Sunday 19 July 2015

LIFE is CRICKET …………...(Similarities between Human Life and Game of Cricket)

Dear Cricket Lovers & Non-lovers,

Most of us & our relatives love cricket and enjoy watching it.

It has become a part of our life/society so much that even non-cricket watchers has to keep himself updated about Cricket so that he is not looked as outsider in social gatherings/meetings where Cricket topic suddenly gets started.

And for some persons (like True Cricketers and Die hard Cricket Fans) Cricket is Life.
But, today I want to share something interesting that concludes that Life is Cricket.

Yes, there are so many common things/similarities between Life and Cricket that proves my Subject Line (Life is Cricket).

One of the Biggest Similarity we all know is-
Cricket is called ‘Game of Uncertainty’, it is so uncertain that no cricket expert can predict what will happen next moment (next ball delivery)
Just like Life which is also very uncertain-unpredictable in terms of outcomes the life offers.

Now, Let’s know what the other similarities are……… (Courtesy: ‘GITA SAAR-Amrit Kalash’-A little Book on ‘The Bhagavad Gita’, the world's most spiritual scripture)
(Shocked na… Cricket being mentioned in spiritual books as well.. True..….Cricket is everywhere now-a-days…...)

1)
Cricket-The main character is Cricketer
Life-The main character is human being.

2)
Cricket-Wicket consists of 3 stumps on which 2 Bails are placed on top of these stumps.

Life-Human body is made of 3 Virtues/merits (Guna) (Sattva, Rajas, Tamas) on which Prana and Apan Vayu (2 Life forces) are based.

3)
Cricket-Cricketer plays his role (batting) with the Bat.
Life-Human being plays his role (behaves) with his Mind/Conscience (Vivek) [as Mind is the most powerful tool gifted to human being by God].

4)
Cricket-Cricketer faces Bowler.
Life-Human being faces (struggles with) Time (Kaal) [as Time is the most powerful force in the Universe].

5)
Cricket-There are 6 Balls in every over of a Bowler.
Life-There are 6 seasons in every year of human being [Spring (Vasant)-Summer (Grishma)-Monsoon (Varsha)-Autumn(Sharad)-Fall /Late Autumn/Early Winter (Hemanta)-Winter(Shishira)].

6)
Cricket-Cricketer (Batsman) has to keep in mind about 10 Fielders also besides Bowler
Life-Human being has to keep in mind (control over) about 10 Senses  (Indriyas) [Karmendriyas and 5 Jnanendriyas]also besides Time (Kaal)

Karmendriyan (Active Senses)-Eliminating; Reproducing; Moving; Grasping; Speaking

Jnanendriyan (Cognitive Senses)-Smelling; Tasting; Seeing; Touching; Hearing

7)
Cricket-Cricketer (Batsman)’s object should be to hit the ball in proper direction, keeping his wickets safe.
Life-Human being’s object should be to live a decent life by doing his life duties without having attachments  by controlling on Man (Mind) and Indriyas (Senses) through Vivek (Mental Strength/Conscience)

8)(Source: me)
Cricket-A Batsman accumulates ‘Runs’ for his TEAM by putting best efforts and running hard between the Wickets.
Life- A person accumulates ‘material things (money, luxuries etc)’ for his FAMILY by working hard and giving every possible efforts.

9)(Source: me)
Cricket-To assist the Cricketer to play his best, there are many support staff (Batting Coach, Fielding Coach, Trainer etc)
Life-To assist the human being to live his life in the best manner, there are many persons in supportive roles for him (Parents, Friends, Teacher, Mentor etc)

10)
Cricket-When a Bowler’s ball hits the stumps and bails get off, that ends the play of batsman.
Life-When Kaal (Time) gets his death hand on the human being, Pran-Apan Vayu get off ending the play (life) of human being.

11)
Cricket-Even a better than best batsman loses his wicket by getting ‘Run out’ while running between the wickets.
Life-Similarly, A mindful  human being having good behavioural skills and intelligence loses his life by meeting with unfortunate Accidents.

12)
Cricket-When a Batsman’s bat hits his own wickets by mistake/negligence/lack of presence of mind, it is called ‘Hit Wicket Out’.
Life-Similarly, when a human being kills himself due to his non-sense behaviour/lack of mind, it is called ‘Suicide’.

13)
Cricket-Every batsman wish to make a Century (100 runs)
Life-Every human being wish to live for a Century (100 years)

14) (Source: Internet)
Problems in Life are sometimes very fast (unexpected) or sometimes spin (complicated), but we must hit (face the problems) it with the same bat (mental strength/Vivek).

LaSt BuT nOt ThE LeAsT

15)
Cricket-In the game of Cricket, there is one person who observes every action of Cricketer in Crystal-Clear manner; plays very important role in the play but doesn’t participate in the play; Cricketer has to bound by his decisions whether right or wrong.
He is called the UMPIRE

Life-In life, there is one person who observes each & every behavior/act of the human being; plays very important role in all acts of every human being but is not responsible for these acts, Human being has to accept HIS wishes (whether good or not so good for the human being)
He is called the GOD.

Hope you enjoyed the post related to India’s Unofficial National Game and Unrecognized but most Connecting Religion i.e. CRICKET.

Enjoy NOW!

Pawan Kabra

Friday 3 July 2015

Little but Wonderful Book on Financial Wisdom/Personal Finance Management (Must Read......)

Dear Readers,

Wish to share with you a wonderful - little (just 72 page) book on Financial Wisdom that I came across few months back. The Book is titled as “The Richest Man in Babylon” and was published in 1926.




This is a must read book for anyone who is just starting her/his journey of personal finance. Those who want to refresh their knowledge on financial wisdom will also find the book interesting and useful.

This book offers financial advice through collection of simple stories set in ancient city Babylon. (A city in ancient Mesopotamia, founded in 1894 BC.) As on date, Babylon no more exists as a city.

Once it was the wealthiest city in the world despite of fact that it had no rich natural resources-no forests-no mines-even less rainfall.
This fact makes this city an amazing example of man (humanbeing)’s capability and talent to achieve anything as all of its riches were man-made.

Its citizens (Babylonians) were richest people of their time due to their various skills and smartness in financial management. Some history researches say they were the original inventors of money as means of exchange. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_money)

So, let’s learn (re-learn) some Most Basic yet Most Important principles on long-term wealth creation/personal finance from such ancient people’s wisdom.

After reading, you will be amazed to know how true these principles stand today which were practiced thousands of years ago by these intelligent Babylonians.


PS: In this book, there are many words from old English. E.g. Thou for You, Thy for Your, Gold for Money/Wealth etc. So, you have to exercise little bit on English Translation but it’s worth it.

Empty wallet is main cause for most of the worldly problems.


"Money doesn’t solve all of your problems, but it does solve your money problems."


Enjoy NOW!
Pawan Kabra