Odyssey

27th Sept 2005, Tuesday.
Since a few months I was planning to give learner’s license test, but such a lazy guy I am, I kept on postponing it. Now today morning I recognized that I will be going for Diwali vacations on 28th Oct, ie exactly after one month and one day. It would be more joyful if I drive the car with a confidence of a permanent license holder. So I decided to do it right now, so that after one month I can get the permanent license.
I reached RTO at 11.15, and that guy asked me for the original documents which I did not have with me.
I threw 100 bucks for affidavit and got the signature of first officer.
Then I went and stood in the queue for test, where I revised all the sign boards and rules, and at 1.30 pm I got it done.

Two such things happened that I must note here. One is the affidavit, and the other was a quarrel between RTO guys and agents.

There were many people I observed, who may not have passed even 10th. They did not have school leaving certificate as their age proof, what all he had was one paper of affidavit, which also served the purpose of their residence proof. Now here it goes, I have seen how some fellow got the affidavit done for me. I am very sure that those guys can easily be fooled. Driving license is used as an age proof and residence proof at so many places, so it means ultimately, all those people can be fooled.
So the conclusion is, if at all it is required to cheat an organization, go for a new driving license !
It wont take more than 40 days.

Thing#2: When I was standing in the queue, some thing happened because of which some agents started arguing with RTO guys. It seems it was going to be lunch time, so the RTO told that they wont take any more tests or something. Those people were talking in Kannada, so I couldn’t understand properly. At last, the agents told that they wont move from here, and they will call the press. That’s it, PRESS ! agents started threatening RTOs that they will pull the matter to press, again and again they abbreviated the word press, media. Ultimately, RTOs agreed to agents and the procedure went on.

Conclusion: Media is something to which everybody is afraid of. Right from the time of British ruled India, the one in power is afraid of press/media. Today, due to communication technology, pace of spreading a news has become mind blowing. The TV serials like ‘sansani’ on star plus are really sowing seeds of fear in potential criminals. It is the media which has power of deciding the fate of ruling party.
Why media is so strong ? or is it the public force behind it which is that strong ?
No doubt public/mass has maximum muscle power, but it is the media which directs this power.
Media can show some things, and hide others, as per the owner’s/influencer’s interest. It can provoke to cause riots, it can encourage good or evil. Basically it can dominate the public’s thinking, and thinking dominates everything.


Sadly, most of the news papers are owned by one or the other politician.

22 sept 2005, Thursday:
This day came with an amazing experience as a gift for me.
It was morning 10.20 and I was getting late for office, as always.
I had finished break fast, talking with my room partner, Vishal Patil.
Since few days he was reading a book ”autobiography of a yogi” by some XYZanand maharaj.
We started casually talking on the things like atma, body, universe, energy etc.
He told that it is written in the book that atma can communicate, can talk and do many other things.

So I thought of doing one experiment.
“Let us sit in front of each other…”, I told him, ”with eyes closed. I will think of some random
number in my mind, and then try to let my soul tell that number to your soul. We will not talk. Let us see if it works”
“but how many digit number?”, Vishal asked.
“any random number, any digits”-me.
On this he agreed.
“but when will we open our eyes ?” –Vishal.
“amm ….. well….. after some 5 minutes …..or the next time some vehicle goes from the road in front
of our house and blows horn” I said this and we sat facing each other, closing eyes. He was on his cot
and I was on a plastic chair.

I started thinking of the number. Should it be two or eight? Both are my favorite. But both are less than ten.
By that time one number came to my mind, 12 !
OK, now my soul has to tell this number to Vishal’s soul.
So I started shouting this number in my mind…
“ 12…12….12….12… 10+2, bara, bara, dwaadasha…. 12….12……”
some minutes now have gone by, and still no vehicle passed from the road.
The only two thoughts running in my mind at that time were 12 and the vehicle.( desperately waiting for it)
After some time, a vehicle passed, but did not blow the horn.
I was thinking of opening the eyes now, and I heard Vishal saying “OK man, let us open the eyes.”

And then he told me that the number he thought was 12 !!!!

That’s all !! I was jumping with joy !!!
I was able to make my soul talk to other person’s soul. This was something unbelievable !!
This has to happen with you to get that feeling.

Vishal told that the very first number that came into his mind was 12. He tried to think on 15, 50 etc, but again and again his mind was coming back to 12. Also, he was thinking of only 12 and vehicle, just like me.

Vishal then told me one story from the book that there was one guru who was coming by train
and his two disciples were supposed to receive him at the railway station. The train was running late.
When one disciple came to other and asked him to come to station, other told that the train is late. He knew it by intuition (not thru any telephone call or internet). The first did not believe in it and insisted other to come to station. When they met their guru, guru told that he had sent the telepathy-message to them that the train is late, but only one of them had the receptive mind, so only one of them got that message.

I have experienced telepathy before this, several times, but there always was a great chance for coincidence.

Just imagine, how great it would be, making your soul work !
But more interesting than that is how really it works…
I need to find out.

On that Friday, everyone was supposed to dress in their own traditional way.
I didn’t want to discourage such enthusiasm, so I went and bought a Kurta-Paijama one day before.
My team, Core Audio was over enthusiastic.
As a result, we bagged the trophy for best dressed team !

GK quiz which was also conducted on the same day, and I won first prize :)

Some people had come in the normal dress, I was passing comments on them just to discourage them for the next time. After all, its a team event, and everyone must contribute to it.
I hope we will be able to retain the rolling trophy for the next year too !

There is always a reason behind everything I do…
It applies to creating a blog too !
( hey ! I got a rhyme !)

So, whats the reason behind creating this blog ?
Well, there are many, and those will follow as I keep posting.

I am going to keep all my posts concise, as I don’t want to waste time (neither mine nor yours).
I hope this blogging gives me another gem of experience in the great odyssey of my life.