Tagged by Krak-The Man !!

I'm Tagged ... (and hopefully "NOT FOR SALE AT 50% OFF:(" )

And now I have to write a list ....

A List of things I do to be the CHANGE..

So here goes...

Volunteer with AID

Rise early so I dont miss the sunrise and freshness of the morning.

Be AWED- keeps u firmly footed in reality

TRAVEL - to develop the "AWE" state

Collect LEGO and build - keeps the child intact within you

Keep off arrogance

Practice simplicity in thought and action

Be nice and try and get a smile on everyone's face and mine of course.

Believe in the "beyond"- too much is not known to us

Listen to "MUSIC" - liberates you..

Keep off hypocrisy

FEEL - cos its the only way you will make a change!!

(Thats all for now, more shall cross this path as the mind focuses on things I do rather than on other random inconsequential details of events happening in the immediate surroundings.)

Things I hope to do to bring some CHANGE

Contribute more to AID and other such organizations

Join a world organization like WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO

Realize "appreciation" as a way of life(am trying crazily hard)
and accept people the way they are (equally hard) and honor my friends

Be more helpful

Travel and spread / gain knowledge

Design to make the world more energy efficient

Live the "sustainable" way

Travel to outer space and realize ure nothing but a miniscule piece of nothingness in the larger picture

Believe in the power of the unknown and explore it

Strive to keep learning and explore the nth dimension

(the last 3 points = product of a permanent state of flux in the mind = questioning the purpose of existence...so feel free to ignore....:-)

So change shall occur in the next second in the act of performing any of the above deeds...

and lo behold!!... I changed, and the world changed with me .

Who shall I tag ?

The original tag man - kartik...again - cos he shld have changed from then to now
Amrita - cos i know she has a blog
for a start.....

History confused me by!!

Did the chicken come first or the egg? Did Ramayan come first or the Mahabharat? OR do we really care enough?

A random discusson can change so many things u just assume to be so, and then come the painful part of accepting that everything is probably not what your parents told you so.
PAINFUL!! - well initially thats true, till you realize you are actually, for a change, letting your brain do some thinking and having a say in your opinions.

Like we were told that first Ramayan happened and then the latter, but now there is a growing number of people who believe that this isn't the case. So when confusion reigns supreme and the mind feels as though every word said for or against sounds true, the urge to stand back and say "I need a break" shines through the haze.........

Considering thats what I did for 1 month - my progress in clearing the wool is just stuck at 2 links and a search for a book.
Links being -
An interesting study on the dates of both these major events in Indian "Mythology" presented in
http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/ancient/ramayan/
rama_vartak.html
and
http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/ancient/mahabharat/
mahab_vartak.html.

and book being
India : A History - By John Keay

So therein pauses this blog and the grey matter in want of more information or validations.

........still searching for the book.........

and then suddenly you wonder if it really MATTERS what came first, in the bigger, much more important and immediate context of omlettes or morals.