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Message For the day…” Moon and Mind are interrelated …”

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Poornima means the effulgent fullmoon. Guru is One who removes darkness and delusion from the heart and illumines it with the higher wisdom. The moon and the mind are interrelated, as object and image. On this day, the moon is full, fair and cool, its light pleasant and peaceful; the light of the mind too has to be pleasing and pure. In the firmament of your heart, the moon is the mind. Sensual desires and worldly activities are the clouds, thick and heavy which mar your joy at the light of the moon. Let the strong breeze of love scatter the clouds away and confer on you the cool glory of moonlight. When devotion shines full, the sky in the heart becomes a bowl of beauty and life is transformed into a charming avenue of Ananda (bliss). That beauty of heart, that bliss in life can be won through the mind, if the lesson of this day is remembered and realised.

Sathya Sai Baba

 

Joke of the DAY… ” That is Mine … “!!!

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After Florida coach Steve Spurrior passes away and enters the Pearly Gates, God takes him on a tour. He shows Steve a little 2-bedroom house with a faded UF banner hanging from the front porch. “This is your home, Coach. Most people don’t get their own house up here,” God exclaims.

Little Steve looks at the house, then turns around and looks at the one sitting on the top of the hill. It’s a huge two-story mansion with white marble columns and little patios under all of the windows. LSU flags line both sides of the sidewalk with a huge purple and gold LSU banner hanging between the marble columns.

“Thanks for the home, God, but let me ask you a question. I get this little 2 bedroom house with a faded Florida banner, and Nick Saban gets a mansion with new LSU banners and flags flying all over the place. Why is that?”

God looks at him seriously for a moment and then replies, “That’s not Saban’s house, that’s mine!!!!!”

Source::::: joke a day.com

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Zohra Sehgal… The Grand Old Lady of Indian Cinema … End of an Era …

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Jul 11, 2014

Older than Indian cinema, Zohra Sehgal had a glorious performing career that inspired

generations.

 

  • Zohra Sehgal, a quintessential Bollywood diva who essayed character roles with aplomb in a career spanning over seven decades in both theatre and cinema, died in New Delhi on Thursday at the age of 102. Photo: S. Subramanium
    Zohra Sehgal, a quintessential Bollywood diva who essayed character roles with aplomb in a career spanning over seven decades in both theatre and cinema, died in New Delhi on Thursday at the age of 102. Photo: S. Subramanium  The Hindu

 

Often called the grand old lady of Bollywood, she last appeared in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya(with Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor) in 2007. She acted in hits like Cheeni Kum (with Amitabh Bachchan), Dil Se (with Shah Rukh Khan and Manisha Koirala), Veer Zaara (Shah Rukh and Preity Zinta), Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai) and Bend It Like Beckham.

Born on April 27, 1912 in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh in a traditional Muslim family, Sehgal, third of her seven siblings, grew up in Chakrata near Dehradun and was sent to Lahore to pursue her higher education.

As a dancer, she performed across Japan, Egypt, Europe and the U.S.. She married scientist, painter and dancer Kameshwar Sehgal in August 1942. The couple had two children, Kiran and Pavan. Kameshwar died in 1952 and Zohra raised the children all by herself.

On her return from foreign trips, Sehgal had to don the burqa while studying in Lahore’s prestigious Queen Mary College, meant for daughters of aristocratic families, an institution where strict purdah was observed and males invited to speak there were put behind a screen.

Considered the doyenne of Indian theatre, Ms. Sehgal acted with Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) and Prithviraj Kapoor’s Prithvi Theatre for 14 years. In 1946, she debuted in IPTA’s first film production Dharti Ke Lal, which dealt with the Bengal famine. She also acted in another IPTA film — Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar.

She choreographed for a few Hindi films as well, including classics like Guru Dutt’s Baazi (1951) and the dream sequence song in Raj Kapoor’s film Awaara.

Sehgal moved to London on a drama scholarship in 1962, where she appeared in many TV productions including The Jewel in the Crown, Tandoori Nights, My Beautiful Laundrette and The Raj Quartet.

Born Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-Ullah Khan on April 27, 1912 in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Zohra Sehgal began her career as a dancer with Uday Shankar in 1935 and performed across Japan, Egypt, Europe and the U.S. In this April 2012 photo, Zohra Sehgal reacts while cutting a cake on her 100th birthday in New Delhi. Photo: PTI

 

Zohra Sehgal was awarded the Padma Shri in 1998 and the Kalidas Samman in 2001. The Sangeet Natak Akademi presented her with its highest award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 2004. She received the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian honour in 2010. In this April 2010 photo, then President Pratibha Patil presents the Padma Vibhushan to Zohra Segal. Photo: PTI
A rare photo of Zohra Sehgal with Uday Shankar’s wife Amala Shankar at Uday Shankar’s dance centre in Almora. Photo: The Hindu Archives
Zohra Sehgal with her sister from Pakistan Uzra Butt in New Delhi in 2003. “All my life I have been active in my profession since October 8, 1935. Even when my children were born, or my husband committed suicide, I managed to carry on. After the 75th year of my career, I decided to stop,” Zohra Sehgal had said in April 2012 when she turned 100. And when asked whether she had any wishes left, she memorably had said, “I want long blonde hair, an hourglass figure and 5 foot 6 inches height.” Photo: The Hindu
Considered the doyenne of Indian theatre, Zohra Sehgal was associated with the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) and Prithviraj Kapoor’s Prithvi Theatre for 14 years. She choreographed for a few Hindi films as well, including classics like Guru Dutt’s “Baazi” (1951) and the dream sequence song in Raj Kapoor’s film “Awaara”. In this June 13, 2009 photo, Zohra Sehgal gets emotional during a meeting in the memory of eminent theatre personality and another IPTA veteran Habib Tanvir at Abhimanch Theatre, NSD, in New Delhi. Photo: The Hindu
Source::::: The Hindu…  July 11 2014
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Curious Coincidence…. !!!

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Curious Coincidence of Words……………..

Hate has 4 letters
so does Love………….

Enemies has 7 letters
so does Friends……..

Lying has 5
so does Truth………………..

Negative has 8
so does Positive…….

Under has 5
so does Above………………..

Cry has 3 letters
so does Joy……….

Anger has 5 letters
so does Happy…….

Right has 5 letters
so does Wrong…….

Are they by Coincidences??????

It means Life is like a Double edged Sword,

We should choose the BETTER SIDE OF LIFE……!!!

Source::::::unknown… Input from a friend of mine

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Image of the Day… Night Shining Clouds !!!

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Electric blue night-shining clouds

2014 has been a great year for noctilucent, or night-shining, clouds, seen at high latitudes only from about mid-May to August. Wondrous, if you can catch them!

Matt Robinson in Sunderland, U.K., saw this wonderful, electric-blue noctilucent clouds on July 7, 2014. They are sometimes called night-shining clouds.

The secrets of night-shining clouds: Everything you need to know

Europe got a fabulous display of noctilucent clouds on July 3

NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is featuring noctilucent clouds today, too

Source:::: Earth sky news

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” Mother is Mother “….Animal Kingdom No Exception …

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A parent’s love for their child knows no boundaries, and this is true both of us and of our animal friends. In these heartwarming photos of animal parenting, you’ll recognize many of the same tender and stressful childhood moments that you may have also experienced as a parent or a child.

Ecologists tend to separate animals into two groups based on their parenting – the r and K categories. The K category includes animals like elephants, cats, and us – animals that have relatively few offspring with longer gestational periods. Their fewer offspring require more focused care, and for a longer time – the sort of parenting we’re used to. Parents from the r category go for quantity over quality, with many offspring that grow quickly and individually have small chances of survival.

 

Image credits: Anton Belovodchenko

Image credits: dailymail.co.uk

Image credits: Jeanette DiAnda

Image credits: Igor Shpilenok

 

Image credits: Ric Seet

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Image credits: Marco Mattiussi

Image credits: Jan Pelcman

Image credits: Laurie Rubin

Image credits: Michael Milicia

Image credits: Chuck Babbitt

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Image credits: Wolfgang von Vietinghoff

Image credits: Udayan Rao Pawar

Image credits: Daniel Münger

Image credits: dailymail.co.uk

Image credits: Andre Pretorius

Image credits: Frederique Olivier/John Downer Productions

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Image credits: Jim Ridley

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Image credits: Michael Nichols

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Image credits: Edwin Kats

A parent’s love for their child knows no boundaries, and this is true both of us and of our animal friends. In these heartwarming photos of animal parenting, you’ll recognize many of the same tender and stressful childhood moments that you may have also experienced as a parent or a child.

Ecologists tend to separate animals into two groups based on their parenting – the r and K categories. The K category includes animals like elephants, cats, and us – animals that have relatively few offspring with longer gestational periods. Their fewer offspring require more focused care, and for a longer time – the sort of parenting we’re used to. Parents from the r category go for quantity over quality, with many offspring that grow quickly and individually have small chances of survival.

 

Image credits: Anton Belovodchenko

Image credits: dailymail.co.uk

Image credits: Jeanette DiAnda

Image credits: Igor Shpilenok

 

Image credits: Ric Seet

Image credits: pensivesquirrel.wordpress.com

Image credits: Marco Mattiussi

Image credits: Jan Pelcman

Image credits: Laurie Rubin

Image credits: Michael Milicia

Image credits: Chuck Babbitt

Image credits: hqwide.com

animal-parents-40

Image credits: Tin Man

Image credits: dailymail.co.uk

Image credits: Wolfgang von Vietinghoff

Image credits: Udayan Rao Pawar

Image credits: Daniel Münger

Image credits: dailymail.co.uk

Image credits: Andre Pretorius

Image credits: Frederique Olivier/John Downer Productions

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Image credits: imgur.com

Image credits: Jim Ridley

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Image credits: Michael Nichols

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Image credits: Edwin Kats

 

Source::::www.boredpanda.com

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Message For the Day…” Do Your Work with utmost sincerity and Dedication… “

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For success in any aspect of life, three things are essential – knowledge, skill and balance. If you combine knowledge with skill, you get balance which is very important. It means maintaining equipoise in the face of praise and criticism. To stay balanced, skill is necessary. If you lose balance, suffering will soon follow. When you are given some work, you should put your heart and soul into it, and do it with utmost sincerity and dedication, to the limit of your capacity. Take for example, a person who is entrusted with planting trees and developing a garden. If he does the work wholeheartedly without getting affected by praise or blame, the plants will come up well, and the garden will get transformed into a place of beauty. When the Guru comes to see that garden and feels happy with the growth of the plants, the joy of the Guru becomes the grace He bestows on that individual, and that grace will confer great happiness to that person.

Sai

Message For the Day…” Inner Purity is the Greatest Wealth One Can Acquire…”

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Only by the light of the Divine lamp inside can  blossom  you as a worthwhile person. Inner purity is the greatest wealth that one can acquire; it is the wick in the container of the heart. Devotion is the oil and Divine Grace is the fire with which the lamp of wisdom can be lit. The prime requisite for achieving Divine Grace is to have harmony in thought, word and deed.

 

Message For the day…” Your Body is The Temple of God… “

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The scriptures declare that body is the temple and God is installed therein. Hence consider your body as a vessel for cooking food, given on loan for hosting the festival of life. Can we return it to God, the Owner, in a worse condition? Should we not scrub it clean and return it bright and free from rust and dust? When the festival of life began, we received a pure, fresh and bright body from Him, innocent of evil. We have now inflicted dents, leaks and other signs of damage, through lust, greed, hatred, anger and envy. Do not return His property in poor condition. You must return it to Him, as pure as He gave it, to be most worthy of His Grace. Remember the purpose of your birth; and leverage your full potential and capability to achieve it. Wear the garland of devotion around your neck and saturate your thought, word and deed with Divine Love.

 

Sathya Sai Baba