A known stranger.

I met an old friend last week.I was meeting her after 12 years(well she thinks its 13 but i am sure its 12 :)).She was soon geting married.Although it was my idea to meet up for the lunch but i was myself not feeling like going,thinking it would be a boring get together with nothing common to talk.

But on contrary,i really had a nice time.You know whats good about meeting an old buddy who knows nothing(recent) about your life,you can share anything with her without having a guilt of sharing too much.I knew i would never meet her again in my life(or maybe for another 12 years) and probably she knew it too,so we both opened our hearts out to each other.

She told me some of her most personal secrets,fears,insecurities and many other aspects of her life.And after 4 hours of eating pizzas and 3 rounds of icecreams,I also didn't left anything unsaid about my last 12 years.

Its so amazing that you spend each day of your life with someone and yet are stranger to them whereas another person knows nothing about you yet seems to know you inside out.Even more amazing thing was that despite of not knowing anything about me,she gave me all the answers/reasons i was searching for soo long.And the most amazing part of all is,she gave me it in just one line.

After listening to me for almost half hour,she said: "I think the easiest way to loose something is to wan't it too badly".

And my mind went,woah at that very moment.Thats exactly the mantra of life,not to want something too badly so that you forgets the reason why you wanted it in the first place.After thinking it through many times,i think somewhere in my heart i already learned that thing but i guess she verbalized it in the best possible way.Thanks buddy for everything.And wish you a great life ahead :):)

And to all junta reading my blog,a very Happy diwali to you all :):)

God would have been an atheist.

Being born in a religious family,i was always taught to respect and believe in God.But since i started developing some sence of logic,i my belief system took a U-turn.I have been an aithest for almost 7 years now.Somehow this concept of GOD always seems greek to me.There are many reasons for the same...some of them are:

1)I have never got anything by praying,even if i pray a lot.My output always depended on my input,that is the hard work and dedication i put up in achieving my target.So why pray at all ???

2)When our holy books says that all things in our life are destined,so why pray at all.You will get what is written in your destiny without praying also.Also i remember when i was unable to crack one entrance exam long ago,a priest in a local temple told me that its destiny whereas i knew exactly where i did wrong(my lack of effort in one section of the exam).

3)If God created all of us,then why there are so many different Gods in many different religion,does God himself created another God???Who is the original God then???

4)If your answer to last question is: "There is one God who came in multiple forms at different times",then why the beliefs of most of the religions,mutually conflicting to each other???

5)Does it makes any sence that going to temple everyday,not eating non veg on certain days,and reading some holy book twice a day or week and keepin fast will actually make any possitive change in your life(well ofcourse except making you healthy in terms of low fat input and saving you from fast life outside the gurudwaras/temples etc.)

6)If God would have existed,then would He/She be an atheist or a believer.I mean will He/She wanted us to believe in Him/Her,build extra-expensive gurudwaras/temples for Him/Her and fight,kill or even hate other people if they attack our these place of worship.

My personal beliefs are these:
1)God is a concept rather than an entity.
2)There are certain things beyond our controls and is guided by some supreme power beyond us(so far)and we must learn to respect(and not worship) this supreme power.
3)I go to all worship places near my college campus,but only for peace of mind they provide me in this fast life of mine.
4)I consider my family and my work much above God.
5)Live life.....its more beautiful than God.