Do ghosts exist???

I don't know if they do....haven't seen one yet. So i'm pretty much sitting on the fence here......don't know if they exist but i have an active enough imagination to freak myself out if someone narrates a convincing story!!! hehehe isn't that amusing.

Well let me tell u what's more amusing - have u heard of the ghost in some part of Gujarat.....who apppears each time Himmesh Reshammiya's song "Jhalak dikhla ja" plays!!! (hehehe i think he must be feeling, that they are calling out to him ) Apparently, it's no laughing matter, several people claim to have seen it and some even lost their lives it is said. But I can't help exclaiming at such a ridiculous story.

I've been trying to reason this dilemma out but... hmm u see my so called logical brain (that's what i like to call it, although i may have just contradicted myself, if u refer to the statement in para 1) has yet not found a rational explanation to prove their existence.

To investigate this subject further u would naturally come to ask the question "what happens to a person after death?" Now if you look at it from the angle of philosophy, one theory goes that the being which can be classified into 3 parts - perishes in the following way :
the physical or gross body - perishes to merge with the 5 elements that it is made up of
the subtle body which includes the mind and intellect - carries forth into the next life
the soul or atman - merges with the macro consciousness.

Now if u ask me, in all my very limited knowledge, i perceive a gap here - what happens to the subtle body between death and the next birth??? where does it exist in the interim?? The word 'subtle' itself conjures up the image of a formless, ephemeral substance floating around......reminds me of Casper!!! u know what i mean......

Is that an explanation??? may be may be not.....I'm still looking for an answer........any interesting theories?????

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                Last nite i heard a touching story....."There's no such place as Far Away" by Richard Bach. it reminded me of Gurudev's words....he once said that we don't accept our own philosophy n reject it so easily, but when the same thing is repackaged by the west n presented to us we embrace it as such deep n profound thought. so true... n how unfortunate.

               I went for a nice long walk today...with my ipod for company. it's amazing how when u spend time alone with urself life makes so much more sense. n yet we hardly set aside time to be alone n introspect. maybe coz we're afraid of what we might confront.....afraid of ourselves....

anyhowz the hr long walk made me feel so energized n happy n light....listening to some of my favourite songs n staring at the evening sky ....the exercise was so relaxing n rejuvenating.

                Read my bhabhi's blog after ages today.....she writes with such ease n her writings are full of lively descriptions. makes me feel a part of their lives even though they're so far away. she writes about bhaiya so lovingly n with pride and a slight awe which he evokes in everyone who knows him. he's been away so long....thanx to her posts i'm in touch with what's happening on their planet :). it's so easy to lose touch even in these days of advanced communications.

her posts kinda inspired me to write in my blog as well. i tend to be lazy abt writing. also i'm not very comfortable with sharing my life with strangers but her warmth n level of comfort disarmed me. let's see how long i can stay inspired...till then there'll be more frequent posts.

                  Bird's eye view

            Saw a ghost from the past yesterday......was kinda taken aback. It was just a glimpse though, so it wasn't as bad as I'd expected.....that was heartening to know :) It felt strange, several memories came rushing back to me and for a few moments I was sorta lost. But well, this was a friendly ghost, so to speak, thus the impact wasn't so severe. So many questions arose in my head and still remain unanswered, may be some day I will find the answers. It's interesting how life has these little surprises tucked away around the corner and you never know how to react to them. Also you always wonder how and when do unfinished chapters in your life culminate. Do they end in this lifetime or are the carried forward. Sometimes the mystery is difficult to take and you end up doing something stupid that brings the relationship to an abrupt pre-mature end. Sometimes you learn to live with the ambiguity and in a few rare instances you find your answers to those unanswered questions.

Twilight

A soft gentle breeze blows. I can hear the world rushing past me - a dog barking, children playing, birds flying. A solitary half-moon looks down upon me. He’s little early, the sky is still light. The huge expanse of sky with various shades across fills me with peace and tranquility. A moment of silence and stillness as the day is giving way to night. Nature has a way of stunning one into quietude. In this beautiful hour, I feel a part of nature…….feel one with the world. An unhurried sense of calm overcomes me……I could sit here forever.

             U must be wondering y the name "tricksy hobbitses" .....the best person to explain that would be the one who created it....u'll find him on "maddie's page"

But in absence of his testimonial......let me explain......

I'm sure u know where the word comes from....remember Golum in The Lord of the Rings???? Maddie n me love The Lord of the Rings, in fact maddie is obsessed with it.....he could write a thesis on it which would make Tolkien sooooo proud, which to my mind makes him a sorta authority on LOTR. So our scholar decided that i have all the traits of a Hobbit. How u may ask???......Well like hobbits in the book - i love to make merry, dance, eat, am short, cute ;) n make mischief....so i fit the description well.

as for tricksy....well i have a way of tricking maddie......which he loves so much.