ஒளி படைத்த கண்ணினாய் வா வா ...."தேடல் - '11 - " நிகழ்ச்சி, TCE, MADURAI

                                                         நோக்கம்

"என்று தணியும் எங்கள் சுதந்திர தாகம் " என்ற எண்ணங்கள் ஒய்ந்த நம் நாடு இன்று உலகின் தொழில் நுட்ப வளர்ச்சியின் ஓர் மிக்கிய அங்கமாக மாறியதை கண்டு பெருமைகொள்கிறோம். ஒரு நாட்டின் தொலைநோக்கு பார்வையின் சிறந்த உதாரணம் தொழிற் நுட்ப வளர்ச்சியே என்பதை உணர்ந்து, இன்று நாம் துரும்பையும் தூணாக்கி, இரும்பையும் விண்கலமாக்கி விண்வெளிக்கு செலுத்தி உலகளவில் மடுவாக இருந்த இந்திய தொழில் நுட்பம் இன்று பேராற்றல் கொண்ட மலையாக மாறியுள்ளது. ஆனால் இத்தகைய அறிவு சார்ந்த தொழில் நுட்பம் இந்தியாவின் முதுகெலும்பாக உள்ள கிராமங்களில் வாழும் மக்களை சென்றடைவதற்கான தடைக்கற்கள் ஏராளம். அதன் காரணத்தை ஆராய்ந்தபோது இன்றைய நம் இந்திய நாடு வளர்ந்த நகரங்களால் கட்டப்பட்டதேயன்றி வளர்ந்த கிராமங்களால் அன்று.

தொலைநோக்குடன் வளர்ந்த தொழில் நுட்பமானது இன்றும் கிராம மக்களுக்கு தொலைதூரமாகவே உள்ளது. இதை உணர வேண்டியது இன்றைய இளைய சமுதாயமே.அதை உணர்த்த வேண்டியது நமது கடமையே ஆகும். ஆதலால், காந்திய மொழிக்கு வண்ணம் தீட்டிட, புது வடிவம் தந்திட, தியாகராசர் பொறியற் கல்லூரி மாணவர்கள் தேடல் - '11என்ற பெயரில் இந்திய நாட்டின் வளர்ச்சியானது கிராமங்களின் அறிவு சார்ந்த தொழில் நுட்ப வளர்ச்சியே ஆகும் என்பதை எடுத்தியம்ப வந்துள்ளோம்.

                                                                                       

                                                                                            

                                                                 PAVE

Providing Adaptive technology to Villages through Empowerment

Today we all take immense pride and delight in being Indians and witnessing how much our motherland has grown in leaps and bounds in these 63 years of independence. Be it an ordinary bell pin that clips papers or the extraordinary rocket that hits the space, Indian technology has emerged as a superpower. Cities keep expanding and urbanizing but sadly, our once prosperous and green villages have mutated into a land of agony and infertility. India has grown ahead, leaving behind her villages. Every step of India’s development should mean a better, greener and a more prosperous village. The hour of realization is here and all we need to do is to revive our thoughts and ideas and be a better example to the younger generation. As the father of our nation said, Indian villages are the backbone of our country; our future development should aim at bridging the gap between the growth of India and the growth of her villages. We the TCEians, through QUEST’11 aspire to enlighten the young minds with the same thought and pave a better way to make them realize the inclusive growth of the Indian villages.

STUDENTS  OF -   THIYAGARAJAR  COLLEGE  OF ENGINEERING,  MADURAI

SAILING BOAT

Continues … from last week issues 22 / 01 / 11 

Yesterday evening I saw a boat going up the river at full sail, driven by the west wind. It was a large boat, heavily laden with firewood for the town. The sun was setting, and this boat against the sky was astonishingly beautiful. The boatman was just guiding it, there was no effort , for the wind was doing all the work. Similarly, if each one of us could understand the problem of struggle and conflict , then I think we would be able to live effortlessly, happily, with a smile on our face.

I think it is effort that destroys us, this struggling in which we spend almost every moment of our lives. If you watch the older people around you, you will see that for most of them life is series of battles with themselves, with their wives or husbands with their neighbors, with society, and this ceaseless strife dissipates energy. The man who is joyous , really happy, is not caught up in effort. To be without effort does not mean that you stagnate , that you are dull, stupid; on the contrary, it is only the wise the extraordinarily intelligent who are really free of effort, of struggle.

But , you see, when we hear of effortlessness we want to be like that, we want to achieve a state in which we will have no strife, no conflict; so we make that our goal, our ideal, and strive after it, and the moment we do this , we have lost the joy of living. We are again caught up in effort, struggle. The object of struggle varies,  but all struggles is essentially the same. One may struggle to bring about social reforms, or to find God, or to create a better relationship between oneself and one’s wife or husband, or with one’s neighbor ; one may sit on the bang Ganga, worship at the feet of some guru, and so on. All this is effort, struggle. So what is important is not the object of struggle, but to understand struggle itself.

Now is it possible for the mind to be not just casually aware that for the moment it is not struggling, but completely free of struggle all the time so that it discovers a state of joy in which there is no sense of the superior and the inferior?  

Continues…

STABILITY

Continues … from last week issues 22 / 01 / 11 

Do you know what it means to seek permanency? It means wanting the pleasurable to continue indefinitely, and wanting that which is not pleasurable to end as quickly as possible. We want the name that we bear to be known and to continue through family, through property. We want a sense of permanency in our relationships, in our activities, which means that we are seeking a lasting , continuous life in the stagnant pool; we don’t want any real changes there, so we have built a society which guarantees us the permanency of property , of name , of fame. 

But, you see, life is not like that at all; life is not permanent . Like the leaves that fall from a tree, all things are impermanent , nothing endures; there is always change and death. Have you ever noticed a tree standing naked against the sky, how beautiful it is ? All its branches are outlined, and in its nakedness there is a poem, there is a song. When the spring comes, it again fills the tree with the misic of many leaves, which in due season fall and are blown away; and that is the way of life.

But we don’t want anything of that kind. We cling to our children , to our tradition, to our society, to our names, and our little virtues, because we want permanency, and that is why we are afraid to die. We are afraid to lose the things we know. But life is not what we would like it to be; life is not permanent at all. Birds die; snow melts away, trees are cut down or destroyed by storms, and so on. But we want everything that gives us satisfaction to be permanent ; we want our position , the authority we have over people , to endure. We refuse to accept life as it is in fact.

The fact is that life is like the river; endlessly moving on, ever seeking , exploring, pushing , overflowing its banks, penetrating every crevice with its water. But , you see, the mind won’t allow that to happen to itself. The mind sees that it is dangerous, risky to live in a state of impermanency, insecurity, so it builds a wall around itself; the wall of tradition, of organized religion , of political and social theories. Family, name, property , the little virtues that we cultivated – these are all within the walls, away from life. Life is moving , impermanent , and it ceaselessly tries to penetrate, to break down theses walls, behind which there is confusion and misery. The gods within the walls are all false gods, and their writings and philosophies have no meaning because life is beyond them.

Now , a mind that has no walls , that is not burdened with its own acquisitions, accumulations, with its own knowledge, a mind that timeslessly, insecurely -= to such a mind , life is an extraordinary thing. Such a mind is life itself, because life has no resting place. But most of us want a resting place; we want a little house , a name , a position , and we say theses things are very important. We demand permanency and create a culture based on this demand, inventing gods which are not gods at all but merely a projection of our own desires.

Continues on next week … 

MIND DETERIORATION

Continues … from last week issues 22 / 01 / 11 

But that vital urge to inquire, to find out, is soon smothered , is it not? It is smothered by fear , by the weight of tradition, by our own incapacity to face this extraordinary thing called life. Haven’t you noticed how quickly your eagerness is destroyed by a sharp word, by a disparaging gesture, by the fear of an examination or the threat of a parent – which means that sensitivity is already being pushed aside and the mind made dull?

Another cause of dullness is imitation. You are made to imitate by tradition. The weight of the past drives you to conform, toe the line. And through conformity the mind feels safe, secure; it establishes itself in a well – oiled groove so that it can run smoothly without disturbance, without a quiver of doubt. Watch the grown – up people about you, and you will see that their minds do not want to be disturbed. They want peace even though it is the peace of death, but real peace is something entirely different.

When the mind establishes itself in a groove, in a pattern, haven’t you noticed that it is always prompted by the desire to be secure? That is why it follows an ideal, an example, a guru. It wants to be safe, undisturbed, therefore it imitates. When you read in your history books about great leaders , saints, warriors, don’t you find your self wanting to copy them ? Not that there aren’t great people in the world, but the instinct is to imitate great people, to try to become like them, and that is one of the factors of deterioration because the mind then sets itself in a mould.

Furthermore, society does not want individuals who are alert , keen, revolutionary because such individuals will not fir in to the established social pattern, and they may break it up. That is why society seeks to hold your mind in tits pattern and why your so – called education incourages you to imitate, to follow, to confirm.

Now can the mind stop imitating ? That is can it cease to form habits? And can the mind, which is already caught in habit, be free of habit?

Continues… on next week 

SOLUTION

Continues … from last week issues 22 / 01 / 11 

What action will put an end to the increase of problems is all our activities? Is there any movement of thought, in any direction , that can free man from this manner of living , the reformation of which always needs further reform ? In other words, is there an action which is not born of reaction?

I think there is a way of life in which there is not this process of reformation breeding further misery; and that way may be called religious. The truly religious person is not concerned with reform, he is not concerned with merely producing a change in the social order; on the contrary; he is seeking what is true, and that very search has a transforming effect on society; That is why education must be principally concerned with helping the student to seek out truth or God, and not merely preparing him to fit in to the pattern of a given society.

I think it is very important to understand this while we are young because, aw we grow older and begin to set aside our little amusements and distractions, our sexual appetites and petty ambitions, we become more keenly aware of the immense problems confronting the world. And then we want to do something about them,we want to bring about some kind of amelioration. But unless we are deeply religious, we shall only create more confusion, further misery ; and religion has nothing to do with priests, churches, dogmas or organized beliefs. These things are not religion at all : they are merely social conveniences to hold us  within a particular pattern of thought and action , they are the means of exploiting our credulity, hope, and fear. Religion is the seeking our of what is truth, what is God, and this search requires enormous energy, wide intelligence, subtle thinking. It is in this very seeking of the immeasurable that there is right social action, not in the so – called reformation of a particular society.

 To find out what is truth, there must be great love and a deep awareness of man’s relationship to all things which means that one is not concerned with one’s own progress and achievements. The search for truth is true religion, and the man who is seeking truth is the true religious man. Such a man, because of his love , is outside of society ; and his action upon society is therefore entirely different from that of the man who is in society and concerned with its reformation. The reformer can never create a new culture. What is necessary is the search of the truly religious man , for this very search brings about its own culture, and it is our only hope. You see, the search for truth gives an explosive creativeness to the mind is uncontaminated by the edicts and sanctions of society. Being free of all that, the religious man is able to find out what is true, and it is the discovery of what is true from moment to moment that creates a new culture.

That is why it is very important for you to have the right kind of education. For this the educator himself must be rightly educated so that he will not regard teaching merely as a means of earning  a livelihood, but will be capable of helping the student to put aside all dogmas and not be held by any religion or belief. The people who come together on the basis of religious authority, or to practice certain ideals, are all concerned with social reform , which is merely the decorating of the prison walls. Only the truly religious man is truly revolutionary, and it is the function of  education to help each one of us to be religious in the true sense of the word, for in that direction alone lies our salvation.

Continues with explanations on next week….

THE RIVER & POOL

On your walks you have noticed a long , narrow pool beside the river. Some fishermen must have dug it, and it is not connected with the river. The river is flowing steadily, deep and wide , but this pool is heavy with scum because it is not connected with the life of the river , and there are no fish in it. It is a stagnant pool , and the deep river , full of life and vitality , flows swiftly along.

Now don’t you think human beings are like that? They dig a little pool for themselves away from the swift current of life, and in that little pool they stagnant die; and this stagnation , this decay we call existence. That is we all want a state of permanency ; we want certain desires to last forever , we want pleasures to have no end.

We dig a little hole and barricade ourselves in it with our families, with our ambitions, our cultures, our fears, our gods, our various forms of worships and there we die, letting life go by – that life which is impermanent , constantly changing which is so swift, which has such enormous depths, such extraordinary vitality and beauty.

Have you not noticed that if you sit quietly on the bank of the river you hear its song – the lapping of the water, the sound of the current going by ? There is always a sense of movement , an extraordinary movement towards the wider and the deeper. But in the little pool there is no movement at all , its water is stagnant. And if you observe , you will see that this is what most of us want; little stagnant pools of existence is away from life. We say that our pool existence is right, and we have invented a philosophy to justify it; we have developed social, political, economic, and religious theories in support of it, and we don’t want to be disturbed because, you see what we are after is a sense of permanency.

Continues … NEXT SATURDAY 29 / 01 / 11 

           

OUR RESPONSIBLE

The problem of the world are so colossal, so very complex, that to understand and so to resolve them, one must approach them in a very simple and direct manner; and simplicity , directness, do not depend on outward circumstances nor on our particular prejudices and moods.

As we are pointing out , the solution is not to be found through conferences, blueprints or through the substitution of new leaders for old, and so on.

The solution obviously lies in the creator of that problem , in the creator of the mischief , of the hate and of the enormous misunderstanding that exists between human beings. The creator of this mischief , the creator of these problems , is the individual , you and I , not the world as we think of it. The world is your relationship with another. The world is not something separate from you and me – the world , society is the relationship that we establish or seek to establish between each other.

The world is the projection of ourselves and to understand the world we must understand ourselves. We are so sluggish in our mentality that we think the world’s problems are not our business , that they have to be resolved by the governments or by substituting new leaders for the world.  It is a very dull mentality that thinks like that, because we are responsible for this frightful misery and confusion in the world, this ever – impending war.

To transform the world ,we must begin with ourselves ; and what is important in beginning with ourselves in the intention. The intention must be to understand ourselves and not to leave it to others to transform themselves or to bring about a modified change through revolution, either of the left or the right. It is important to understand that this is our responsibility, yours and mine; because however small may be the world we live in , if we can transform ourselves, bring about a radically different point of view in our daily existence , then perhaps we shall affect the world at large, the extended relationship with others.

Continues …. ON NEXT SATURDAY 29 / 01 / 11 

How to stop image making machine in mind.

One has to go in to and find out how the image comes in to being and if it is possible to stop the machinery that creates it. Then only is there relationship between human beings – it will not be between two images, which are dead entities.

It is very simple. You flatter me , you respect me ; and I have an image about you, through insult through flattery. I have experience – pain , death, misery, conflict, hunger, loneliness. All that creates an image in me ; I am that image. Not that I am the image, not that the image and I are different ; but the I is that image; the thinker is that image. It is the thinker that creates the image. Through his responses , through his reactions – physical, psychological , intellectual , and so on – the thinker , the observer , the experiences , creates that image through memory, through thought. So the machinery is thinking, the machinery comes in to existence through thought. And thought is necessary, otherwise you cannot exist.

So, first see the problem ; thought creates the thinker. The thinker begins to create the image about himself… He creates the image and he lives in it. So thinking is the beginning  of this machinery. And you will say ‘ How can I stop thinking ?’ You cannot. But one can think and not create the image.

Continues…     ON NEXT SATURDAY 29 / 01 / 11

IMPACT OF EXTERNAL FORCES IN MIND

Have you ever wondered why it is that as people grow older they seem to lose all joy in life ? At present most of you who are young are fairly happy; you have your little problems , there are examinations to worry about , but in spite of these troubles there is in your life a certain joy, is there not ? There is a spontaneous, easy acceptance of life , a looking at things lightly and happily. And why is it that as we grow older we seem to lose that joyous intimation of something beyond, something of greater significance ? Why do so many of us , as we grow in to so – called maturity become dull, insensitive to joy, to beauty , to the open skies and the marvelous earth ?

You know when one asks oneself this question, many explanations spring up in the mind. We are so concerned with ourselves – that is one explanation. We struggle to become somebody, to achieve and maintain a certain position; we have children and other responsibilities , and we have to earn money. All these external things soon weigh us down, and thereby we lose the joy of living.

Look at the older faces around you, see how sad most of them are, how careworn and rather ill, how withdrawn , aloof and sometimes neurotic, without a smile. Don’t you ask yourself why ? And even when we do ask why , most of us seem to be satisfied with mere explanation.

Continues… ON NEXT SATURDAY 29 / 01 /11 

MIND DETERIORATES

I saw a dead body beings carried away to be burnt. It was wrapped in bright magenta cloth, and it swayed with the rhythm of the four mortals  who were carrying it. I wonder what kind of impression a dead body makes on one ? Don’t you wonder why there is deterioration ?

You buy a brand new motor, and within a few years it is worn out. The body also wears out, but don’t you inquire a little further to find out why the mind deteriorates? Sooner or later there is the death of the body, but most of us have minds which are already dead. Deterioration has already take place ; and why does the mind deteriorate ?

The body deteriorates because we are constantly using it, and the physical organism wears out. Disease, accident, old age, bad mood, poor heredity – these are the factors which cause the deterioration and death of the body. But why should the mind deteriorate become old , heavy, dull ?

When you see a dead body , have you never wondered about this ? Though our bodies must die , why should the mind ever deteriorate ? Though our bodies must die , why should the mind ever deteriorate ? Has this question never occurred to you ? For the mind does deteriorate – we see it not only in old people , but also in the young.

We see in the young how the mind is already becoming dull, heavy , insensitive ; and if we can find out why the mind deteriorates, then perhaps we shall discover something really indestructible. We may understand what is eternal life , the life that is unending , that is not of time, the life that is incorruptible , that does not decay like the body which is carried to the gbats, burnt and the remains thrown in to the river.

Now why does the mind deteriorate ? Have you ever thought about it ? Being still very young – and if you have not already been made dull by society , by your parents , by circumstances – you have a fresh , eager , curious mind. You want to know why the stars exist, why the birds die, why the leaves fall, how the jet plane flies; you want to know so many things ….

Continues …

REAL REFORMERS

One of the many problems confronting all of us , and especially those who are being educated and must soon go out and face the world, in this question of ‘ Reform ‘.

Various groups of political parties and reformers of very kind – are concerned with trying to bring about certain changes in the world , changes which are obviously necessary.

Although in some countries there is a fair degree of prosperity, throughout the world there is still hunger , starvation ; and millions of human beings have insufficient clothing and no proper place to sleep. And how is a fundamental reformation to take place without creating more chaos, more misery and strife ? That is the real problem, is it not ?

If one reads a little history and observe present – day political treads, it becomes obvious that what we call reformation , however desirable and necessary, always brings in its wake still other forms of confusion and conflict; and to counteract this further misery , more legislation, more checks and counter – checks become necessary.

Reformation creates new disorders; in putting these right, still further disorders are produced and so the vicious circle continues . This is what we are faced with and it is a process which seems to have no end.

Now how is one to break through this vicious circle ? Mind you , it is obvious that reformation is necessary , but Is reformation possible without bringing about still further confusion  ? This seems to me to be one of the fundamental issues with which my thoughtful person must be concerned. The question is not what kind of reformation is necessary , or at what level, but whether any reformation is possible at all without bringing with it other problems which again create the need of reform.

And what is one to do in order to break up this endless process ? Surely it is the function of education , whether is the small school or in the large university to tackle this problem, not abstractly, theoretically not by merely philosophizing or writing books about it by actually facing it in order to findout how to solve it. Man is caught in this vicious circle of reformation which always needs further reform , and if it is not broken up our problems can have no solution.

So what kind of education, what kind of thinking is necessary to break up this vicious circle ?

Continues … next saturday 29 Jan 2010 

‘ Individual Character Pre- analyze for Marriage and Psychological solutions for earlier divorce decisions.’

We found through our long counseling experience with a few basically common elements for earlier divorce as :

1. Lack of knowledge in selection of life partner in love marriage as well as arranged marriage.    Sensational selections in love and old principles followed in arranged marriage are key points in earlier divorce.

2. Lack of understanding in values of opposite sex . To understanding our life partner we must realize their brought up with their family atmosphere, surely that reflects in their exposures in all manner.

Logicalness - aggressive reaction against life partner’s common human errors leads to quarrel and impact in negative manner.

We already provide IDIOT BOX in our official domain for psychological solutions . ( For more details visit our domain www.tamilagaitmes.com

We are approaching with our constant analyze of psychological based counseling approaches. So we plan to introduce our ‘ Individual Character Pre- analyze for Marriage and Psychological solutions for earlier divorce decisions.’

Because family is a beautiful concept. Preserve it for our next healthy generation.

We are conducting periodical workshops in every city regarding this concept. Kindly contact through editor@tamilagamtimes.com or  for further details.