Unwrapping the 21st Century (ePub)

I was always fascinated by the following stanzas from the Upanishads, which is a marvellously condensed description of the nature of the wonder, that is the cosmos, in and around us.
POORNAMADA, POORNAMIDAM, POORNAT POORNAMMUDACHATE
POORNASYA POORNAMAADAAYA, POORNAM EVAVASHISYATE
(This is fullness, that is fullness; the fullness emerges out of the fullness. Even after taking the fullness out of the fullness, that which remains is still fullness.)
SHOONYAMADA, SHOONYAMIDAM, SHOONYAT SHOONYAMUDACHATE
SHOONYASYA SHOONYAMAADAAYA, SHOONYAM EVAVASHISYATE
(This is emptiness, that is emptiness, the emptiness emerges out of emptiness. Even after taking the emptiness out of emptiness, that which remains is still emptiness.)
When we ponder about the deeper meanings of these slokas, it comes clear that everything in and around us are full and empty at the same time. In simple words, everything is full with emptiness or empty in fullness. An atom is full because it stands and function independent, however the inside of the atom is empty except for the electrons spinning and the small nucleus in the middle. If we look at the universes surrounding us, it is full in its own glory and greatness, however empty except for the millions of relatively tiny stars scattered in the space.
It was this realisation that motivated me to title my blog page as Paramasoonyam - Absolute Emptiness - Omni¬presence. I have been publishing my philosophical insights on Facebook for three years now and this book is a collection of my thoughts published on Facebook. I have covered all subjects from spirituality, relationships, politics, education, community living, businesses and many such things. I present this book to the youth of the twenty-first century looking for happiness in the middle of millions of selfish forces pulling them into unhappiness.