you are not special

We all are special,,we are unique or we are extraordinary .We all have such biased believes about ourselves.we are taught to pamper our ego right from the very early stages of life like if you got less score in some subject a teacher  would say "you are much better than this ,i want to see you top the class ,come on you can do it ".If you are playing cricket and can't hit those big sixes ,seniors around you would go something like this "you need to  practice more " or "its not easy its not your cup of tea :D " and this just challenges your ego further and you wanna hit those sixes ,because you want to satisfy your ego .We are either encouraged or mocked which just fuels the notion of self importance within us.Growing up in such a society hard-wires this belief in us that we are special, we are here to do something ,achieve something that no one else can.

while this looks quite fancy and natural ,if you observe carefully and look within you ,its not difficult to realize that in this vastness of universe we are just insignificant beings dwelling on a rotating planet,

and if you zoom out sufficiently as in this image ,the famous pale blue dot,its a photograph of earth taken by Nasa's voyager 1 spacecraft when it had reached Neptune.

you will see that your existence is just a joke to the rest of the universe.if we read the below excerpt from a Stephen Hawking's speech ,we can see how it resonates with us !

"The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting around a very average star in the outer suburb of one among a hundred billion galaxies. We are so insignificant that I can't believe the whole universe exists for our benefit"

it does right ? however we find it so difficult to perceive world from such a vantage point  as we are just caught in this trap of feeling special and yearning to be perceived as extraordinary by others that I think we just miss the whole point of our existence which is the very experience of life itself . Instead,if we could understand that we are so inconsequential in this universe and the fact the life is just a journey headed towards its final destination every second,(yes the clock is ticking !) ,we can understand that all that matters is the experience of life itself !

However in order to get the best experience of this voyage which is life,we first need to unshackle ourselves from the chains of our ego that makes us want to feel special ,outstanding, extraordinary etc etc and serves as the perfect hindrance to our full involvement in life.The moment we start believing we are special we form a bias upon which we make all of our decisions which eventually deprives us of opportunities to grow or to learn,distracts us from the journey ahead and makes us focus on  failures or success instead ,takes us away from the present moment and given that life is a just a multitude of these moments ,eventually takes us away slowly but surely from life itself.

if we try to understand experience of life itself,it does not always have to be happy, joyous or prosperous or successful ,does it ? Let's say in a cricket match, our team wins the match comfortably and in another there was a close encounter and the match went down to the wire but we lost,despite the result, we would enjoy the later scenario,because it had us involved more ,containing many moments where heart skipped a beat.The same applies to life ,if we are focused in each moment ,caring the least about the result,we will be more involved in life,we will feel much more satiated,regardless of whether  we won or lost ,and isn't that's all that matters ?

so a good experience of life makes us satisfied ,however that's not the only thing it does .

If we observe we are part of this big machine called the world,and in a machine contrary to what appears on outside its able to function only because even the simplest of its part is functioning as expected,similarly in life despite us not knowing we impact each other lives significantly,we make a difference !

when a school teacher teaches a subject in the best possible way,it changes pupil's life forever,when a industry worker does his work perfectly he helps in making the essential household commodities to be available,when a farmer harvests crops he feeds an entire nation,when an actor delivers a breathtaking performance ,it inspires the audience for lifetime. all of these things are possible because these people are focused in the moment while doing their work,leading a vibrant life ,enjoying the experience of life.

when we are truly dedicated to the current moment,we life live to its full,and when we enjoy our lives we can potentially change the world around us for good !

Hence,whenever you start developing a misplaced sense of self importance about yourself ,remember its an infinite universe ,all of your happiness or sorrows amount to zilch in the large scheme of things. 

your time its good or bad is the only time you have got,this is the only life you have got,make the most of it ,gather not just medallions but also great experiences  !

All the best ,have a great one !

 

How many earths could possibly be there for all the stars in sky

Hi,
Throughout the history of humans one things that has been pondered with all intrigue and seriousness is the universe.how vast it is ? is it infinite if yes what exactly is infinity if no what lies beyond the boundary,another universe?

Don't make a mistake that somehow i have found answers to these questions :D,though that would be cool isn't it ?

However Just like everybody else i have also equally pondered over the vastness of this universe,the dazzling stars that we see and distant ones that we only read about .in this extreme vastness one cliched question that arises "we can't possibly be alone" ? There has to be some earth like planets somewhere else right ? so how far would that place be ,in a different galaxy very far away from us or is it like as we know universe is expanding and once planets,galaxies pass the observable boundary (Doppler's effect) a new universe starts getting created ...wherever it is, it has to be very far away right ? or could it be that its somewhere not that far ,perhaps its within our galaxy ?

when we look in the sky on a starry night  are we possibly looking at some stars of an habitable solar system ? and if that's true most probably they are looking at us at the very same moment !. However since they are few light years away (nearest star is 4.5 light years away...Proxima century) they would be looking at our star the way it appeared few years back .they would be looking at our history and so would we be.fun fact is our history is being recorded by light and transmitted to each and every corner of the universe and received ? depends how good a telescope an advance civilization might have developed or perhaps we will develop in future.

so if really these stars have habitable planets around them its perhaps only a matter of time when a contact will be made ,perhaps its just starting days of universe and one day we will be able to communicate with other intellectual lives ,able to even travel to each other planets.imagine a cricket matches being played like Earth Vs SomePlanet on a neutral venue that's important !

The dark possibilities include that some aliens could be monsters who just want to crush earth for fun or invade earth for their requirements like they show in all hollywood movies

As per scientific evidences by NASA there are around 10000 possible civilizations in the universe with each civilization few thousand years apart .if any two civilization have a time scale of existence in thousands of years they could actually contact each other through light signals which travel fastest in universe.

at earth we only live for 100 years so even though the sender generation wont be the receiver ,still humanity as a one can communicate with some distant planets or civilization and in this search we have sent interstellar space shuttles like voyager1 voyage2 carrying various information about humanity some carrying records of the word "OM" ,some carrying various pictorial depiction of life
at earth some carrying statements by presidents and prime ministers of world.

I wish one day the search gets over because they are out there definitely and they are good like us only because monsters are only in movies and one day there will be a contact that will change life as we know it forever !

EachMomentInLifeIsPrecious

we all get one life to live which we take for granted and when things are taken for granted
we don't see much value in it.so we start thinking about various other things,setting goals,planning life,analyzing failures and successes,listening to some heroic stories ,making role models for ourselves,if you don't have any,you are just  google search away.

so the motto becomes lets dream big,make our lives large,let the world know what you are capable of,
be a winner.I would say that's a great thought,but hold your horses a bit and think for a while,
did you lose on some finest things in life while you were all busy trying to achieve the bigger things,
like seeing the morning sun rising as majestically as ever ,like cracking and listening to jokes of your colleagues ,bursting out in laughter,like helping a friend in need ,interacting with young kids and be part of their silly games.,spending more time with family ,assuring them you are hale and hearty and doing good in life, or even like eating your best food in unlimited quantity (being a foodie)

I bet people must miss on some if not many of these things which are essential part of life while trying to make it large in life.I think its time to realize that big achievements,those larger than life moments are just moments that you rightly deserve after eons of painstaking efforts,however those small moments filled with happiness joy are the ocean of emotions that you go through in life.
so logically ,those small moments weigh much more than the so called big moments of your life

so how do you prioritize things,do you go for the summit or savor the journey, well its not an exclusive choice I think one must aim for both in life..you achieve things,dream big,maybe even contribute to society someday ,however whatever it is that you wanna achieve,just make sure that its just a part of your life and not your life itself.

life itself is of utmost importance,the reason being contrary to our false conscious belief ,life does not come with a guarantee of how many heart beats you gonna have.Its all unpredictable and the ultimate truth of life being one day this life will kill you, it will take from you whatever you have accumulated or "achieved" and you will merge into the universal zero or your consciousness will advance to higher levels,lets not go there who knows?,however as far as earth is concerned that will be end of you ,your successes and your failures.


so you die and people say you "rest in peace"..well if its true that one day i am gonna be rested just like that in peace and I don't know for how long,why not get tired all you can while you are alive.
why not put painstaking efforts in various things we do ...so there you go,you must do that,however
our efforts should never be one dimensional it needs to encompass various parts or sectors of life.
and when you try as good as you can for everything you have in life ,efforts will become effortless because you will have that much more happiness and pains wont be pains.

you will be running the race,but with happiness and belief in your heart that no matter what the result is I was happy when i started the race and i will be happy when i end it.

Have a great life !!!