<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12558425</id><updated>2011-08-31T03:08:51.930-07:00</updated><title type='text'>shoonya</title><subtitle type='html'>AZAYA(sanskrit word): resting-place or retreat, esp. of feelings and thoughts... 
GUUKAN(japanese word):random thoughts... 
So in all, this is the retreat for my random thoughts.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Enshin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18080008349732741487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/37/6/3/aperture.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12558425.post-112206435501831812</id><published>2005-07-22T13:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-02T12:57:44.450-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Perfection Vs. Imperfection</title><content type='html'>This is a random thought that finds its way to my head rather more often then I would like it to. As far back as I can remember, all my life has been in general a quest for achieving perfection, or at least what &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; deem perfection, in something or the other. But the question that keeps surfacing every now and then is,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;is it perfection that I crave for or is it the quest of perfection that i really want ?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do I really want to get to a point where I might feel that i am perfect or everything around me or in my life is perfect? Will that not be the end then, because if I have achieved my goal, i.e. perfection, will there be anything left for me to persue? I guess not. And if there is nothing more to persue in life, nothing to achieve, nothing to look forward to, would there be any motivation to live?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Same goes for all the questions that I keep seeking answers to. I keep telling myself that I am not happy because I dont have the answers and that leaves my mind/heart unsettled in some ways. So I think that if I find all the answers, I can probably live calmly, patiently and happily for the rest of my life. But is that really so? Say we assume that I was to find all the answers that I seek, what will my next step be? Will there be any reason for me to continue with this existance if there is nothing to look forward to? If there is nothing to chase, nothing to run after, does that existance not become dull, meaningless in itself and hence not worth having? Yet we feel we are not happy chasing something because we cant deal with the anticipation of catching it or the frustration of the failure in catching it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But then it is a no-win situation isnt it?&lt;br /&gt;If you persue a state of perfection ( no matter how you define it), then you know the end of that persuit is also going to be the end of all excitement and there will be nothing left ahead of it... so its the end of the road... so what do you do when you reach your goal? what then? what are you going to do when there'll be nothing left to chase? so in a way if you achieve your goal of perfection, you lose!&lt;br /&gt;on the other hand, if you think getting to the end goal, achieving the perfection you seek so earnestly and so deligently will not really get you to a position which you want to be in, i.e. you understand the above situation of losing when you achieve your goal.... then why would you persue it with your full heart into it, with full excitement and with so much deligence if you know the end goal is not going to be worth achieving?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am going in circles again as usual... when will i get to the center?  but will i be happy or content when i do reach to the center? why am i chasing this feelings called 'happiness' and 'content' anyway? why are those feelings so damn important to me, to my existance?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;circles circles circles... i keep going in circles... the hen or the egg? the egg or the hen? i am trully sorry if someone out there is reading this load of crap from my confused incapable brain! but my poor little brain just cant keep up with this existance, this world and well cant even keep up with itself!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12558425-112206435501831812?l=azaya4guukan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/feeds/112206435501831812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12558425&amp;postID=112206435501831812' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/112206435501831812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/112206435501831812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/2005/07/perfection-vs-imperfection.html' title='Perfection Vs. Imperfection'/><author><name>Enshin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18080008349732741487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/37/6/3/aperture.jpg'/></author><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12558425.post-112121024457618184</id><published>2005-07-12T15:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-18T15:24:58.870-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mirror mirror!! - part II</title><content type='html'>well I could not really think of a better way to respond to the comments on my earlier post &lt;a href="http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/2005/06/mirror-mirror.html"&gt;http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/2005/06/mirror-mirror.html&lt;/a&gt; on this topic, then to write another post - well i could reply to the comments in that section, but their length would be enough to make another post anyway! so here i go...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;soumya:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;'if u r under illusion then also u may be thinking that u r getting your realityur understanding of ur reality depends on the level of ur intellect which varies but ur reality always remains same'&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i think that there is a fundamental difference between your definition and&lt;br /&gt;mine of&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; 'one's reality' &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you are defining 'one's reality' (from what i understand of your comment) as some&lt;br /&gt;ultimate truth - a fact - a static constant, defining that person in every way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i on the other hand think of it as a relative term, that can be changed and is infact often changed.&lt;br /&gt;And in my post in general, I meant that a person often relies on a &lt;em&gt;perception&lt;/em&gt; of one's self, which i defined as that person's 'own reality'. In all by the term &lt;em&gt;reality &lt;/em&gt;i meant a person's perception of things/ppl and themselves and hence asuumed/stated that it could be affected and/or corrupted by other factors and that a person's happiness often depends on this &lt;em&gt;reality&lt;/em&gt;- ones perception of one's self. Ofcourse here I am assuming a base line to which i am comparing this 'reality' to while saying that it gets corrupted- and &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; base line is may be what you defined as 'reality'. I suppose that &lt;em&gt;'reality'&lt;/em&gt; like you said might not ever change - could be a constant... although i dont think i can make up my mind abt it just yet...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;vora: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;'Humans are social animals. They need to blend with the society and for this is is neccessary to blend yourself with the society.'&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you do speak like a true social animal... totally devoted to the concept of society... and i&lt;br /&gt;dont necessarily mean that in any offensive or dismissive way... just stating my opinion on what you've said. However, I never really claimed that an individual's perception of himself is always necessarily accurate, infact that was what I was getting at that it might not be. And hence the question that since it is not accurate, how is one to know one's ownself, and is it actually possible to achieve the state of happiness that we keep seeking without actually knowing the accurate truth (as i hope i might put it) about ourselves?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;'It is not wrong to do upto the stage that you don't forget the real you. '&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the definition of the 'real you' is i believe the same as soumya's definition of 'reality' and that is what i am saying that we dont necessarily always know or understand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;vivhyd:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;'Why do you keep asking questions?? :))'&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i ask questions bcoz they arise in my mind and i am not very adept at shoving them in a corner or negelecting them or just accepting answers that happen to fall on my path just out of laziness or becoz of no hope of getting to the bottom of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;'i don't think what u think of me is reality!!! :).. thts all i knw '&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and i never said that what i think of you is or should be your reality (meainng your perception of yourself) i did separate one's perception of other ppl from &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; person's perception of him/her self!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;gary: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;boy this is definitely going to be a long one!! whooh...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;'this should have been in my own blog......hee hee'&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well yeah may be you &lt;em&gt;shud've&lt;/em&gt; written ur own blog abt it instead of claiming 90% of my comments area like you did...haha.. but nonetheless i very much appreciate you putting ur thoughts out here for me and all others who read... thank you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;'There are three perspective ways of looking at the same person ...'&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you have ofcourse defined in detail the three perspectives that i was talking about,&lt;br /&gt;ones own reality - i.e. ones perception of oneself,&lt;br /&gt;one's reality with respect to others i.e. how others see us (which very well may seem very real to them but could be entirely opposite of what you see yourself as)&lt;br /&gt;and well the third one - this you define as the way in which "god" sees us, this i believe reffers to the truth basis or the 'reality' that both soumya and vora (at one point) are talking about. i do not wish to offend your beliefs or ideas but as you know i m not quite a believer in 'god' or such powers, not at least till I have some proofs or some reasons to do so. So lets just get out of &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; discussion now shall we.. lets leave it for some more &lt;em&gt;braver&lt;/em&gt; times...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;'It is just a game between your mind and your soul.'&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well i m not really sure i have any definite thoughts on this part quite yet (well do i have definite thougts on anything yet!! hahaha), i think there is an indication of there being two entities (sort of two forces that drive an individual) inside of each person - as you call it the mind and the soul, even the findings of the science dont deny that as of now. And your argument in that respect might as well be nearing some certain fact... although no &lt;em&gt;definite&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;certain &lt;/em&gt;proof exists but with whatever little knowledge i have, i am lured into thinking that it might as well be probable. however, comming back to our discussion, &lt;em&gt;this game/fight&lt;/em&gt; inside of a person can not be used to decide what or who a person/entity is, meaning that the ultimate truth or the base reality cannot really be dependent on this, in fact it &lt;em&gt;should not be&lt;/em&gt; dependant on anything at all. Since we want to count it as the base, it has to be self-dependant, able to support itself shouldnt it? It should be able to stand alone as a fact, a truth, a static constant! Because if it is dependant on these choices/decisions/actions/thoughts then it is not a certain, it can and will keep changing indefintely and forever right?&lt;br /&gt;Unless I can find reasonable, at least to satisfy my mind's capacity for reason, answers to these doubts, I cant really accept or agree to this answer so firmly and  definitely as you do. However it could very well be a possibility to delve into or a starting point may be. Nonetheless, thank you for replying, its always good to hear ppl's thoughts,&lt;br /&gt;and on a side note, it did bring out an interesting mystery to ponder upon, that of 'the mind and the soul'!&lt;br /&gt;sorry about this late (and too lengthy if u ask me) reply, and to all who commented,&lt;br /&gt;Arigatto Gozaimasu! (thank you - japanese).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12558425-112121024457618184?l=azaya4guukan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/feeds/112121024457618184/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12558425&amp;postID=112121024457618184' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/112121024457618184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/112121024457618184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/2005/07/mirror-mirror-part-ii.html' title='Mirror mirror!! - part II'/><author><name>Enshin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18080008349732741487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/37/6/3/aperture.jpg'/></author><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12558425.post-112111464640901278</id><published>2005-07-11T13:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-11T13:44:06.423-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ah the sweet pleasure of BITCHING!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;!-- Converted from text/rtf format --&gt;  &lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"&gt;Usually bitching is a common hobby a girls and even some guys! And I wont say that I am not one of them, I do drift in and out of this group of ppl deriving pleasure out of cursing or blaming someone else. However, I certainly dont like this hobby too much and do avoid getting involved in a group that is engaged in this activity. But it&lt;I&gt; is&lt;/I&gt; rather contagious and also quite addictive I think. No matter who the person is that you are bitching with and no matter who/what it is that you are bitching about, it always leaves you feeling, if not completely, at least&lt;I&gt; quite&lt;/I&gt; satisfied. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"&gt;I have never really liked the whole concept, probably the values instilled in me made me that way, or may be it was natural. Ofcourse that didnt stop me from getting involved, sometimes out of frustration, sometimes out of no other way out but to be a part of it, and sometimes just out of pure temptation. However, I found myself recently engaged in just such an activity of bitching in general abt some of our surrounding environment and the way things are with a person I dont really like a lot, actually I kinda really hate that person. But I must admit I still enjoyed the whole bitching session as if some weight was lifting from my head for a while. And as soon as the person left me, I realized just what happened here and I was amazed at myself for engaging in that particular activity with that particular person and even more so for enjoying it.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"&gt;Not that this is a huge matter, just some random unimportant rambling of my mind.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/P&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12558425-112111464640901278?l=azaya4guukan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/feeds/112111464640901278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12558425&amp;postID=112111464640901278' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/112111464640901278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/112111464640901278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/2005/07/ah-sweet-pleasure-of-bitching.html' title='Ah the sweet pleasure of BITCHING!!'/><author><name>Enshin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18080008349732741487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/37/6/3/aperture.jpg'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12558425.post-112077222124086960</id><published>2005-07-07T14:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-07T14:37:01.246-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Am I my brother's keeper?</title><content type='html'>I am going to ask Cain's(Bible) question here... &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Am I my brothers keeper?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have read and heard the answer being stressed in an affirmative almost in every religion so far in one way or the other. I think I have been believing in it since I've known myself. Although this question does bother me every now and then, even though I try to push it away some way or other... Because I can accept the affirmative answer if I were also given the answer to the bigger question --&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Why am I my brothers keeper?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know the whole concept of society is based on this one basic guide line of taking responsibility to watch out for and care for one another. And the ones who do not follow this rule/concept are considered outlaws/bad/evil etc... But I often wonder why... They are simply letting their instincts rule over their knowledge of society (fed to them by the society). I am sure the most basic instinct of any creature is self-survival and I guess that is what they follow. I know if every human were to follow these instincts then there would be no civilization or rather no, actually thats why civilization is there.&lt;br /&gt;When individuals looked after themselves then only the physically/mentally stronger survived, but then the weak joined together and found out that they could outdo one strong individual and survive... and may be thats why society came about...&lt;br /&gt;Although one might say we are moving forward, from caveman to civilization, are we actually moved forward? The most basic instinct of self-survival is still there in each one of us, whether we reside in a jungle or in a city.&lt;br /&gt;So now that I have tried to answer both of my questions, in which I of course could be totally and utterly wrong, but right not from where I am standing this does seem logically correct. Now I wonder why would we call this instinct of being a social animal for our own survival as being a 'good/kind/generous' etc... and call those who go against its rules as bad/evil....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But then again, we have all heard stories and some have had the pleasure of wittnessing people who have actually given their life for someone else. This of course has been defined as love/sacrifice etc... but this is not easy to understand, the feeling that makes you forsake your survival for anothers... yet it exists... and for these ppl I dont think I can relate the answers that I just made up... they dont fit the concept of self-survival at all... so then there is some flaw to the logic in the answers above, I guess, but what is it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think I am getting all cought up and cant think too far right now, so must continue this later...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12558425-112077222124086960?l=azaya4guukan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/feeds/112077222124086960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12558425&amp;postID=112077222124086960' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/112077222124086960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/112077222124086960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/2005/07/am-i-my-brothers-keeper.html' title='Am I my brother&apos;s keeper?'/><author><name>Enshin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18080008349732741487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/37/6/3/aperture.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12558425.post-112009890161424389</id><published>2005-06-29T19:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-29T19:35:01.620-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Does life really go in a circle?</title><content type='html'>Well now i am hoping that it does coz life sure has been taking me from good to bad to worse....and so on.... and i am hoping that it will take me the reverse way to good again...&lt;br /&gt;i really shouldnt be wasting time writing blogs right now but just came across something i wrote quite some time ago and it just got me thinking and i had to put it down somewhere...&lt;br /&gt;well the thing that started me think was....&lt;br /&gt;Memories of a burier friend...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was someone I knew&lt;br /&gt;Someone so vastly different from me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;she used to run after dreams&lt;br /&gt;try to catch the moon, even the sun&lt;br /&gt;She used to believe in dreams&lt;br /&gt;believe in miracles, someday even expect one&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She used to believe in God&lt;br /&gt;believe in good and was afraid to lie&lt;br /&gt;She used to ride on the clouds&lt;br /&gt;fly with the wind and even touch the sky&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She was in love with love&lt;br /&gt;and hated hate even without knowing hate&lt;br /&gt;She used to think so much&lt;br /&gt;fight for the right and even fight with fate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We- the two of us go a long way&lt;br /&gt;and I loved her as much as I hated myself&lt;br /&gt;And would've loved to keep her safe-&lt;br /&gt;but time is a stronger force&lt;br /&gt;and so she's gone-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I look back I realise&lt;br /&gt;how she withered away like a flower~&lt;br /&gt;I didnt water.&lt;br /&gt;She's burried deep now... resting in peace&lt;br /&gt;But there's a void in this house&lt;br /&gt;that she left, one that cant be fileed&lt;br /&gt;untill the flower blooms,&lt;br /&gt;untill I dig her out of the grave.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;......welll i know its not a very elegant way of putting it, but i think this is a memory that most of us share... of just quite such a friend....i just hope not all of us have burried that friend....&lt;br /&gt;and for those like me, i hope life turns a full circle and brings back the old friend alive..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or is it that as life passes me by, it keeps chipping away a little life from me as it touches me and I die little by little and the process is irreverisble...and I will never be as alive again as in the beginning... this does seem more logical now doesnt it...&lt;br /&gt;neways.. NEED to get back to work right NOW!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12558425-112009890161424389?l=azaya4guukan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/feeds/112009890161424389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12558425&amp;postID=112009890161424389' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/112009890161424389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/112009890161424389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/2005/06/does-life-really-go-in-circle.html' title='Does life really go in a circle?'/><author><name>Enshin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18080008349732741487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/37/6/3/aperture.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12558425.post-111846994483234245</id><published>2005-06-10T22:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-10T23:05:44.836-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mirror mirror!!</title><content type='html'>mirror O mirror, tell me who is the prettiest of them all?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mirror is an interesting way of reflecting upon yourself... you come face to face with the being around whom your life revolves- YOU!  and then you ask all these questions when you face yourself.... And the answer that they get is what their reality is. Your reality of existance and life is made up by what you see when you look at the reflection in the mirror.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What others think of you could also be a reality, and could certainly affect your reality if you let it, however that reality is not yours. It is their reality, in relation to you. Just like the way you perceive someone else is your reality in relation to that person and not necessarily that persons reality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Often one, tending to be a social creature tries to blend one's own reality with the reality of this society, the people. Although I have always tried not to, I cant say that at some point or other I havent tried to 'fit in' - try to judge my reflection in terms of the influences of the society and world. But I have come to realise that.. to seek what one always seeks throughout one's existance- happiness.... what one sees in one's reflection should be unaffected by all those influences, it must remain pure... because that is what forms ones life... it is the base of ones life ... it is the core... and if that is affected, corrupted then the whole being, one's life, one's reality..everything is corrupted...&lt;br /&gt;but it always slips by... something somewhere always slips by... and it is always corrupted... and  i wonder then how is one to find happiness if the base of the structure has been weakened by corruption?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12558425-111846994483234245?l=azaya4guukan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/feeds/111846994483234245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12558425&amp;postID=111846994483234245' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111846994483234245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111846994483234245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/2005/06/mirror-mirror.html' title='Mirror mirror!!'/><author><name>Enshin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18080008349732741487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/37/6/3/aperture.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12558425.post-111783609074905644</id><published>2005-06-03T14:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-05T17:09:59.846-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What Where Why?</title><content type='html'>These are the main questions that arise in my mind every now and then.&lt;br /&gt;What am I doing&lt;br /&gt;Why am I doing it&lt;br /&gt;Where am I going&lt;br /&gt;And I think these are the most fundamental questions that arise in ones mind... the ones that generally dont lead to any definite answers... at least in my case. I keep going in circles making up stories and theories abt it, but never reach some point of a reasonable theory with some proof to back it up.&lt;br /&gt;And it is at that point when I literally have to fight myself to stay alive (now now.. that doesnt mean i'll commit suicide... i m not much of a fan of that act.. and i dont even have the courage to take a knife and cut my wrist... but mostly when i relate these feelings to any one they jump to the conclusion that i m suicidal...which i most certainly am not... losing the will to live and commiting suicide are not equivalent!! at least in my dicitionary....anyways..)&lt;br /&gt;I mean my heart suddenly feels heavy as if it sunk to the bottom of the ocean... and its kinda hard to breath... my surroundings just go dark... my body feels like its all tied up with heavy chains and i cant move...&lt;br /&gt;i have tried writting this feeling down.. made some sketches outta it... thinking that may be if i just put it out there i would feel a bit relieved and feel lighter.. and i do, but only temporarily. this feeling just has a way to come back and back and back again!! but i try to put it out there coz i think that may be if someone else out there saw it, knew it, -- may be someone cud come save me...&lt;br /&gt;ha ha... what a fool.. i then realise that i dont need to be saved by anyone.. i mean, from what do i need to be saved? i have a perfectly healhy, complete body, can feed it well, have a roof over my head, have great family and friends to support my emotional needs... what do i need to be saved from?? what am i trying to run from ? but then there is this more important question of : what am i trying to run to?? and not having an answer to that is what leads to that whole feeling i have... and noone has the answer to that question i think.. so no one can save me even if i pleaded them to... i mean... who has  a perfect answer to where they are going in life and what they are getting at... but then again.. may be they do.. may be i am the only one lost here... but my problem arises more from my need to back up the answers with facts and reason and proof!! which most ppl lack to have!&lt;br /&gt;but i still keep putting the questions out there hoping to find some answers..&lt;br /&gt;what is it that you are doing in life&lt;br /&gt;what do you want out of life&lt;br /&gt;why should some one fight the inevitable... i mean u spend the whole life just fighting to survive, to live... but the end is still the same... for you for me for everybody... death... then why fight to survive...&lt;br /&gt;there has to be a reason for it.. there must be... coz every creature unanimously fights for survival..even the most hopeless ones... and each one is equally aware of the inevitable... then why? i want to know the reason... i must know the reason.. coz not knowing it is what causes me to feel so stuck in this dark confined confused agitated depraved helpless state of mind! i mean if i dont know why i am fighting for something, how can i encourage myself to give my best for it?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12558425-111783609074905644?l=azaya4guukan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/feeds/111783609074905644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12558425&amp;postID=111783609074905644' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111783609074905644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111783609074905644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/2005/06/what-where-why.html' title='What Where Why?'/><author><name>Enshin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18080008349732741487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/37/6/3/aperture.jpg'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12558425.post-111722483684526271</id><published>2005-05-27T13:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-31T06:20:23.403-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Time - a bitch??</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Why is it that I always find myself struggling against time... No matter what I am doing, i always end up going against time!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;If I am enjoying myself, I am going slow while time races like a jet and while i am waiting to get somewhere fast, it drags like a carriage with no wheels! Damn this is getting more and more annoying! All I want now is to get to the point in time when I can get out of here and start my trip. But the clock is taking an hour for each second hand tick! And I cant find enough work to fill in the gap from now till then (not that I dont have any... I just cant seem to find enthusiasm to do any!) And when I will be on my trip, I know its going to fly so fast that I'll be back at this very spot in a flash, without even knowing what hit me! Why cant there exist a perfect amount of time for anything... you know like.. "it hurt a lot for those few hours and it felt like few hours (not few ages!)" or even better... "but it felt like a few seconds!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;or like.. "those few days were so much fun, but it felt like it lasted forever!! "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;but alas... the reality is "those few days were so much fun, it felt like they would last forever, but feels like they passed in seconds!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;why why why?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;i think time works exactly opposite to a rear-view mirror... when you look back through the mirror objects appear further than they are while when you look back in time events seem nearer in time than they actually were... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;while when you look ahead in time, it always seem to stretch further then they are...mostly strech to infinity...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;but obviously this is only in the way we percieve it.. time as an absolute quantity always stays the same... so may be its not time thats a bitch.. may be its our perception. But then that means its us.. coz perception obviously is based on the person viewing something right.... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;so our perception of time is what works exactly opposite to rearview mirror... so all i need to fix this problem i have with time is to change my perception of time to work just like a rearview mirror and it would all be fine.. but can i do that? i doubt... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;all i need is to somehow pass my perception through some filter that compresses the parts i dont want and streches the parts i do want!! wouldnt life be perfect then!! although that depends on the perception of 'perfect' itself... i have circled over this thought umpty times before and well like always.. still not at the center yet.. just hoping to get there.. but thats not my point of discussion currently so let it go for now and.... well lets face time and what it is throwing at me right now...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12558425-111722483684526271?l=azaya4guukan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/feeds/111722483684526271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12558425&amp;postID=111722483684526271' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111722483684526271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111722483684526271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/2005/05/time-bitch.html' title='Time - a bitch??'/><author><name>Enshin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18080008349732741487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/37/6/3/aperture.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12558425.post-111712554713156780</id><published>2005-05-26T08:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-26T09:39:07.136-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Religion or Science???</title><content type='html'>I know religion is not a subject ppl like to discuss often-- some say its like discussing abt someone's mother, you dont really wanna go there!!&lt;br /&gt;but well since this is my blog i dont care... not that i care discussing it otherwise!&lt;br /&gt;i wont say i am an atheist nor do i claim in the existance of 'GOD'. i used to believe stuff along such lines when i lacked the ability, will and energy to think and ask WHY? but i am not sure anymore. well i am completely digressing however, existance or non-existance of god is not what i wanted to discuss right now..&lt;br /&gt;the question is of&lt;br /&gt;science/research/results/'proven facts' Vs religion/beliefs/common sense/tradition&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have come to think that things that I can see and can be proven seem more acceptable to my mind than the ones that cant. But when i think about the scales other than the one we cheifly think and exist in (like in the atom scale or galaxy scale and so on) i am not sure if i can depend on just science any more. The information to research, prove, see and understand is simply beyond the capacity of my little brain(which seems even more little as I go further away from my scale) and well my beyond my life expectancy as well!!! And that makes me think that may be this 'belief' stuff is kind of a way humans thought up to relieve the brain from such exertions as one might put on it while thinking about such stuff. The point of having beliefs that answer such questions would then be to neglect that part of the 'universe' that we think is not going to interfere with our existance. And since humans were chiefly confound to this world till recently i think the beliefs abt GOD/superpower would suffice to anwer such questions as one might construe and chiefly the details abt the answers would be left to the imagination of a person or a group of ppl. That would form the base of a 'religion' i think. Although that would suffice the mental need for a normal human throughout his/her existance in earlier times, it didnt suffice some, who eventually went ahead with the developement of technology and science. That would've meant that the later generations would actually have some proven facts to rely upon and it would be easier for them to follow up and continue. But the fact that the 'beliefs' will still interfere with this developement was quite underestimated. I still dont understand a scientist who believes in some religion(as it stands defined today). I mean you are either on one side or the other right? I guess that mostly those ppl who become weak under the pressure of questions superior to the capacity of their brains take refuge of religion/beliefs. I am inclined to agree with the mathematician (Scott Buchanan) that 'belief is the natural attitude of a thwarted mind'.&lt;br /&gt;But even so, I still think that tradition and little things that adults teach us as a part of something we should do/something that has been doen forever... those are still different from religion. Most of those come from past experiences (which can work as experimental results in a scientific setting) and generations of mulling over the same issues (which can work as a series of experiments to derive something). Its just like building of your common sense as you go along life...this is just along the life of generations of ppl... so what is wrong with using that as any other data/information sheet that science might provide us??&lt;br /&gt;Then majority of the disagreement between science and religion should vanish... since most of the beliefs in the religion i think can be traced to some practical application in life and some can be traced to the social/economical/political conditions of the time and place. The only ones that contradict science are about the existance of some superpower/god!! isnt it..&lt;br /&gt;may be so may be not.. like everything else i am not ready to make a decision on this yet...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12558425-111712554713156780?l=azaya4guukan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/feeds/111712554713156780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12558425&amp;postID=111712554713156780' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111712554713156780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111712554713156780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/2005/05/religion-or-science.html' title='Religion or Science???'/><author><name>Enshin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18080008349732741487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/37/6/3/aperture.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12558425.post-111697326170244812</id><published>2005-05-24T15:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-27T11:04:37.416-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Neverland... exists or not?</title><content type='html'>Neverland... a place that helds all the miracles a heart can imagine!! or so the author told us. But dont we all have our own neverland - although in each one the scene changes the feelings i think remain the same- happy, careless, free...... Nonetheless, there exists some part in every mind that it reserves for this place, whatever the heart/mind desires to fill in it... the point is that it exists-- most of the time we never realize it! its the place where our imagination takes us to relax in times of pain, anguish, hurt, difficulties... or even enjoyment-- to make us forget the world we live in and make another one - the one that a person desires deep within to exist in. may be this doesnt happen with everyone, may be it does... but i think i have a huge tendency of drifting into my neverland... sometimes out of frustration with my existance, myself... sometimes just out of temptation of experiencing the overwhelming of my feelings with every beautiful emotion I know!&lt;br /&gt;i dont know if it is actually helpful to me or to my existance in this world for my neverland to be a part of me... but i know i like it there.. it doesnt help me in any way to deal with 'reality' as they say it... but oh well....&lt;br /&gt;but i do often wonder if every does have a place to call their own 'neverland'... or whaterver it is that they wanna call it!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12558425-111697326170244812?l=azaya4guukan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/feeds/111697326170244812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12558425&amp;postID=111697326170244812' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111697326170244812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111697326170244812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/2005/05/neverland-exists-or-not.html' title='Neverland... exists or not?'/><author><name>Enshin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18080008349732741487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/37/6/3/aperture.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12558425.post-111660218879949485</id><published>2005-05-20T08:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T08:16:28.803-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fickle..uncertain..Life!</title><content type='html'>&lt;!-- Converted from text/rtf format --&gt;  &lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"&gt;How strange that in spite of being aware of the fickleness of life we go through most of ours neglecting this most ceratin fact - 'the uncertainty of every thing'&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"&gt;But I am torned between whether it is amazing that we can live right in the middle of these uncertainties, breathing it in every second and yet neglect it entirely till it hits you right in the face or...&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"&gt;whether it is a necessary part of existing... that blocking its existance till it hits you is our minds way of fighting something invincible, unavoidable, totally undefeatble?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12558425-111660218879949485?l=azaya4guukan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/feeds/111660218879949485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12558425&amp;postID=111660218879949485' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111660218879949485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111660218879949485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/2005/05/fickleuncertainlife.html' title='Fickle..uncertain..Life!'/><author><name>Enshin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18080008349732741487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/37/6/3/aperture.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12558425.post-111647948648596014</id><published>2005-05-18T21:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-18T22:11:26.500-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Choices...Decisions</title><content type='html'>Every living creature does at least one thing every second of its duration of existence - decide. Even a simple act like walking or chewing the bite in your mouth is a decision. Of course since us humans are almost always preoccupied with matters of &lt;em&gt;profound importance &lt;/em&gt;we don't have time to actually think over those mundance decisions and we simply make them subconsciously.&lt;br /&gt;However, the point is that we still make them- decisions; every second of our existence. And most of what is and what becomes of our lives actually depend on these dont they? Although some turn out to play a more crucial role in the turn of events while some just give a little background to the whole environment.&lt;br /&gt;I think I have generally depended on my common sense for the uneventful ones and only for the crucial ones I put an effort to think. And when I do get to that point, I depend a lot on what I want out of the situation or what I would like to happen or at the very most how much of what I want is allowed to me in the given options. But should it not majorly depend on what you can handle? Every path that is provided to us as an option in the journey has its own pros and cons. I mean there's nothing 100% safe or good is there? Again that still depends on ones definitions of good and safe! But I digress. The point is that if I have two choices, should I not logically be thinking of taking the path that I know is within my capability to achieve/finish rather than the one I find attractive but am positively certain to break down in the middle of?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;But then again, doesnt it also depend on whether one actually is keen on getting through the path or not? So that will bring us to setting priorities for taking decisions. But then again, doesnt one need to take a decision to set the priorities? I am getting into a circle here- that is the general pattern of my thoughts-- well thats the reason why my user name and stuff are about circle- vartula(sanskrit/hindi) and enshin(japanese) both mean the center of a circle. Thats where I am aiming to get by all this blabbering, but well I am yet revolving on the circumference. And most of my thougts do go like that- just like the hen or the egg!! Again I digress - I am still not sure what are we supposed to base our decisions on? intution? logic? what? I dont think I can answer my question yet, but understanding that whatever path one choses is definitely going to have problems is a big step. If only this thought is imbibed into ones subconscious then I think there can be no place for jealousy or regret for what one did get or did not get. I dont know there could be some exceptions to it but overall this could be a good way to start. may be...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12558425-111647948648596014?l=azaya4guukan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/feeds/111647948648596014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12558425&amp;postID=111647948648596014' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111647948648596014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111647948648596014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/2005/05/choicesdecisions.html' title='Choices...Decisions'/><author><name>Enshin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18080008349732741487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/37/6/3/aperture.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12558425.post-111489910363074737</id><published>2005-04-30T14:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-18T14:50:36.606-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>So, this is the azaya for my guukan. I know that might sound like I am blabbering in the excitement of my first blog. Well the reason that my first statement is not understandable is that its not confined to a single language. The word azaya is from sanskrit and it means&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;resting-place, couch, abode, retreat, seat, esp. of feelings and thoughts, i.e. heart, mind; intention, disposition.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and the word guukan is japanese for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;random thoughts&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So in all, my opening statement is just meant to say that this is &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the retreat for my random thoughts.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; I could've just said that in the first place, right! Although I am not a linguist nor do I actually know/speak sanskrit or japanese fluently (&lt;em&gt;or any other language for that matter!). &lt;/em&gt;But for some unexplained (and unknown to me) reason, I do have a lot of affinity towards languages like these that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;sound&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; so sweet. So I keep picking up words and phrases accross languages every now and then; not having the ability to actually learn any of them soundly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, about this page. Since this happens to be the abode for &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; own random thought, it will chiefly consist of things running through my mind. So mainly it will have a lot of random rampaging going on and might not actually mean anything to other people (sometimes it doesnt make sense to me as well!). So if you have wandered here by mistake or were brave enough to venture here willingly, you have been fairly warned in advance that this could be a complete waste of your time or might screw up your thoughts temporarily.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now finally I am going to make this draft into a reality by actually posting it this time. I started making this blog around half a month ago and well kind of got out of mood in the middle of it and hence this has been suspended since. Thats me, lazy, moody and well, nutty! But today I'll finally have my diary back! well since I used to write (very irregularly) a diary earlier and missed it a lot, this was supposed to be my new form of diary! so much for my first blog. i hope i can be more faithful to this diary than the others! ganbatte to me ( gambatte(japanese)-GoodLuck/TryYourBest)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(and oh this is my &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;disclaimer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; if anyone is interested!! ha ha) The posts here will not be a propaganda of my thoughts and I certainly do not wish some or every one to necessarily agree with me. I specially do not wish to offend anyone or their thoughts/feelings on any matter. I will nonetheless be very pleased if someone is kind enough to express a thought or two (in agreement or disagreement) on my ponderings. And yeah, thanks for being keen enough to actually get to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;this part &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12558425-111489910363074737?l=azaya4guukan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/feeds/111489910363074737/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12558425&amp;postID=111489910363074737' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111489910363074737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12558425/posts/default/111489910363074737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://azaya4guukan.blogspot.com/2005/04/so-this-is-azaya-for-my-guukan.html' title=''/><author><name>Enshin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18080008349732741487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/37/6/3/aperture.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
