of sleep and consciousness...

"the sleeping man woke into the world, into the chirping of the birds, the morning sounds, the red line of the sun just about to rise, the blinding world of senses. He knew he was not doing the right thing.But man cannot be stopped. He woke again. And then again and again. Until it became a habit and then a necessity and then natural. Time went by. The wind of thought weathered the rock of truth. Sleep is now the unconscious state. The state blinded by senses is now called the conscious state. When you are out of touch with your real Self, beyond the limited perception of the senses, is it really consciousness? Will the world realise the real conscious state sleeping in the minds..."

Sreekanth quoted this on 5th Jan 2003 in his blog! just happened to do a random click in search of the Sreekanth I had met a few years back...

of parallelism...

Panya: "ha ha ha!!! two parallel lines do meet sometimes!!!" (on one seeming point of convergence between us after years of disagreements on practically everything!)

Pakya: "yeah thats my point...even staying parallel without diverging is an indication of something naa? I don't think we should complain about being parallel :) "

funny I should quote myself, but as I was 'not' telling someone earlier today, I am making myself aware of the narcissist inside me. anyways the point was about parallel lines, not so much about just one of them lines.

have heard enough cliched arguments around 'agreeing to disagree', 'seeing the other's POV', 'empathy', but somehow none of them ever struck a chord for me. harmony and disagreement were always opposites for me. just looking back at the 30+ years that spans our friendship (panya and pakya), it struck me how uncommon it was.

garrulous, outgoing, flamboyant, assertive (even obnoxiously so sometimes :), spontaneous, adventurous panya...
quiet, reserved, withdrawn, agreeable (even pitiably so at times :), thoughtful, conformist pakya...

and one well timed common adventure with education has now given us a platform and a basis to challenge our individual notions and worldviews using common vocabulary. of course we don't have to live together all the time which lends the relationship the space to breathe!

so whats the point...nothing. just felt like saying this online :)