Techno-spiritual tools

Mostly I am terrified of using certain words that others have picked at in my earlier posts. I should not be, having the proverbial thick skin as they say. But there it is, I am.

So naturally it’s with great trepidation (I love this word) that I am about to talk of technology. No, no, not on the philosophy of science and technology. That’s clean out of my league. It is much better to leave it to the experts and munch our daily bread is it not?

But why the heck should we not? I mean talk on the philosophy of science and technology? We are the guys who recently landed on the moon. (Not forgetting the argument that moon itself is a myth)

Should we not concern ourselves with technology then?

Well you may not.

Why?

Well consider this questionnaire:

Do you run the world?

Nnnno….

Do you call the shots?

Only when Sania Mirza plays.

What’s the Wall Street?

Isn’t it a street named after Rahul Dravid, the ‘great wall’ of Indian cricket?
What’s the current economic crisis?

That they are not employing more Indians? No wonder they are failing.
You see, first GROW UP.

Well thankfully my interest in technology is limited to the aid it provides to our normal life activities. If I am not mistaken yoga is a normal activity is it not? I could be wrong, is it something we don’t do normally?

Anyway in the land of its origin if you mention Yoga you get a regular Ha-ha. But we are not normal in India, our only aspiration is finding some dollars and “enjoying” (I wonder what that is?) life.

Every Indian Guru get on the first flight to the land of opportunities after he has learned the basics of spiritual practice and starts to dream about making fast bucks.
Honestly, though not a guru, I am not any different, I love money; the hitch is that I don’t have psychic abilities. It takes something to convince even the dumbest of people- that you are a Guru. If I could at least produce ashes out of the thin air, I might stand a chance of making some bucks in the west.


Let alone ashes I can’t even fix sashes as my wife would tell you- of windows I mean.
Can I be blamed if I am envious of those who go west? I try my best to dissuade those who are raring to go to the US.

I tell them.

“Friend aren’t they accumulating toxic assets there?”

They look at me as if hurt.

“Basically speaking, dollar is not at all toxic”

“It isn’t?

“Nope. To me it ain’t?”

Talk about conviction! If they had such faith in their inner most selves they would have been gods by now.

Anyway the influx of gurus has done a lot of good to the west too. Reports say that more and more people are interested in spirituality and yoga practices as the time goes by. There are more Kundalini awakenings in the west than there is in India it seems. The hectic activity on that front must be psychically influencing susceptible people towards that line.

The one great aspect of the current spiritual revolution is that it has created technological tools to help you in your spiritual quest. One video might teach you more things than a whole book on any esoteric subjects. Graphical video aids are wonderful in this regard.

While looking through the videos in You Tube I came across one on meditation. I have my doubts on its effectiveness as a tool to meditation, but it shows what the breath does when you are meditating. It’s useful to view it to learn what’s actually happening in meditation. And if it helps you in your efforts then it is more useful is it not?

If any one is interested, here is the link to it. It is the first one on videos on meditation named “How to meditate”.

Try it anyhow. The length of the video is about six minutes. It might not be easy to view it if you are using a dial up connection.

http://www.voobys.com/search/search_video.php?q=meditation#