Aphrodite and why I like her

Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of Love and beauty is often depicted as vain and frivolous. I have a different perspective. True, she had many affairs. ( Adonis, Ares, Hermes and Dionysus are her most famous lovers)  Her affairs although, are not the only thing to her. ( And well Zeus had more affairs than she did ) But that is not the point.

Aphrodite, depicted as a very feminine woman is also a very strong one. As Goddess of love, the smooth running of this emotion in the world, is her responsibility . She has, many a times borne a lot of flak for it. Every strong woman has to constantly defend herself against defamers. Woman, in general, have to always prove their worth. But this again is not the point.


Remember the Trojan War? Remember how it started? Paris, a Shepherd boy had to present a golden apple to the most beautiful goddess among Hera ( the extremely jealous and possessive goddess of marriage) Athena ( the Goddess of warfare, strategy and wisdom) and ofcourse Aphrodite. Basically, though all three of them bribed the boy, he gave the apple to Aphrodite. Thus the Goddess is blamed for the war ( in some instances Helen of Sparta is blamed) Just like Sita and Draupadi are blamed for the wars in their respective eras.


Aphrodite did not let all the bad press deter her from fulfilling her duties. Infact unlike the others, she doesn't flare up or harm anyone at the slightest offence. She is not as hot tempered as Hera, Artemis or Athena.


Love is a beautifully thing. And that's why perhaps she is also the goddess of Beauty. It doesn't always have to superficial. To achieve that only cosmetics and plastic surgeons are required, not Goddesses. Aphrodite represents everything inside us that is truly beautifully and not ruled by how pretty we seem to the world.


The famous Cupid ( Eros in Greek myths) is her son, born of her union with the God of War Ares. So one more credit to her from me.

Not many people find her dependable. i agree with those people. Can we really depend on love to solve all our problems? i don't think love is the only thing required. That's why the other gods and goddesses are there! i am once again deviating from the point.


The only weapon Aphrodite can use to punish offenders is love. She makes them fall in love with themselves. Do you know how destructive too much self love can be? Narcissistic people are born. Imagine being so much in love with yourself that you cant see the world around you!


The goddess can transform herself from Drop dead Gorgeous to girl next door. She is never dowdy. No hair is out of place. Ever. ( This for me is a flaw. Perfection can be irritating for the non perfectionist) Yet she,even with her flaws seems admirable. And that's why she is my favourite Greek Goddess.

Thoughts just come to Jeane

Jeane was sitting quite comfortably in the verandah, humming her little tune when a thought struck her. She realised that Siddhartha had not just left behind his worldly palace and luxuries to pursue enlightenment and ultimately become The Buddha. He had also left behind his wife and child. 


So what if he hadn't become The Buddha? He would be another ascetic who shrugged of his responsibilities. What if he hadn't left? Well, someone else would have created Buddhism or any other "ism" for all of us(or some of us) Some bachelor perhaps who had no responsibility but his own.


He was a prince so I guess his child would have been brought up well, his wife looked after.


What about other mortals who are the only roti winners of the family and who leave everything behind to catch up with enlightenment?  What good will this enlightenment do to wives with zero income who need to feed children?


Jeane wonders.

Why I believe in 2012

I havent seen the movie 2012 but I do believe that we are going to die soon-the world is gonna end soon. If not in 2012 then maybe 10 years later, 20 years later or at the most 30 years later.


1. I have a fantastical mind which likes to believe in such far-fetched stuff. It may be true. I believe in aliens, in witches in magic, so why not in destruction. It sounds kinda cool huh? Who knows what is true and what is untrue?





2. Scientific reasons like global warming and stuff.Blah blah blah...you know all the technical details and me being a dud in science related information, this is not the best forum to understand global warming. ( google search is the ultimate easy way out)





3. Actually the most important reason for me to believe in the destruction is based on information that is not widespread. My theory is based on Hindu mythology. Let me proceed to explain this obnoxious idea whirling in my head called the YUG THEORY. We all know that the Puranas, the Vedas, Mahabharat and other Hinduism related texts talk of four yugs, namely Kreta, Treta, Dvapara and Kali Yug. When one yug ends another begins and so the cycle rolls. We are basically living in the kaliyug(you must be knowing that by now!) Dvepara ended when Lord Krishna's descendents Yadavas killed each other, following which a new era began(this happened after the first war fought in Kurukshetra ended! I mean Mahabharat ofcourse!) So basically when Kalyug ends Kreta will start again each Yug is supposed to comprise of 4 lac 33 years.Lets count backwards.We are living in the 21st century-so 2100 years have passed already. Before that many many years have passed in the B.C era. And this is only the time measurements which were recorded. So obviously many thousand years had already been over. Thus it is quite possible that 4 lac 33 years allotted to Kalyug are nearly over. May be just a few years are left?



Who Knows? This can be possible?!



Actually am quite exited and fascinated by the whole idea! Lets see what happens. 


What say? All set huh?