[saidevo]

As I get up in the morning and look out of the window,
I am reminded of the Microsoft Windows operating system
of my computer.

As I sit at the dining table for my early morning cup of
coffee, I am reminded of Sun Microsystem's Java coffee cup.

If only I were reminded of Lord Krishna in the same way,
looking at things, with something of a Barathi in me,
I could have been a far better person!

Have we ever stopped for a moment to think how many icons
we meet in our daily life? Virtual hieroglyphics haunt me,
taunt me, and control me like a friend, philospher and guide.

Perhaps the most popular icons that every citizen of the world
will understand, are the male-female figures on a toilet wall!

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words.
Perhaps an icon is worth a thousand pictures.

Icons everywhere! In petrol bunks, travel points like airports,
railway stations, bus shelters; shops, offices, hospitals;
traffic signs on the roadside; and the emoticons in my email!

Icons forcefully change the way I walk, talk, write and think.
The slew of technology that has permeated my daily life,
is gradually replacing the language, leading me slowly back to
the days of the hieroglyphics.

Idols are the icons of Godhood in Hinduism. Installed everywhere
in the Hindu world like the modern-day icons, they remind a Hindu
of his/her daily dharma.

When I need a plethora of icons for my daily life, is it not
sheer arrogance on my part to frown upon the people who use idols?

Regards,
saidevo

[C1ay]

I, on the other hand, look out my window and see the beautiful world we live in. It causes no abstract thoughts of other things like Windoze.

I sit at the table and enjoy the sense of smell and taste I have, highlighted by my morning coffee.

I am thankful that I can see the world around me without it causing images of Gods everywhere. I prefer to enjoy that real physical world I live in without the distractions of mythical beings.

[Dark Mind]

...Harsh.

And the one star ranking to boot .

[infamous]

Originally Posted by Dark Mind

...Harsh.

And the one star ranking to boot .

I'll give you a copy on that one Dark...............

[UncleAl]

If only I were reminded of Lord Krishna in the same way

India has 1.1 billion crap-poor indigens and 360 million gods (36 crores). Uncle Al remains unimpressed by the wholly incredible ratio of 3 Indians/god. Hello! Is the rat god asleep at the wheel?

Idols are the icons of Godhood in Hinduism.

Yeah well, Western religion has something nasty to say about that - other than the One True Church. The Orthodox Christian Churches of Rome, Russia, and Greece postively revel in (expensive) images of false gods sold to their adherents. One wonders why it is the Protestants have all the money. Could it be - say it softly - PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY?

[Dark Mind]

Ouch, now three one star votes... And more criticism to boot...

[Dark Mind]

I thought the thread was good... not for the religion aspect though. I think that the realization of how symbols are starting to incur so many interpretations was... nice...

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by saidevo

As I get up in the morning and look out of the window,
I am reminded of the Microsoft Windows operating system
of my computer.

As I sit at the dining table for my early morning cup of
coffee, I am reminded of Sun Microsystem's Java coffee cup.

If only I were reminded of Lord Krishna in the same way,
looking at things, with something of a Barathi in me,
I could have been a far better person!

___When you recognize an icon & find no Krisna, simply visualize adding him or finding him. Something Blue, like the Windows Logo; there is Krisna. Coffee is a beverage & Krisna drank beverages & there he is again. No need to exclude these icons, but rather include your favorite with them.
___The children's favorite was Ganesh? The curve of the Windows Logo is his trunk.

Originally Posted by saidevo

Have we ever stopped for a moment to think how many icons
we meet in our daily life? Virtual hieroglyphics haunt me,
taunt me, and control me like a friend, philospher and guide.

___Icons represent authority & it is we persons' responsibility to challenge authority with reason.

[Buffy]

Originally Posted by Turtle

___Icons represent authority & it is we persons' responsibility to challenge authority with reason.

...and some of us create our own icons to challenge authority...sometimes unreasonably...

Art-Challenges-Authority,
Buffy

[emessay]

I don't know why God loves people with statistical mind rather than mathematical mind. I think Einstein was right that He[God] is still drunken to play a lot of dice and never wants to stop...