A Modern Utopia

A passage from H.G Wells, book "A Modern Utopia" ( 19th C ) 
I found so relevant to what we are living today.

" My Utopian self is of course my better self, 
according to my best endeavour, 
and i must confess myself fully alive to 
the difficulties of the situation. 
When i came to this Utopia 
i had no thought of such any
intimate self examination " 


So are you, your better self in this Utopia?

everyone's got style!

   this video just put a smile on my face... enjoy!

the 'silent' beauty of exquisite detail

    the ottoman tombstones. 
    the calligraphic detail of koranic verses, poems, symbols and images.
    tombs decorated with grapes, pomegranates, olives. ( of the women )
    the top of the tombstone decorated with the headpieces worn ( of the men )
    walking amongst the tombs for me was simply an observation of silent beauty. 
    

kids should be presidents!

two roads diverged in a yellow wood ...
and i took the one less traveled ... 

Thaumazein

i came across the word ' thaumazein ' as i was doing my usual wonder 
and research on the net. 
it was the most appropriate work founded by i. 
as ' thaumazein ' means ' to wonder '  in Greek. 
descartes wrote " wonder is the first of all passions " 
plato wrote " philosophy begins in wonder " 

Bayt al-Hikma

HOUSE OF WISDOM  ( Bayt al-Hikma )

was a library, translation institute and research center, in Baghdad. It was the major intellectual hub of the Islamic Golden Age, from the 9th to 13th Century. well-known scholars shared information, ideas and culture in the House of Wisdom. 

The House was an unrivaled center for the study of humanities and for science in medieval Islam, including maths, astronomy, medicine, alchemy, zoology, geography and cartography. Drawing on Greek, Persian and Indian texts, the scholars accumulated a great collection of world knowledge, and built on it through their own discoveries. The House of Wisdom was the largest repository of books in the world.

 

the unknown

finding the wisdom within us.

The Gayatri Mantra inspires wisdom in us

absolutely beautiful !!!!

       om bhur bhuvah svaha
       tat savitur verenyam 
       bargo devasya dhimahi
       dhiyo yonah prachodayat

Om                   Sound as the basis of creation, Brahman Unity of all that is visible & invisible                     

Bhur                 The gross: earth, existence, physical body

Bhuvah             The subtle: atmosphere, prana, subtle body

Svaha               inner self,

Tat                    reference to the Ultimate God 

Savitur              life-giving energy of the sun

Varenyum         Supreme Consciousness that inspires adoration

Bhargo             Goodness, radiance, luster, illumination, destroyer of ignorance

Devasya           Divine radiance or grace

Dhimahi            let us meditate 

Dhiyo                means Buddhi, thoughts

Yonah               Our energies, our actions

Prachodayat     Inspire