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My brush with the Other side*…Mariska Hargitay™**


6.5.2010
My brush with the Other side*…Mariska Hargitay™**

Over the weekend I was roped in (probably by divine intervention) to be an interpreter to a pious man who was addressing a predominantly non-Tamil speaking congregation at a home cleansing (housewarming) ceremony.
I arrived there with a lot of fanfare. As it was pouring cats and dogs en route to function, my family and I arrived fashionably late. Another faux pas moment happened here. I honked as I parked at the porch to get help to bring in the food and cutlery from the car, not knowing that the prayer was already in session! (Probably to the annoyance of the attendees, I suppose). Anyway, only after parking the car and entering the house did I realise the foot in the mouth moment.
Upon entry to the abode, I was whisked in like some kind of VIP to sit beside the holy man to help him to address the audience. And the sacrificial fire started burning…
The joist of the teaching of the day was (as interpreted by my unenlightened, non-vegetarian mind):
  • From a time in memoriam, man has awed by creations around him and was puzzled about its origin and its creator. The elders and the learned told that the black rock (the Shivling) is the original rock representative of the Maker. And so our forefathers decided that it should be our guiding light.
-I have learnt from other sources that the Shivling also signifies the union of the two fundamental union of nature- the male and female components- Shiva and Shakthi.
  • That the Shivling is within us. Through meditation and guidance, one can achieve a state of mind where one can be in control of his human desires, temptations and knowing what is right and wrong. And the Shivling will follow you wherever you go like a sun and the moon that can be seen at the four corners of the world.
  • That the sound of the universe is the same as our breath – Aum
 -but, but…my simple mind says the universe is vacuum and sound waves need air to transmit!
  • That life is a gamble. Everything you do involves risks, your daily duties, your marriage, your spouse from a different background, your relationships, etcetera. All this will progress well via divine intervention and through guided intervention of man and woman.-via religion discipline and self-control can be instilled, I suppose.
I guess we all know all of the above, but when a third person tells you it all makes sense. Just like when a piece of news gets repeated repeatedly, this piece of news becomes a fact of life, and when it is mentioned by a person in power, it becomes a doctrine! And when it whispered by a holy man, it becomes the divine truth. Amen.

*Otherside – Red Hot Chilli Peppers (2000)

**Phony Hindi greeting by Guru Pitka (Mike Myers) in the Love Guru (2008). Mariska Hargitay is actually the name of the leading actress in the Emmy Award-winning TV show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She is the daughter of the 1950s sex symbol, Jayne Mansfield.

N.B. The writings in italic are scribbling of my uncontrolled warped mind, excuse me!
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