Category: Thoughts uncut

The Insatiable Quest

Though they spend many years looking for enlightenment, not many people find it. The reason? They look in all the wrong places.

the insatiable quest

That’s how we’re taught though. Since childhood, we’re encouraged to ask those who might know, or refer heavily bound books. We’re taught to look for someone or something that might answer all our questions. And nowadays, you only need to type out a search term and you’ll have all the answers pouring in front of your eyes.

It’s quite natural that we turn to a larger source to acquire knowledge, but why do we expect the internet for enlightenment?

Zen quotes, Zen habits, ways to live peacefully, the art of living, the science of happiness and all those popular buzz words – what’s the point of it all?

I know we read through these articles, but do we really practice or implement them in our daily lives? I’ve seen no one who does that. Sure, for a day we will. Perhaps two days – a week at the most, but soon after that, it’s just empty reading. These web articles hardly help us live a better life.

But if we turn to a better, more personal source, we’d definitely find what we’re looking for. And there’s no higher quality of life than that.

“It is the brain, the little grey cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within – not without.” – Hercule Poirot

Being Shapely

Do round rotis taste better than non-round rotis?

Round Rotis
Round Rotis*

One of the annoying things about Indians is their pushiness when it comes to food.

We’re raised to revere our food, being told constantly that we’re lucky to have our plates filled three times a day. But somehow, it never stuck us that the appearance doesn’t matter as much as the quality of whatever we eat.

It’s true everywhere. That’s why the art of culinary science is so important. We’re so used to the notion that visually appealing stuff is good. Food, people — whatever.

So it’s only natural that we believe perfectly round rotis are better than the slightly disfigured ones.

But is there a difference in taste? I don’t think so. Because whatever the shape, we don’t eat it as it is. Once you start eating, it’s going to disfigured anyway. And I don’t see the point in all the effort involved in making perfectly round rotis.

Of course you can’t explain this to mothers. They do extra to make sure you get the best. Also helps that marketing has made it that synthetically round rotis are better than the natually disfigured ones.

Some things, you can never change.

*A roti is an Indian-bread, made with flour and water. Much like pancakes.

As Told by Shakespeare

Marriage of two minds.

Epic rewritten.

~

As far as I know, the entire concept of marriage has been wildly violated. Problem is, most people ignore the only thing that matters most in wedlock: the minds.

We so often underestimate the power of well-matched thoughts. Successful marriages aren’t the ones that last forever just for the children’s sake, but real marriage of minds is what lasts even after a mutual disagreement.

If only people’s minds were married instead of just the bodies, we might have a completely different society. Everything we do would have more clarity. We’d be a society of people who deeply understand and sincerely respect each other.

And that would be a world worth protecting.