tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41474722011-04-21T17:49:43.032-07:00i-am-thatWanderings into unexpored areas of our consciousnessVinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comBlogger341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1162133942270050302006-10-29T06:58:00.000-08:002006-10-29T07:01:11.903-08:00Here comes interesting documentary about an autistic person.So what really is happening in autism people, when you consider from advaita perspective? Advaita says everything is Maya, illusion. And only that principle which perceives (and which we end up calling "I", and associate it wrongly with body) is what is there, and when we stop identifying ourselves with limited boundaries (of body or anyVinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1158605185455428472006-09-18T11:40:00.000-07:002006-09-18T11:46:25.533-07:00Sloka or medicine in coded format?I think...: Religion or Science - a nice interpretation of Ganesh Stotra to mean that it is actually a coded suggestion for curing diabetes.The shloka is a medical tip in coded format. Uma means sweet in Sanskrit. Sutam means urine. Shoka means suffering, vinaasha means removes. So the author is saying that the juices of kapitha and jambu fruits cures diabetes. How cool. Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1156845241895144852006-08-29T02:54:00.000-07:002006-08-29T02:54:01.936-07:00Pending a trip to some places in Himalayas, I was wondering how should one really prepare for that. I don't do exercise. At best, one may enjoy nature and end up doing walking etc. Or end up playing some games. New borns and kids don't have to do exercises. Enlightned men don't do exercises... Basically the point is, if you are a "design", then all the control processes can be perfectly healthy Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1154960771328840772006-08-07T07:26:00.000-07:002006-08-07T07:30:25.650-07:00Design of Mind: Analytical "I" mind vs. Feeling mindFirst of all, by "Design of mind" what I mean is to find out how things came about: What are the first principles? How do we do what we do? What is the underlying model? Indian philosophy embodies certain elements of theme. For e.g., the concept of individuality doesn't exist; there is only universal awareness which is beyond time and space - Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1150224373523606622006-06-13T11:46:00.000-07:002006-06-13T11:46:13.563-07:00A very interesting story - about people find the right callings and indeed absorb so many things from nature ...Atlanta Bellydance: Asha!."After 2 years, I established strong fundamentals in the various healing practices, and began layering them together in my own unique understanding. For example, I added my meditation visualizations into the Belly Dance isolation movements, while breathing in Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1109788693418311902005-03-02T10:38:00.000-08:002005-03-02T10:38:13.416-08:00The beauty of this life is that it reflects itself. Like this post. Perceptions & Reflections: Life..... duh.. whats that?.
And perhaps what is more intriguing is that the those parts of life that lose themselves in mechanicalness, and then those other parts which reflect and come out of that mechanicalness, are really out of one whole. Poor human being, associating with limited knowledge that Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1101795673411749402004-11-29T22:21:00.000-08:002004-11-29T22:21:13.410-08:00Nisargadatta : I Am That: "You observe the heart feeling, the mind thinking, the body acting; the very act of perceiving shows that you are not what you perceive."
-VinodVinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1094122556483758602004-09-02T03:55:00.000-07:002004-09-02T03:55:56.483-07:00 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 Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1086343585619343352004-06-04T03:06:00.000-07:002004-06-04T03:06:25.620-07:00Ultimate reality - as explained by Shri Ranjit Maharaj.
There is a very beautiful page put at The InnerQuest Website - Meeting Ranjit Maharaj. I had a good fortune of meeting Maharaj several times - at Mumbai, at Panchagani etc. He would put things in such a simple manner; sometimes you wonder "How can reality be so simple?" He said - "Close your eyes, and world ceases to exist. Open them, andVinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1074523471969482352004-01-19T06:44:00.000-08:002004-01-19T06:46:28.326-08:00Effect of Genes on brain development
This article by Gary Marcus - Making the Mind is a nice article summarizing the latest research on brain related developments. It primarily claims that the brain is just like any other organ, and genes have control over all aspects of neurons much the same way as they have on other organs. And therefore, genetic tweaking is now made possible controlling Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1073390588853742012004-01-06T04:03:00.000-08:002004-01-06T04:04:48.496-08:00Movie - "Munnabhai, MBBS"
The creative script writers of bollywood need to be commended for using very interesting storylines to bring out subtle meanings and philosophy - and at the same time, make sure that the masses are able to get their quota of entertainment, dances and all that. Of course, "The Matrix" leads the pack and is widely discussed. (Some others that I liked are "American Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1072429470027785502003-12-26T01:04:00.000-08:002003-12-26T05:44:16.373-08:00What is right and what is wrong?
Got this in local newsgroups today:
A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still
in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track. The train came, and you were just beside the track interchange. You could make the train change its course to the dis-used track and saved most Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1069769483764218852003-11-25T06:11:00.000-08:002003-11-25T06:12:08.153-08:00Interesting news reported by BBC here. A fakir claims that he has not eaten (or drunk water) for decades. He was observed for 10 days in a Ahmedabad hospital (under video surveylence and isolation). He would only take 100 ml water for mouthwash and spit it back again (duly measured). He claims that there is a hole in his palate due to which he is in that state. His bladder walls seem to absorb Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1067681534360954292003-11-01T02:12:00.000-08:002003-11-01T02:12:26.060-08:00In doing some Knowledge Management related work, I came across this article - "The Other Knowledge". The author , John David Balla, talks about the the knowledge present in the unconscious mind. He quotes some experiences he had during his recent visit to Peru - meeting with several shamans of the Quero nation, the direct descendants of the Inka. He says that they cured a lady from USA of Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1065524108830270912003-10-07T03:55:00.000-07:002003-10-07T03:55:10.380-07:00A nice zen story that I read here.
In ancient times travelling Zen monks when arriving at a monastry could challenge the resident monks for a theological contest for food and shelter.
One night, a monastry was occuped by two brothers - a wise monk with two eyes and a foolish monk with one eye. It was raining hard and a travelling monk knocked on the door. The wise brother suggested that he haveVinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1064240047376154672003-09-22T07:14:00.000-07:002003-09-22T07:14:07.350-07:00In the article "Seeing colours in numbers" (The Hindu, Sci Tech feature, Sept 18, 2003), there is a claim that "faulty gene allows leakage of information between the two adjacent areas responsible for seeing colours and identifying numbers. This aberration makes some people see colours in numbers."
But second part is more interesting. Prof. V.S. Ramachandran, Director of Centre for Brain and Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1063874640488172342003-09-18T01:44:00.000-07:002003-09-18T01:44:00.073-07:00A friend from workplace posted this interesting stuff about Buddha (The discussion was about how logic itself doesn't require proof):
Gautama-the-Buddha, had forbidden 10 questions as '10 indeterminates'.
He used to smile and maintain aryamauna(golden silence) on being asked these questions. He only used to advise to avoid debate on these, saying that it would be futile and one should instead Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1057302618432833702003-07-04T00:10:00.000-07:002003-07-04T00:10:18.443-07:00On life's chosen paths: Contd.
And now, let us look at the article itself.
The article is great in recognizing the trend of a lot of young people flocking to gurus. And it is my own experience that I find lot of my friends flocking to Art of Living, run by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
After all, this is considered a good thing: It raises awareness about spirituality, and the fact that some simple Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1057302570056941992003-07-04T00:09:00.000-07:002003-07-04T00:09:30.060-07:00On the life's chosen paths
The Week, a magazine in India published a set of articles titled Mind Over matter. And I was excited that my school classmate Shashidhar Hebbar has been interviewed. I lost touch some 8-10 years back, and I found (through google searches!) that he is with a well known Ashram. Shashidhar influenced me right from the school days. When I was frantically trying to clear Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-1056625527275868822003-06-26T04:05:00.000-07:002003-07-03T00:19:47.743-07:00Articles by many philosophers on "The Matrix": http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/rl_cmp/phi.htmlVinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-957511832003-06-17T05:53:00.000-07:002003-06-17T05:53:28.796-07:00On this sunday, we met Mrs. Yamuna Naik (at Balbhim Mandir, Bhandarkar road area, Pune). She is 90 years young, and is one of the key proponent of Advaita knowledge. In the unforgettable meeting she explained the complete structure of existence. The two hour talk was complete with seriousness as well as humour. And while we struggled to sit for that duration (on the floor, cross legged), she wasVinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-957510252003-06-17T05:46:00.000-07:002003-06-17T05:46:49.223-07:00A good article on Nisargadatta Maharaj: http://www.atmapress.com/Nisargadatta/Index.htm. (Thanks to http://www.nonduality.com/ - THE place for matters related to non-duality.)
Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-956209152003-06-13T00:11:00.000-07:002003-06-13T00:11:12.943-07:00Ancient Indians "knew" lot of things. And yet, the process by which they knew those things is a mystery. It is not known how exactly they came to know many realities. This is completely in contrast to the modern science where the methods of discovery of knowledge are well established.
The key work of Indian mystics is, really speaking, in areas of understanding ultimate reality. The central Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-946358802003-05-20T08:03:00.000-07:002003-05-20T08:03:04.993-07:00What should I cover in the lecture?
- Levels of reasoning:
"Everyone should be literate" --> Out of fear???
David Godman's interview - especially how he got money to travel to India.
http://www.davidgodman.org/interviews/rs1.shtml
- Sites: realization.org, wie.org, non-duality.org
- Groups: nisargadatta, nds, Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-929727152003-04-21T01:21:00.000-07:002003-04-21T01:21:41.873-07:00About Gnosticism and its connection to The Matrix.Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-929718792003-04-21T00:44:00.000-07:002003-04-21T00:44:56.670-07:00When I saw the movie, I was quite clear that the movie was very much based on Indian philosophy of 'Advaita'. But this is quite subtle: the fact that machines have taken over mankind is not important at all. The key point is, all experiences are 'virtual' in nature, and only consciousness is witness to all. The ship in which the crew live (supposedly in 'real' world') is also as virtual as the Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-929708362003-04-21T00:08:00.000-07:002003-04-21T00:08:25.216-07:00"The Matrix" and Science of Reality
This topic, Science of the Matrix from Slashdot today focusses on whether or not there is science behind plots of the movie. Unforuntately, I am reading for the first time that there is a book called "Taking The Red Pill: Science, Philosophy, and Religion in The Matrix" that I am hearing about for the first time. The author has put up a page explaining the Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-927122872003-04-16T06:02:00.000-07:002003-04-16T06:02:51.153-07:00Encountering UG
Happened to find a nice read Stumbling Across UG. Different people are at different stages of Search. When I first came to know of UG, I was totally blown. I missed meeting JK. I definitely knew that UG was a very rare occurance, and is probably best showpiece that nature ever had. And according to this background, the interest in UG was the one with devotion and affection. AndVinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-921386192003-04-07T02:17:00.000-07:002003-04-07T02:17:47.996-07:00Some simple things, when viewed from different angle, turn out to be pretty complicated.
I was discussing how our brain applies logic, and in general 'achieves objectives set forth'.
Let us take simple example: Suppose I decide to do some activity - say, enjoying the cool breeze from the terrace after the dinner. This thought comes to the mind, the your body ("system") start taking actions suchVinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-918980802003-04-02T22:48:00.000-08:002003-04-02T22:48:10.606-08:00Do bacteria communicate among themselves?
This interesting article from wired - The Bacteria Whisperer tells about an intriguing phenomena: Bacteria communicating among themselves to create a higher level activity - as if the community as a whole responds to external environment. Wired says "
Bonnie Bassler discovered a secret about microbes that the science world has missed for centuries. Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-903113812003-03-07T09:44:00.000-08:002003-03-07T09:44:28.170-08:00However, my own studies don't depend on these aspects. Like in movie 'The Matrix', the visible (and generally observable) world - including all the scientific evidence, still seems to be just something in a closed box i.e. you can make all the observations and coclusions, but it is still a closed logical system. It is like creating a universe in a computer. Or in a cinema. This is the view I Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-903102892003-03-07T09:23:00.000-08:002003-03-07T09:23:33.903-08:00An interesting article today:
The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science by Robert L. Park, professor of physics at the University of Maryland at College Park and the director of public information for the American Physical Society. He is the author of Voodoo Science: The Road From Foolishness to Fraud (Oxford University Press, 2002).
Actually nothing new. Society is mix of all kinds of people - Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-881982132003-01-28T20:47:00.000-08:002003-01-28T20:47:43.230-08:00Today's Times of India (as seen in Pune, India) contains a good interview with Roger Penrose, available at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=35802218.
Roger Penrose is a top-tier physicist, and has written books such as 'Emperor's New Mind', 'Shadows of the Mind'. The main theme of his thinking is that Artificial Intelligence is impossible because we can't Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147472.post-880810252003-01-26T21:24:00.000-08:002003-01-26T21:24:50.000-08:00The very first post.
Two areas that I am interested in:
Explore better alternatives to email - with view to aggregate information on large scale basis
Explore on the depths of consciouness.
-Vinod
Vinod Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770849951574688311noreply@blogger.com