Self Improvement

Message for the Day…” When Ego Fades away, Knowledge Shines as Wisdom…”

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Jnana Yajna is specially recommended by scriptures for all. Jnana does not simply mean knowledge gained from scholars and books, but actually conducting in accordance with that knowledge. Knowledge can never ripen into wisdom so long as the ego persists in craving for results to satisfy its desires. When ego fades away, knowledge shines as Wisdom. When yajnas are performed solely for the peace and prosperity of the world (Loka-Kalyan), they reach God. Jnana reveals that in every sacrifice, God is the Prompter, the Promoter, the Sacrificer, the Sacrifice, the Product achieved and the Recipient of the product. God is the consumer of every sacred offering (Yajnabhuk); He is guardian of the yajna (Yajna-bhrith) and its performer (Yajna krith). He is all; it is only when He is all that the act becomes a genuine yajna. If this attitude can soak into every activity, it will sanctify every moment of your life and make it a yajna.

Great Life Advice From Mark Twain….

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Mark Twain is considered by many to be one of the greatest American authors in history. He wasn’t only a writer though, he was also a source of constant inspiration, a fountain of memorable quotes and a man with an incredible intellect. So when we say we have some words of advice for you from the mouth of Mark Twain, there is a very good reason to listen!

1. Age is in your mind more than anywhere else.
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”
With this clever play on words, Twain is telling us age doesn’t matter as long as you don’t give it significance. It means that a young soul can dwell in an old body and all the limitations we put on age, other than those physical ones, are actually in our head.
This advice isn’t just about age, it’s also about self-confidence. When we believe we have a problem, we transmit that to the people around us and so bring it to pass. People can feel the lack of self-confidence in others and they will treat you as you treat yourself. So, once you make that mental ‘switch’, the enviornment will too.
2. Humor is one of the most important things.
“Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.”
“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.”
The simple act of laughing and responding to humor is one of the greatest experiences of the human condition. Life is nothing without laughter, just a sad shell, and although there are pleasures in life that have nothing to do with humor, they are always improved upon and made more palatable with a good side dish of laughter. Humor helps almost all situations and using it will draw people to you faster than anything else you may do.
3.Anger will hurt you more than help you.
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
Anger is an inescapable human emotion; we all get mad once in a while. But there are ways to control out anger, and not let it control us. Just like laughter is transient in nature, so should anger be. A joke will make you laugh again and again if you think about it over and over, and anger is no exception, the more you think about it, the angrier you’ll become. So, when you are angry at something or someone, it’s important you let it die out naturally; don’t continue to feed it. Think of other things and apply your cognitive resources at things that make you happy.
4. The world doesn’t owe you, you owe yourselves.
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
The feeling of being owed something by the world is common in this generation. We all feel entitled to something, whether it’s a steady job, money, happiness etc. But these feelings usually lead only to frustration, bitterness, anger and resentment. Let go of these expectations from yourselves and from the world, and you’ll see that everything becomes a bit easier. You do deserve the best, but you’ll need to go and get it for yourselves.
5. Having a new idea is not a crime.
“A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.”
When you see things differently than other people, expect mixed reactions. Some will support you, others ignore you, while still others will try to bring you down. Most people tend to hold on to their preconceived notions for dear life, and will even act aggressively or negatively when these are threatened by an opposing opinion. But remember, all great discoveries were once such novel ideas, and many of them carried negative reactions. You should say what you believe and act upon it, don’t let anyone tell you your ideas are ‘too weird’. After all, human flight used to be such a novel and strange idea.
6. Don’t let your thoughts dwell on the negative.
“Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.”
You must watch your thoughts, because it is so easy to get into a habit of thinking negatively, turning our worries and troubles over and over in our head, until they seem as big as mountains and as dark as the night. Thinking positively is one of the best gifts you can give yourselves, and will ultimately lead to you doing everything a little better, with people reacting much better to your attitude. In the end, life is made up of ‘tasks’ we must accomplish, some small, some big and difficult. Try to look at any ‘difficult’ task as a challenge and as an opportunity to learn something about yourselves.
7. Instead of worrying about yourself, worry about others and help yourself.
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”
There is something magical about making someone else smile or getting them out of a tough situation. Helping others not only makes us better people and buys us goodwill from those around us, it also makes our own problems seem smaller because we’re not preoccupied with them 24/7. If you help others without thinking, just jumping in and helping out, you’ll be the one who ends up with a smile on your face.
8. Try everything, regret nothing.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
A beautiful quote by Mark Twain and one that is full of truth. It’s always easier to delay things we want to do. After all, life usually gets in the way and we tell ourselves ‘well, we’ll try it later’. But as we get older, those opportunities become more and more rare, and the things we end up regretting the most are the things we simply never tried to do.
Failure shouldn’t scare us, it’s a part of life. What is scarier is having opportunities and never acting on them. So when you think you want to do something – do it. Failure may happen, but at least you’ll know the answer to the question: “What if?”.
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Everyone Should Have a Last Day at Work Like This 60-Year-Old Liftman ….

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When was the last time you smiled at a liftman or returned the morning wish of a watchman? Appreciated the kind people who are at your service even when you don’t notice them? These college students from Delhi did something remarkable for a liftman who had been with their institution for 34 years. And, in the process, sent an important message to the rest of us as well.

The watchman, the peon, the liftman, the gardener – aren’t these some of the very first people one sees on entering a college building? And also the first few people whose smiles mark the beginning of a new day for most students who walk the same paths and corridors every day?

While students enter and leave colleges every four to five years, these people keep doing their jobs silently and perfectly, day in and day out. They play a crucial role in the smooth functioning of a college and also form a special bond of friendship with many students.

Dhaniram, the ex-liftman at the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) in Delhi, is one such person.

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This 60-year-old man, respectfully known as Dhaniram ji, spent 34 years of his life working as the liftman at the college. Be it students, parents, visitors, faculty members, or old students who have now become teachers, Dhaniramji knows one and all.

“He is a really nice guy, a very friendly human being and a very important part of the college family,” says Ayush Kamalia, a fourth year student at SPA.

And so, when it was announced a month ago that the liftman is going to retire on Sept. 30, 2015, students knew they had to do something for the man, something that would help him remember the college and its students forever.

So they got together, pitched in money, and organized a full-fledged, colourful, creative, and memorable farewell party for Dhaniram ji, leaving the old man both overjoyed and teary-eyed at the same time.

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Dhaniram welcomed to his farewell party On Sept. 23, Dhaniram ji received a very warm and loud welcome by a gathering that had students, faculty members, administrative staff, and just about everyone from the college. –

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“Everyone wanted to come together to thank him for his service, for his time and for his gleaming smile that brings out more happy wrinkles than the years he has given to the college,” says Ayush.

Being architecture students, everybody tried to contribute with their creative efforts.

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Dhaniram ji was pleasantly surprised with a miniature model of a lift, inside which he found a scroll with a personal message thanking him for being his awesome self, and a memento marking his time in the college. Other gifts included a wallet, belt, wrist watch, and some cash. Faculty members gave gifts as well. One of the most incredible gifts was some graffiti – the students had painted Dhaniram ji’s face inside the lift, capturing his memory for years to come.

Students and teachers also took to the podium to speak about him and thank him – each sharing their own anecdotes and memorable experiences about Dhaniram ji.

The director and heads of departments, who have known Dhaniram ji since they were students, thanked him for understanding the college and contributing to its growth. –

This was followed by an event organised by a college society named Gupshup, which usually invites some eminent personalities from outside to come and give inspirational talks to the students.

This month, the chief guest and speaker at the event was none other than Dhaniram ji.

He was overwhelmed and really excited about the respect he was receiving at the place to which he had dedicated a large part of his life.

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There was a ‘Wall of Thanks’ as well, and people wrote their messages on it throughout the day. –

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“On days when we did not have our assignments ready, we would ask Dhaniram ji to speak with the concerned faculty and tell them not to take submissions that day. And he would joke around with us. That was the kind of relationship we had with him. First year students who used to enter the college afraid and anxious, always felt calmer after speaking with him. If you were in any sort of trouble, all you had to do was to speak to him to feel better”, says Ayush, remembering his first days at the college. –

Every college, school, office, and administrative building has a Dhaniram – the man or woman who knows every nook and corner of the place, every face, every emotion, and yet, always remains in the background. The SPA students, who took such a wonderful step for Dhaniram ji, have an important message for all – that people like Dhaniram should be given the respect and love they deserve for their extraordinary service. And once in a while, they should be made to feel as special as they make others feel! –

Source….Tanaya Singh …..www.thebetterindia.com

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Meet the Hindu who lets Muslims use his shop as a mosque, for free….

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‘Kalesaab could have easily earned Rs 1 lakh per month as rent from this place but he gave it to Muslims for free. Secularism in India is alive only because of people like him.’

Image: Deepak Kale. Photograph: Afsar Dayatar.

Bajrang Bali housing society is a rather unusual name for a building that houses a mosque but in a part of Dharavi, known the world over as Asia’s largest slum, that’s where for the last six months the Muslim community has found a temporary prayer area.

All thanks to Deepak Kale, a leather shop owner who owns the property.

When Muslims of Mukund nagar in Dharavi, Sion, in Central Mumbai, were wondering where to hold prayers after their mosque underwent repairs, they turned to Kale.

Kale not only agreed to give them his 2,500 square feet shop on the ground floor of Bajrang Bali housing society for prayers, but also decided to not take any rent from them till the time their mosque is rebuilt.

“Some masjid trustees came to me to ask for my place. I have known these people since my childhood so I gave it them for offering namaaz. Khurshidbhai, who is a masjid trustee, is my childhood friend, I have spent my life with him.

“I didn’t want to take any rent from them because I bought this commercial space in order to sell it, and I had told them that the day I get a customer I will sell it after giving them two months’ notice,” said Kale.

A hundred metres from Bajrang Bali is the Noor Masjid Madarsa Faizaul Quran, the original mosque, where repair work is going on in full swing, with Muslim artisans trying their best to complete the work in two months time.

“In our country we need to respect each other’s faith. Muslims must respect the Hindu faith and vice versa,” adds Kale.

What has surprised Kale and Muslims of the locality is the publicity his simple gesture has received.

“We have been praying at Kalesaab’s place for the last six months. For us it was no news but after one Urdu paper published a report on this, all media people are writing about it,” says Tanvir Azmi, a businessman and resident of Mukund Nagar. “More than 90 percent of Hindus in India are like Kalesaab. He could have easily earned Rs 1 lakh per month as rent from this place but he gave it to Muslims for free. Secularism in India is only alive because of people like him.”

The locality has an equal number of Muslim and Hindu residents. On the left of Bajrang Bali building live the Hindus, while Muslims live on its right. So one side of the road sports green flags, while the other side sports saffron flags.

But not everything is as peaceful as it appears. Three lanes away, a small mob of 200 Hindus and Muslims was ready to take on each other last week over the issue of flying flags but a timely intervention by community elders defused the crisis.

“In a place where small riots break out over minor issues, it is a very big thing that Kalesaab has done. He is a prime example of what Indian secularism is all about,” says Atiullah Choudhary, a businessman who prays regularly at Bajrang Bali society.

Another friend of Kale, Naeem Shaikh, pitches in, “After seeing Kalesaab, I realised one has to work on secularism daily to build bridges between Hindus and Muslims. It is a daily effort. You cannot just say that you are secular and relax in a chair. You have to work for it in society. One mistake we Indians do is that we take secularism for granted, and that must not be done.”

Dharavi witnessed one of the most horrifying riots in Mumbai in 1992-93 and Kale had then taken an active part in saving a lot of Muslim lives.

“I housed around 200 Muslims safely in my leather shop during the 1993 riots. They left only after the situation normalised,” says Kale.

Asked what in his opinion was the one reason that caused riots, Kale says without blinking, “Rumours. There are some people in all communities — be it Hindus, Muslims or Christians — who do not want everyone to live peacefully. They are always up to some mischief and so I feel the government must bring in a law to stop people from spreading false rumours. Till that does not happen, riots will never stop.”

He has a recipe to save secularism, too. “I tell people to keep quiet and work for peace all the time. I feel if my lane is not harmed by communalism, then the country will take care of itself. If my lane is facing communal problems, what can I say about my country? So first keep communal peace in your own lane, and the country will follow suit.”

Syed Firdaus Ashraf / Rediff.com in Mumbai

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Message for the Day…”Repeating God’s Name ,Meditation,fasts, Worship at dawn and dusk are certain good ways to control and train our Senses…”

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Normally people are drawn to sense objects, for they are victims of instincts. Instincts easily seek sense objects – they come along with the body and aren’t derived by any training. The infant seeks milk from the mother’s breast, and the newborn calf naturally nestles at the udder. However for the infant to walk and talk, some training is necessary, because these actions are either socially prompted or learnt by example or picked up by imitation of others. Training is essential even for the proper pursuit of sense pleasure, for wild untrained search for such pleasure promotes anger, hatred, envy, malice and conceit. Hence to train the senses along salutary lines and to hold them under control, certain good disciplines like repeating Lord’s Name (japa),meditation (dhyana), fasts (upavasa), worship at dawn and dusk, etc. are essential. Though sense pleasures are ‘natural’ at first, by constant practice, training and listening to the wise, slowly the greater and everlasting bliss derived by divine adoration is grasped.

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How Devotees are Keeping Narmada Clean and Feeding Poor Kids at the Same Time…..

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Officials in the Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh have asked devotees to donate coconuts to malnourished kids instead of offering them to the river. This step will not just help poor kids but will also prevent pollution in the river.

District collector Sanket Bhondwe came up with the idea and advised devotees to donate coconuts to malnourished children instead of offering them to the water body.

Besides preventing river pollution, the move will also prevent local vendors from re-collecting and re-selling the unbroken coconuts offered by devotees.

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Devotees congregating at the Narmada river welcomed the move and donated over 1,000 coconuts for poor kids on the first day of the initiative itself.

These coconuts were collected and distributed to the local anganwadis in and around the district. Officials aim to collect about 5,000 coconuts in the next two days.

Though the initiative has been welcomed by the devotees, local vendors have been opposing the move, accusing the officials of hurting religious sentiments.

However, plans are afoot to implement coconut collection on an even larger scale during the nine-day-long Navratri festival where more than 5 lakh coconuts are offered to the Narmada river.

Source….Shreya Pareek….www.thebetterindia.com

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His Parents May Iron Clothes for a Living, but Young Anuj Dreams of His Own Tech Company. ….

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Children like 15-year-old Anuj Nirmal are our hope for tomorrow – the hope that one day, every child in our country will be able to nurture a strong dream of his/her own, and will have the opportunities and determination to achieve it.

15-year-old Anuj Nirmal’s interests range from writing blogs, building robots, and researching on how to create educational apps, to studying human psychology and predicting how people would behave in different circumstances. His personal achievements so far include winning an inter-school parliamentary debate competition, and attaining the second place in a city-wide Kho-Kho competition organized by the BMC, naming but a mere few.

Recently, he was also seen in the role of a student facilitator at a Teach For All conference in which leaders like Wendy Kopp (Founder – Teach For America) and State Senator of Colorado, Mike Johnston had also participated.

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A few years ago, Anuj and his family moved from a small village near Allahabad, to a one room set-up in Prem Nagar Chawl, located in the bustling suburbs of Goregaon, Mumbai, to start life afresh. He is the youngest of three children in the family and his parents iron clothes for a living. However, such tough circumstances never deterred him from achieving his dreams.

Anuj is not only a brilliant student, but he also makes it a point to find the time to pursue his passion for technology and to learn more about the field.

“I was 7 years old when sci-fi and superhero movies began to inspire me. I loved watching how superheroes were able to help the world using technology!” he says with a grin.

It was then that he started maintaining a journal of all the ideas that would strike him, and also began to experiment on any object that he found around him.

“I dismantled a DVD player I found somewhere once and used its parts to create a locomotive engine for a small prototype crane lift. My experimenting actually caused a power failure inside the house once which made my parents ban the activity at home altogether!”

In the absence of a computer at home, Anuj used to save up money to visit an internet café to update his blog. The owner of café discovered his ability to type fast and offered him a job.

“I got to use his computers for free and paid my school fees with the salary he gave me. Now I work at the café in the evenings on weekdays and on Sundays. There I teach Microsoft Office and undertake admin duties along with learning the basics of coding and java script myself.”

Anuj draws inspiration from his parents and teachers alike.

“Studying in Siddharth Nagar municipal school, I’ve been fortunate to have Teach For India Fellows as my teachers since Grade 3 as they’ve always guided me and supported my ideas. I recently developed an interest in hacking and showed my science teacher and TFI Fellow, Sravanti Didi, how easy it was to hack into her computer. She wisely made me aware about cyber law and ethical hacking and recommended that I look up Ankit Fadia who wrote a book on ethical hacking in 2001 when he was just 15. Another Teach For India fellow, Apoorva Didi, taught us how to debate and construct arguments. I’ve always been a shy public speaker, but Apoorva Didi made me challenge my fear by taking us to the mall and asking us to debate in front of all the people there!”

For a 15-year-old, Anuj has perfected the art of managing his time prudently. He wakes up at 5 am every day, studies for an hour before reaching school at 7 am. Being the head boy of his school, he starts by making sure that everything is clean and ends the day by leading other students to move out of school in an orderly fashion. Since the school does not have a Hindi or Marathi teacher, Anuj attends tuition classes from 2 – 3:30 pm to address his weakness in language studies and then proceeds for Just For Kicks football practice (a TFI-led annual inter-school competition) at 5 pm before heading to the internet café at 7 pm where he works till 9.30 pm.

He has also been selected by Teach for India to be in the Planning Committee for the next phase of the organization.

“I feel so happy to be able to give my views and ideas. Teachers are usually aware of their classrooms to only a certain extent – when I interact with my classmates during recess and outside school, I get to see another side to them. I hope I can make as much of a contribution to the next phase of Teach For India as their Fellows have made to my life and thinking over the last 5 years” he says, solemnly, with heart-warming humility and touching honesty.

Anuj dreams to be the youngest founder of a technology company called Anuj’s Products that would build various tech gadgets. And he wishes to use the money that he makes from this company to build hospitals and schools for the poor.

“God has given us one life and we should use it to the fullest. I feel like crying when I look at beggars and handicapped people on the street and wonder why nobody is even trying to train them to talk on the phone so that they can work in a BPO, for example? After all, they can still use their mouth to speak! I want to make technology that can help such people so that nobody is ever left helpless. I also see boys in my area who sit on their bikes all day – smoking and picking up fights. If they are so interested in fighting, they should do something useful and join the military!”

Children like Anuj Nirmal give us hope that one day every child in our country would be able to nurture a strong dream of his/her own.

 

 

Applications to the 2016-18 Teach For India Fellowship program are open till October 27, 2015. Apply here.

Written By Alankrita Khera – Manager, Communications – Teach For India

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Message for the Day…” ‘Yajnas’ Stipulated as Mandatory for every Human being…”

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Five yajnas are prescribed as mandatory for every human being: (1) Activities devoted to the study of scriptures (Rishi Yajna); (2) Activities devoted to parents who confer your birth, foster and guide you (Pitr Yajna); (3) Acts done as reverential homage to God who endowed you with mind, intelligence, memory and consciousness, and who is inherent in your every cell as Rasa, the vital energy (Raso Vai Sah). Indeed, the right use of these instruments that God has given you is Deva Yajna; (4) The fourth is adoration of guests. Everyone must welcome the chance of entertaining a guest and treat them with affection, and please them with sincere hospitality as if sent by God, be it one’s own kith and kin or strangers (Atithi Yajna); (5) The final yajna is unselfish acts done while dealing with trees, plants, animals, birds and pets like cats and dogs(Bhoota Yajna). Remember to make every act of yours from sunrise to the onset of sleep as a Yajna!

“உறவுகள் பற்றி ஒரு பதிவு … சிந்திக்க வேண்டிய ஒன்று … கசப்பான உண்மை …”

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அண்ணன், தம்பி, அக்கா, தங்கை, சின்ன அண்ணன், பெரிய அண்ணன், சின்ன அக்கா, 
பெரிய அக்கா, சித்தப்பா, பெரியப்பா, அத்தை, மாமா, மச்சான், மச்சினி, அண்ணி, கொழுந்தனார், நாத்தனார்,
தாய்மாமன், சித்தப்பா பையன், சித்தப்பா பொண்ணு, 
பெரியப்பா பையன்,
பெரியப்பா பொண்ணு, 
அத்தை பையன்,
அத்தை பொண்ணு, மாமன் பொண்ணு, மாமன் பையன், இது போன்ற வார்த்தைகள் எல்லாம் 2050 மேல் யாருடைய காதிலும் விழாது, யாரும் கூப்பிடவும் மாட்டார்கள், அகராதியில் இருந்து கூட கொஞ்சம் கொஞ்சமாக அழிந்துவிடும் 

காரணம், 
ஒண்ணே ஒண்ணு, கண்ணே கண்ணு என்று ஒரே ஒரு குழந்தை மட்டும் போதும் என்று முடிவெடுக்க ஆரம்பித்ததுதான்! 
அப்படி இருக்கும் போது இந்த உறவுகள் எல்லாம் எப்படி வரும்? 
பெண்கள் வயதுக்கு வந்ததும் சீர்வரிசை செய்யவோ, பந்தல் போடவோ, முதல் புடவை எடுத்துத்தரவோ, எந்த தாய்மாமனும் இருக்கப்போவது இல்லை! 
திருமணத்தின் போது அரசாணைக்கால் நட
எந்த அண்ணனும் இருக்கப்போவதில்லை மாப்பிள்ளைக்கு மோதிரம் போட எந்த தம்பியும் இருக்கப்போவதில்லை, குழந்தைக்கு மொட்டை  போட யார் மடியில் உட்கார வைப்பார்கள்? 
கட்டிக்கொடுத்த பெண்ணுக்கு எதாவது பிரச்சனை என்றால் அண்ணனும் தம்பியும் பறந்து செல்வார்கள், 
இனி யார் போவார்? 

ஒவ்வொரு பெண்ணும், சொந்தபந்தம் ஏதுமின்றி 
ஆறுதலுக்கு ஆள் இன்றி தவிக்க போகிறார்கள் 
ஒவ்வொரு ஆணும்
தன் கஷ்டநஷ்டங்களில் பங்குகொள்ள அண்ணன் தம்பி யாருமின்றி அவதிப்பட போகிறார்கள் 
அப்பா அம்மாவை தவிர எந்த உறவுகளும் இருக்கப்போவதில்லை, 
அந்த ஒரு குழந்தையும் 
வெளியூருக்கோ 
இல்லை தனிக்குடித்தனமோ சென்றுவிட்டால் 
ஒண்ணே ஒண்ணு கண்ணே கண்ணு என்று வளர்த்தவர்கள் எல்லாம் வயதான காலத்தில், ஏனென்று கேட்க நாதியற்று முதியோர் இல்லத்திலோ இல்லை அந்த ஒரு குழந்தைக்காக கட்டிய வசதியான வீட்டிலோ அனாதையாக இருப்பார்கள் ..

உறவுகளின் உன்னத மதிப்பை உணராமல் பொருளாதார முன்னேற்றத்தை மட்டுமே குறிக்கோளாக கொண்டு 
ஒரு குழந்தைக்கு மேல் வேண்டாம் என சோம்பேறித்தனப்பட்டு 
எந்திர வாழ்க்கை வாழ்ந்து கொண்டு இருக்கும் அத்தனைபேருக்கும் 
இதே நிலைதான் !
உடல்நிலை சரியில்லாமல் ஆஸ்பிடலில் சேர்க்கப்பட்டால் ஓடோடி வந்து பார்க்க உறவுகள் வேண்டாமா?! 
சின்னச்சின்ன விஷயங்களுக்கெல்லாம் 
எனக்கு உனக்கு என்று சண்டைபோடும் அதே குழந்தைகள் தான் வயதான காலத்தில் அப்பா அம்மாவுக்கு எதாவது ஒன்று என்றால் நான் நீ என்று ஓடிவருவார்கள்! 
கணவன் குடும்பம் குழந்தை என்று உயிரைவிட்ட பெண்கள் கூட பெற்றோருக்குஒன்று என்றால் அத்தனையும் தூக்கியெறிந்துவிட்டு முதலில் வந்து நிற்பார்கள்! 
ஒரே ஒரு முறை உங்கள் கடைசி காலத்தை நினைத்துபாருங்கள்! 
பணமில்லாத ஒருவனை அனாதை என்று யாரும் சொல்வதில்லை!
ஆனால் உறவுகள் இல்லாத ஒருவன் எத்தனை கோடி வைத்திருந்தாலும் அனாதைதான் என்பதை மறந்துவிடக்கூடது! 
கார் பங்களா வசதி வாய்ப்புகளுடன் 
ஒண்ணே ஒண்ணு கண்ணே கண்ணு என்ற பெயரில் உறவுகளற்ற ஒரு அனாதையை வளர்ப்பதற்கும், 
வயதான காலத்தில் நீங்கள்  அனாதையாக  வாழ்வதற்காகவுமா  இவ்வளவு பாடுபட்டு 
ஓடி ஓடி சம்பாதிக்கிறீர்கள்  …இன்று  ?

Source….unknown…input from a friend of mine…

Natarajan

Message for the Day…”What is the true ‘tapas’…” ?

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Sathya Sai Baba

Krishna says in the Gita, “In all yajnas, I am the Doer, the Donor, the Consumer and the Acceptor.” That is the reason the chief priest in ayajna, is named Brahma. He must guide the rest of the ritualists with his wife by his side, or else, his credentials are inadequate. The wife represents faith (shraddha). Without faith, praise is hollow, adoration is artificial and sacrifice is a barren exercise. Really speaking, the heart is the ceremonial altar, the body is the fire-place, the hair is the holy grass (darbha), wishes are the fuel-sticks to feed the fire, desire is the ghee poured into the fire to make it burst into flame, anger is the sacrificial animal, and the fire is the tapas (penance) we accomplish. People sometimes interpret tapas as ascetic practices like standing on the head. This is not correct; tapas is not physical contortion. It is the complete and correct coordination of thought, word and deed. When this is achieved, the Divine splendour will manifest.