Thursday, January 15, 2009
My Beliefs in Life...
Hey people, its been really long since I last wrote. But those who know me will tell you why; its because I'm basically a very lazy person. I have been thinknig of writing this for a very long time.
Anyways, I must say this at the very beginnig, this entry is going to be about some of my (original) ideas about life in general, so please bear with me and if you think it is boring,
I don't care.
And also, there will be many sentences starting with "I bellieve"; just a foreword...
To begin with, I am a Hindu, so was brought up with the general notion of many different Gods and all such mythological beliefs. I am not much of a believer in such things, because science and common sense generally don't agree with it. However, when I began thinking about the origins of the universe and our place in it, some of those things actually started to make sense!
I believe that there must a power higher than ours which is in control of the universe, in general. That's an easy point to prove, because basically you and I are all a very insignificant part of this universe, which has existed for a very very long time, and since it can't have been just there by itself (cause it goes against all rational reasoning), there must have been a higher power which must have had a part in the creation of this marvellous universe. For the sake of assumption and simplicity, let us call this higher power as God(!). Now, I believe that God intented for things to be simple, really simple; like a beautiful picture for example. It is said that we have five basic senses; the sense of sight, sound, smaell, taste and touch. But I believe that we have one more, very important sense, which is our imagination; because without your imagination reading these lines would feel meaningless. I hope you agree with me so far.
I believe that our ability to imagine is our best sense because it has no limits, literally. So, that is what I am going to use now, and try to make you understand my thoughts in as easy a way as possible. We all know that the maximum speed attainable in this universe is the speed of light (i.e. about 300000 km/s), and the slowest should obviously be 0 km/s, but its not exactly zero. That's because our measurement is always relative and exact zero speed is never possible. I believe that we are trapped in a dimension of this universe where our speeds can only vary between relative zero and the speed of light. What I want to say is that, there is a higher dimension than ours which can be accessed if we travel at a speed higher than that of light, and similarly there's a lower dimension which can be accessed by going at a speed lower than our relative zero. Remember that this is just my theory and it can or cannot be true, but what I want you to understand is that I believe in parallel universe and this is my idea about parallel universes.
Now, we all know that death is imminent for all of us. Those who are born will surely die someday. I believe that we have a, kind of, life force in us, which keeps us alive, and for simplicity let's call this as "Soul". The reason I believe this, is because we are all just the same mixture of different body organs working together to keep us alive. Then, what is the difference between you and a dead person, who too has all the body organs required for life. I believe that's because he has no soul. I believe when you die, your soul actually passes on to another dimension, whether it is the higher or lower (as descibed above), I can't say for sure. But that is the only way to go to another dimension. And in the same way, we are born (in general) as our souls have been passed on to this dimension (for mammals, the entry way into this dimension is through the female's womb).
As I said earlier, I believe that God intented the universe to be a simple place. But upon observations over the decades, we have found out that there are a lot of amazing things, many of them unexplained as of yet, taking place in this universe. Let's just consider a very basic example. When you are reading this text, you have some thoughts in your brain (which itself is a very complex network of neurons). We haven't even been able to explain this formation of thoughts in the brain, this process which seems so simple and natural hasn't yet been properly and fully understood. I refuse to believe that things can be so complex. So that is why I believe that our imagnation itself has been created to understand things in a complicated manner(although why God might do so is tricky to answer). Now you may start thinking that if life is really very simple, then the concept shown in "The Matrix" movies might just be true; even I cannot say anything about that. We have already created a very lively virtual world online; so who is to say that our own world isn't a figment of imagination of some alien being. A similar thought has been beautifully portrayed in the movie "The Thirteenth Floor". If you are really interested, do watch the afore mentioned movies carefully (not just for entertainment).
All I am trying to say is that this world may seem too complicated at times, but life is really very simple. We just have to imagine properly, cause I believe that imagination is the most simplest thing God has given us. And if all this seems too spiritual or supernatural to you, just replace the word "God" with "higher power" or any other of your choice, and the word "Soul" with "life force". Again, all these are my thoughts and beliefs, rest is for you to decide.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Thursday, October 23, 2008
the Important Things in life
Thursday, October 23, 2008
My first entry...
It was on the 19th of October that, for the first time, I realised something very important. Having watched many tv series and movies, most of them pertaining to the romantic comedy genre, I had started to feel very lonely and sad, and had begun to think about such things as relationships and sex. The thought itself made me feel miserable, since I had no mate, or as you might say, girlfriend. But then, I began thinking about the causes of such emotions, and the brilliancy of the directors to arouse such emotions in their audience, to make them feel as he/she wants.
And it was then that I realised, such things are, what we can call, only experiences. They are but virtual, and can't be understood properly. And fretting over them is definitely useless. The next day was then about to become a turning point in my life.
Since I was small, I had curiosity about the different things; how they work, what are they made of, and other such questions. I wasn't so much interested in the topics related to economy, or for that matter, history and what mistakes our fathers did; whatever battles they fought and why, I wasn't interested in these matters. But still, I had to study these subjects for my school, and I knew I would go into the Science stream once I left school.
It was only after my 10th class that I came to know about the various branches of science that I could opt for later on, and I decided engineering almost immediately, medical being rejected just as fast. But I never thought about pure science and research, since it seemed a lowly choice compared to engineering, atleast to my mind during that time. So it was, that I chose to get into IITs, the best in engineering in India. Even then, I never thought of opting for the pure science courses, like BSc or MSc, I always wanted to get into a BTech course, and I got into one at IIT Guwahati, one year late. I got admission into the BTech Mechanical Engineering course, that too only on merit, just because it was the best course I could get and not because I wanted that exact course. Like every child i was deeply addicted to computing and wanted to get into the computers stream, but I wasn't meritorious enough. Anyways, I never paid much attention to studies, and continued my fascination about computers and internet, in particular. My reading had reached quite a low, and I was not doing what I had dreamt of, that is searching for answers; as I had ceased to ask questions completely. The computers had numbed me for a while, but that spark I had about science still existed, and showed a few times now and then.
It was on that day, the spark was ignited again. A friend of mine had given me the book 'A Brief History of Time' by Stephen Hawking; and since my attendance at lectures was low, I decided to read the book in the class (because I could never really pay attention to the professors!). The book almost instantaneously had my entire attention, and I began reading it with the curiosity of a small child. The book explains the basic theories that scientists have formed over the years about our universe, and the concept of space and time. I am still in the middle of the book, but it has fascinated me so much, that I am actually taking notes (which I never do for my actual subjects). It was only then that I realised, there was nothing else that fascinated me more than science (not even sex!).
And only now have I started to think that maybe getting into engineering was not what I exactly wanted, since I seem more interested in research; about things like the universe, space, time, matter and its composition, antimatter too, the different kinds of forces & such other things.
But even realising what I want seems to have given me a definite purpose, and even though I can't start pondering on these topics extensively right away, I know exactly what I want to do.
My first entry...
It was on the 19th of October that, for the first time, I realised something very important. Having watched many tv series and movies, most of them pertaining to the romantic comedy genre, I had started to feel very lonely and sad, and had begun to think about such things as relationships and sex. The thought itself made me feel miserable, since I had no mate, or as you might say, girlfriend. But then, I began thinking about the causes of such emotions, and the brilliancy of the directors to arouse such emotions in their audience, to make them feel as he/she wants.
And it was then that I realised, such things are, what we can call, only experiences. They are but virtual, and can't be understood properly. And fretting over them is definitely useless. The next day was then about to become a turning point in my life.
Since I was small, I had curiosity about the different things; how they work, what are they made of, and other such questions. I wasn't so much interested in the topics related to economy, or for that matter, history and what mistakes our fathers did; whatever battles they fought and why, I wasn't interested in these matters. But still, I had to study these subjects for my school, and I knew I would go into the Science stream once I left school.
It was only after my 10th class that I came to know about the various branches of science that I could opt for later on, and I decided engineering almost immediately, medical being rejected just as fast. But I never thought about pure science and research, since it seemed a lowly choice compared to engineering, atleast to my mind during that time. So it was, that I chose to get into IITs, the best in engineering in India. Even then, I never thought of opting for the pure science courses, like BSc or MSc, I always wanted to get into a BTech course, and I got into one at IIT Guwahati, one year late. I got admission into the BTech Mechanical Engineering course, that too only on merit, just because it was the best course I could get and not because I wanted that exact course. Like every child i was deeply addicted to computing and wanted to get into the computers stream, but I wasn't meritorious enough. Anyways, I never paid much attention to studies, and continued my fascination about computers and internet, in particular. My reading had reached quite a low, and I was not doing what I had dreamt of, that is searching for answers; as I had ceased to ask questions completely. The computers had numbed me for a while, but that spark I had about science still existed, and showed a few times now and then.
It was on that day, the spark was ignited again. A friend of mine had given me the book 'A Brief History of Time' by Stephen Hawking; and since my attendance at lectures was low, I decided to read the book in the class (because I could never really pay attention to the professors!). The book almost instantaneously had my entire attention, and I began reading it with the curiosity of a small child. The book explains the basic theories that scientists have formed over the years about our universe, and the concept of space and time. I am still in the middle of the book, but it has fascinated me so much, that I am actually taking notes (which I never do for my actual subjects). It was only then that I realised, there was nothing else that fascinated me more than science (not even sex!).
And only now have I started to think that maybe getting into engineering was not what I exactly wanted, since I seem more interested in research; about things like the universe, space, time, matter and its composition, antimatter too, the different kinds of forces & such other things.
But even realising what I want seems to have given me a definite purpose, and even though I can't start pondering on these topics extensively right away, I know exactly what I want to do.
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