Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #77
761. Did your thinking
develop from the books you read and your associations with certain people?
Ans: Everybody’s thinking pretty much develops because of those same
reasons, as the simple fact is that we are all born with a blank mind.
762. Can you tell us about a
conversation you had with Satyendra?
Ans: One day as I was going out for shopping Satyendra handed me his
chappal and asked me to get its broken strap repaired. I was pretty offended to
which he said, “You wouldn’t have been offended if I asked you to get my glove
or my hat repaired. The reason why you are actually offended is because you
look down upon your own feet compared to your hands or your head due to certain
programming which was done on you over the years. On the other hand if it is
the dirt you are worried about, I want you to understand that there is more
dirt in your body than on my chappal. Any way, what is dirt? Everything in this
world is some combination or the other of the 102 elements and you would not
look down upon any of these elements individually but in a certain combination
in a certain context you develop negativism to them…..”
At the end of a 15 minute lecture from him on the above lines I felt stupid
and took his chappal along with me to get it repaired.
763. Is Satyendra your alter
ego?
Ans: No, he was my ego crasher.
764. When it comes to
reality people like Satyendra fail miserably.
Ans: Success and failure are too lame to be used in the context of a man
like Satyendra. For you and me they are important because we measure ourselves
from the stand point of how others perceive us.
“That tree stands lonely there on the hills. It has grown up high above man
and beast and when it speaks, there is no one tall enough to listen”. –
Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra).
765. If you see negative
effects of Satyendra’s brilliance, maybe you are negative in your perception of
him.
Ans: Actually my intelligence was in realizing the negative effects of
Satyendra because I do not have his brilliance to support me if I adapted to
his thought process. If an ant truly realizes the size and strength of an
elephant it will be smart of it to move away from the elephant rather than be
around it.
766. Of what importance are
ability, intelligence, genius etc without a meaningful outlet?
Ans: Meaningful to whom and with what motivation is the question. In
Satyendra’s own words, “To measure success let’s imagine a case of people
walking through a tunnel with an objective to reach its end. Now depending on
who reached the end 1st, 2nd, 3rd, we can measure success. On the other hand if
people are going through different tunnels where their condition of passages
and their individual capacities are different, then how do you measure?”
Satyendra is a man who choose never to enter any tunnel for reasons best
known to himself as he never had a desire to achieve. He just wanted to absorb.
That’s his choice and I respect that.
767. Why didn’t you give him
a chance to stay with you instead of leaving him in a windowless room?
Ans: Hello, that was his choice and not mine. I already told in my article
on him that he got bored with me. The greatest compliment he ever paid me was
when he said, “I think you are just stupid whereas I don’t even know what to
call the others.”
768. Why don’t you make a
movie on Satyendra?
Ans: Can’t because he is a mind thing.
769. After reading your blog
I think that you are as troubled a soul as me.
Ans: Think whatever makes you happy Mr.Spiritual.
770. How do you manage to
live happily without disappointments?
Ans: By not having expectations and relishing every moment.