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Discussion in 'Cheeniya's Senile Ramblings' started by Cheeniya, Nov 17, 2007.

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  1. Nov 20, 2007 #31
    indhusri

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    Dear Cheeniya sir ,
    I belong to the ' nothing is too small ' club when i have the least knowledge of the job i take up but have the full guts to do it . And i switch over to the other categery ' nothing is too big ' club while i have some knowledge of the job but no guts to do it . Is it not better we act according to the situation & our capability ? Correct me please , if my view is wrong .
    I too love over- reacting people than silent people . I enjoyed the last para of ur fine post ! BTW do you know the name of the movie ? I would like to see it !
    With regards ,
    Indhu.
     
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  2. Nov 20, 2007 #32
    Cheeniya

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    Dear Veda
    You are right about the peons in Govt offices! Some of them are more resourcel than the Secretaries of the Departments! Similarly some porters in Railway Stations can secure you berths just before the departure of the train when the waiting list would be well over 100! These are all examples of Nothing (No one) is too small!
    You need a magnifying glass only to study the smallest things but how you use the findings is where there may be differences! For example, I use them to explain away my failures if I make a muddle!
    Sri
     
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  3. Nov 20, 2007 #33
    Cheeniya

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    Dear Indhu
    You must be quite dexterous to be able to swing between two extreme schools of thought! Such adaptability is indeed a sure insurance against failure!
    I dont remember the name of the film but I know it's a Bagyaraj/Banupriya starrer which ran fairly well. The mental hospital scenes were really uproarious! It could be Aararo Aarirao..
    Sri
     
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  4. Nov 20, 2007 #34
    Chitvish

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    Dear AC,
    Don't ask me, why I am addressing this to you - for the simple reason that you seem to understand everything !

    From Nothing to Nothing is the journey
    This nothing or No-thingness is
    Not without significance
    For when the "I "dissolves into nothingness
    A great transformation into Oneness occurs.

    I am sure that you would understand this too just as fast!
    Love
    To
    Chitra
    From
    Chithra.
     
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  5. Nov 20, 2007 #35
    srinivasan_vanaja

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    hello sir,

    Nothing is commonly understood as the lack or absence of anything at all. Grammatically, the word "nothing" is a noun, which suggests that it refers to
    something.

    When a non-believer of God says that "There is no God", a believer points out the first two words of his statement that "There is ....... no God". So God is there.

    When you say "I have nothing in my mind", you actually mean that you are focussed and not confused. So here nothing means a lot.

    So Nothing means a lot to me.
     
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  6. Nov 20, 2007 #36
    Cheeniya

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    Dear Chithra
    That was simply beautiful! If Adi Sankara had been alive and conversant with English, he would have explained his advaitha exactly in the same words!
    This Chithra to Chitra exchange is worth its weight in gold!
    Sri
     
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  7. Nov 20, 2007 #37
    Cheeniya

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    Dear Vanaja
    Though I would love to concede your point, I cant help pointing out that it is a bit over-simplified. The subject of Nothing has been vexing the minds of the greatest philosophers!
    I give you some input about how they look at the subject of Nothing below:

    Many contemporary philosophers think that the whole idea that Nothing is a thing that can be pondered is itself a grammatical mistake. Just because I can use the word “Nothing” as a grammatical subject in a sentence in the same way I use other nouns, doesn’t mean that the word designates a thing. The words “all” and “nothing” are typically not thought to be nouns, but logical operators that say something about things that have certain properties. “All dogs are mammals” means that if a thing is a dog, then it is a mammal too. “Nothing is a round square” means that if a thing is round it is not also square. So Nothing, on this view, is only a way of denying certain properties to the things that exist. It is not a thing in itself, nor, certainly, is it a way of talking about the absence of all things. When we try to talk about Nothing itself, there is really nothing to talk about.

    You would be interested to know that there is no definite conclusion about this mindboggling subject!
    Sri
     
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  8. Nov 20, 2007 #38
    Anandchitra

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    Dear Cheeniya Sir
    Those lines by our mutual friend is truly the best ever. It is so simple and in its simplicity it is divine. They are more precious than their weight in gold. Fit to be engraved in my minds eye so as to help me not lose track from the question "Who am I" ? .
     
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  9. Nov 21, 2007 #39
    Chitvish

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    Dear Sri,
    I do not understand if you were teasing me !
    Dear AC,
    You made me ponder on this topic.
    Can't help sharing with you, the Shanthi mantra of Isavasya Upanishad
    Om purnamada: purnamidam purnaat purnamudachyathae
    Purnasya purnamaadaaya purnamaevaa vasishyathae
    Om shanti: shanti: shanti:
    That is fullness this is fullness
    From that fullness, this fullness came.
    Frm that fullness, if this fullness is removed, what remains is fullness.

    My thoughts on "munching" the above:

    Just acceptance of ONE who is so much a part of you
    To be a part of the whole
    As much as the whole is a part of you
    In that oneness
    All my grumblings vanish !

    What is anonymity? Nobody and yet everybody ! Getting lost is such fun.

    Have I rambled more senile than you, Sri ?
    Love,
    Chithra.
     
    Chitvish, Nov 21, 2007
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  10. Nov 21, 2007 #40
    Anandchitra

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    Dear Cheeniya Sir,

    Nothing was written on nothing by you
    Not keeping quiet I posted something
    proving thereby I dont know anything on nothing
    and not familiar with not-anything
    So I ended up gettng the reply
    about nothing and no-thingness
    and therein I dissolved into the oneness
    But now I seem to have landed myself
    in absolute blankness in the nothingness
    and looking askew at all the fullness
    (is it food related what with the munching words)
    And now that I have to look at a part of the Whole
    Now I am positive someones been talking about the DONUT.
    Like I said in the beginning of nothing
    I should have kept quiet and accepted I
    knew nothing of anything , something and no-thing.
     
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