Ultimate aim of life

The soul derives immediate pleasure in righteous deeds (satkarma). After decease of the physical body, in jivas securance of emancipation (sadgati), the agency is again these deeds. Thus, both in this world (loka) and the other (parloka), inner happiness depends on acts of righteousness. The soul’s interest, therefore, consists in acquisition of spiritual merit (punya-prayojana). Interests of the gross body lie in a contrary direction; the external senses and the mind long for worldly enjoyments to the maximum possible extent. By adopting this course of action, man spends his whole life trying to satisfy the insatiable appetites of the mortal body and, in the process, goes on sinning and accumulating demerits. The senses do get entertained this way, but the soul has to suffer both here and in the hereafter. When interests of the soul are catered to, the body is put to discomfort. It has to endure the rigours of austerity, sacrifice, continence, sense-control altruistic service, charitableness etc. Thus, we find that interests of the body and that of the soul, are mutually exclusive; in the pleasure of one, lies the pain of the other.
----From Upnishad

One & Only Paulo Coelho

Amazing writer ….hehehe ..i know you might be thinking that Maneesh has started reading Angregi ( English ) books , but its not…the fascination is only due to my wife …who just loves reading his books and is mad about it.
I have also tried sometimes and its really amazing . He unknowingly touches your life and don’t even know when you have started following your dreams ( as he says ) . I have found that he talks a lot about dreams . May be its true not to give up on the dreams , just need to follow the signs .
About Paulo : Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He attended a Jesuit school. As a teenager, Coelho wanted to become a writer. Upon telling his mother this, she responded with "My dear, your father is an Engineer. He's a logical, reasonable man with a very clear vision of the world. Do you actually know what it means to be a writer?"After researching, Coelho concluded that a writer "always wears glasses and never combs his hair" and has a "duty and an obligation never to be understood by his own generation," amongst other things.

Who am I, Who are you & who is Thee

Life always seems to be a mystery. And then comes the usual question, why at all life???
Before leaving for Mumbai, just had a small chat with my father and he recalled of an old poem which he read years back. The poet narrates few lines and says, when I was small, I used to ask this question from my mother, and that question is still unanswered.
Who am I … Who are you ….Who is Thee
Three sentence, but can bring your life upside down.
Why there is a birth, why there exist death and who is there who manages the whole show. Can in my life time I can solve this mystery of knowing myself.
Swami Ramakrishna says: Why life should occur at all. Survival of the fittest does not carry us far. Life has little survival vale compared with matter from which it is supposed to have sprung. A rock survives for millions of years, while the oldest tree is few 1000 years old.
So all the human level evolution is governed and dominated by the power of spirit in man, not by material forces.

There Is Something In The Air

There is something between you and me . Life is empty without you and even breath is empty and lonely. Every thing is missing without you as you were always the reason for me being happy and complete.

Since you have left , there is no light and seems I am alone in the way. Every morning comes with a new though of yours , but now it doesn't makes me happy , but lost.

Lessons learned !!!

I did a mistake and the very next moment I understood that I have done a mistake. But more than that I know I have to take risk and if I do that probably I would face failure.
But I have learned a lesson. So does it mean I am maturing. “May Be Not “
The momentum with which we learn from our mistakes is far slower than the momentum with which the environment around us is changing. So may be the time I learned about “Hardworking “, it was already gone and “Smart working “ came into picture. So even though I learned, I was slower than the environment.
Now the question is how to keep pace with the factor, which is neither in our control nor predictable.
The only way is to become more adaptable and flexible to see through the future.

Best Example of PPP

Its almost 1 year of Satyam catastrophe , and I am very happy the way the company has restated it self in the industry with the help of Tech Mahindra .

But the over all credit goes to the 4 govt appointed members who did a fantastic job , and since Satyam holds a special place in my heart , I would like to thank them from within my heart . I always wanted Satyam to come back to normal and that’s the way it is today.

This is also a fantastic example of Public Private Partnership and can’t be seen any where in the world. Its only because the Govt took a rapid decision ,Satyam is saved today . People like Deepak parikh, Achutan , Kiran Karnik are legends in there areas and the way they brought Satyam back, we know why they are so special.

All I am today is because of Satyam, and so I just hope Satyam is back among TOP 3 in the industry .

New Year 2010 !!

Is it just a change of date??
Is the repeat ion of the same thing again??
May be not....
For me New is a set of new dates for self progress , ultimately effecting the whole lot of people connected with me .I have never being so excited about the new year celebrations or 31st or 1st dates, but yes...when it comes to commitment , new challenges , new dreams ...the new year motivates me to achieve them all.
At the same time , new year reminds me of my past mistakes and the things I have lost in the year passing by . Since my emotions are attached to my past, the passing year makes me sad more than the excitement of the new year.
But I know that the only thing constant in this universe is " CHANGE" , so no point going against the law.
So be ready for the change as it will happen whether we accept it willingly or unwillingly.
Happy New Year 2010 !!