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Was browsing throught this e book that got from D , long time back. He said it s quite stunning and that was quite true.
yesterday was a particularly dull and boring day. I had set myself some tasks – professional and personal. and none were being close to met. so the theme of the day was “solemn” ( to put it ultra-mildly)
So finally after browsing on get a ways from chandigarh to exotic places like clouds end et al , which wasnt helping the situation much , i shifted my focus on this book thats been sitting quietly on my desktop – God Debris.
its about this conversation between a delivery boy ( who s the narrator ) who comes to drop a package for this mysteriously curious person , who has one zillion questions and a unique perspective of looking at things called .. Mr Avtaar.
Some breathtakingly refreshing one liners ( & more) jumped at me from the pages of the book.
“when you consider all of the things that can be known , I don’t know much”
do i ? dont i ? thats the quandry . Do i really know everything. what’s everything anyways? its all in the mind . the definition , the context , the knowledge and the perception. the ignorance and the arrogance of knowing it all . the humility of not knowing it all too well , not quite.
the mind is the brilliant trickster , and that takes me to another gem of a thought.
“the human brain is a delusion generator”
Some how I find the idea of a “brain” too mechanical . like an object. on the contrary , i feel “the mind” is a more open sided , free – flowing idea . with no boundaries . but then . .. when you dont have clear boundaries … the chances of one getting carried away from ‘what is there’ to ‘what can be there’ (reality vs eutopia) .
am still reading the book… so the post is WIP
“I talk because I feel ,
I talk to you , because i want you to know how i feel “
Notes to Myself , Hugh Prather.
There arent too many books that stay with you without sounding preachy , or let you pick them up and read a few pages and let go and yet be more than ‘pleasure reading’ .
There arent too many books that let you discover something refreshing everytime you re-read them and make you wonder if you could have written them too..
I call this book my bible. coz i read it everyday.
I call it the perfect gift and i have gifted it to every ‘friend’ i ve made .
strangely , I could have written the book myself.. but what Hugh Prather did was let me discover this passion to write .. within me !
I think life really needs to get into 5 th gear , when some one asks you whats new .. and all you can think is “Would new things to work on .. be an acceptable answer to that one ” :D
well… life s been a little slow lately.
work wise , stuff ‘s happening. and i have discovered a friend i can speak to once in a while - who sort of some how decrypts the “what am i trying to say ” from the “what am i saying” and yet does me a big favour by simply listening :)
Also , have been watching a LOT of movies , the cute kinds? .. yep .. the feel good mushy sorts .
Princess Diaries , Legally Blonde , Sweet Home Alabama , That Thing You Do - Sometime 2 or 3 movies back to back – and its truly wonderful!
some people think thats an art . i dont know. maybe . for me thats how its always been! one movie a day – doesnt quite seem enough!
Saw Just like heaven .. Again too .. and that one has stayed with me long enough to name my post after it !!
So whats the movie about?
It was about a guy who moves into this apartment , still mourning the loss of his dead wife and realizes the spirit of the girl who lived in the apartment earlier is still around.
Together they try to trace her down and discover that she’s in a coma . the guy gets her back to life by some divine intervention and post a little bit of drama , they do get together and live happily ever after .
Something I loved about the story was , apart from that it was this typical fairy tale that I oh so wish happens in my life someday too ( some people just don’t ever give up)
I liked it coz it in such a simple way put across the idea of finding life in the living.
I need to do that. I have always taken pride in being able to do that.
its all i guess about finding your ‘happy place’ .. your heaven. and that place i guess is just a little corner inside your head!
On that profound note , i move on to reading books back to back … :)
