Dirty politics in teaching profession...

Apparently, teaching seems to be a noble profession. From a distance, it is so. In reality, it is still a noble profession. But we , the teachers, are not free from internal politics. The problems are
1.back-biting
2.high level of ego
3.using students for personal gains and survival in the job
4.greed for cheap popularity and spoiling the academic attitude of the students
5.saying bad things about other teachers to the students
6.trying to establish that he or she is the best and the only well-wisher
7.trying to set up illegitimate source of power in one's self
8.Not imposing any kind of discipline on students to maintain cheap and dirty popularity

and many others...

The teachers have to work under such variety of situations.
Hence teaching is not a benign profession.There are many other professional hazards. Still we should keep hopes alive. We should strong enough to face realities.

A special day...the 9th April,2009

The final year students of Electrical Engineering of Techno India celebrated their last day in college classes with photo session with the teachers ,and cake distribution among all. It was a nice occasion having youthful vibrance and energy. The students were very good in their approach. I rarely find such large number young, bright and smiling faces nowadays. The team spirit , togetherness,brotherhood,and friendship among the students were evident from their behaviours. They got lost in childlike behaviours and funny things.
It was a pure pleasure for all.
To enjoy we need an open heart and a free mind.
In teaching the most beautiful thing is cordial acceptance of a teacher by the majority of the students. The acceptance gives us a lot of satisfaction.
Mixing up with young minds possibly keeps us younger and dynamic...
Life should be full of dynamism and creativity, I think.

Elimination of fear is a challenging task...

Fear is a complex combination of our emotional perceptions. We perceive things in our own different ways. Our unique nature defines the way we look at things. I have experimenting on fear of objects,events and people. Fear had been the most dominating component of my life for majority part of my life. Fear of 'anything can happen'. The imaginative bent of mind is mostly responsible for such constant fear. The real thing mostly different from what I imagine. Then I had a lot of self-talk about the whole thing. To live with courage and alertness is real living, I realised much later in my life. Then I decided to face the situation and I believed in 'realism' about all things about economic,political ,legal and social aspects of living. I am trying to live now 'one day at a time' at a medium pace. I was a very fast man once upon a time and I used to take a lot of hasty decisions. I used to commit a lot of mistakes also. Then I changed myself a lot by adopting a 'middle path' for all kinds of realities of life. I still have fear reigning over my mind. Most of the fears are somehow related to 'bad' people in the society. I decided to be bad with bad people. I could not become that. I then tried to face them. After one or two failures, I became successful. The more I fear, the greater the pain I receive. I used to believe in 'compassion' in a human heart. I still believe in that. But I accept that all human beings are not in the same level of 'compassion'. The brutal nature exists almost everywhere. I know I need to stand erect and face the situation. There is no alternative/option. Facing the tough people with equal toughness is the only solution. I need to create a drama of being 'bad', though I know I am not bad. I constantly try to live in the present and try to face the realities without inviting imaginary fears. Spiritual Living is the only solution to all such problems. I try to live a life of my personal choice by consatantly improving the level of my personal honesty and integrity. Self-purification and self-discipline have become a part and parcel of my life. I have reached a state of tastelessness about living a life. Life makes so happy and nothing makes so depressed. Happiness , to me, is just a mental state in which I feel I am OK. That's all. I accept myself as I am. I bother least about what others think about me. I am not here to please everybody. I try to become well with almost everyone. I have no such practical role models or heros. I believe in God. I try to leave all the results of my duties and responsibilities to God only.

Finer qualities of life needs more attention...

In all our actions we should try to have a fine touch of the following human qualities:
1. Selfless love
2.Good Manners
3.Compassion
4. Commitment
5.Responsibilty
6.Duty
7.Self-esteem
8.Affection
9. Honesty
If our search for money is coupled with these attributes, we are bound to be happier. Success of a person should not measured on the basis of money earned by a person.
Everyone needs money. I also need money. I should not be blind to all other aspects of life. Money is bad, when it is in wrong hands. It is always better to earn money with honesty. Having huge money does not ensure a good life for ourselves. It needs some more inner qualities to enjoy life with perfect harmony,happiness and peace.
To Be happy all the time, we need to ask ourselves continually " Are we honest to the core?".
"Are we Greedy?", "Are we dutiful?"

God bless...

Words are very powerful...

Properly selected words in our speech can do miracle for the audience. Appropriate stress on the selected words will be highly effective. A single wrong word can massacre the whole speech. Speaking is an art involving the use of power of words.
We should be extremely cautious about use of words. Public speaking is like playing with fire of words.
An aspect that needs our attention is the attitudes of the speaker. A good public speaker always speaks with energy, enthusiasm and a sense of responsibility.
Words can do a lot of harm, if we do not use them with extreme caution.
It is better to speak as less as possible keeping in mind that we have to speak with force and vigor as per the need of the time and place...

God bless...

Any kind of misunderstanding?

I am trying to write things which seem relevant to me. Nobody should misunderstand me in the sense that I am trying to influence them in any manner. I never say I am the only good man living in the world. I am an ordinary spiritual seeker who wants to think differently. I write only to search for some like-minded people. I write because I feel that writing keeps me engaged in some sort of creative action.
Who am I to impose my opinion on even a single person?
I write to generate food for thought for others.
I talk straight from my heart.
I never claim I am right.
I am possibly writing for the sake of writing...
I feel good. I write to share ideas with my students and friends. I have least faith in commercialised approach to writing. I am certainly not a money-hungry person thinking of money and its power.
I really think beyond money...
That's all...

God bless...

Money is powerful...

Money matters a lot in having a decent living. From morning to evening, we hear talks about money. Hunger for money keeps many people survive. Many people can go to any extent to earn money. Many people get rich overnight by adopting dishonest means and become God-like figures to many. Through money power, they want to earn name and fame and power. I am personally least bothered about such people. I do not want to know whether they are happy or not.
I believe money can not buy happiness for me.
I believe that I should earn money through honest means only.
Being rich is not bad. Being rich by adopting fraudulent means is really bad.
Being rich ensures social security!!!
No problem.
I personally try to be distanced from the rich.
Richness in money does not guarantee richness of the heart, I believe.
But earning money by honest means is possibly good.
Creating huge wealth only for personal good is no good.
Having large amount of money in the bank does not ensure our happiness.
Everything does not happen as per our wishes,hopes and desires.
We need to think beyond...
Do we have the time to think beyond ?
Time is money, a saying goes.
I am trying to think beyond...

God bless...