Message For the Day… “Give up Ego and Enjoy Bliss…”

Suppose you dream that you are being bitten by a snake, and are struggling with pain, shouting and frantically searching for medicines. Now even though you are bitten by a snake, do you take medicine to remove the poison? No, you don’t do that, because this happened in your dream. You perhaps will even forget the pain, as soon as you wake up, isn’t it? Similarly today you are in deep slumber of ignorance and worldly attachments and hence undergo a lot of suffering. The world is ephemeral and full of misery. You suffer only because of ignorance and body attachment. The moment you are awakened from the slumber, your problems will be solved. Anyone and everyone who aspires to lead a happy life must reduce body attachment. You develop ego because of your position, associations, physical strength or wealth. If you want to enjoy bliss, never give any scope for ego.   

 

Sathya Sai Baba

 

Laughter is The Best Medicine …. For Doctors Too !!!

 


Eight men have been at a mental hospital for a period of time and are being tested to find out how they are progressing in order for them to leave the institution. The doctor in charge takes them all into a room and with a ball pen draws a door on the wall and asks each one of the patients to try and open the door for him as part of the test. Seven of them rushed out and attempted to open the door on the wall. The doctor was disappointed with the results but never the less call on the last one who was still sitting down and asked him why didn’t he stand up and try to open the door with the others. The eighth man replied: “because I was holding the key to the door”  

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Five doctors went to on a duck hunt: a GP, a pediatrician, a psychiatrist, a surgeon, and a pathologist. After a while a bird came winging overhead, the GP raised his shogun but didn’t shoot because he wasn’t sure if it was a duck or not. The pediatrician also raised his gun, but then he wasn’t sure if it was a male or female duck, so he didn’t shoot. The psychiatrist raised his gun and then thought, I know that’s a duck, but does the duck know it’s a duck?” The surgeon was the only one who shot. Boom!! He blew it away. Then he turned to the pathologist and said, “Go see if that was a duck.”
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Doctor: I’m sorry to have to tell you that you may have rabies, and it could prove fatal.
Patient: Well, doctor, please give me pencil and paper.
Doctor: To make your will?
Patient: No, to make a list of people I want to bite.
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A guy tells his psychiatrist, “I always have this weird dream at night. I am locked in a room with a door on which there is a sign. I try to push it with all my strength, but no matter how hard I try, it won’t budge.” The psychiatrist muses, “Interesting.” But tell me what does the sign on the door say? The guy replies, “It says ‘Pull’”!!!
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A guy thought he was dead, but in reality he was very much alive.
His hallucination became a real problem for his family and they finally took him to see a psychiatrist. After spending many laborious sessions trying to convince the guy he was still alive, the psychiatrist tried one last approach. He opened his medical book and proceeded to show the man that dead men don’t bleed. After a mind-numbing study, the man seemed convince that dead men don’t bleed, and the psychiatrist asked: “Do you now agree that dead men don’t bleed?” “Yes I do” the man replied. “Very well, then,” the psychiatrist said. He took out a pin and pricked the man’s finger. Out came a drop of blood. The doctor asked. “What does that tell you?” “Oh my goodness!” The patient exclaimed as he stared doubtfully at his finger…. “Dead men do bleed!!”
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Looking down at his patient, the doctor decided to tell him the truth. “I fell that I must tell you: You are a very sick man. I’m sure you would want to know the facts. I don’t think you have much time left. Now, is there anyone you would like to see?”
Bending down toward the sick man, the doctor heard him softly answer, “Yes.”
“Who is it?”
In a little stronger tone, the patient said, “Another doctor.”
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source:::::joke a day.com
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” Think Differently “… That is What Kids Do !!!

Kids Just Think Differently
I’m a huge fan of Bill Cosby’s old show: “Kids say the darndest things”. Because nothing can beat the innocence and inexperience of a child when it comes to funny lines. They sometimes say things that adult comedians would just never think of saying, and it’s all the more hilarious for it!

“Close the curtains,” requested our 2 year old granddaughter, sitting in a pool of bright light. “The sun’s looking at me too hard.”

My friend asked our grandson when he would turn 6. He refreplied, “When I’m tired of being 5.”

Seeing her first hailstorm, Mary Sue, age 3, exclaimed, “Mommy, it’s raining dumplings!”

As I frantically waved away a pesky fly with a white dishtowel, my granddaughter observed, “Maybe he thinks you’re surrendering.”

A friend’s grandson, 4, was reading with his granddad about Adam and Eve. He asked, “Is this where God took out the man’s brain and made a woman?”

Announcing to daughter Lori that her aunt just had a baby and it looked like her uncle, she said, “You mean he has a mustache?”

When I asked our grandson if he could name the capital of Florida, he fired right back, “Capital F!”

While shampooing our son, 4, I noted his hair was growing so fast he’d soon need it cut. He replied, “Maybe we shouldn’t water it so much.”

My daughter told her 5-year-old that their van was going to be fixed. Instantly, the small fry assumed, “Oh, it’s going to the tire-o-practor?”

Impressed by her 5-year-old’s vocabulary, my friend complimented the young scholar, who nonchalantly responded, ” I have words in my head I haven’t even used yet.”

His Mom informed her son, Brian, that she was going outside to get a little sun. “But Mommy, he gulped, “You already have a son. Me!”

When our son asked about two look-alike classmates at school, we told him they were probably twins. The next day, he came home from school all bubbly and said, “Guess what! They are not only twins….they’re brothers!!”

 

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Message For the Day…”With Self Confidence, You Can Achieve Anything…”

 

People today depend on their intelligence, physical strength and money, but do not have as much confidence in their own Self. When you have Self-Confidence, you can achieve anything. You may have wealth or money (Dhana Bala), but how long will it last? It is like a passing cloud; it comes and goes. How long will this wealth called people (Jan Bala) – family and friends, last? As long as you have power, position and wealth, people will surround you. Hence all of these are transitory. You will receive true respect in this world, when you have the strength of the Soul. Therefore, lead your lives with the strength of the Divine to attain the Divine. With faith in God, you must resort to good activities. As is the action, so is the result. Every step you take, must lead you to His proximity. Make every effort to get close to God. Then, you will be triumphant in life.  

Sathya Sai Baba

 

Jokes For the Day…” I am above the Law Now … ” !!!

 



 A truck driver is driving along on the freeway. A sign comes up that reads “Low Bridge Ahead.” Before he knows it, the bridge is right ahead of him and he gets stuck under it. Cars are backed up for miles. Finally, a police car comes up. The cop gets out of his car and walks around to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, “Got stuck, huh?” The truck driver says, “No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas.”  

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A man traveling over 125 miles per hour on the interstate was stopped by a highway patrol. “Sorry, officer,” said the driver, “was I driving too fast?
“No, sir. Our were flying too low.” 

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The prison officer tells the warden, “Sir, I have to report that ten prisoners have broken out.”
The alarmed warden says, “Blow the whistles, sound the alarms, alert the police.
With a surprised look the officer says, “Shouldn’t we call the doctor first – it looks as if it might be measles.   

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A crook rented an apartment over a police station.
He feels he is “above the law, now!”

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A speeding driver was pulled over by a policeman. He asked, “Why was I pulled over when I wasn’t the only one speeding.” The police replied, “Have you ever been fishing?” The man then said, “yes”. “Have you ever caught all the fish?” asked the policeman  

 

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source:::::joke a day.com

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Message For the Day…” Happiness Has No Value Unless There Is also Sorrow …”

 

Rama chose to go to the forest to fulfill the pledge of His father. It may be asked: Did He go to the forest under any compulsion or out of His own resolve, or with a sense of dissatisfaction? No. Rama set out for the forest with the same sense of serenity and joy with which He looked forward to His coronation. Rama demonstrated the spirit of equanimity. He showed that pain or pleasure, profit or loss, victory or defeat, were the same to Him. In human life, pleasure and pain, happiness and sorrow alternate all the time. It is not a good quality to welcome pleasure and turn away pain. You must welcome sorrow in the same joyous spirit in which you greet happiness. Happiness has no value unless there is also sorrow. That is why it is said, “Pleasure is not secured from pleasure.” Pain is needed to secure pleasure. Rama demonstrated to the world the truth of this concept.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

 

 

 

Message For the Day…” Honour Your Elders and Serve Them With Smile “….

 

Students and youngsters must have challenging attitude towards things and honour physical labour. You must be eager to be of service to those who need it on account of their disabilities. Honour your elders and do not miss any chance of serving or pleasing them. Whatever gives you health and joy, welcome it – but do not lower yourself by indulging in vulgar pastimes. Do not wander aimlessly in the streets or frequent cinema halls and mix with undesirable company, or cultivate bad habits for fun. Remember that you must raise your motherland to great heights through your hard work and effort. When you develop such virtues, the nation will prosper.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Joke of the Day !!! …. ” Buy One For Me Too ” !!!

 
One day a rich famous man went to buy a sport car from a dealership. The price of the car was $80000 and the man had only $79998 to pay.

The sales associate insisted that the price is firm and it has to be $80000.

The man came out of the store and looked around and saw a poor man begging for help. He went toward him and introduced himself and asked if he is kind enough to lend him $2. The poor man asked the reason. He replied that he is willing to buy a car. The poor man though for a moment and gave the man $4 and said: Please buy one for me too.  !!!

source:::: joke a day .com

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” Jesus is Watching You …” !!!…. Good one For A Very Good Laugh !!!

Jesus and the burglar !!!

Jesus Knows You’re Here!!!

A burglar broke into a house one night.
He shined his flashlight around,
looking for valuables when a voice in the dark said,
‘Jesus knows you’re here.’

He nearly jumped out of his skin,

clicked his flashlight off, and froze.

When he heard nothing more,
after a bit, he shook his head and
continued.

Just as he pulled the stereo out so
he could disconnect the wires, clear as a bell he
heard ‘Jesus is watching you.’

Freaked out, he shined his light around frantically,

looking for the source of the voice.

Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight
beam came to rest on a parrot.

‘Did you say that?’ he hissed
at the parrot.

‘Yep’, the parrot confessed, then squawked,
‘I’m just trying to warn you that he is
watching you.’

The burglar relaxed. ‘Warn me,
huh? Who in the world are you ?’

‘Moses,’ replied the bird.

‘Moses?’ the burglar laughed.
‘What kind of people would name a bird
Moses?’

‘The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler    …. Jesus !!!!!

 

source::: unknown….input from a friend of mine

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” யாகம் நடந்த தீவின் பெயர் என்ன தெரியுமா ” ?

 

மகாபெரியவாள் சிவாஸ்தானத்தில் தங்கியிருந்தார்கள். அங்கிருந்த ஸ்ரீ பிரம்மபுரீஸ்வர்ர் ஆலயத்துக்கு அப்போதுதான் பெருமை வந்த்து. பிரும்ம ஸ்வரூபியான் பெரியவாளைத் தரிசிக்க வந்த அடியார்கள் எல்லாரும் பிரும்மபுரீஸ்வர்ரையும் நிச்சயமாகத் தரிசனம் செய்தார்கள்.

நாங்கள் பெரியவாளைத் தரிசனம் செய்யச் சென்றிருந்தோம். அன்றைக்குப் பெரியவா, மௌனம் ! ஆனால். அவர்களுடைய அருட்பாரிவையே பக்தர்களுக்குப் போதுமானதாக இருந்த்து.

அந்த்ச் சமயம் பார்த்து, இந்தோனேஷியாவிலிருந்து ஒரு சரித்திர ஆராய்ச்சியாளர் தரிசனத்துக்கும், சில சந்தேகங்களுக்கு விளக்கம் கேட்கவும் வந்தார்.

நல்லகாலமாக, அன்றைக்குக் காஷ்ட மௌனம் இல்லை; கைகளால் ஜாடைகள் காட்டினார். அதை விவரித்துச் சொன்னார், அணுக்கத் தொண்டர்.

அவருக்குச் சரித்திர ஞானம் – அதுவும், இந்தோனேஷிய சரித்திரம் ! – இல்லவேயில்லை.

நான் மேனிலைப் பள்ளித் தலைமையாசிரியராதலால், தொண்டர் கூறியதை மேலும் தெளிவாக ஆங்கிலத்தில் கூறி வந்தேன்.

இந்தோனேஷியா என்பது அநேகம் தீவுகளின் தொகுதி. அவற்றில், ஒரு தீவில், ஒரு இந்து மன்னர் நட்த்திய யாகத்தைப் பற்றி மிகவும் ஆர்வத்துடன் கூறினார், அந்த ஆராய்ச்சியாளர்.

“யாகம் நடந்த தீவின் பெயர் என்ன?” என்று ஜாடை மூலமாகவே பெரியவா கேட்டார்கள்.

ஆராய்ச்சியாளருக்குத் தெரியவில்லை, நூற்றுக்கணக்கான தீவுகளின் பெயரை நினைவில் வைத்துக் கொள்வது சாத்தியமில்லை என்றாலும், சில முக்கியமான் தீவுகளின் பெயர்களைக் கூறத் தொடங்கினார். அவர் ஒன்றொன்றாகத் தீவின் பெர்யரைச் சொன்னதும், ‘அது இல்லை’ என்ற பாவனையில் பெரியவா தலையை அசைத்துக் கொண்டிருந்தார்கள்.

ஆராய்ச்சியாளருக்கே அலுப்பு வந்துவிட்ட்து. “நூற்றுக்கணக்கான தீவுகள் இருக்கும்போது, அவைகளின் பெயர்கள் பெரியவாளுக்கு மட்டும் தெரிந்திருக்கப் போகிறதா என்ன?” என்ற எண்ணமும் தோன்றியிருக்க்க் கூடும்.

பெரியவா, பக்தர்களின் கூட்ட்த்தில் பார்வையைச் செலுத்தினார். பின், தன் செவியின் கீழே, கைவிரல்களை வட்டமாக வைத்து, ‘என்ன பெயர்?’ என்று கேட்பது போல ஜாடை காட்டினார்கள்.

ஒருவர், “குண்டலம்” என்று மெல்லிய குரலில் கூறினார்.

பெரியவா, ‘அதுதான்! .. அவனிடம் சொல்லு …’ என்று ஜாடை காட்டினார்கள்.

அங்கு நடப்பதையெல்லாம் விந்தையுடன் பார்த்துக் கொண்டிருந்த இந்தோனேஷிய ஆராய்ச்சியாளரிடம், ‘குண்டலம்..” என்ற சொல் இரைந்து கூறப்பட்ட்து.

ஒரு துள்ளு துள்ளினார், அவர்.

“ஆமாம்! அந்த யாகம் நடந்த தீவின் முதற்சொல் குண்டலம் தான்!” என்று பக்தர்களிடம் கூறிவிட்டு, பெரியவாளிடம் முழுப் பெயரையும் தெரிவித்தார்.

பெரியவா புன்னகைத்தார். ஆராய்ச்சியாளருக்கு மகா ஆச்சரியம் ! தன்னுடன் வந்திருந்தவர்களிடம், அவர்கள் மொழியில் தன் வியப்பை வெளிப்படுத்திப் பேசி, பெரியவாளின் பூகோள ஞானத்தைப் பெரிதும் போற்றினார்.

ஆனால் பக்தர்களுக்கெல்லாம் உண்மை தெரியும். பெரியவா, ஞானக் களஞ்சியம்; ஞான ஊற்று; அனைத்து ஞான்ங்களையும் தன்னுள் அடக்கி வைத்திருக்கும் ரத்தினப் பெட்டகம்.

ஆசிரியனான எனக்கு நன்றாகவே புரிந்த்து – ‘இது, வெறும் படிப்பு அறிவு அல்ல !”

இந்த அதிசய நிகழ்ச்சி நடந்தபோது நாங்களும் அதைக் காணக் கிடைத்த்து, எங்கள் பாக்கியம்.

 

http://www.periva.proboards.com   Source: Maha Periyavaal Darisana Anubhavangal – Part 4
As narrated by Sri V.Sundaram, Cuddalore

Contributed by Forum Member Shri Sankara Narayanan

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