Some thought about "thoughts"

"Thoughts" - the seed from which we manifest our "self". It is an interesting concept. Thoughts occur in the "mind". Western Science has been trying to determine what "constitutes" a mind; and hence determine the place from which thoughts emanate and searching for it in the energy fields of the brain. Eastern Science treats thoughts in a more holistic manner.

Thoughts are the expression of "self" - a rough definition of Atma (soul). Thoughts emanates in our mind and result into feelings. Our emotions - anger, love, jealousy, sadness, happiness, etc - are feelings that result from thoughts. These emotions then makes us act in a certain way, which leads to actions. And of course, actions results into reactions from the other side who received the result of an action. Actions can be perceived as good or bad based on the perception of the do-er and receiver. Each feeling and the corresponding action can also be seen as form of energy that we express, that adds onto the existing energy field around us. This is the karma of our actions.

Most of us would experienced this energy and the energy fields in our life in different forms and fashion. When we are in the midst of a pious man, we can feel that the surroundings reflecting a certain kind of positiveness that projects content. When we are in the midst of a crowd that is protesting, we can feel the energy that is disruptive; when we are in a stadium watching an interesting match between the two teams, we can feel the edginess. These are examples of the energy that we experience in our daily life.

It is not the actions that actually creates the energy; action is just a path to this energy. It is the "thoughts" that is manifest itself as the energy, the karma. The thoughts can create and manifest positive energy. Hence, it becomes very important for us to create thoughts that help us achieve our goals. If thoughts have to be positive, then the mind has to be tended too (more about it sometime later).

Give it a try - next time, when you are late in getting ready for a busy day, you feel the anxiety, your young one throws a tantrum to make your more anxious and frustrated leading you to anger - you have a choice of how you deal with it. It is in your thinking. Try it and see how you can change the situation and the energy around you by thinking in a calm and positive manner.

The same principle applies to your work and everything else in life. It is difficult. I have been trying to implement it for the past few weeks. It has been an interesting challenge.

At the same time, it leaves us wondering - what is mind? Is it the thoughts of our self, our Atma or is it the brain?

Have fun :-).

My God - the world has changed!!

It wasn't long ago that I was at a workplace where we believed that we are working on the latest technology to achieve the business direction. All of us were of the opinion that J2EE, abstraction, layered architecture based on distributed & vertical computing architecture principles, object model segregated from physical model/persistence, business process flow and orchestration, etc that we were working on is the latest cool thing!! 

In a way, this perception and belief was right given that we were ahead of the curve and the competition, while applying and making it relevant to the industry. 

The reality - OH MY GOD!! - the entire industry in which I was part of is actually "missing a beat" of the revolution that is happening out here. Having dwelled on how information technology has undergone "r-evolution" in the past 2-3 years, I ought to say that the "event in Aug" and the "resulting break" is in hindsight a "blessing in disguise". It has made me realize the sea-change that is undergoing in the software landscape; the "blast of changes" that will be unfurled by very nimble companies in the years to come riding on the wave of "cloud computing". 

Short-lived will be the days of vertical computing architecture; the business model will have to undergo a drastic change to have c------r c------city with a horizontal computing architecture - it has been pioneered by Google, achieved by Amazon and others for their respective industries to reap huge business revenue along the way. An architecture which taps on creating businesses being efficient not just in computing power but also in all aspects of the business - delivery, travel, offices, etc. 

All these changes were happening and I/we was/were quite oblivious to it. It is a "radical paradigm shift" which will catch quite a few businesses and companies fleet-footed - some have/will identify and overcome it; most will go down-under. Guess what - I would have remained in the world that we came from with the head buried like an Ostrich. Glad that I was provided this break by the "event" :-) !! - to ponder, think, read, introspect and work on the thought streams.

My God - the world has changed!!