i would not be as wise as i am today...I also learnt "Passion, Commitment and consistency are the things which will take one to his goal".... few simple realizatons like these have changed me and my way of looking at the world..
I look back and see how i was in a coocon in my previous days. If only i had met people earlier and realized that those people can change my life, i would have been a better person than i am today. My friend used to say "let it be any person u can learn something from him". That has been happening all along for me. I met this guy whom people hate, i learnt how to handle rejections.. I met this girl whom guys run after, i learnt the 'rules of attraction'. Hundreds of people i have met have made me realize that its not about how many people u meet, its about how they have and can impact your life. A classic example, One of my earler room mates, Santosh. Here comes the point of my earlier blog about first impression. I did not have good impression about him at all when i met him for first few times. But the arrows are pointing otherwise now and i say he is a walking encyclopedia. Talk about anything under the sun, he has information about it and more importantly he has opinion about it. He doesnt feel shy to ask straight away about things he want to know. I think this quality of his has given him so much knowledge about things. I used to sit in front of him and hear him talk for hours, may it be ramayana & mahabaratha, Nature of people in different parts of india, Biology, Linguistic influences, prostitution, america, Business, Cooking, Rivers, Friends(The Series),Kalidasa,Jayalalitha,Lalu etc.. I know its a wierd combination of things to talk about but thats how he was.. After 6 months of staying with him i have realized that there is lot one can learn from being with like minded person. Number of people have influenced me in strong ways, few of my friends, My brother in laws, my sisters, my parents.. I am today a combination of realizations and learnings that i have had from these people...
Othello was one of the first books that i read. I was in high school and at that time i used to read so that i can answer people when they ask what i did during summer holidays.. Obvously i did not get anything out of those books at that age.. But lately i have realized that one single book can change your life. Its not about the number of books we can read, how much can we read anyways, even if i read 1 book a month, in a year i can read 12, in 30 years of my life i can read 360 books. A Small Library in our college itself has 65000 books. So its definitely not about numbers. If one can read 1 book a month consistently for 30 years he will be one of the most knowledgable and wise person on earth. My brother in law used to say, u have to read a lot, ready books, ready any piece of paper you get.. Now, i feel some books have greatly influenced me.. may it be few short read books like " who moved my cheese", " The present" or the real thought provoking books like "7 habits of highly influential people", "Rich dad poor dad", "Cash flow quadrant"," the monk who sold his ferrari" they have all influenced me in some way...
Maybe all these evolution happens in everyone. But today i am glad that i looked back and cared enough to figure out what has influenced me, what has made me to change for better....
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