Neo Dress Culture and the Idiot

Marketing Music Videos has always been an innovative trend. The trends take you to the 'top the charts' for week together until someone which a new idea grapples up to grabs the top spot.

The battle has been on all of the time. The week is only a window for a beginning and end of a research and presentation for the ones who watch that feature.

Innovative music videos can take you to new high.............. or a new low. Sometimes so low, that you begin to wonder, where did your brains go!

I was in a restaurant last night. The management has put up one of the slim TV sets and that was beaming music videos. This music video has two - three guys who are in the lead, but the camera is revealing much more. Around these three guys are about 25-30 girls all in their Neo (read as No) Dress Culture. They are in their barely covering two-cloth pieces and all of them are dancing. So what? Well, it doesn't stop here.

The scene takes us to the swimming pool where these women are on a inflated rubber bed floating on water and the men jump, hungrily stretch in the water to grab these hot girls. As they have almost had their grip, the girls laughingly push them away. The scene continues...

Now, I looked the other way and saw many people look at these videos with food in hand and mouth gaping. The food in hand and plate are going cold and the viewers are turning hot. What a paradox!

Here is the best part...

I am thinking...... Now, these viewers, will come alive in the role of Santa and Banta Singh. They will go home and cheekily turn on their PC's, laptops or their gadgets, connect to the net and relive their exciting moments with this music video again and again..... with only one thought in his mind ......... Let's see if the guys are able to get a hold of the girls this time! Again, the room is turning hot, turn the AC on please.

--Mahesh Krishnamurthy

Growing up with Pains

I remember my childhood days. They were not always with fond memories. There were particular nights when I would writh with pain in my legs and my father would press my legs hard until I feel asleep. They took me to a doctor and the doctor told them theat these were growing up pains. I wonder whether my parents also had similar pains in their legs when they were growing up for they chose not to question the doctor.

I grew up into my teenage and this was clearly a time for me to pay back. My father, a geologist, would come back home at about 9.30pm, have dinner and then he would listen to news on the radio. He too would complain of pain in the legs and I would press his legs. At times, the pain in his legs was so severe that he would ask me to stand on his legs. And I thought since he climbs mountains, he has pain in his legs.

Time passed and I learnt Yoga and also got an opportunity to study Ayurveda with pulse diagnosis from the foothills of the Himalayas.

One day, a mother brought her 14 year son complaining of pains in the legs. She said, she had consulted with other doctors and they had told her that these were growing up pains. It was a term too familiar. I looked up his pulse and found that his digestion was not appropriate. A proper diet which excluded junk foods, and included eating when hungry and indicative times of meals and what to eat and clearing bowels in the morning sorted out the problem.

I reflected back into my childhood and realised what my pains were all about and I found the answer... disturbed digestion and untimely bowel evacuation.

Recently, my daughter complained of leg pains and I just knew what the problem is. Asking a question or two sorted out the problem and with improvement in digestion and regularising bowel evacuation, her pains were gone.

Modern medical doctors are of the impression that the body of a child experinces pain while growing up and there is nothing much one can do about it.

Here are some simple tips you can follow;

Do not give your children sweets after food. Sweets can be had before starting a meal. This improves digestion and assimilation. Sweets do not include chocolates

Do not drink water after food (span it by 45 minutes). Children can drink not more than 2-3 sips of water during meals

Lunch can be served latest by 12.30pm and dinner latest by 7pm

Switch of television sets, gadgets and avoid reading while eating. All these take your mind away from focussing on food resulting in over-eating and later, disturbed digestion

Do not bathe after breakfast. Bathe on an empty stomach and then breakfast will get properly digested

These dietary tips help not only children, but also adults in losing weight and improving overall health

Try these dietary tips and share your feedback. My children not on diet and are free of growing up pains. Infact, I have come to the realisation that there is indeed nothing called growing up pains. Wellness doesn't come from hospitals and doctors. When your children are growing up with pains, try to understand what's going wrong. A few corrective steps will help your children jump with joy.

--Mahesh Krishnamurthy

Do not Forgive Anyone

The innate need for everyone to free themselves of accumulated hatred, anger, greed, jealousy, sorrow and fear causes people to forgive one another.

We have to question ourselves.

Does it really work?

I have seen people forgiving one another, then, after sometime, they start behaving like animals with one another again. Then, they go through one more session of forgiveness. So, animal behaviour...... forgiveness...... animal behaviour...... forgiveness and this goes on.

Where is transformation in this behaviour?

True forgiveness is eternal. It humbles you. True forgiveness is where you're no longer associating with what others said or did. True forgiveness is returning to God's Love.

Once you return, then, there is no going back to animal ways.

In forgiveness, there is greatness, not the greatness that one feels when he or she has accomplished something. Greatness is when you return to your and operate from being the Self.

The Self or Atman is ever forgiving. Its inability to harbour any feeling other than pure and unconditional love is its greatness. Such greatness in man can only arrive when he operated from being the Self.

My dear reader, yes... you...

Forgive your thoughts, feelings, memories, your prejudices and your beliefs. That is real forgiveness.

There is no one else to forgive. You do need to forgive yourself for acting out of your thoughts, feelings and beliefs and this this humbles you.

By forgiving others,  you give more power to the ego that you are right and the other is not.

--Mahesh Krishnamurthy

The Gods Amidst Us all

During my schooling years, I was taught in school some sanskrit verses which many of you also have. It reads...

Matru Devo Bhava

Pitru Devo Bhava

Acharya Devo Bhava

Athiti Devo Bhava

After several years, I also learnt that this rendition is from the the Taittiriya Upanishad, a text, sacred to the Hindus.

The above sanskrit verse was translated to me and my classmates by our teacher. Our teacher said it meant that..

I express and feel Godly feelings towards my mother

I express and feel Godly feelings towards my father

I express express and feel Godly feelings towards my mentor

and I express and feel Godly feelings towards our guest

further the sloka prescribes for the student to speak truth first and always choose truth as the first among options, to act righteously and always choose the righteous way first among options, and so on...

Today, I am a parent and I look at the above verses differently.

Matru Devo Bhava

My mother is my God. This, to me means, all that I see and feel my mother say, do and feel for herself and for others, are Godlike to me and I will absorb it and live by her to the best of my ability.

Pitru Devo Bhava

My father is my God. This, to me means, all that I see and feel my father say, do and feel for himself and others, are Godlike to me, pure and perfect, and I will absorb it and live by him to the best of my ability.

Acharya Devo Bhava

My teachers (realising that mentors have a different quality and are hard to find), are my God. This to me means that all that I see and feel they say, do and feel for themselves and for others are Godlike to me, pure and perfect, and I will absorb it and live by them to the best of my ability.

Athiti Devo Bhava

Guests who walk into my life are Godlike to me. I will absorb all that I see and feel them say, do and feel for themselves and others which are pure and perfect, and live by the truth I see and feel.

Having said this, I now ask you to place yourself in the position of Matru (Mother), Pitru (Father), Acharya (Teacher), and finally as the Athiti (Guest). And know that your children, students or your juniors in office follow you as an example to live by.

What qualities of thoughts, words and actions would you want your children, students or your juniors in office to live by? The answer lies in your thoughts, feelings, words and actions that you create for yourself and for others. You are your answer.

This, I believe, is the greatest gift I can give to my children, students and to any other person I meet in life.

Be the God that you want your children, students and your juniors to see.

Need I say more?

--Mahesh Krishnamurthy

Ocean of Love

All of creation started from nothing. 'Nothing' also means, 'No one thing', which is everything. Everything is present. All manifestations are timed appropriately. Each and every aspect of creation manifests at the appropriate time and also merges back into the 'Ocean of love' at the appropriate time. Nothing is separate. All of creation that has come into its being. Its existence is present, here and now, within the ocean of love. The Ocean of love is All that is!

The Ocean of Love wanted to experience itself and so, manifested itself as Man, with a heart to experience and an intellect to express the grandeur of the Ocean of Love. Man arrived with his sense of purpose. He wished that he not only swim in the Ocean of love, but also create shores from where he can experience the grandeur of His creation. Man's wish was granted and shores manifested.

Man began experiencing the grandeur of the Ocean of Love. For a moment, he turned around to see what's behind him. The Ocean of Love, in its benevolent loving way, had also created everything Man needed for the time he will spend experiencing the grandeur of the Ocean of Love, all that was required for his shelter, clothing and his nourishment.

Man learned to create his shelter and clothing and used the fruits around him as food to nourish his body. Soon, Man continued focussing so much on making his shelter stronger and stocking clothing and food that he forgot the very purpose of coming to the shores.

Man continued his self taught mission and created more of his kind. His kind followed what Man did... create shelter, stock clothing and food.

The Ocean of Love, in its benevolent loving way, manifested itself into another Man who, with his heart and intellect, pure as the first Man who had arrived. The new Man, arrived only to remind the other men, the purpose of their coming. The new Man directed these men to the Ocean of Love, which had always been there. Some of the men, who had no knowing of the Ocean of Love, upon realising, their purpose of being on the shores, quickly grasped the idea, while others who were ignorant, chose to be so. Some others experienced the grandeur and revered the new Man and created a shelter for Him.

This, man called, 'The Temple'. The many men who were born in time, left the shores to go deeper into the woods and had also waged wars, grabbed land and established colonies. As time passed, many such Men arrived from the Ocean of Love, to reveal to the men the purpose. Some men in these colonies, likewise were mersmerised by the grandeur of the Ocean of Love and pursued their purpose, while some others chose to build more temples and the rest chose to be ignorant.

Man learnt to manipulate in his mind the ways and means of existing. Sometimes, he chose to be a messenger of God, sometimes, being a trader, sometimes, a farmer, an engineer, a doctor, a politician, a lawyer and so on. Man calls himself a Hindu, a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and what not.

Today, Man has separated himself from the Ocean of Love to such an extent that he at times, believes the Ocean of Love doesn't even exist. The Ocean of Love, in its benevolent, peaceful and loving way, continues to send in time, Man after Man to reveal to the man on earth, the very purpose of his arrival on the shores. You may call the Man as Vishnu, Narayana, Shiva, mahavtar babaji, Lakshmi, Parvati, Rama, Krishna, Jesus, Buddha, Mohammad, Ramanuja, Akka Maha Devi, Sri Raghavendra, Shirdi Sai, Ananda Moyee  Ma, Sri Ramana, Parahansa Yogananda, Sathya Sai or any other. That Man and you, all have come with the one purpose... to appreciate the grandeur of the Ocean of Love that you are. When you are done, jump back into the Ocean of Love.

If you choose to get attached to all that you believe you created on earth or wherever, the Ocean of Love will send you back, only so you can let it all be, and return to the Ocean of Love, just the way you came. Sometime in the future, you will again be sent as Man by the Ocean of Love, so you too may reveal, to the several millions of men on earth who need to be reminded their purpose.

-- Mahesh Krishnamurthy

God Speaks - 1

There is no such time as tomorrow. The perfect presence is in the now. Stay in the now. The now is everything. 

Every thought, every moment you lose, you lose yourself in the now. Here is where everything begins, here is where everything merges. The now is the eternal moment.

Stay aware, awake, alert and be a part of the journey. Don't lose yourself. The loss you perceive will lead to karma. Karma is the perfect teacher. There is neither good nor bad. There is only the experience. Through experience, you learn. Learning is the most important part of an experience. There is no learning without experience. Even if you learn from others' experience, you are still experiencing through the other.

I am the eternal guide. I reside in each one of you and everything, plants, animals and all of creation. I exist in every particle. I am awareness. There is nothing that exists without Me. I am All That Is.

-- Received in Meditation by Mahesh Krishnamurthy