Thursday, September 02, 2004

Infinite Possibilities



Saw this on intranet today:

One big company was hiring new staff, the question of
the written exam is:
You are driving a car on one big storm night, you are
passing a station,there are three people who are
waiting for the bus; one old
ladywho is dying, one doctor who saved your life
before, one guy/lady who is someone you have been
dreaming to be with.

You can only take one passenger, which one you will
choose? Please explain your reason.
Think about it before you read the following :

I am not sure whether it is some kind of personality
test, since every answer has its reason.

Old lady is going to die, you should save her first,
however, old people always end up dying anyway, you
should take the doctor,because the doctor saved my
life before, this is the perfect chance to pay him
back. At the same time, some people believe that you
can always pay the doctor back in the future, but you
may never be able to find the perfect lover once you
pass this chance.


Seems like this is valid reasoning.

But wait for a moment! Think about infinite
possibilities that nature offers every moment. Can you come up
with better possibilities? (I couldn't!)

Read the finish:

Within the two hundred candidates, the one who has
been hired did not explain his answer, he only simply
stated " Give the car key to the doctor, let the
doctor take the old lady to the hospital and I stay to
wait for the bus with the lady of my dream!"
Everyone I know think the above answer is the best
answer, but there is no one (including myself) can
think of this answer first. Is that because we never
want to give up any advantage we held in our hands
(the car key)?


Our actions flow out of conscious mind. But indeed, we are never really free to reason. That so-called mind has lot of filters.
It is like a computer program: The flow is decided by the initialized variables and incoming data. It is never free.

But an enlightened person is in a state of mind which is not "conscious" in a real sense. It just "Is". The actions are then not born out of the experience. They just happen. It is as if the future pulls yoy towards itself and you don't have to do a thing ...

So what is the source of this future? Obviously it is not something that is thought by you, right? It should necessarily be something outside of you ... It is as if the whole universe acts as one being....

Then what is the connection between universe, you and everything else? Perhaps it is Love?

-Vinod