Gazing at The Stars

For time immemorial, humans have been intrigued by creation. Where did we, and the universe in which we live, come from? In the Rig Veda, it was proposed that before creation there was "neither existence nor non-existence." The Latin phrase ex nihilo nil fit ("out of nothing comes nothing") sums up current human beliefs about origins.

It has been proposed using some kinda Microwave Probe calculation that the Bigbang happened some 13700000000 Years Ago Approximately (1 year = 365 Earth days). To be a little precise ((13.7 ± 0.2) × 10^9 years - with an uncertainty of 200 million years (The Number is 200,000,000),... Phew - so very precise i guess..!! )- This is calculated on the account that the Bigbang happened at Time zero.

The temperature level at Bigbang was supposed to be 10^25 K ~ and now the average temperature of our Universe is around 3 K.

Now just imagine, how long it has been happened.Things are so big when you try to understand in Universal Timeline.

The postulate proceeds as after the Bigbang the Early years of the universe consisted of some unknown events.Then it happened like the following Chronological Fashion - Formation of sub-atomic particles - Formation of Lighter Elements - Formation of Atoms/Heavier Elements - Formation of Proto-galaxies - Formation of galaxies - And NOW..The Timeline is pointing right over our Heads....!! ~ so that supports the famous statement.. "We are star stuff

Looking back over the scales of the universe and seeing humanity's role, unimaginably small in both space and time, one might wonder whether science has painted a bleak, depressing, and hopeless picture for humanity. Some would say so, while others find comfort in the majesty and grandeur of the universe. The answer is left to you, and to everyone individually. The job of science is to provide you with facts and truths, but interpreting and finding meaning for those truths is outside of its scope. The universe is what it is, but what that means is what you make of it.

So the First modern human to crawl out - dates to only 40000 years ago, or ninety minutes ago by our astronomer's clock.
Some tourists in the Chicago Museum of Natural History are marveling at the dinosaur bones. One of them asks the guard, "Can you tell me how old the dinosaur bones are?"
The guard replies, "They are 73 million, four years, and six months old."
"That's an awfully exact number," says the tourist. "How do you know their age so precisely?"
The guard answers, "Well, the dinosaur bones were seventy three million years old when I started working here, and that was four and a half years ago."

Looking out into space is like looking back in Time.Using our jet to take a trip from Earth to Saturn would take about fifty years. Light takes about 80 minutes to travel from Saturn to Earth, depending on where Earth and Saturn are in their orbits. Because it takes so long for light to make the trip from Saturn, the light we see from the planet at a given moment actually left 80 minutes ago. This means that we don't see Saturn as it is presently, but as it was 80 minutes ago. This means that looking out into space is like looking back in time. The farther we look, the older the light.
The Stars we are looking out at night might have been dead years ago!!

We would never know in Our Lifetime how insane is the universe.

The Dreamer's Paradox

The Hypnic Jerk

The average person spends 22 years of their life asleep. One third of your life will be wasted. You’ll lie in an unconscious, catatonic state and sleep your life away. What if you could take those years back?

The desire to dream is primordial. Some evolutionary process has instilled life on this planet with the ability to dream. It is essential to survival. Even dogs dream. The exploration of dreams in search of answers we cannot otherwise obtain is a tempting solution to things we’d rather not deal with.

Sometimes, this desire transforms dreaming into a vehicle that attempts to displace the mediocre existence of our ordinary world. At first, it is a plunge into hyperreality - a world more real than the real itself. One so entrancing it can become an addiction with confusing side effects, such as finding evidence of things you don’t remember doing, looking at the world through a fog, or experiencing false awakenings - dreams that are so real it seems as if you have already woken up.

Yet as you sit on the verge of the illusory twilight, the view is so alluring you can’t help but fall into its grasp and be swept away into the dream world.

By now, the dream state has become your primary mode of existence and the reality you left behind is only a hazy memory. You have escaped, you have salvaged the time you’d otherwise have lost in sleep, you are leading a life by proxy.

Just as this form of escapism appears to be working, your sleep patterns collapse and parasomnia invades your life - you cannot sleep, you’re kept awake at night by unseen forces and the addiction to dream sinks its teeth into your mind, the mind split asunder by insomnia and insanity. I’ll tell you what dying is. Dying is what happens when you can no longer dream.

As you lie awake and alone with the sheets stuck to the cold sweat dripping from your body, you can’t help but form a skeptic’s hypothesis - it becomes impossible to tell when you are dreaming and when you are awake. Why even try to differentiate?

Suddenly, there is a great elucidation and the answer becomes clear. An equilibrium must be reached and balance much be brought to these two worlds. Only in moderation will sanity be achieved - overly embracing mundane reality and extreme escapism with both lead to ruin.

And as you once again drift peacefully to sleep, free of your former dissociation and confusion, you are reminded of the bizarre world that stretches away from your consciousness with one last hypnic jerk.

It is a dreamer’s paradox - by seeking escape, a surrogate world is created as a replacement. The lines between fantasy and reality are blurred, fact and fiction become identical. The dream is real, and reality is as meaningless as a passing dream.


~ Lyrics of the album by same name : JT Bruce

And if you didn't notice,there is a difference between the image here and the one above.


Clue: Diagonal symmetry ;)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Ever come across someone who is confused - and the one who approaches a third person for the decision he has to make - we always come across someone like that, and provide our suggestion on choosing a mobile phone, neck-ties, shoes and whatever.

I have come across the eunuch stories right from my childhood, Arjuna's Curse in Mahabharatha, and in School History books "Allauddin Khilji and his believed to be lover an eunuch, Mailk-kaffur (that ruthless military brat)".

I have always hated the Eunuchs, Hijras as they are called in India.
I believed them to be very confused beings, they are so confused that they don't even know their sexual identity..! (They are either males acting as females or the other way)

But that hate was anchored in ignorance, because I never knew that something called Intersexuality existed ever, being handicapped like blind, born without limbs, was all i knew - i never thought that a person could be born with a condition that could affect his sexual identity -  This condition is known as True hermaphroditism in medical terms.

And why am i posting on this Controversial Topic..!!, The reason...

".. A few days back i was waiting at Silk-Board junction (Bangalore), the signal was "DON'T WALK". Right then I got a call from one of my friends, with so much involved in the conversation - i accidentally stepped out to cross the road with a belief that the signal has changed - and suddenly a strong grip pulled me back onto the platform, and in seconds a biker whizzed past me - and stared me back. Probably he had showered some words of praise for me.
I turned to thank my saviour... and i immediately pull off my hand. It was an Hijra(Third Gender). (S)He looked straight down at me, i avoided eye contact and moved on.

I had moved a few steps, and something inside me said that i was rude and not fair. I turned back to look at my saviour, and (S)He was nowhere to be found.I thought,"I should have atleast mumbled a Thanks to that Hijra".
I had directed hate towards such people blindly - because i thought they are not moral, i had experience during my college-trip to Hyderabad, where the third-sex had harassed my fellow classmates, and demanded money.

But, not all are the same - i understood then".

I checked on web to find out what stuff they actually are, and finally found something to learn about.

Most of these people are thrown out of their families and society, they are looked down as an out-cast and alien.With no where to go, they end up begging/harassing for money or as prostitutes.May be they have very few options to choose.

And i realised that there is nothing to hate about them.

And i wondered what of this following case,
(1) People born with proper parts (reproductive-system),
(2) But they have no lust for women, and
(3) They have lust for men.

:The Homosexuals? -  "I believed they are of people - with their hormones gone wild somewhere " - because I saw man & woman make natural partners and the contrary position seem unacceptable partially because in India homosexuality in society is shunned & as from a Muslim perspective homosexuality is considered prohibited, like other prohibitions of consuming intoxicants, sex outside marriage, consuming pork, etc.

Complexity is one of the most intiguing factor - that fascinate humans to search for knowledge.I have had a dosage of a complex-idea.Finally i got the difference -

- People born with improper/indistinguishable reproductive system.
- People born perfectly alright - but with some hormonal imbalance (Gays,Lesbo,Bi and Transgenders)



Mona Ahmed to Dayanita Singh (Author): " I am the third sex, not a man trying to be a woman. It is your society's problem that you only recognize two sexes ".







With social movements campainging for recognition for a third sex, and in 2005, Indian passport application forms were updated with three gender options: M, F, and E (for male, female, and eunuch, respectively).

~ Vikruti Evam Prakriti (what seems un-natural is also natural)
(Rig Veda)

A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it

At the Parlor:
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Jammie was looking out through the window, moist breeze was brushing his hair.
He peeped over the half-closed window, as his dad was driving the car.

Jammie was holding a plastic toy in shape of ice-cream. In a little distance he notices, a brightly decorated parlor: " Joe's Ice-Cream".

Jammie: Daddy - i want that ice-cream.

Jammie's Dad: But dear, you already have one in your hand.

Jammie: No daddy i want the one in the shop, my ice-cream is not good.

Jammie's Mom: We can get him one - you know how he screams for things to happen his way.

Jammie's Dad: okay, we'll go - Forget his screams, i can remember his bites.

He parks the car and the trio, or maybe we can say the duo-and-a-half enter in.
Now Jammie is holding a big ice-cream cone with it's cherry almost sliding for a free-fall.

Jammie's Dad: Hey cool-guy, to whom are you going to let taste the ice-cream first ?

Jammie looks at both the anxious faces.

Jammie: Of course dad, it is for you.

Jammie's Dad is happy and gives Jammie a Hi-5 and taps his head.


At the Home:
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Jammie is playing with his toy-gun, he hears gun shots - he runs to the living room and stares at the television, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are banging the villains. He watches the scene for few seconds and runs to his Dad. His Dad is putting on shoes for his evening-jog. Jammie looking at his toy-gun and slowly approaches his dad

Jammie: Daddy, i don't like this gun any more, i want the one that you have locked in cup-board.

Jammie's Dad: Junior, that is not for small children, it will hurt someone or even may hurt you. I will get you a new toy-gun, it will look like the one i have.

Jammie: No Daddy, i want only the one in cupboard, i saw the people in TV using it.. I want it, I want it.!![ Jammie Screams}

Jammie's Dad: Okay, Okay - I will give it to you, but tell me first - what will you do with it ?

Jammie: I will shoot the bad guys.

Jammie's Dad:Okay who is the bad guy - you going to shoot first ?

Jammie looks with a twinkle in his eyes and bang comes the answer...

Jammie: Of course Dad, it is you..!!





~ Run or the Insane will Shoot

Shoot the Piglets; Hang the Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf as they call him, hiding in his spot. Not one of his muscle moved, he waited as though he were a statue.Ambush.

Three Piglets were dancing their way along the safer side of the road. The wolf would never be able to catch them with such a distance, he could be easily spotted and might miss his meal - he wanted the gap to close, the temptation was pushing him to give a chase. But his instinct ordered him to wait.

The Three Piglets Avee , Rhode , Pork moved to the stone building after Pork's straw building and Rhode's wooden homes were destroyed by Big Bad Wolf .The piglets, They felt safe in Avee's stone house, Big Bad Wolf was not not able to break it down with his normal methodology.

Big Bad Wolf meanwhile was peeping into his past failures,and his only success in recent past his attempt on Boar (Piglets' cousin ) was something he can be happy about.

He was starving to death, and he needed a meal badly. But considering his past failures he had hit the rock bottom.All he knew was - He was going to Die. But he wouldn't want to go down alone.

Ambush.

The Piglets were closing into the narrow valley lane, that leads to their stone building - Almost a fortress. This was the time for Big Bad Wolf

Big Bad Wolf pushed the boulder closing the entrance, and then one again that closed the escape back to road. The piglets were confused, the plan worked well so far. With his rabid mouth was running down the cliff, piglets were helpless and bound to one another, cried for help.

!--- CUT, CUT --!

Spielberg echoed = Pack Up, we'll continue tomorrow.

The Rolls Royce drove into the sets, the three piglets hopped in. The wolf gave a long stare - at the Current Stars ( The Piglets ), and he again looked at his rusted cycle lying around the corner. He Smiled. Wore his phrygian cap and rode along.

There is absolute necessity for Big Bad Wolf to hunt the piglets, or else he would not survive. Piglets have the every right for their own existence, why should they be a meal to some Hungry wolf. Spielberg solved their problem, he hired them all and is making a movie on them. Result: All are having a satisfying meal, or -- did Spielberg think so ?

The wolf stepped into the smoky and dark eatery, he threw some coins on the table and ordered a soup. Across the street was the Rolls Royce, the Piglets gambling over the table, Wine and rich dishes on the table.

Spielberg made a mistake, he should have solved the problem in an easier way - by Shooting the Piglets and Hanging the wolf.



Insane Abuse: " So what's all this crap - a cheap Spin-off from `The Animal Farm` ?",
Who said that "Throw him in the Chambers and Gas him "

Life and Lighter moments

Two years in bangalore and i can speak less than 10 words in kannada.


---- The One in the Bus ----

This was the conversation that went on with a guy who travelled along with me in a local bus (BMTC, they say):

[Looking out of the window - was dreaming possibly,or just sitting dumb. The seat next to me was empty. A guy came and sat next to me. I gave him a second-look and continue with the dreaming: out through the window]

[ After sometime he tapped on my shoulder and asked:]

Guy: Ee Bus-stop Hesaru ?? Bus yelli Ogathe ??

[ After giving him a long look, which increased his expectations of getting a positive answer ]

Me: Sorry - Kannada Gothilla..!! [ That meant "I don't understand Kannada" in Kannada ]

[ His face color turned immediately changed, and he gave me a wicked look and may be would have quoted in his mind, "What the hell..!! ]

[ I turned towards the window and my dreaming continued ]


---- The one in the Mobile Store ----

[ With low balance in my account, i needed to recharge my connection to make any further calls. I walked into the retailer - a long walk from my room and the following dialog happened. I managed in English/Hindi, while the shop man sticked to Kannada - ]

Me : Hutch E-Recharge - 60 rupees top-up.

Shopkeeper: What's ur mobile number ?? [ in kannada ]

Me: Oh, one minute [ i tried recollecting it, but i cant... I forgot my mobile number, it is logical - why should one need to remember his own number - you can't call yourself..!! - i tried recollecting, but in vain - i struck on a thought.. and spoke to the shop keeper ]

Me: What's ur mobile number ?? [ He looked puzzled, with a look " Is this guy NUTS..!" - but anyway he gave his number without any questions]

[ i called to that number from my mobile -- My number Flashed across his screen ]

Me: Recharge this number ?

[ The shop keeper did the job with a cool smile - "Hey, i am a genius " --- but i memorized my mobile number after this incident, all shop keepers won't give their number ]


Insane Advice: - You don't have to be a Roman to be in Rome.

"The False Light." - The Apocalypse Trilogy ( Part 1 )

Lucifer was lying beside the apple-tree, cool water gushing around forming a virtual island of their resting place.
Lilith was still asleep, peaceful - without knowledge of what was yet to come.

Lucifer had played with her the whole night, their love seemed to be endless, those passionate kisses and the sweet-struggles were still fresh in his mind. Their bodies were like being blown about to and fro by a violent storm, without hope of rest - aimlessly, as the Lust played its music.
He gently pushed away the string of hair annoying her peaceful sleep.
A flash of thought passed his mind - " Am i one of those Opportunists, who in life did nothing, neither for good nor evil ? "


The question was still stuck in his mind as he left Lilith there - guilt was screaming inside him - he walked till a distance - from where he could get a good view of her, a soft tear rolled down his cheeks. He turned around spread open his wings - flapped and never did he turned back.He had to leave Lilith as she did not belong to him.

Lilith hearing the faint beats of Lucifer's wings awoke - ran behind him like a mad-woman - she cried her heart-out - begged Lucifer to come back. Lucifer turned deaf to her pleadings.

Lilith was broken - she sat down and gazed at her feet - they were bleeding - thorns embedded in them.
And Michael landed before her - he had a fierce look ," O ye lady of Adam - thou hath disregarded the true love of your mate -.. ".

As he continued, Lilith spoke, " The one i loved hath abandoned me, and the one who loves me ... - please ask him to forget me and i know he won't forgive me though - ... and i am not ready to listen anymore", Michael left her alone with defeated shoulders.

Lilith cursed herself - and she broke like a shattering glass - in all directions. Out of each piece flew a winged-creature, red, fork-tailed -- The Harpies..!!
Someone died in G-d's kingdom for the first time. Lilith was death's first taste.

Michael saw this from distance - it was the most disturbing sight he had ever seen.

Lucifer too saw this, and screamed in agony, he wished that he was never born to see this sight.He questioned himself - why was this happening to him, "I was the only one who refused to submit to Adam just because that I espoused a great love for G-d – and, that i had sworn to never bow to anyone except G-d., just because i am the most loyal lover of G-d, ... what a cruel play, deprived of love and thrown into Inferno till eternity - for my loyalty ?"

Michael, knew that there was something wrong - and G-d had "The plan for salvation" in place but why did Lilith had to do this, and how would the plan be carried over now - with Lilith dead, there will be no children of Adam and no salvation. How is this supposed to be ??
Questions in his mind - hundred.

Michael conveyed the happened to G-d, and went to Eden to console Adam - and he was shocked to see Lilith with Adam. Confused and Puzzled - he flew to the Throne - and asked what was happening, -- G-d replied, " My faithful servant Michael - The one you saw is not Lilith, but Eve - and i hath created her out of Adam's rib - Adam and his children would be under the veil of forgetfulness, until the Apocalypse".

Mad in Lilith's love and overcome by the grief - Lucifer vowed to avenge Lilith's death, and promised himself , "I will ascend to Heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of G-d; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High".

What happened next was the "War of Heaven", - Lucifer was finally defeated and Michael stood over Lucifer ready to strike.



G-d intervened and said," i need a private word with you , Dear Lucifer".

G-d, explained that everything had been predestined - Adam - Lilith - The Bow - Lilith's end - Lucifer's Anger - War of Heaven -... and so will be the Plan of Salvation.

As a Slave of War - your freedom is at the end of Apocalypse and it would happen only if you complete your duties agreeing to the "The Plan of Salvation". And Lilith will be waiting for you till the End of the Final day.

Lucifer questioned," But.... Why me ?".
"Because Lucifer - ", G-d replied, " I trust you the most and you are the most-desperate* of all".


*desperate/temptation - equalsiblis in arabic

Insane's words : Curse Dante Alighieri

"And she said, it's Apocalypse" - The Apocalypse Trilogy ( Part 3 )

At a time unknown to man, but preordained, when people least expect it, God will give permission for the Final-Judgement to begin. The archangel Raphael, referred to as the Caller, will sound a horn sending out a "Blast of Truth"



Waiting at the bus-stop, i was worried - the sky was already darkening up. The clouds ready to spit rain anytime made me uneasy. At a little distance i saw a young-mother, holding her baby-wrapped tight in a single piece of cloth - she played and gently tickled the baby's small feet, and the cute little thing began to wriggle like a bundle of happiness : I smiled.

The time as if had planned to stand-still, and my bus was not there - it seemed like an eternity passing.

The identity-tag hanging from my neck danced to the wind's tune.... and then it stood still - hanging in the middle of air - suspended.
There was a deafening HORN sound- it was supposed to be my bus, but before i could think anymore, i was being crushed, my face lying flat on the road,my lungs choked, my heart stopped, i felt like dying:though i never experienced death before and then it was a black-out....!!



I woke up:

Everything seemed normal, except for the whole environment : very different from where i was before - it was like painted with a giant invisible paintbrush like a painter's imagination coming alive a beautiful mixture of bright colors.

I closed my eyes - took a deep breath, the wind brought a refreshing fragrance.


The earth seemed to be a vast stretch of plain, it seemed like by some magic the earth has been flattened and rolled to a celestial-sheet, stars shining at the hands reach.There were no trees, neither beasts nor avians.But only me and a lot of similar others, we all walked to a big gathering, the HORN's sound was not deafening now.


I heard my neighbour saying, "Today's friday: And i knew that this HORN was 'bout to get all Atlantis on our ass.." the other responding " Forget it ! It's to late " : I giggled secretly.


As we walked : I wondered, if i am in a dream. The gathering was huge, numbers would die counting the people gathered there. The moon seemed like a giant cracked-egg, pieces falling apart - it was a beautiful sight.



I didn't even remember how long i was dead.I just kept walking along.

It was a pathetic sight later, the monk was sobbing badly : he did'nt want to leave his ferrari behind.

Someone behind me said, that he had fought along-side `The Messiah, in his second coming` against the `Devil's Army`, and he died in that battle. Was he kidding, seriously ?

In front of me was a guy narrating the horrific battle in which he and his fellow people tried saving the Holy-Shrine but in vain, were captured - he wept as the shrine was broken down to ruins and then everyone captured were slaughtered.

What was i supposed to say here, " I was standing at the middle of the road, foolishly looking around and then a vehicle rammed in and made a pizza out of me.!!" .

Finally the Judgement was over, i thanked that it didn't took much time : It was easier than getting a movie ticket.

I was handed over a scroll by a gorgeous looking angel: it read " Welcome to the Hell - Follow the Map directions to the Perdition", signed: Lilith.

Then i realised: I was naked - so was everyone - but i was an exception , the identitytag was still hanging around my neck.

And then the red-skinned-angel said this with a wicked smile, " Happy Apocalypse..!!"

Her forked tail wagged wildly - until then i failed to notice the pitchfork in her hand.

I questioned "You, Lilith - Satan's Mistress ??". The smile was enough to give me the answer, "oh great - i said to myself - Welcome to the Hell..!!"

The Singing Toilets

The sprite bottle in my hands was unable to rest.The clear liquid with sparkling bubbles was tempting me, while my tongue rolled around in an effort to reach the bottle's mouth and give it a tight-lipped kiss - thereby it would feel some heaven.

The sun was was waging a losing battle, but still was beating up the bus with a fierce force, the dusty road made the traveling worse, it was a difficult one to decide, but i had to make the move.



I twisted open the bottle cap and it gave out a sweet sound - releasing the gas inside. It was a simple kiss - and the throat blessed me.



The bus swayed right and left gently and entered the 'Motel'. I got out for an important conversation with the nature and i sensed a sour smell coming from the other corner - i proceeded towards it.

As i was about to get nearer, i took a deep breath and held on - with a hope of supporting enough oxygen to keep my brain functioning- before i would faint off there.

I entered the specially designed rectangular cubical, stood there and P***ed a beautiful parabola, i felt the cool wind blew through my zipper - though thankful, i could imagine how that wind would have smelled. I zipped back, turned quickly and moved away gasping for air, it was a straining exercise - and i hated p***ing every time there.



Meanwhile a vendor over the other end - switched on the sound system, it was a nice song from the movie 'Mayavi', i started making steps towards the bus and i heard strange voices behind me...



The vendor switched to a next song - this time too it followed me, i stood there puzzled - questioning myself -what the hell is this?

The newly switched song " Ulaga Nayaganey.." from Dasavatharam was echoing and i could hear about twelve to fifteen times the same line with a minute gap of few Milli-seconds.


My brain started working on this, and found the answer - the sound system was in exact opposite position to the `toilet-cubicals` and the echo had a strange effect on me, i felt the toilets were singing in their own voice and Himesh's music was already being pissed over.



Well, if the Beauty (of - Walt Disney's`Beauty and the Beast` fame ) can have a speaking tea-pot, a pendulum clock and co. - i wondered,why not singing toilets..!!

~ You know, fairy god-mother is as insane as a wet cat.

The Coconut Groove

STATUARY WARNING: CIGARETTE SMOKING IS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH

STATUARY ERROR: ALCOHOL INTAKE WILL MAKE YOU INSANE.

The blazing sun, piercing the gaps in window was baking up my bed. I lay there half-awake, with terrible pain - i felt some invisible giant hammering my head.I was feeling sick.

The Reason.....

One of my best friend returned home from Dubai for a vacation, he is working there as an Electical Engineer for a Construction Giant (All day long i dream of doing something like that).

He dropped to visit me on saturday, and now the usual scenario - " What does two friends do when they meet after a pretty long gap ? " - Party is the Answer.

The elements in the atmosphere were ready for explosion. A Noon-Movie. Blow up money on Marlboro and More. Then came the final piece- Saturday night Pub.!

We roamed around the packed streets of Brigade road and it's tributaries. Beautiful maidens, Macho guys - 'with a Tom Cruise look', Of course Aunties and Strays (Oops..!!) funneling throught the available gaps and making their way through for some purpose or nothing.

The Flashy-Lights Opposite the "Amoeba" (People in Bangalore would know that..!) instantly hypnotised us, we were dragged into the cave - the name was " Coconut Groove".

Impressive place - Carnatic music playing around, but i was not able to find the source of music - no external speakers.

A man clad in Dhoti and Kurta showed up and placed a card over our table. "Foster's" called my fried. "Uh..Hmmm... A Mug Beer" i said.

That was how we started - and how it ended, please don't ask me.

The dinner on the table, half eaten - four bottles lay dead across the table - One empty packet of 555 and Marlboro with three pieces in the carton.The foreigners at the far end of the restaurant were staring us - like, we are some insects from outer space making them feel out of the place - The ladies around looked very poor, it seemed that they couldn't afford to buy themselves a good pair of clothes, revealing almost every curve, except for few private parts covered up with translucent material moreover the dim lighting was the villain else the show would have been better, - The bill - somewhere around that would make both of our pockets empty, and the tips - i don't remember giving that.

When we walked out, the streets once filled with activity was appearing desolate. "How about a ride" i asked.... " Yeah... Hic-Cup..!! - ride in the BMTC" he replied, we waited near the Trinity Circle for one of the last buses opearing at that dark hours.I seated myself on the platform, my head going heavy... I knew, i wasn't heavily drunk - but the beer made me sick.We got into the bus and i instantly dozed off.

..... The Sun was burning my Butt*. It was difficult for me to get-up, - I felt like everything around me is like a dream - some kind of "Out of Body Experience" floating outside myself inside the room, suddenly i felt someone kick my back, i tried figure out - My roomie, "Dei Kudikaara, Unga Veetla irundhu Phone... Handing out my mobile to me, It echoed "Mom Calling" - Shit.... i took the phone dropped it into my pockets - moved to the washroom, with guilt screaming inside me. I didn;t took the call, it kept begging me to press that Green button - I didn't.

It was in late sunday evening - i called back my mom, the dialogue went on okay.... thanks for the Lemon pieces that i rubbed over my tongue, I was feeling better after the Hangover.

~ I was forced to add those Warnings: Ramadoss won't be happy otherwise. ;)

Insane Quote - "“Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.”

10 Most Powerful Persons of Modern Time

The list is on 10 Most powerful and influential persons of modern time, who had disturbed the Peace.




George Bush

Involvement in Afgan-War and Iraq War. Conspiracy exists in the September 11 attacks.

Adolf Hitler




Involvement in The Holocaust and one of the Prime cause for the World-War II.




Saddam Hussain



Involvement in Kuwait War and Iraq War.



Osama Bin Laden






Involvement in September 11 Attacks and Bombing of American Embassy.



Stalin




Iron handed rule, and records say that about 800,000 prisoners were executed (for either political or criminal offences) under Stalin, while about 1.7 million died in the GULAG and some 389,000 perished during kulak forced resettlement — a total of about 3 million victims.




Che Guevara



A Warrior of Peace, as many say. He was involved in many revolutions. He supported Fidel Castro, and other revolutions in Congo and Bolivia.He promoted the Gureilla warfare technique. He is believed to be more a revolutionary than a man of peace.




Idi Amin



Once, the President of Uganda.The number of people killed as a result of his regime is unknown; estimates range from 80,000 to 500,000






Mao Zedong





After his death, the Communist Party of China delivered the verdict that Mao's crimes during the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution meant that he had been 30% wrong. Mao was undoubtedly responsible for monstrous crimes. But they were done at the cost of making China one of the most powerful economy in the world.

Prabhakaran

Involved in various crimes, assasinations and terrorist activities, with a view of creating an independent Tamil State in Modern Sri Lanka.

Mohammad Ali Jinnah

The Man behind the making of Pakistan -Involved in The Partition of India, The Partition led to various grave crimes and social unrest to the refugees and it has been recorded that large number of life and property was lost during the partition riots.

~ To conclude - Insanity is Finally the battle to power - the most powerful insane's name is written down in the History books.

The People of the God

I am here with a rather delicate topic, this post might be blasphemous, erroneous and all the insane stuff - it might require, but i would still like to stick to the facts - to my best.

Religion indeed is a complex idea. People make it more complex.

The concept of God has been puzzling as ever - As for the Old Roman saying on christianity, "There is a new sect called christianity - they are very poor - they are so poor that they have only One God..!!"

But to the most, the Concept of God is rather Simple - There is a Supreme being residing in the sky - who watches over all other beings, counts their deeds - blesses them or punishes them on their account, as simple as that.Well, let me get down to the topic....


YHWH - The God of Abraham (The Monotheist God of Jews, Christians and Muslims).

According to the people of the books(Tanakh, the Jewish Scripture - The Bible, the Christian scripture - The Koran, the Islamic scripture ), Many messiahs and prophets existed before and after Abraham, but Abraham is one who is actally a distributing point for the three major religious followings (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) together they constitute abour 53% of the total world population. It is to be noted that around 14% of the total world population are not involved in any religious following.

I am not including the Dharmic religions for the discussion( they constitute about 19% - which are, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jaininsm and Sikhism) as this discussion is mainly with regard to the God of Abraham and his people, though there is a twist in the story with the entry of Baha'ullah - I will get back to the Dharmic belief towards the end of my post

If we had to arrive to a conclusion from the statistical and Historical account,

Probably, the Homosapiens settled around Mount Caramel (Coastal mountain range in current Israel and West Bank) approximately dating from about 90,000 BCE. This is regarded as the branching point of the Modern Humans. [Ref. The History of Levant]

Judaism was founded in the Early Iron Age (2000 BC) - Number of followers 14 million

Christianity was founded in 1st Century AD - Number of followers 2.1 billion

Islam was founded in 7th Century AD - Number of followers 1.5 billion

Do you find anything strange in this statistics ?

Why would Judaism, which was founded about 4000 years ago have less number of followers compared to Islam or Christianity ?

No offences meant here - But i came to an understanding that the Jews were the most suppressed people on earth, and This might be the reason for their imbalanced population statistics.,Every great nation wanted to wipe out the Jewish culture from this world - and finally had failed everytime. Right from the Egyptians(1300 BC) to the Germans, Hitler- to be more specific(1940 AD) have failed in their every attempt to eliminate Jews.Further more the Jewish diaspora during the Roman Period (around 135 A.D), led to further decline in the spread of Judaism. But why would so many nations specifically target this community ?

In modern times there are news regarding people converting to christianity and people converting to Buddhism or conerting to Islam, but not much on people converting to Judaism.

Frankly, the Jews are one of the most gifted people in the world - Einstein,Maimonides, Golda Meir, Emma Lazarus, Anne Frank, to name a few - Astounding is that the number of Jewish Nobel Prize winners (approximately 160 in all) - and as a fact the maximum output on modern telecommunication-protocol research and weapon research is from Israel(a.k.a, Canaan in Old Biblical Period).So, i am questioning myself- are they really the People of the God ?

The 3 Patriachs Abraham, Issac and Jacob (a.k.a, Israel) are the founders of modern Judaism.

The geneology from Abraham to Israel and then further down the generations to Moses and further then to Jesus(also a Jewish Preacher) can be mapped to how christianity came into practice.

Abraham- Through his First Son Ishmail (Born to an Egyptian Hagar) leads to the generation of Arabs and therefore to Mohammud, gives the origin of Islam.

To the people not familiar with either of The Tanakh, The Bible or The Koran, is the following piece of Information.

Adam the first man and Eve the first woman were created by God in the Paradise, and were sent to Earth after being tempted to taste the fruit of knowledge by a snake (Satan).

Noah (Associated with the Great Floood) and Abraham were several generations down from Adam and Eve.

Of all the God's People Abraham is an important figure in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

The belief is like that Abraham, married for a long time didn't had any children.As per his wife's suggestion he entered into nuptials with an Egyptian Hagar, who gave birth to a son named Ismail (Later,The father of the tribe of Arabs). Later by some years the first wife gave birth to Issac(Later,The father of the tribe of Israelites).

For some reason, the first wife felt threatened by the presence of Ismail and requested Abraham to seperate Ismail and his mother from their tribe, so Abraham together with Ismail built the foundations of Kaaba(The holy-place in Islam) and left the two people in that town, in the desert of arabia.

As mentioned, further generations from Issac, namely - Jacob(a.k.a.,Israel) and Moses became the preachers of the One God. This belief is accepted by all these three religion of The Books.

After rescuing the Israelites from the Egyptian Pharoh(The Exodus), Moses brought the Ten Commandments for them from YHWH. But was enraged to see that his people had entered into Idolotary (By Worshipping the golden calf) and destroyed the tablets.These israelites were to become the earliest jews after accepting the Ten Commandments and believe in Monotheism.Thus after going through many changes from Abraham to Judah then to Moses, David , now what exists is the modern Judaism.

Further generations apart, through Issac, Jacob then through Judah, was Jesus of Nazreth (a Jew) who began his preaching on the concept of One God (This attempt was to renew the Monotheistic religion from Abraham, as few customs favouring the temple and the then jewish priests were in practice - the jewish priests encouraged many customs and changes to the original Scriptures for their own benefits, thus the original scriptures began to corrupt), the jewish priests felt threatened by his teachings wanted an end to this. They finally succeeded in his execution, through Judas Iscariot(The Crucifiction, as believed by the christians - to be noted islam doesn't believe in death of jesus, they believe that jesus(a prophet - not a son of God) was lifted up into the heaven before his capture by the Romans).The followers of Jesus(Jews and Romans) became the earliest christians.Thus through Abraham christianity had found its place.

Now do you remember Ismail ?? - yeah right, the first son of Abraham was the father of modern Arabs and Prophet Mohammed. Mohammed was born in Mecca (Town built around the Kaaba), during this period Kaaba, became the polytheist ground for 365 idols (a God for a day), this generated great deal of interest for the Egyptian, Abyssinians and the local Arab tribes for a pilgrimage, this helped the Meccans economically.Mohammed showed no interest in those idolotary right from his early age. when Mohammed received the message from God, throught the angel Gabriel, he spoke against polytheism and asked everyone to embrace monotheism and submit to One God. The meccans felt threatened by this as they would be at risk of losing their main source of income.So that says, how Islam had branched from Abraham through, Ismail.

Jerusalem, a holy-land for all the three religions, was a battleground once. The European Christians who felt threatened by the growing popularity of Islam wanted to gain back Jerusalem, in order to get their strong hold. This led to the Crusades (The Holy Wars) . "Jihad" is the the term used to describe this from the Islamic context.

It is said that the Jerusalem then was populated with muslims and jews were living in harmony with each-other.Their peace was disturbed by the christian invaders.The Pope during the period were Corrupted with power and held their sway over modern England, Burgundy(Germany) and Italy.Though more than a score of battles were fought, it ended as a stalemate between the christians and muslims.

So after this long narration, are you able to get the point that, in my view - all these three religions are said to be the one and the same, as the one preached by Abraham and his predessors, but geographically and politically - they have been divided into three.They all refer to the same God (but the variation being the Messengers - they were different - this made the religions different)

Before the I and II world wars, there was a three way hate prevailing .

1. The christians hated Jews (for their involvement in Jesus' crucifiction)

2.The christians feared the muslims (for being a big political power in Eastern Europe, Northern Africa and Asia) and the fast spread of the faith was threatening.

3.The Jews hated the Muslims(for the capture of Jerusalem, the Jews had a holy site there, the wailing wall)

4. Muslims hated the Jews and Christians for the same reason (To keep the strong-hold over Jerusalem and over their Political power)

Things began to change for the muslims after Turkey's defeat (The Muslim Ottoman Empire) was shaken down to it abyss.

At some point during the II world war, the European Jews (Survivors of the Holocaust), felt that a separate nation could make then secure(ZIONISM - return to the Holy Land), the Allies favoured in creating the Modern Israel state, which previously was an Arab area.This led to the Israel-Arab war, which lasts till date as the Palestinian conflict.The actual fact is that even before Arabs came to this land (Palestine), It was known as Canaan(In Modern day - Israel) during Biblical period, and it was the homeland of Israelites until the Jewish Diaspora around 135 A.D.

There seems a little difference in the belief systems (Regarding GOD and the monotheist beliefs) in all these three major religions, but the fight seems to be more on the basis of Geography, Wealth and Politics rather that religion itself.

The Struggle between the Three Religions can be mapped as a Struggle between Three Nations,

The Jews(Israel) , The Muslims(Arabs) and The Christians(Europeans) - It is more like three children arguing as whose daddy is the best, but what they do not know is their daddy is the same person.

One point worth mentioning is of Baha'ullah from Persia, regarded as the most recent of the prophets (Muslims believe that Muhammed was the last prophet from the God, they do not accept Baha'ullah as a Prophet), mentioned that Krishna, Buddha, Abraham,Jesus and Mohammed are all messengers of god like himself through the first man and woman, the Adam and the Eve.The famous Lotus temple at New Delhi stands as his testimony, Bahai faith has spread as far as Germany and America.The fact is that, he fused the Dharmic religions and the Abrahamic Religons into a single group.Bingo..!!

Well, i can drag down to few more pages but i feel that, i have come to a logical end and so i am closing this post here.

What have i gained from this post is an insight into Theology,Spirituality, Politics, History and Human Nature.

Signing off:

~ The Insane

References:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/time/origtime.htm

http://www.wamware.com/world-religions/timeline-top.htm

http://www.wikipedia.org/

http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/history-of-religion.html

http://www.mapsofwar.com/index.html

Eternal Curse of Mr.Time

On a gloomy dark day, strolling down the road....

Warm smell of earth filling the nostrils, Angels' music filling my ears and beauty everywhere.

Far down the country road - i saw a decorated cottage.

She stood at the front garden - receiving me with smile.

Held my palm into hers, pulled me by her side, whispered strangely into my ear - i wished i could hear her - i couldn't

She led me in - the cheers greeted us - Us ?? - But who is She? - I called her Miss.Tery
Bent over my shoulder - she kissed me on my cheek - Just as an affectionate sister would do to her elder...

I looked up on the ceiling hoping to get an answer - the angel flapping above me showed a strange sign

The Angel - She had a lovely face - green eyes glistening with sparkle, smoking through her nostrils - the "More Mint" was a seducing agent

She left me with the people there - we looked all the same

I called up the waiter, asked him to bring me a smoke - he replied in negative, sorry we don't have

I noticed Miss.Tery - disappearing into the crowd, i tried to follow and you know i lost her..

Why should this all happen ? - i don't know

"Was all this an Illusion and is Death the Ultimate Truth?"

I remembered that something happened before i entered the cottage....

"She stood at the front garden - receiving me with smile."

"i went blind and was also not able to hear the birds chirping - the sweet scent of Soil filled my nostrils...."

"On a gloomy dark day, strolling down the road...."

"I came into this universe just like a grain of sand, and i grew into something - with too many options- My hair grew white of Confusion - Lost my senses - Now, I knew who Killed Me ! - The murderer was slow but strong - and i never knew the murderer was around me always"

Last thing i remember was an Angel lifting me from my resting place, pulling me towards the road, the signboard showed as - Heaven (7 skies)

Miss.Tery boarded the Chariot, she waved me bye from distance - I saw someone familiar with her, it was my Murderer - The chariot rode out with 8 Horses leading through, the sign behind the chariot was "JUST MARRIED".

I wanted to tell her, but the Angel's hand was strong - i was being dragged into a different direction...

I felt heavy in my pocket, i searched to find a Communicating Device, i looked into the " Address and Contact Menu " - my instinct told me to look...

I found Miss.Tery: Contact number- 2008 , i communicated to her - Kill your husband, or else he will kill you - she knew i wouldn't lie - But still,She asked me Why. - I enquired what was her husband's name - Later she replied, My husband's name is "Mr.Time".

The whole thing - i understood now, why Lady 2006 - My elder sister - died the same way like myself... and My murderer was my husband - and He is immortal.


I replied back, "Sister Miss.Tery !, will meet you in heaven next year"

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Mr.Time's Confession:

As my dear lady died tragically on Dec 31st 2007 - I thank the people who touched my life, shown concern and love, stood by me and made my life more meaningful, may the Heaven bless you all.
I am happy with my new lady, she is affectionate and beautiful - But i am cursed, i have to kill her on the next year end, I wish i could throw my duty and love my wife - i can't die too - as i am a slave, I am Mr.Time...

But do you know whom do i serve ?

I just received a letter from, my Mistress, the most beautiful lady Miss.Death - She kills all, and can kill me too, i know she wouldn't. - She needs an eternal slave for her eternal service.

Miss.Death is my mistress and also my secret love.

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========== The Credits Roll ==========

Confusing Cast:

* Narrator - Lady 2007

* Miss.Tery - Lady 2008

* Heaven's Angel - as the same Character "Heaven's Angel"

* The Murderer/ The Slave - Mr.Time

* The Mistress - Miss.Death


Song on my PC : "Hotel California by the Eagles"