Introduction

Let us just say Shri Ganeshay Namah !!! and start with it.

Being a reader by habit, an auditor by profession, and engineer by education there is an inbuilt compulsion to conform with the practice of putting an introduction first and foremost [luckily I dont have to put an index/ table of contents here].

The title to begin with -- Surya-rath : meaning the Chariot of the Sun.
I remember reading a few lines from the Bhagwad Gita wherein Shri Krishna says to Arjuna that this mind/ thoughts are like the horses of a charioter. All are strong able-bodied horses and each wants to go in his own direction and speed.

Just like that the mind wanders as it goes ahead and random thoughts of differing strengths go through it. Sometimes it is just a pleasant journey, seeing where the chariot goes ... tasting what is pleasant in the sight and sounds as they come ... So does my mind wander first to this then that ... The Internet only gives a well paved highway for such wandering.

Some times the wandering leads to uueful subjects like technology, IT, Management, Money, friends, networking, career, education etc etc .... and sometimes it drops one down into swamps from where it is difficult to extract oneself. but now we truly wander.

Anyways so the same Shri Krishna has also said that the Yogi (dont know who he is but lets just go ahead) is like a skilled charioteer who knows his horses well and guides them all along a common and good direction. Thats what makes an efficient chariot -- let us also guide our ramblings and thoughts into a common good direction.

That wandering must have explained the rath i.e. the chariot. If chariot it is, then I can think of only a few symbols -- "Shri Krishna and Arjuna" "Ben-Hur" and our own Surya-dev or Sun-God. It is said that the Surya dev has a Golden rath of 7 horses. All strong and able bodied ... But the charioteer, Aruna [For the record, Aruna was the elder brother of Garuda which is Vishnu's 'vahana' or vehicle]

Since the intention of this blog is both to wander about and talk about/ experience the good which better rath than that of the Sun-God. Just as He with his mere arrival dispels away all gloom and darkness, and keeps away everything dark and shadowy -- let this blog only experience the good and try to keep from wandering into the dark or negative ...

With this few words ;-) let us go forth ...