Dialogue
from the Movie Dead Poets Society will help us relive the moments of our pre adulthood.
This movie should be watched for Robin Williams’s (Role : Keating , School Teacher) sterling performance and also for the Beautiful Must Watch Movie.
Start
The students are all back in their normal seats and Keating leaps
up onto his desk.
KEATING
Why do I stand
up here? Anybody?
CHARLIE
To feel
taller.
KEATING
No!
Keating rings the bell on his desk with his foot
KEATING
Thank you for
playing, Mr. Dalton. I
stand upon my
desk to remind yourself
that we must
constantly look at things
in a different
way.
Keating glances around the classroom from atop the desk.
KEATING
You see, the
world looks very different
from up here.
You don't believe me? Come
see for
yourself. Come on. Come on!
Charlie and Neil quickly rise from their seats to go to the front
of the classroom. The rest of the class follows them. While
Keating
continues speaking, Neil and Charlie join him on the desk and then
Keating jumps down.
KEATING
Just when you think you know something,
you have to look at it in another
way.
Even though it may seem silly or
wrong,
you must try! Now, when you read,
don't
just consider what the author
thinks.
Consider what you think.
KEATING
Boys, you must strive to find your own
voice. Because the longer you
wait to
begin, the less likely you are to
find
it at all. Thoreau said,
"Most men lead
lives of quiet desperation."
Don't be
resigned to that. Break out!
Keating notices Spaz and another boy leaving the desk immediately.
However, there is one field where
Indians will dominate / be comfortable with it in the future. Not because we are extremely good
at it, but because it is part of us.
It is Quantum theory.
Quantum theory is defined as “Quantum
theory is the theoretical basis of modern physics that explains the nature and
behavior of matter and energy on the atomic and subatomic level. The
nature and behavior of matter and energy at that level is sometimes referred to
as quantum physics and quantum mechanics.”
According to New Scientist
Magazine “Quantum theory can be mind bending…requiring a mastery of statistics…..Rife
with uncertainty and riddled with paradoxes”
Many including acclaimed scientist
such as Albert Einstein considers Quantum theory as weird.
I am reminded of famous Santi
Patha (Peace Invocation) from Isavasya
Upanishad (Vajasaneyi Samhita Upanishad):
Om
Puurnnam-Adah Puurnnam-Idam Puurnnaat-Purnnam-Udacyate
Puurnnasya
Puurnnam-Aadaaya Puurnnam-Eva-Avashissyate ||
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||
Literal translation from Isavasya Upanishad book by Swamy Chinmayananda (Page 62):
"That is Whole, This is Whole;
From the Whole, the Whole becomes manifest.
From the Whole, when the Whole is negated, what remains is again the Whole".
For a normal reader the above
will be considered as the weirdest statement, yet in India this mantra give
us a direction.
Here we have to remember Albert
Einstein for his statement on Quantum Entanglement “Spooky action at a distance”.
For lay persons what is this
spooky action at a distance?
“That concept is also known as
entanglement, and it’s what allows particles that have once interacted to share
a connection regardless of the separation between them.”
To understand entanglement
visually please visit the below video which captures the bafflement of Einstein
over Entanglement. For impatient ones directly go to 27:39 onward and for
patient ones please watch the entire video which is wonderful.
In India many believe God in
different ways and state that devotion to God is ultimate.
Similarly, Rig
Veda shloka on creation ,creator and a doubt whether the creator knows it or
not will baffle the outsiders. Yet Indians live with it harmoniously.
Srishti se pehle sat nahin thaa, asat bhi nahin
Antariksh bhi nahin, aakaash bhee nahin thaa.
Chhipaa thaa kyaa, kahaan, kisne dhaka thaa?Us pal to agam, atal jal bhi kahaan thaa. Srishti kaa kaun hai kartaa?Kartaa hai ya vikartaa?Oonche aakash mein rahtaa.Sadaaa adhyaksh banaa rahtaa.Wohee sach much mein jaantaa..Yaa nahin bhi jaanataaHain kisi ko nahin pataa,Nahin pataa,Nahin hai pataa, nahin hai pataa.
For Audio listen below (Bharat Ek Khoj Serial)
One of the primary beliefs in
India is God is in everything.
The world enjoys reading and learning from
Bhagavad Gita. One of the statements in it will appear surprising to many yet has connection to the Quantum Entanglement:
O son of Kunti [Arjuna], I am
the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras; I am the
sound in ether and ability in man.(Bhagavad-gita 7.8)
I am the original fragrance of
the earth, and I am the heat in fire. I am the life of all that lives, and I am the penances of all
ascetics. (Bhagavad-gita 7.9)
O son of Prtha, know that I am the
original seed of all existences, the intelligence of the intelligent, and
the prowess of all powerful men. (Bhagavad-gita 7.10)
I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire.
I am sex life which is not
contrary to religious principles, O Lord of the Bharatas [Arjuna]. (Bhagavad-gita7.11)
All states of being—be they of goodness, passion or
ignorance—are manifested by My energy. I am, in one sense, everything—but I am
independant. I am not under the modes of this material nature. (Bhagavad-gita 7.12)
Deluded by the three modes [goodness, passion and
ignorance], the whole world does not know Me who am above the modes and
inexhaustible. (Bhagavad-gita 7.13)
Considering the way an Indian grows adapting to the way the world works, he is better positioned to
understand Quantum Theory which deals with probabilities.
I will end here by quote of
Heisenberg (a German theoretical physicist and one of the key pioneers of quantum mechanics and
was awarded Noble Prize in Physics (1932) “for the creation of quantum
mechanics”) which appeared in Fritjof Capra website:
“In 1929 Heisenberg
spent some time in India as the guest of the celebrated Indian poet
Rabindranath Tagore, with whom he had long conversations about science and
Indian philosophy. This introduction to Indian thought brought Heisenberg great
comfort, he told me. He began to see that the recognition of relativity,
interconnectedness, and impermanence as fundamental aspects of physical
reality, which had been so difficult for himself and his fellow physicists, was
the very basis of the Indian spiritual traditions. ‘After these conversations
with Tagore,’ he said, ‘some of the ideas that had seemed so crazy suddenly
made much more sense. That was a great help for me.’”
According to Terry Laughlin “Total Immersion”
means “to do with complete engagement”.
Terry believed that “one must learn ease before focusing on speed and endurance”.
He was a saint as he advised to conserve / channel energy efficiently.
After reading his easy freestyle manual it seems
Terry wanted swimmers to unite / be part of water. As if he is saying do not
swim but allow water to take you for a ride.
I will reproduce a small section from The New
York Times Obituary on Terry Laughlin (known for Total Immersion technique in
Swimming):
“Total
Immersion teaches swimmers, both novice and experienced, to balance their
bodies in the water and use controlled motions that integrate the entire body,
not just the arms and legs. The aim is to conserve energy and enhance
efficiency. With time and effort many swimmers learn to move more like a
dolphin than a flailing Labrador.”
General
Electric , founded by Thomas Edison, JP Morgan etc., was an iconic American
Company that survived three centuries (founded on 1892).
Market
Capitalization as on December 08,2017 stood at USD 153 billion ( Jeffery Immelt
retired on October 2017) down from USD 387 billion (September 07,2001 Jeffery
Immelt CEO joining date).
It
is understandable he performed as a CEO during a period dominated by Technology
Stocks, credit crisis.
However,
one thing that came out recently about Jeffery Immelt was
unbelievable.
According
to Wall Street Journal "General Electric Co. executives didn’t
notify the company’s board until this month about its regular flying of a spare
business jet for its CEO, and it didn’t tell directors that GE had received an
internal complaint about the practice several years ago, according to people
familiar with the matter."
In
short if Jeffery Immelt was flying in a business jet, a spare empty business
jet (i.e. extra aircraft) was flying next to it.
Unbelievable.
The
best thing GE can do is recover the entire amount for flying the empty business
jet from his Full and Final Settlement.
Horror,
GE Board was kept in dark about spare jet.
Lesson
for me stop blaming Board of Directors in Indian Companies.
