Balance

Humans tend to be very unbalanced. We can't sort out how to address our "minds," our "bodies" or our "spirits." We certainly are at a loss over any rational balance between our professional and personal lives (work and family). We are unbalanced, that that is wasteful, sad and dangerous. Life gets shorter every day --- most of us act like we are in training for some great happening that will occur in the future - we totally forget to live in the "now." Certainly most of us have to work to pay the bills, but a life that is all work and no play --- well, is not much of a life. I guess these few days here under the subtle influence of the various Indian Philosophies of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism are having their effect on my easily impressionable mind.

Fortunately, my compatriots on our expedition here to India are aware of this serious human condition, and do attempt to seek balance, as you see in the picture above, where we are attempting to keep the "temple that is our body" in proper condition; and we are also engaged in endless intellectual debate on a vast range of topics including the relevance of terms such as Biomedical Engineering and Clinical Engineering; considering if the addition of "winglets" to the top of a sailboats mast would reduce a theoretical vortex drag (the de francesca hypothesis); and also the gender of god.

We are seeking balance --- of course we are not there --- but in respect of this search - I am now off to dinner.

Brian