EGO

Generally we can see that people have a lot of ego issues these days which results to heartbreaks, serenity and many more drawbacks.

They define EGO as an inflated feeling of pride in their superiority to others but I believe we can expand the term 'EGO' as 'Edging God Out'.
Ego is nothing but i-ness inflated to the point of occupying one's entire inner space and the consequent exclusion of everything other than their own self.

It connotes vanity, pride and stupidity. The same 'I' without vanity and arrogance is called asmitha in Sanskrit, meaning innocent or the very personification of innocence. If we closely analyse our skills, talents, and achievements, there is nothing that is purely ours. Everything is created by God. There is logically nothing that justifies our pride.

Emptiness is the absence of ego, a willingness to be hollow on the inside, so as to be able to be filled by divine music. If you have to draw love from the Lord or music from his lips, empty yourself of all your selfcentredness. No ahankaar or i-ness, no vanity, just remaining in a state of shunya and you'll achieve the esctasy of this world and the inner peace of being a human.


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Written by : 
Abhishek Mehra

 Does that girl/guy for whom you feel a little bit different is the love of your life or is he/she just a person you just like and not more than that ? Are they the one whom you're willing to go places for and face everything ? Is it love or is it just a crush which might fade away with time ?
This is something that no one can tell, except your own self but, there are some things which will surely help you in clearing certain doubts.

For instance, a crush is nothing but an instant infatuation. You see them, you like them, and you want them. You want to be with that person for that one particular reason, be it- looks, sense of humour, intelligence or anything.

Meanwhile, Love is indescribable.
Love is when you want to be with that person for no particular reason. You just want them to be by your side every day, every minute, every second.


Citing an example- 

When you're in a bad mood but simply being with that person makes you forget everything, then you're in love.

If you have a crush on someone, you would want to spend time with him/her.

But if you're in love, you would anyhow find time for them no matter how busy you are or how many hurdles you have to face.

If you're just infatuated towards them, you'll just want to go and talk to them, but when you're in love, you'll experience a force making you do that automatically and all your shyness starts vanishing eventually.

When in love, you'll start feeling butterflies in your stomach each time you meet them or are about to meet them. The very thought of seeing them brings a smile on your face.

When you're just attracted to someone, you won't be able to tell clearly whether you believe in love or not.

But when love happens, it turns you into a believer.

You may have a number of crushes but love doesn't happen that easily. It takes time but once it happens, there's nothing that can compare to it. It is a feeling way beyond words, but one thing is for sure, The feeling is divine.


No matter how badly you resist it, it will happen when it has to happen and you will enjoy every bit of it. Love will hold you through ups and downs.
Love will hurt you too at times, but if it is true, it would never mean to.
Love doesn't  intentionally hurt you cause it very well knows that life has been hard enough already. You cannot choose whom you will fall in love with. No, you have no control over that.  Love will come by itself and once it does, you will relish it for good.

Do not fall for what you see, fall for the one who helps you to stand up after you literally fall.

STRUGGLES OF AN OVER-THINKER

I have been wandering too much lately.
As if I am trying to get lost.
As if I am collecting words to write this.
Does this title sound okay? I don't know.
So,for anyone's who's an over thinker, you probably understand the struggle
the need to find meaning in everything on a daily basis.

The one time someone rejected us,or the time when people left us?
It's the one time when we think we're never going to good enough.
We go through every memory just to look for the reasons as to why we got shot down.
Every memory becomes a slap in the face when we think it's our fault. Well it's not.
It's their loss.You don't have to change yourself to be liked.
Change for good, for yourself and not for others.
The right people will stay.
I promise.(well.)

We like to process all the things people say and do.
Those people who often give us quite of the cold shoulder,
well that's where our problems fixates on.
We suddenly rack our brains out with questions like,
"Do they know something about me that has offended them?"
Most of the times,they don't even notice that they had got your mind into overdrive.
For them, it's not a big deal.
We rank people's voice as to their emotions,and we suddenly feel like
if the person we're talking to raises his/her voice a bit than the usual,
he/she is angry.We then sum it up that we have something to do about the change in tone.
But more often, we're just paranoid.

People unfollowing, unfriending, disliking us is going to make us question everything.
And for us,it's not easy to let go of something.
Conversations over text are even more of a minefield, at times.
Mono syllabic replies from friends is something to think about.
We begin annoying them with our questions till they break or just shut us down.
Don't stress about over it(although I know you will).
The only cure is when your friends talk to you 'normally' again.
We can infer the meaning of lyrics of some song/what other person is actually saying,to the point.(according to our imagination)
And,We are great stalkers. PERIOD

Worst case scenarios are the only scenarios for us. We hop into scenarios which are absurd,
play hypothetical conversations in our head and drift away into a parallel world.
We can lose hours once our head hits the pillow.
Sleeping becomes a challenge when you think about that one time you had let a friend down
or some other disturbing memory.
We think about some incident that occurred months ago and we think about all the possible scenarios/outcomes
and end up creating a fantasy version of that incident.
We know how jokes are sometimes,half truths
and thus keep pondering over them.
In the end, we just let it go,
but not before analysing if he/she is really a friend.
When one compliments us, we can't seem to grasp if it was the truth
or simply the person laughing at how dense we could be.
not only do we doubt others, but we begin doubting ourselves.

We can be a little unbearable sometimes

Friends often get annoyed and it makes us stop and look at what we're doing.
And taking all kinds of decisions is a challenge for us.

We are mistaken as pessimists

Now, since we can't live through the moment with the devil-may-care attitude,
people think that we are negative thinkers but we're just realists.
We get affected by little things and so we tend to withdraw from what we think would hurt us.
But it doesn't mean we can't go ahead and live the present moment.
If you make us live in the moment, we'll hang on to you for life(well,)or till one possibly can.

I guess it's just hard to find people stimulating enough for that:P
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Written by : abhishekpd

The perception is that human being is the best amongst all species of life in this world. The powers of will, doing, and feeling exists in all conscious living beings.
               The existence of unconscious material things in this world is perceived by the conscious beings. For instance, matter never says it is matter, it's the conscious being that impart materiality to matter.
           A Conscious human being doesn't want to gain knowledge with the formless and attribute-less human being as he is a sage himself. People are judged by their capabilities, strength, inner will, patience, etc. which make them a real sage or a conscious human being.
                 Oldies or our forefathers used to say that if we have control on ourselves and if we have taken over our minds, then we too are conscious.
                 It's written in the Bhagwat Gita that God has taken birth in the ages to take back the fallen souls and they have made them conscious.
                 Human consciousness is the mystery that connects us all. Every individual arises in conscious spirit from the same unknown place, and moves on the same eternal void when material body no longer supports the spirit.

 Just two untouchable truths which we all know but we are unaware of that:
1. We are a part of the world, inside and out. We are neither in the world or out of the world, for it is us and we are it.

2.  We are a part of nature. Nature is both inside and outside us. We are never in nature or out of nature, as we are nature.

Things that the food lovers have in common

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you plan an outing with your friends or family ? If the answer is food, then high five for that, we both are in the same boat.
Food is the most important part of our lives. No matter how bad our day went or how sad we are, good food always cheers us up. So if you're a foodie, just as I am, then go on reading for its quite a probability that you'll relate to many of these things.

-Whenever we smell some good food in our surroundings, we tend to head over to the person and grab it from them straight away (of course only if the person is a friend). We are rarely  shy when it comes to food.

-We are always open to experimenting with the type of food we're having. From mexican to chinese, we have tried almost all the cuisines that we come across. We don't discriminate on this regard.

-We are prone to taking bribes in the form of food whenever someone wants to get our help or want us to go to some event.

-Very often it happens that we indulge in friendly fights with the people accompanying us cause we don't like the idea of sharing our food much. We turn into ninjas whenever the last slice of pizza is there in the box!

-Many a times it might have happened that we went to some place only because the place had good ambience and it served great food.

-We are always looking out for new cafés and restaurants. We try our very best to visit each and every one of them. For this very reason, people tend to come to us whenever they want a review of some place.

-And thats not all. Food help us cheer our mood too. Whenever we're having a bad day and we're not able to think or act wisely, food comes to our rescue. Good food uplifts our mood and mind, no matter the situation.

Many of you might have related to many of these points. This is because we all share one common interest - food. So keep your taste buds indulged as there are loads of good stuff worth trying available out there. 

 Are you indecisive? : Problems faced by indecisive people

Do you feel helpless when you are to decide upon something ? Does that something means most of the things you come across your life ? If yes, then welcome to the league of indecisiveness. We people belong to a very different breed. (Mind the word 'we', yes I am fatigued with the inability to take decisions, too! ). I face quite some trouble many a times in taking simple decisions and so might be the case with you. Here are some common problems faced by people like us.

-Whenever it comes to choosing between things, we get all dazzled and confused, Esp. When there are two options!
-Exam time is really tough for us as we spend half of our day brooding over which chapter to start with.
-Many a times we are confused on what to wear while going out to a party or with the special someone and end up cancelling the plan.
-When it comes to taking an advice, people maintain quite some distance from us as we have the talent to complicate even the simplest situations by our extraordinary skills.
-Not only that, very often we take advice from our friends and at the end, turn out to be more confused than ever.
-When it comes to shopping, we try quite a number of places and things but still don't buy a thing. Even  choosing between a chocolate pastry and a red velvet becomes a skyscraper for us!
-Many a times it happens that despite having just a single option, we can't gulp that in and invent more options just to get confused for utterly no reason.
-Ordering food at a restaurant is no less than a nightmare for us. And in the end, we are like "order any freaking thing".

AND, the most ironical dilemma we face is that we relate with most of the things said above but still can't figure out whether we're indecisive or not. :P
But despite all this, I feel that this quality of ours is not at all an issue but rather it is great as we develop deep thinking! Or is it an issue ? I don't know! xD

New Semester - a ray of new hope

So, the vacation time is almost over now and the new semester is about to begin. We will not be able to have everyday outings anymore and waking up at noon in the mornings everyday will narrow to just Sundays. The daily routine of staying awake till late night and then getting late for college everyday will again come into play, and then we will be sitting drowsily throughout the day.
But like everytime, this semester too we will be making some "firm" resolutions which we'll claim to follow. Resolutions  like being on time everyday, not skipping a single class, studying daily for few hours and submitting each assignment timely. Although, we all know what will happen ultimately, don't we ? :D
We will never reach the college before the break time, and then we'll end up attending just a couple of classes. The resolutions will be shattered from the first day itself. But who cares, all we care about is enjoying every moment of college life (This is what we all say until exam dates are announced).
We think of beating the top scorers of the class. But end up scoring just passing marks. And then we are like "atleast we enjoyed to the fullest unlike those bookworms and still managed to pass. " But in the end when the semesters will be around the corner, we'll start regretting about all that we did and then again make up those resolutions for the next semester.

This is how we repeat this over and over again but despite knowing the fact that nothing will change, we still keep on trying. And this is what that matters. No matter whether you'll succeed or whether you'll fail, make sure that you atleast try.

New Year 2016 - a new journey begins:

So the new year has finally arrived and the exams are also over. Noone needs a better reason to celebrate now. Also, its Friday, seems that even the Almighty wants us to party (although it hardly matters, we would have found any other reason to party).

The new year's eve might have made most of you quite ecstatic. Where some of you might be drooling over whiskey and rum while the others must have slept with coffee gathering courage to call that special someone.
And then there were people like me who did nothimg but grabbed some pizzas and went inside their blanket as the new year bell rung.
But despite all this some things would be common to all. We all will have the calendars changed. We all will see different digits on our cellphones. We all would make resolutions for the year although only a some of them follow it till the end.

"New year resolutions" are the fastest vanishing things according to me. Everyone everywhere in this world make resolutions for the new year but how many of them are really followed ? How many of them really try to follow them ? Resolutions are made and broken and it seems more like a tradition now that take place in the month of January. I do not see any wrong in it but I believe some resolutions should be made by each and every one of us no matter when we begin adhering to them.

#Try to have a control on your temper. This would surely ease out your mind and relieve everyone from stress.
#Meet old friends. No matter what happened in the past, take the initiative and try to get in touch.
#Plan a road trip with your gang. It would surely make you happy.
#Spend more time with your family than on your cellphones.
#Start doing what you like the most. Take up that dream job that you always wished to do.
#Try to follow your duty towards everything more sincerely.
#Capture your entire year, the ups and downs that happened, the good times, the bad times, your success & your failures. It will help you know yourself better and learn and improvise thereby.

So that was all. I hope this year would be great for me and for all of you. The clock has started to tick again. You should also keep moving in a similar manner. 

This question must have surely striked your mind once in a while that whether that girl on whom you have a crush, likes you back in that particular sense or not.
In most of the cases, girls are less likely to express their feelings straight away in front of the guys. But they surely show their concern and desires by the way they act when they're with you. If she is interested in you, then she is likely to keep an eye contact with you when she is talking for quite some time. She plays with her hair and stands close to you. She is always looking for a way to initiate the conversation. If a girl laughs even at your so called "good jokes" then its time for you to be happy as it is quite a possibility that she adore you. If the girl introduces you to her friends but get a bit weird when the other girls get more close to you, or if she chooses to accompany you while others are leaving for the club or somewhere else, then its quite obvious that she wants to stay with you more.

So if you feel that the girl likes you but she is hesitant to speak about it, try to notice these small gestures of hers. But just don't run straight away to the conclusion, these are just some of the possible gestures but in no way assures that she has a crush on you. If you like that girl too, don't wait for anything, rather disclose it regardless of the thought of rejection. After all whatever happens, happens for good. 

So yes, I am an engineer, too.
I am sure this line might have made you laugh as every other person out there is an engineer, right ? I surely am. You can even say that it was even obvious to guess that i am an engineer cause who in this world is more free than an engineer. And if by any chance, you're reading this thing, then i can probably say that you're an engineer too for probably the same reason.
BUT, engineers are the best people you'll ever find out. They have faced quite a number of things and they can deal with possibly all sort of problems! And the best part is they are the most helpful beings for someone in need (only when the needy is a woman......just kidding :P). If you have an engineer friend, then you can say that you're quite lucky cause they are a great company to any place in this world, be it the museums or the pubs and bars out there.

Anyway, so I being an engineer, would like to share with you, what all happens in the life of an engineer with the help of this blog. I would be writing short weekly articles and would make them as casual and brief as possible so that you won't get bored (although the real reason is that i am lazy as hell to write large chunks of paragraphs :P).
I am not a writer or something so the Grammar Nazis out there, kindly be my very own personal editors by pointing out my mistakes in comments. I'd appreciate that. Also, if you got anything to share with me or the readers, you are just a comment away or you can share it with me via the "Scribble your words" page. I'll add that to my upcoming articles for sure.
That's all for the introductory part. Stay tuned with me to find what goes around in the life of any normal engineering student.