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Meditating on gravitational waves

The gravitational waves were detected by LIGO. They predicted that it came from a violent incident billion of light years ago.  A confirmation of something which Einstein had theorised a century ago. I wonder at construction of  LIGO, the instrument which has measured this phenomenon. The key to LIGO's success is its ability to be sensitive even with so much noise around. The earth, atmosphere, Sun and all cause so much noise to distract it from hearing what it was meant to hear. And scores of scientists spent years of effort and governments spent millions to make it so that it can hear. Hear what it was made to hear, ignore noise. We too have a similar instrument called mind. It is meant to hear the gravitational waves. It can stretch and compress, move in multi-dimension. But most of the while it is lost in the noise. So we have meditation . In ancient India rishis meditated. Years of rigorous practice had fine tuned their range of frequency to listen. They could hear th

An autobiography of rocking chair

I am not rock, James Rock. I don't hurt nor people throw me around. Rather they settle down on me. Some hold my hands, some just drop their weight onto me, some swing and glide before settle and sing song on me. They all come to me because they like to move to and fro. They cannot be still. I let them move so that something in them settles. I was born long time ago in the great human mind of probably Benjamin Franklin. Some say it could be before but I don't recall. I am just a little chair that can hold you like your mother when you were infant. She rocked you in her arms. I rock you in my lap. Tired and lost Fresh and bubbly low or high contemplative or chatter morning or night take a small flight to and fro wavering and then settle down I am your little rocking chair, in your garden, balcony or living room, matching or in contrast, waiting for you.