Harison Xavier

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." - Albert Einstein Being a teacher I my recent blog  Most Happiest Moment in Life , I mentioned about being a teacher for the special needs kids. Here I would like to share what I have learned on being a teacher. It was a big surprise when our Amma (Amma means mother, she founded this organization) asked me to take few classes for the kids, their teacher is on leave, so they need a substitute teacher . I asked myself "Me?" . What gives me the right to be a teacher ? I didn't wanted to say to no to her, so I said okay. I was exited and bit nervous, I didn't know what to expect.  It is a every small school from classes 1 to 8 th, with total number of students below hundred, I know the kids as I was here for the past one week in the family. Both special needs and normal kids study that this school. The school is a different building from the home our special needs kids liv...

I been thinking about God and Science for a very long time. I need to work on a topic, God and Science, or to be more specific Religion and Science. This idea has been in my mind for a very long time. I must put it down in writing to understand more. This is a short blog on my thoughts on God and Science. I have written another blog related to the same topic before, however this blog is more on God and Science, the way I see it.  The fight between religion and science is not uncommon, I see it everyday, both are trying to prove the world who is better. The debate, fight, prove each other they are right. I believe this fight have been going on from the beginning of civilization. I don't see an end to this debate. No matter which side you are, you will never win over the other side with all the wisdom. Without further due, Let me get to the idea of God.  The Idea      I will draw a picture showing what I see God and the relationship of science, religion,...

We are at war! The enemy is here! Pick yourself up and fight! Let God be with you and the world! This is World War III We the people are at war again. This time we are not against any other country, we are not joining alliance with any international group, we are not sending away our army troops to foreign lands, we are not using our guns and bombs.  This time it is not just the soldiers that are fighting, it is each and every single citizens. At the front line we have our heath care workers and first respondents.   All nations are fighting. The whole world have one single enemy, and it is invisible, we call it Corona Virus.  This is the first time the world have a chance to fight together for a serious cause. This is the time to prove our strength of team work. To win this war we need each and every single citizens to fight this invisible enemy.   How to fight? Protect yourself 1. Know how this enemy spreads and attacks.  Our ...

An ordinary citizen's concern                     May 12th 2020, as usual I was checking the corona virus infection cases worldwide in  Worldometer  website. I remember India was placed at 20th spot in March, India being highly populated with 1.3 billion people and having a high population density in major cities, I was happy. India is fighting Corona effectively. The lockdown is working. We are a model to the rest of the world. We took drastic measures early than most countries and we are on our way to defeat this new invisible enemy. I was proud and happy about India and its governance.  It is not just the government or the healthcare professionals, Its us who are responsible for our success and failure.  I remember a story I read a while ago, the story was about a driving instructor teaching his clients and giving them two rules before starting the training. He said "  "When drivi...

I am writing this to tell myself that  "I am not the center of the universe".     I do not exist. I do not matter. I am not important. I am not entitled to anything.  I am given the greatest opportunity to be here, right now, at this spot of the universe.  Comparing me to the universe, I am just a bacteria or a particle smaller than an atom, who do not have any value or rights.  I can be ignored. I am easily replaceable.  "I" am nothing. Everything I see and feel are based on my presumption of life, I am wrong. I view the world through my eyes. I am not looking at the big picture.  That driver who honked at you, cut you through in traffic was taking his son to the hospital. That women who behaved rudely to her customers, was desperate to make a sale to pay her kids school fees. That kid who stole things, have not ate anything in the past three days. The elderly couple who were taking to much time at the bank  lost their home and savings ...

      I recall a short story written by John Alunkal in the Malayala Manorama Weekly many years ago.  The story begins when a woman arrives at an unfamiliar place and walks into the staff room of a school with her hungry baby. The baby needs food and a little help to get home. It is not a habit to stretch out her hands in front of anyone. She is hesitant, but she thought to herself, she is heading to a school, to teachers, the educated once, and will not be humiliated. With a lot of hesitation and difficulty she asked for help. The school teachers are in their own worlds without paying attention.  For some it is a scorn. Pretend that some people have seen this. The intellectuals showed their potential. Is the child abandoned by the father, or is the father not living? Get a job! You can do better than this! Did you get kicked out of your house? With all this, the woman escapes without having to hear much. Time is running o...

Yes, I envy photographers. Let me tell you why. First of all, I am not a photographer, I'm not interested in taking pictures too. I don't even really like taking my own selfie, I look ugly when I do.  I have a great love for pictures. I started noticing that I do spent a lot of time staring at arts and photos in the internet, sometimes even 10 minutes on my single picture. At first I though "What a waste of time!",   I should be working on my projects or improving my skills. It's a  guilty pleasure, a love to indulge in a parallel universe. "No. That's not right" said my mind. "You are experiencing a talent of an artist." You are living the past, In this very right moment."  Who are these people? They see everything! And I am blind? This is what I ask myself every time I come across a great photograph. It is so beautiful. They see it but I am not able to see it.  Some say it is the quality of the camera. Yes, to a small...

  Silence  I live near a busy street in a metropolitan city. At the time of writing this blog, we are currently on a lockdown due to the Corona virus pandemic. People are not allowed to get out of the house. The lockdown is taking a toll on people, but deep down I am happy. I am enjoying this lockdown, I will tell you why. I have been here for the past 5 years or so. I always wanted to move to a better place as here it's very noisy, due to different reasons I had to cancel on them all. Today morning I woke up early and though its Saturday, let me give myself a break and do something fun. Thinking of fun I though about playing a video game, I completed one mission and then got bored and though of going out to the balcony. Then I found it. The Silence. The streets are empty. (It's every early in the morning about 5:00 am ). There are no soul out here. No cars or bikes. Just silence. Can I be more happy? In my past 5 years in this city never have I exper...

  2019 There are always good and bad times. My goal for the past three to four years was to be happy all the time, no matter what. I developed this skill to cope up with loneliness about three years ago. My key research was how to find happiness at any given moment, and one of the few things to do when I feel lonely or sad are walking early morning, pet a street dog, take a deep breath and meditate,  looking into cool photographs like the one above. I don't know why, but looking at pictures like these makes me every happy. In addition to this I found one more, this is more effective than all above that I have mentioned.                  As I was discovering life, going through my own way, I was given an opportunity to visit an orphanage for differently abled kids. For security reasons, I will not be able to give out their names at this moment. The home is very far away from where I work. So I applied for a leave for 2 we...

 Stubborn - A life Story Of  A Fool       Spetember 20 2020            It was quiet outside, the city is asleep. Warm morning. It was one of the rarest of the rare moments of time when Bangalore is this quiet. There is no long traffic, honking cars, cows  or people outside. Just the dusty streets with few street dogs and garbage men. Few people are on their way out to work, it is a hard time for the daily wage workers. The Corona virus  pandemic    have hit everyone hard. Life is all a struggle for survival for them. Me sitting in my crappy room, waiting for all this to end.  Life was good last year, I have even mentioned it to a few of my close friends before the year ended that this was the happiest year I ever had. I was able to find happiness and peace. Most importantly I had great experiences all year round. I was finally happy about spending all my day alone. I never felt lonely. I was producti...