प्रसंगवश : राजनीति के पुरस्कार बनाम पुरस्कार राजनीति

प्रसंगवश : राजनीति के पुरस्कार बनाम पुरस्कार की राजनीति 

100008 / लक्षतीर्थ / lakṣatīrtha /

100008 / लक्षतीर्थ / lakṣatīrtha /
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Yesterday I had a dream. don't remember at  what time. But I was near the river नर्मदा / narmadā /  and wanted to take a bath. I was a bit scared because the river was in spate and was uneven. Though I knew I should take bath along the bank with the help of a mug, I went near and was thinking how to pour water on myself. Then I took many mugful of water upon my body and was thinking to push some upon my private parts. I was wearing just an underwear. But before I could do anything, a big wave rushed towards me and drenched me in waters. I felt great! Shivering because of fear, I returned, but the feeling of serene, sacred freshness remained with me even after waking up.
2. Today in dream I was reading a Sanskrit text where the word मामिलि / māmili /  was there as the first in the second line of the श्लोक / śloka. I knew the meaning which was confirmed as correct in the next श्लोक / śloka. The meaning of the whole श्लोक / śloka  was :
There are 4 zeros. there is 1 one.
At once I 'decoded that मन वचन कर्म बुद्धि are the four 'voids' They are apparent not real.
1 is the Self. then someone told me :
you are now लक्षतीर्थ / lakṣatīrtha /. That also I decoded as :
100008. The one 1 (self) is ever untouched by 8 (प्रकृति / prakṛti) and there are 4 veda, or the above said 'voids' in between.
Though the meaning was similar as in Jain and  बौद्ध / bauddha philosophy, the text in Sanskrit was from a thin book of 15-20 pages with English translation in the book along-with the Sanskrit text. And this book had a blue design on the cover-page with white background. There was only one image of a swan or conch perhaps.

just for record.

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:) The eight the infinite. the zero the wall. the one the back of infinite. the infinite the one. the self stands in infinite. the self crosses the zero. the self go through voids. the self reaches the one. The self aware.  the one is the infinite.
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Great insight!
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8 is spiritual infinity (vertical)परा प्रकृति / parā prakṛti / 
 ∞ (sometimes called the 'lemniscate') is a mathematical symbol representing the concept of infinity, -  is material infinity (horizontal)अपरा प्रकृति / aparā prakṛti /
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आज की कविता

आज की कविता 
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एक खामोश काली परछाई 
तैरती है रहती दिलों के उजालों पर
हालाँकि आसमान देखने पर, 
कोई पंछी नज़र नहीं आता ।
एक खामोश काली परछाई...

तुम को भूत ने पकड़ रखा है,
भूत को किसने पकड़ रखा होगा?
जिसने भी पकड़ रखा होगा उसको,
उसको साये ने जकड़ रखा होगा, 
उसी साये ने जो कि है काली,
एक खामोश काली परछाई...

इसलिए देखने पर भी आसमां,
कोई पंछी नज़र नहीं आता,
कोई उजला या काला सुरमई या,
भूरा, रंगीन या कि चितकबरा,
गो कि उड़ते रहते हैं आसमां पर वो,
जैसे खामोश काली परछाई...
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A Fortnight of Complete Darkness!

A Fortnight of Complete Darkness!

And you know I wasted 2 hrs. trying to understand this is true or what.
The orbit of Earth around Sun is longer than Venus. Supposing the planets move in a plane (I don't know so far, I guess they move in non-co-planer orbits) then only there is possibility that Venus would block the light coming from sun to reach earth. And this has happened a year or two ago when we saw Venus as a dim spot on a bright sun. But as far as Jupiter is concerned the orbit of Jupiter is much longer than the earth.
In short, The Mercury is very near to Sun, Then Venus is far more away in comparison to Mercury. Then is Earth. then Mars and then Jupiter and after that Saturn. So there is no chance that Jupiter could ever come between Sun and Earth even if the planets are co-planer (move in the same plane) or not. This causes a doubt about the truth of the said report of NASA where-in this prediction / forecast is given.
There is yet another reason what NASA claims as the cause of 15 days of darkness. I don't know how far that is correct. 
If that is true, let us wait, see and enjoy.
I don't know if there is another such event people on earth could have witnessed so far on Earth.
There is one such recorded example though, when during the war of Mahabharata Sun appeared to have set and Karna was getting ready to retreat, because the war was prohibited after sun-set. Then Srikrishna suggested to Arjuna : The sun is not yet set it will set after a few minutes. And Arjuna cast his arrow upon Karna. Caught unaware, Karna was killed. Later on Srikrishna told him :
Arjuna! There are many explanations, all true :
1.I commanded the Earth to move away from its regular path for a while so that sun looks as if has set. And Earth complied to my command.
2.It was destiny which is neither mine nor your's but Cosmic Collective.
3.It was according to laws of Astronomy but only I know and neither you nor anyone (including Karna) else knew.
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Secluded Hyper-spaces in consciousness.

Secluded Hyper-spaces in consciousness.
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Question : I had an awesome dream. 
Today also (like those many earlier dreams) I was walking on air.
2 inches above the ground. I feel so good whenever I walk like this, ... feel so light! Will you please teach me how to walk upon the air / water for real?
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Answer :
Do you remember quark and PHOTON in STRING THEORY? STRING THEORY does not explain gravitational / magnetic or electric 'Fields' satisfactorily. A PHOTON is 'SELF' only. Though we need to explain a bit here, how that is the premise.
A Gravitational, magnetic or electric-field comprising of charged-particles like 'ions' is called a 'Field'. This 'Field' itself is a purely physical hypothetical 'space' and its existence could be proved and accepted beyond doubt by sound reasoning. This way we can imagine / understand the existence of a 'physical' hyper-space that is there to be thought of, discussed and studied about along-with this 3-D Geometrical space which is the basis of defining our 'space'.
STRING THEORY claims to explain what is 'Force' as such. The physical force that causes the matter move. But STRING THEORY does not explain what is this physical space where-in this 'Force' causes this happening. 
Science can not refute or deny existence of a consciousness (- presently let us limit this to a living body with a 'brain' and senses.)
This 'brain' though works exactly like a programmed 'computer'  with its 'memory' and through memory 'recognition' comes into play. No memory, no recognition And Conversely, no recognition, no memory.
A 'consciousness' presumably this faculty of 'brain', is therefore interplay of memory and recognition only.
Then comes up a specific memory / recognition of a 'me' in the brain.
This memory / recognition is perceived in a 'consciousness' that is not 'me' nor any other memory / recognition.
So, this 'me' is but an assumption and has no real existence.
Though brain works under the sub-ordinate status of this 'me', this 'me' is nevertheless a hypothetical entity only.
The 'consciousness' where-in this whole thing happens though takes no part in this play, is the only evidence of all this working of 'brain'.
Thus we come upon the conclusion that there is a 'space', of the 'consciousness'-kind underlying the different other 'spaces' like geometrical, magnetic, or electric.     
'me' exists or not may be a moot question, may be, this could be challenged but 'who' is there that could do so? Because without accepting the existence of a 'consciousness-space' this 'me' remains undefined.
But this all discussion is possible to be carried out while 'one' is awake.
And only when 'one' is awake one can talk about the other states perceived by 'brain' in 'consciousness', and through the relative 'senses of those states 'other than' this waking state.
This gives rise to the axioms that there 'are' other states of brain when it registers and  builds up memory and recognition.
It is still doubtful if in those other states does the brain compare and contrast those states with its waking state that it is experiencing just now in this moment.
Whatever be the fact, we arrive at the result that there are sub-spaces in consciousness.
We can also assume by almost every-one's experience that such sub-spaces are mutually exclusive.
When we are awake, we can't dream, when we dream, we can't be awake or sleeping. Like-wise while we are fast asleep, we can't dream or be in a waking state of brain.
And at the same time, our existence never undergoes interruption. We say or don't say 'me', We never say 'I was not' / 'I existed not'. That is a logical and rational proof that whatever we are, exists timelessly.
'Timelessly', because 'Time' too is again consequent to memory and recognition.  
'Who' thinks?
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This is is the very core-point where 'I' /'self' and 'thought' get confounded and become the mess.
'I think' is the first error because of this confusion.
'Thinking' as such is the functioning of intellect and takes place in brain, a most physical kind of phenomena. On the other hand 'I', -whatever be its reality, is not 'thinking'. So 'thinking' and 'I' are basically things of very different kind.
पतञ्जलि / patañjali in His Treatise on योग / Yoga starts with this very first principle 'वृत्ति' / 'vṛtti', in His first aphorism.
योगश्चित्तवृत्ति निरोधः / yogashcittavṛtti nirodhaH.
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Thus when we understand how 'I' is neither a consequence of 'thinking' nor 'thinking' a consequence of 'I', and both these elements / principles are essentially of different kind, the proposition just crumbles down.

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The 'thought-space'. 
Therefore, we could conveniently define a 'thought-space' associated with every individual 'brain' located in every individual physical body. This thought-space lives 'a life' and is assumed as 'my life'. Though that is a false notion.
Every single 'brain' has its own 'thought-space'. 
Even a micro-organism, has a potential brain, a 'program' in the binary language of 'memory' and 'recognition', and this creates in it such a false notion of 'me'. 
Assuming every individual 'life' as having matter as its substance that gives it a 'physical' body of mass 'm', and assuming the earth as having the mass 'M', we can deduce the law of Gravitation, in this way :
In the formula
F= g(m.M)/(r)^2, where F= Force of Attraction,
m= mass of a physical body,
M = mass of the Earth,
g = Gravitational Constant, 
r= Distance between the two,
If m is 0, 
F becomes 0.
But r is still a positive quantity, so that F is never 0 at any instant at the practical level.
Let us postulate, If r could somehow be made negative, F too so could be 'negative. 
This means the Force F which is a vector quantity becomes negative.In other words, its 'direction' is reversed', becomes 'opposite', = 180 degrees.
=> F becomes (-)F, The Force of Repulsion.
This could be further postulated to 'happen in the 'hyperspace' that is a 'Thought-space'. 
Then the only question "how to synchronize the two 'Forces' so as to achieve a desired balance remains there to be dealt with.
If that could be done, you could sure float upon air or walk upon the waters.
पतञ्जलि  / patañjali in His Treatise on योग / Yoga gives another clue to achieve this feet. 
String theory postulates 'photons' that are responsible for 'Force'.
Treating Earth as a cosmic hyperspace, and 'me' / 'self' in the individual body, one can identify oneself with the Earth.
This way one is freed from the bondage that Gravitational Force keeps him confined in.This is the end.There is nothing  to practice in fact.
Remark :
Walking upon air or water in one's dream indicates an urge to get over this mundane Reality, this physical world of illusion. If this urge is properly and correctly addressed, one could achieve far more Greater results.
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मुर्दा ख़यालों के ताबूत...

मुर्दा ख़यालों के ताबूत...

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ताक़यामत
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कितना बड़ा क़ब्रिस्तान है यह कि लगभग हर दूसरे तीसरे दिन कुछ लाशें दफ़ना देता हूँ ! कभी कभी तो एक ही दिन कई कई भी एक ही साथ ! जानता हूँ कि वे करवटें बदलती होंगी, कभी एक दूसरे का सहारा लेकर दर्द बाँट लेती होंगीं जैसा कि उन दूसरी लाशों को नसीब नहीं होता जो ठिठुरती शीत में अपनी कब्र के लिहाफ़ में अकेली काँपती रहती हैँ । कुछ  लाशों को तो मैं यथाशीघ्र जला दिया करता हूँ लेकिन बाकी दूसरी, या लावारिस लाशोँ को उनके विश्वास का सम्मान करते हुए दफ़ना देना ही उचित जान पड़ता है । ताक़यामत वे वहाँ सुक़ून से वक़्त बिता सकती होंगी। किसी नई लाश / किन्हीं नई लाशों को दफ़नाते हुए अक़सर उन पुरानी कब्रोँ पर भी श्रद्धा-सुमन चढ़ा आता हूँ जिनके बारे मेँ लगता है कि वे चैन से नहीं सो पा रहीं । कभी कभी उनकी रूहेँ मेरी तरह वहाँ टहलती नज़र आ जाती हैं, तो कभी कभी मेरे ख़्वाब मेँ आकर भी कह जाती हैं कि वे हिबरनेशन पूरा कर चुकी हैँ, तब मैँ उन्हेँ मुक्त कर देता हूँ और वो मुझे !
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Coffins of the dead thoughts.

What a vast cemetery is this! Sprawling across miles and miles where I can’t reach walking for a day or even weeks, yet could go anywhere in a split second! And every next or third day I lay to rest in the graves, many a corpses ! Sometimes a few together in the same grave! I am aware they might be turning sides in there disturbed sleep there, and occasionally might seek support from the others lying next to them, sharing their pains and agonies. Other those are not so fortunate, who sleep all alone in their solitary cave-like bed under the earth. Cold, humid, dark, with no one to tell their woes. May be, some could live lost in blissful oblivion also. Every day I cremate here those who I know believe in an after-life, hand-over them to Lord Fire, Who they might think would burn down all their blemishes, sins and misfortunes and let them awaken in a new shining birth. Yet there are those, who I don’t know identity of, almost a stranger to me, I don’t know what they might be believing in, those agnostics, skeptics, seculars, or the others. While interring some new ones, I pay a thought-tribute to the older ones at their respective graves sometime. I often stroll, take a long walk in the ground to discover some already laid-down to rest, are wandering there aimlessly, leaving behind in their graves, their own corpses in rest, and they hint at me they want relief, a respite. Or even more, they contact me in my dream and request they have been in hibernation for so long, and want to wake up to their / my world. Then I free / liberate them and they too reward me with the same freedom. And we all share the joy!   

Story -11 / कथा -11,

एक कहानी 
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मेरे इस क़स्बेनुमा शहर में आज भी रावण की एक प्रतिमा है जिसकी पूजा हर रामनवमी पर गाँव के कुछ लोग करते हैं जिस पर दूसरे कई लोग हँसते हैं, कुछ आश्चर्य करते हैं तो कुछ बस मेरी तरह उदासीन भी होते हैं । 
मेरे इस क़स्बेनुमा शहर में जो तब गाँव हुआ करता था, शायद पचास वर्षों बाद ’रावण-दहन’ संपन्न होने जा रहा है । समारोहपूर्वक, जैसा कि देश के और भी बहुत से स्थानों पर होता है ।
जब मैंने कॉलेज में एड्मिशन लिया था, उस साल आखिरी बार मेरे इस शहर में दो हफ़्ते तक ’रामलीला’ होने के बाद ’रावण-दहन’ होनेवाला था । वह कार्यक्रम ’रामलीला’ का ही एक ’अंक’ था ।
रावण, कुंभकर्ण और मेघनाद के भव्य पुतले सज-धजकर गर्वपूर्वक मैदान में खड़े थे ।
’नेताजी’ भी पधार चुके थे, और उनके हाथों में धनुष भी था । वे ’लक्ष्य-संधान’ का पर्याप्त अभ्यास कर चुके थे, और उन्हें भरोसा था कि जिन दस-बीस बाणों की बौछार वे रावण पर करेंगे, उनमें से कोई न कोई अवश्य ही उसे प्रज्वलित कर देगा ।
किन्तु न जाने क्यों बहुत से बाणों के प्रयोग के बाद भी रावण यथावत् शान से खड़ा था ।
नेताजी ने प्रश्नसूचक दृष्टि से अपने सहायक की ओर देखा ।
सहायक ने भी उसी तरह नेताजी को ।
तभी गरजती गूँजती आवाज में रावण बोल उठा :
"तुम मुझ पर बाण नहीं चला सकते!"
यह ऐसी आश्चर्यजनक घटना थी कि नेताजी के होश उड़ गए । वहाँ उपस्थित शेष सारे लोग भी भयभीत हो गए ।
"तुम जानना चाहते हो मेरे और मेरे वंश, कुल, परिवार, समाज और प्रजा, साम्राज्य के नष्ट हो जानने का कारण?"
भीड़ स्तब्ध, विस्मयविमूढ़ होकर सुनती रही ।
"मैं महापण्डित था किन्तु स्त्री के प्रति कुदृष्टि रखना मेरा एकमात्र महापाप था जिसने मेरे समस्त कुल, वैभव और समृद्धि को मिट्टी में मिला दिया ।"
भीड़ स्तब्ध, विस्मयविमूढ़ होकर सुनती रही ।
"हाँ तुम मुझे अवश्य जला सकते हो, एक ही बाण चलाकर, किन्तु बाण वही चलाए, जिसने किसी भी नारी को एक बार भी कभी कुदृष्टि से न देखा हो ।"
लज्जाभिभूत नेताजी के हाथों से धनुष वैसे ही छूट गया जैसे महाभारत-युद्ध के समय शोक-विह्वल अर्जुन के हाथों से कभी छूटा होगा ।
उनके सहायक ने साहसपूर्वक ’अनाउन्स’ किया :
"है कोई यहाँ, जो अपने-आपको बाण चलाने का अधिकार रखने की योग्यता से संपन्न मानता हो?"
भीड़ निरुत्तर, स्तब्ध, विस्मयविमूढ़ होकर सुनती रही ।
तब सहायक ने दोनों हाथ जोड़कर रावण से विनती की :
"हे लंकेश, हमारे अपराध क्षमा करें और कृपया हमें बतलाएँ कि यहाँ उपस्थित पुरुषों में से न सही, नारियों में ही क्या कोई ऐसी है, जो आप पर बाण चला सके?"
"हा ... हा ... हा...!"
रावण के ठहाके से धरती काँप उठी ।
"सुनो! स्त्री मुझ पर बाण कैसे चला सकेगी? नहीं चला सकेगी, इसलिए नहीं क्योंकि वह अबला है और मैं बहुत बलवान, बल्कि केवल इसलिए, क्योंकि उसके लिए सभी पुरुष पुत्रवत् ही हुआ करते हैं । फ़िर चाहे उनमें से कोई मुझ जैसा दुराचारी ही क्यों न हो! ठीक है मुझे जो कहना था कह चुका । इसके बाद भी अगर तुम चाहो तो मेरा दहन कर सकते हो ।"
रोमांचित भीड़ निरुत्तर, स्तब्ध, विस्मयविमूढ़ होकर सुनती रही ।
देर तक एक कठिन, असह्य मौन वहाँ व्याप्त रहा ।
तब रावण ने अपने हाथ से कटार ली और उसे अपने सीने में घोंप दिया ।
भीड़ हा-हा-कार कर उठी । सब रो रहे थे ।
एक विस्फोट हुआ और रावण का पुतला अग्नि की प्रचण्ड ज्वालाओं में धू-धू कर जलने लगा । कुछ ही देर बाद शेष दो पुतले भी अग्नि की भेंट चढ़ गए ।
उस दिन के बाद मेरे शहर में फिर कभी रावण नहीं जला ।
अब, लोग इस घटना को लगभग भूल ही चुके थे, किन्तु कुछ दिन पहले कुछ उत्साही युवा रावण-दहन समारोह के लिए मुझसे ’चंदा’ माँगने आये तो मुझे यह घटना याद हो आई!
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क्षेप्तारं पर्वताग्राणां सुराणां च प्रमर्दनम् ।
उच्छेत्तारं च धर्माणां परदाराभिमर्शनम् ॥
(वाल्मीकि रामायण - अरण्यकाण्ड, सर्ग 32, श्लोक 12)
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