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Who powers the matrix? - Part III

Part I Part II I would attribute the thoughts that we  broadcast as the source of power for all these smaller matrices.  As long as we process, amplify, invert and broadcast the thoughts, matrices will live.  Their energy comes from your energy, transmitted as your thoughts with energy. What if you stop transmitting your thoughts?  What if you stop responding to the thoughts that come to you?  It weakens, and might even die.  You can't get thoughts about UFO in the busy streets of Chennai, even if you get to see and hear about them on news channels.  You do not respond as an individual and you do not respond as a society.  The thought doesn't get enough power to live.  But why would you respond?  The core of a thought is fear.  I'd like to leave it to the readers and get to the core of the thought to validate or invalidate my statement. Fear is the carrier wave.  The type of fear is a wrapper around this carrier.  Th...

The Matrix I came to know about - Part II

Read the first part here . I guess this will be just the second part of a longer series.  Before I continue, here are the disclaimers and acknowledgements. Disclaimer 1: I can not claim ownership for the views I've presented.  They are derived from a number of sources.  The number is too hard to list, I'll try to acknowledge some of them.  I won't be able to quote like an academic journal, but if there are inconsistencies, I am responsible for them and will try to fix them. Disclaimer 2:  The above is not the only disclaimer, more to come. Acknowledgement: Thanks to my masters, Sri Bhgavan (Oneness University), J Krishnamurthy, creators of Matrix, the movie, computer scientists, whose insights into the functioning of the human brain that created modern computers and their software. I was supposed to write about the lifetime of a thought, but I think history is more important.  Let me narrate the history of the Matrix. It all started as a simple n...

The Matrix I came to know about

The movie has been an all-time favorite of my family.  Trying to comprehend the science behind was interesting one to many.  To me, it is more about drawing parallel's to the mind and its working. It all started when the question popped up in my mind - "Why do I get a thought, any thought and where does it go?" A thought is usually triggered by a sensory event. For example, we see a red sign, an association happens in the brain between red and danger.  Then thoughts take over - is it the Sensex/NASDAQ/Nikki dipping sign? is the market down today? What happened to my savings? With these questions, the thoughts would linger for a few minutes.  To summarize, a thought is triggered by a sensory event, but is allowed to run given the set of facts that our brain has stored as association.  Thought survives on the past facts and is about the future.  For some strange reason, the thought doesn't survive the present.  Let's equate a thought to an execution ...

The ghost that walks

"Appa, I think there is a ghost in the house.", said my five year old son.  He didn't appear scared, but said it as a matter-of-fact. The year was 2002, we had just returned from the US and were staying with my parents' at Trichy.  My son, had too much of new things to see - trucks with hair (lorries with hay-stacks), all kinds of animals on streets, pampering grandmas, grand uncles with mustache like the monopoly man, aunts who would ask him to sing in Tamil.  I knew it was a lot for a 5 year old to handle and wanted to give a patient hearing. I asked, "Why do you think so?" "Because I go to bed in one room and wake up in another.  Some ghost must be carrying me and dropping me in the other room." It was amusing.  At my parent's place, the maid servant used to come early in the morning.  In order not to wake up my son so early, one of us would carry him and let him sleep in another cleaned room.  I explained it to my son.  He w...

My father's cough syrup

There have been a few tweets from Google about teaching technology to parents.  My brother and I had made a few attempts, but my parents were least interested.  My father wouldn't try anything other than solitaire games and my mother is happy with her books.  I used to feel that she must be thorough with all those stories, but at her age she must be forgetting a lot. Now coming back to teaching technology, I didn't want to try again, but my father gave a chance.  He complained about the cost of his cough syrup.  I thought I could explain it.  I could visualize the travel of that fifty rupee note from my father's pension account. Preparing for a long story, I started - "Appa, are you proud that I am earning so much?"  He didn't see any sense in my question.  He appeared confused, "Why?  I'm always proud of you.".  I continued, "Good, let me tell you how I make so much money and that will answer your question on the price of cough syr...

My experiment with astrology

I wasn't a big fan of predictions, but I surprised myself at deciding to learn Astrology from my neighbor.  I flirted with palmistry when I was in college.   Going all the way to learn Astrology is not something I could have predicted with my limited knowledge on palmistry. It is one of those impulsive decisions I am known for.  Last year, I decided to try my hand at learning to play Veena, it has been going on fine so far, except for the occasional guilty consciousness for not practicing enough, only when I see Rajesh Vaidhya on TV. Coming back to my Astrology, I started with all earnestness, met the teacher on a Vijyadhasami day, gave a token guru dakshina, bought his book and two big workbooks - one as a notes book and the other as a record note.  I  called up my parents to send my horoscope and everyone's they know of.  I searched for the horoscopes of Rajini, Jayalalitha and even Karunanidhi.  Who cares if he doesn't believe in it! ...

Selling / Buying Real-Estate - A quick guide

Disclaimer:  This write-up is supposed to introduce you to the procedures and is not a legal advice.  Always consult a lawyer worth his salt before signing any documents.  Feel free to contact me to suggest corrections or need more clarity. We were busy during the first half of this year in two real estate transactions - the sale of our apartment and then the purchase of an independent house.  After that, we got a number of queries from our friends on the procedures; so, I thought of documenting the experience. I'll skip all the steps involved until the buyers and sellers have met and agreed on the transaction.  Let's focus on the procedures alone. The seller will have to give the buyer copies of the following documents. The sale deed that is the proof of your purchase Encumbrance Certificate for at least about 30 years.   Parent Documents - Documents that trace the ownership of the property / its parts for the past 30 years.  In ad...