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‘Mine’ and ‘yours’ — these attitudes are only for identification. They are not real; they are temporary. ‘His’(All belongs to the Lord) — that is the truth, the eternal. It is like the headmaster of a school being in temporary charge of the furniture of the school. He has to hand over the items when he is transferred or retired. Treat all things with which you are endowed just as the headmaster treats the furniture. Be always aware that the final checking-up is imminent. Wait for that moment with joy. Be ready for that event. Have your accounts up to date and the balance already calculated to be handed over. Treat all things entrusted to you with care and diligence
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Message for the Day…” Faith Develops into Love , and Love Results in Concentration…”
People driving cars concentrate on the road, for they are anxious to save themselves and others from accidents. Fear is what induces single-mindedness here. But Love is a greater force for achieving concentration. If you have steady and resolute love, concentration becomes intense and unshakeable. Faith develops into love, and love results in concentration. And under these conditions, prayer begins to yield fruit. Pray keeping all the waves of the mind stilled. Pray, as the performance of a duty for your very real existence, as the only justification for your coming into the world as a human. Narayana is the Lord of the Water (naaram means water). But what is the water of which He is the Lord of? He resides in the heart, and His presence when recognised melts even the stoniest heart, and water emanates from the eye as tears of joy, gratitude, and fullness! The function of your tears is not to weep like a fool or a coward but to express internal joy.
” Do You Know the Meaning of the Word ” Mortgage ” ?…..Read This !!!
The English language has roots in Ancient Greek, Latin, German, French and several more languages. Because of that, the meaning of certain words we use today have come a long way since their origins, tosometimes mean something else completely. This short list shows you some of the more bizarre origins of modern English words, many of which are quite surprising.
Bellwether” refers to a leader or a trendsetter, generally used for a products or stock that serves as an indicator of the state of the market. In old English dialect, “wether” was the name of a castrated ram, and the lead wether in a herd would usually have a bell hung around its neck, helping the herdsman could locate it.
“Arctic” comes from the Greek word “arktos”, meaning “bear”. It refers to the “Great Bear” (also known as the “Big Dipper” or Ursa Major), a constellation that remain in the same place year-round in the northern sky.
Canopy comes from the Greek word for mosquito – “konops”. The Greek referred to a bed or a couch fitted with mosquito netting as a “Kanopeion”, which eventually became “Canopy”.
The flower “Dandelion” got its name from the French “dent de lion” (the tooth of the lion), referring to the shape of the petals.
When you hear the word “Sturdy”, you think of something robust and solid, but in the 14th century, it actually meant “unruly” or “unmanageable.” It is believed to originate from the Latin name for thrush – “turdus”. Thrushes had a tendency to eat leftover fermented grapes in wineries, making them drunk and frenzied. To this day, the French use the term soûl comme une grive, meaning “as drunk as a thrush”…
These days, “Pedigree” is used to refer to lineage or heritage, but it originally was a genealogical diagram (A family tree). French scholars in medieval times thought the connecting lines resembled a stork’s leg – “pied de grue”.
| When we hear the word “Henchman”, we often associate it with the nameless guards for the main villain in a Bond movie, but the origin of the word has noble roots. “Hench” comes from the old English word “hengest” (horse), and a henchman would be a knight or a servant who would ride along a nobleman on long journeys.
Not surprisingly, “Mortgage” comes from the French words “mort” (death), and “gage” (pledge) meaning you pledge to pay it until you’re dead…
“Schlong” comes from the Yiddish word for snake – “Shlang”…
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| In the 19th century, a “sniper” was a man who hunted snipe. Snipes were considered to be the hardest game bird due to their flight speed and constant alertness. This forced hunters to shoot them from a distance, and giving us the modern meaning of the word.
Tragedy is an interesting word. It comes from the Greek word “tragoedia” which literally means “goat song”. The exact reason for this peculiar origin is a mystery, but it likely comes from the Ancient Greek actors who wore animal hides during performances of drama and tragedy.
In the 17th century, “Fizzle” meant to break wind without making a noise. Originating from the old English word “fisting” (farting). |
Cantaloupe comes from the name “Cantalupo”, a papal estate in Italy where the first melons in Europe were grown. Cantalupo itself comes from the Latin words “Cantare” (to sing) and “Lupo” (wolf) – it’s assumed that the residents Cantalupo would hear the howling of wolves regularly.
| A “Sycophant” is a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage. Its origin is quite bizarre – it comes from the Greek “suko” (fig) and “phantes” (a person who shows or reveals something). In Ancient Greece, exporting figs was prohibited by law, and those who would report illegal exporters to the authorities were called “fig revealers”. |
| H/T: mentalfloss.com / buzzfeed.com
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” Let us Learn From These Birds….”
Birds Can Teach Us a Lot About Perseverance…
| There is much to learn from the world of nature. We often forget that many of the things we know come from that place. When we despair from our world’s hardships, it can be of immense comfort to look outside of it for some answers. I hope this beautiful presentation will prove that to you.
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Pictures of the Day…. Cheetahs on the Top of the World …!!!
The look on tourist Mickey McCaldin’s face says it all. Picture: Caters News Source: Picture Media
All aboard! Picture: Caters News Source: Picture Media
Bigger than your average household cat, these cheetahs made themselves at home with these tourists. Picture: Caters News Source: Picture Media
There were many other tourists on board, but these cheetah’s took a special liking to Mickey McCaldin, seated in the back row. Picture: Caters News Source: Picture Media
Picture: Caters News Source: Picture Media
Source….www.news.com.au
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The Beauty of Our Mother Earth….
Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s natural environment.
open your eyes – do something for our planet.
Source….www.ba-bamail.com
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Amazing …. Turtle’s Eye view of Great Barrier Reef…
The Great Barrier Reef is home to almost 6000 species. Thanks to GoPro, here’s what the journey through it looks like for one of them: a turtle’s eye view of the Reef.
To find out more about the level of pollution affecting turtles within the Great Barrier Reef, WWF is working on innovative project in Queensland with the support of our partners Banrock Station Wines Environmental Trust, James Cook University, The University of Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, State and Commonwealth government agencies, Indigenous rangers and local community groups.
As part of that project, the opportunity arose to very carefully fit a small GoPro camera to a turtle, to better understand the post-release behaviour of tagged green turtles. The result is this amazing video.
Source….www.you Tube.com and http://www.ba-bamail.com
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Message For the Day…” Realise that Both Joy and Sorrow are Passing Phases like clouds across the Blue Sky…”
The doctor first diagnoses the disease and then prescribes the course of treatment. So too, you must submit yourself to the diagnosis of your illness, viz. misery, travail, and pain through Self-Enquiry. Investigate fearlessly and with care, and you will find that your nature is bliss(ananda)! You have falsely identified yourself with the temporary, the frivolous and the paltry, and that attachment brings sorrow. Realise that both joy and sorrow are passing phases, like clouds across the blue sky. Learn to treat prosperity and adversity with equanimity. Just as fish lives only when it is immersed in water, so too human being lives only when immersed in bliss. You must have bliss at home, in society, and in the world, but more than all, in your heart. Your heart is the spring of joy. That spring must be touched by constant recitation of Lord’s Name and dwelling on His Glory. Never give way to doubt or despair.
Message For the Day…” Always be Cheerful, Smiling and Enthusiastic…’
It is not the nature of a spiritual aspirant to search for faults in others and hide their own. If your faults are pointed out to you by someone, don’t argue and try to prove yourself right, and don’t bear a grudge against them for it. Reason out within yourself how it is a fault and set right your own behaviour. Rationalising it for your own satisfaction or wreaking vengeance on the person who pointed it out —these are not the traits of a spiritual aspirant or devotee. Depression, doubt, conceit —these will harm one’s practices and are akin to Rahu and Kethu (planets which bring ill-luck). When your devotion is well established, these qualities will be easily discarded. Seek always the truthful and the joyful, and avoid all thoughts which are untrue, sad and depressing. Always be cheerful, smiling, and enthusiastic under all circumstances. This pure attitude is most desirable. Never get inflated when praised or deflated when blamed – be a spiritual lion!
221B…. Baker Street and Sherlock Holmes ….
When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first began writing Sherlock Holmes stories back in the late 19th century, 221B Baker Street didn’t exist. While Baker Street itself existed, and still exists today, the numbers on the street back when Doyle wrote the Sherlock Holmes novels and when Holmes was supposed to reside there (1881 to 1904 according to Doyle’s original stories) only went into the hundreds. It would seem that Doyle intentionally picked an address that didn’t exist.
This all changed in the 1930s when the street numbers in London were rejigged and reallocated to make things a little more streamlined. During the reallocation, a recently constructed building for the Abbey Road Building Society (aka Santander), known as “Abbey House” was awarded all of the odd numbers between 219 and 229.
Because the address 221 Baker Street now existed, all of the mail that fans across the world had inexplicably sent to Holmes not knowing that he didn’t exist, now had a place to be delivered. It’s noted that as soon as the bank began trading from the building on March 18, 1932, they were inundated with dozens of letters addressed to Holmes. While most of the letters were basically just fan mail or nice messages wishing the detective well, the bank were surprised to find a decent number of people who’d written to ask for Holmes’ help.
Now you’re probably thinking that a large, faceless corporation like a bank would have dismissed these letters as an annoyance and have them shredded or something, but that didn’t happen. Instead, the bank went out and hired someone to serve as “Sherlock Holmes’ personal secretary” and charged them with reading and responding to the mail. Rather than sending a stock reply on bank stationary explaining that Sherlock Holmes wasn’t real, this secretary would write back explaining that Holmes had retired to go live in the country and raise bees on a farm in South Downs in Sussex.
Fans of Sherlock Holmes may recognise this as being where Arthur Conan Doylehimself claims the detective went in his twilight years in the short stories, The Lion’s Mane, The Blanched Soldiers and His Last Bow. Needless to say, Abbey National did their homework when it came to staying consistent with Holmes’ back story. According to Nikki Capar, who worked as Holmes’ secretary in the 1980s, she’d also sometimes write back to fans as Sherlock Holmes using quotes from the aforementioned stories, often telling fans that she (Holmes) had “given myself up entirely to that soothing life of Nature for which I had so often yearned during the long years spent amid the gloom of London.”
As it turned out, the bank quite enjoyed the attention of sharing their address with one of London’s most famous fictional residents, so much so that they had a small plaque commissioned to sit outside the building and on their 150th anniversary even paid for the creation of a bronze statue that currently sits outside the Baker Street entrance to the tube.
In 1990, though, things turned a little sour when the Sherlock Holmes museum opened nearby and suddenly decided that they should be the only ones who were allowed to open Sherlock Holmes’ fan mail. Although the museum was located between 237 and 241 Baker Street, they argued that as an authority on Sherlock Holmes, there were better equipped to deal with his correspondence than a billion dollar company with virtually unlimited resources that had been doing an admirable job at exactly that for about five decades straight. The museum even put a plaque outside their building declaring that the museum was the real home of Sherlock Holmes.
The courts didn’t agree and they ruled in favour of the bank, since, well, they did technically own 221 Baker Street and it wasn’t their fault that people kept sending letters there to a guy who didn’t exist. The museum fought this decision for over a decade until 2002, when the bank, which was then known as Abbey National, moved its headquarters to nearby Triton Square.
By this point, Westminster council had grown pretty sick of dealing with the issue and when the bank moved, they granted the museum exclusive rights to use theaddress 221B Baker Street, even though the museum itself still resided between 237 and 241 Baker Street.
The museum is still there today.
Source….www.today i found out .com
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