Author: Natarajan

Message for the Day…”Every individual is tossed about by the waves of joy and grief; buffeted by fortune, good or bad; a target of brickbats and bouquets.”

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Once, a person in great distress clamoured for a reservation at the booking office of a railway station, but the clerk there was helpless for the person did not know where he wanted to go. He was anxious only to get away, he had had enough of that place. How can anyone help him? All, sooner or later, behave like this. Life is no unmixed good. No one is happy by being immersed in worldly life. Every individual is tossed about by the waves of joy and grief; buffeted by fortune, good or bad; a target of brickbats and bouquets. The evil around affects one’s peace and anxiety, and robs one of sleep and quiet. One therefore tries to escape from all this, but one is not sure to where! The spiritual teacher (Guru) can guide you where to go, which place to seek; but, even a Guru cannot make you reach it. You have to trudge along the road yourself.

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Real story behind a King Cobra from Karnataka drinking water from a water bottle…!!!

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The media is fired up about a video showing a 12-foot-long, parched King Cobra drinking water from a water bottle. The video first uploaded by a YouTube channel called ‘Uttara Kannada News’  shows a man in khaki giving water to the snake.

Mashable India, was one of the first to put the video out and said that severe drought prevailing across Karnataka had resulted in the cobra straying into a village and desperately looking for water.

Huffington Post, in its article, Thirsty King Cobra sips water from a bottle amid debilitating drought, draws much sympathy for the poor lost snake, being offered drinking water by a sympathetic man.

One of the men seen in the video giving water to the snake is CN Naykka, the Deputy Range Forest Officer of Karwar forest range. He had rescued the cobra along with snake expert Raghavendra

Though Naykka is surprised that the video has gone viral, he refuted claims of drought in the region and also said that such instances were common during summer months.

“The Kaiga Power Plant is located near the forest range. The snake had wandered into the Kaiga Township, located near the plant sometime in the morning. We spotted the King Cobra at around 12.30 pm and it was dehydrated due to the extreme heat. Hence, I offered it some water and took it to a rescue centre,” Naykka said.

The forest officer also said that this is the mating season and cobras wandering around the area was a common occurrence, which happens almost every year.

“Whenever a snake wanders into civilian-populated areas, we first offer it water. There is nothing sensational about it. The Kali River, which runs through the Karwar Forest Range is flush with water and so are the backwaters located near the Kaiga Power Plant. During summer, many different birds and animals come for water including cobras,” Naykka added.

Source…..http://www.thenewsminute.com/

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Message for the Day…”Every being is a pilgrim destined to return to God and merge in Him”

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In the past, Divine incarnations rid the world of evil by destroying the few fanatics and ogres who wrought it. But in the present times, fanaticism and felony reigns in every heart. The evil people are legion, no one is free from that taint, and all are wicked to some extent or the other. Therefore, everyone needs correction. Everyone must be educated and guided in the right path. Every being is a pilgrim destined to return to God and merge in Him. But most people have forgotten the path, they wander like lost children, wasting precious time in the by-lanes of the world. Human beings are the best amongst creation who can feel, think and experience their own journey across time! Armed with the sword of discrimination (Viveka) and the shield of renunciation (Vairagya), you must use this precious opportunity to transform yourself to become Divine – that is your destiny, the plan and purpose of your being.

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Message for the Day…” You must ‘tin’ your heart with truth, right conduct, peace and divine love.” 

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To reform one’s tendencies and character is indeed an uphill task. One may have studied all the text-books of spiritual practice, also read all the scriptures, and may even have lectured for hours on them; but one slips into error when confronted by temptation. Like the land that is parched, the heart may appear to be free from any crop of evil, but when the first showers fall, the seeds and roots underneath the soil change the parched land into a carpet of green. You may have the best of vegetables, you may have the most capable chef in the world, but if the copper vessel in which you prepare the soup is not tinned, the dish you cook will be highly poisonous. Similarly, you must ‘tin’ your heart with truth, right conduct, peace and divine love. Only then will it become a vessel fit to repeat holy names, practice meditation, observe religious vows, do ritualistic worship, and so on.

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வாரம் ஒரு கவிதை…” ஆறோடும் நீரோடும் “

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ஆறோடும்  நீரோடும் …
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நீரோட்டம் இல்லையென்றால் ஆறோட்டம் ஏது ?
நீரில்லா ஆற்றில்  மணல் நிரம்பி  இருக்க ..இன்று
மணல் அள்ள ஓடும் வண்டிகள்  ஓட்டம் எந்த
ஒரு ஆற்றின் நீர் ஓட்டத்தையும் தள்ளும் பின்னுக்கு !
நீரோடும் ஆறே  ஒரு பாலைவனம் ஆகும் நேரம்
சோலைவனம் எங்கே இருக்கும் நாட்டுக்குள் ?
இன்று நிழல் தேடி ஓடும் நாம்   குடி நீர் தேடி
அலையவும் வேண்டுமா ? சிந்திக்க வேண்டும் நாம் !
இணைய தளம் மூலம் உலகத்தின் ஒரு ஒரு
மூலையையும் இணைத்து விட்டோம் !
இணைய தளம் மூலம் இதயங்கள் பல
இணையவும் வழி காட்டி  விட்டோம் !
கணினி அறிவியல் கையில் எடுத்து
விண்வெளியிலும்  நம் வெற்றிக் கணக்கை
துவக்கி விட்டோம் !  நதி நீர்
இணைப்பை மட்டும் நமக்கு எட்டாக் கனி
என்று விட்டு விடுவது என்ன நியாயம் ?
மண்ணையும்  விண்ணையும் இணைத்த
நாம் நம் நாட்டு நதி நீரை இணைக்க
முடியாதா என்ன ?  “உன்னால் முடியும் தம்பி “
என்ற சொல்லின் பின்னால் இருக்கும்
நம்பிக்கை ஒரு வேத வாக்கு அல்லவா !
வெற்று வாக்கு இல்லையே அந்த மந்திர வாக்கு !
மாய மந்திரம் எதுவும் செய்ய வேண்டாம் நாம் ! ஒரு வழி
வகுப்போம் நதி நீர் இணைப்புக்கு இன்றே
இப்பொழுதே ! இமயம் முதல் குமரி வரை
சாலைகளை  இணைத்த நமக்கு சாலையோரம்
சீறிப்பாயும் நதிகளையும் இணைப்பது  ஏன்
முடியாத இலக்கு இன்று வரை ?
சற்றே சிந்தித்து எதிர்கொள்ள வேண்டும்
இந்த சவாலையும் ! முயன்றால் முடியாதது
என்று ஒன்று உண்டா ?
இணைவோம் நாம் ஒன்றாக …இணைப்போம்
நம் நதி யாவும்  ! இணையப்போவது நதிகள்
மட்டும் அல்ல ! இந்திய மக்களின் தேசிய ஒருமைப்பாட்டின்
 நீரோட்டமும் சேர்ந்துதான்! வற்றாமல்  தொடரட்டும் நீரோட்டம் ஒரு ஒரு
ஆற்றிலும் ! இது ஜீவ நதி அது ஜீவ நதி என்னும்
பேதம் இல்லாமல் நீரோடும் ஒரு ஒரு ஆறும்
ஒரு ஜீவ நதியாக மாறட்டும் ! ஆறு செல்லும்
வழி எல்லாம் பூமி செழிக்கட்டும் ! நதி இணைப்பு
நம் நாட்டு மக்கள் அனைவரையும் ஓர் அணியில்
இணைக்கும் அன்பு  பாலமாகவும்  அமையட்டும் !
Natarajan.. in http://www.dinamani.com dated 27th March 2017

Message for the Day…” Practice First and then Preach “

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An old year is gone by and a new year has come, and people joyfully celebrate the arrival of the new year. Do you know how many centuries have elapsed since the history of mankind? There is no use turning back and watching the road traversed – your duty is to watch the road ahead and march steadily towards your goal. It is lack of faith that causes you to lose temper and fly into fits of anger; it is lack of faith in yourself and in others. If you see yourself as truly the undefeatable Divine Self and everyone around you as your reflections, just as the scriptures declare them to be, you will never be provoked to get angry. What you must resolve today in the auspicious New Year is to march steadily on the spiritual path to manifest your Divinity. Resolve to do this one thing – Practice first, and then preach!

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” How to develop your personality …” See what Sri Sri Ravishankarji says

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 Superb Message-Sri Sri RaviShankar
-Interesting-Highly Enlightening-Useful in Life 
Thought Provoking-Action Oriented-
Please read the entire message…
 
Someone asked Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 
How to develop our personality?
 
Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji:

To develop your personality, you have to spend five days to have these five experiences to really blossom in your life.
You can develop your personality with these five experiences.
You have to sincerely play these five roles:
 
1. The first role which I would recommend to you 
    is to be a School Teacher.

To teach lessons to children who are not learning,
 you need a lot of patience.
Being a nursery or primary school teacher,
 even for one day, you will see how you have
 to increase your patience.
 
2. Be a Gardener or spend a day with a Farmer.

If you are sowing the seeds,
if you are watering the plants,
you will know how you must care for water, 
earth and the environment.
You will have a feeling for the environment.
You will value food and you will not waste food.
You know, what we do?
We bring so much food, and we put it in the fridge
 and after a few days in the refrigerator, we throw the food.


We are wasting millions and millions of tons of food every day.
We should not waste food.
This we will learn if we spend one day being 
a farmer or a gardener.
 
3. You should spend a day in the mental hospital.

Whatever people talk in the mental hospital, you don’t mind.
If they scold you,
if they blame you,
if they curse you,
will you mind?
You don’t mind because you are aware that this person is mentally sick.
You know that many people are outside the hospital, but that does not mean they are mentally well.

So, in life, you come across people who blame you for nothing, who are jealous or angry, who say things that make no sense. Then, you know, you will have the patience to deal with them with a smile. You will not take the garbage inside and spoil your mind.
So one day if you spend in a mental hospital, you will know how to save your mind.
You will stop being a football of others’ opinions.
 
4. One day you must go to a prison.
Maybe it is shocking to you.
You don’t have to do a wrong thing to go to a prison.
Just go visit a prison, spend a little time with the prisoners.
You will understand what compassion is.
What helplessness is.
Those people did a mistake without awareness.
So you will know how you must have a say on your emotions.
 
5. There are terminally ill people in the hospital.

One day with them, and you will realize how precious life is.
And you will start valuing health.
You will eat better,
you will exercise.
You will do all that is needed to be more vibrant in your life.
 
With these five days what would be the outcome?

I guess from these five days you will become
More Vibrant,
More Alive,
More Loving,
Compassionate
and Active
Enjoy your Life
Source….Input from one of my friends
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