Number Thirteen

The Dilemma

Have you ever wondered about the enigma that surrounds the number Thirteen!? I never believed it, nor still believe, but yes this disbelief has been shaken a bit, on this 13th of September.Though its a small incident, already narrated in the script below, so I'll not get into it.

Sticking to the subject in focus, have you ever felt any agitation, or 'hitch-kitch-aahat' regarding the believe in disbelief of the Number Thirteen.It really pains to lose your prized possession, but at the same time, I feel the loss was more to do with my carelessness rather than the Number Thirteen.

What makes this blog special is, all my thoughts have occured on 13th or 31st, which is extreme coincidence like today's incident.Also I have been as careless with the use of words as one can be.In Conclusion, the Number Thirteen may smell foul, but it is more to do with superstition and coincidence rather than factual or scientific reasons to assert that Number Thirteen is Disastrous.

Coincedentally, today was the Birthday of many successful people.

fyi

The number of participants at the Last Supper Counting both Judas Iscariot and Matthias, there were thirteen apostles Thirteen was once associated with the Epiphany by Christians, the child Jesus having received the Magi on his thirteenth day of life. In Judaism, 13 signifies the age a boy matures (bar mitzvah). The number of principles of Jewish faith according to Maimonides According to the Torah, God has 13 Attributes of Mercy

Unlucky 13

Thirteen is regarded as an unlucky number in many cultures. Fear of the number 13 is termed triskaidekaphobia. The thirteenth of a month is likewise ominous, particularly when it falls on a Friday in some English-speaking cultures, Russia and Germany or a Tuesday in the Greek and Spanish-speaking world.

Examples

In Scotland, there is no terminal 13 in any airport, instead there is a terminal 12B.

Some airplanes skip a row 13, going straight from 12 to 14. Some tall buildings have resorted to skipping the "thirteenth floor", either by numbering it "14" or as "12a".

Some streets do not contain a house number 13.

The Code of Hammurabi, a collection of laws created ca. 1760 BC, does not contain a thirteenth law.

On the 13th day of the Persian new year (Norouz), people consider staying at home unlucky, and go outside for a picnic in order to ward off the bad luck.

......and more is out there.

Phone ki Dhadkan

An incident at the Bus stop has wreaked havoc in my information management and streamlining mechanism.

While trying to get on to a bus, one rarely dreams of an incident of massive proportions, one that can disable the daily activity and smooth functioning of what you call routine business.

A first of its kind in my case, but one that made me walk miles in the scorching sun in vain.

You will not believe it; even now i have not been able to digest it, but that, which told me of the upcoming schedules, events such as birthdays, on that keep me on my toes, one that remembered for me umpteen number of things, one that was full of memories that could be recalled at the click of a button, got stolen right under me nose, rather from my belt.

so my inference is that don't wear belts and if you do wear them, then don't wear things on them.

My lovely W810i is lost forever and with it all my beautiful pictures, videos, voice audios, reminders, birthdays and an invaluable list of contacts compiled over a period of one year.

In memory of my dear phone,
the beautiful Sony Ericsson W810i

On This Day
Thursday The 13th
September 9/13

Regards,


Adil

Random

Thoughts on Life

I was wondering, how people get bound to things, bound to routines, bound to targets, bound to duty, bound to a particular activity. Why it cannot be so, that everything flows out of its own energy and out of passion, out of devotion, out of enthusiasm, out of its own Will. Why does everything have to be forced?

Flow as the river, a force alive within. It is very difficult to talk about nothing, we often end up blank. But my attempt is to flow, free as the river, blow as vagrantly as the wind, shine as brilliantly as the sun and whisper as surreptitious as the trees.

I believe that life is always progressing; the highs and lows are one thing only, and we are always growing. Presently my stay at Amritsar is about to end and with this one page (phase) of my life, is complete and sealed; with this I move to Bangalore, a new page waiting to be written.

My take on this, is that all good things must come to an end, to make space for better things to come. God is a giver, we have to accept his gifts with all the grace and joy and humbleness. He is pleased in giving, we must be humble in receiving and thus also be altruistic is giving.



“We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.”Muhammad Ali

“Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.” ~Marion Howard

“The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.” ~Chinese Proverb

Just another Thought

Psychology – The Balance of Power

Have you ever wondered about the nature of our behaviour? It is quite interesting. Just this morning while taking a walk I came up with a theory that may already exist but I might have rekindled it.

It’s about me having both yin and yang and how they feature in my life. As we all know that we have one personality or say one quality that dominates us and our life.
My say is that the other exists too, and is visible in all the other activities that we do and in the habits that we pick up.

Let’s take my example; I am soft, by nature and quite a harmless creature. Likewise it shows in my work, as in I am attentive, in other words patient, relaxed, and time taking to achieve an excessive level of perfection in whatever I do.

On the other side, I like to watch violent cinema. Action movies, Bruce Lee being my Guru, especially movies that use physical fights, sword fights, etc. even I have interest to learn martial arts and did manage to take time off to learn a bit and hey I love boxing too. Now where does all this lead to?

But then again my hobbies include nature photography. And I like to see the wildlife not in zoos but free in their natural habitat. I work towards this too, all goody-goody. Hey that does not mean I am soft, does it? I like endure physically, taking the toughest trek routes, wish to encounter the rulers of the wild and even believe that I can escape unscathed. But yes without hurting the other guy too.

It can get very complex. I can come up with umpteen such examples. My purpose was to make your conscious self be aware of the force and make you see and analyse the role it plays in your life, by illustrating from my life.


“Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think.”

and another…


“Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.”

….. Theodor Adorno

Chaos

The Full.Stop.

The gap is large, that between my earlier posting and today’s. Why? Quite incomprehensible, isn’t it.
It is the hibernation period; well that is what I’ve come to call it, the time when everything happening in and around me comes to a halt; a time of wait, doubt and strain; a very difficult period indeed.

Today it is all question?marks?, but tomorrow I believe, it will change, God Willing. Today even the faith and belief have received a blow, but then the brotherhood and friendships that have evolved over the period help gulp it all.
You will not gather much from this posting, but yes it may give you an insight into what is happening to me, deep within. The wait is for a few more days, exactly 6 days or it might even get extended to fourty40 days. But I pray it be these six6 days rather than the fourty40. I even pray that these 6six days be equal to 40fourty rather than it being vice versa.

I am in no condition to reveal it all. But I tell you to just hang on for another 6days and Inshallah my Destiny will come calling or rather I will go where my WILL wills.
With this I take your leave.
Till then ciao!
AHA

…for out of ChAoS comes ORDER

The Awakening - It takes Nine9 months

The SMS
“Are you Passionate about the work that you do? If yes then forget it. But if it’s a big NO, then write to me on Gmail. Write all that you feel or want to do or want to be. Feel free to express yourself. Only a select few are being sent the message. Do respond back. Its time we think about it and not blindly do slavery. Free Will and Free Mind cannot be CONTAINED.”

The Beginning of the Blog – an SMS that I sent to five5 of my MBA friends.


Like any other ordinary morning, it all seemed normal. Well yes it was a fact that I was again late for office, getting up at nine9, but then who cared. Work was not comforting. It also happened to be Friday the 13th. Hardly matters right, but today was a holiday, an official holiday on the occasion of Baisakhi. A friendly call had awoken me and informed that officially today was a holiday though the next day was Baisakhi.

Thankful for this one last break, I jumped out of my bed to make most when the Sun Shines.

The most predominant thought was why and how I had landed in the city of Amritsar, far away from my kind of world. On top of that I had been here for exactly nine9 months, days included. It all seemed a bad dream. But then facts can’t be erased as text from the whiteboard.

This gave rise to the next obvious fact, am I enjoying what I am doing? What is my calling? Is this work my life? What kind of development have I caused? What is the development in me? Have I changed one life? Do I need to go on in this manner? What is the future course of Action? And most importantly, am I happy?

The answer was clear and simple – Zilch in every aspect. Other than having made some money and gained some know-how of the Insurance Industry. What is it? It’s just like any other job that any ordinary person does or needs to do, in order to have the materialistic benefits in Life. It is not the end of the World, is it?

I need to enlarge my Vision or rather live it up. Especially when my parents have given me complete freedom and I have no dependant.

I leave with these few lines that I made for my Branch (Ajnala) Vision: “To Achieve a Positive, Distinct, Identity in the Zone.

What about my Vision? Thoughts need words, words need Action. Time up. A Realization dawns.

“Luck exists in the leftovers.” – A Japanese saying…