Fall in Love - This time with technology

Love begets happiness; happiness begets love. Love can lead you to do absurd, weird things. Once in love, you tend not to question, you tend not to hesitate, you just do it. You might devote your life for your children, you might sacrifice yourself for your parents, you might want to cross all limits for your spouse. Why? Well, there’s no concrete reason, you just do it - that’s what “Love” is, in a nutshell.

"[Science] is more than a school subject, or the periodic table, or the properties of waves. It is an approach to the world, a critical way to understand and explore and engage with the world, and then have the capacity to change that world..."

— President Barack Obama, March 23, 2015

I believe, we belonging to the ‘T’ and ‘E’ of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), are uniquely positioned to leverage our abilities, offer the best and do something that makes a difference. But, walking the path is different from knowing the path – pretty much summed up in the two axes of the Gartner’s magic quadrant, Vision and Execution.

“What makes you happy is what defines you” – I pretty much believe in this. Not going just by the belief, the yogic texts mention humans have three sheath of bodies, from outer to inner, in that order -  The Gross body (Sthula sharira – Annamaya Kosha), The Subtle body (Sukshma sharira) a.k.a. – Pranic body (Pranamaya kosha), Mental body(Manomaya Kosha) and Intellectual body (Vidnyanamaya Kosha) and The Causal Body (Karana sharira) a.k.a Bliss Body (Anandamaya Kosha). At the very center, lies the “Causal body” or the “Karana sharira” or the Bliss Body. It is important to understand ourselves and train our energies correctly.

I believe our actions differ if we do something for the love of it as opposed to doing something for making a living. A love for salaries might drive you to get the best jobs; while a love for technology might drive you to create the best ones. The technology spectrum is vast and it sounds difficult to master just a single technology or a skill. But love can make you do absurd, weird, illogical things. Just going by the achievements, Elon Musk sounds like a super human – I am ready to believe he is deeply in love.

Love is knowing, understanding, caring, being selfless, being illogical, being creative, and so much more. Let’s fall in love – this time with technology.