Source: The Deepest Metro Stations in The World
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Message for the Day…
Seeing a glass half filled with water, the optimist is glad that the glass is half-full, while the pessimist is sad that it is half-empty. Though both the statements are correct the optimist hopes to fill the other half too, while the pessimist gives up in despair. The optimist has faith, the pessimist has no faith to sustain him – this is the key difference. Faith is power. Develop faith by steady effort. You all have faith in tomorrow following today and hence you take up activities and projects, that extend beyond this day! People with no faith cannot plan, they court misery due to their lack of faith! Faith must lead to effort. Through knowledge, faith and effort, wisdom can be attained. Equipped with these, you can scale great heights and emerge victoriously. Do not cultivate too much faith in things that are merely material. Develop deep faith in the eternally valid Truth – God!
Source: http://media.radiosai.org/
Natarajan
Message for the Day…
Develop the quality of ‘Kshama’ (forbearance and forgiveness) and refrain from harshness in speech at all times. Sai is the best example of this. Many people have indulged in calumny and criticism, but I remain totally unaffected and adhere firmly to what I deem as good. You too must realize that if you give up forbearance and forgiveness, you will have no peace. I am always at peace, because, I am always patient. You must also remain likewise. Whatever anyone may do to you, do not bother about it. What is it that you lose on account of their behavior? You have no idea of your own strength or weaknesses. If you resort to retaliation, you will only worsen your own condition. So bravely face such attacks and do not allow yourself to get agitated over them. You must win others by your forbearance. Make forbearance your life-breath and your ideal.
Source: http://media.radiosai.org
Natarajan
An Interesting Read …
A very interesting read!!
It is said in the texts that 80% of the fighting male population of the civilization was wiped out in the eighteen days Mahabharata war.
Sanjay, at the end of the war went to the spot where the greatest war took place; Kurukshetra.
He looked around and wondered if the war really happened, if the ground beneath him had soaked all that blood, if the great Pandavas and Krishna stood where he stood.
“You will never know the truth about that!” said an aging soft voice.
Sanjay turned around to find an Old man in saffron robes appearing out of a column of dust.
“I know you are here to find out about the Kurukshetra war, but *you cannot know about that war till you know what the real war is about*.” the Old man said enigmatically.
“What do you mean?”
*The Mahabharata is an Epic, a ballad, perhaps a reality, but definitely a philosophy*.
The Old man smiled luring Sanjay into more questions.
“Can you tell me what the philosophy is then?” Sanjay requested.
Sure, began the Old man.
*The Pandavas are nothing but your five senses*,
sight,
smell,
taste,
touch
and sound…,
and do you know what the *Kauravas* are? he asked narrowing his eyes.
*The Kauravas are the hundred vices that attack your senses everyday but you can fight them*… and do you know how?
Sanjay shook his head again.
“When Krishna rides your chariot!”
The Old man smiled brighter and Sanjay gasped at that gem of insight.
*Krishna is your inner voice, your soul, your guiding light and if you let your life in his hands you have nothing to worry*.
Sanjay was stupefied but came around quickly with another question.
“Then *why are Dronacharya and Bhishma fighting for the Kauravas, if they are vices*?”
The Old man nodded, sadder for the question.
It just means that as you grow up, your perception of your elders change. *The elders who you thought were perfect in your growing up years are not all that perfect. They have faults. And one day you will have to decide if they are for your good or your bad. Then you may also realize that you may have to fight them for the good. It is the hardest part of growing up and that is why the Geeta is important*.
Sanjay slumped down on the ground, not because he was tired but because he could understand and was struck by the enormity of it all.
*What about Karna*? he whispered.
“Ah!” said the Old man. “You have saved the best for last. *Karna is the brother to your senses, he is desire, he is a part of you but stands with the vices. He feels wronged and makes excuses for being with the vices as your desire does all the time.*
*Does your desire not give you excuses to embrace vices*?”
Sanjay nodded silently. He looked at the ground, consumed with a million thoughts, trying to put everything together and then when he looked up, the Old man was gone….
disappeared in the column of dust………leaving behind the great philosophy of Life!
Found it quite inspirational…hence circulating…just to make us think…..
Source….Input from my friend
Natarajan
The Witty Epitaphs of Key West Cemetery
Message for the Day…
All of you have five advisors in your life. They are: “Who, When, Where, What and How”. Before undertaking any action, you must get answers for these five questions. When you get the correct answers for these, the actions based on them, will naturally be right conduct. Unfortunately, most people today act without any concern for these factors. All of you must exercise your own judgement using your powers of observation and discretion, using all the God-gifted instruments to you through the form of organs of perception and action. In every limb of yours, there is divine potency. That divine potency is called ‘Angirasa’. This name is derived from the fact that God is present in every limb (Anga) as an essence (Rasa). Hence, there is no need to search for God outside yourself. You are Divine. All your powers are your divine potencies.
Source: Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam – March 03, 2017
Milky Way over Nubble Light…
Jatin Thakkar said, “My Milky Way season begins with this image of the Milky Way rising over the Nubble lighthouse, located in York, Maine.”
Source: Milky Way over Nubble Light
Natarajan
Message for the Day…
Though the source of peace and bliss is within, people seek them in the external, like one pursuing a mirage. Owing to restless activity, endless worry and limitless desires, peace of mind is lost and it has become prey to discontent and misery. At the outset, peace has to be cultivated within ourselves. And then that peace has to be extended to the family. From the home it should be spread to our village. Thus, peace should begin with the individual and spread to the whole society. In the Sai organisation, efforts are made to propagate the values of Truth, Righteousness, Love, Peace and Nonviolence. This is only propagation, but not practice (or demonstration). Mere preaching is of no avail. Of all the virtues, love is the foremost. If love is fostered, all other qualities flow from it. Our degradation is the result of forgetting God. When we remember God, our life will be filled with peace and happiness.
Source: http://media.radiosai.org
Natarajan
Jupiter abstract
This gorgeous image isn’t a painting. It’s a new photo by the daredevil Juno spacecraft, as it skimmed close to Jupiter on its last close pass near the planet.
Source: Jupiter abstract
Natarajan
Message for the day…
It is the consciousness in the physical body that enables man to enjoy the pleasures derived from the objects experienced through the senses. Once the truth, that humans alone have the ability to seek the everlasting by giving up attachment to the body, is realised, the divine nature of consciousness will become clear. Then, every action can be regarded as an offering to the Divine. Work will then be transformed into worship. When the identification of the Self with the body goes, action which may seem to be done for personal enjoyment can be converted into actions of dedication to the Divine. When actions are performed in this unselfish spirit, one can experience a sense of liberation and enjoy bliss that is beyond understanding. It all begins with the control of the senses, which is in fact the first stage in Self-realisation. It must be taken up early in one’s life. One should not wait till old age to embark on this vital exercise. When death knocks at the door and one is surrounded by one’s wailing kith and kin, there may be no time to think of God. Begin the Godward journey from now on.
Source….http://media.radiosai.org/
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