S - S Session 2 - Derivatives??!!

SP, out after a big bout of gyan on derivatives, meets Sishya who is just flabbergasted by all this! Pop comes the question!!

Sishya: What on earth makes Financial Derivatives interesting and disgusting at the same time??

SP: Sishya, Have you heard of "circular reference"? Here I use derivatives to state why they are the way they are!!
By design, these Financial Derivatives appeal and don't, simultaneously, because, the problems/questions posed around them are capped on the upside by your creativity and on the other hand, the solutions using these, are capped (or uncapped, to be precise ;), considering that fact that, these very instruments have brought about this second depression!!) only by your stupidity! And the icing on the cake is, "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." (by Albert Einstein)

The very presence of non-symmetrical pay-offs is what makes Derivatives present 2 views of itself simultaneously!!

Sishya: !!??

S - S Session 1!!

After a long hiatus, here I am back to blog! Somehow this idea of a 2 character dialog style appeals to me (from various sources, right from the Gita to innumerable comic strips and blogs). So I ape this style in an attempt to create a dialogue based series between 2 characters:

Sishya - Someone who has a unending quiver of questions and is willing to listen to drivel, data, information and knowledge
Sthithapragyan - "The Perfect Yogi" as is described by the Gita! But the point here being, our Sthithapragyan will answer questions on any area, not just spirituality!

These characters are my mouthpieces and shall speak my thoughts, based on whatever I read and think! A crude way of bringing out my thought process, as I understood various things in life!!

Sishya:
What is it that is referred to by so many as God?

Sthithapragyan:
Ah! You ask me to define the indefinable! Let me see if I can answer you

It is that Self that has no origin, is complete in itself and is indestructible.
It is that Self that manifests itself in all and envelops all in itself.

In short,

Aham Parichhinnah (I am limited) is not true!!
Aham Brahmasmi (I am Brahman) !!

Know the above and know yourself!
Tat Vam Asi (Thou are that)!!!

The quest shall continue!!!