Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Maths of Love and More ....

I was watching the hindi movie Zeher the other day, from whence came the idea to write this blog-entry.
The maths of a successful relationship is something like this...
1 + 1 = 1
meaning thereby that whenever the man and woman put their 'I' aside and think about their relationship as a whole, the relationship will succeed.
Not surprisingly the maths of an unsuccessful relationship is ...
1 + 1 = 2
The maths of spirituality is very straightforward:
1 = 0
meaning thereby that till you have 'I' or 'ego' you are nothing, a zero.
The following equation is the essence of spiritual journey.
0 = infinity
The above equation can best be understood by the following Doha by Kabir...
Jab mei tha, tab Hari nahin,
Ab Hari hai, mei naahin.
which means...
Till you have 'I', there is no God,
Once you realize God, you realize, there is no concept of 'I'.

5 comments:

  1. dude how can you think of equations after watching a movie like zeher :P

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  2. usi movie mei hi aisa kuch dialogue tha bhai....

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  3. i totally understand that its your perspective and i respect that...but i kinda have som issues (lik alwayz...bt tryin 2 b diplomatic as well).

    i dont lik the 1=0 or the 0=inf thingy
    unless u hv d 'i' u wud nvr b able 2 undrstnd 'hari'. n wen u do undrstnd 'hari'...u wud realize dat it is 'i'.

    Moko kahan dhoondhe re bande,
    Main to tere paas mein,
    Naa teerath mein naa murat mein,
    Naa ekaant niwaas mein,
    naa mandir mein naa masjid mein,
    Naa kaabe kailash mein,
    Main to tere paas mein bande,
    Main to tere paas mein..
    khoji hui turant mil jau,
    Ek pal ki talaash mein,
    Kehat kabir suno bhai sadho,
    Main to hu vishwas mein

    inference: 1=infinity
    if i hv d 'i'...i hv evrythng (read God)
    that ws d math f spirituality...

    for the relationship part...i agree bt i wud lik to make infinite-simal changes

    i think if u fail 2 undrstnd dat 2 personalities are involved...dat relationship is unsuccessful. u hv 2 acknowledge d participation of 2 personalities, n treat dem lik dat. it is nt an equation where u bcom 1 (ok...i agree...i dnt believe in d concept of 2 bodies n 1 mind...n shit lik dat)...bt a symbiotic thingy. u cn only facilitate d other's growth (in a relation) by remaining attached..bt remaining separate.

    i knw i wsnt crystal clear...bt who is.. :P
    also, feel free 2 cal me n shove dis up my ass...bt u gotta undrstnd d plight of d unemployed (mayb ur nxt blog topic).

    chintan (if he evr sees dis page again): there ws a lotta math in zeher. i cudnt get ovr al d angles, shapes, trajectories...im lost again...:P
    cu ltr..i gotta do som calculations

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  4. Siddos (bondhu),
    you wrote above that I wrote this.....
    "unless u hv d 'i' u wud nvr b able 2 undrstnd 'hari'. n wen u do undrstnd 'hari'...u wud realize dat it is 'i'."

    What i wrote was not this. Perhaps you fail to notice that most important word in my blog-entry (which I had written in BOLD).
    Sid, you can never understand God, you can only 'realize' Him. There is a reason why it is called 'God Realization' and *not* 'God Understanding'.

    To understand and realize that "Main to hu vishwas mein" you have to pass through the stage of '0 = inf' from '1=0'. And then when u realize this, then you yourself become a part of the infinite. Then there is no concept of 'I' that remains. If you wld want to call this as '1=inf' then the LHS of this eqn is NOT the same as the LHS of '1=0'.

    Abt the relationshp equations.... i think we are both saying the same thing.... bt i wld deem it apt to rephrase my eqn of a 'bad' relationship as
    1 + 1 = 1 + 1

    Regarding the reply to seth, well [;)]

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  5. I think we need to realize ourself first to realize GOD.

    "1 = 0
    meaning thereby that till you have 'I' or 'ego' you are nothing, a zero."

    is a dangerous thing to have, you need to have some ego perform judgment, tolerance,planning, defense.

    probably,
    ego:ego->0 In a realistic world,we need have a minimum level of ego in ourselves.

    I agree on the relationship front.


    BTW you are really short of movies buddy ;)

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