shanmugampoem 2019

Observation does not change the objects Observed but would change the observer When the observed one is inanimate But not so when it is human being, In which case the observed are affected. The knower, the known and the knowing Are obligatory for an experience. Experience is because of consciousness, Which is innate in body like time and space Or matter and heat in the life kingdom. 20.10.2019

Numerous realities have unfurled From the Universe on timeless expansions. Billions of galaxies are known to exist With vast area of emptiness in between. What is the position of the Earth planet? What is the occupation of the living kingdom? What is the share of the animal kingdom? What about mammals and humans therein? None other than man has intelligence to ask. None other than man has answer to it. Is the vision of the vast universe To produce man as its main observer? 24.12.2019

When you do something with passion, You are spiritual. When you do things not for a profit, You are spiritual. When you do things for the world good, You are spiritual. When you do things with humility, You are spiritual. When you spell AUM in dead silence, You are spiritual too. 14.12.2019

Sex is a taboo and dead forbidden Outside the wedlock in all religions. Sex being immoral and illegal, Women are forbidden and formidable. Seeing porn is sublimation of sex. Internet is in access of everyone Enjoying visual media is handy. Variety is spices as seen in You-tube. Being addict to seeing pornography May not affect the state of morality, But will kill your spirit to have real sex. Marital sex will loosen and repel. 11.12.2019

The sea blue, the grass green, The snow white, the coal black, The blood red, the turmeric yellow, The earth brown and the violet violet Have no rivals to beat them in their hues. 21.11.2019

Three fourth of women prefer monogamy Whereas half of men desire polygamy. However, the youth of both sexes are content With one to one relationships to get kids. Most of upper middle age group people Aren’t averse to extramarital contacts. Monotony affects the middle aged couples And men and women find for excuses For having sex with their partners and fake orgasm. Both find masturbation most convenient. 17.11.2019 

The level of libido will be high After a pleasant travel, a task done, A good meal, receipt of a gift or gain, And hearing love songs in video. None of these conditions is mandatory For the libido to be high if one is presented To an opposite sex desired for talks. Woman tilts man more than vice versa. 17.11.2019

Unlike animals, man knows he would die, Future can be any and fellow beings Can be a predator or a rival. Unlike animals, he worries a lot. 17.11.2019

Digestive system, excretory system, Respiratory system, reproductive system, Circulatory system, nervous system, Skeletal system, muscular system, And endocrine system make human body, Hormonal system is newly added one.   It is responsible for all emotions. 1711.2019

There are four fundamental forces Recognized to govern the nature. Gravity, Electromagnetism, The weak nuclear force and the strong one. The fifth one that the scientists speculate Is in the form of dark energy – Quintessence It must connect the visible world to dark matter. Nature behaves from these five basic forces. 21.11.2019

Sanyasin is the denouncer of the world. He owns nil and possesses a little, Passion and hatred he seheds once for all. No desires rule him; he has no bias. Sanyasin is a liberated soul He is free of laws imposed by the land. He is free of fear for loss or insults. His compassion is for animals too. The denouncement of worldly things Includes the pleasure of the senses, The pride or insults displayed by the ego And the satisfaction from the revenge. The last phase of the human is sanyasin. The exit after sanyasin is smooth. Sanyasin must be fed by the people. Sanyasin begs and is not held a beggar. 09.11.2019

Pursuing success leaves you stressed. Striving for happiness leaves you stressed. Going after money   leaves you stressed. Stressed life is the weakened health. 17.11.2019

Is it worth living, having lost one’s eye sight? The sooner the death , the better the life. Being without sight is being   a lame too. One pins one’s hope on eye injection cure. 06.11.2019

The sting of a bee might hurt you. With bees gone, you will exit soon. Insect pollination causes The formation of seeds and fruits. Pesticides and telephonic waves Are demons to bee’s population. Eliminate pesticide use. Cultivate bees to restore its strength. 13.10.2019

The Tamil Sangam Era was confined To literature and poetry available. Keelady is the archaeological evidences Of the civilization of that period. Sangam Era and Megalithic era Are related and must be viewed together. Brick layers, structured townships with  paved roads Must relate to the Harappa culture. The life style of  the folks spoken about In  the Sangam era  isn’t hypothetical, At the light of the excavation carried At Keelady in the Southern Tamilnadu. The Indus Valley Civilization Is not different from Keelady  findings It shows the evolution of the old script To graffitist and Tamil brahm The province where Keelady was open Must have got a civilization Where the people were literate, affluent And more advanced in around 300 BC 14.10.2019i. 

Wisdom grows with the age, said some wise men. Old people are now bigger narcissists, Hyper sensitive, demanding to be heard. Education must have stiffened their ego. 01.12.2019

For want of air, water or food one may die. Accidents and enmity can kill one. Disease and organs failure can crush one. Predators and disaster are lethal. Life is a miracle to any organism. 17.11.2019.

Laws are misused by one’s intelligence. The harm they do when misused must weigh more Than the good they do otherwise, in the mind Of law makers to spare the innocents. 19.11.2019

Lot of surgeries are being done; Not all need to. Lot of scans and tests are being done; Not all need to. All at the cost of body and money; Some with out need. Faith in hospitals   is being shaken; Aversion   sets. 19.11.2019

‘Go for a walk; sweat in the gym;’ All advice one to shed one’s weight. ‘Set on foot, leave lift and do chores Manually.’   No one dares to say. 27.10.2019

The trees voted the axe, Seeing   its stem as their member. They hoped good things of it, But suffered at the hand of the blade. 25.10.2019

Ganesha is the lord of beginning, And the remover of all obstacles. He is invoked before an event starts. And worshiped for the success of events.. Ganapathi is not a Vedic   God. In Gupta period (320-600) He came to prominence. Shankara(9 th century) elevated Vinayaka At par with Shiva, Vishnu, Devi and Surya. The elephant headed God is said to be Son of Shiva and Parvathi in puranas. Four demons of obstacles, who can be Propitiated, are joined as Vigneshwar. Shiva is not a Vedic God but added. Worshipers of Shiva are called Shaivaits. They also worship Pillayar, Murugan   And Parvathi   as Kali and Dhurgai. Nagarathars are Shiva worshipers. The nine temples to which they all belong Are with Shiva as the presiding deity. Pillayars therein are givenfirst place . Pillayar is a part of all ritual acts Of Nagarathars, who brought with them then Maragatha(emrald) Vinayagar devoutly In their exodus from Poombuhar c...

Energy is invisible like air. You can conceive it but not perceive it. Energy is seen from its effect on things. The bulb burns, the train runs and the life lives. Life is run by the vital energy. Be it any organism it is same. It is consciousness giving awareness. You can conceive it but not perceive it. Energy expresses in different forms. Vital energy expresses likewise. There is no conflict in energy act But so in vital energy’s display. The drive to thrive in it is the cause. 22.10.2019

The first thing to go from you is your name. You will be called the body by your kin. Disposal will become the main concern. You will be removed from the house you built. The clothes and things you used are thrown away. The valuables are shared and taken away. You are replaced with no remorse attached. A fallen leaf, you are soon forgotten. What will happen to those you’d endeared? What is the fate to the things you’d nurtured? How will fare your descendants in struggles? You are destined not to know the future. You will not know about your biography. You will not recall the moments of pride. You will not know how you’re branded about. You don’t know that you have ever existed. I don’t think it’s applicable to me. 21.10.2019

Consensual sex has been legalized; Adultery has been decriminalized. Wisdom of the judiciary has prevailed. Sexual pleasure, god given, is granted. People indulge in sex outside wedlock, Or prior to wedlock from temptation. Adolescent boys and girls fall from impulses. There are cases out of sex abuses. Accidental pregnancy is outcome. Unintended pregnancy is aborted. Out of stigma attached, women seek Life risk raw means outside the hospitals. To protect minors from sexual abuses And rapes, the act has made provisions To report to police about abortion Made to adolescents in the hospitals. Criminalization of abortion Of adolescents obstructs the access To the safe method in the hospital. Girls seek life risk abortion and succumb. Minor girls and sex abused women Chose not hospital for abortion And many die during rude abortion Conducted by non-physicians outside. Woman must have right to abort her chil...

Yagna is a ritual exercise found In The Yajur Veda and the Brahmanas, As offering oblations through Agni (fire) To Devatas for fulfilling desires. Yagna is done with a specific objects. Longevity and prosperity rule. No ceremonies or a life’s mile stone Would pass without it among the high castes. Yagna is abandonment of something One holds of value into Sacred Fire. (homa) Oblations can be milk, ghee, grains or soma Or, from the rich, clothing, gold, cows and horses. Yagna is the source of emitting smoke And wasting things otherwise usable. Yagna is three millenniums old idea. An outdated rite, it needs to be shunned. 18.10.2019

People don’t pray without any motive. The Gita speaks of four kinds of the devout. Artharti is those who pray for fortune. Arte is those who pray to get relief. Jignasu is those who seek godly knowledge. Jnani is those who indulge in self realization. Believers and seekers find some solace From the secured mind made out of the faith. 13.10.2019

‘A flower does not think of competing With the flower next to it; it just blooms.’ Said Zen Shin, a Buddhist philosopher, Sensing the evilness of comparing. Comparing with others in their success, Fortunes, earnings and popularity Leaves one feeling inadequate and down. One wastes one’s energy otherwise at hand. The antidote to making comparison Is the attitude of being content. Showing compassion and doing service Is the field where comparing is overcome. Comparison is the source of rivalry, Jealousy, hatred and ill-gotten mind. Compare not with ones material gains. Downgrade not your child from comparison. 13.10.2019

Brahmavihara is a Buddhist technique. In which one meditates on four states of mind. Maîtri is the universal kindness. Karuna is the universal pity. Mudita is the happiness one feels In others’ prosperity and well being. Upeksha is having indifference To any preferential treatment of any. Maîtri bids loving all sentient beings. It antidotes evolving enmity. Karuna bids showing compassion to all. It antidotes developing selfishness. Mudita bids taking altruistic joy. It antidotes nurturing jealousy. Upeksha bids being indifferent. It antidotes forming biased attitude. Meditation in Buddhism is meant For attaining Nirvana, the enlightening . Meditation is taming of the mind. It makes the one hatred-less, unselfish, Jealous-less and unbiased in relations. The four fold purification of mind Makes the individual calm and serene And gives him the effect of Nirvana.   12.10.2019

Tethered to an emotional constant, One could bear any amount of discomfort From deprivation and injustice met. Parents, spouse, children or any can fit. They would provide necessary succour And redress the hurt feelings from the sling. 10.10.2019

Hate is out of fear; rage is out of fear; Cry is out of fear. Fear is out of loss; Fear is out of pain; fear is out of death. Rivalry and predatory are causes. 02.10.2019 

Old songs are in video displays. People enjoy music, voices, lyrics, Scenes and actors without knowing their names. Pots are existing; potters are forgotten. William Shakespeare and John Milton Are heard, talked about and held in esteem With their works unread, gathering dust. Potters are living; pots are out of sight. 02.10.2019

She was in my vicinity for a year By when she was a princess, though married, So slim, so fair, so smooth, earning my crush. It happened about three decades ago. She was there, where I went for a meeting, By when she looked a queen, a little plump, Not getting her attention, i had felt.. It happened about a decade later. She sent me a card for her son’s wed. A great surprise because we had no link Ever since and because we departed Long back without knowing each other.   A grand reception in a grand city An overnight journey away was it. Her attempts to access my whereabouts Showed her concern and brought my presence. She looked as fair and lovely as she was, Except with some added looks of affluence, And she came to receive me with open arms. It happened about two decades later. The last contact has been fully restored With the flow of close communication Sustained by mutual interest accrued...

The final phase of human life Will give you a chance to look back At the cavalcade of events And the experience in life. How irrational you had been! How emotional you had been! All chivalry things you have done Would appear mere mockery. ‘My days are numbered; I won’t be With you; I’ve nothing to offer; Nothing to preach or to expect.’ Said Buddha when he became old. That all things are evanescent Will enlighten you to behave. Bundles of regrets will get rest. Death with no rebirth is welcome. 01.10.2019

The wounding words I shot at you, When they have failed to provoke you, Or you were insensitive to them, Will give me the words' hurt effect. 01.10.2019

Woman must have right to abort The pregnancy from the slip of love, Pregnancy from the forceful sex And the one untimed or unwanted. ‘My body, my choice’ is the woman’s voice. 22.09.2019