ramesh was here

When the child was a child
It walked with its arms swinging,
wanted the brook to be a river,
the river to be a torrent,
and this puddle to be the sea.

When the child was a child,
it didn’t know that it was a child,
everything was soulful,
and all souls were one.

When the child was a child,
it had no opinion about anything,
had no habits,
it often sat cross-legged,
took off running,
had a cowlick in its hair,
and made no faces when photographed.

When the child was a child,
It was the time for these questions:
Why am I me, and why not you?
Why am I here, and why not there?
When did time begin, and where does space end?
Is life under the sun not just a dream?
Is what I see and hear and smell
not just an illusion of a world before the world?
Given the facts of evil and people.
does evil really exist?
How can it be that I, who I am,
didn’t exist before I came to be,
and that, someday, I, who I am,
will no longer be who I am?
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Als das Kind Kind war,
ging es mit hängenden Armen,
wollte der Bach sei ein Fluß,
der Fluß sei ein Strom,
und diese Pfütze das Meer.

Als das Kind Kind war,
wußte es nicht, daß es Kind war,
alles war ihm beseelt,
und alle Seelen waren eins.

Als das Kind Kind war,
hatte es von nichts eine Meinung,
hatte keine Gewohnheit,
saß oft im Schneidersitz,
lief aus dem Stand,
hatte einen Wirbel im Haar
und machte kein Gesicht beim fotografieren.

Als das Kind Kind war,
war es die Zeit der folgenden Fragen:
Warum bin ich ich und warum nicht du?
Warum bin ich hier und warum nicht dort?
Wann begann die Zeit und wo endet der Raum?
Ist das Leben unter der Sonne nicht bloß ein Traum?
Ist was ich sehe und höre und rieche
nicht bloß der Schein einer Welt vor der Welt?
Gibt es tatsächlich das Böse und Leute,
die wirklich die Bösen sind?
Wie kann es sein, daß ich, der ich bin,
bevor ich wurde, nicht war,
und daß einmal ich, der ich bin,
nicht mehr der ich bin, sein werde?

In the new issue of Nature, the neuroscientist Larry Young offers a grand unified theory of love. After analyzing the brain chemistry of mammalian pair bonding — and, not incidentally, explaining humans’ peculiar erotic fascination with breasts — Dr. Young predicts that it won’t be long before an unscrupulous suitor could sneak a pharmaceutical love potion into your drink.

That’s the bad news. The not-so-bad news is that you may enjoy this potion if you took it knowingly with the right person. But the really good news, as I see it, is that we might reverse-engineer an anti-love potion, a vaccine preventing you from making an infatuated ass of yourself. Although this love vaccine isn’t mentioned in Dr. Young’s essay, when I raised the prospect he agreed it could also be in the offing. Could any discovery be more welcome? This is what humans have sought ever since Odysseus ordered his crew to tie him to the mast while sailing past the Sirens. Long before scientists identified neuroreceptors, long before Britney Spears’ quickie Vegas wedding or any of Larry King’s seven marriages, it was clear that love was a dangerous disease ... In his Nature essay, Dr. Young speculates that human love is set off by a “biochemical chain of events” that originally evolved in ancient brain circuits involving mother-child bonding, which is stimulated in mammals by the release of oxytocin during labor, delivery and nursing.

“Some of our sexuality has evolved to stimulate that same oxytocin system to create female-male bonds,” Dr. Young said, noting that sexual foreplay and intercourse stimulate the same parts of a woman’s body that are involved in giving birth and nursing. This hormonal hypothesis, which is by no means proven fact, would help explain a couple of differences between humans and less monogamous mammals: females’ desire to have sex even when they are not fertile, and males’ erotic fascination with breasts. More frequent sex and more attention to breasts, Dr. Young said, could help build long-term bonds through a “cocktail of ancient neuropeptides,” like the oxytocin released during foreplay or orgasm. Researchers have achieved similar results by squirting oxytocin into people’s nostrils — not terribly sexy, but it seems to enhance feelings of trust and empathy. Although Dr. Young is not concocting any love potions (he’s looking for drugs to improve the social skills of people with autism and schizophrenia), he said there could soon be drugs that increase people’s urge to fall in love.

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On Himself

They misunderestimated me. - Bentonville, Arkansas, 6 November, 2000

There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on... shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again. - Nashville, Tennessee, 17 September, 2002

There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead. - Washington DC, 11 May, 2001

I want to thank my friend, Senator Bill Frist, for joining us today. He married a Texas girl, I want you to know. Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me. - Nashville, Tennessee, 27 May, 2004

I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe - I believe what I believe is right. - Rome, 22 July, 2001

On Foreign Affairs

For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times. - Tokyo, 18 February, 2002

The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorise himself. - Grand Rapids, Michigan, 29 January, 2003

I think war is a dangerous place. - Washington DC, 7 May, 2003

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we. - Washington DC, 5 August, 2004

The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the - the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice. - Washington DC, 27 October, 2003

Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat. - Washington DC, 17 September, 2004

You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror. - CBS News, Washington DC, 6 September, 2006

On Education

Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning? - Florence, South Carolina, 11 January, 2000

Reading is the basics for all learning. - Reston, Virginia, 28 March, 2000

As governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards. - CNN, 30 August, 2000

You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test. - Townsend, Tennessee, 21 February, 2001

On Economics

I understand small business growth. I was one. - New York Daily News, 19 February, 2000

It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it. - Reuters, 5 May, 2000

I do remain confident in Linda. She'll make a fine Labour Secretary. From what I've read in the press accounts, she's perfectly qualified. - Austin, Texas, 8 January, 2001

First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill. - Washington DC, 19 May, 2003

On Healthcare

I don't think we need to be subliminable about the differences between our views on prescription drugs. - Orlando, Florida, 12 September, 2000

Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country. - Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 6 September, 2004

On Technology

Will the highways on the internet become more few? - Concord, New Hampshire, 29 January, 2000

It would be a mistake for the United States Senate to allow any kind of human cloning to come out of that chamber. - Washington DC, 10 April, 2002

Information is moving. You know, nightly news is one way, of course, but it's also moving through the blogosphere and through the Internets. - Washington DC, 2 May, 2007

Out of Left Field

I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully. - Saginaw, Michigan, 29 September, 2000

Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream. - LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 18 October, 2000

Those who enter the country illegally violate the law. - Tucson, Arizona, 28 November, 2005

That's George Washington, the first president, of course. The interesting thing about him is that I read three - three or four books about him last year. Isn't that interesting? - Speaking to reporter Kai Diekmann, Washington DC, 5 May, 2006

On Governing

I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together. - Bartlett, Tennessee, 18 August, 2000

I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. - Washington DC, 18 April, 2006

And truth of the matter is, a lot of reports in Washington are never read by anybody. To show you how important this one is, I read it, and [Tony Blair] read it. - On the publication of the Baker-Hamilton Report, Washington DC, 7 December, 2006

All I can tell you is when the governor calls, I answer his phone. - San Diego, California, 25 October, 2007

I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office. - Washington DC, 12 May, 2008