What the Eyes (does not) behold!!

Scene 1 - Hospital Ward - "Room with a view"

There was a patient in the bed next to the window in the ward who was kind hearted. On the next bed was a patient who could not move, and who had no view of the outside. The fellow on the bed next to the window used to explain to the other about the activities in the great park outside, of children playing, birds chirping ET All, a running commentary for many months. This kept the other patient connected to the world, and made him very happy.

Then the patient next to the window passed away, and his friend was in grief. However, he asked to be shifted to the bed next to the window, which they did. Once there, and upon peering through the window, all he could see was a dark blank wall. Who put up the wall? he queried. It was always there, the wall - it was just the compassion of his fellow patient and a desire to make him happy which had negated the wall for many a month!!!

M Kalipurayath
End june 2008
Bangalore, India

An Ode to “Anonymous”

I would say that the concept of “platforms of Thought” has relevance here. How does one judge what is good/ right? One has to initially comprehend the meaning of bad, the feel of what is not right. Only then does the judgment of what is good hold well. A man who has enjoyed wealth all his life would find it difficult to comprehend the miseries of abject poverty. Hence the need for the good and bad, light and darkness, The Yin and the Yang, and more importantly the need to strike a balance between them, which would be in resonance with the vibrations of nature.

Man is the only animal which kills for nothing. All other creatures kill either for food, or in fear.

To “Anonymous’ – can I have a name/ number attached? Gives a visual effect to what you are typing in. One of the gifts of creation is the ability to dream, design on clouds – as long as you know how to make that castle stand – well – most of the times!!! – And you seem to have a wonderful sense of justice – Artha Shastra???

Righteousness

Righteousness has it's own path, but the Myopic can't see it. I think it was Gabriel Marquez who asked - god made man as an 'amenable' creature. Then to test dose the concept, put man in a beautiful and romantic garden called Eden. To add salt on a wound, he pointed to an apple and told Adam not to touch it, after instilling curiosity and vanity in man. Then he put Eve in front of Adam and told him not to touch her either, after imbibing him with knowledge of all the sensuous pleasures.
How the hell can you blame Adam or eve?, God was a possessive and erratic player here. But it seems he won, while Adam got the Apple, Eve, and the Curse!!!

Fortunate, we are!!!

We are very fortunate, compared to what others have, or more importantly, don't have. But we try to measure our luck only with those who are most successful, and most endowed. And in doing this, we cast our shadows on ourselves.

Imagination

Imagination.....that is a long word!!!. And what is it that touches our heart?. Can one presume that all has platforms of thought, and does imagination add spice to what and how we feel?. Is it the "imagination less" who are considered practical and socially acceptable, albeit sometimes referred to as cold blooded and successful?. The variant with the spice (imagination) added is often referred to as the erratic, the eccentric. What then, is the fate of the one who adds fantasy to that of imagination, or understands fantasy as an extension of the flight called imagination???...cruel itself is the word conjoined for this ecstasy...crazy, mad ET All.

On the Baltic’s – aboard the “Crown Princess”

Thro Colombo and a two day stint in Paris, we, an eager group, finally arrived at Copenhagen to behold our vessel for the next ten days – the Crown Princess. To say that she stood tall would be an understatement, 19 floors above the water and apparently 60 Meters below – 1500 State rooms and a crew of 1600, of mixed nationalities but common reactions.

A quick tour around brought me to the conclusion – it is the Sky walkers Night Club and the Wheel house bar that is where I am meant to be. The crowd @ the Sky walker’s was usually thin, owing to hectic in land traveling during the day and also due to the above ‘swinging’ age of the average passenger(not that they were not ‘swinging’ in their minds, hearts and souls!!!
The Wheel House was albeit different, the crowd swelling from near thin on the first night to being talked about as the ‘in’ bar on the Ship, may she always sail in pride. That was largely due to the courtesy of the staff there, from pretty Katerina (Kathy) of Macedonia to the handsome gentleman from Goa, India.
But the best was yet to be seen. The Tempo Quatro- Christian on his Roland drums, Doru on his Borg keys, and Marian and the irresistible Monica crooning away late into the night all that strikes your heart, a Hindi Cha Cha Cha included for their ‘Indian Friend’, which she down loaded just to play for us/ Me???. – They made my trip ‘SUPER SWELL’!!! – I am flying in to Romania – that is their country, Bucharest awaits me!!!

After being on The Baltic Sea @ May 2008