tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42048872715538112312024-03-05T20:17:09.881-08:00Changing Moments“There is nothing permanent except change.”
Heraclitus of EphesusKalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552958507083550724noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204887271553811231.post-90666650954753416412022-12-25T23:26:00.040-08:002022-12-26T00:00:02.620-08:00<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><h1 style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58418140 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; user-select: text;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4dFRprHQca9uAs7CvmmzZQDIg6T4S0dRUsNdOz3Tcb5YIOsv6dbvv7_H_DYoU_JpA__-frXZgPJV8-k3GEPUIm3NHwGE05VTcAGn6kH86TbSId7Syx6Wrntz7X79VAVC1PgbOflDY3khOUSn_cxCpJ2kkTQOY7gfZwB12RXYkFTASkLfyQQc_yZn/s365/kratruBooks.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="246" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4dFRprHQca9uAs7CvmmzZQDIg6T4S0dRUsNdOz3Tcb5YIOsv6dbvv7_H_DYoU_JpA__-frXZgPJV8-k3GEPUIm3NHwGE05VTcAGn6kH86TbSId7Syx6Wrntz7X79VAVC1PgbOflDY3khOUSn_cxCpJ2kkTQOY7gfZwB12RXYkFTASkLfyQQc_yZn/w216-h309/kratruBooks.JPG" width="216" /></a></div><br /></span></b></h1></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h1 style="text-align: justify;"><div><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58418140 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; user-select: text;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I read the novel Kratu for the first time I found the story interesting then felt like reading again and again each time discovering something that gives joy as if knowing and understanding my own mind. Kratu moves through such a large scale of the time frame that reading itself becomes a journey of understanding that which is still continuing for us in spite of seemingly ever-changing everything in India. Also, each line is like a quote to be memorised. So have taken up notes which can be read frequently in times when we are moving on the bus or quoting something in between discussions. </span></span></div><div><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Kratu Quotes</span></u></b></div></h1></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><h1 style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">1.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">A
smile is the product of Certainty, good or bad.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">2.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Exploration,
Knowledge, Freedom, life had revealed its secret to Kratu in simple steps.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">3.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Grandparents
love grandchildren unselfishly and so their love is intense. There is no give
and take in it, nor is there any fine print of future expectation attached to
it, as parents generally have.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">4.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Joy
lies in being free, we do not even realize that life is a burden, the body,
mind, emotions and memories are a burden. The aim of life should be to get rid
of these burdens to get the joy of the free. No wonder many prefer death over
life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">5.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Nothing
grows without boundaries around it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">6.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Growth
is life, stagnation is death.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">7.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">If
you think that you are not growing, then know for sure that you are
degenerating.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">8.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The
Company of the learned has its own virtues.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">9.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Luxury
of freedom hates the discipline of knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">10.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">One
who has to demand has no friend.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">11.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">A
man can attain God through true friendship.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">12.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Fame
will elude you but fulfillment you will have.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">13.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The
changes came over to Kratu imperceptibly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">14.
</span><!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Life
is above everything.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">15.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">I
curse that you may never forget anything. Stay cursed till eternity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">16.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Time
stood before him as eternity, Time is born in the mind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">17.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Fear
of known is mere pain. The real fear is the fear of unknown.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">18.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Emotions
are devoid of intelligence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">19.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Cosmic
Correction Centre, Futuristic Correction Centre, Futuristic Hell.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">20.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Kratu
trembled at the language. Sanskrit the language of the cultured, did not permit
crude expression, which made its speakers refined in their tastes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">21.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Spirit
Land – The USP of the place was dissatisfaction only those who were intensely
dissatisfied with life ended up hero.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">22.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Mind
is composed of matter and it can know only that world which has the same
composition as itself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">23.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Your
experiences are all in the mind, which get recalled as memory to refer to new
kind of knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">24.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">You
are what your memory is.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">25.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Viciousness
demands sharpness of mind; crude minds can be violent but not vicious.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">26.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">He
selected dolts as his consultants and appointed violent ones as peace makers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">27.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">One
advantage of learning is that it sharpens the mind and thus helps it think even
in dire circumstances.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">28.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Hitting
for pleasure is the privilege of the parents.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">29.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">He
thought sarcastically, ‘Criminals talking of protecting constitution.’<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">30.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Fear
moves the universe. It makes one talkative, silent, amusing, vicious, frozen,
jumpy anything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">31.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">When
crushed to the core, one’s essence oozes out. That is how grape gives wing,
mustard gives oil & stone gives dust.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">32.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">To
stand before someone known in an alien land is the greatest confidence booster.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">33.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Humility
before the fake is mere fake.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">34.
</span><!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Kratu’s
purity, born of austerities and learning allowed him freedom to move.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">35.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Dadhichi’s
sacrifice is the greatest that the world will ever see and will learn from.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">36.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The
world run on sacrifice light comes when oil burns and the light of life shines
when people make sacrifices.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">37.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">‘Progress,
thy name is sacrifice. Human blood has to be sprinkled to sanctity the path
before the convoy of progress passes.” thought Kratu Pensively.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">38.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Wisdom
and emotion are not public display. Words of the wise are more precious than
gold for a miser, and so they seldom speak in public or before the
uncultivated. Waste not your words on insensitive or shed tears on the
unworthy. That is the mantra for inner peace.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">39.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The
road to greatness is paved with raw pebbles. There will be wounds and blood for
a Traveller of this path. Learn to respect the traveller without looking at his
wounds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">40.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">A
time comes when one has to tell who he is.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">41.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The
Universe rises in me and sets thither. Alone do I exist, none else is there Iam
intelligence pure and one. Not body, senses, nor mind ever. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">42.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Time
is a manufacture of mind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">43.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">It
is difficult to be great, but it is more difficult to see greatness in others.
It takes ages of patient learning to appreciate others.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">44.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Joy
lies in fullness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">45.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Knowledge
is an end in itself. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">46.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Higher
reaches are achieved by giving up one’s attachment for the lower.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">47.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Son
any work of yours that does not enrich you is a sheer waste. The goal is to
make your inner self rich and not merely to complete a task.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">48.
</span><!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">People
and objects, whose help you take in accomplishing your work should also benefit
through you. When you use the axe, its edge should get sharpened, instead of it
getting blunted as happens with it all the time.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">49.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Only
the selfish use persons and objects without caring for them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">50.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">One
has to learn humiliation to learn humility.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">51.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Anger,
the inseparable friend of failure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">52.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">It
is the great irony of nature that when one loses the external weigh of
relationships, he starts staggering under the increased emotional weight.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">53.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Every
dance of destruction results in a rhythm of creation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">54.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Every
narration is an extension of the narrator. Take up any story or even history
these are all reflections of the narrator in words.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">55.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Learning
is the process in which one learns to fill the incoming data in the existing
frames, existing in one’s mind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">56.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Witty,
aren’t you? Wit is a gift of God to the special one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">57.
</span><!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Homa
was too young to recognize humility born of strength.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">58.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The
truly strong are innocent at heart they neither scheme nor can they understand
that others can be scheming.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">59.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Be Strong,
Be Free.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">60.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The
miserly always keep something back for them, but the strong do not hesitate to
give all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">61.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Knowledge
creates aspiration which turns in to achievement. Never stop learning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">62.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Be
free. Strength liberates you; fear binds you down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">63.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">To
demean someone is to squeeze him in a smaller space.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">64.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The
truly strong also have the strength to hold their strength in check.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">65.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Strength
is weakness and weakness is strength.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">66.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Anger
is the ornament of the weak.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">67.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The
strong are never shrewd.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">68.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The
weak love to be loved but the strong love to love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">69.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Crisis
is the portal to new opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">70.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Life
is such a beautiful chance to achieve and to give.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">71.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">You
will have to love someone someday to know what it means to be GOD.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">72.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">God
is love and he can be reached only through love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">73.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">When
God desired to create, he, the absolute existence appeared as three – Strength,
Wisdom & Love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">74.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Existence
is Strength, Strength allows you to be what you are even when everything around
you crumbles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">75.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Wisdom
means to know that you exist, and you will continue to exist.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">76.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Pain
in life comes only because we want to hold tightly what we are not.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">77.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Love
means to be wise about your existence. You love your existence and all that you
consider to be the extension of your existence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">78.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">When
your love extends to the whole universe, you become truly wise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">79.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Love
makes you free, so does wisdom and strength. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">80.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">God
is wisdom; Wisdom is love, and love is strength.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">81.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">All
pain and suffering come only because one lacks strength, Wisdom and Love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">82.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">One
moves from the collective to universality through individuality.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">83.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">We
get a body to express an idea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">84.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">There
are different kind of matter and energy all over the universe: - Broadly these
can be classified as: - <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span> </span><span> </span>a.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Physical Energy – that
makes our earth run.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span> </span><span> </span>b.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Psychic Energy – that runs
the world of Ghosts and Gods.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span> </span><span> </span>c.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Mind Energy - that
permeates the Universe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span> </span><span> </span>d.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Will of God – Mother of all
energy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">85.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">People
go to various spheres by power of their good karma & thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">86.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Awareness
increases eminence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">87.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Learn
to be Aware.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">88.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Sit
firmly like Kurma, the diving tortoise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">89.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Keep
focusing on the fish till you master its mind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">90.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The
controlled Mind is your true friend.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">91.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Awareness-Eminence-Existence.
This is now the Mantra for the Kratu.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">92.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Time,
as perceived by the mind, is a measure of internal events.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">93.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">People
are so attached to their body that they hardly realize what a burden they carry
all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">94.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">People
keep complaining why bad things happen to them without ever realizing that
their own thoughts, reflected from the great walls of the cosmic Mind, hit them
with redoubled force.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">95.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Everyone
claims to be different, but there never is a unique person. You all are made
from the same template.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">96.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Ideas
– Words – forms.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">97.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">“Is
there a way that I can have more powers”. “Yes, if you free your mind of
thoughts.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">98.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The
good thing about meditation and its practices is that its effects never wither
away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">99.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Good
and bad are all same here, these are thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">100.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Disaster
loves to build over time to create a lasting effect.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">101.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Freedom
from fear and greed makes life enjoyable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">102.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Yoga
is about inclusiveness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">103.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Humar
is a sign of intelligence. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">104.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">No
faith runs on irrationality only your faith is not my faith and your cause
effect relation is not my cause effect relation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">105.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">By
its very nature, mind can know something only in real time, and can never
between past, present and future. For it, present is the only reality and
eternity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">106.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Living
in the present, one thinks that he will never die.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">107.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Achievement
not meeting up expectations makes one sad.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">108.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The
present knows no future, nor does the present know the past.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">109.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">A
visitor from tomorrow is an oxymoron.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">110.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The
cost and speed of communication is the measure of progress of a society.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">111.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Discipline
withholds freedom but gives security.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">112.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">To
know the particulars, one requires special acumen even if he knows the general.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">113.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Karma
makes one enjoy and it makes others poor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">114.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Karma
is the great ruler; it is the great regulator.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">115.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Whatever
one may do, its result will reach him sooner or later in this of that birth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">116.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Body
exposure is directly proportional to the level of incompetence in any
profession.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">117.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Rhythm
is creation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">118.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">To
be wise is to know that rhythm is in everything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">119.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Everything
in the Universe is the physical form of an idea, and every idea comes from God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">120.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Spirituality
is not for the masses.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">121.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Learn
the art, master it and be blessed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">122.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Everything
in the world was a worship of Diving.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">123.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Think
on it. Meditate on it. Be one with it. Let us see what comes out of all that
then.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">124.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">No
one ever gets anything by effort. Effort merely creates the platform where
success may descend if the giver wishes to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">125.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Sleep
is the time when the mind brings order to its house. More garbage means that a
person would require more hours of sleep to clean up the mess.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">126.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Love
was when the mind had no thought other than that of God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">127.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Mind
is finite and the brain has limited capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">128.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Manu
was not an authoritarian, nor was he an idle reformer. He felt the need to
codify habits that were going to be beneficial to all. For that he had to first
know how the cultured lived all over Indian Sub-Continent and what they practiced
by way of achara(rites), Vyavahara(dealings) and Prayscitta(Penance).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">129.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Calmness
comes when a person is face to face with oneself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">130.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Death
is not an end but only the portal to a new life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">131.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">As
for the future of Indian, I must say it is brilliant. But for that to happen,
the cultured have to come down from their high pedestals. Brahmins ruined the
flow of culture to the masses by being exclusive. Now the same mistake is being
duplicated by the present generations. The cultured have to be responsible towards
the society, but see how the neo-rich are interested only in accumulating power
and wealth for themselves. By becoming exclusive, they are harming the society,
which will collapse again. Once the bright ones realize this and get down to
rebuilding India, things will surely change forever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">132.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Loud
tears are the sign of the uncultured, the brave rarely show them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">133.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Life
is not important; the philosophy of life is.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">134.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Joy
comes in being one with your nature and not in chasing what you are not.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">135.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">A
subtle body, as of a dead person, can experience only the world of subtle
elements.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">136.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Freedom
is the goal, young man. Be free.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">137.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">One
can enjoy a thing only without getting attached to it emotionally.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">138.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The
seed comes when the field is ready, greatness comes when the mind is ready.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">139.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">It
takes a lot of learning to know that you know nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">140.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Joy
lies in the infinite.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">141.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Life
is strange, Miss Divi. It collapses if a little extra is added or a little is
taken away. A perfect balance alone makes life go well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">142.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Emotions
are the great enemy of Mind Power.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">143.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">To
grow in life, which is the goal of human life, always strive to be among your
peers or with the greats. You will not get adoration, but you will surely grow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">144.
</span><!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">A
mind can spontaneously recognize a similar mind, be that lustful or wise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">145.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Silence
is the sign of Maturity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">146.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Think
beyond the cage and you will see the infinite space waiting for you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">147.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Eternal
separation alone is true on this earth, everything else fall short.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">148.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Death
will come to each of us, even if we do not want, so give life a chance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">149.
</span><!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Life
is a great chance, the great platform that allows one to improve and move
ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">150.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">One
achieves everything in life only through concentration.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">151.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Every
suffering is the conflagration that burn down the dross in one’s personality.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">152.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Suicide
is not the gateway to peace but is the trapdoor to hell.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">153.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Build
your strength by loving something or someone, without wanting, expecting or accepting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">154.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Want
nothing, accept nothing. Believe me, you will become great.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">155.
</span><!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Is
not it interesting in life that we remember negative things more clearly than
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great in your own right, sis. Take up either dedication to Knowledge or
Creation of Wealth for the society, or Service to others. Or give up all for
the World. Take up one or more or these
and become blessed in LIFE.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
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These days, the social media, News Channel, News Papers and all the
platforms of information are full of terms, “Hinduism”. Some display it
as conflicting religion with so many inner differences and others
present it as a way of external conflict with other religion. The word
Hindu and Hinduism is geographical and of late origin. The land of the
river Sindhu (Indus) and the people inhabiting it came to be known as
‘Hindu’ among the ancient Persians, in whose language , the ‘S’ of
Sanskrit became ‘H’ and this name continues till date. From this point
of view all religion of Indian origin like Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism or
Tribal cults became different facets of Hinduism or Trial cults became
different facets of Hinduism. But in practice the term Hinduism is
applied to the religion dependent on Vedas. The adherents of Hinduism
never gave any particular name to their own religion except the world
‘dharma’, which simply means the eternal law that supports and sustains
those who practice it. Also during that time there was no religion to
distinguish it from others.</div>
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Being an inclusive religion, it is difficult to define Hinduism the
way Islam of Christianity can be.<br />
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However, a Hindu is expected to have
these core convictions.<br />
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1) Acceptance of the Spiritual truth as preached in the Vedas, and elaborated in any of the sacred books of the Hindus.<br />
2) The belief in the transmigratory nature of the individual soul
till it attains Mukti. This is the state of freedom from every kind of
duality like birth and death, good and bad.<br />
3) Acceptance of different faith of religions as ways to perfection.<br />
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“Veda” are the scripture of Hinduism. It is also called Shruti (lit.
heard), since they were passed down from the teacher to the disciple
orally and were considered too sacred to be written down. The Veda has
four-fold division based on poetic metre they are Rig-Veda, Sam-Veda,
Yajur-Veda, Atharva-Veda. The contents of these books are the records of
the Spritual realization of the Sages of that Period. Some of the
Mantras of the Vedas are quite popular like Gaytri Mantra, which is
recited regularly by millions.</div>
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The Rig-Veda is primarily a book of Prayers. The Yajur-Veda is a work
of Liturgical practices. The Sam-Veda comprises hymns, taken mostly
from the Rig Veda and set to music. The Atharveda is like an appendix
supplying additional information on all aspect of Veda.</div>
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Each Veda is again divided into four section: Samhita (Collection of
Mantras), Brahmana (Liturgical instructions, generally in prose),
Aryanka (Symbolical Contemplation of Vedic Rituals), Upanishad
(Metaphysical reflections). Next in importance to Veda comes Smritis
(smrti=rememberance) or Secondary Scripture. The various dharma sutras,
smrtis, itihasas and puranas as also nibandhas (digests) come under this
category.</div>
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Ramayana and Mahabharata are the two sacred epics (Itihasas) that has
served as the hope and inspiration of the Hindus. Among the smritis or
secondary scripture special mention must be made of Gita, which is a
part of great epic the Mahabharata, composed of 700 verses. Gita
contains wonderful ideas of ethics, religion and philosophy packaged in
one integrated whole which can be declared as a Book for all the Hindus
of the modern age. There are 18 Puranas composed for masses for easy
understanding of Spritual Truth. The Tantras are mostly about mother
worship. Most of the Hindu rituals are either from Puranas or Tantra
traditions. The smritis under the smritis (secondary scripture) are the
law books of the Hindus which prescribe the personal and social code.
There are innumerable smritis of which the most Famous is Manusmriti,
written, around 2nd Century BCE. The sages knew that a society ruled by
archaic laws becomes stagnant. So, new smritis were codified from time
to time according to the need of the age. Unfortunately, no new Smriti
of Stature has been written in the last thousand years or so.</div>
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The ultimate Aim of Hinduism is to lead a person towards Mukti
(Freedom). But because not everyone is capable of taking up this great
idea, Hinduism helps people improve their quality of life by offering
three worldly ideas. Thus there are four of these, popularly known as
purusartha (goals of life).</div>
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1) Dharma, righteous living that results in a more meaningful life.<br />
2) Artha, acquisition of wealth through rightful means.<br />
3) Kama, enjoyment without transgressing the social and religious norms.<br />
4) Moksha, liberation from the cycle of birth and death.<br />
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The essential difference between religion and every other branch of
knowledge lies in religions acceptance of non-material spiritual
existence as the substratum of every material thing. Almost all religion
other than Hinduism is founded upon the words of a master and hence the
idea of God is usually similar, if one were to replace the Gods then it
is nearly impossible to distinguish them, but in Hinduism many sages
have contributed to its corpus, the God cannot be expressed as one-way
road only. There are innumerable accepted ideas of God. The supreme
reality in Hinduism is known as Sat-Chit-Ananda
(Existence-Consciousness-Bliss) which carries two ideas- the Impersonal
and Personal. In impersonal idea, God is infinite, ever free, without a
form and beyond the grasp of Human Mind.</div>
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When the same reality is perceived by mind it is Personal God, who is
merciful powerful and with innumerable noble qualities. We live in a
democratic country; Hinduism teaches democratic God. There are about 33
Crore (330 Million) of God of which a Hindu can choose any one of liking
or mental makeup and progress towards knowing more of God till one
understands that ultimate reality and attains Moksha.</div>
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This year, the world is celebrating 125th Anniversary of the Swami
Vivekananda speech in Chicago at Parliament of World’s Religions. In his
paper on Hinduism he says, “To the Hindu, man is not travelling from
error to truth, but from truth to truth, from lower to higher truth. To
him all the religions, from the lowest fetishism to the highest
absolutism, mean so many attempts of the human soul to grasp and realise
the Infinite, each determined by the conditions of its birth and
association, and each of these marks a stage of progress; and every soul
is a young eagle soaring higher and higher, gathering more and more
strength, till it reaches the Glorious Sun. Unity in variety is the plan
of nature, and the Hindu has recognized it. Every other religion lays
down certain fixed dogmas, and tries to force society to adopt them. It
places before society only one coat which must fit Jack and John and
Henry, all alike. If it does not fit John or Henry, he must go without a
coat to cover his body. The Hindus have discovered that the absolute
can only be realised, or thought of, or stated, through the relative,
and the images, crosses, and crescents are simply so many symbols — so
many pegs to hang the spiritual ideas on. It is not that this help is
necessary for everyone, but those that do not need it have no right to
say that it is wrong. Nor is it compulsory in Hinduism.</div>
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One thing I must tell you. Idolatry in India does not mean anything
horrible. It is not the mother of harlots. On the other hand, it is the
attempt of undeveloped minds to grasp high spiritual truths. The Hindus
have their faults, they sometimes have their exceptions; but mark this,
they are always for punishing their own bodies, and never for cutting
the throats of their neighbors. If the Hindu fanatic burns himself on
the pyre, he never lights the fire of Inquisition. And even this cannot
be laid at the door of his religion any more than the burning of witches
can be laid at the door of Christianity.</div>
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To the Hindu, then, the whole world of religions is only a
travelling, a coming up, of different men and women, through various
conditions and circumstances, to the same goal. Every religion is only
evolving a God out of the material man, and the same God is the inspirer
of all of them. Why, then, are there so many contradictions? They are
only apparent, says the Hindu. The contradictions come from the same
truth adapting itself to the varying circumstances of different natures.</div>
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It is the same light coming through glasses of different colours. And
these little variations are necessary for purposes of adaptation. But
in the heart of everything the same truth reigns. The Lord has declared
to the Hindu in His incarnation as Krishna, "I am in every religion as
the thread through a string of pearls. Wherever thou seest extraordinary
holiness and extraordinary power raising and purifying humanity, know
thou that I am there." And what has been the result? I challenge the
world to find, throughout the whole system of Sanskrit philosophy, any
such expression as that the Hindu alone will be saved and not others.
Says Vyasa, "We find perfect men even beyond the pale of our caste and
creed."</div>
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Source:Hinduism by Samarpan<br />
Encyclopedia of Hinduism Swami Harsananda</div>
Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552958507083550724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204887271553811231.post-89299141030493472942017-01-05T20:44:00.000-08:002017-01-05T21:03:55.199-08:00Basic across Religions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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common. Every day in newspaper we find people fighting for defending their
religious founders and ideals. In fact the boundary of each religion has become
like that of countries that needs to be defended and fought for. Fanatics are
ready with their guns and weapons to kill at moment’s notice and also ready to
become suicide bomber, killing themselves and their targets. On one hand if scientific
developments is leading to increase in benefits and comforts of people then on
another side it is giving a tool to fanatical fighters to work stealthly thereby
causing mass destruction. On comparing the basics of religion we will observe
the futility of such activities of much destruction and also the ideals
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Rituals, rules, dos and don’ts, Idols, non-idols, scriptures likes Vedas,
Puran, Bible, Quran, Zend Avesta etc.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> <u>Basics</u></span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">:</span> - When we observe the ways of religion
scientifically we will become aware of the overall puzzle and intricacies of
process involved. The basics of all religion are the foundation stone upon
which the whole edifice of organization is built. There cannot be any religion
with the idea of stealing, hatred, dishonesty etc. The basics of all the
religion is in short Truth, Honesty, Purity, Non Stealing etc. The morality of
all religion are same except that each sect tries to present it as their own.
The Hindus, Christians, Muslims etc. all over the world want their followers to
follow the moral and ethical code. In ancient book of Patanjali Yoga Sutra we
find this system of practise in religion being systematically organised as Yama
and Niyama. The concentration level of mind increases with each step of
practise and it becomes necessary to become established in moral and ethical
code of conduct. If the concentrated mind contains any strain of negative
thought then it will become more potent to express itself in action thereby
obstructing the progress of the aspirant. We find numerous spiritual gurus and
practitioner doing act which does not befit them and damages their social
respect due to being not properly established in moral code of conduct.<o:p></o:p></div>
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describe their way of achieving the specified objective thorough the rituals,
code of conduct etc. The Methodology of the working of each religion is
different. The Hindus offer prayer to their gods, reading puran etc. Muslim's
prayer is the way of Namaz, Sahada (Faith), reading Quran etc., Christians
praying in Church, reading Bible etc. Each religion being developed in specific
time zones has their own procedure to work upon in day to day life dealings.
Also in methodology we find the difference of practise based upon the dominant
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- Some by nature being more emotional do follow the Bhakti way like repetition
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“Our country never had the
problem of drunkenness. Most people never knew what is an inebriating drink,
though unfortunately, after independence, we are learning it quickly and well,
because the bhajanananda idea is being forgotten. We used to take the name of
God; after a whole day’s work, when we would come back home, we would repeat
the name of God, sing Ramnam Sankirtan. Our common people did not need this
external kick coming from drinks and other drugs. That joy, bhajanananda, is
taken away from them today. So, they have to depend upon the external joy. And
what is the result? Unhappy homes, break up of marriages, etc. So human being
must understand how to experience joy from within.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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</b><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Intellectually dominant individuals try to think out about God and know him
directly by discriminating the real from the unreal. “Real me” is found out by
constant discrimination between false identity and real identity.</span></div>
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“</span>We see, then, that this human being is composed first of this external
covering, the body; secondly, the finer body, consisting of mind, intellect,
and egoism. Behind them is the real Self of man. We have seen that all the
qualities and powers of the gross body are borrowed from the mind, and the
mind, the finer body, borrows its powers and luminosity from the soul, standing
behind.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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naturally contemplative practise Raja Yoga, Meditation, and Concentration etc. Concentration
is increased by practise and is directed inwards to watch the activities of
mind. As we observe the external things and compare them, in a similar way the
sense doors are closed and the mind is made to observe the internal.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Swami Vivekananda in his introduction to Raja
Yoga writes: “The powers of the mind should be concentrated and turned back
upon itself, and as the darkest places reveal their secrets before the
penetrating rays of the sun, so will this concentrated mind penetrate its own
innermost secrets. Thus will we come to the basis of belief, the real genuine
religion. We will perceive for ourselves whether we have souls, whether life is
of five minutes or of eternity, whether there is a God in the universe or more.
It will all be revealed to us. This is what Raja-Yoga proposes to teach. The
goal of all its teaching is how to concentrate the minds, then, how to discover
the innermost recesses of our own minds, then, how to generalise their contents
and form our own conclusions from them. It, therefore, never asks the question
what our religion is, whether we are Deists or Atheists, whether Christians,
Jews, or Buddhists. We are human beings; that is sufficient. Every human being
has the right and the power to seek for religion. Every human being has the
right to ask the reason, why, and to have his question answered by himself, if
he only takes the trouble.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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naturally prone to work addiction practises Karma Yoga, it is working without
expecting any fruits of work. Swami Tyagananda in his book, “Walking the Walk”,
beautifully illustrates in the diagram how this is accomplished. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Swami
Tyagananda writes: “Detachment is the AX which breaks the karma and snaps the
link that connects desire with karma. We need to keep in mind that behind every
link in the karma chain stands a conscious person.” Accordingly detachment from
karma comes by the following methods:<o:p></o:p></div>
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To
break the karma chain, we must attack its weakest link, the link that connects
desire with karma. This is accomplished
through a twofold practice of detachment as mentioned above. Swami further
elaborates, “All the four yogas have their specialized approaches to develop
detachment from desire. But detachment from karma is where karma yoga lays
special emphasis and the two principal methods employed are “work for work’s
sake” and doing “work as an offering to God. Both these method spring from
love”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Idea of Gods:</span></u></b> - The
Idea of Gods is different in different religion. Even in each religion there
are many sects and believers of different Gods, demi gods, subsidary gods etc.
The Hindus are said to have 33 crore gods. Muslims, Christians initially has
one founder but later on they were also divided to sects. Similarly so many
religious ideas started with one founder but later on they were branched into multiple
sects according to difference of opinion, interpretation, heir etc. Again some
religion give emphasis to form and some to formless. Some disregard idols some
worship idols. In fact the idea of God is basically a thought of perfect infinite
being, who is the cause of the Universe or Existence. The reasoning mind wants
to understand that perfect law or being from whom the whole universe came and
emotional heart want to feel it and become one with it in love. According to St
Augustine (354-430 A.D) God is the beginning, the middle, and the end of all
things. Nothing exist outside Him, beyond Him, and without Him. He is the
creator of reason, and yet superior to it. Reason cannot comprehend Him fully.
In the ancient book of world i.e. Rig Vedic Nasadiya Sukta, hymn of Creation we
find<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>“</i>But, after all, who knows, and who can say<o:p></o:p></div>
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Whence it all came, and how creation happened? <o:p></o:p></div>
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The gods themselves are later than creation, <o:p></o:p></div>
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So who knows truly whence it has arisen?<i>”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Pursha Sukta of Rig Veda speaks
of creation as coming out from God.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Thousands of heads has the great being.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thousands of eyes has he and thousands of legs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He manifests the world. <o:p></o:p></div>
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He stands beyond the count of ten fingers.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Samarpan, author of famous book Tiya, Param, Junglezen & more
recent Craving the Sky in his write up on, “Living Hinduism – the world and
beyond” says:<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Yoga shows how when a person starts meditating, he first mediates on
some gross object, say, a flower. As the mind becomes concentrated, he tries to
mediate on that flower without confining it in space-time. Once successful, he
mediates on the subtler components of the flower. This is the point where
Indian philosophy and the present day Physics part their ways. Physics tries to
break down the flower into compounds, elements, molecules, atoms, and finally
into subatomic particles. But the goal of Indian philosophy <span lang="X-NONE">is not to explain universe, but to realise </span>God,
so it does not care for the actual molecular structure of the flower, rather,
it looks for the relevance of the flower to the observer, who takes it in
through the five senses as touch, taste, colour, sound, and smell. Whatever the
chemical composition of an object or its sub-atomic layout, ultimately the
object will have to be observed by a person through the five senses that can
grasp its specialised properties. The finer components of an object that are
graspable by the senses are known as <i>tanmatras</i>, which are five in number
for each of the senses. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A yogi then learns to mediate on the constituent <i>tanmatras</i> of
the flower, and slowly goes deeper into meditation when layers after layer of
the covering that made the existence of flower possible, get uncovered. The
Yoga philosophy, and consequently, Vedanta terms them, in terms of their
subtler nature, as – matter, tanmatras, cosmic ego, cosmic intelligence, and
unified existence. Beyond these rungs of the universe lies the spiritual
reality that is variously called as Atman, Purusha, God, etc.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our practical experience make us see so many idea of gods like that of
Jesus, baby Jesus, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Sarasvati, Druga etc. that
make us ponder about the significance of each of these. For this the Indian
thought believes that each mind is unique and everyone’s choice is different,
similarly our liking for each gods is different and by following our own idea
of god through its own methodology we can realize the actual god. In fact we
can take the example of mould where the melted gold is poured and when it
hardens then the mould is broken to get the desired shape. The Idea of God is
like a mould and the individual character is made to melt and separate the ore
of impurity through the methodology, poured in the mould of Idea and when mould
breaks the god shines in its own purity.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Actual Reality</span></u></b>: - The
actual reality experienced by the founders of religions or sages are beyond the
grasp of ordinary man without any similar practise. When they spoke, their
words became scriptures but unless we have understood their words and gone
through similar experiences it is impossible to get the original import of
their meaning. Suppose in his whole life, a man has seen only black cow and someone
after seeing the white cow tell the man about cow using the world only
"Cow", then his understanding will be that of black cow only.
Similarly the transcendental experiences when spoken in words is interpreted by
general people in their own way but unless originally experienced subjectively,
it is of not much value.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Swami
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“Great souls,
who first felt these great ideas in their hearts, manufactured these words; and
at that time many understood their meaning. Later on, ignorant people have
taken up those words to play with them and made religion a mere play upon
words, and not a thing to be carried into practice. It becomes "my
father's religion", "our nation's religion", "our country's
religion", and so forth. It becomes only a phase of patriotism to profess
any religion, and patriotism is always partial.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Although the
methodology and idea of Gods are different in all sects and religion but the
basic idea behind it is to trace the origin of the cause of universe, know the
reason for the phenomenal existence of this world. Free from death, diseases
and decay is the goal we want to achieve. In simple terms we want to have
unlimited peace. The founders of religion after experiencing certain high level
consciousness, established their realised idea of perfection in the world
through words and symbols but the followers unable to follow the real import
and meaning simply fight over words. Like defending the property or territory,
the followers simply defend their faith without any actual individual experience.
They only defend the words of their religious founder, methodology etc. With
maximum enjoyment of the world as the only objective they fight and will keep
fighting. But the sincere ones will reach that God, realizing whom they will
find the eternal peace. As Sri Ramakrishna Paramhamsa after practising the
methodology of different branches of Tantra, Vaishnava, Rama, Vedanta,
Christianity, Islam etc and achieving the peak state as described in all the
major religion of our time has said that we should follow our own methodology
and practise sincerely the tenets of our own religion and at the same time we
should not fight with other followers. Let us follow and let other follow their
own. Religion should not be like a territory to be defended or conquered but it
must be a living experience showering love, peace and tranquillity to all. In
other words, basics, methodology and ideas of Religion must be used as a
scientific investigation & experimentation through our own instrument of
body and mind to know the actual reality, the truth of our own existence and
that of cosmos.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Complete
Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol 1 Raja Yoga<o:p></o:p></div>
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Walking the
Walk – Swami Tyagananda<o:p></o:p></div>
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Living
Hinduism-The world and beyond - Samarpan<b><u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552958507083550724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204887271553811231.post-13198461632795647242016-01-05T23:15:00.001-08:002016-01-05T23:15:05.783-08:00Educating Differently<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If we think why this world is full of crime, corruption, wars etc the
answer may vary depending upon person and circumstances but one thing
that none can ignore is the fact that there is something wrong with our
education system. In ancient India the general people use to read and
understant Puran. Puran is an sanskrit term which can be translated as
mythology. There are 18 Puran and many sub purans. While going through
the purans the most striking feature we can notice is its profound
sublimity by which great abstract truth were made to be understood to
greneral people. These day we can see the number of book a small child
takes which can break his backbone. These books conveys only information
and nothing more than that, rather to say practically, the memorizing
system of education compromises on the creative ability of our young
brains. By reading through puran a students learns a little of history,
geography, behaviours & etiquettes, morality & ethics and also
the tendency of writing is to open up immature minds twoards higher
creativity. Morality and Ethics are emphases a lot which helps bring in
some order in the society in long term. Also the style of writing is
like a story which is interesting and can be understood easily. Compared
to this the present education system emphasies the least in manners ,
morality which is the core of the human being. The downgrading of the
moral side of educators is also contributing a lot to increase in the
criminal figures of our country. Rather then having a lot of books we
can try having having a book like puran which could imbibe some core
values to child brain and also give a push to increase his intellectual
ability.</div>
Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552958507083550724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204887271553811231.post-89799506832088754742015-06-14T03:55:00.004-07:002015-06-14T11:16:33.614-07:00Healthy IITG, Happy IITG: The Yoga Way<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Come
21<sup>st</sup> June and the world will be celebrating ‘Yoga Day’. All over the
schools and colleges of India there will be yoga activity, seminars etc. In our
campus at IITG we are also celebrating in our own unique way. The present
generation of life is becoming fast in terms of time spent in work, sitting near
computers etc. and the physical activities are rapidly decreasing. Due to which
we are becoming aware of so many new diseases that were unknown to people just
some years back. Earlier people use to walk a lot and their daily activities
were more manual work which uses to free them from doing planned exercises etc.
Hypertension, diabetes, blood pressure, etc. has become so widespread that we
are taking it for granted in our daily life. In our daily works of IITG
community much of the effort is on mental activity like reading, writing,
developing mathematical ability etc. and in pursuit of which we fail to give
importance to physical activity. The physical body without any exercises
becomes fragile and loses immunity which invites the invisible germs
surrounding us for a sumptuous meal there by causing diseases for us. In the
name curing the diseases we slowly become dependent on medicine which has many
side effects. Yoga as a physical activity will help us get back our sovereign
physical strength.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
word ‘Yoga’ can be derived from two verbal roots, yuj (to yoke) or Yuj (to
concentrate). Hence ‘Yoga’ is that which helps a jiva or the individual soul to
attain concentration on Isvara and ultimate union with him. The ‘Yoga’ in its
several senses has been used in the Rig Veda and some of the Upanishad like
Katha and the Svetasvatara. The Bhagwad Gita contains much reference to yoga.
It is likely that there might have been a more ancient work on yoga attributed
to Hiranyagarbha and this work has influenced other works. Among the works
available now the Yogasutras of Patanjali is the most ancient one attributed
between BC 200 to AD 300. The Patanjali Yoga sutras prescribe a graded
discipline comprising eight steps, called the ‘astangas’ of yoga. Of the eight
steps “asana” with which we are much concerned comes third in the series of
steps. Before that there are Yama (restraint), Niyama (observances). The ‘Yama’
is non-injury, truth, continence etc. which contribute to social harmony and
‘Niyama’ which is cleanliness, contentment, austerity study of holy books, repetition
of mantras and devotion to God brings in personal purity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
third step which is Yogasanas is extremely popular all over the world mostly as
physical exercises and coupled with pranayama they act at three levels, the
physical body, the vital body and the mind. When perfected they help the physical
body to have strength and stamina, regulate the internal body chemistry and
assists in gaining control over mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Asana
means a posture. According to one view, by imitating the posture of an animal ,
one can get that animal agility or any other special capacity that is why quite
a few yogasanas are named after some animal or the other as in Mayurasana,
Mayura = peacock. Gheranda Samhita, a standard work of Hathayoga, more directly
concerned with yogasanas and pranayama mentions thirty two yogasanas which are
more important.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yoga
asanas have certain advantages over the gymnastic exercises or other form of
exercises in that it can be practiced by all, irrespective of age & sex or
health conditions if specific instruction is followed. No other external
appliances like dumbbells’ or any other devices are needed. The yoga can reduce
the toxins in the body instead of increasing them as done by the other system.
Those who wish to practice yoga asanas are required to observe some general
rules. They are:-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Organs
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It
is best to do the yogasanas after bath otherwise there must be gap of at least
30 minutes for bath after doing them.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Early
morning is the best time for doing the yogasanas.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Drinking
a glass of warm water before beginning will help.</span></li>
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place must be clean and airy. A blanket should be spread and yogasanas
practiced on it.</span></li>
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must be done through the nostrils only.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">At
the end, sweat should be dried by spreading it with the bare hands and not with
cloth.</span></li>
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suffering from some diseases like hypertension should not practice topsy-turvy
postures. Women are advised to avoid some yogasanas during certain periods or
conditions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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beginning the regular practice of the yogasanas, a few preparatory exercises have
to be done to loosen the joints and attain flexibility. Out of the several
yogasanas sixteen are very popular, some of them are Ardhamatsyendrasana, Baddhapadmasana,
Bhujangasana etc. It is best to learn these yogasanas directly from a competent
teacher. Through pictures and descriptions of them are often given in standard
works there is always a chance of going wrong or even getting into trouble.
When practiced properly these yogasanas have either cured or decreased the
effects of many aliments. In fact quite a few of them have been designed as
cures for specific diseases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to the present we see that our school and colleges are much stuffed with books
and less importance to physical activity like yoga sports etc. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With the active
role of P.M. Modi and recognition of ‘Yoga’ internationally may reverse the
trend. Although much has been said as yoga related to Hinduism and controversy
surrounding it, we cannot deny that every religion practices certain yogic
posture during their religious activity. India’s significance is that here in
our country yoga was first studied deeply and established in a firm rational
foundation. Taking yoga as way to remain healthy and also taking it as a lever
to reach our goal will help us enjoy more. In our campus we can have regular
community ‘yoga’ practice in a field and taught by an expert teacher. Having a
yoga community will give us enthusiasm to do it regularly and also help us
becoming healthy. Swami Vivekananda says, “The only test of good things is that
they make us Strong”. What harm is in recognizing and practicing it together.
We feel proud to study, Shakespeare, Willian Wordworth, Newton, Einstein, Penrose
although they are of foreign country. Also using Chinese made goods, technology
of USA, Cananda & Iran’s Oil does not deter our self-confidence then why
should something developed by ancients of our country make us shy to recognize
publicly in our institution. After all, our ancient Indian thinkers have
studied much deeply about the behavior of mind and how to keep it healthy and
happy by doing Yoga. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Being an institute
of national importance we should take a lead in this direction by introduction
of community Yoga where yoga is practiced in the morning and evening and also try
bringing awareness to nearby areas, institution to introduce in their own way.
Happiness of the world is in the happiness of the healthy individual. If yoga
brings it, then why not?</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Encyclopedia
of Hinduism.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Complete
works of Swami Vivekananda.</span></li>
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Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552958507083550724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204887271553811231.post-17576572079678182622015-05-23T09:56:00.001-07:002015-05-23T09:56:43.344-07:00Swachhata, Morality and Ethics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Abhiyan by our P.M Narendra Modi whole of the country people is trying to make
Bharat a clean place, swachh place. Even in our campus at IITG we see the Swachh
Abhiyan works being carried on by people participating from diverse background.
Faculties, student, staff are doing their lot in keeping the campus neat and
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only, its counterpart internal must also be taken in to account. One process is
that of cleansing the externals roads, surrounding areas, office etc. and the
other factor which we hardly notice is to keep clean, what we See, Hear, Feel.
The cleaning and purification of emotions by following the proper moral and
ethical code of conduct. These days whole of our creativity seems to have
concentrated in one spot i.e exploring sensuality, newspaper, television
signboards wherever we see it is full of things that evoke the animality,
carnality inside. The country Bharat which in its yonder, glorious ancient
period believed in directing the senses to capture something sublime seems to have
forgotten its own self. Thousand years of slavery, subjugation, humiliation has
made us belief in a progress that apes western culture. India which has
contributed to world the best of ethical and moral code of conduct seems to
question its own antiquity. Science, Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Mathematics
wherever we see and study the glory of our civilization shines in golden color.
The seven notes in the octave were first known to us long before any other
nation had them. The Chinese had only five notes, while the Greeks had seven
notes in the octave only after they came in to contact with our country. In Mathematics
the contribution of Aryabhatta, Bhaskaracharya and more recent S. Ramanujan
stand tall. In the field of science the contribution of Homi Bhabha, C.V.
Raman, Meghnad Saha, Stayendranath Bose, Sisir Kr. Mitra, J.C Bose are
acknowledged by the world. In fine Arts a great thinker says, the world which
is yet to understand fully and in time to come will know what a master India
was. In medicine and Surgery we have developed ayurveda system which is still
continuing and compared to that the allopathic system of medicine is just a
developing branch which is yet to come to a conclusion about human body and its
personality. In the field of Philosophy our country has reached the
culmination. The soul inside the human body was discovered and language was
manufactured to explain the unexplainable. The only work left for its
generation is to realize the soul inside the diversity of human body and its
says, when realized the secret chamber of heart opens and ancient text predating
CE says, “Realizing him one becomes free from all miseries”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Patanjali Yoga Sutra we find mention of Yama and Niyama as prerequisites for
any undertaking. Yama is abstention from harming others, from false hood, from
theft, from incontinence, and from greed. The niyamas (observances) are purity,
contentment, mortification, study and devotion to God. Swami Vivekananda
commenting on the sutras says, “External purification is keeping the body pure,
a dirty man will never be a Yogi. There must be internal purification also. Of
course internal purity is of greater value than external but both are
necessary, and external purity, without internal, is of no good” Although we may reject all this as antiquarian
but the present situation like non-transference of nuclear technology to
countries supporting terrorism, increasing collaboration of developed and
developing countries to keep some know-how’s under exclusive proprietary right
so that civilization is not destroyed makes us believe what purpose can be
served by a libertine, selfish knower.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with which the topic was started, we can extend beyond material cleanings. The cleaning
of media from appealing to masses by something gross, the cleaning of
signboards etc whereas Ashoka the king of ancient India raised royal pillars to
make the public aware of its duties and responsibilities for generations our
present media with more technology is only making people think gross. Walking
on roads with elderly friends one will not fail to be embraced on spotting some
filmy activity of lovers, couples in some dark spaces displaying their personal
emotion. One fails to wonder if this can be done in personal spaces or we need
a park especially devoted to the purpose. We can’t fail to notice the murmuring
activity near some hostel but the silence pervading the opposite one. Although
not an enemy of people displaying public emotions but this does not stop the
thought that can we have some guidelines on this public display of emotions. A
signboard of do and don’ts inside campuses, roadside, public corners that
restrict the limit to emotional display and fines for breaking these limits. Stricter
rules at night may catch any one trying to escape in the cover of darkness.
Swachh Bharat cannot be imagined as clean roads, places, and surrounded by
private emotional activity along the sides which bring in the seer the urge to
replicate the same and in absence of sufficient restraint thereby committing it
criminally. After all the highest person or institution is the role model in
any branch it may the public etiquette or morals. May Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
help us become a better person each day. </span></div>
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Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552958507083550724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204887271553811231.post-35127643445597086892014-02-22T23:25:00.003-08:002014-02-22T23:48:41.574-08:00 Consciousness Reacting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The small reacting box in the shape or form called human is an amazing creation. It reacts to outside stimuli and this reaction varies according to time, place and situation. Those who try to bring universal harmony in the manner of reaction are what we call leaders. Leaders are in every field but the same leaders in material world are scientist, political leaders while in spiritual fields they are what we call son of God, Incarnation etc. Leaders in material field seems to be in quest of something that is permanent, unchanging but Incarnations are conscious of it. In the world of matter the tendency is towards preservation of matter in terms of body or material we love while in spirituality the Vedanta speaks of something inconceivable by thought. Although the awareness exists without thought but the thought of existence without thought is a paradox that seems to perplex us. Until and unless this consciousness recedes from body and one goes to states of being consciously conscious of consciousness we are not able to know what "Samadhi" is? <span style="text-align: left;">Our scriptures speaks of "Purusha" beyond the unmanifested called "Prakriti" in Sankhya Philosophy. </span></div>
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Suppose in the dream we become conscious of dream world as 'Dream' and want to wake up, what can we do then? We will wait with tremendous preserver. As till date no one has been able to decipher the process of waking up from sleep. Amazingly we wake up in the morning, every morning and find the same world continuing. Coming to the point, if we realize that we are dreaming this great world we will do what ever is required in the dream to make our self awake. Sometimes it happens that the state is reached where one is conscious of this body in world but also continuous its existence in the dream world. Then the intense pain or happiness in dream world is made nonreactive by the conscious body state or partial awakening state. In 1896 while giving lectures at London about "The Absolute and Manifestation", Swami Vivekananda says, "Time, space, and causation are like the glass through which the Absolute is seen, and when It is seen on the lower side, It appears as the universe." The mind configures our world as time, space and causation and we make futile attempts to find permanent happiness in it. Unless the mind is transcended we are not able to know as we are without it i.e consciously conscious of consciousness. Below is the picture used by Swami Vivekananda to deliver the lecture mentioned.</div>
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Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552958507083550724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204887271553811231.post-39849820983888577412014-02-06T20:06:00.001-08:002014-02-06T20:06:21.599-08:00Remembering Someone Lost.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Standing before the funeral pyre my mind was pondering over the questions, which has been the subject of debate for thousands of years, but except some few great souls the collective humanity either ignores or just not able to think about the only reality of life called 'Death'. In the Mahabharata we find Yudhistira answering the question put forward by non-other than Lord of Death, Yamraj:<br />
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The passing away of friend’s mother has again brought back the memory, which as a child seeing the sleeping father I would cry thinking and feeling, what if father does not wake up? Life seems to have moved long from that period but still the great secret of life is not unlocked. Although has read some of the works of great souls but when the body bereft of life lay before me I can’t but have deep inexpressible emotions. Surrounded by the relatives, well-wishers who have come to pay their final respects, it was simply an emotionally moving sight. And when the dead body was taken outside of home for final rites the thought flashed, “Where is the love of son toward mother which does not allow it to remain inside home”.</div>
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The eldest son followed by his brothers made rounds and lit the fire as if their mother is no more! As the lord Agni began to consume the body the thought came of the last day, when I met her alive. Although a beautiful smile always adorned her face most of the time but on that day she was little sad and seeing me near her, she asked, “Why you came after so many days, is this love of you and between you all”. Whenever I met she would often talk about her son’s marriage and happiness. She would also think and speak about her school colleagues, acquaintances that she meet in her school making a comparative discussion as life of teacher and a mother of four sons who want a successful life for their children. As the fire took enormous size, again the thought of ancient thinker came questioning the validity of love, “ as soon as the one we love dies , we take it to fire, to burn it “ is this the love by burning! Lord knows. But what is gone is gone forever. May be she take another life for fulfilment, may be as the Katha Upanishad says, she has gone to place where there is no sun shining, no moon, no stars, only that by shining which everything shines.</div>
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Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552958507083550724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204887271553811231.post-51108967628681244682013-12-08T08:03:00.000-08:002014-10-29T22:47:49.237-07:00Musing on Three States of Mind and Beyond <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finally, the state of deep sleep is experienced where there is no particular consciousness of anything. The mind like a Shop seems to close its doors and windows of senses, ending its process of discrimination (the thought of this and that etc.). It is like enveloping of darkness at night hiding the different manifestation like tree, grass, mountains etc. On waking up we say, “I slept nicely that, “I didn’t know anything at that time, the meaning of which is that “I” was, aware of my ignorance of not knowing anything. Sleep like a container takes inside all things and again in the morning like a bud sprouting from seed, the waking state sprouts up. Thus the three states keep repeating itself whole our life time. No one person can remain on any state permanently be it Waking, Dreaming, Deep Sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>“Even as the embodied self attains in the body childhood, youth and old age, so does it attain another body; the wise man does not get deluded at this.”</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Although the present century scientific outlook is actively unlocking the secrets of universe but it is finding more questions to be answered, more models to be constructed. Nowhere is it near to explain the mysteries of life and death. As it is said, “the corridor of science is littered with the skeletons of discarded theories”. The scientific knowledge depends upon the senses and intellect in its search but intellect and senses being finite how can it comprehend the infinite. Kurt Gödel proved mathematically the limitations of mathematical reasoning, and Wittgenstein argued that both language and thought have definitive limits. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>“Intellectual knowledge is mediate and indirect and cannot altogether free the mind from its attachment to illusory objects, which we directly apprehend, only an immediate and direct knowledge of Reality can destroy a man’s belief in the reality of impermanent phenomena.”</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Even as we are progressing in every sphere, if we can see the pages of ancient Aryan thought, there we will find that the fountain of truth is reached, the truth by knowing which nothing remains to be known. In the Mundaka Upanishad which belongs to Athar Veda we find the ancient thought where there is the inquisitiveness, the thirst to know the reality as can be seen her in the opening lines of the Upanishad:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Expressing the ancient thought of Upanishad, Swami Vivekananda in his paper on Hinduism on 19 September 1893 at World Parliament of Religion declares the word of Sage:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <b>“Hear , ye children of immortal bliss! Even ye that reside in higher sphered! I have found the Ancient one who is beyond all darkness, all delusion, knowing him alone you shall be saved from death over again.”</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ancient thinkers like a dumb person try to indicate something precious found by them, the joy of which has made them Rishi. In the Svetavatara Upanishad which belongs to Taittiriya or Black yajur Veda the sage declares,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thinking over all this mind boggling thought when the mind seems to go out of control we can simply pray, although in practice there are various spiritual methods but praying is common to all. Regarding praying author of Tiya and Param, Samarpan in his article on, “Prayers only prepare you for the inevitable” descirbes the efficacy of prayer beautifully, he writes that,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“Prayers have a tendency to get answered at times, and most of the time there is no response to them despite our sincere tears.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To illustrate this, Sri Ramakrishna told the story of a person whose house was being shaken and torn away in the storm. To save the house from utter destruction, he prayed fervently, claiming that it was the Lord's house. But when it finally crashed down, he said in disgust, 'It is rascal's house".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That makes us wonder why we pray at all? The answer is that without being prayerful, we never get the power to accept the inevitable. That is the irony!</span></div>
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1)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Upanishads, Mandukya Upanishad, Swami Nikhilananda, Volume II.</div>
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3)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BHAGAVAD GITA , Swami Gambhirananda.</div>
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4)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Blog, Wait a Minute, http://samarpanananda.blogspot.in/</div>
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5)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda , Volume 1.</div>
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namely Annamayokosh, Pranamayaokosha, Manomayokosha, Vijanmayakosha, Anandamayakosha.
The sheath of Annamayokosha is the food covering, looking deeply we see that
our gross body is a conversion of food we eat. Our bulk of body has grown from
small size baby, what is that, that has increased; obviously the input given is
food. The second sheath called Pranamayaokosha translated as life force is
always working, we keep breathing in and out of various body functions. The
third sheath called mind sheath, it thinks, discriminates and takes in to input
from all sense organs. The three sheath i.e. Body, Life Force and Mind function
together as if like a machine. Now coming to fourth and fifth sheath through
the vijanayakosha and ananandamayakosha is translated as “Intellect Sheath” and
“Bliss Sheath”, it is rather tricky to understand it. In our daily life we see
that we usually say, “I am working”, “I am eating”, the “I” consciousness
always remains. The body eats, life force works, mind works but the “I”
consciousness takes the credit. It is similarly like the machine operator,
although the machine does the work but when someone asks, he says, “I am
working”. The Mind, Prana and Body works but the “I” consciousness seems to be
working. When the body says, “Am tired” and shuts itself, the other three Sheath
(Prana, Mind and Intellect) keeps working. We go in to a dream state and again
when the “mind” and “I” as doer stops we are in a deep sleep state. The “I” as
bliss only remains. We can by deep contemplation see that “I” always remain as “I”
doer and “I” enjoyed. That’s why we say, “I had a good sleep”. Although we
don’t know about how we are in a state of deep sleep can feel freshness,
enjoyment etc. Also karma theory as understood explains that we wake up from
sleep state and spends our karma and at night we again enjoy the casual state
to wake up again with the sprout of karma seed ready to flower as work and
energy to spend during the day. The process repeats itself until the body
lasts. But some people in their life realize the utter uselessness of life for
enjoyment and they carve for something permanent. So the search for that
permanent takes us to higher state of consciousness where we realize the spiritual
entity outside these five Sheaths and then say as Buddha said thousands of
years ago:- “I have realized the extreme
state of ego extinction where there is no decay, disease, death and
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Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552958507083550724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204887271553811231.post-50122448278899836652013-04-17T11:48:00.000-07:002013-04-17T11:55:37.828-07:00Awakening from sleep<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
As the story goes, after enlightenment Buddha was sitting silently when some one curiously came near and ask him, "Who are you?" and Buddha replied,"I am awake". Really when we ponder deeply over this answer there comes a time when we begin to truly appreciate the answer. From the day we are born we are always dreaming this world, the ingredients being the desires which like seeds germinate as we grow older and begin to bear fruit according to our karma on the soil of mind. Life when seen from the intellectual point of view seems to be unrelated to any other phenomenon that we regularly observe around us. Although so many models has been constructed to explain this material world but the world as a whole remains still unexplained. The mind seems to ask question infinitely, there does not seems to be any point where the thinking can directly precieve a thing complete in itself. But thanks to our ancient Sages and their true followers that by reading scriptures we can at least conceive that there is something which when reached explains everything. The usual question put up by Upanishads, "What is that by knowing which everything can be known" simply shows that the way is out there to know by knowing which everthing can be known. As echoing the word of upanishad Swami Vivekananda says,".......by knowing him alone you shall be free from death". The life of great man show us the way to awake from this great dream of world and become free as we really are. When as a small boy I used to think that if there were so small thing as micro organism which we cant see with our naked eye can there be a thing which is so big that it cant be seen also. At that time I could not find the answer now when I think over this question I just know that this universe is the biggest thing which cant be seen with this naked eye. We need a divine eye, the eye of perception itself, to see all that is real behind the seen reality of material eye. When Swami Vivekananda says,"....awake from this hynotism of weakness" he is exorting people to awake to reality as he himself was awake, his thrilling call inspires people not because of words it is already there in the dictionary but due to the sheer intensity of its realisation by himself and word simply convey that power to the reader. A gigantic power seems to be inside us and trying to express fully but presently only coming through the senses but the time must come when all the obstruction of material body breaks and the God inside us will stand revealed in its own glory. And then we can truly say, "I am Awake".</div>
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><br /></b></p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">Management researchers have recognized that organization gain due to their ability to implement change in their environment. A few will comfortably accommodate any degree of change but most people resist. The common response to impending change is a negative response, where people see change as bad or a threatening thing. Resistance to change is normal. The Manager should expect to encounter it and deal with it. Now, for managers to deal with the resistance to change must possess certain competencies. Let us take a look into this prerequisite. Planned organizational change would require <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">communicating</i> the need for change. Messages supporting the change objectives should be carefully constructed. The best media should be identified to convey the right messages to the right people at the right time. These messages and methods will have to be refined based upon achievements, feedback and the changing circumstances. It would also require <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">mobilizing</i> others to support the change and make it happen. The final stage would be to constantly monitor and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">evaluate</i> the effect.</p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXeLtE2Pz-d3SilmQt8STYUNX9V_tB25aRYtbxNJsgnXyYsRZrU5Xt5w7-IKWJ_FJnAPcZuYnNpmYEeE86l6qZCp9Rb_C3vnbParncbFDN5lK00fmsM6Fg-CIo2C8jna5HvCQpnfBYRA/s1600/team-communication-1024x623.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXeLtE2Pz-d3SilmQt8STYUNX9V_tB25aRYtbxNJsgnXyYsRZrU5Xt5w7-IKWJ_FJnAPcZuYnNpmYEeE86l6qZCp9Rb_C3vnbParncbFDN5lK00fmsM6Fg-CIo2C8jna5HvCQpnfBYRA/s320/team-communication-1024x623.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605705647596452594" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"> “You cannot over-communicate when you are asking your organization to change. Every successful executive, who has led a change management effort, in my experience, makes this statement”-<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><a href="http://humanresources.about.com/bio/Susan-M-Heathfield-6016.htm"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonecolor:windowtext;" >Susan M. Heathfield</span></a>, About.com Guide. Managers and leaders must communicate the need for change. Change needs to be understood and managed in a way that people can cope effectively with it. Change can be unsettling, so the manager logically needs to be a settling influence. Resistance to change initiatives is partly attributable to organization members’ emotional reactions, stemming for eg.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Threats to self esteem (Nadler, 1982), confusion and anxiety, uncertainity. Managers skilled at interpersonal relations are able to monitor this. John P Kotter a Harvard Business School professor and leading thinker and author on organizational change management says “Involve as many people as possible, communicate the essentials, simply, and to appeal and respond to people's needs. De-clutter communications - make technology work for you rather than against”. Person- oriented managers are likely to emphasize the communicating activities of planned organizational change implementation as a way to explain why the change is needed, and to discuss the nature of the change and thereby reduce organization members' confusion and uncertainty. Being at ease with the interpersonal dimension that communication involves (Bass, 1990), person-oriented leaders are also more inclined to put emphasis on communicating activities. Leaders who are effective at task oriented behaviours, rather than communicating the need for change are likely to concentrate their energies on developing the procedures, processes and systems required to implement change. Most organizations claim to put people first because people are their greatest asset. Yet many organizations fail to live up to this claim when employee concern is greatest. Change implementers should invest time and effort to understand human concerns, put themselves in the place of those affected, and then practice the Golden Rule of treating others the way they would like to be treated. Change threatens people, fosters uncertainty about the future, and engenders fears about a job loss or the ability to do things a new way. That's why effective communication is so important. People fear the unknown. Management's assurance that although things will change, workers will receive every consideration, including time to learn to do things the new way.</p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">Author: Not Disclosed.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXeLtE2Pz-d3SilmQt8STYUNX9V_tB25aRYtbxNJsgnXyYsRZrU5Xt5w7-IKWJ_FJnAPcZuYnNpmYEeE86l6qZCp9Rb_C3vnbParncbFDN5lK00fmsM6Fg-CIo2C8jna5HvCQpnfBYRA/s1600/team-communication-1024x623.jpg"><br /></a></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><br /></p>Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552958507083550724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204887271553811231.post-87640734476167335832011-03-09T06:44:00.000-08:002011-03-09T06:45:40.101-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGe8OBwVccEoUltMUtYAZBGf98bKAB5F7pAIG1nhdgu6YoCeftKOJX3s44_KHGavefUAxNN5lOivGHFqV4hC_Y4-VNHS5MPQsFD1ZK0Q50Z3qTetrxMZxEBe5ebxcUHYxJHrq3avYc6U/s1600/sputnik.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGe8OBwVccEoUltMUtYAZBGf98bKAB5F7pAIG1nhdgu6YoCeftKOJX3s44_KHGavefUAxNN5lOivGHFqV4hC_Y4-VNHS5MPQsFD1ZK0Q50Z3qTetrxMZxEBe5ebxcUHYxJHrq3avYc6U/s320/sputnik.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582091301864214210" border="0" /></a><br /><h3>Birth of the Space Age</h3>History changed on Oct. 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I, the world's first artificial satellite. About the size of a beach ball and weighing about 184 pounds, it took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race.Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552958507083550724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204887271553811231.post-45332804076605357812011-03-09T06:22:00.000-08:002011-03-09T06:32:00.832-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQ_-eztCyPYMJAOdnVYiQEbwjQcEiAN7pcSzFE3zLP5WwB7UbcfBsrzRrg1EY_D_hEWsmHp0mxJvTRSRpFtFX4Y9D0CAv5CwaN028vDQaqMVMU9yNtviprtcMFHXPRM2tBCoOUwxgb1w/s1600/history.bigbang.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQ_-eztCyPYMJAOdnVYiQEbwjQcEiAN7pcSzFE3zLP5WwB7UbcfBsrzRrg1EY_D_hEWsmHp0mxJvTRSRpFtFX4Y9D0CAv5CwaN028vDQaqMVMU9yNtviprtcMFHXPRM2tBCoOUwxgb1w/s320/history.bigbang.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582086704817008850" border="0" /></a><br />Is it the last stage of Human Being's intellectual strength, the concept of Big Bang.Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552958507083550724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204887271553811231.post-883501321933221932008-09-11T22:09:00.000-07:002008-09-11T22:13:13.449-07:00End of UniverseHow much cells and neurons will be needed to know and remember every bit of universe?<br />So how can we think of the end of the universe.<br />How much knowledge is possible for a Human?Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552958507083550724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204887271553811231.post-67379706599544940122008-09-07T23:47:00.000-07:002011-03-09T06:21:30.958-08:00RationalismLife of Human is about rationalism. He thinks and acts. Is this life real or a big dream.Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552958507083550724noreply@blogger.com0