Swimming Baby !!! Stunning Confidence Level !!!

This incredible video,  posted by the proud parents of baby Elizabeth, demonstrates the ability of young children to swim short distances unaided.
The toddler, who has been trained by certified infant swim instructors, shows no hesitation as she paddles across the entire length of her parents’ pool.
Elizabeth always swims under the watchful eyes of her parents, who are both trained emergency workers, and they document her progress in YouTube videos.
This footage of Elizabeth aged 16-months was taken almost a year ago but has recently gone viral, generating fierce debate about teaching young children to swim.
Her parents insist the toddler was never in danger as her father, a nurse trained in CPR, and her mother, a lifeguard and swimming instructor, supervised her at all times.

At no point do we force our child to do anything she is unwilling to try”, one of them wrote in response to critical posts on YouTube, “I was 100% prepared to jump in at first sign of distress”.

 

 

source:::::The Telegraph UK

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Message For The Day….Wisdom is not Something You Acquire From Elsewhere …It is Your Own From your Heart !!!

There is no need to fight against the fundamental delusion of body attachment with overwhelming force and argument. Delusion will disappear, if you just sit quietly for one minute and analyse for yourself your own experience with this transient world.Jnana (Wisdom) is not Apraaptha-praapthi, something that is acquired from somewhere, like the gift of money from a donor to a person who did not have it. Wisdom is Praaptha-Praapthi! It is like forgetting about the ten-rupee note that you kept in a book you were reading. You then lent that book to someone and later asked him for a ten-rupee loan. He just gave it to you from the book, which is your own money. Similarly the Guru brings out t he treasure of wisdom, from your very own hridaya pustaka – book of your heart!   

 

Sathya Sai Baba

“தவறு செய்து விட்டோம் …தவறை திருத்திகொள்ளும் புத்தி கொடு பரமேஸ்வரா “

Subject: எஸ். சாம்பசிவனின் ‘திருக்கேதாரநாதருக்கு விண்ணப்ப மடல்’

source::::: input from a friend of mine  based on an article in   “வாய்மை ”                           a Tamil magazine from chennai…  a Must Read article  by the like minded  persons wherever they are… Hence being shared with you all for a sincere and honest introspection ..

natarajan

ஜூன் 16ம் தேதி இரவில் கேதார்நாத் தலத்தில் சிவபெருமானின் பயங்கர அரூபதாண்டவம் நிகழ்ந்தது. அதிர்ச்சியிலிருந்து மீள இவ்வளவு நாட்கள் ஆகியது. ‘வாய்மை’ வாசகர்களின் சார்பாக திருக்கேதார நாதனுக்கு ஒரு விண்ணப்பம் எழுதியிருக்கிறார் நமது படைப்பாளரும், வாசகருமான திரு.எஸ். சாம்பசிவன். படித்துப் பார்த்தேன். என் கண்களில் கண்ணீர் பெருகியது. உள்ளம் உருகியது. நாம் எடுக்கும் தவறான நடவடிக்கைகளை உடனே நிறுத்தி, தெய்வம் அல்லது இயற்கை அன்னையின் சன்னமான குரல்களுக்குச் செவி சாய்ந்துச் செயல்படும் தருணம் வந்து விட்டது என்பதைச் சூசகமாக உணர்த்தும் உண்ணதமான விண்ணப்பம். உங்களிடம் பகிர்ந்து கொள்ள ஒரு க்ஷணமும் தாமதிக்கக் கூடாது என்ற என் உள்ளுணர்வின் காரணமாக உங்களுடன் பகிர்ந்து கொள்கிறேன்.
செயல்படுவோம் நாம் ஒவ்வொருவரும் – துயர் தவிர்ப்போம் வரும் நாளில்.
ஒம், சிவோகம். – ஆசிரியர்.

 

திருக்கேதாரநாதனுக்கு ஒரு விண்ணப்பம்.
நீலக்ரீவாய நம:
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ஹே! கேதார நாதா! திருக்கேதாரத்தின் ஆதாரம் தில்லையிலே என்று சொல்லுவார்களே! ‘கேதாராதி க்ஷேத்ராதாரம்’ என்பதல்லவா வாக்கு. தில்லையிலே ஆனந்த நடனத்தைக்காட்டிய உனக்கு திருக்கேதாரத்திலே ஏன் இந்த கோர தாண்டவம்? நாங்கள் என்ன பிழை செய்தோம்? கடுமையாகத் தண்டித்து விட்டாயே? சங்கரருக்கும் மத்வருக்கும் ராமானுஜருக்கும் சிவானந்தர்களுக்கும் மற்றும் பல கோடி கோடி சாதுக்களுக்கும் சன்யாசிகளுக்கும் ஆத்மஞானிகளுக்கும் பல நூறு ஆண்டுகளாக ஞான மார்க்கத்தைப்போதித்த உனக்கு எங்கள் தலைமுறையினரிடம் என்ன கோபம்? கோடிட்டுக் காட்டியிருக்கலாமே? இப்படியா ருத்ர தாண்டவம்? பிரளயம் எப்படி இருக்கும் என்ற முன்னெச்சரிக்கையா? உனது வில்லில் நாண் ஏற்றி விட்டாயா? நாங்கள் புரிந்துகொண்டோம். எங்களிடம் கோபம் வேண்டாம். திருபுர சம்ஹாரத்தின்போது மேருமலையை வில்லாக வளைத்தாயாமே? இன்று இமயத்தை வளைத்தாயா? இமவான் உனது மாமனார் ஆயிற்றே!. அவரை விட்டுவிடு. கருணாரச வாஹினியான உமையவளும் உன்னிடம் சொல்லவில்லயா? இல்லை, நாங்கள் செய்த தவறு அதற்கும் மேற்பட்டதா?
திருக்கேதாரத்தை ஒரு உல்லாச Hill Station ஆக்கிவிட்டோம் என்ற கோபமா? உன் கோபுரத்திற்கும் உயரமாக பல ஹோட்டல்கள் கட்டி கழிவறைகளும் படுக்கை அறைகளும் கட்டிவிட்டோம் என்ற கோபமா? ஆழ்ந்த அமைதியிலே ஞானத்தைத் தேடுவோரின் தியானத்தைக் கெடுத்துவிட்டோம் என்கிற கோபமா?
‘வனானாம் பதயே நமஹ’ என்று பிரதோஷம் தவறாமல் ருத்ரம் படித்துவிட்டு உனது காடுகளையும் அழித்து உன்னை ஏமாற்றிவிடலாம் என நினைத்தோமா?
‘அபர்ணானாம் பதயே நமஹ’ (இலைகளுக்கெல்லாம் அதிபதி) என்று உன்னைத்துதித்துவிட்டு இலைகளுக்கு மாற்றாக பிளாஸ்டிக் குப்பை சேர்த்த குற்றமா?
உனது உறைவிடமான பனிமலையை இராட்சத இயந்திரம் கொண்டு துளையிட்டு பனி இல்லாமல் செய்து விட்டார்களே என்று கோபம் அடைந்தாயா? நிர்மலமான சூழ்நிலையை மாற்றி தூசியும் துர்நாற்றமும் சேர்த்த குற்றமா? சொல் ஒன்று செயல் வேறு என்பது காலத்தின் கோலம்.
நீதானே கால தேவன்? ஏன் காலனாய் மாறினாய்?
ஏதோ தவறு செய்துவிட்டோம். இனியாவது அந்தத் தவறைத் திருத்திக்கொள்ளும் புத்தியை எங்களுக்குக்கொடு.
‘ம்ருத்யோர்மா அம்ருதம் கமய’ என்பது சத்திய வாக்கானால் இந்த அழிவிலிருந்து நன்னிலைக்கு அழைத்துச்செல்.
ஒலியும் நீயே எதிரொலியும் நீயே! மேகமும் நீயே, மழையும் நீயே, வெள்ளமும் நீயே அழிவும் நீயே என புரிந்து கொண்டோம்.
உன்னை அடி பணிகிறேம். நாங்கள் உன் குழந்தைகள்.
मानो महान्तमुतमानो अर्भकं मान उक्षन्तमुत मा न उक्षितम् ।
मानोवधीः पितरं मोत मातरं प्रिया मानस्तनुवो रुद्र रीरिषः ॥
ஸ்லோகத்தின் அர்த்தம்:
ஒ! பரமேஸ்வரா! எங்களின் வயது வந்தோர்களை நோயினால் வாட்டாதே. எங்கள் குழந்தைகளை வாட்டாதே. எங்கள் இளைஞர்களுக்கு இடையூறு செய்யாதே. கர்பத்திலிருக்கும் கருவை கலைக்காதே. எங்கள் தாய் தகப்பன்மார்களைப் பிரிக்காதே. எங்களைக்காப்பாற்று.
சிதானந்த ரூப: சிவோஹம் சிவோஹம்.
இப்படிக்கு
உன்னால் ஆட்கொண்ட தீனர்கள் ‘வாய்மை’ வாசகர்கள்.
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Message For The Day….Thro ‘ Your Own Inner Divine Strength , You Can Achieve Anything !!!

What the world needs is more hard work, done in a spirit of sacrifice, of relinquishing one’s personal comforts to make others happy. Every being has truth, sweetness and Divinity embedded within them. Only they do not take the time to learn how to manifest that latent Divinity, how to realize the Truth and how to taste that innate sweetness. Hence people carry the twin burdens of joy and grief tied to the ends of a single pole slung across their shoulders. Courage is the tonic for getting health and strength, both physical and mental. Give up doubt, hesitation and fear. Never give any chance for these to strike root in your mind. Take the Name of your Favourite Lord and savour it on your tongue – it will help you give up fear and doubt. Through your own inner divine strength, you can achieve anything. You can become God, for sure! Keep the Name of the Lord always on your tongue and in your mind; it will help you give up fear and doubt.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For The Day…Keep your Heart Clean and Pure so that God Choose it as HIS Abode..

This day, you may feel you have no need of the Lord, but remember, when the pangs of hunger gnaw, you start pining for food. Therefore, wash your hearts with tears of joy so that the Lord might install Himself therein. A zamindar may own all of the fields up to the very horizon on all sides, but he will choose to sit only on a patch that is clean! In the same way, when the Lord chooses the heart of a devotee, it does not mean that all other hearts are not His. They are only not clean enough. He is everywhere, everything is His, His gaze is on all. If God was not all this, how could they shine, or exist even as much as they do now? Therefore, have full faith in God and in yourselves, engage always in good deeds and beneficial activities; speak the truth, do not inflict pain by word or deed or even thought. That is the way to gain peace; that is the highest merit which you can earn in this life.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Evergreen Quotes and Fine Five Facts !!!!

Quotable Quotes ….
1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
— John Adams
2. If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do
read the newspaper you are misinformed.
— Mark Twain
3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of
Congress. But then I repeat myself.
— Mark Twain
4. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. –Winston Churchill
5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on
the support of Paul.
— George Bernard Shaw
6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man,
which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
— G. Gordon Liddy
7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep
voting on what to have for dinner.
–James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor
people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
— Douglas Case, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University .
9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey
and car keys to teenage boys.
— P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian
10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody
endeavours to live at the expense of everybody else.
— Frederic Bastiat, French economist(1801-1850)
11. Government’s view of the economy could be summed up
in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps
moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
–Ronald Reagan (1986)
12. I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the
facts. — Will Rogers
13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you
see what it costs when it’s free!
— P. J. O’Rourke
14. In general, the art of government consists of taking as much
money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to
the other.
–Voltaire (1764)
15. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean
politics won’t take an interest in you!
— Pericles (430 B.C.)
16. No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the
legislature is in session.
— Mark Twain (1866)
17. Talk is cheap, except when Congress does it.
— Anonymous
18. The government is like a baby’s alimentary canal, with a happy
appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
— Ronald Reagan
19. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the
blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing
of misery.
— Winston Churchill
20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that
the taxidermist leaves the skin.
— Mark Twain
21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is
to fill the world with fools.
— Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
22. There is no distinctly Native American criminal class, save
Congress.
— Mark Twain
23. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians
–Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
24. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is
strong enough to take everything you have.
— Thomas Jefferson
25. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public
office.
— Aesop
Fine  Five  Facts !!!!
1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the
wealthy out of prosperity.
2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the
government does not first take from somebody else.
4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.
5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to
work, because the other half is going to take care of them, and
when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work
because somebody else is going to get what they work for,
that is the beginning of the end of any nation!

source:::::input from a friend of mine

natarajan

 

“The Moment A Tiny Leopard Cub Hugged Its Mother ” !!!

Pulling wild faces was just enough for this baby leopard cutie to scare away a pack of ruthless jackals.

Travelling the wilds of the African bush this little leopard family of a mum and two cubs ran into a SPOT of bother in the shape of greedy jackals looking for their next meal.

Mum managed to grab one of her cubs in her mouth leaving its brave but pint-sized sibling to fend for itself while she carried the cub to safety.

But with striking blue eyes and a fierce display of big-cat prowess its mother would be proud of the little lone leopard was able to keep the cowardly jackals at bay until help could arrive – in the shape of one angry mother. The cubs were re-united by mum and they carried on their journey.

Photographers Michel and Christine Denis-Huot, from France, captured the heart-warming moment while travelling through the Masai Mara wildlife reserve in Kenya

Fun times: The leopard cubs had been playing happily before the jackals arrived  Fun times: The leopard cubs had been playing happily before the jackals arrived
The leopard cubs had been playing happily before the jackals arrived

Moving on: But the family were forced to move on when a pair of jackals started paying the tiny cubs too much attention

Moving on: But the family were forced to move on when a pair of jackals started paying the tiny cubs too much attention 

Help: The mother carries one of her cubs as it was struggling to keep up the pace
Help: The mother carries one of her cubs as it was struggling to keep up the pace 

‘We were following a leopard mother with her two young cubs,’ said Christine, 60.

‘The cubs were so cute playing with each other as well as with their mother.

‘As soon as she began to walk the jackals were following her.

‘She managed to take one of the cubs in her mouth and the other one was walking.

‘Sadly the last cub was tired and had to stop in the long grass.

Tracking: The jackals don't let the leopards out of their sight as the mother tries to take her cubs to safety
Tracking: The jackals don’t let the leopards out of their sight as the mother tries to take her cubs to safety

 

Hiding: Unable to keep with the pace, the cub not being carried by it's mother stops to rest and hide int eh long grass, but it's steely blue eyes give it away

Hiding: Unable to keep with the pace, the cub not being carried by it’s mother stops to rest and hide int eh long grass, but it’s steely blue eyes give it away

Confrontation: It's not long before one of the jackals spots the tired cub

Confrontation: It’s not long before one of the jackals spots the tired cub

‘The jackals stopped too and became more and more aggressive.

‘The cub had to fend them off by making as much noise as possible and look aggressive.’

The scene lasted about three minutes before the cub eventually escaped.

Leopards are one of the top predators of the Masai  Mara

Surrounded: The tiny leopard cub makes as much noise as he can showing his tiny teeth at the predators

Surrounded: The tiny leopard cub makes as much noise as he can showing his tiny teeth at the predators

Brave: Even at such a young age the little leopard confronts the jackal and tries to scare it off

Brave: Even at such a young age the little leopard confronts the jackal and tries to scare it off

 

Fearless: The little lone leopard was able to keep the jackals at bay until help from its mother eventually arrived
Fearless: The little lone leopard was able to keep the jackals at bay until help from its mother eventually arrived 

Safe at last: once the lone cub was rescued by its mother the family unit was reunited and could relax again at last
Safe at last: once the lone cub was rescued by its mother the family unit was reunited and could relax again at last 

Heart-stopping: This is the moment a tiny leopard cub hugged it's mother after escaping a scary solo encounter with two hungry jackals
Heart-stopping: This is the moment a tiny leopard cub hugged it’s mother after escaping a scary solo encounter with two hungry jackal!!!!
source:::::mailonline.com UK
natarajan

Message For The Day….Self Effort and Divine Grace Must For Taking Spiritual Path ….

It is only through action that devotion can be deepened. Action cleanses the mind and makes it fit for spiritual knowledge. Merely listening to noble thoughts (sravanam) is a thaamasik act. Recapitulation (manana) is Rajasik and complete assimilation (nidhidhyasana) is Saathwik. When you are simply listening, quietly receiving without reflecting or responding, you are dull (thaamasik). When you turn the thought over in your mind, attempting to assimilate it, then you are active (rajasik), and when you are sunk in the sweetness of experience, you enjoy pure exultation (sathwik). That Nidhidhyasana is the fruit of devotion. To overcome obstacles in the spiritual path, you must have both, Sadhana and Sankalpa – Self-effort and Divine Grace.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Divine Image of The Day…..Shirdi Sai

When you focus on being a blessing to others, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

 

 

When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities; when GOD doesn’t solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities….
source:::::::H.Deepa in shirdi sai speaks
natarajan

Message For The Day…Regulate Your Life With Sathwik Food and Pursuits…

The doctor is found where patients gather. So too, the Lord is always with the suffering and struggling. The patient who desires to improve must have faith in the doctor and carry out the instructions. Unless you have obeyed the orders of the doctor strictly and to the very letter, you have no authority to pronounce judgement on the doctor. Also remember that the doctor’s treatment will vary with each patient – it will depend upon the ailment, the age, the virulence of the disease and the treatment already undertaken. Apart from the prescription, one has to also adhere to the dietary and other regulations that the doctor recommends. That is to say, it is not merely practices like japam and dhyanam (Remembering God’s name and meditation) that will have to be done, but in order to supplement the effect of these, you have to lead a regulated life, a life conducive to good thoughts, with Sathwik (virtuous) food and pursuits.

 

Sathya Sai Baba