Insights!: June 2024

Sunday, June 30, 2024

Could consciousness seep into robots?

While reading about this possibility of traces of water and life on other celestial bodies, imagination kicks in and asks , how do we know that other life forms survived on water. Who knows, they could have been made out of metal surviving on liquid natural gas.

Wondering that the places which are not conducive to the earthly life forms, are they really not capable of supporting any form of life.

The second level of thought penetrates the mind.

If the heart stops beating, pacemakers help or medications which are chemicals help. If a limb gets amputated, prosthetics can help, if a lung or a kidney failure, transplant can help, if blood gets depleted, transfusion helps.... We can be made out of plastic and metal and wires and still feel alive.

Could the robots ever gain consciousness. Could life enter in them.

https://www.space.com/mars-perseverance-rover-radar-imager-ancient-lake?fbclid=IwAR0uUeBSmGTICOMTFXUthJeHwf1w4eW75CsxpUTvQWdTgV3fK_EKFJQ0dxY

Sunday, June 23, 2024

We Are United!

We are united!

We breathe the same air

We drink the same water

We all are carved out of earth

Within us is the same fire

We all are born

We all will die

We all are the part

Of the same blue sky

We all have feelings

We all have emotions

We all have the flaws

We all have the wisdom

We all have to learn

We all are in a school

We follow nature's laws

We follow nature's rules

We are all creations

Of some unknown creator

We clearly are here for something

We are in this together

It's said God is everywhere

It's probably true

God is within all of us

We are all part of God

The God who is everything

The God who is everywhere

The God who is a creator

God lives in all creations!

Dr. Jaya Sonkar MD MPH

6/23/24

Life ... with or without the weight!

Weight change can change the way we look at life!

Can this teach us the concept of the life within us.

Let's take a look!

Have you or anyone you know ever experienced weight loss.

What is the weight made up of?

Food, water, air?

What is food made up of?

Earth, water, air, sunlight, fire that generate minerals, vitamins, carbohydrates, proteins and fats etc. which in turn result in formation of different parts of the body.

Now, let's say person X wants to reduce the weight. After losing 1 lb of weight, person X is still person X. After losing 10 lbs of weight, person X is still person X. After losing 20 lbs, person X is still person X. After losing 100 lbs person X is still person X.

After losing all the weight, is person X still person X minus the body?

Losing and gaining weight is just loss or accumulation of the substances for the earth and space. However, is there something inside us that accumulates the weight on it and sheds it off.

Or it is like a computer?

A computer can see with its camera, think and reflect and produce results on the screen, can hear with a mic and speak with its speakers.

A computer is made out of elements from the earth and when the parts are disassembled, it's not the computer anymore. However, a computer doesn't have a life within in.

Weight loss or weight gain throws light on an enigma of life in its own unique way.

What is this life within us made of?

Or is it just there?

Does it have a tendency or nature just like every non living thing?

Whatever it is, it has the same potential as any other life within any other body.

And this life is what connects us all!

Are we all one?

Dr. Jaya Sonkar MD MPH

6/23/24

Saturday, June 15, 2024

The Mind Vibes

Has it ever happened that you suddenly look at someone and realize that that person was looking at you? Or if you have been looking at any person, suddenly that person turns to you.

Just the other day, I took my daughter and her friend to a show. We were all engrossed in watching the show. Then suddenly I turned back and looked and the two eyes that were looking at me.

That was strange. It didn't bother me that the two eyes were watching me. What bothered was that those two eyes had the power to make me turn back and look at those.

What was that? And this happens often. Most of us may have experienced it sometime or the other.

Just like light and sound waves, there is probably something like mind waves that travel. There has to be something that connects our minds. Especially, the people we are close to probably share a special connection.

We all know the principles of resonance. How is it possible for a far-off window to vibrate due to the music far away?

How is it possible for a star that is billions of light-years away visible to us?

We know magnetism exists. There is something that attracts and something that repels. There is something in everything and every living being that attracts or repels.

If nature made us, nature must have utilized all its phenomenons to make a wonderful life happen.

We can prove light energy because we can see it, we can prove sound energy because we can hear it, we can prove resonance because it is perceivable in the form of vibrations when the frequencies match, we can prove magnetism because we can feel the force on an object when it is pushed or pulled.

It is hard to explain, prove, or quantify the mind's vibes but its there and we all know that to a certain extent. It is some phenomenon that connects humans with the rest of the universe and we are all part of the same universe.

That also suggests that no one is superior or inferior. There can be some silly physical and mental features that may fool us into believing one is greater than the other. And everyone strives hard to prove their worth. But the truth is, that everyone is the product of the same universe and made of the same elements. I wouldn't say 5 because we don't know if there are 6th, 7th, 8th, or more elements or not.

Something in the vacuum of the space is full of some strange matter. A strange matter that connects one and all.

For the same reasons, we often know the inner intent of the other person who we interact with. If we activate our channels to the perceptions, we can receive an enormous amount of information and awareness that is available to us at all times.

Words are oftentimes ornamental. More than half the communication happens without the words. Perhaps, our minds are inherently trained to interpret the meaning of subtle gestures, expressions, and even silence.

We can activate our signaling system to open the channels that relay our interior to the universe and open ourselves to an amazing world that has been waiting for us to explore it.

The spiritual energy does not have any sadness, happiness, pain, or pleasure. It's just there, existing quietly.

We should try to stay with similar energies and let the energies flow in the direction they want to flow to maintain peace and harmony within.

Let's follow the flow of nature, open our mind's eyes, and feel the Mind's vibes.

Jaya Sonkar MD MPH

06/15/2024

Saturday, June 8, 2024

The Beautiful Aging!

Mrs. Stewart was looking outside the window and enjoying the bright sunlight as it lit up the leaves, flowers, and the ground. She had a pleasant smile on her face. She was happy and content with her life. She was rich with lots of memories.

It was like going through a long journey with many ups and downs and finally, reaching the finish line.

Her knees were hurting. Given her comorbidities, she could only get one of her knees injected at a time. She was delighted and said that was wonderful. That means I will get to see you again.

She shared how wonderful her family is and how fortunate she has been to get all the love. She was sitting alone in her room and was delighted to see me. Her smile lit up my day.

Every wrinkle on her face reflected decades of gathered wisdom. She was looking beautiful.

As I experienced my first signs of presbyopia, I thought of my parents when they had presbyopia. I was so proud of myself for reaching that fascinating age that my parents had when I was a little child. As a child, I wanted to grow as old as my parents so we could become the same age and have the same life span. I want to have my parents for as long as I live, just like anyone else. I now understand that reaching this age brings a lot of experiences and learning. It's like a trek. Once you start, you see different scenery and go through the rocky roads, smooth paths, meadows, water, marsh, and whatever comes your way. It feels accomplished to reach the midway. And when we are midway, it would only arouse excitement to do the rest of the journey to see what the final destination would look like. A hard trek often leads to a beautiful place. A trekker always looks forward to the next scene and the final beauty. A racer is always happy to see the finish line. And what makes the final destination or the finish line so attractive? It's the tough journey that makes the final experience more accomplished.

As I was thinking about Mrs. Stewart who was nearing a century, while getting a long overdue facial, the technician said that I looked like a 28-year-old and then she asked me my age and profession. I smiled at her and said, Thank you, that's very kind of you. Shhh! I will tell you a big secret, my age and profession... but don't tell anyone else. I am a 42-year-old doctor. She gave me a surprised look and then said, you look beautiful and don't have any wrinkles. I said, I am not sure how beautiful I look but I surely feel more beautiful at 42 than what I felt at 28. Then I told her, you are my favorite technician and we laughed.

She then asked me, Doc, why do you wear glasses? Why don't you get a Lasik? I said, "I love my glasses and enjoy feeling grown up like my parents when they were my age. I might think about it in the future or maybe wait for my cataract surgery in my 60s or 70s when I reach that age."

No matter how fast I run, my parents will always be years ahead of me and I will always enjoy aging beautifully and look forward to my final destination. I love my journey and the beautiful learning points on the way and will look forward to my final destination. When I get close to a century, I would love to sit by my window like Mrs. Stewart and feel proud of my accomplishments while enjoying the soothing sunlight lighting up the leaves, flowers, and the ground as well as my face.

Thanks to my beautiful parents!

Dr. Jaya Sonkar MD MPH

06/08/2024

The Hawaiian Harmony!

What would you call it, when you see the lush green low-lying mountain with a beautiful shallow valley ornamented with palm trees and surrounded by ocean, with perfect weather? Isn't it perfect heavenly harmony?

What efforts would nature have made to make it happen? What efforts would the mountain and ocean have taken to make this happen?

What can make it possible when the high mountains want to meet with the ocean?

The mountains are big and tall. The ocean is even bigger and more majestic. However, no matter how much an ocean would want, it cannot meet the mountain peak unless it is a phasic tsunami.

However, if the mountains submerge in the water and the ocean rises, they can meet and make it the most beautiful experience in the world such as in Hawaii where the mountaintop meets the water. It's the only place where the mountain, ocean, palm trees, and meadows with the cattle can be in the same frame.

To meet the ocean, the mountain must be willing to sink into the depths of the ocean and the ocean must be willing to expand and rise as the mountain sinks in.

And when it happens, the beauty is enormous. The beauty, which is outside and inside, gives rise to peace and love within.

When two powerful forces unite harmoniously, it can energize the entire world.

Dr. Jaya Sonkar MD MPH

6.8.24