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Message For The Day….You Are Only A Trustee of Your ” Property ” !!!!

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A millionaire pays income tax with tears in his eyes. A Headmaster joyfully gives up the furniture and laboratory appliances of the school when he is transferred to another place. Why? Because the headmaster knows and believes that he is only the caretaker, and is not the owner. They are not attached to these articles, for they know that these belong to the Government. So too, every one of you must feel that your family, your house, your fields, your car are all the Lord’s property. You are just a trustee and must be ready to give them up without murmur, at a moment’s notice. Sacrifice does not mean that you should not attach value to things. You must indeed care for everything. But remember, that all of them are transient and the joy they give is very trivial and temporary. Know their real worth, do not overestimate them and develop attachment to them.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Impala Cheetah–ing Death !!!….A Close Call !!!

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Desperate times require desperate measures – and when an impala was targeted by two vicious cheetahs, it made a jump for it that will not soon be forgotten.

The distressed animal was captured on camera leaping into a car full of tourists in order to escape the predators.

The terrified animal appeared to be seconds away from death when an unexpected window of opportunity appeared – quite literally.

Close call: The impala jumps into a car to escape two cheetahs in Kruger National Park in South Africa

Close call: The impala jumps into a car to escape two cheetahs in Kruger National Park in South Africa

The animal had been chased by the cheetah along with its herd when it realised it was the only one left behind.

As the two ferocious animals appeared to have cornered the impala – it leaped into a nearby car which happened to have its windows rolled down.

Samantha Pittendrigh, 20, happened to be filming the chase when the impala jumped through the passenger-side window of a Toyota  in front of her.

She said: ‘We started freaking out going crazy. We couldn’t believe it – we were absolutely dumbstruck.

‘We had absolutely no idea what was going on.

‘We watched the cheetah chasing the impala. We saw a few of them turn around in the bushes towards the road they were running from.’

 Sweet escape: A group of impala flee across a road in Kruger National Park, South Africa when one of them take an unexpected turn
 Sweet escape: A group of impala flee across a road in Kruger National Park, South Africa when one of them take an unexpected turnSwift exit: As the last impala cross the road, the cheetahs' intended meal finds a novel way to escape

Swift exit: As the last impala cross the road, the cheetahs’ intended meal finds a novel way to escape‘All of a sudden we saw the impala jump out of the bushes and then someone started screaming ‘it is in the car, it is in the car’.

‘We heard a little girl screaming in the car. The boy sitting outside the car filming looked a lot younger, so it must have been a family.

‘People in other cars screamed ‘open the door, open the door’.’

In the confusion, one of the passengers managed to open a door and the impala is seen just seconds later trotting across the road to freedom.

The cheetahs are just yards away but do not give chase.

The footage was captured in Kruger National Park, South Africa, where according to park rules you must stay inside your vehicle at all times.

As the terrified impala realises it is the cheetahs' chosen meal, it looks for a way out, and spots the car

The bewildered cheetahs are left with long noses and empty stomachs as the impala disappears into the car

The bewildered cheetahs are left with long noses and empty stomachs as the impala disappears into the car

Miss Pittendrigh, who is studying supply chain management at the University of Pretoria, was with her friends Tanith Human, 20, Carmen Thvle, 21, and Michelle De Jager, 21.

Unlike some of her friends, she has made several trips to Kruger National Park but was left stunned by the trip.

She added: ‘My family are so jealous. In all the years my parents have been going to Kruger Park they have never seen anything like it and we do go regularly.

‘It really is a once-in-a-lifetime thing and we managed to be in the right place at the right time.

‘I was very happy to witness something like that but I felt a sorry for the cheetah.

‘There are so many impala, it is not like they will miss one of them.’

However, the world’s fastest land-animal was not completely ‘cheetah-ed’, as one of them managed to make a kill a mere dozen feet along the road, according to Miss Pittendrig

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“LIC பில்டிங்கில் எத்தனை மாடிகள் ? “

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1956 – நவம்பர் நுங்கம்பாக்கத்தில் பெரியவா முகாமிட்டிருந்தா. ஒரு நாள் ராத்திரி 10 மணிக்கு மவுண்ட் ரோடில் நடந்து சென்று கொண்டிருந்தார். 15 பேர் கூட சென்று 
கொண்டிருந்தோம். இந்து பத்திரிகை ஆபீஸ் விஜயம்.

LIC கட்டிடம் அருகே வந்த போது கண்ணன பெரியவாளிடம் இது தான் புதுசா வந்திருக்கிற LIC அடுக்குமாடி கட்டிடம் என்று பெரியவாளிடம் கூறினார். சற்று நின்ற பெரியாவா என்னிடம் இதுலே மொத்தம் எததனை மாடிகள் என்றார்.

நான் தவறாக சொல்லி விட கூடாதென்று “சரியாக தெரியாது ..” என்றேன். “எண்ணி பார்த்துவிட்டு வா ..” என்று கூறி விறு விறு என்று நடக்க ஆரம்பித்தார். 

நான் இரண்டு மூன்று முறை எண்ணி’பார்த்தேன். பாதி எண்ணும் போதே கணக்கு விட்டு போய் மீண்டும் எண்ணும் படி ஆயிற்று . ஒருமுறை 12ம் மறுமுறை 13ம் வந்தது. அதற்குள் பெரியவா வெலிங்டன் டாக்கிஸ வரை சென்று விட்டிரு நதார். நான் ஓடி சென்று மூச்சிறைக்க நின்றேன். “எண்ணிட்டையா ? எத்தனை ? ” என்று பெரியவா கேட்டா. கீழிருந்து 13. டேரசை சேர்த்தா 14. ஆனா மாடிகள் 12 தான் வரது என்றேன். பெரியவா சிரித்து கொண்டார்.

“12 மாடிகளா ? இந்த வாரம் ஆனந்த விகடன் மேல் அட்டைலே வந்திருக்கிற பில்டிங் லே 18 மாடிகள் போட்டிருக்கே. நீ பார்த்தாயோ …? :” என்று கேட்டார். எனக்கு தூக்கி வாரி போட்டது. “நான் எண்ணி பார்க்கலே..” என்றேன். :”அப்புறம் போய் பாரு …” என்று நடந்தபடி கூறினார். கண்ணன் என்னை பார்த்து சிரித்தார் .

நான் சற்று பின் தங்கினேன். அந்த அதிர்ச்சியில் இருந்து மீளுவது அத்தனை எளிதாக இருக்கவில்லை. ஒரு பத்திரிக்கையைப் புரட்டுவதிலும் அதில் வரும் செய்திகளைப் படிப்பதிலும், படங்களை பார்ப்பதிலும் சாதாரண வாசகருக்கும் பெரியவளுக்கும் எத்தனை வேற்றுமை இருக்கிறது என்று எண்ணி வியந்தேன். 

மேலட்டையில் பிரசுரமாயிருந்த அந்த நகைச்சுவையைப் படித்தவர்கள் சிரிப்பு வந்திருந்தால் சிரித்து விட்டுப்பத்திரிகையை புரட்டியிருப்பார்கள். சிரிப்பு வராதவர்கள் சிரிக்காமலேயே புரட்டியிருப்பார்கள். 

எத்தனை பேர் ” அந்த கட்டிடத்தில் எத்தனை மாடிகள் வரைய பட்டிருக்கின்றன” என்று பொறுமையாக எண்ணி பார்த்திருக்க போகிறார்கள்.. ? பிறரை சொல்வானேன்? நானே பார்க்கவில்லை. (அந்த ஜோக் என்னுடையது. படம் கோபுலு வரைநதது ).

எதையும் ஆராயந்து நோக்கும் பெரியவாளின் அபூர்வ சக்தி அதிசயிக்கக்தக்கது என்றால் அவரது நகைச்சுவை யுணர்வு மிகவும் ரசிக்கதக்கதாக இருக்கும்.

(From the experiences of Sri Baraneedharan, acclaimed tamil author)
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Just For Laugh !!!… ” Stay Cool Malcolm ” !!!

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A woman in a supermarket is following a grandfather and his badly behaved 3 year-old grandson.

It is obvious to her that he has his hands full with the child screaming for sweets in the sweet aisle, biscuits in the biscuit aisle; and for fruit, cereal and pop in the other aisles.

Meanwhile, Granddad is working his way around, saying in a controlled voice, “Easy, Malcolm, we won’t be long . . .. Easy, ..”

Another outburst and she hears the Granddad calmly say, “It is okay, Malcolm, just a couple more minutes and we’ll be out of here. Hang in there, boy.”

At the checkout, the little terror is throwing items out of the cart and Granddad says again in a controlled voice, “Malcolm, Malcolm, relax buddy, don’t get upset. We’ll be home in five minutes; stay cool, Malcolm.”

Very impressed, the woman goes outside where the grandfather is loading his groceries and the boy into the car. She says to the elderly gentleman, “It is none of my business, but you were amazing in there. I don’t know how you did it. That whole time, you kept your composure, and no matter how loud and disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying things would be okay. Malcolm is very lucky to have you as his grandpa.”

“Thanks,” exclaims the grandfather, “but I am Malcolm … The little devil’s name is Derek.” !!!!!

 

source::::unknown …input from a friend of mine

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Beautiful Images From Japan !!!

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Photo: A Japanese woman in the Sakyo ward of Kyoto Japan

Geisha, Kyoto

Photograph by Evan Williams,

 

Photo: The Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion), Japan

Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto

Photograph by Dina Franchi

 

Photo: World Championship Sumo wrestling, Tokyo, Japan

Sumo, Tokyo

Photograph by Alastair McLean,

 

Photo: Tokyo at 5:00 a.m. from the 27th floor of the Park Hyatt Hotel Shinjuku

Early Morning Tokyo

Photograph by Andrea Caldera,

 

Photo: Bamboo trees in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan

Bamboo, Arashiyama

Photograph by Nico Pepito,

 

Photo: The Sobu line train, Tokyo

Train, Tokyo

Photograph by Chris Jongkind,

 

Photo: Monks walking on a street in Japan

Monks

Photograph by Lawrence Taube

 

Photo: Snow Monkey near Nagano, Japan

Snow Monkey, Nagano

Photograph by Richard Kelley

Photo: Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, Japan

Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo…This is Shibuya crossing in Tokyo, rumored to be the busiest pedestrian intersection in the world.

Photograph by Chris Jongkind,

 

Photo: Bagpiper at the annual St. Patricks Day Parade in Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan

Bagpiper, Tokyo

Photograph by Gareth Ohara,

 

Photo: Man scraping bark off a stick in Japan

Man, Rural Japan

Photograph by Dave Weekes

 

Photo: A Red-crowned crane in Japan

Red-Crowned Crane

Photograph by Phui Ying Thong,

Photo: Skyscraper and temple in Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo is an amazing combination of traditional and modern Japan where everything is in place, like sounds in a perfect symphony.

Photograph by Agnieszka Maciejewska, …

 

Photo: Aligned taxis queue up outside the Central train station in Sendai Japan

Taxis, Sendai

Photograph by Juan Jose Acevedo,

An army of perfectly aligned taxis queues up outside the central train station in Sendai, Japan

 

Photo: An ancient lotus park in Japan

Lotuses

Photograph by Karina Saavedra,

 

Photo: Metallic sculpture in front of the Landmark Tower, Yokohama, Japan

Landmark Tower, Yokohama

Photograph by Hassibi Mora,

 

Photo: A traditional Japanese umbrella in Kyoto, Japan

 

Umbrella, Kyoto

Photograph by Bon Taguiling,

 

Photo: Swans in a lake of Hokkaido, Japan

Swans, Hokkaido

Photograph by Takeshi Ishikawa

 

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” I do not Have Anything …What Can I give You ? !!!”

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Gift of Existence

There lived a Sadhu who regularly used to give discourses. One day at the end of the discourse he was talking of being grateful to existence. “Operate from a space of gratitude, `Kritajna’. This will allow us to expand.” a beggar was sitting in a corner and listening to the discourse, he came up to the Sadhu and said, “Maharaj, your talk was great. But one thing I am not able to do. You said to be grateful to the existence because it has always showered benediction on you. Sorry! But, existence has not given me anything. I am struggling even for one ROTI”.
The Sadhu said, “ I agree with you, I will give you two lacks, right here, will you be grateful?’ The beggar was thrilled. “But I want something in return from you”, said the Sadhu. “I do not have anything, what can I give you? If I have something I will definitely give you.” said the beggar. “I won’t ask you anything that you do not have”, said the Sadhu. The agreement was made.
The Sadhu said, “I will make arrangements for the two lacks; you please give me both your eyes. The beggar was astonished. “What will I do with these two lacks without my eyes! I don’t agree to the deal,” he said. “I prefer my two eyes to the two lacks”. The Sadhu said, “but you said you don’t have anything and were cursing existence.’

This is a beautiful story. Two eyes he had, then two hands, two legs, stomach etc., He is already a multi millionaire. But all these gifts we do not see. For the beggar, money was very important.
That we can see is such a great gift of existence. We can hear. We can walk. All are great gifts. If you say you are unhappy, it is ridiculous. In fact we should dance and celebrate that existence has given us so many gifts. We are normally focused on what is missing in life. The moment you start operating from what you don’t have, whatever you have also go into darkness.

 

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Message For The Day….Do Not Spend Time in Hateful Talks…

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Spend your time in the contemplation of the beauties of Nature that are spread out before you in the earth and sky. Enjoy the green expanses of the crops, cool breezes that waft contentment and joy, the panorama of coloured clouds, the music of the birds, etc. Sing the glory of God as you walk in Nature, along the bunds of the fields and the banks of the canals. Avoid polluting the air with vengeful boasts. Do not spend time in hateful talks when you see God has created such wonderful evidences of love! Living in these placid surroundings, you should not disturb the sky with your shouts and curses. Any seed needs water and manure to grow and yield a rich harvest. So too, the tiny sapling of spiritual yearning for liberation from bondage also needs water and manure. Just a wise farmer will care for his crops dearly, you must take care of your habits to reap the harvest of liberation.  

 

Sathya Sai Baba

 

Message For The Day….When You Get Angry Quietly Chant The Name of GOD ….

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Set right your habits, purify your conduct and cleanse your behavior. Even one bad habit can destroy all health, happiness, charm and joy. Control yourself and do not yield to the temptations of friends or social conventions and become prey to bad habits. The body is the temple of the Lord. Keep it in good and strong condition. Also be aware that it can be damaged from qualities such as anger, hatred and greed, or from sloth, sleep and inactivity. When you get angry and/or violent with anyone, quietly repeat the Name of the Lord to save you from your anger. Drink a glass of cold water, or lie down in a bed until the fit of fury passes through. When you are angry, you abuse another and the other person does the same, so tempers rise and heat is generated which causes lasting injury. Five minutes of anger can damage five generations of relationship, so be careful.

 Sathya Sai Baba

Amazing Images Captured From ISS !!!

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An incredible photo shows a mass of storm clouds churning over the Atlantic Ocean near Brazil and the Equator.

It was taken by one of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station.

A Russian spacecraft, docked to the orbiting outpost, partially covers a small patch of sunlight on the ocean waters in a break in the clouds.

The photo was taken using a 50mm lens.

Independence Day in orbit: As the International Space Station circles the earth, astronauts are able to capture stunning pictures such as this one as the orbiter crossed the Brazilian coast

As the International Space Station circles the earth, astronauts are able to capture stunning pictures such as this one as the orbiter crossed the Brazilian coast


Sunrise: This stunning image shows the Sun greeting the International Space Station as seen from the Russian section of the orbital outpost. It was taken by one of the crew

Sunrise: This stunning image shows the Sun greeting the International Space Station as seen from the Russian section of the orbital outpos

The sun is about to come up over the South Pacific Ocean in this colorful scene photographed by one of the Expedition 35 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station

The most recent picture from NASA is the latest in a stunning series of pictures captured by astronauts that have been orbiting the planet this year.

 

The previous crew of Expedition 35, had Canadian Chris Hadfield on board who gained a cult following on Twitter for his images of the Earth from space.


One of Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's latest pictures from the International Space Station shows a darkened south-eastern United States just before dawn, with the moon rising above

A picture from from the International Space Station shows a darkened south-eastern United States just before dawn, with the moon rising above


Emerald Isle: The silhouettes of Ireland and Wales were captured in this beautiful picture taken from the ISS by Commander Hadfield

Emerald Isle: The silhouettes of Ireland and Wales were captured in this beautiful picture taken from the ISS


Contrast: Commander Hadfield posted this shot of a vivid blue river snaking through Brazilian farmland on his Twitter page

This shot shows a vivid blue river snaking through Brazilian farmland


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