Bliss of Revolutions......

Prelude : Carrying a great sense of satisfaction about my yesterday's musings about Inventions Viz a Viz Discoveries - in spite of not getting any feedback / comment from any one (worth his salt !!!!) until this moment - I embark upon another posting in a similar style today too.

Am I not a true Karma Yogi....(Or a Yogi without much Karma or Work.....).....?

Dear All

I am not an etymologist....neither I boast of scholastic achievements in the sphere of Language / Literature. But, I always carried an intrinsic interest to know more about simple words that we use in daily life and enjoy the 3D of related words. These two postings are essentially to share some of my feelings about these words more than what the pundits would prefer to comment....!!

Well, It is always said REVOLUTION is spontaneous while evolution is a change that happens over a period of time. Right ??

Let me take a classic example of Revolution in our Indian History......the Sepoy's mutiny which was a sort of first organized revolt against the oppression by Britishers. The so called "revolution" that happened did not really erupt spontaneously. The outward expression in the form of revolt was only at the breaking point (Courtesy : Kamal....."Kurudhi p Punal") of the Indian Soldiers in the Army and the hatred was always building up...rather evolving in the minds of vast majority of them. What the world defines as a revolution is an evolution indeed..... and matured people are not supposed to get carried away seeing the "effect" without appreciating the "cause".......!!

Even the Epidemic that spreads gets identified only at a later stage. The world could have been made a much saner place to live if only we had avoided the wrong labelling of certain "evolutionary processes" as revolutions.

Simply put, most of the so called revolutions could have been tamed / attended to - in earlier stages itself if only we had reminded ourselves that Prevention is better than Cure.....!!
Sudden things that happen like Earth Quake and Tsunami are more natural phenomena and might be out of scope for this point of discussion.

Well, now comes the beauty of Evolution. There is a perfect logic happening in the evolution at physical plane... be it human beings losing the "tail bone" over the period of time....or for that matter - losing all the fur that our ancient ancestors (I meant "monkeys"). Any thing that is not used up gets rusted up....as the dictum goes ! Nothing to ponder much on these things.

In spiritual realm, when people achieve higher states of consciousness, we always call them "evolved" people which actually mellows down the impact of the wonderful phenomena that is happening within them.... !!

Taking my own example, I just cannot forget that wonderful day - 15 years back when I tasted meditation for the first time in my life.......it was just explosive and hit me so hard and deep that I was crying for a long time in the lap of a Volunteer after the meditation session was over. Truly it was a revolution in my psyche and in so many ways what ever I am today, the foundation was laid on that day...!! Well, I am honest enough to accept that I had not fully built up on that transcendal experience but still the said experience smells within me like in a soothing manner like a camphor......!!

Simply put, to me - at least in the area of mind of human evolution - changes do take place as revolutions....AND we have been unconsciously labelling them wrongly. In fact, the welcome slogan at Isha where I learnt my meditation and Yoga is "Welcome to the Silent Revolution of Self Realization".....

Yes, this posting springs from the spark that I got from this white banner that was hung up during my Yoga class....!! Thanks to Sadhguru....

I have nothing more to add on this topic.....!! Fine ??

Suchoo

Bliss on "Inventions"

Prelude : Once when I was very passionately explaining my thoughts about this topic to my wife, she looked at me expression-less and made a contemptuous comment.....

Let me touch upon her exact words in the last part of this musings....
It can wait.....!! How nicely she gave me another input for my thoughts....... !!

Dear All

If you are guessing that I plan to start off by stating the most obvious difference between "invention" and "discovery" - you are terribly mistaken.....!! On the contrary, I intend to spill my awe and admiration about the inseparability and inter-woven-nature of these two words.

Persistent WHY questions have given rise to all that human beings have discovered. It is more about observing around and trying to understand things as they are. When man dared to challenge the existing (rather as much as have been understood) realities, inventions have taken place.

Discoveries uncover our past and present while inventions are executed dreams about future.

The beauty is the way they lend support to each other......!!

YES, I see a shade of invention in every thing that human beings have discovered at least at the level of the discoverer; Even for an ignorant mind, every trivial thing that is quite common for "known" people comes as an invention and hits him as a big jolt.

Imagine a villager reaching a metro city for the first time,...... Will he not be intoxicated and speech-less with his new (truly for him) inventions / learning's.....??

I don't think Newton was sure that he was "discovering" when he was gazing at the falling apple....Was he ??

On the other hand, every invention had been enabled only with a fundamental understanding about earlier discoveries. Further, Inventions have served the purpose of making mankind understand few grand scientific truths that were discovered long back and which was a foundation for such inventions (I distinctly remember that I learnt about ETHER existing in atmosphere only when some one explained how RADIO works; How about you ?)

AGANDAM (or the Universe) might not be so interesting if we do not care to enjoy its little things..... its vastness and ..... unbounded-ness....!!

That gives the precise reason why this posting should exist in this blog too....

Love // Suren

ps:- Forgot to tell, My wife's exact words were "Why are you boring me by telling things that I know already ??" She didn't even realize the connection that it was a case of BLISS of INVENTION for me but a well known and "no more inspiring" Discovery.....!!!!

That's all, Thanks.....