Monday, May 21, 2012

Revival

A blog entry after almost 6 years. Let’s see how far I go this time. Last time, in 2006, it was just two posts within a month and then nothing for 6 yearsJ. Well, I feel I have gained the discipline and sincerity over the years to pursue my interests, it kind of comes default with age…but who knows, my intuition has proved wrong earlier. 

Ok, let me start by penning down the reason, I think, I am taking up blogging for. We constantly evolve over time- our perceptions, our thoughts, our needs, our wants, our likes, our dislikes, our relations, our priorities and our surroundings change over time. A lot of our thoughts are shaped up by the information and knowledge we have, and since, as we grow, this information set changes, so does our thoughts and other softer aspects. 

In life, love is essential. But to love anyone/anything other than our-self, we first have to love our-self and before that, we must know our-self. In-fact in my opinion, if we make as set of possible objectives for human’s life, “knowing self” would figure quite prominently in it. To know self, it’s important to understand what defines a person. From the top of my head, candidates can be our looks, our relationships, our achievements, our interests, our education our thoughts and our feelings. To the best of my understanding, our feelings are what define us, as they inculcate the impact of all others. But, feelings are much more abstract and difficult to capture. Also, a lot of activities, thoughts and events can converge to the same feeling. For example, you can happy because of promotion at work or by watching a good movie or by helping someone in need. Thoughts, which are a lower level of abstraction than feelings, have the capability to provide this distinction. So, a person’s thoughts are instrumental in knowing/understanding him. Keeping this in mind, my objective of blogging is devote time to understand/analyze my thoughts, create memory pegs for my thoughts and time-and-again, reflect on how my particular evolution-path has been.

Cheers,
Pradeep.

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