Prasanta Behera Blog

This story was sent to me in response to a blog I posted few weeks ago.  This make my blogging journey very exciting and rich and makes me keep going (yes - I  have thought to stop blogging also).   I get to know more things from all of you; in some sense we all are in this journey together. Thank you!!! ===============   Kafka and the Doll: The Pervasiveness of Loss  Franz Kafka, the story goes, encountered a little girl in the park where he went walking daily. She was crying. She had lost her doll and was desolate.   Kafka offered to help her look for the doll and arranged to meet her the next day at the same spot. Unable to find the doll he composed a letter from the doll and read it to her when they met. “Please do not mourn me, I have gone on a trip to see the world. I will write you of my adventures.” This was the beginning of many letters. When he and the little girl met he read her from these carefully composed letter...

Spring gives way to summer yellow golden grass shimmer the landscape optimism and happiness. The yellow color brings back memories to the last riddle of the journey, to be discovered in the  lines of yellow leaf. The thoughts, the questions the meeting and the search hidden within. Is this real or a dream or a naked experience in search of the journey? I am here. I am here in this journey. Everyone is here too contained in this labyrinth interconnected but invisible. The lines tell us about our souls influencing others like gravity  in the fabric of space and time in this fabric of dream and reality shadows we all are. shadows we all are. Who was she? Who was the blessed soul? She is a hevruta (*) A soul deeply connected in real and in dream from deep past to eternity. A soul not part of destiny but part of the journey. What was mysterious What was unknown What ached the heart What troubled the mind What was incomplete is now known is...

I recently read a book, " If Truth be Told - A Monk's Memoir " by Om Swami. It was a fascinating book.  I liked it so much, I am already reading his second book. I have read few other memoirs from various Swami and Monks in the last few years. One book I really liked was by Swami Rama,"L iving with Himalayan Masters " quite fascinating. This book starts with a interesting point ..  A sadhu visits the author's mom and said that she will have a 3rd child. " The woman said, they have a boy and girl and they do not plan to have anymore ". But the Sadhu tells that you will have a 3rd child and and he will have divine quality.  Now it does happen and the third child is Amit who later becomes Om Swami in a realized form. This makes very interesting to the discussion we had few weeks back " Are we predetermined? ". In the book, Amit talks about how grew up, his early inclinations, how he became a highly successful technology entreprene...

Wishing all of you a happy July 4th (Independence Day)! Antarctica now has more than 400 ppm of  CO2 (the last remaining place to reach). Scientists consider 400 ppm as an important marker. This is an alarming situation. It is crazy that many politicians in USA still do not believe in global warming! I have set up a goal to be Carbon Neutral by 2020. Progress so far Use LED lights : Except for chandelier lights, all of them are LED. I tried the chandelier LED bulbs but it does not work very well (very little used). Recycle: Recycle packages, cut vegetables, etc .. Install Solar :  I generated 3.64MW in 2015. I used 2.6 MW (sold 1MW -  net positive). Bike : Biking (for fun) and also go here and there. Buy better mileage car : Bought Prius so far in the last 5 years. Conserve Water : Save water before hot water comes for bath (and reuse) After all these, where am I now? I used the website to do calculations and here is what I get on my current consumption. ...