Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Meditation and its methods...

I am not an expert in meditation, Nor do I know its methods..But here is a rough outline for those who wish to do it..

Let your body be clean and let the surroundings be complementing.(A vedic chant in the background during sunset and sunrise would be compelling).

0.Chanting any known manthras would provide a smooth start.

1. Start with observing the surroundings.Pay attention to the sound,sight and other senses.

2.Closing your eyes draw the attention to your body elements.Meditate on each and every part of it. Picturise yourself as a strong unit ready to take the mental race.

3.Do pranayama a few times.

4. Slowly concentrate on your breath.Breathe in and out rythamically.Try to add it to a word.

5.Turn your attention from your breath to your mind.Watch your mind as an outsider.Slowly the thoughts would settle.

Practice regularly till you attain perfection in all the stages. There should not be any attempt to control the mind.It should be set free , only to be settled on its own.

After this the higher stages.
6.Meditate on any chosen image,idea or anything of that sort.
7&8. Hope to fill it at any later stages of my life..

I haven't done anything of it. So do it at your own risk :) I have simply summarized
what I have heard so far..

RK

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

In the hours of meditation...

" Japakodi gunam dhyanam
Dhyanakodi guno Laya
Layakodi gunam ganam
Ganathparatharam nahi "


I regret for not having studied any art forms ,music or anything of that sake. Could start even now , but I am too impatient.


The greatness of music or dance is that it takes the performer to a completely independent world. A world where one forget about ones own existence, something which Rishis and Yogis try to achieve through meditation.

I am through a restructuring phase of my life. By restructuring I simply mean disciplining myself for some great work(of course, still unknown).Has to work out a plan for it..Hope this wont be another futile attempt as countless occasions before..

Wishing myself gudluck
RK

DE Shaw... :(

So the drama has reached its climax...DEShaw has visited the campus and has taken two..
Cannot help confessing that I am filled with asooya...They wanted people to build "Complex Trading Systems " and that was what exactly I could offer them, as my adrenalin gets pumped up at the very thought of it...

But as Geetha says "Sambavichethellam Nallathinu , Sambavikkan pokunnathum nallathinu .." . Don't know whether I would have qualified for the interview , could I sit for it.Had I cleared the test , I believe that I had a fair chance. But clearing the test was always on cards.Otherwise I would have risked it.

Hope to get some good technical stuff at Oracle. Some years down the line, I hope ___________.

Signing off
RK