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natarajan
Consider it your foremost duty to revere your mother as Divine and serve her. If you cannot respect your mother, who bore you for nine months, brought you forth into the world and cares for you, whom else would you respect? Maternal love is akin to that of the Creator who projects and protects this infinite cosmos in countless ways. You may choose to worship the Divine in the form of a Goddess. Another may worship and adore God in a different form. You should note that the forms in which the Divine is worshipped by others are as important as your own chosen deity. If, on the contrary, you criticize or cast a slur on the deities worshipped by others, you are committing a grievous sin. Similarly, respect and show equal regard and reverence to all mothers (women) as you would to your own mother.

Prayer is the very breath of religion; for, it brings man and God nearer and nearer to each other. Meditation (dhyana) is the process of listening to the Song Celestial, the flute of Krishna, with the mental ears alert on the melody. Just as every day you engage in exercises and consume tonics, calculating the intake of calories and vitamins, paying meticulous attention to the nutritional value of the food, pay attention also to the intake of impressions into the mind, whether they debilitate or strengthen, whether they add to the power of resistance of the mind against the viruses – greed, envy, hatred, pride, malice, etc. Have a meal of good acts of service, divine thoughts, and drink the juice of Love (Prema rasa), so that they may be washed down, and digested well. Then, you can be shining in mental health, happiness and wholesomeness.



source:::: glasbergen.com
natarajan
Today while Science is making rapid strides, morally people are going down. Selfishness and self-interest dominate every one of the many activities. The unlimited proliferation of desires is the root cause of people’s misery and ruination. If you follow two main principles, you can reach the goal of human life: Sarva jiva namaskaaram Keshavam prathi gachathi – the reverence shown to every being reaches God. Sarva jiva thiraskaaram Keshavam prathi gachathi – similarly, insult to any beings amounts to insulting God. Understand and internalize the Omnipresence of the Lord. In the Gita, Krishna declares that sacrificing the fruits of your actions is the best and easiest way of realizing God. Sacrifice (Thyaga) is the only means of attaining liberation. Serve the society, help the poor and needy in distress, and manifest the human quality of compassion.

It’s a known fact that being born in the right country at the right time to right parents gives an advantage in all stages of life. So, which is the best country to be born in 2013?
Let’s take a look at nations that are the best to be born in 2013.

Switzerland
Rank in 2013: 1
Score in 2013: 8.22
Rank in 1988: 13

Australia
Rank in 2013: 2
Score in 2013: 8.12
Rank in 1988: 18

Norway
Rank in 2013: 3
Score in 2013: 8.09
Rank in 1988: 13

Sweden
Rank in 2013: 4
Score in 2013: 8.02
Rank in 1988: 9

Denmark
Rank in 2013: 5
Score in 2013: 8.01
Rank in 1988: 24

Singapore
Rank in 2013: 6
Score in 2013: 8.00
Rank in 1988: 36

New Zealand
Rank in 2013: 7
Score in 2013: 7.95
Rank in 1988: 18

The Netherlands
Rank in 2013: 8
Score in 2013: 7.94
Rank in 1988: 10

Canada
Rank in 2013: 9
Score in 2013: 7.81
Rank in 1988: 5

Hong Kong
Rank in 2013: 10
Score in 2013: 7.80
Rank in 1988: 7

Finland
Rank in 2013: 11
Score in 2013: 7.76
Rank in 1988: 18

Ireland
Rank in 2013: 12
Score in 2013: 7.74
Rank in 1988: 15

Austria
Rank in 2013: 13
Score in 2013: 7.73
Rank in 1988: 12

Taiwan
Rank in 2013: 14
Score in 2013: 7.67
Rank in 1988: N/A

Belgium
Rank in 2013: 15
Score in 2013: 7.51
Rank in 1988: 14

Germany
Rank in 2013: 16
Score in 2013: 7.38
Rank in 1988 (East Germany): 36

The United States
Rank in 2013: 17
Score in 2013: 7.38
Rank in 1988: 1

The United Arab Emirates
Rank in 2013: 18
Score in 2013: 7.33
Rank in 1988: 32

South Korea
Rank in 2013: 19
Score in 2013: 7.25
Rank in 1988: 10

Israel
Rank in 2013: 20
Score in 2013: 7.23
Rank in 1988: 30

Italy
Rank in 2013: 21
Score in 2013: 7.21
Rank in 1988: 4

Kuwait
Rank in 2013: 22
Score in 2013: 7.18
Rank in 1988: N/A

Chile
Rank in 2013: 23
Score in 2013: 7.10
Rank in 1988: N/A

Cyprus
Rank in 2013: 24
Score in 2013: 7.10
Rank in 1988: N/A

Japan
Rank in 2013: 25
Score in 2013: 7.08
Rank in 1988: 6

France
Rank in 2013: 26
Score in 2013: 7.04
Rank in 1988: 2

The United Kingdom
Rank in 2013: 27
Score in 2013: 7.01
Rank in 1988: 7

The Czech Republic
Rank in 2013: 28
Score in 2013: 6.96
Rank in 1988: N/A

Spain
Rank in 2013: 29
Score in 2013: 6.96
Rank in 1988: 15
Source::::Economist &Rediff.com
natarajan

What exactly is Truth? Is it the description of a ‘thing seen’ as one has seen it, without exaggeration or under-statement? No. Or, the narration of an incident in the same word as one has heard it narrated? No. Truth elevates; it holds forth ideals; it inspires the individual and society. It is the Light that illumines one’s path to God. A life inspired by Truth will enable man to live as man – not degrade oneself to the status of a lower species. There is God everywhere and there is no second entity. God is the Truth, the only Truth. God is in every article or thing, as the basis, as understanding and understandability, as the source of Divine light, as Atma. Truth is the One Awareness, the One Divine Energy that activates every living being, nay, every particle of matter.

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