Love and God

Before starting this post, I was wondering what should it be entitled with ? After some thinking, I came to realise it did not matter. Why should there be a title at all for my conversations with myself and You ? It is a conversation, the thoughts just flow, and my purpose is to save them for later reference, just to recall 30-40 years later, of what we were in August 2009. Isn't this idea exciting, to know about one's past from oneself ?

Coming back to the original topic (was there any ?), I was recently reading Dr. APJ Kalam's "Wings of Fire", and it's an interesting book. There are some books which one immediately feels comfortable with, as if the compatibility or frequency with that book just matches (isn't it true with people also ?). This book was one of them. It told me a lot about what Dr. Kalam wanted to tell his fellow countrymen, the joy he felt at being a proud Indian, and the amazing story of the progress of India's missile program. But this book is more than that, it also throws light upon his values and outlook as a thorough professional and a sensitive human being.

In one passage, he talks about the concept of "flow" one feels when one does his job with love. I believe it is same for all the great sports personalities, scientists, or artists. They are in the state of "flow" more often than others and that makes them so special. For them, performing in their field of work at that moment assumes so much importance that all the boundaries or concepts of past and future become irrelevant. I liked and agreed fully to this particular paragraph.

From a personal point of view, and drawing from my limited experience in the Art of Software Engineering, I found this "flow" to be the single most important quality to be successful at what you do. This flow or in other words "total involvement" in the process will fetch you success, irrespective of your talent, and previous knowledge. This total involvement makes you go for the Goal with all your being. The heart and mind collaborate in a fashion that nothing else matters. So much force is bound to be successful.

What is this "total involvement" ? What are its important ingredients ? My dear friend sent these lines by the great poet TulsiDas. He writes in Ramayan:

“Jinke hiy hai, satya-saneha,
Vo tumhein paye, nahi koi sandeha.”

Any one who has truth and love in his heart, he is bound to evolve as the most powerful man (to be perceived as God) on the earth. Of this, there is no doubt.

My friend tells :

Many times it feels as if Tulsidas has uttered the law of nature.

I completely agree. It will not be too wrong to say the application of this law will be helpful in attaining this "total involvement" state, which is not much different from meeting the God.

This makes me realise, this post does indeed deserve a title.

May God bless you all... (After me).