Quote of BABA:
Do not fear. I am myself there and guarding you and your family.
source:::: shirdi sai speaks…. H. Deepa
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Message For The Day…Always Walk Towards Sun !!!
Quotes For The Weekend !!!!
My Grandfather used to say that once in your life time , you need a Doctor , a Lawyer , a Policeman AND a Preacher …
But every day…three times a day . you need a FARMER !!!
Modern medicine is a negation of health. It is not organised to serve human health !!! But only itself , as an institution.!!!
It makes more people sick than it heals !!!!
Do not judge anybody by appearnce.. A Rich heart may be hidden under a poor coat !!!
ALL Good things in our Life or either less expensive or Free !!!!
IF you do not control your mind , some one will !!!!
Worry is a misuse of thinking and imagination !!!!
SOURCE:::UNKNOWN
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A to Z For Art Of Living !!!!
alphabets are so intelligently arranged, that
they show you the way of life….
“A”lways “B”e “C”ool.
“D”on’t have “E”go with “F”riends n Family.
“G”iveup “H”urting “I”ndividuals.
“J”ust “K”eep “L”oving “M”ankind.
“N”ever “O”mit “P”rayers.
“Q”uietly “R”emember God.
“S”peak “T”ruth.
“U”se “V”alid “W”ords.
“X”press “Y”our “Z”eal.
SOURCE :::::Unknown…
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” It is None Of My Business ” !!!
Its none of my Business…!!!
“Well, then… Jesus said, give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and give to God what belongs to God..” (Mark-12:17- Holy Bible)
I like this statement. It has many deep interpretations..
One of it (may be mine..) is that We are not expected to do everything come in our way; even you have expertise or wisdom… Let Caesar do his and let God…
I have two challenges for writing this piece..
One: Last week, we discussed about taking call of others if it is beneficial..this week, I am arguing that we don’t have to do others work..!! I am afraid of your comment.. “Oh come on Rafeeque, your views are contradictory..!!!”
Two: This thought is very subtle. I drafted this story about ten times in mind before typing…am I able to put it across explicitly???
Let me share a couple of incidents which implanted this thought in me..
Incident # 1: 2004 Summer, I was attending a Vigilance Course at the CBI Academy, Ghaziabad, New Delhi. It was part of my employment in AAI..Though I forgot the name of the gentleman who inaugurated the session, I got stumbled upon one of his statement.. “before starting any vigilance investigation, you must confirm whether, it requires a vigilance investigation or is it a case of a disciplinary inquiry to be conducted by HR Department. At the first instance, if you feel so, do not investigate the matter but send to HR in a sealed cover for necessary action..”
Point: It is not that a vigilance officer who is not capable of investigating a disciplinary matter (most of the time..it is overlapped.. ). Because it is not his business; some one else to carry it out…
Incident #2: I was sitting in a prestigious High Court of the country, waiting for my case to board. In Courts, (for my non-lawyer friends..) each Bench would be allocated a specific nature of cases. Eg: Service matters, Labour matters, Criminal matters, Company matters etc., It was a service matter bench presided by the Chief Justice (CJ) Bench.. CJ is well known and popular by his depth in law and pro-activeness. When a counsel started arguing his matter passionately, CJ interfered and asked..
“Counsel, is it a matter involved a labor issue?”
“Yes, Me Lord..a part of it.. may be…” the lawyer admitted.
“Well, then I don’t have to hear this case. Lets transfer this to the Labour Bench..”
Point, It does not mean that the Hon’ble CJ is not acquainted with Labour matters. Rather he is an expert and has delivered land mark judgments in labor cases when he presided over the labour bench.. What he made it clear that he is not supposed to hear that matter at that point of time; it is some one else’s work…
Suddenly, both of these incidents jointly took me to a wonderful wisdom…I enjoyed it as if I cracked a life secret…!!
“Mind your own business”
It is absolutely okay to say openly that “it is none of my business” (be careful about your tone.. you will be tempted to be harsh..!!)
Yes friends, knowingly or not, we undertake many of things which may be done by some one else.. perhaps, they may be sitting quietly and enjoying it.. this happens both in professional and personal life..
the major road block for saying no to others work is the fear that the other person may think that you are a duffer…!!! it may be construed as your weakness, ignorance, excuse etc.,
Let me borrow the well known management principle “Whose Monkeys are in your shoulder ”? please check..
Often, we take other’s monkeys on our shoulder..and complain..Oh God..I am stressed…what a work load..!!
Friends, if a Chief Justice, in open court, can declare that it is not my work, if senior bureaucrats of our country can return files on the ground of not his/her area of work..Why shouldn’t we..?
I tell you, I am practicing this technique for quite a long time. Hardly I was told to take it back..in most of the cases, it works well..because, the other person knows that it is his/her work..
I believe, human being, by design, is meant to do a specific area of work ….not all..otherwise, we wouldn’t have lot of ‘subject matter experts’ around us..
Remember..so far in my experience, no employee has been rewarded by any employer because he/she used to do others work..!!!
Please note: Doing others work as a favor… is an exception to this theory
So, please have a look at your shoulder..and ensure that only your monkeys are sitting there…
Have a great week ahead !!!!!
source:::: Reblogged from the post of my friend Rafeeque…
Natarajan
Message For The Day…Athma Vichara is the Practice Of Truth !!!
The first step in Self-Enquiry (Athma Vichara) is the practice of the truth that whatever gives you pain, gives pain to others and whatever gives you joy, gives joy to others. So do unto others as you would like them do unto you; desist from any act in relation to others, which, if done by them will cause you pain. Thus, a kind of reciprocal relationship will grow between you and others and gradually you reach the stage when your heart thrills with joy when others are joyful and shudders in pain when others are sad. This is not the kind of affection towards those who are dear to you or those who are your kith and kin. This sharing of joy and grief is automatic, immediate, and universal. It is a sign of great spiritual advance, the wave knows that it is part of the ocean; all the waves are but temporary manifestations of the sea and with the same taste of the ocean itself.
– Divine Discourse, Jul 25, 1958.
Divine Image of The Day !!!
Quote of BABA:
Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.
SOURCE:::SHIRDI SAI SPEAKS…H.Deepa
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Message For The Day…Need For Pious Intellect and Poised State…
The world today is suffering more from Rajobuddhi (passionate intellect) than Thamas (inertia). People have violent likes and dislikes. They are carried away by noise, show and propaganda. That is why discrimination has become essential. To reach the goal, Sathwabuddhi (pious intellect) is essential. This intellect will lead you to seek the truth calmly and stick to it, unmindful of the consequences. You might have heard people talk about the miracles; of My ‘materialisations’, of My fulfilling all your wants, of My curing illnesses. But they are not so important as the Saathwaguna (poised state) I appreciate, promote and instil. In fact, I confer on you the boons of health and prosperity, only so that you might, with greater enthusiasm and less interruption proceed on the path of spiritual practice.
– Divine Discourse, Jul 25, 1958.
Just For Laugh !!!!…Double sting Bee !!!
American…In India , do you guys call your wives ” HONEY ” in your native language ?
Indian:::: Oh ..No…We call them “BEE BEE”…..They sting twice as hard as Honey bee !!!!
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Teacher was fast asleep in a class and Little Johnny walks up to him .
Johnny: Sir…are you sleeping in the class ?
Teacher: No..Johnny…I am not sleeping .
Johnny::What were you doing , Sir ?
Teacher::: I was talking to GOD .
Next day, Little Johnny fell asleep in the class and the same teacher walks upto him.
Teacher::: Johnny… you are sleeping in my class ?
Johnny::::No ..not at all sir…. i am not sleeping.
Teacher::: Then what were you doing ?
Johnny::: I was talking to GOD Sir….
Teacher::: What did GOD say ?
Johnny:::: GOD said HE NEVER SPOKE TO YOU YESTERDAY !!!!!!!
SOURCE ::::UNKNOWN
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Indian American “Sri” Srinivasan Creates History as Top US Judge !!!
The India-Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US, was Thursday confirmed by the Senate by a 97 to 0 vote, as a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Sri Srinavasan. – Wikimedia Commons
Chandigarh-born “trailblazer” Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan has made history with the US Senate unanimously confirming him as the first South Asian judge on the powerful appeals court for the American capital.
Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US, was Thursday confirmed by the Senate by a 97 to 0 vote, as a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, often called the nation’s second-highest court.
“Pleased” at the unanimous confirmation of his nominee “the first one to this important court in seven years,” President Barack Obama said “Sri is a trailblazer who personifies the best of America.”
“Born in Chandigarh, India, and raised in Lawrence, Kansas, Sri spent nearly two decades as an extraordinary litigator before serving” in his current job, Obama noted predicting, “Now he will serve with distinction on the federal bench.”
“Sri will in fact be the first South Asian American to serve as a circuit court judge in our history,” he said as he pressed the Senate to act quickly to fill the three remaining vacancies on the appeals court “as well as other vacancies across the country”.
The 11-member court has been operating with just seven judges – four Republican and four Democratic nominees – throughout Obama’s tenure.
The influential Washington Post described Srinivasan’s confirmation as significant for Obama “hoping to shift the conservative tilt of the court, which is poised to rule on several key elements of his second-term agenda in the months ahead.”
In fact like many other analysts Post noting that four of the Supreme Court’s current nine justices served on the DC Circuit suggested “With the vote, Srinivasan also becomes a front-runner to be nominated for a Supreme Court vacancy should one arise in the next three years.”
For USA Today “It was just the latest chapter in a stellar legal career that has taken the 46-year-old litigator known as “Sri” to a seat on the nation’s second most powerful court – and given him instant buzz as a potential Supreme Court justice himself.”
Even before his 18-0 approval by Senate Judiciary Committee last month, the New Yorker suggested: “The stakes in this nomination are clear: if Srinivasan passes this test and wins confirmation, he’ll be on the Supreme Court before President Obama’s term.”
Ian Millhiser, a senior constitutional policy analyst at the Centre for American Progress Action Fund agreed that “Srinivasan may indeed emerge as a leading candidate for the Supreme Court.”
“In the mean time,” he suggested there were “ten potential Democratic Supreme Court nominees who aren’t named ‘Sri'”. Among them, he named California’s Indian-African-American Attorney General Kamala Harris, and Indian-American Neal Kumar Katyal, whom Srinivasan succeded.
Srinivasan’s family immigrated to the US when he was four. He grew up in Lawrence, Kansas, where his father was a mathematics professor at the University of Kansas, and his mother taught at the Kansas City Art Institute.
He received his BA with honours and distinction in 1989 from Stanford University and his JD with distinction in 1995 from Stanford Law School, where he was elected to Order of the Coif and served as an editor of the Stanford Law Review.
He received the Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Furthering US National Security in 2003 and the Office of the Secretary of Defence Award for Excellence in 2005.
source :::: google news …dna
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