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Tuesday, August 01, 2017

Mother Earth's lament

“Why do I still have the need to be heard
To be accepted for who I am
To be appreciated and honoured
To be cherished and nurtured
Does it really matter?”
Laments the mother…

"Cells are dying, organs are giving up one by one
One tree at a time, one being at a time
For whose pleasure or pain this blasted life
What’s to achieve when I lie dying"

"You trample and pillage, ravage and scavenge
Without a care that this is home
Without a thought that it matters
Without a word of gratitude or respect"

"... Parasites feeding on a host
Then looking for another
Pretending to create challenges out of thin air
Achieving milestones where none exist"

"And then claiming uncharted territories 
You will move on - far and beyond

Failing to spot the rot inside and change
You sow your seeds for perpetuity"

Stupor




The pen hits the paper
But the words refuse to flow
Life though changing every moment
Has been at a complete standstill
Lost for words
Lost to life
Thoughts repeat
Nothing new
No similes or metaphors to explain
When the meaning’s lost
What does it matter
Explanations are a thing of the past
Apathy and emptiness fill endlessly
Pretences take on a new significance
Hypocrisy - the best foot forward
Rumbling about other lives
When there’s nothing left to hold on to
The waves have crashed, the tide low
Silences and noises merge into each other senselessly
What is the point in ruminating the past or exploring the future

When the here and now lies completely ravaged and totally desolate

Friday, August 30, 2013

A New Beginning...

I am finally beginning to realize what it all meant when the Mayans predicted the end of the world as we know it on 21st December 2012. It was truly the end of the world as we knew it. Call it the Age of the Aquarius... Call it the Age of the Individual... Call it the Age of Understanding... Call it Collective Evolution or Collective Consciousness...

I think, it is the unraveling of the mysteries. It is what the people like Deepak Chopra Eckhart Tolle Louise L. Hay  Dr. Wayne W. Dyer ... have been saying all this while...
It's like we have reached the tipping point...

Feels like the beginning of new times, the dawn of a new era... Things are changing. Look at the way the world is today. Yes there is bad, but there is collective movement towards change. There is a different approach to understanding spirituality, for one. Understanding of gender and gender issues is changing. Yes there is turmoil. However, the Monsantos of the world are being brought down... female infanticide and rape is condemned and seen with outrage in every part of the world... Corrupt Governments are not being tolerated... Whenever there is change, there is widespread turmoil. That is the symbol of change. There is a movement towards positive improvement... The Sheryl Sandbergs, Gloria Steinems, Warren Buffets, Oprah Winfreys and Bill Gates have begun to talk the talk and walk the walk...

These are not the mere ramblings... More something that is coming from the depth of my being... that spot of infinite love... the belief that we are all one... I am so Happy to be on this planet at this precise moment... Enjoying this experience... Feeling blessed :)

And I accept this with Grace and the Dignity these moments deserve!

Monday, June 03, 2013

Learnings...



Failure Resume
Life is Change … Change is Tough...
To always be pragmatic, practical and objective is tough
Many a time, life’s mountain peaks give way to deep valleys and abyss.
There seems no way out... Life seems like a failure...
The only mantras to guide one at this point: “This too shall pass” or “There’s light at the end of the Tunnel” or “Failure is the stepping stone to Success”
But sometimes that too does not seem enough.
However, if one is able to tide these difficult times, there is learning, there is joy... There’s the sense of having accomplished something worthwhile.
My life too has had it share of failures... some small, some huge, but all with a purpose. I have learnt from them all. They have helped me evolve as a better human being (or so I think J)

The one failure that stands out from all the rest is where I gave up on myself. I was going through a bad patch in my life and it continued for years on end. All I wanted was acceptance, love and approval and those were the very things that weren’t available. Everything else in life from professional to personal took a back seat. Life became miserable and I even contemplated ending it all as I felt such a failure in relationships.

Amidst all this I lost my only brother, a person who had been my champion and constant companion. I was blind-sided. I questioned my beliefs in good and God. I couldn’t fathom why this was happening and what any of us had done to deserve such a situation. The situation also re-iterated the importance of life.

Seven years have passed to date of this incident and how my perspective has changed. I now walk my brother’s talk. He was a firm believer of living in the moment and enjoying life the way it was. He believed in being there for others whether they reciprocated it or not and most of all he believed in accepting yourself for who you are and embracing change.

I penned a story based on this event of my life and it turned out to be a cathartic experience. I share it here:

Life has not been a bed of roses, but with the right attitude it is a joy ride. It is that roller-coaster ride, where you scream at the speeds, twists and turns, but you are completely in the moment, enjoying the thrill. That’s life J



What I learnt from the Creativity Course

The course was a blessing in disguise. It provided me with a set of tools that were not only useful in the course, but in Life itself.

Personally, I am not visual person. Cognitively, I can say, I am visually challenged. But this course enabled me to create videos, presentations and artefacts that were visually appealing to others.

The brainstorming, mind mapping, observation, frames of reference, chindogu, storytelling, failure analysis and working in teams are all relevant and can be effective tools to deal with the various issues that occur at work or in personal lives.

As a researcher, I think this course enables me to use methods that are not usually adopted in our engineering and management frameworks to come up with potential, unique solutions.

I would like to thank Venture Labs for designing such an interesting and informative course. Last but not the least I would like to thank Tina Seelig and her support team for the amazing content and handling of the course.

I leave the course better equipped to face the Future. I suggest to all the people who read this to give it a try and attend this online course and take advantage of its unique approaches J

Regards,
Kumudhini


Movies 4 Creativity...


Some videos we made as part of the Creativity course we took...

Creativity... A Work In Progress

Pets Trailer 1

Pets to the Rescue

Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Dawn

The foggy mists rise above the valley
the dark clouds move towards a distance unknown
The messenger moon pales out in silence
to the glory of the rising Crown

A lovely partridge beseeches its mate
A flock of geese fly yonder
An innocent child snuggles against its mother
As squirrels run about in search of food

Lo! Behold! The sun peeps out through the purple - pink curtains
a soft orange ball of wool
working its way effortlessly
turning brighter and stronger

Slowly shift the colours of the sky
The purple - pinks give way to a baby blue
The curtains have parted
till there is nothing but a bright round light

Every single day it seems
Darkness gives in to light
Night gives in to day
And cold gives in to warmth

As grief is replaced by joy
And failure by success
Belief and hope abound
A new beginning!

This is the splendour of the new dawn
This is the dawn of life!!!

Random musings

Days go by and so do years
step by step, one by one
we pass the various stages of life
on every occasion, we experience and learn
the benefits of education, hard work, patience and perseverance
The lessons learnt... the insights obtained...
From the success and failures in examinations, of studies and of life
The satisfaction from being in the right
Remembering that results do not matter, but means do
So also the efforts and and the work done towards achieving the goal
Youth stays with one for a fleeting moment
What remains is character and attitude
So here we go... striving for our best
For God always helps those
Who help themselves!