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buoyant

buoyant

A hat rack of varied careers. Presently teaching at a film school full time. Want to write and photograph full time instead though i do a bit alongside. Have authored 'The Bollywood Cookbook'. My recent photography is up on www.flickr.com/photos/bouyant and www.jpgmag.com/people/bouyant

My blog http://bulbulm.blogspot.com/ more »
  • mumbai, india
  • member since September 1 2007

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  • Mohammad R

    Mohammad R says

    The Value of Mankind

    How far is the distance between forgetting about yourself and forgetting God? Questions like: Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I now and where am I going? How should I be? What is my final goal? What do I want and what should I want? and many more question of this type is a sign of forgetting about yourself. Such negligence is the introduction to arrogance, rebelliousness, waste of life, greed and other sins.

    One may ask what is this self that forgetting about it has such ruining consequences. Other than the natural self which is referred to as our physical body and the social self which presents our social image in the life, there is third type. This third type is called as Humane self and identifies us as a human being in the whole universe.

    Getting to know this third type of self is more essential and useful. Moreover training this kind of self is more difficult, rather effective in eternal salvation. Many have not found their Humane Self or have simply lost and ignored it. These individuals escape from thinking about their higher self regardless of where they are in this universe.

    The statement of: One has to get to know him/her self includes the set of talents and potentials of mental growth. The Divine talents and mercies around us are within this set. And so are the greatness and dignity of mankind and his value of existence. One who does not learn about his talents, has certainly missed a big treasure in himself; one who does not know his own price, will sell himself for a low price in life; and one who is unaware of his own divine capacity, will give in to sins and contempt. The first rule to make profit in any business is to sell your item based on the marker value of that particular item, so that make no loss in the deal. The Infallibles have determined your value of existence to be equal to the paradise and their opinion is an expert one in this respect.

    Imam Jawad (PBUH) whos annual birth date is upon us has the following tradition on the subject:

    Your value is the heaven and you should not sell it for less; be aware not to trade yourself any less than the heaven.

    This means that trading yourself and your soul with anything less than the heaven is a guaranteed loss. Whatever you trade yourself with, that would be your value in this life. If the world is considered the trade center of the close people to Allah (SWT), the great value of human being is also noted so that we dont loose it due to lack of experience. When we can use our value for the eternal world of hereafter, then why waste in this world? When we have the capacity to go beyond the angels, then why act as worthless as an animal? The reality is that if we spend from our true capital everyday and have replace that with no gain, then there will be a day that we have lost that capital and left with nothing.

    However, if we dont forget about our self and our value, we will not trade it any cheaper that its true value.

    (Selection taken from the book "A Step in the Path ", by Jawad Muhaddithi)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    thanks! you are very helpful. i think i might turn it it into a celebrity poet cookbook, and maybe sneak in a couple of my poems and recipes, too. be fun to be in a book with big name poets!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Kerri W

    Kerri W says

    Thanks for joining the group! I look forward to your contributions! Feel free to start you're own read-a-like discussion.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Kerri W

    Kerri W says

    I started a group called Read-a-Likes, and I'm trying to get some active readers involved in the group to help create lists of, well, read-a-likes. The group is small as I just started it the other day and only have a few posts, but I'd really like to get some more active members that can help create these lists. I think that it would come in handy for other members that are looking for some helpful readers advisory. Check out the group if you're interested: http://www.shelfari.com/groups/26266/about (i think that might work, haha). Again, the group's name is Read-a-likes.

    Thanks

    K.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    thanks, you have the knowledge, you might be able to help! anyway, thanks for the encouragement! and the friendship!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    Welcome to Better than Starbucks! Look around, make yourself at home, start a new thread or dig up an old one or just read and jump in on the more active ones.

    Actually, I see yuo are already active! That is great!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    I thouht you might enjoy Better than Starbucks
    http://www.shelfari.com/groups/23648/about

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Chand

    Chand says

    Hi! I'm having an equally tough time! :) Have parked it for the time being, am reading "the Book of Mirdad' instead, and another fascinating one called 'Tribal Leaders'!

    Sorry for responding late, hadn't logged in for quite sometime.

    Found your note on the karachi visit on your blog quite touching!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Suma D

    Suma D says

    Hi there,

    I've not tried anything yet, but hope to do so soon.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Dan

    Dan says

    Glad to hear you like Murakami. "The Elephant Vanishes" is kind of an anti-Godzilla story, in a way. It's a twist on the detective story genre. Have you heard of Divik Ramesh? He's a friend of mine who is a wonderful Indian poet.

    Cheers,

    Dan

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  • Dan

    Dan says

    Hi,

    Thanks for the add! I noticed you have Murakami among your books. He's a great writer. "The Elephant Vanishes" is an amazing short story.

    Dan

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • bookchica

    bookchica says

    Read your review on "Remains of the Day". I skipped through the book and watched the movie instead (too many books, too little.....). The movie is excellent! Hopkins and Thompson are flawless in thier performances. Might be an interesting exercise for you to compare the movie and the book, and see if the screen version does a better job than the prose.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • pbrass

    pbrass says

    That is a new one on me! But several people have found me rather guru-able. I have read Isherwood's "My Guru" about his relationship with his own guru; it was really quite wonderful.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Mehrnoosh T

    Mehrnoosh T says

    Hi ,
    His 12 books have sold more than 8 million copies in 17 languages. I did read a few of his books . I enjoyed it .
    I am also an author . my book is " she is not my mother anymore"
    it is about love .

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • jillmarie

    jillmarie says

    His website is stunning!

    http://www.amitavghosh.com/

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • jillmarie

    jillmarie says

    Yes, I did read the Glass Palace. I enjoyed it v. much. I read The Hungry Tide as well and just devoured that story. If you've not read that, you'd probably enjoy it...Happy Summer Reading to you as well.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • donaldjamesparker

    donaldjamesparker says

    Who said I'm disciplined? LOL Right now I'm not being disciplined at all. Too many distractions on the internet.
    Take care and if you have any questions - feel free to ask.
    Don

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • sharifullah A

    sharifullah A says

    Hi Teacher,
    it is my honor to be u r friend.
    welcome in shelfari
    hope for a good day always

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • omer k

    omer k says

    yes afghanistan is a tribal society, i am afghan by heritage and now pakistani. you can also contact me through my e-mail address omervikas@yahoo.com

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Maureen M

    Maureen M says

    I checked out your photos on Flickr... beautiful, touching... I am interested in photography also - took many of the pictures on my yoga website. I am looking to explore that as something more serious. I enjoy it so much.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
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