Education & Application

Learning is fun.
Applying, what we learn, is not so much fun.

why is it that learning about furniture is more fun than actually making a chair?

when we learn, we narrate a story to ourselves; we are the audience. Thats how its fun.
when we apply, what we have learnt, then its our time to create a story. we, then, are the story makers. thats why its not fun anymore. its called work.
But this 'work' don't actually have to be boring in any way, at all.

even if i am putting lights in a space, i can do it in a meaningful (as a story) way, so that i create something important at the end of it all.

The same applies to learning as well.

So anything, Education or Application, if done with a meaning is fun. Otherwise everything is boring :-)

its all upto us.

Living Fearlessly

even after one has done bungee jumping & sky diving...

if one believes that the fear of death has gone away...its a lie.

i felt this phenomenon while 'bungee jumping', i remember i was shouting very loud. i just wanted to get through with the jumping. i wanted to go to the other side- Become Fearless.

But it doesn't help at all. because even after doing the bungee jumping 100 times, the fear will not go away. because i was not pursuing the fear itself. my focus was not fear itself, my focus was the goal- to reach to the other side of fear. i wasnt thinking of beating fear, i wanted to pass by fear to go to the other side...

it doesnt work that way.

i have to beat the fear itself...

how can the fear of death go away at all ?

fear of death can only go away if one starts living fearlessly, but not foolishly... fearlessly.

fearlessly & what i consider 'rightfully' (in the right way) & its absolutely assured that one will have no fear at all of anything at all...

go for it...Now !!

Meaning of Life :-)

Once upon a time,

There was a Pipal Tree. Its name was 'Brahm'.

Big is a very tiny word for Brahm; It was a huge tree, Indeed.

So huge was this great tree that if i was standing under that tree & looked up, i would not see anything else but that tree alone.

Brahm had infinite branches growing on its massive trunk and from those branches there were more branches growing in all possible directions.

The highest branches touched the sky, they grew inside the clouds & made friends with them. One of these branch's name was 'Hiboe'.

Hiboe was a very happy branch. it had many branches & a brown skin & inside the skin there were many layers. Every year Hiboe had a new layer of skin growing on it. Every year in summer the previous skin would dry & shed off, to be replaced by a new green skin which would turn brown slowly.

On one of Hiboe's branches, there lived a family of 10,000 beautiful brown ants.

The oldest amongst them was 'Mraa'. Mraa had many sons & daughters.Those sons & daughters had many sons & many daughters. It was a big happy family.

The youngest in the family was 'Tink'. Tink was a beautiful male ant. He had a lovely wife. Her name was 'Chin'. They lived happily in a small cave. Tink & Chin worked hard to keep their family safe & growing. They cooked nice food from Hiboe's leaves. They had long conversations about their siblings & they laughed. They went to the edge of Hiboe, from where they could see the blue sky & the clouds. They went to the swimming pool on one of Hiboe's branches, to play with the water. They loved their life. The entire family was happy.

One day Tink & Chin returned from home. Chin saw that Tink was sad. So she asked him,"My lovely Tink, why are you sad?"

Tink said,"I am sad because Today i feel there is no meaning to my life. We work, cook, eat, laugh, enjoy the sky & the water, enjoy the colors. We love each other, but i want to know the meaning of our life. Why were we born? Is there any special work that i am supposed to do, Or i just keep fullfilling my antly & endless list of desires of work, food, laughter & appreciation of sky, water, color, leaves & many other things?"

Chin said,"My love, My dear Tink, I only know that I Love You. I love to cook when you are around. I enjoy the food when you are around, I laugh. I love to go for a walk with you to the edge of Hiboe, from where we can see the beautiful sky & plenty of new colors. I enjoy my life more because you are here."

Tink Smiled. They both laughed & went to sleep.

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The next morning, Tink went to Mraa & asked him,"Our Dear Mraa, You are the oldest amongst us. Please answer my one question."

Mraa was smiling, even before Tink asked the question, & said,"Go ahead my dear Ant, ask me what you have in your Mind."

Tink asked,"Dear Mraa, please explain me the meaning of life. Tink says she doesn't know but she doesn't have to know because she loves her life with me."

Just as Tink finished, Mraa started laughing. He laughed so much that he fell on the ground & still kept laughing. Then slowly he stopped but he was still laughing, although he controlled it now & turned to face Tink & said,"My lovely Ant, Why do you want to know the meaning of Life? What will you do if you get to know the meaning of life? Our antly life is full of happiness. We have been provided with Love, all kind of interesting food, so many kinds of feelings e.g.- good, great, exciting, lovely, beautiful. We have been given a creative head, so We can create even more things to accomodate our growth & keep enjoying life with all our friends. What more do we need?"

Chin, in confusion, Said,"Dear Mraa, But if there is no meaning to something then it should not exist, don't you think its true?"

Mraa laughed again & this time louder & said,"But life is there. Its inside you & its inside me. Its inside everything you see & feel with your senses, So that means there is meaning to Life. We should thank the power of the Universe for giving us this life & live our lives the best we can. We should accept all colors of life & direct all our efforts in making this life better for us & all other Ants."

Tink, now relaxed, bowed, smiled & respectfully asked,"My dear Mraa, What if everything is only a confusion, there is no meaning of anything at all? What if there is no meaning to this Universe."

Mraa, patted Tink on his back lightly, grinned & answered,"My dear Ant Tink, The fact is that this Universe exists. That means there is a meaning to this Universe, Because nothing exists without meaning. Now, our brain is very small & too occupied with Antly Desires to understand the meaning of this Universe.  So you carry on with your life as you have been doing since you were born. Remember your childhood? Go & recreate it :-)"

Tink first smiled & then started laughing. He laughed so much that he fell on the ground & still kept laughing.

Tink, controlling his laughter, got up & walked back to his place smilingly. He continued enjoying everything that life offered him. He continued making his & other Ant's lives better. It was a big & happy family, Ever after.

Dear Reader,

You also smile & carry on :-)

Thanks for reading.

Power

If one has understood, how to open the doors of Space to Nature, one has become an Architect.

If one has told the story of that door to everyone, one has become a storyteller as well :-)

Eat to Appreciete, Not to Finish.

I would like to give, to my children, a project which they don't have to finish.
A Project which they don't have to submit to get grades or appreciation from teacher.

This project will be to appreciete the project & its details itself.

Lets Compare it with having a Great Lunch.
let a few friends get together & collect a few nice things they love to eat.
Now; instead of finishing the lunch in 30 minutes, start eating slowly & writing or talking about one's likeness of that dish (don't collect things which ya don't like).
one might like the color of the food, the sound, the taste, the nutrients, aroma & so on...

Eventually everyone will be full, they shall all finish their lunch.
Then just recollect those thoughts which came up while having lunch & talk about it.

Similary, their shall be a design project where the process of design shall be appreciated. The intentions of design shall be understood, the objectives, the pitfalls,
But this process shall be performed with honest & hard-working pupils alone to avoid procrastination.

Concept vs Construction

What an exciting job is a Contractor's !!
Pure Logic & Reasoning... at every moment.

To Device clean, logical steps to reach a Magnificant Destination.
Reminds me of a Mountaneering Team, moving up to the top of the mountain; towards that Purely beautiful view.

I love building, managing every step of its process.
But unless i know every detail of materials & all methods of building; there is no point in aspiring to design for the cause, that i really want to address.

is the idea/ aspiration of design more important ?
or the knowledge of building the design more important ?

if i dream of an idea, without knowing the method to realize it; its no good.
But,
if i know all the possible methods of building the design at present; does it mean that i will be able to build that new kind of design as well ? I mean, don't we improve upon/ device new methods for every new design ? So even after knowing everything about building, i might still encounter a design which i want to build but have no idea, how.
How is this situation different from above, where i dream of an idea, without knowing the method to realize it ?

on the other hand,
if i have an idea & i dont know how to build it or if it cant be built, then it will prompt me to refine the idea.

its a constant learning process.
dreaming of new ideas & testing them with the material & method.

But its true, that the idea must come first.

Yes !!

Temptation Buisness

In Mind, temptation is an Idea; that the temptation (Desire) is full of joy, happiness, taste & that it is beatiful & satisfying. I must go for it now !!
In Reality, temptation is an Orange which is Dry inside; but beautiful outside, from a distance.

The entire world of Buisness rests on the ground of this One Idea- Temptation.
Without temptation, there is no buisness; Literally, No Buisness.
From selling water to Airplane, its about temptation.
At this point i believe, Comfort is another word for temptation.

People, who actually need the products available, are perhaps 1%.
Rest of them buy, because they gave in to their temptation.

Architecture is no exception, it is about learning to engineer temptation of nature, space, materials ....
Nature & space are the primary cravings, Material defines the rich from poor.

Craving creates an excitement, an urge to achieve the desired element.
without craving, life would be dull; there is no doubt about it.

a form of craving leads to destruction.
another form can lead to a beautiful & creative environment; where everybody is happy, healthy, satisfied & working towards achieving clean & great joy.

Is only clean & positive joy possible ? is it boring without crime ?
crime is never good but life needs a little bit of spice to complete itself.

That means, there should be balance between Positive & Spicy desires.

Its allright if i have Positive as well as Negative desires as long as Positive exceeds much more than Negative.

I still dont feel right about my Negative emotions. Am I a Perfectionist ??

I must FOCUS on the Positive Desires, whenever i get to make the choice.
It keeps the Guilt & other Connected Negative Emotions Away.

Yes !!