Almost all things in life are difficult..

Most of us  believe that the very purpose of our janmam or life  is to attain the capacity to gain mastery over our minds and thereby attain communion with the Supreme mind, the Supreme being.. 

Maybe we can achieve that in this life or during the many more lives that are to come.. 

That is our belief. 

Almost all things in life  are difficult..

As  children we found it difficult to suckle, cry, speak, crawl, stand, walk.. 

Nevertheless  susequently  we ate a lot, ran a lot, sang a lot and enjoyed a lot.. 

Same way sadhanas also have to happen by constant and rigorous practice..

Nostalgia

Nostalgia... used to be an active member in Palakkadu Gramma Thinnai group years ago... .. accidentally strayed into that group today. Found a old nostalgic post of mine also being quoted there from archives.. Evokes some happy memories. I am quoting below what I posted there.

ANANTHNARAYANAN VAIDYANATHAN : 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2012

But how many thinnais in Palakkad agraharams are open today? 

In good old days the thinnais were kept open so that some hapless wanderer could find some shelter especially in rainy and snowy seasons. Even cows which would have strayed away for a day would take shelter in those thinnais.. 

The Kalpathi thinnais were the rendezvous for the large number of visitors and vendors who would visit the November festivities of Palakkad. However  now thinnais are covered with grills and walls and perhaps a projection from the footsteps leading to thinnai, where people can sit remains as vestigal remains of the glorious thinnais of yore.

Mischievous mamas who were in the habit of going for sambandam always slept on open thinnais so that their movements were not watched by people inside. 

Young fellows of yore used to pretend to sleep on thinnais and fill their beds with pillows and cover them with a sheet and sneak out for second show cinema.. 

Those were days...

Anway how many in this group have a real thinnai for themselves?

I am far off from thinnai today... not from my Sekharipuram agraharam but from this Thinnai.. 

Happy to see a part of what I posted almost two years ago.. 

But I am sure my resume of Palakkad thinnai appears to be as realistic as that was then and would remain so.. 

Men may come and men may go but thinnais go on for ever.

If you write others would read if your writing is tolerable

If somebody writes abracadabra, even he himself cannot enjoy that. 

How do you expect others to enjoy such trash?

Literary criticism is an established branch of knowledge..

If you write others would read your creations only  if your writing is tolerable..

And if others read, some among them who are discerning would either praise or criticize..

If you try to prescribe   a rule that others  should  only enjoy and not criticize your output, there is something fundamentally amiss.

knows how to destroy but never to rebuild

 

घातयितुमेव नीचः परकार्यं वेत्ति न प्रसाधयितुम् ।

पातयितुमस्ति शक्तिर्वायोः वृक्षं न चोन्नमितुम् ॥

-पञ्चतंत्र

ghātayitumeva nīcaḥ parakāryaṃ vetti na prasādhayitum ।

pātayitumasti śaktirvāyoḥ vṛkṣaṃ na connamitum ॥

-pañcataṃtra

The wicked fellow always knows how to thwart or destroy the endeavours or labours of others. However he does not have either the mind or the capacity to support or assist others in furthering their interests.

The wind blows with great strength and it is capable of uprooting huge trees and throw them down. But the same wind cannot help a tree which has fallen in rising up and taking roots on the earth once again.

नीचः the wicked person परकार्यं the work and welfare of other घातयितुं to destroy एव only, alone वेत्ति know न प्रसाधयितुं not to encourage, not to support and enhance . वायोः for the win वृक्षं the tree पातयितुं to bring down, to fell शक्तिः power अस्ति. Is there उन्नामितुं to raise, to bring up, to jack up न च not indeed शक्तिः power अस्ति is there

ഘാതയിതുമേവ നീചഃ പരകാര്യം വേത്തി ന പ്രസാധയിതും ।

പാതയിതുമസ്തി ശക്തിര്‍വായോഃ വൃക്ഷം ന ചോന്നമിതും ॥

-പഞ്ചതന്ത്ര

ദുഷ്ടനായ മനുഷ്യന് മറ്റുള്ളവര്‍ എന്തെങ്കിലും കാര്യം നല്ല വിധത്തില്‍ പരിശ്രമിച്ചു ചെയ്തു തീര്‍ക്കാന്‍ ഒരുമ്പെടുകയാണെങ്കില്‍ അക്കാര്യം മുടക്കുവാനോ പാരവച്ച് നശിപ്പിക്കുവാനോ ഉള്ള കഴിവ് ധാരാളം ഉണ്ടായിരിക്കും പക്ഷെ ആ ദുഷ്ടന് എന്തെങ്കിലും ഒരു നല്ല കാര്യം ചെയ്യുന്നവരെ ഏതെങ്കിലും വിധത്തില്‍ സഹായിക്കുവാനോ അത്തരം കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ ചെയ്യുന്നവരുടെ താല്പര്യങ്ങള്‍ സംരക്ഷിക്കുവാനോ ഉള്ള മനസ്സ് ഒരിക്കലും ഉണ്ടാവില്ല. അത്തരം നല്ല കാര്യങ്ങളില്‍ എന്തെങ്കിലും സഹായം നല്‍കുവാനുള്ള കഴിവും ദുഷ്ടന് ഉണ്ടാവുകയില്ല.

കാറ്റ് ഏറെ ശക്തിയോടെ വീശുന്നു. വമ്പന്‍ മരങ്ങളെ കടപുഴക്കി വീഴുത്തുന്നു. പക്ഷെ അതെ കാറ്റിന് വീണുപോയ വമ്പന്‍ മരത്തെ വീണ്ടും ഉയര്‍ത്തി നിര്‍ത്താനോ ആ മരത്തിനു വീണ്ടും വേര് പിടിക്കാന്‍ സഹായിക്കാനോ ഒരിക്കലും കഴിയില്ല.

I do not know under what category I am in

There are people of many categories..

Those who know and know that they know..Those who know and do not know that they know,

Those who do not know but pretend that they know...

Those who know or do not know but when in facebook they feel they know everything..

I do not know under what category I am in..

However, watching people of various categories as above is a real time pass.

My Onam resolves

My Onam resolves

1..Throw away the garb of a wise man

2. Decide not to mark "like" for something I really do not like.. do not tag any post to anyone, friend or foe.

3. Not to contradict.. if I disagree I will keep quiet.

4. Repeat at least once to myself.. "I amount to very little." that is  a better mantra even than Gayatri.

5. No more joining groups, no more friends requests from my side.

6. Material which should form part of a personal journal should not be flaunted in social media..

7. When I feel that something I read is immature or idiotic, remind myself that I need not worry much,

I have little competition for the topmost position among those blessed with immaturity and idiocy..

8 They say only what you learned at six will stay with you at sixty.. that way I have little learning to keep company..

Therefore I have to force upon myself the above lessons

old is gold, new too..

Reading the books published latest is considered by many highbrows as the ultimate in scholarship and knowledge..

But a plain reading of Vedas, Mahabharatham, Illiad or Zend Avesta or  Koran or Bible.. 

or the works of Socrates or Russel or Radhakrishnan, Keats, Kumaran Ashaan or Kalidasa can really do a lot.. to add to our knowledge and aesthetic tastes..

Chembai or MS cannot be replaced by any avant gadre voice or noise..

𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.

In addition, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 .

𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

𝐈𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞

𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧

𝐖𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲.

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

"𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐦 (𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 )" 

𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 ..

𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲.

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬.

𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰.

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.

𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐛𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝.

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞..𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥.. 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥.. 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠.

God is beyond definition

God is beyond definition.. therefore, He can be anything.. or IT can be anything..

 I feel God also resides in a mind which can thing beyond dogmas.. 

Stating that God is a bundle of energy, IMHO is like being prisoner to a particular idea.. Shankara in one of his prayers seeks apology from God for having attempted to see the Divine presence in an idol alone.. 

I just wanted to convey with great respect that teacher stands at an equal level or even at a higher level than God.. the God that we conceive at our emotional level..

You say God is a bundle of energy, my beloved friend, but can a normal being feel comfortable with such a God..

As Sadasiva Brahmendra the great recluse said...

Sri ramaNi kucha durga vihArE

sEvaka jana mandira mandArE ||

Maanasa sanchara re brahmani maanasa sanchara re...

the parabrahmam which dwells in the cleavage between the breasts of Sri Lakshmi... the one parabrhman which is the divine flower of the heavenly Mandara housed in the minds of his devotees

oh my mind may you soar in the thought of that Infinite..

even a Sannyasi who has given up all desires of the World feels comfortable in such description of God..

I am not intending to indulge in a religious discussion on rhetoric..

the lover sees every action of his lady love as prodded by her romantic vibes for him...

I quote from Abhijnana Shakuntalam.

स्निग्धं वीक्षितमन्यतोऽपि नयने यत्प्रेरयन्त्या तया

यातं यच्च नितम्बयोर्गुरुतया मन्दं विलासादिव ।

मा गा इत्युपरुध्दया यदपि सा सासूयमुक्ता सखी

सर्वं तत्किल मत्परायणमहो कामी स्वतां पश्यति ॥

snigdhaṃ vīkṣitamanyato'pi nayane yatprerayantyā tayā

yātaṃ yacca nitambayorgurutayā mandaṃ vilāsādiva ।

mā gā ityuparudhdayā yadapi sā sāsūyamuktā sakhī

sarvaṃ tatkila matparāyaṇamaho kāmī svatāṃ paśyati ॥

The attractive movements of the eyes of Shakuntala due to the natural tenderness, the slow gait because of the heaviness of the attractive parts of the body, the chance glance while going away after a meeting, all these meant to Dushyanta as stemming out of special romantic feelings to him that he attributed to Shakuntala in his fertile imagination whereas such gestures happened only in the normal course without reference to him..

and the poet remarks.. Kaamee swataam pashyati.. the lover sees every action of his lady love as prodded by her romantic vibes for him...

Here you are imagining many statements as referring to you...

Whom the Lord wishes to ruin, he first deprives of reason; or, “When God will punish, he will first take away the understanding

Quem deus vult perdere, prius dementat.

Boswell’s Johnson, 1783. 1

Translated.—Whom the Lord wishes to ruin, he first deprives of reason; or, “When God will punish, he will first take away the understanding.”

Geo. Herbert.—Jacula Prudentum.

I came across the above phrase while reading a Story " Macintosh" by Somerset Maugham..

Sometimes I tend to believe that God created social media as an interim step in that process of destruction ..

Step one ..It occurs to the Divine will that a fellow should be finished.

Subsequent steps that follow are:-

He enters the mind of the victim and makes him join a social media group

The victim starts to post sensible --or apparently sensible--things

He gets Likes

Then him imagination runs dry

But he is intoxicated by the initial Likes..

and also starts to delude himself that he is a genius.. Socrates and Shakespeare, Marx and Shankara bundled into one..

He starts to blabber and tilts towards dogmatism and narcissism..

He starts fighting, throwing tantrums

He reaps the fruits of his insane posts in befitting abundance

He starts throwing stones, first pebbles, then boulders, and then huge chunks of rocks at others,

Receives Tit for tat

Sow wind and reap whirlwind

And the fellow is finished off even at a greater pace than the Father in the Heaven expected.

That is all about Karma

We can understand  fate without reference to any religion, belief or dogma.. we can call it chance or serendipity too..

But Karma is a concept based on religion, faith etc..

There is sufficient proof -- and we need not go anywhere else than just to analyse our own lives to prove it-- to show that most of the things in our life happen by chance which is nothing but operation of fate..

However we cannot prove  Karma theory   in absolute terms..

The theory of Karma was in vogue right from the start of human thought but the concept has remained unproved all the time..

So age has very little to do with Karma..

Karma theory is rather a lesson in ethics..

If vyasa said.. ParopakaraH punyaaya, Paapaaya parapeedanam..

परोपकारः पुण्याय पापाय परपीडनम् . 

it is nice to trust in that.. 

Vyasa meant "doing good brings good returns, and harming others begets sins and destruction..."

I respect it as a social rule of ethics , but we have to trust in it without seeking for any proof..

That is all about Karma

How can we learn Hinduism from any book ?

How can we learn Hinduism from any book ?

The sites on sacred texts contain books in thousands.

However, which text can be there exactly on the concept of Hinduism alone?

For many, Hinduism can be only like an onion.

When we peel off the shellslayer after layer ultimately we may find nothing inside as a nucleus.

For soe others Hinduism is an emotion,

a part of their very being from conception to cremation and beyond.

We can only live Hinduism by example but howcan we learn from books?

Even the greatest philosopher should have sought the assistance of a dentist

Even the greatest philosopher should have sought the assistance of a dentist if he had a bad tooth and all his thoughts on absolute purity of thoughts would have helped him very little to relieve the pain .

Dry rhetoric just for the consumption of gullible audience could attract temporaray attention and even claps and accolades.  

However they would be  of little or no use in any practical way.

Some saints were different..

For example Ramakrishna and Vivekananda were down-to-earth in their treatment of worldy woes..

So were Lord Krishna the jagadguuru  and such greats..

The idol of God is made of stone..

A rubble of  stone on the street is also of the same material..

However we cannot throw the stone in the street at the idol just saying that we are hurling God at  God so that the two could unite.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬

𝐀 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐮𝐬.

𝐇𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐛 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐬,

𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐝,

𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬

𝐚𝐧𝐝

𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐭

𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬..

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬

𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐧

𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬..

𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐦 𝟏𝟏.𝟕.𝟑𝟑-𝟑𝟓 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟒 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬..

𝐀 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞

𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫 perhaps  𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐆𝐨𝐝..

efficiency, moderate eating, hard work and couteous behavviour

 

दक्षः श्रियमधिगच्छति पथ्याशी कल्यता सुखमरोगी।

उद्युक्तो विद्यान्तं धर्मार्थप्रशंसि च विनीतः॥

इन्दिश्चे स्प्रूचे १००३ वानराष्टके

dakṣaḥ śriyamadhigacchati pathyāśī kalyatā sukhamarogī|

udyukto vidyāntaṁ dharmārthapraśaṁsi ca vinītaḥ||

indiśce sprūce 1003 vānarāṣṭake

The efficient and resourceful person would gain all wealth, welfare and other benefits, in the course of his lifetime.

The man, who is prepared to regulate his food to fit to the needs of nutrition would be able to maintains robust youth and freedom from diseases, and if at all he is ill, he would return to normal health if he follows the restrictions in diet prescribed by the physician

The person who is prepared to work hard, posesses initiative and perseverence would gain highest education and training in sciences and other disciplines

and

The person who is well-bred, humble and courteous would be able to attain Dharma.. or all the virtues, Artha, the wealth and resources in abundance, and name and fame in the society too.

The quote is from an ancient text Vanaraashtakam..

Kva

analysis

दक्षः efficient and resourceful person श्रियं wealth and other beneficial things अधिगच्छति gets पथ्य अशी who eats proper and regulated food सुखं physical fitness अरोगी freedom from diseases कल्यता robust youth उद्युक्तः the man with initiative, drive and willingness to work hard विद्या अन्त्तं the sciences and education till the end विनीतः the well-bred humble and courteous person धर्म virtue अर्थ money प्रशंसी name and fame च भवति too become, attain

A man would invite destruction for himself through three things.

 

लोभप्रमादविश्वासैः पुरुषो नश्यति त्रिभिः।

तस्माल्लोभो न कर्तव्यः प्रमादो न न विश्वसेत्॥

गरुडपुराणे इन्दिश्चे स्प्रूचे २६८५

lobhapramādaviśvāsaiḥ puruṣo naśyati tribhiḥ|

tasmāllobho na kartavyaḥ pramādo na na viśvaset||

garuḍapurāṇe indiśce sprūce 2685

An advise from the celebrated Garuda Puranam

A man would invite destruction for himself through three things.

1.Being excessively greedy and crazy about accumulating wealth through any means, by hook or crook

2. Falling prey to an attitude of negligence bordering on indifference, failing to exhibit diligence and alertness in life and activities in general

3. Having a tendency to respose trust without proper verification or validation about the antecedents of the person whom one trust, without properly evaluating the chance of success or failure in an activity

Therefore, the advice given is that one should never be too greedy, one should ever be alert and one should never trust anyone else blindly.

Kva

Analysis

लोभ greed, avariciousness, excessive craving प्रमाद negligence, lack of care or alacrity, lack of seriousness विश्वासैः (misplaced) trust, excessive confidence त्रिभिः by these three पुरुषो a man नश्यति perishes तस्मात् therefore लोभः न कर्तव्यः do not be avaricious प्रमादो न कर्तव्यः be alert, never be negiigent न विश्वसेत् never trust anyone too much, that too without much basis च too

The flow of ocean of Gurus

It is teachers day...

The birthday of the philosopher president of India...an erudite scholar and teacher the Revered Dr. S. Radhakrishnan..

The flow of ocean of Gurus start with

Lord Shiva the Dakshinamoorthy

and the

adorable aacharya of Gita Sri Krishna

and

the greatest guru who ever held human form Srimad Sankaracharya

and

continues for ever and ever

and

it includes all of you my dear friends..

My humble pranams to you all

𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐮

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚..

𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐮𝐬.

𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚

REALM

 

REALM--- means domain, field of activity, jurisdiction, kingdom

this word finds a place in the famous poem by Keats..

On looking first into Chapmans Homer

Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,

And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;

Round many western islands have I been

Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.

Oft of one wide expanse had I been told

That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne;

Yet did I never breathe its pure serene

Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold:

Then felt I like some watcher of the skies

When a new planet swims into his ken;

Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes

He star'd at the Pacific—and all his men

Look'd at each other with a wild surmise—

Silent, upon a peak in Darien.

The modern girl would say.. the kitchen is the realm or is in the realm of her Mom.. 

or her boyfriend.

If I think seriously, I can speak or write very little

This page, and keying on it, was a boon to me for the last twetyfive  years or so..

It worked as an arena where I blundered,

where I fought,

and where I wrote too..

My writing skills, especially typing skills improved beyond expectation..

And writing which should have at least three production centres, viz .. the mind of the writer,

the finger keyboard combine

and the console where the end product appears,

was mostly limited in my case to the keyboard and the console

and there was hardly any application of mind..

But somehow,

after long years,

I do seem to succumb to the temptation for the activity

called use of brain and mind too..

But I am sure, my output in terms of finger movements and therefore clutter of the console would find a lot of reduction qualitatively and in bulk too..

If I think seriously, I can speak or write very little..

The drum that the the mind get filled up and declines to make noises..

crow is crow and cuckoo is cuckoo

 

काकः कृष्णः पिकः कृष्णः को भेदः पिककाकयोः।

वसन्तसमये प्राप्ते काकः काकः पिकः पिकः।।

kākaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pikaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ ko bhedaḥ pikakākayoḥ।

vasantasamaye prāpte kākaḥ kākaḥ pikaḥ pikaḥ।।

Question After all a Crow is black in and the cuckoo too is black. What on eart is the difference between them?

Answer We will know the difference when the spring season arrives.

The crow flies around picing and eating dirt and garbage and produces hoarse crawing noises that woud break the eardrums. However the cuckoo soars in the sky singing with sweet and heavenly voice that would be necar to the ears. The crow is crow and the cuckoo is cuckoo.

കാകഃ കൃഷ്ണഃ പികഃ കൃഷ്ണഃ കോ ഭേദഃ പികകാകയോഃ।

വസന്തസമയേ പ്രാപ്തേ കാകഃ കാകഃ പികഃ പികഃ।।

ചോദ്യം.. കാക്കയ്ക്കും കറുപ്പുനിറമാണ് കുയിലിനും നിറം കറുപ്പ് തന്നെ.. രണ്ടും തമ്മില്‍ എന്ത് വ്യത്യാസമാണ് ഉള്ളത്?

ഉത്തരം.. വസന്തം വന്നെത്തിയാല്‍ നമുക്ക് ആ വ്യത്യാസം തിരിച്ചറിയാം. കാക്ക ചപ്പും ചവറും ചികഞ്ഞുതിന്നുകൊണ്ട് വികൃതമായ ക്രോ ക്രോ എന്ന ശബ്ദത്തില്‍ നിലവിളിച്ചു കൊണ്ട് എല്ലായിടത്തും പറന്നു നടന്നു നമ്മുടെ ചെവി പൊളിക്കും. 

കുയില്‍ ആകാശത്തില്‍ പറന്നുയര്‍ന്നു നമ്മുടെ ചെവികള്‍ക്ക് അമൃതം പകരുന്ന സംഗീതം പകര്‍ന്നുകൊണ്ട് നമ്മെ സന്തോഷിപ്പിക്കും. 

കാക്ക എപ്പോഴും കാക്കയായിരിക്കും. കുയില്‍ എന്നും കുയില്‍ തന്നെ.

we cannot afford to assert that any school of thought is absolutely right

As a devout Hindu and a practicing brahmin, 

I am one with you..

However, in the realm of thought, we can only take lessons from those whom we respect or ever revere.. we cannot afford to assert that any school of thought is absolutely right...

When we attempt to do that we tend to become dogmatic..

Ultimately, if I am honest, I should apply such philosophy to my life, experience the effects in my own life and then . can choose to embrace or reject it...

However, there are two situations..

I cannot say sugar is sweet without tasting it..even if Krishna said so (for arguments sake) in Gita..

But I will not say that I should taste poison and die to confirm that poison will kill..

In a practical sense, if any religion says that human beings should love one another and show tolerance we need not ask for proof to follow such dicta..

Nevertheless in matters which can cause harm and strife to others or which have little or no value other than dry rhetoric or dogma, one can never be so sure..

With due respects to all Gurus on the eve of Teachers day, I would say that the concept of showing respect to the Guru evolved only because of its social utility.. But dependence on guru should not mean that the disciple should jump out with a dagger and stab an innocent person just because the Guru said it.. It is better to have assertions originating from within ourselves, even at the risk of such assertions being not very perfect..

I take quotes from Gita or Bible or Marx, but the basic concept I try to present has to be on the basis of my own experience, however big or trivial a human being I am..

Paramahamsa Lived his life but I have to live my life and not him..

I really doubt there is any absolute recipe for being happy..

I really doubt there is any absolute recipe for being happy.. 

Happiness comes from a very complicated bundle of stimulii or circumstances,, 

and this happiness is always keeping an unstable equilibrium.. 

The smallest tilt can throw it Topsy turvy...

In this matter I am not going after any shastram or scripture.. faith plays a major role,, but faith is a state of mind.. if you feel reading a book or hearing a Sastrigal will work for you, it is okay for you, but it need not work for anyone else or all others.. 

I have attempted to draw examples from raw life and in a matter concerning the mind, I am not able to subscribe to any text or philosophy relatable to any religion or ism ..

The state of mind, state of happiness is not based on any such Ism .. neither Hinduism, or Christianism or Socialism or communism..

When we discuss Hindu scriptures we can evaluate the merits sitting inside that school of thought, but a human being is not just a Hindu or a Christian..

Who can really define Soul or contemplation on it going beyond Religion.? .

in absolute and non-relativistic terms.?.

What is to be enjoyed or endured through mind can hardly be put into the straitjacket of religious philosophy..

𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆,𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅

𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅.. 𝑰 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.. 

𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒔.. 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉..

 𝑴𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓𝒔.. 

𝑴𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒓.. 

𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒓𝒖𝒔.

𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 ---𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡...

𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 ---𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡...

𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭...

𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡..

𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲..

𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞..

𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞..

𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬....

𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞-𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞