You see what you want to see…

It is not what the eyes see; it is what your mind speaks.
It is not what the way it is; it is what you want it to be.
It is not what is written; it is what somebody has seen.
It is not what you are doing, it is what you want to do.
There is nothing as circumstances. It is YOUR choice.

Your choice to accept the way it is.
Your choice to see what the mind speaks.
Your choice to read the written.
Your choice to make a choice.
There is nothing as circumstances. It is YOUR choice.

© Sweta Gupta

Meeting yourself (continued...)

A comment from Winny:

"I just visited you blog and read “ever wondered what will happen when”. Interesting one!! I have a fascination for modern physics, especially physics that deals with the origin of the universe and the idea of unifying all forces in nature. In one of the books I read ( I think it was “emperors new mind” or maybe “a brief history of time”) there is mention of the fact that there is not just one universe but many universes and each decision or action one takes spilts it up into further parallel universes. To sum we have parallel existences and there is no way we could get to shake hands with our parallel selves J. However metaphysics comes up with theories saying that the feeling that sometimes people have of being through a situation or place in past even when they infact did not (also known as dejavu) is infact the subconscious mind making contact with our parallel self having a different experience in a parallel universe. OOPS! I guess I got your confused."

My comment:):
I have a fascination for philosophy… and nature and how the two apply in our daily life (both personal and professional).

You didn’t get me confused. I liked this “However metaphysics comes up with theories saying that the feeling that sometimes people have of being through a situation or place in past even when they infact did not (also known as dejavu) is infact the subconscious mind making contact with our parallel self having a different experience in a parallel universe.”


It may be true… it may not be… but just thinking about it makes me glad.

While reading the book, i glanced back my life where I would like to meet myself today and stop myself from doing mistakes or speed myself by giving proper direction at moments when I waited for guidance or accompany myself when I was alone or cry on my shoulder when I needed it the most.


At times, you feel accompanied when you sit alone and think… think about your past or the other world where you are going through the same situation and if you would like to change the choice… you can help yourself…

Ever wondered what will happen when …

You get up in the morning and find yourself in a deserted island. You remember that you had slept in your bed in Pune in India. Then, how come you are present on this island. “Am I dead???” the question pops in your mind. But, the mythology books don’t say that you end up onto an island when you are dead. “But, I don’t feel I m dead!” you exclaim.

Then you start searching for human beings on the island and suddenly you find yourself in a lift. Oooops! A second back you were on the vast vacant empty island and the next moment you are in a lift. When you come out of the lift, you find that the place is familiar. “I have come here before!” you realize that you had come here some time back … some 15 years back. And to add to it, you see yourself there… 15 years younger.

You call him/her: “Hey Sweta (or your name)! Wait!” and he/she waits and looks at you astonished…

This is how “One” by Richard Bach goes…

At every choice you make in this world, the world splits… into a world given your choice and other world with the choice you didn’t take… With every choice you make, another world of its own is born.

Kaal

I saw the movie Kaal last weekend. I liked the movie as a whole... The script is well written, the direction is good (at times SLOW)and the message(it does have a social message:)) are the scoring points of the movie. I liked the message of the movie - DONT break rules! Well, this is not the message actually:) the message is - Conserve Nature - Animals! :) But i liked the former message!

After watching the movie(Read on if you have watched the movie, else skip:)), i happened to visit my sister in Cummins Girls hostel along with my relatives(who had come to Pune the first time). My relatives (My uncle and two cousins)wanted to see the campus of the Cummins engineering college, Pune. So we went with her to gate. Being a girl's college, males are not allowed inside without permission from the security.

My sister: "I will ask the guard for getting inside the college!"

She went to the security guard.
My sister: "These are my relatives and they want to see the campus. Can I take them inside? "

The guard just nodded. He didnt even care to look who the visitors were. He had a routinely look on his face. Many visitors coming everyday, ehh!

I got irritated of the ridiculous rule for seeking permission to see the campus too and uttered!

Myself: "She gives too much attention to the rules. aane ka aur andar jaane ka!"

Then, i remembered Kaal... i had spoken against the rule! and got that scary feeling inside.

We went inside the college and my sister started showing the college...

My sister: "This is the engineering college. And that is the architecture college"

We went inside the engineering college.
Pointing on the third floor,
My sister: "We have the library there on the third floor."

And the description continued.

I had been to the college a couple of times. So I didnt bother to listen to the whereabouts and the history of college. I was sitting in the visitor's lobby.

When they finished looking around, they came back. I wanted to go to the loo.

Myself: "Anybody else want to go to loo?"

Nobody wanted to!

I approached the Ladies Toilet.

Lo! What I see in the corridor near the toilet. A jet black cat.
I got afraid by looking at it.
I murmerred: "How come I see the cat here again after seeing it in the movie!"

Now, I didnt want to visit the loo. But couldnt help the nature's call.

I went inside. The toilet was desserted. Nobody inside and no tube light. It was getting darker at around 6 in the evening. I hurried up and came out. I was happy that i came alive outside:). after seeing the black cat and uttering the words against the rules, i was damn sure that the judge will charge me and declare guilty.

Coming out of the toilet, I again looked at the place where I had seen the cat. It was not there. The thought that it must be an illusion ran in my mind.
I said to my sister,

Myself: "Do you have a black cat in your college?"
My sister: "No, I havent seen any in the college campus!"

All were laughing at me - I getting so tensed and scared and my tendency of relating daily chores with the fiction I had seen a few hours back!

I was again horrified by the thought that I might be getting illusions of the cat.

Then to add to my horror, my uncle told a fact -
Uncle: Today is Saturday! And we saw Kaal today.

(In hindu mythology, saturday is supposed to represent Shani, the black.)
And all broke into laughter. But a fear was growing in my heart.

When we started heading back, everybody saw the black cat... and all of them were looking at me... And I smiled...