Om Google-aya Namaha

“In search” a collection of ghazals by Jagjit Singh, “In search of Excellence”an excellent book by Tom Peters and others, all searches fascinate me. If there is offering that the internet will always need,that will be “search” period. Song, Book, partner, business, career and many more.

Search for information, call it by another name/names, Search, exploration, pursuit, hunt, quest, investigate, seek, pursue, chase, detect, track down, it boils down to just that. Search has always been the question for which our answer has been progress and development.

In ancient times there have been defined ways to get knowledge, through which you attained the goal of life”Mukti” . The path of knowledge was available through

1. Books/Vedas: Vedas or all forms of writings gave a person the knowledge that was needed to attain his goal. Books advised some practical aspects to say that “I am not enough”, which then opened the vistas of other forms in which knowledge was available to be obtained.

2. Teacher/Guru: The Guru was a human form of delivery of the knowledge along with help and guidance available all the time. The teacher would solve and resolve all the doubts in the minds of the pupil to attain knowledge. The important aspect of the Guru-Shishya relationship was to surrender and seek.

3. Interaction with People: This was another way, knowledge was said to obtained, People will share their experience, wisdom, knowledge and pass on when you interact with them, It is possible to learn by observation, then do and learn, here the power to observe, absorb and learn is very important.

4. Travel: travel/Deshantara is given a lot of importance, people with wisdom are said to be well travelled. Many artists, performers, traders, business people, athletes who travel often benefit from the knowledge of the travel. In travel, your observation is keener and learning is better.

5. Contemplation/Dhyan: This is way to ponder, think through the learnings of all of the above. The power to think, extrapolations accrue as the thinking sets in.

Now go to the internet and open a browser and type http://www.google.com and look at all the possible ways to gain knowledge. Is it another vista of knowledge or is it a combination of all. Recently launched “Google Books” http://books.google.com, Online Gurus are available through http://scholar.google.com, videos through “You Tube” http://www.youtube.com and many other sources. Calender, Docs, GTalk, Q&A sessions, online queries are all possible ways.

Travel, go to Google maps, visit on earth, under water, over sky and where else. Search for a job, travel, leisure, entertainment, partner, business associate, business requirement, vendor, all that “MATTER”s.

Hi Google, what is your idea for contemplation? May there is one, I am not aware or it is in the labs somewhere in the IT parks of Bangalore waiting to be launched.

“Om Google-aya namaha”