Message For the Day…” Do Not Compromise Virtues Under any Circumstances…”

Every one of you must ask yourself, ‘What is the purpose I have come for?’ If it is to study, are you following the path and learning sincerely and thoroughly? Never forget the purpose of your existence. Humility is the very core of education, and its the most important aspect. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, a renowned educationist in India grew up amidst many challenges. He lost his father, and his mother raised him with a lot of difficulties. She taught very important lessons to her son. She used to say, “Child, education is not as important as virtues. For the sake of education, do not make the mistake of giving up virtues. In a difficult situation, it is even okay to give up education if it entails compromising on virtues. Good qualities are the most important for any person. Humility is the true ornament of an educated person.”

Sathya Sai Baba

Incredible Images of Airlines in Storm Clouds …

Nervous flyers may want to look away now.

These stunning (or horrifying, depending on your view of air travel) images show planes approaching huge, angry storm clouds that completely dwarf them.

The incredible snaps, which look like a scene from an apocalyptic horror movie, were taken by photographer Ramon Stalenhoef, 39, not from a plane or helicopter, but from the balcony of his apartment in Amsterdam.

Brooding: Photographer Ramon Stalenhoef has taken a stunning set of pictures of planes above Amsterdam flying into huge storm clouds

Brooding: Photographer Ramon Stalenhoef has taken a stunning set of pictures of planes above Amsterdam flying into huge storm clouds

Room with a view: Mr Stalenhoeff took the pictures from his apartment near Schiphol Airport

Room with a view: Mr Stalenhoeff took the pictures from his apartment near Schiphol Airport

Plane crazy: The pictures capture that moment of dread just before your flight enters a storm

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Plane crazy: The pictures capture that moment of dread just before your flight enters a storm

He said: ‘Some people think I shot it from another plane. Or that I went up in a balloon or climbed the highest building in town

‘But the truth is even more surprising. I just shot it from my balcony. From the second floor of my apartment.

‘I live in Amsterdam and my balcony offers a great view of the flight paths of different aircraft that are on their way to Schiphol Airport.

Ready for its close up: Zooming in reveals that this is a KLM flight

Ready for its close up: Zooming in reveals that this is a KLM flight

Up, up and away: This 747 is about to fly into jumbo storm clouds

Up, up and away: This 747 is about to fly into jumbo storm clouds

‘Thanks to the dramatic low hanging clouds and my large telephoto lens I was able to take pictures of which you think they are shot high in the sky.’

Ramon, who works as the Creative Director for an advertising agency, is inspired by photography that show a different picture than is possible with your eyes:

‘This is also an interesting aspect of photography. Photos always show a different picture than your eyes would see. Therefore photos work on peoples imagination.

‘In this case I wanted to tell the story of small and fragile looking planes high in the mighty sky.’

Ramon started taking photos in 2008 after buying his first DSLR:

‘I bought my first DSLR in 2008 and what drives me is the ‘instant satisfaction’ of taking pictures.

‘Within a fraction of a second you can amaze yourself and others. Think about it, it’s amazing to freeze time and to awe!

‘When I look through the camera I’m really aware of everything around me. I look for small details, great moments, amazing light, everything.’

To capture his images, he used a Canon 5D Mark II camera, a Canon 200mm f/2.8 L lens and a Canon 2x teleconverter.

source:::::mailonline.com UK

NATARAJAN

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2548628/Incredible-snaps-airliners-approaching-storm-clouds-Amsterdam.html#ixzz2rtOlAfIo

Jokes For the Day…” Where is My Rolex !!!…”

 

A Yankee lawyer went duck hunting in eastern North Carolina. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer’s field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly gentleman asked him what he was doing. The lawyer responded, “I shot a duck and it fell in this field, I’m going into retrieve it.”
The old farmer replied. “This is my property, and you are not coming over here.”
The indignant lawyer said, “I am one of the best trial attorneys in the U.S. and, if you don’t let me get that duck, I’ll sue you and take everything!
The old farmer smiled and said, “Apparently, you don’t know how we do things here in North Carolina. We settle small disagreements like this with the NC Three-Kick Rule.”
The lawyer asked, “What is the NC three-Kick Rule?”
The Farmer replied. “Well, first I kick you three times and then you kick me three times, and so on, back and forth, until someone gives up.”
The Yankee attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old southerner. He agreed to abide by the local custom.
The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the city feller. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy work boot into the Yankee lawyer’s groin and dropped him to his knees. His second kick nearly wiped the man’s nose off his face. The barrister was flat on his belly when the farmer’s third kick to a kidney nearly caused him to give up.
The Yankee lawyer summoned every bit of his will and managed to get to his feet and said, “Okay, you old redneck southerner, now it’s my turn.”
The old North Carolina farmer smiled and said, “Naw, I give up. You can have the duck.”
…………………………….
An engineer dies and reports to the pearly gates. St. Peter checks his dossier and says, “Ah, you’re an engineer — you’re in the wrong place.” So the engineer reports to the gates of hell and is let in. Pretty soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell, and starts designing and building improvements. After a while, they’ve got air conditioning, flush toilets and escalators, and the engineer is becoming a pretty popular guy. One day God calls Satan up on the telephone and asks with a sneer, “So, how’s it going down there in hell?” Satan replies, “Hey, things are going great. We’ve got air conditioning, flush toilets and escalators, and there’s no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next.” God replies, “What??? You’ve got an engineer? That’s a mistake — he should never have gotten down there; send him up here.” Satan says, “No way! I like having an engineer on the staff, and I’m keeping him.” God says, “Send him back up here or I’ll sue.” Satan laughs uproariously and answers, “Yeah right. And just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?

…………………………

A lawyer opened the door of his BMW, when suddenly a car came along and hit the door, ripping it off completely. When the police arrived at the scene, the lawyer was complaining bitterly about the damage to his precious BMW.
“Officer, look what they’ve done to my Beemer!” he whined.
“You lawyers are so materialistic, you make me sick!” retorted the officer, “You’re so worried about your stupid BMW, that you didn’t even notice that your left arm was ripped off!”
“Oh my god”, replied the lawyer, finally noticing the bloody left shoulder where his arm once was, “Where’s my Rolex!”
………………………….
source:::::joke a day .com
natarajan

Read more:http://www.ajokeaday.com/Clasificacion.asp?ID=43#ixzz2rqPrsZQp

Message For the Day…” Mind is the Reflection of the Food We Consume …”

Food is considered God, as it is the source of a person’s life, body, mind, and character. Eat only what you need. Do not be greedy and take more than you can eat and waste the rest. Wasting food is a great sin; your surplus can feed another stomach. Even a major part of the food you consume, the gross part, is thrown out as waste matter. A minute amount of the food, which is the subtle part, is assimilated by the body and flows as blood. And a minuscule amount, which is the subtlest part of the food, makes up your mind. Therefore mind is the reflection of the food consumed. When demonic tendencies arise in our minds, know that it is from the food we consume. To receive real nourishment, pay attention to the quality of food that you eat and let it be very pure, clean, sanctified, and Satwik.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

” தை அமாவசை … நன்றி நவிலும் தினம் “….

ஜன., 30 தை அமாவாசை

பிரகலாதனின் தந்தை இரண்யன். திருமால், நரசிம்ம அவதாரம் எடுத்து, இவனை அழித்த போது, பிரகலாதன் சோகமாய் இருந்தான். அவன், ‘தந்தை, தன்னை கொடுமைப்படுத்தினாரே… அந்த கொடுமைக்கான தண்டனையைத் தான் அவர் அனுபவிக்கிறார்…’ என்று நினைக்கவில்லை. என்ன இருந்தாலும், தந்தை அல்லவா… வருத்தம் இருக்கத்தானே செய்யும்!
பிரகலாதன் வருத்ததை அறிந்த நரசிம்மர் அவனை அழைத்து, வாஞ்சையுடன் அவனது தலையை தடவியபடி, ‘பிரகலாதா… ஒரு வரம் கேளேன்…’ என்றார்.
‘சுவாமி… வரம் கேள் என்கிறீர்களே… பிரதிபலனை எதிர்பார்த்தா உங்களிடம் பக்தி செய்தேன். இல்லையே…’வரம் கேள்’ என்கிறீர்கள். நான் கேட்காமல் போனால், உங்கள் சொல்லை தட்டிய பாவத்திற்கு ஆளாவேன். அதனால், சுவாமி, என் தந்தைக்கு நல்ல கதியைக் கொடுங்கள்…’ என்றான். இதுதான் நன்றியறிதல் என்பது! பெற்றவர்களும், நம் முன்னோர்களும் நல்லவர்களோ, கெட்டவர்களோ அவர்கள் மோட்ச கதியை அடைய, நாம் கடவுளிடம் பிரார்த்தனை செய்ய வேண்டும். இதற்காகத்தான் தை அமாவாசை போன்ற நிகழ்வுகள் ஏற்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளன.
சூரியன் தன் வடதிசை பயணத்தை ஆரம்பிக்கும் உத்ராயண காலத்தில், தை பிறக்கிறது. இந்த மாதத்து அமாவாசை மிகவும் விசேஷத்திற்குரியது. ஆடி முதல் மார்கழி வரை நம் முன்னோர் பூமிக்கு வந்து, நம்மை பாதுகாக்கின்றனர். பின், தை அமாவாசையன்று விடை பெற்று, பிதுர்லோகத்துக்கு செல்வதாக ஐதீகம். இந்த நாளில், அவர்களை நாம் நன்றியுடன் வழியனுப்பி வைக்க வேண்டும்.
தை அமாவாசை விரதம் மிகவும் எளிது. அன்று காலையில், ஏதாவது தீர்த்தக்கரைகளுக்குச் சென்று, தர்ப்பணம் செய்ய வேண்டும். அருகிலுள்ள கோவிலில் முன்னோர் நற்கதியடைய கடவுளைப் பிரார்த்திக்க வேண்டும். தர்ப்பணம் கொடுக்கும் நேரம் வரையாவது சாப்பிடாமல் இருக்க வேண்டும். நம்மை எத்தனையோ நாட்கள் பாதுகாத்த அவர்களுக்காக, நாம், ஒரு வேளை பட்டினி கிடப்பது ஒன்றும் பெரிய விஷயமல்ல. அதே நேரம், மற்றவர்களின் பட்டினியைப் போக்கும் வகையில், அன்னதானம் செய்ய வேண்டும்.
அன்று, நம் குலதெய்வம் கோவிலுக்குச் சென்று வர வேண்டும். ஏனெனில், அங்கே, நம் முன்னோர் அனைவரின் பாதமும் பட்டிருக்கும். அந்த புண்ணிய பூமியில், நம் பாதமும் படுவது, மிகுந்த புண்ணியத்தைத் தரும். நம் முன்னோர்களின் பெயரையும், அவர்களது பெருமையையும் பிள்ளைகளுக்கு சொல்லி, அவர்கள் வழியில் நடக்கும்படி அறிவுறுத்த வேண்டும்.
தை அமாவாசை நன்னாளை, நன்றியறிதல் தினமாக கொண்டாட தயாராவோம்!

source::::Dinamalar….Varamalar

natarajan

Jokes For The Day…” I Believe You are in My Chair ….” !!!

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated “If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 mi/gal.”
Recently General Motors addressed this comment by releasing the statement: “Yes, but would you want your car to crash twice a day?”
Not only that, but….
Every time they repainted the lines on the road you would have to buy a new car.
Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would just accept this, restart and drive on.
Occasionally, executing a maneuver would cause your car to stop and fail and you would have to re-install the engine. For some strange reason, you would accept this too.
You could only have one person in the car at a time, unless you bought “Car95” or “CarNT”. But, then you would have to buy more seats.
Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast, twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five percent of the roads.
The Macintosh car owners would get expensive Microsoft upgrades to their cars, which would make their cars run much slower.
The oil, gas and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single “general car default” warning light.
New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.
The airbag system would say “are you sure?” before going off.
If you were involved in a crash, you would have no idea what happened.

……………………………

 

Bill Clinton, Bill Gates and Al Gore were in an airplane that crashed. They’re up in heaven, and God’s sitting on the great white throne. God addresses Al first. “Al, what do you believe in?”
Al replies, “Well, I believe that the combustion engine is evil and that we need to save the world from CFCs and that if any more Freon is used, the whole earth will become a greenhouse and we’ll all die.” God thinks for a second and says, “Okay, I can live with that. Come and sit at my left.”
God then addresses Bill Clinton: “Bill, what do you believe in?”
Bill Clinton replies, “Well, I believe in power to the people. I think people should be able to make their own choices about things and that no one should ever be able to tell someone else what to do. I also believe in feeling people’s pain.”
God thinks for a second and says, “Okay, that sounds good. Come and sit at my right.”
God then addresses Bill Gates: “Bill Gates, what do you believe in?”
Bill Gates says, “I believe you’re in my chair.”

source:::::joke a day.com

natarajan

” Are You an addict Of Facebook ” !!!

How much time have you wasted on Facebook?+

How much time have you wasted on Facebook?+ Source: Supplied

FACEBOOK’s 10th birthday is next week, and to celebrate, TIME has made a calculator that wants to remind you just how much of your life you’ve wasted on the social networking site.

While Facebook doesn’t actually hand over data about how often someone logs in or specific time idling the site, it does give access to the timestamps of everything you have posted.

So it works by going through your posts from the beginning of your Facebook addiction right until today, coupled with an estimate of how many minutes per day you think you spend.

It then spits out a pretty accurate estimation on the time you’ve spent on Facebook. But since it doesn’t account for the time you’ve spent lurking through pictures of that crush of yours, feel free to add even a few gazillion more hours to whatever number you get.

Does this mean I'm a Facebook...

Does this mean I’m a Facebook addict?

source::::news.com.au

Methodology

Facebook doesn’t publicize data on exactly how often a user logs in, though you can bet that they’ve got that information. In lieu of that measurement, this app runs through the timestamps on every post in your feed until it reaches the earliest one, which it uses as the estimated date that you created your profile. Users who are extraordinarily active on the site may get an estimate that is considerably later than the actual date that they joined.

Read more: Facebook Time Machine: How Much Time Have You Wasted? | TIME.com http://techland.time.com/2014/01/27/how-much-time-have-you-wasted-on-facebook/#ixzz2rkhrVCqN

As per the calculator …..calculator Link in the next paragraph…. i have wasted 14 Days 14 Hours and 51 Minutes since 10 Aug 2010 !!!!

natarajan

If you’re curious, you can access the calculator here and see how you match up to my embarrassing number above  !!!!

Message for the Day…” Fruit of Action depends upon the Action itself …”

Jealousy will make a person see bad, even in the good! It will bring about your destruction in many ways. Root it out of you at the earliest. If not, the next one to come is ego. Ego destroys discrimination, drives out human qualities, and turns you into a demon. Doubt, jealousy, ego and lack of faith are four very strong evil qualities. Even if any one of those four are present in anyone, without doubt, they will be ruined over time. Develop good conduct and earnestly practice good behavior as much as possible, then you will attain the status of a noble person over time. Never do any work with the desire for money or any other benefit. Expecting the result of work is greediness. The fruit of the action depends upon the action itself. Can you expect 100/100 even before you start studying? Instead of studying keeping marks in view, you must study because it is your duty, and do it with total dedication.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

” பிரெஞ்சு பாஷைல ‘சீ ப்ரே ‘ என்றால் என்ன அர்த்தம் ! …”


ஏதோ ஓர் அறக்கட்டளையை கலைத்துவிட அதன் அறங்காவலர்கள்
முடிவு செய்திருப்பதாகவும், அவர்கள் யாவரும் பெரியவாளின்
பக்தர்களாகையால் அதன் சொத்துக்களை அவர் உயிரினும் பெரிதாக
மதித்த வேதரக்ஷண நிதி ட்ரஸ்டுக்கு மாற்றி விட விரும்புவதாகவும்
அவர்களில் ஒருவர் செய்தி கொண்டு வந்தார். அதற்கு ஸ்ரீ சரணருடைய
அநுமதியும் அநுக்ரஹமும் வேண்டினார்.

ஸ்ரீ சரணர் பளிச்செனப் பதிலிறுத்தார்: “நீங்க ட்ரஸ்டீகளெல்லாரும்
எங்கிட்ட பக்தியா இருக்கேன்னா போறுமா என்ன? ஒங்க பக்தியை,
அபிமானத்தை மனஸார அங்கீகரிச்சுக்கறேன். ஆனாலும் ஒங்க
ட்ரஸ்டோட ஆஸ்தி பாஸ்தியை வேதரக்ஷண நிதிக்கு ட்ரான்ஸ்ஃபர்
பண்றதுன்னா, அதுக்குச் சட்டம் எடம் குடுத்தாதானே முடியும்?
அந்த மாதிரிக் குடுக்கலியே! “ப்ரன்ஸிபள் அவ் ஸீப்ரே”ன்னு
‘லா’வுல இருக்கு. அதன்படி, ஒரு டிரஸ்டைக் கலைக்கும்படி
ஏற்பட்டா அதனோட சொத்துக்களை எந்த லக்ஷ்யத்துல அந்த ட்ரஸ்ட்
ஆரம்பிச்சு நடத்துதோ, அதுக்கு ரொம்பக் கிட்டினதான ஒரு
லக்ஷ்யத்தோட நடக்கற இ்ன்னொரு ட்ரஸ்டுக்குத்தான் மாத்த முடியும்.
ரொம்ப வித்யாஸமான லக்ஷ்யம் இருக்கிற ட்ரஸ்டுக்கு ட்ரான்ஸ்ஃபர்
பண்ண முடியாது. இப்ப ஒங்க ட்ரஸ்டோட லக்ஷ்யமும் வேதரக்ஷணமும்
வித்யாஸமானதுன்னுதான் எல்லாரும் அபிப்ராயப்படுவா.

ஒங்க ட்ரஸ்ட் ஸோஷல் ஸர்வீஸ் லக்ஷ்யத்துல ஏற்பட்டது. வேத
ரக்ஷணத்தைவிடப் பெரிய சோஷல் ஸர்வீஸ் இல்லேன்னு எங்க மாதிரி
சில பேர் வேணா சொல்லலாமே தவிர, அதைப் பொதுவா லோகம்,
கவர்மென்ட், கோர்ட் ஒத்துக்காது. ஆனதுனால், ஒங்க ஆசையைப்
பூர்த்தி பண்ண முடியலியேன்னு எனக்கும் கஷ்டமாத்தான்
இருக்குன்னாலும் அப்படித்தான் சட்டம் கட்டுப்படுத்தறது.
நீங்க இத்தனை அபிமானமா நெனச்சதே வேதரக்ஷண ட்ரஸ்டுக்குப்
பணத்தைக் கொண்டு வந்து கொட்டும்! ஒங்க பணமும் ஒரு நல்ல
சோஷல் சர்வீஸ் ஆர்கனைஸேஷனுக்குப் போய்ச் சேந்து நல்லபடியா
பிரயோஜனமாகணும்னு ப்ரார்த்திச்சுக்கறேன்”- அவருக்கே உரித்தான
ஆழ்ந்த அநுதாபத்துடன் கூறி, அகம் குவித்துச் சிறிது நேரம்
பிரார்த்திக்கிறார்.

அடுத்து அவரது மொழியியல் ஞானம், பன்மொழிப் புலமை
ஆகியவற்றுக்கும் சான்று படைக்கிறார்.

” ‘ஸீப்ரே’-ன்னு சட்டப் பாயின்ட் சொன்னேனே, அதுக்கு ஸ்பெல்லிங்படி
உச்சரி்ப்புப் பாத்தா ‘ஸைப்ரஸ்’னு வரும். ஆனா அது ஃப்ரெஞ்ச்
வார்த்தையானதால, அந்த பாஷையோட லக்ஷணப்படி ஸ்பெல்லிங்
ஒரு தினுஸாவும், உச்சரிப்பு வேறே தினுஸாவும் இருக்கும். இந்த
வார்த்தை ஸ்பெல்லிங்படி ‘ஸைப்ரஸ்’ன்னு ஆகும்.ஆனாலும்
ஸைப்ரஸ் தீவுக்குப் போடற ஸ்பெல்லிங் இல்லை. அந்தத் தீவுக்கு,
C,Y,P,R,U,S-னு ஸ்பெல்லிங் போடறோம். ‘ஸீப்ரே’க்கு C,Y, அப்புறம்
ரெண்டு வார்த்தையை ஒண்ணா சேக்கறப்ப ஸந்தியிலே போடற
ஹைஃபன், ஹைஃபனுக்கு அப்பறம் P,R,E..E, தான் U இல்லே:
U போட்டா ஸைப்ரஸ் தீவுன்னு ஆயிடும்…E க்கு அப்புறம்
கடைசி எழுத்தா S-(CY-PRES). அந்த ‘S’ உச்சரிப்புல வராது.
‘ஸைலன்ட்’ ஆயிடும்.

ஃப்ரெஞ்ச் பாஷைல ‘ஸீ-ப்ரே-ன்னா ‘ரொம்பக் கிட்டே”னு அர்த்தம்.
ஒரு ட்ரஸ்ட் சொத்தை அதனோட லக்ஷ்யத்துக்கு ரொம்பவும்
கிட்டினதான லக்ஷ்யமுள்ள இன்னொரு ட்ரஸ்டுக்குத்தான்
மாத்தணும்னு தெரிவிக்கிறதால அந்த விதிக்கு அப்படிப் பேர்.”   

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Message For the Day…” Keep Your Desires Under Control …”

People are deluded by unlimited desires. They live in a dream world, forgetting the Supreme Consciousness. It is very important to keep desires under control and place a ceiling on them. Instead of inordinately spending for our own pleasure, we should offer money for the relief of the poor and needy. Do not make the mistake of thinking that giving away your money for good and noble purposes is all that is needed to practice ceiling on desires. While giving to the needy is good, it is equally important that you do not allow your own desires to continue to multiply; both should happen. You must curtail your desires, as materialistic desires lead to a restless and disastrous life. Desires are a prison. You can be freed only by restraining your wants. Limit them to only what you truly need in life. This is the real meaning of ‘Ceiling on Desires’.   

Sathya Sai Baba