Did you never wish desperately, "Oh, if I could hypnotize Mr/Ms/Mrs X/Y/Z...!!!" ??? It can be your teacher in school, your boss in office, your neighbour, your friends or enemies, even your sweetheart, or any hard-to-handle person.

But we don't get enough scope, or don't have the means to do so. I too have thought of it: "What if I need to hypnotize someone?? I don't know how to do it!!" .as a precaution I want to be ready for that situation; .and need your help in this case.

I've got a nice picture. it is the exact one for the purpose! It is of course the easiest way and, may be a useful one too.

Well, but I may not get enough chance to experiment when the proper time comes. Then?

That's why I need you. I will try it here, on you people. So, please co-operate with me (or. rather don't .because I have to be prepared for the worst. i.e. when you are not willing.!).

Now, please look at the picture (given below) attentively and keep staring till its purpose is fulfilled. When you are fully hypnotized, don't forget to inform me of it; i.e. the picture works! .and wait for further instructions.

Many many thanks, friends, for co-operating with me. it will surely help me a lot. thanks once again, be a happy hypnotic.

[P.S. 1: I have always avoided the picture as I didn't want to be hypnotized by myself. it may also spoil my purpose.

P.S. 2: Friends, please don't treat yourselves as 'guinea pigs', you are 'volunteers' for a Good cause.

P.S. 3: Even if it works, the problem is how would I carry it with me...?? Suggestions are always invited.]

Well, I was a little bit busy to have time with you friends and, meanwhile, was also suffering from Athazagoraphobia! But now it's exactly alright!!! ;)

I am back (of course with a bang!).

So, keep visiting and enjoying.

Hi, Friends, please give me your attention. See, I cannot afford such a billboard, .and, we don't have any joint account either!!!

This is rather a personal post. I indeed cannot afford such a billboard, and so need some help from you friends. Now, that I have made so many friends, and that too from all over India, I thought why not give it a chance? It can reasonably be a fruitful idea.

This is on behalf of one elder brother of mine who is now an employee of Indian Railway [South East Central Railway (S.E.C.R.)] in Chhattishgarh. He is, as I am you know, from Kolkata. So we miss him here very much and want him back here as soon as possible. But as the Indian Railway is now divided into so many 'zones', it is hardly possible to get a transfer to another zone. I have learnt that one possible way can be a 'mutual transfer', in which another Railway employee from this zone (i.e. S.E.R. or E.R.) should be found, willing to have a transfer to that zone (S.E.C.R.).

So, my earnest request to all my online friends from different 'zones' (esp. S.E.R. or E.R.) is that if they know anyone such, please contact me for more details and help me.

((.And in case you cannot help me directly, please think once again if there is anyone you know who can help me.))

Thanks a lot.

SJ

This is rather a difficult question to answer. what you think is the case with you, maybe wrong. and we are usually never satisfied with our positions.

So, I will need help to clarify my position. Here is a nice song, a duet by Udit Narayan and Abhijeet Chatterjee. You may imagine that Udit is expressing my hopes and aspirations; and what Abhijeet says is .well, what my life seems to answer me back.

"He loves but little who can say and count in words, how much he loves."

—Dante Alighieri.

.It seems that so many questions have made your head spun that you need to ask for it.!

"Hume Tumse Pyar Kitna."

Be head over heels in love, not in a flow of questions!

[It might be questioned that if one has love in one's heart, then how can it be so little in amount that one cannot give it to more than one person?

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Now, friends, I am not trying to create controversy. But just think over it.!

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Yes, we CAN love more than one person if we wish— as we love our parents, our family, friends, relatives, etc. They are always more than one!

But in the sense the word 'Love' is generally used, we should not have more than one person at the receiver's end, at least it is fair.

The truth is, in this sense also we can love more than one person. But the assurance to be in love with only one person is what we call 'commitment'. We must agree that one can love many, but should be committed to one.]

So, friends, pour out your whole heart to that loved one.

[Navigator: Œ  Ž   ‘ ’ “ ” LOVE 10. Visitors are requested to start from LOVE1.]

P.S.-1: Now, that the series has ended, I will request all my visitors once again to re-read the whole episode serially with the help of Navigator. I have tried to be Reasonable in my blogs, but a few words for them who are too Romantic to be Reasonable. Dear friends, reading my blogs is not the same with going on a date with your sweetheart. So, as long as you are reading these, is it too hard to try to be reasonable.?

P.S.-2: This is not the end, just a break. Next episodes will depend on friends' suggestions (trouble-shooting types!). So, I will need your comments on each and every post (at least under this category, i.e. understanding love) to proceed further. So, keep commenting.

With LOVE.

S.J.

An important notice: I have recently found two new member with the name 'Sensible Joker' and one of them has the same address as mine... I don't know whether it is going to be another case like fellow ilander Shefa...

One her/himself only can answer this question rightly. If you have answered the previous questions to yourself, you must know by now who it is. Esp. why we love [LOVE 5] is directly concerned with whom we love.

To make it easy I can just say that you should love the person that have the 'mutual heart'. [Concern LOVE 8. c)]

"Love is not to find the perfect person. It is to learn to see an imperfect person perfectly."

When you are in love with someone, you can easily overlook minor faults in them.

If you are still confused and want to be more specific, try this:

"The way to love anything is to realise that it might be lost."

—G. K. Chesterton.

Now try to imagine that the one, you are confused about, is lost. Does it make any major difference? In analysing this try to keep in mind that you are thinking about the 'one' you need the most (as you can have the need of more than one person differently).

[{(That is to say, if you think everyone indispensable, try to rank them and take the first one. Otherwise you will have to face controversy! We will discuss more about it later [LOVE 10].)}]

[P.S. There are some people also who think:

"I know that somewhere in the Universe exists my perfect soul mate — but looking for her is much more difficult than just staying at home and ordering another pizza."

—Alf Whit.

.If this is your case, then leave love alone and better have pizza (if Love leaves you alone, of course!).]

To be continued.

"Love is when you look into someone's eyes, and see everything you need."

—Kirsten Kappel.

One should love, not always when one has reached the age of consent! It should not have anything to do with age. It depends on one's maturity. But it should be reminded that most of us think themselves to be mature enough to do anything, and that most of us are wrong. When one is mature enough to admit that (s)he might be wrong, only then one can take her/himself seriously.

"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love."

—Hamilton Mabie.

But not every season suits everyone! So one must take timely pre-cautions.

One should love when one:

a) Is mature enough to know the consequences of what (s)he is doing.

b) Is capable of facing the consequences or taking the responsibility.

We all know these but don't act wisely (rather, act otherwise).

To add to these:

c) When one meets a 'mutual heart'.

d) And when the other person concerned also feels the same and is ready to do so.

In most cases when we meet someone attractive, we feel restless as long as we have not settled something about her/him. And this excitement makes us forget all wisdom. So, keep in mind:

"True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked."

—Erich Segal.

To be continued.

"Love is not finding someone to live with; it's finding someone you can't live without."

—Rafael Ortiz

.It's easy to understand why we should not love if you have understood the previous parts, esp. LOVE 5 & 6. There are some reasons why we love [LOVE 5] and these are not always the same with why we should love [LOVE 6]. So there must be some reasons why we should not love.

a) We should not love someone we can 'live with' just because we have to love someone, without any feeling of love for her/him.

b) We should not love someone in a hurry out of the thought what others will think if they know that we are single. It is rather ridiculous to pervert our own feelings for others' opinions.

c) We should not love someone just because (s)he loves us (i.e. if not mutual love). Sometimes we feel that if I don't love the one who loves me, then how can I be sure that the one I love will also love me? It can be true, but not a universal truth.

d) We should not love out of the thought that if we let the 'chance' go (if chance comes, of course), we may not get another chance. Once again, it can be true, but not a universal truth. And I must repeat, having or not having 'chances' should not be the reason to love or not to love.

e) Once again, there might be other opinions also in this list, depending upon individuals.

To say the least, one should not love someone if (s)he does not love her/him.

To be continued.

I had exams scheduled on this 1st and 4th Feb, but these were postponed due to some unavoidable reasons, and new dates were fixed on 6th and 8th Feb. But unfortunately, I had problems on 6th. So, I found myself in a great trouble. It was hard for me to believe that the new date was really on 6th. Anyway, with much trouble, I contacted with our head dean and told him about my problem. He acknowledged it, but officially just told me that I must try to attend the exam.

Well, I was very much depressed. But on 5th I had to go out of town, as settled before. But it was not all that bad; I had surprises waiting for me.

That evening I heard in the news that a 24 hours 'Bengal bandh' is called on Wednesday, that very 6th Feb. To me, it was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise (those who hate strike don't curse me; I myself don't like it always.!). Because the exams had to be called off. and I was very happy with it, indeed. This is what, I think, the true experience of the proverb "Nero fiddles while Rome burns".

Now, all my friends who new about my problem, are amazed. They all believe that I was 'Lucky'. Someone also reminded me that it is not the first time that such things happened to me.

So, "All's well that ends well". But what do YOU think???