I am sure that you now have found me a great bore! Monotonous directives, cliche treatments and rigorous Maths are making your life hell again. Let us discuss something different today. Let us remember a great philosopher ( in ancient times philosopher means a wise person who has authority in his subject ).
You know Human Civilization is nearly 4000 years old at the maximum, whereas the age of Earth is nearly 4500 million years. So our civilization is a tiniest of ticks in the Big Clock. Still there is someone, an extra-ordinary human being in wheelchair, who claimed that if we know the exact status of that precambrian soup, immediately after God has fired His oven to cook this Universe, then someday we( this human race ) shall also be able to create another! God is God, but His son is no mean.
Rabindranath while dedicating his book on science "Bishwaporichoy" to Satyendranath Bose wrote that
'human beings are the only living creatures who always questioned his own understandings, refuted illogical reasonings and always found to be happy in defeating contradictions...they always entered into a world beyond their limits to perceive but came up with the truth'
To start with such human beings I remember the greatest of polymaths, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Have a look at his self portrait, now it is placed at the Royal Library of Turin. It is drawn in red chalk and most probably in 1512, a few years before his death.
The portrait depicts a look of the genius that he is not happy with all he has done. May be some more extra-ordinary inventions he thought of but could not finish, may be he is not happy for what he has done...still he is amongst those few sons of God. They are hand picked by the Father. I am too ignorant to describe even the complete works of Leonardo. He is the archetype of the 'Renaissance Man' who was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, botanist and writer.
Phew...still he is not satisfied. That is the sign of a genius.
And also think of the span of time...all he had done in 67 years. We do not have much time left. If you really want to make a mark please do not waste your time.
Ramkrishnadev said his followers to make a mark. That is the meaning of your existence.
This is not easy now. In last 500 years the height of the pillar of civilization is no small because there are too many contributions from so many geniuses. You have to reach to that top of your branch and then make that mark. Reference level is high and time is short.
So can you waste your time, my friends?
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