The Sixth Sense?

There's much more to life than what you and me can see and feel. This is a very common thought and I believe that most us would believe philosophically in it. I myself do.

But then on second thoughts, can something be more than what we can see and feel??? I mean yes there are things that we can taste and hear and smell other than see and feel. But we know that that's not what we are talking about. Is there something really beyond the five senses that make a living being? When it comes to living beings... dogs for sure do have a sixth sense as far as I know. But I really am not concerned about dogs here and hence let me replace the word living with human - "Is there something really beyond the five senses that make a human being"?

Thinking philosophically the answer would be YES but thinking practically the answer would be a dead NO. The people who don't agree with me in this would say that there is something commonly known as intuition. But if we come to think of it in the real sense... intuition is nothing but a state of mind. We normally believe what we want to happen as being intuition. And in case it actually comes true... we start believing that we indeed have a sixth sense. So, I would say... it's all in the mind.

Another argument to my opinion will probably come in terms of the Astrologers! Don't know but really would not like to say anything about this point. I believe future prediction to be a complete crap. I mean astrology for me is true as far as the astrologer tells you what has happened in your past life. But predicting future??? Nobody other than the ALMIGHTY knows what is to follow. And that's why HE is called the ALMIGHTY, a.k.a. the ALL MIGHTY!!!

The above written is the stuff that I really believe in... but I surely have witnessed a few incidences in my life which make me think again. There have been a couple of things I still have not found the reason for. And this is the reason for writing this post. I leave this as the open question... and please do pour in your comments on this -

"Is there something beyond the five senses that make a human being? Is there really something called a SIXTH SENSE?"

Dreams Unlimited !!!

Should one have dreams?? or should one just go on??

Dreams... who doesn't have any dreams?? May be some people don't but I am yet to meet such a person. Dreams are something, I believe, you get for free with life. They are different for everybody though... as in someone dreams about money, someone dreams about getting Aishwarya (or Shahrukh as the case may be) as their better-half, someone dreams about becoming the next Big B of Bollywood, someone dreams about making it big in sports and blah blah blah... You can dream whatever you want to. After all they are probably the only tax-free thing in our country that you can enjoy.

Is it right to dream? As in I am not asking whether it is ethically right or whether the Shiv Sena will blast you if you dream. I am talking of a more practical point of view here. A better question could be that does dreaming hamper the growth (again, not physical or mental) of a person? The answer to this can probably not be a straight forward 'YES' or 'NO'. It is not that objective a question after all.

There was a dialogue in Aditya Chopra's DDLJ... "Sapne dekho... par unke poore hone ki shart mat rakho" ("Have dreams... but do not put a condition for them to be fulfilled"). This dialogue will probably sound emotionally very healing to somebody who has recently been through a broken-dream-syndrome or is going through it presently. But for others, does this make sense? As in what is the whole point in dreaming if you don't wish them to be fulfilled??? I don't understand that.

Some people say that you should take life as it comes and don't dream of the future. Let life go on. I strongly oppose this philosophy. I personally believe that having dreams keeps you going, keeps you motivated and gives you something to work towards. But then again, this is too objective a statement and can't be accepted as it is without if's and but's. My BUT here is that do have dreams BUT don't be the next Mungeri Lal (remember the serial telecast on Doordarshan long time back... when people of my age were still happier on the last day of school before the summer vacation than probably getting a date with Aishwarya!!). For people who don't remember the serial or have never seen it... the above statement simply means that don't get impractical in dreaming. As in don't dream to become a Tata or an Ambani. I am in no means saying that you can't. If they could, then everybody can. But as they never dreamt of it, you also don't dream of it. It is a very commonly used saying - "Dream big"... I would not say that it is not correct. Dream big for sure, but let big be just BIG, and not TOO BIG.

Another view point could be that don't dream coz it hurts bad when a dream of your's is shattered. And if you have not thought anything and something good happens, you will feel more good than if you had thought about it. But then again, is this not a part of the game? If every dream was fulfilled, then would dreams not lose their meaning? Think of the contentment you would get if you get one of your dreams fulfilled!! It will be a feeling that no other feeling could beat. You will feel proud.

So, in my opinion, dream... but let there be some practicality in your dreams also. Know your limits.

Happy dreaming... and all the best!

What's more in store...

What exactly to say and what exactly to do,
I seriously have got no clue.
Life is as stranded as it always has been,
But what's more is store is still to be seen...

With the end of each day,
It is getting tough to hold on.
I am trying to keep hopes alive,
May be somewhere there is a dawn.
Every friday evening I think,
It is one more week survived.
With the hope that the next week,
Will probably see me getting revived!

How I wish I could write my destiny,
I would not have written anything insane.
All I want to do is that,
By a small amount, reduce this searing pain...
Hope is the only thing that is holding me here,
But I don't know for how long.
I wish I am not hoping against hope,
And I can again sing a happy song.

At times I have tried to take the lead,
But I still am on the losing side of this game.
Whatever I might try to do,
But nothing changes and things remain the same.
This is not how I wanted it to be,
This is not how anybody wants things to be.
But somehow it is so now,
And I desperately want to break free...

Maybe the road ahead is not so tough to tread,
And there are no thorns but roses instead.
With this thought I do become a little serene,
But what's more in store... is still to be seen...
It is still to be seen...

Just a thought...

Are we earning to live or are we living to earn?

Just a thought that crossed my mind today. Actually got an unexpected salary hike today from the office. And the happiness on the faces was worth more than a notice for sure. People forgot all the worries and there was happiness all around. A rare sight to be seen. Some already happy with the hike, and the others happily waiting for their mail to come as if destiny is going to change after this. Then, it was realised that everyone has not got this hike and its a particular band of people who got it. Then there were mixed emotions. The question now with most of the unlucky lot was - "Why did they get the hike" whereas I thought that - "why did I not get it" would have made more sense. Anyways, that's digressing from the topic I believe.

So coming back, I saw people forgetting all their worries with the declaration of this small, rather meagre, hike. And then this question crossed my mind. Thought a lot but it is still to be answered. Where are we heading...