Time Lapse photography - The first test

Not perfect, but it works.

Every truth today was once a lie.

Some of the strongest ideas motivating people in this world are based on false hope. False hope is a significant scaffolding structure in creating the future.

Its a mistake if you didn't have a discussion and conclusion.

I am not dumb. I just instinctively act as if I am dumb.

The purpose of life

I have often wondered what truly is the purpose of my life. What is the right way to live or is there really a right way to live? What am I supposed to do and what I am not? Why do I feel like doing somethings and not do others? Again am I looking for someone to tell me or order me what to do?

People have tried to answer some of these questions through spirituality, religion, politics, science and what not. I am not convinced and most of them don't make full sense to me. All of them are vague and tend to fulfill their propaganda of gaining power and control. It should also be pointed that these systems provide us with order and base in the mind. Imagine a mind with no fixed ideas or rules ..... its going to be heavily indecisive and in extreme cases maddening. I find a lot things taught to me to be wrong, but it should be credited to these wrong lessons that have taught me to distinguish between right and wrong and given me some sense of truth. You first learn the wrong lesson and then learn that it is wrong.

I feel the purpose of one's life lies within oneself. I am the authority to decide my purpose. This purpose may or may not bring good to society, but again I am the authority to decide. To me life is pointless. Nihilism is perhaps the more appropriate word to describe my conclusion. To me there is no true goal or destiny in life. Its simply what you choose to be and want to do.... till you die... which is perhaps one's true final destination.... we will die one day - naturally or un-naturally.... until someone finds a cure to that.... which will raise a whole new bunch of paradoxical dilemmas.

A significant part of the solution to problems of the world

As humanity we have many problems and issues. We have come up with one system after another to solve these problems. We have a variety of religions - each having its own unique ways of dealing with social problems. We have a variety of form of governments - democratic being widely common. We have a number of corporation to solve specific problems - products and services to help society. Financial and economic systems - capitalist or socialist.... and many more. All these systems have countless flaws. But what I find to be the biggest flaw in the system is that it requires human beings to run them. People or a person has always managed to exploit these systems and beliefs to his/hers advantage. You will always find a human behind all problems, whether corruption, war, murder, killings, rape, genocides, poverty, ....etc. Someone didn't like someone or hated some people's way of life or couldn't satisfy oneself sexually or has a small penis or smaller boobs or couldn't get what he/she wanted or had problems with parents or was bullied in school too much or couldn't find someone to love him/her.... and the list continues...... 'n' number of source reasons for all the misery in the world. All reasons are human.

So I am convinced.

'We' are the 'problem' and 'we' need to stop blaming the systems we create to solve our problems but exploited as and when we got the chance.

There are two ways to solve all this . The 1st way would be to develop a system that does not need any human beings to run it. A non-human system that just dictates us, monitors us, controls us. That way the governing system will always be fair, unbiased, corruption free, trustworthy, efficient and much more.

Or the 2nd way is to be become better human beings who can run a system properly and efficiently, without misuse.

So here's the billion dollar question. How do we become better human beings who are not greedy, don't keep grudges, don't discriminate, are unbiased, .....etc. (add your requirements)?

For a start I feel we need to understand ourselves much better. As a person I have come to realize that I don't really know myself as well I thought I did. We tend not to acknowledge many things about ourselves because we are insecure about them.

I may write more about this later as I untangle more of my thoughts and put them in words. ;)

Seeing the world

Its quite a cliche to hear people state their ambition or dream as "I want to see the world". But what does it really mean to see the world. Well the "experience" is the briefest way to describe the purpose and significance. Exploring new places also leads to self-exploration (I know that is a cheeky term, but can't come up with something better). In my experience when you are out there on your own experiencing new things, you unlock hidden closed boxes in yourself that you had no idea even existed. A new experience has the ability to touch your soul in ways that you have never dreamed or thought off. At that moment you remember the time you told yourself "that is not going to be me" or "I will never do that" or "That's ridiculous" or "That's stupid" or "This can never happen to me" or "How could someone ever do such a thing". You realize with a grin on your face that you were wrong.

So to all those people who want to see the world, be prepared for some classic humiliation.

Not only will you see the world, the world will also see you and focus its radioactive rays at you and mutate you into something or someone quite different. :P

I understand that the world is not a fair place. That doesn't not want me to make it one.

I believe I can do anything I want to. I also believe I cannot do the things I don't want to.

A lot of people are counting on "YOU" to be stupid.

In today's world every strong feeling and every good idea is encouraged to be transformed into a profitable business plan.

Everybody's got a take. Nobody's got anything to give huh!!

People are wrong all the time and mistakes are really my style.

Never regret about the things that could have been. They are a big hindrance to what still can be.

I believe I can be or do anything I want. I just need the inspiration. Inspiration to me is like the stick Archimedes asked for to move the earth.

In love you lose your rationality. When you snap out of it, you lose your innocence.

Every turn in my life begins with a shock. I need a better suspension system.

It is funny how the human mind works. One fine day out of nowhere you start obsessing for things you never thought of or even liked.

Human intelligence and stupidity go side by side. We are all intellects and idiots at the same time, but in different contexts of our lives.