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Message for the Day…”Beware! You must see that the warning of the Divine against the merely human, or even the bestial inclinations are always heeded!”

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In Indian mythology, there is an accountant in the court of Yama (the King of Death) by name Chitragupta (the name means ‘secret picture’). Chitragupta maintains a register of the good and bad done by each living being, and on the death of that person, he brings the books to the court and strikes the balance between debit and credit. Yama, the king then metes out the punishment that can expiate and educate. This Chitragupta’s office is actually in the mind of every human, all the time awake and alert! What Chitragupta does is to ‘picture’ all the secret promptings that blossom into activity; he notes the warning signals as well as the occasions when those signals were ignored or wantonly disregarded. Beware! You must see that the warning of the Divine against the merely human, or even the bestial inclinations are always heeded!

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Message for the Day…”Shutting yourself in a room and offering incense and flowers to a picture or image of God, and singing or reciting His glory are very poor substitutes for the discipline that will liberate you from ignorance.”

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Shutting yourself in a room and offering incense and flowers to a picture or image of God, and singing or reciting His glory are very poor substitutes for the discipline that will liberate you from ignorance. All beings are images of God; all men are His pictures; then, why shut yourselves in? All creation is marching on a pilgrimage to Him; why then behave as if you are trekking it alone? You believe that the time spent in church or temple or the domestic shrine in adoration and in ritual worship is devoted to God and the rest is spent for other purposes. But you cannot demarcate and delimit the realms of God and man like that. God is ever with you everywhere. Vasudheva sarvamidham – All this is God. Society is the school where this lesson is taught to those who earnestly seek.

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This 30-Year-Old Indian Pilot Is the World’s Youngest Woman to Captain a Boeing 777!

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Currently based in Mumbai, the young aviator had always dreamed of becoming a pilot and did so at the age of 19

“Since my childhood, I wanted to be a pilot. Other children used to make fun of me for this. Kids, at that time, were pushed to pursue engineering or become a doctor but not a pilot,” Anny told to HT.

Coming from an army background, one would think Anny must have had it easy. While she had rock-solid support from her parents, dissent often cropped up in form of family friends and relatives.

“Luckily, my parents never forced their choice on me. They were supportive and progressive in their thinking. My mother always used to encourage me. However, my relatives and my family friends were against my decision to become a pilot. Also, at that time, being a pilot was not considered as a profession for woman,” she said.

After her father took voluntary retirement, the family moved to Vijayawada, where Anny did her schooling. Hailing from a modest background, their family had their share of financial shortcomings. “Since I grew up in Vijayawada, I could write and read English but speaking English was a major challenge that I had to overcome,” Anny said.

Post her school education, the 17-year-old Anny made it to Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA), one of the premier flying schools in the country.

The cultural change from a small town to a big city was overwhelming for me. I had difficulty adjusting and speaking English. People used to mock me for my poor English and that hurt me a lot. At times, I had even thought of going back. However, backed with my parents’ support, I worked hard enough to win a scholarship,” she added.

Completing her training by the time she was 19, Anny bagged a job with Air India and since then, there has been no looking back. Post her training, she kickstarted her flying carrier with Boeing 737.

“When I turned 21, I was sent to London for further training. It was then when I started to fly Boeing 777. Since then, my life has changed. It’s been a great experience so far. I’ve got the opportunity to travel to various countries. My journey so far has taught me a lot,” Anny added.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going!

Source….LekshmiPriya .S  in http://www.betterindia.com

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வாரம் ஒரு கவிதை ….” நிழலாடும் நினைவு “

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நிழலாடும்  நினைவு…
——————-
கடல் அலை போல்  நினைவலைகள்…
ஓயாத  கடல் அலை போல்
நினைவலையும்  ஒரு தொடர்கதையே !
மெல்லிசையாய் ஒலிக்கும் வாழ்வின்
இனிய நினைவலைகள் இடைவிடாமல்
தொடரும் ஒரு நிழலாய் நம் வாழ்வின் நிஜத்தில் !
இளமை  கால நினைவின் நாட்டியம் நல்ல
கட்டியம் கூறும் எதிர் வரும் கால நிஜங்களுக்கு !
மனதில் நிழலாடும் நினைவே எதிர் வரும் காலத்துக்கு
ஒரு நம்பிக்கை நட்சத்திரம் !
இனிய பழைய நினைவின் ஓட்டம் இருக்க  வேண்டும்
என்றும் நம்  மனதில் ஒரு நிழலாக ! நினைவுகள் நிழலாடும்
வரைதான் நம் வாழ்வின் ஆட்டமும் ஓட்டமும் !
மனதின் நிழலே நம் வாழ்வின் நிஜம் !
நிஜம் இல்லாமல் நிழல் இல்லை !
நிழல் இல்லாத நிஜமும் இல்லை !
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My Tamil kavithai in http://www.dinamani.com dated 10th July 2017

Message for the Day…”God’s Grace can make the blind see, lame walk and dumb speak. By a mere touch, God can demolish the sins of the past and erect the basis for peace and joy.”

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Little minds with no faith may argue that God cannot come as a human being. Man can never describe or delineate the formless and the attributeless, the one beyond qualities. It is only by means of form and attributes that one can pray, adore, worship or even feel the Divine presence. In fact God can be recognised only as human by man, and this is explained in scriptures, “Daivam manusha rupena, God revealed through human form”. Hence since time immemorial, God is adored, worshipped and even imagined or pictured by man only in human form, so long as the consciousness as man persists. People easily visualise God as a human, with superhuman or supra-human power, wisdom, love, and compassion. God’s Grace can make the blind see, lame walk and dumb speak. By a mere touch, God can demolish the sins of the past and erect the basis for peace and joy.

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