Goodbye_PHY101_IISER_Berhampur_RS__.pptx

PHY101 Farewell slide

1. PHY 101 Goodbye Rahul Sharma [email protected]

2. GITA First thing Shri Krishna said. अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे। गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः।।2.11।। “You are lamenting those who are not to be lamented upon, while talking like a smart person. Wise mourn neither that which passes nor that which does not.” 3 Shri Krishna for our purposes is a teacher, a friend with more experience, as his role in Gita itself states. No religion/faith component required.

3. AVIDYA Kinematics Projectile Motion Circular Motion Polar Coordinates and rotating frames/pseudoforces Newton’s Laws Work Energy Theorem Conservation of Momentum Center of Mass: Motion of Rigid bodies and system of particles Rotational Motion Special theory of relativity 4

4. AMBITION, WORK, SUCCESS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LopI4YeC4I “Success” depends a lot on luck, and one cannot necessarily control it. Better seek other interpretations of “success” and self-worth.

5. AMBITION, WORK, SUCCESS

6. AMBITION, WORK, SUCCESS

7. AMBITION, WORK, SUCCESS Rahul Sharma, PHY 403, Sess.1 11/29/2024 8

8. AMBITION, WORK, SUCCESS

9. ACCEPTANCE: MENTAL HEALTH IS HEALTH Imagine a scenario where physical health is treated as mental health. “You got cancer? You must be weak!” “Just ‘man’ up/bear with it, it will go away.” “No need to go to doctors, just listen to your friends/family.” Bottomline : Seek medical expertise! Ask others to do so, if you come across. YourDost etc. Counselors, like humans/other doctors are not perfect and we need to find the right one.

10. VIDYA: WHO ARE YOU? Society Friends/special friends Spacetime (Foreign university) Body Mind Knowledge Reputation Hormones/Feelings Thoughts Personality (Your “ s”elf ?) What is the center then? Ability to Understand! Understand that ego/false identification creates problems. Negate the Ego! Be happy! 11

11. NEGATING EGO For students and professionals: Be in flow (Google in psychology) with work and forget yourself like the injury while playing your favorite game. This is why pursuit of excellent in anything you do. The anything cannot be a selfish, small goal. Need to choose something beyond us, else we will still be in trap (A winner in rat race is still a rat!). Science is a good way, there are many others. 12

12. Issues from Students Partner/Friends? Motivation: Before coming to IISER, excellent. After? Lost! Procrastination: Cannot prioritize what to do. Entertainment/laziness seems better option for now. Solution: Need a purpose, bigger than ourselves. (Removal of ego) Love: to the subject. To freedom in general. Thus: to pursuit of excellence. Relationships can and should happen naturally along the way. Once this love is strong, all hurdles will be overcome. Till then, use your animal brain: use discipline: journaling, scheduling, workouts, biohacking (cold water, exercise, sleep cycles etc.) 13

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14. WHAT IS REAL? 15 THE MATRIX IS AN AMAZING MOVIE AND YOU SHOULD ALL WATCH IT! Of course the world, relationships and people we see are real . But at a deeper level, we have to realize that there are various levels of reality . Much of the waking world (and dreams) are electrical signals interpreted by our brains! (See next clip to realize the full powerful potential of this fact!) ALSO THIS VIDEO: “Who am I?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGKFTUuJppU

15. THERE IS NO SPOON! 16 Thus (realizing that there is no spoon , the true Nature of the world and reality: much of it being our creation in the brain.) this tells you that YOU give reality to the world, and you have the POWER to change it as you see fit! It is you who bend, not the spoon! CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND YOU CAN DO THE UNIMAGINABLE!

16. THE ONE 17 “The only thing you should fear is bondage/ignorance Rest all is trivial!” Me and My friend, who is a monk at a University in a monastery ( Belur Math): RKMVERI My friend offered me his robes for the exclusive 4:30 a.m. mediation only monks can attend. I was apprehensive and told him I don’t care if I get caught and embarrassed but what about your reputation as a Professor here? My friend saw my fear of embarrassment and told me...

17. USE THE ONE FEAR TO BE FREE FROM FEAR/IGNORANCE 18 My friend’s words immediately reminded me of this scene! The fear of dying in jail and not being able to help Gotham driving Batman to Freedom. Great analogy for us that the right fear will push ourselves beyond limits to escape the well of ignorance and see the light. And don’t forget, like Batman, drop the ropes to freedom to people still inside!

18. SOME RESOURCES

19. BEHAVORIAL PRACTICES https://www.youtube.com/@hubermanlab https://www.youtube.com/@Sidwarrier

20. EXERCISE Rahul Sharma, PHY 403, Sess.1 11/29/2024 21 https://www.youtube.com/c/HybridCalisthenics https://www.youtube.com/@growingannanas

21. CONSTANT LOVE: MOTHER NATURE Rahul Sharma, PHY 403, Sess.1 11/29/2024 22 https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium https://www.youtube.com/@3blue1brown

22. CONSTANT LOVE: SPIRITUALITY/FREEDOM/PEACE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGKFTUuJppU Who Are We? From Mandukya Upanishad, 4M views! https://www.youtube.com/c/ShriPrashant WARNING: NEED Strong filters Gita: Easy start with lectures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Kt7Db9MxA&list=PL2imXor63HtS4ewIKryBL4ZVeiaH8Ij4R&index=1 https://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/ (Multiple translations to compare and understand better) Osho Geeta Darshan (WARNING: pseudoscience) Swami Ramsukhdas ji’s commentary (available in iit website above) for those who can read Hindi. Need to understand properly though.

23. “THE GOAL OF HUMAN LIFE IS TO MANIFEST THE DIVINITY WITHIN” -Swami Vivekananda

24. THE ONE 25 तत् त्वम् असि : You are that ( True,Eternal,Bliss ) This scene always gives me chills! Once you realize the true Nature of the world and see the Matrix for what it is (become the One), the suffering the world throws at you (bullets), you choose and say “No!” and they stop! You pick and inspect and realize the True Nature, and they drop at your feet, ineffective! The world/ignorance/ samsaara tries to fight you, but you block all their attacks with one hand tied behind you back with a calm demeanor. It doesn’t even agitate you a single bit. And you throw it away, at your will with a kick!