Thoughts on living

     The story of "Aladdin and the magic lamp" is enchanting because with just a rub of the dusty old lamp a genie appears asking for three wishes. The Disney film adaptation of this popular fairy tale is more captivating as the third wish which Aladdin makes is for the genie himself, for his freedom. According to the genie in this version, freedom is the most wonderful and complete thing anyone in this world should desire.    Freedom in its right sense, not where freedom means throwing your arms in the air and running around screaming "free at last", No!  its a freedom not from responsibilities nor the mundane routine life, not from another ruling country or from the oppressors. I am talking about freedom that is experienced in the mind. So, what is this freedom? what does it mean?    Normally when we think of freedom, justice tags along but real freedom of the mind doesn't revolve around justice or rights of a person it stresses on the w...

Fear is a strong emotion that can unnerve everyone who feels it but fearless is a personality that can bend the emotion 'fear'.     The greatest fear on earth could be the fear of death because it comes unseeing unknowing and unexpected. There may be many who don't fear death but in the end it is still bitter. Now that we all have an end why not live better during the days we are given? Why on earth are families torn apart due to wars, thousands dead, lost and forgotten on just one small planet. If people are unable to live unified here how can they expect to live peacefully in Heaven after death?     There are still those who act like as though they haven't heard of the wars taking place or of the people dying. Coming to my locality Tamilnadu we see thousands coming out on streets asking the government for justice for our rivers, our lands and most importantly our lives but it seems to fall on deaf ears. what has happened to humanity? the concept of human se...