Beauty is skin deep, brains are skull deep.......wanna go deeper?? Believe in Conscience!!!!

Hi pals,

Beauty is skin deep and brains a little under the skull but what is there in us humans which is not as shallow as that. Yeah, I have heard these words every now and then, Man has become 'Shallow' and morals have become 'Hollow'. I think they make something very unclear and also exaggerate the point that humans have lost the 'Human Touch'. I strongly believe not. Humanity will be there until human are there. Its only the ramifications of the evolution in the social value system just like the human evolution itself. I can never imagine a Neanderthal to think about child abuse. The society is evolving so do its values and also its morals. I don't say that its a good change but I can definitely say that change is inevitable. We like the rapid technology changes and the effects/comforts it brings to our life but remember if there is a change in our lifestyle there will be change in all other attributes of our lives. I think we a re worried more about the pace at which the society changes and hence are really having a tough time to adjust.

Now as I have put my case in front of you I can imagine ppl thinking what's the topic to do with the content. Yes it is perfectly in harmony with it. Only that its not the question which sounds familiar but the proposed solution. We have seen the strength and the beauty which have reigned in the last few millenniums and the brains take over from them in the last few centuries. But as we continue on this endless quest of civilization we seek solution for the problems presented by the rapidly changing environment, globalization and geo-politics. My argument is that we have tried beauty & strength and we have tried brains but believe or not they are not the solution alone to overcome or even live in harmony with this change. We need something more. People around me always talked about it. Scholars have discussed and written volumes about it and this has been the mantra for this generation just like Einstein's 'Theory of Relativity' was a few decades ago. But again I doubt if we understand what it is well. I find it analogous to the idea of space-time in the Einstein's theory. If beauty, strength and wisdom (brains) are the spatial co-ordinates, conscience is the 'time' factor. Our lives need harmony between all the four just like physical world needs between the space and time. I hope that is the solution......I believe that's the way ahead to have a great future in harmony with nature and technology........I believe that's what we look upon coz its not just as deep as we are......its deeper than we can ever imagine.........have a great ride into the unification of mind and soul.............Gr8 Folks!!!!!!!!!!!!

A day I would like to forget, or may be not!

Tuesday, 9^th of January 2008:

Life is beautiful with full of charm and hope to have a better day every time I wake up. A good coffee and a nice warm shower start my day after which I generally hurry towards my office. This day was supposed to be normal, same as the others having a whole day of work and travel. It was supposed to be good, a routine and absolutely non-incidental. But it turned out to be a nightmare I would like to forget but may be I can’t. The day started as usual with a good coffee and a shower and of course me hurrying to make it in time to the office. It was same as any other day until I saw something on the road. I saw people standing around something. The sight of it was alarming, and I could smell something terribly wrong there. My bus was nearing the crowd and my heart was pumping hysterically. I never intended to see what could have happened there. My pulse rising as the bus was inching towards the crowd which bottlenecked the traffic. The moment came at last and what I saw was horrific. I saw a man lying on the road his eyes wide open and covered with blood. He was dead; probably he was hurt on his head. I stood breathless to find a person die so horribly. I don’t know whose mistake was it, or who did it but what I know is that some irreparable damage has occurred. I couldn’t stop the tears in my eyes imagining his wife, parents and may be his small kids who’ve lost him forever.

My first reaction was to forget the whole incident and carry on with my life, my work. But wait a sec, can I do that in fact can I afford to forget something as vital as one’s life? Can I remain content with the fact that I was not involved and my family hasn’t lost anybody? Can I be ignorant of the fact that the person who was responsible and probably survived may not even repent? All these questions filled my conscience that day. The picture of that man came into my dreams and he stared at me saying “did I deserve a death like that?” I was shaken from my roots, and I couldn’t sleep. How can I? How can we all?

My friends, I realize that we all have our own private lives but we do have to be responsible in order to protect ourselves and our own beloved from the wrath of what I call “Shear Negligence”. If an accident occurs it’s the liability of both parties involved equally. I believe we all should take an initiative to prevent these horrible episodes in our lives to occur. We can always do it by behaving responsibly, by doing the following:

1) Obey traffic rules

2) Wear Helmets and Seat belts

3) Don’t over speed

4) No drinks with driving and no cell phones as well

I hope we all realize the importance of life and the menace of losing it to an accident caused due to negligence.

I thought I would forget this day but I will not, because this incident has opened my eyes and I hope my account if read by you will make you realize as well.