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What is Wrong with this Picture …?…Can You Find out …?

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Can you see? ... Some Twitter users have been up in arms over this photo, but it may be h

Can you see? … Some Twitter users have been up in arms over this photo, but it may be hard for some to tell why. Picture: Twitter Source: Twitter

SOME Twitter users have been up in arms over this normal looking photo, but what is it that’s got them worked up? Can you spot the problem?

The Mirror reports that the photo isn’t some kind of optical illusion. But as some users noted, the man is allowing the woman to walk on the wrong side of the sidewalk — the side closest to the road.

“I’m sure half of you guys don’t even know what’s wrong with this picture. Smh (shake my head),” Twitter user ibi said on the original post.

Many were utterly clueless as to what the issue was, but many, such as Denzell Lowery saw it straight away.

“He should switch sides with her and hold her hand,” he commented.

“I think it’s just the ‘gentleman thing’ to do. just like opening doors. some women may not like that, but it doesn’t change,” another said.

According to Modern Gentleman Magazine, for men: “While walking down the street you should walk on the right side.

“No need to mention but if you have an umbrella with you, you should not swing with it. You never know who you might hit and hurt.”

“If you are walking down a street in the company of a woman or a man know that the right side is honorary side. You will let a woman walk on the right side of you or a man if he is a senior person. In this way we honour them,” the magazine state.

“This custom dates from the middle ages when knights wore the sword on the left side keeping the right side free, since the right arm was ‘fighting arm.’”

COMMENT: Is this a thing of the past? Or is it a rule that men should still follow? 

Source….www.news.com.au

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Message For the Day…”All Forms of Ideal are Equally Valid and true …No Need for senseless hatred…”

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People worship the Supreme Lord (Paramatma) as existing in some faraway place – say Ayodhya or Dwaraka and nowhere else, or as found in places where some image or picture exists and nowhere else. They worship that form itself as complete (Purna). Of course, it is not wrong to do so. What is wrong is to proclaim that only their belief is the truth, that the names and forms that they have ascribed are the only names and forms of the Divine, and that all other forms and names are worthless and inferior. It should be realized that the names and forms that are the ideals of others are as dear and sacred to those others as such names and forms are to oneself. Everyone should acquire the vision that all forms of the ideal are equally valid and true, without giving room to senseless hatred. Without internalizing this wisdom, it is impossible to realize the Divine.

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” Harmony is the Very Heart of all Religions…”

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Though religions have distinct names and doctrines, in essence, all are one. They emphasize the common core. Unfortunately, the apparent differences amongst religions have subverted the amity of all men. All religious dogmas, except a few, can easily be harmonized and reconciled. The experience and wisdom of great seers who expounded universal love are not appreciated, accepted, and respected. The same God is extolled and adored in various names through varied ceremonial rituals. In every age, for every race or community, God has sent prophets to establish peace and goodwill. All great people are images of God. They form one single caste in the realm of God; they belong to one nation, the divine fellowship. The principle of harmonizing is the very heart of all religions and faiths. Interest yourself in understanding the practices and beliefs of others. This cleanses your mind. Then, with a loving heart, you will attain the Divine Presence.

Sathya Sai Baba

Cordoba….A City Of Flowers …!!!

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Cordoba is an ancient city in the south of Spain, the capital of Moorish Spain. The city is a virtual maze of winding streets, modern and antique merchandise, dotted by colorful coffee shops, which at night move to the spontaneous beat of flamenco dancing. Here visitors find the ‘Calleja de las Flores’ – the street of flowers!

Cordoba city of flowers

The city is located on the banks of the Guadalquivir river, and its easy access to the mining resources of the Sierra Morena (coal, lead, zinc) satisfies the population’s needs.

Cordoba city of flowers

During the 10th century, it was the second richest city in the Muslim empire (after Bagdad), to which learned men from all Europe came to study during the 11th and 12th centuries

Cordoba city of flowers

The city eventually declined,  especially during Renaissance times. In the 18th century it was reduced to just 20,000 inhabitants. The population and economy started to increase only in the early 20th century.

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

Cordoba city of flowers

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Message For the Day….” Do Not Try to Build a Structure of Desires and Attachments….”

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The scriptures are as affectionate as a mother. They teach lessons like a mother would do for her children, in conformity with the level of intelligence and the needs of time and circumstance. A mother with two children gives the strong and healthy one every item of food for which it clamours, but she takes great care not to overfeed the unwell child and gives it only items that can restore it soon to health. Can we, on that account, accuse mother of being partial to one and prejudiced against the other in conferring love? Scriptures also teach you the secret and value of work (karma). All must be instructed on how to transform work into beneficial activity. Yet, work is not all. Human life lasts but a moment; it is a bubble on water. Upon this ephemeral bubble of life, do not build a structure of desires and attachments. Wisdom warns that it might collapse or crumble any moment.

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” Sweep away all jealousy and anger …”

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Where have your good old human qualities gone? Truth, tolerance, morality, discipline – when would you accept them? Arise, awake! Establish the Kingdom Divine (Rama-Rajya), resplendent with mansions of truth, right conduct, and peace. Remember and learn from the rule of divine personages, and their characteristics. Quench the burning flames of ignorance, peacelessness, injustice, and envy with the waters of love, forbearance, and truth. Love your fellow brethren. Develop the feeling of mutuality. Sweep away all jealousy and anger. All of you must realise your own faults and understand that there is no use in searching for faults in others. It is a mere waste of time; it also breeds quarrels. So give up that trait. If you miss this opportunity, when will you ever do it? Don’t yield to dejection, but put an end to all the unrighteousness activities of your past. Repent sincerely and tread the path of prayer to God and doing good deeds, and develop brotherly love. 

Sathya Sai Baba

 

Message for the Day….” Do Not worry about Past….Forget it…” ….

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God dwells in each and every one of us. Do not criticise anybody, you will accumulate sin. Do not hate anyone. Never deride anyone’s action or ridicule them on the grounds of caste, race, gender, religion or community. There is only one caste, the caste of humanity. There is only one religion, the religion of love. There is only one language, the language of the heart. All of you must understand and internalize this. Become an ideal person from today. Develop faith in the ‘Brotherhood of Man and the Fatherhood of God’. Do not worry about the past, forget it. This will lead you to real bliss. Thus I bless you!

Sathya Sai Baba

Message for the Day…” Focus Your Efforts towards Acquisition of Spiritual Bless…”

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Every living being starts on food and yearns slowly to reach the peak of spiritual bliss. Let all your efforts and undertakings be directed to the acquisition of spiritual bliss. The Taithiriya Upanishad clearly elucidates spiritual bliss as the urge for birth, growth, decay, and death. It calls out that all are born in spiritual bliss, will live for it, and will die in order to attain it. However how can Brahman be spiritual bliss (ananda)? Scriptures clarify, ‘Om ithyekaaksharam Brahman – Om, the one imperishable letter is Brahman.’ It is also said, Atma(Divine Self in individual) is Brahman (Divine). Therefore the three terms Atma, Brahman, and Omare all indistinguishably the same. The Scriptures(Brahma Sutras) reveal that the outer universe, which has Divine (Brahman) as the base and the inner universe are identical and cannot be differentiated.   

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Message For the Day…” It is HE who Holds the String of Your Life…”

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When you face hardships and struggle in life, cling and hold on to the Lord. To instill courage in an infant, its mother persuades it to walk a few steps and turn, but she won’t allow it to fall. If it totters and is about to lose balance, she hurries behind and catches it! The Lord too has His eyes fixed on each individual (jivi). He has in His hand the string of the kite, which is humanity! Sometimes He may pull it, and at other times He may loosen the grip! Whatever He does, be confident and carefree, for it is He who holds the string of your life. That solid faith will fill you with the essence of love (prema-rasa). The string is the bond of love and grace and every individual (kite) is thus bound to the Lord. All you must do is to walk the path so that the bond of love and grace is strong.   

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Message For the Day…” Infuse Every Moment of Life with Love…”

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Twenty hammer strokes might not succeed in breaking a stone, but the twenty-first stroke might break it. Does this mean that the twenty blows were of no avail? No. The final success was a result of the cumulative effect of all the strokes. Your mind is constantly engaged in a struggle with the world, both internal and external. Needless to say, you may not succeed always. But by immersing yourself in good work and saturating your mind with the love of God, you will attain everlasting bliss. When your mind dwells on the Lord, you will be drawn only toward good deeds automatically. The object of all spiritual practices is to destroy the mind, and some day, just as the twenty-first blow broke the stone, one good deed will succeed in destroying your mind. So no good deed is a waste, every little act counts. Infuse every moment of life with love. Then evil tendencies dare not hamper your path.

Sathya Sai Baba