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Message For the Day…” DIscipline Your Mind & AchieveHolistic Wellbeing…”
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The word ‘Health’ is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word ‘Helig’ meaning holistic or wholeness of the spirit. You are made up of sense organs, mind, intellect, consciousness and the indwelling spirit. ‘Wholeness’ includes all these elements. Your mind should be in a state of fullness; there should be no room for confusion or depression. To achieve such a state of mind, it is necessary to connect with the Divine and understand the situation. For instance, students should not get depressed if they did not score as well as they expected or perhaps failed in an examination. Instead, they should examine the reasons for the result – whether they studied well or understood the subject correctly. If the conclusion is inadequate preparation, then the resolve should be to do better in the next opportunity. You must develop your moral and mental strength by practicing Sadhana for disciplining the mind and achieve holistic wellbeing.
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Message for the Day…” Help Ever …Hurt Never “….
All of you have seen a map of the world, is it not? How little is India in this map? Compared to India, Andhra Pradesh is small. The district of Anantapur is still tinier. In this district, Puttaparthi is virtually a microscopic dot on the map. Now you as a person residing in Puttaparthi are practically so insignificant. Then how can you suffer from ego? Remember, God is all around you. There is no meaning at all in being egoistic. You may feel proud that you are educated; there are more educated people than you. You may think you are beautiful; there are any number more beautiful than you. Maybe you are good at singing; there are several who can sing better than you. Why are you then so proud of yourself? This is mere ignorance. Do not give place to ego. Become egoless, give up pomp and show. Be selfless and lead a life that befits an educated person. Always, Help Ever, Hurt Never.
Albert Einstein…Few Lighter Moments in the Life of This Genius !!!
Great minds do not ponder over small things!
Albert Einstein’s wife often suggested that he dress more professionally, when he headed off to work.
“Why should I?” He would invariably argue. Everyone knows me there.”
When the time came for Einstein to attend his first major conference, she begged him to dress up a bit.
“Why should I?” said Einstein. “No one knows me there!
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Albert Einstein was often asked to explain the general theory of relativity.
“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour,” he once declared.
“Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.
That’s relativity!”
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One day while working in Princeton University, Albert Einstein forgot his home address when he was going back home. The driver of the cab did not recognize him.
Einstein asked the driver if he knows Einstein’s home. The driver said “who does not know Einstein’s address? Everyone in Princeton knows. Do you want to meet him?”
Einstein replied, “I am Einstein. I forgot my home address, can you take me there?
“The driver reached him to his home and did not even collect his fare from him.
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Einstein was once travelling from Princeton on a train when the conductor came down the aisle, punching the tickets of every passenger. When he came to Einstein, Einstein reached in his vest pocket. He couldn’t find his ticket, so he reached in his trouser pockets. It wasn’t there, so he looked in his briefcase but couldn’t find it. Then he looked in the seat beside him. He still couldn’t find it.
The conductor said, ‘Dr. Einstein, I know who you are. We all know who you are. I’m sure you bought a ticket. Don’t worry about it.’
Einstein nodded appreciatively.
The conductor continued down the aisle punching tickets. As he was ready to move to the next car, he turned around and saw the great physicist down on his hands and knees looking under his seat for his ticket. The conductor rushed back and said, ‘Dr. Einstein, Dr. Einstein, don’t worry, I know who you are. No problem. You don’t need a ticket. I’m sure you bought one.’
Einstein looked at him and said, ‘Young man, I too know who I am. What I don’t know is where I’m going. That’s why I am searching my ticket”
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At college Einstein fell madly in love with the only woman in his physics class, a dark and intense Serbian named Mileva Maric.
She served as a sounding board for his scientific ideas and helped to check the math in his papers, but eventually their relationship disintegrated.
Einstein offered her a deal. He would win the Nobel Prize someday, he said; if she gave him a divorce, he would give her the prize money.
She thought for a week and accepted.
Because his theories were so radical, it was seventeen years after his miraculous outpouring from the Patent office before he was awarded the prize and she collected!
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THE COSMIC TRUTH! LIFE IS LIKE RIDING A BICYCLE. TO KEEP YOUR BALANCE YOU MUST KEEP MOVING! –Albert Einstein, in a letter to his son Eduard, February 5, 1930
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This ” Nigerian Scam ” email Offers Compensation for Scams !!!
We don’t know if this guy was scammed, but we do know you shouldn’t trust an email that includes the words ‘bank’ and ‘Nigeria’. Source: Supplied
THEY’RE the scourge of the internet (well, as well as cat videos and angry conversations about chemtrails) – but surely this Nigerian scam email has to be the worst.
Not only does it claim to come from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, himself – but it has the audacity to offer monetary compensation FOR SCAMS.
No, you didn’t win a lottery you didn’t enter this time. And no, someone isn’t trying to smuggle gold out of a strange African country by using your bank account.
You can receive $300,000 – US – for being scammed. From the United Nations, no less. Who just finished a seven-month-long meeting period to agree to this mass-cash payout to the entire duped world. And no proof required!
But it gets better. Are you a foreign contractor that hasn’t been paid? Then here’s $300,000, from the UN. Did your international bank transaction just fail? Don’t worry, the UN has $300k just for you.
Or maybe your international business failed because of “Government problems etc”? You’re up for a handy slice of UN cash too.
There are a few different versions of this one floating about – and have been for years – but this one at least spells the name of the UN Secretary-General correctly.
And no, it doesn’t actually come from Nigeria. This one allegedly comes from Benin, a small African country. Right next to Nigeria. It does, however, reference one Gwen Abiola Oloke, who Google suggests is the boss of a bank in Nigeria.
Also, this could be the first time an email address actually includes a person’s honorific – the ‘Mrs’ in Mrs Gwen Abiola Oloke is PART of her email.
The full, unedited text of the scam is below.
Attn:
How are you today and hope all is well with you and your family?You may
not understand why this mail has been sent to you but i will implore you
to
take your time to carefully go through this mail.
We have had meetings for the pass 7 months which ended 4 days ago at our
office head quarters in New York(UNITED NATIONS). This email is to all
the people that have been scammed in any part of the world,the UNITED
NATION has agreed to compensate them adequately with the sum of US$
300,000.
This includes every foreign contractor that has not received their
contract sum and people that have had unfinished transactions as regards
international bank transfers or international businesses that failed due
to Government problems etc.
We found your name on our list and that is why we are contacting you.This
has been agreed upon and has been signed. You are advised to contact Mrs.
Gwen Abiola Oloke of ZENITH BANK Benin Republic PLC as she is our
representative in Benin Republic, contact her immediately for your
Cheque/International Bank Draft of USD$ 300,000. This funds are in a Bank
Draft for security purpose,so she will send it to you and you can clear it
at any bank of your choice.
Therefore you must ensure to send her your full Name and telephone number
current mailing address as regards receiving your draft.
Contact:Mrs. Gwen Abiola Oloke immediately for your Cheque:
Person to Contact Mrs. Gwen Abiola Oloke
Email: mrsgwenabiolaoloke@accountant.com
Thanks and God bless you and your family.Hoping to hear from you as soon
as you cash your Bank Draft.
Making the world a better place.
Regards,
Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General(UNITED NATIONS)
source::: news.com.au
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“அன்னதான சிவன் …”
தேப்பெருமாநல்லூர் சிவன் என்றால் சட்டென்று யாரும் புரிந்து கொள்ள மாட்டார்கள். அன்னதான சிவன் என்றால் எல்லோருக்கும் தெரியும். அன்னதானம் செய்வதில் என்றைக்குமே சளைக்காதவர்.
அவருக்குக் காஞ்சி மஹானிடம் அளவுகடந்த பக்தியுண்டு. அந்த பக்தியின் காரணமாக மஹானுக்கு ஒரு நீண்ட கடிதத்தை எழுதினார். மஹான் பல தினங்கள் உபவாசம் இருந்த காலம் அது.
இதனால் தனது உள்ளத்தில் ஏற்பட்ட வேதனையை மஹானுக்குத் தெரிவித்து இதில் பல விஷயங்களைக் குறிப்பிட்டிருந்தார்.
”மஹான் தொடர்ந்து உபவாசம் இருந்தால் அவரது உடல்நிலை கெட்டுவிடும். அவர் ஆரோக்கியமாக இருந்தால் தான் பக்தர்கள் நீண்ட காலம் அவரது அருளைப் பெற முடியும். ஆதலால் சிறிதளவேனும் அன்ன பிட்க்ஷை ஏற்க வேண்டும். உடல்நிலை சரியில்லை என்றால் சீதோஷ்ண ஸ்திதிக்கு ஏற்றவாறு வெந்நீரில் குளிக்கவேண்டும். சமுத்திர ஸ்நானம் செய்யப்போகும்போது துணையோடு போகவேண்டும். நதிகளில் ஆழம் பார்த்துத்தான் இறங்கவேண்டும். பூஜையை முடித்தபின் சற்றுநேரம் ஓய்வு எடுத்துக்கொள்ள வேண்டும். இரவு வெகுதூரம் கண்விழித்துப் படிக்கக்கூடாது. தாங்கள் எப்போதும் நலமாக இருக்கவேண்டும் என்கிற காரணத்திற்காக இக்கடிதத்தை எழுதுகிறேன்” என்று முடித்திருந்தார்.
மஹான் அக்கடிதத்தை ஒருமுறை அல்ல; இருமுறை படிக்கச் சொல்லி புன்முறுவலோடு அதைக்கேட்டார்கள். மடத்தில் உள்ள அனைவருக்கும் சிவன் மீது அளவு கடந்த மரியாதை. மஹான் அவசியம் இதற்கு பதில் எழுதுவார் என்று நினைத்தார்கள்.
ஆனால் அதற்கு பதிலாக மஹான், ஒரு நபர் மூலம் செய்தியாகத் தன் எண்ணத்தைச் சொல்லி அனுப்பினார்.
“கடிதத்தில் எழுதியுள்ளபடி எல்லாம் நடைபெறும்” என்கிற செய்தி சிவனிடம் சொல்லப்பட்ட பிறகுதான் அவர் மனம் சமாதானம் அடைந்தது.
மஹானிடம் இப்படி வேண்டுகோள் விடுக்க, அப்போது சிவன் ஒருவருக்குத்தான் மனோபலம் இருந்தது. இதே வேண்டுகோளை சிவன், மஹானை நேரில் பார்க்க வரும்போதும் கோரிக்கையாக வைப்பார். மஹான் அவர்பால் பரிவு கொண்டு அவரைப் பாராட்டி மகிழ்வார்.
சிவனுக்கு முதிர்ந்த நிலை வந்தபோது அவரைக் கவனித்துக் கொள்ள மஹான் மடத்து சிப்பந்திகளை அனுப்பி இருந்தார். தனது கடைசி காலத்தில் தனது சொந்த ஊருக்குச் சென்ற சிவன் அங்கேயே இறைவனடி சேர்ந்தார்.
மஹான் அந்த சமயம் காசி யாத்திரை சென்றிருந்தார். திரும்பிய பிறகுதான் சிவனின் மறைவு குறித்து அவருக்குத் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது.
”சிவன் ஒரு சன்னியாசி இல்லை என்றாலும் துறவியைப் போல் பற்றற்ற வாழ்க்கையை மேற்கொண்டு இருந்தார். பிறருக்கு சேவை செய்ததுடன் ‘பசி’ என்று வந்தவர்களுக்கு அன்னமளிக்காமல் அனுப்பியதில்லை. மிகவும் புண்ணியம் செய்த அவர் நிச்சயம் மோட்சத்திற்குத்தான் போவார்” என்று சொன்ன மஹான், சிவனின் நற்கதிக்காக கும்பகோணத்திலும் திருபுவனத்திலும் உள்ள கோயில்களில் மோட்ச தீபம் ஏற்றுமாறு கட்டளையிட்டார்.
சிவன் மறைந்த பத்தாவது நாளன்று, கும்பகோணத்தில் உள்ள மடத்தில் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான மக்களுக்கு உணவு அளிக்க மஹான் ஏற்பாடு செய்தார். தனக்கென்று ஏதும் வைத்துக்கொள்ளாத சிவன் இறக்கும் தருவாயில் தன்னிடம் இருந்த சொற்பப் பணத்தை முழுவதும் தர்மத்திற்காக செலவிடும்படி கூறியிருந்தார்.
அதனால் இப்பணத்தைக் கொண்டு ஹரிஜனங்களுக்குப் பயன்படும் வகையில் குளம் ஒன்றை செப்பனிட்டு வழங்கும்படி மஹான் உத்தரவிட்டார்.
அன்னதான சிவன் மீது மஹான் கொண்டிருந்த அன்புக்கு அளவு இல்லை என்பதற்கு இது ஓர் எடுத்துக்காட்டு. மஹானை ஆதரவோடு பார்த்து அன்புக்கட்டளை இட்ட மாமனிதர் தான் இந்த அன்னதான சிவன்.
ஜெய ஜெய சங்கர! ஹர ஹர சங்கர!!
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Message For the Day…” Don’t Ever Violate the Rules of Digestion … ” !!!
You must be able to get up with the same ease with which you sat to have your food. If you sit down feeling light and feel heavy and difficult to get up after eating, you have taken more than you need and it will developTamasik qualities. The space in your stomach is divided into four parts. Youngsters should fill three parts of their stomach with food and remaining one part with water. For adults, two parts of stomach with food, one part for water and one part for air is advisable. If you fill all four parts with food with no place even for water, you are violating the rules for digestion! After having your lunch, rest for just ten minutes. That will help blood to circulate freely from your head to your toe. At night, after dinner, you must go for a walk. This is a sound routine for good health and to develop Satwik nature.
Satya Nadella…Tipped to be Microsoft”s Next CEO !!!
Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella is expected to become the third CEO in Microsoft history. Source: Supplied
HERE are 10 things you didn’t know about Satya Nadella, 47, the likely next CEO of Microsoft, where he would be only the third CEO in the company’s 39-year history. Bill Gates and current boss, Steve Ballmer, are the other two.
• Owns 113.666 shares of Microsoft stock – worth about $4.2 million. Current CEO Steve Ballmer owns 333,252,990 shares, or 4 per cent of the $300 billion company.
• Earned $7.7M in total compensation in 2013, the 2d highest amount in company.
• Played cricket in high school growing up in Hyderabad, in southern India.
• Advice to younger engineers: “Be passionate and bold.”
• Graduate of MIT – but not the one in Massachusetts. Got a 1988 degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, one of the top engineering schools in India.
• First name is actually Satyanarayana. A real engineering geek, he started at Microsoft in 1992. • Worked on Windows, Bing, Servers and now is now Executive Vice President, Cloud and Enterprise at the software giant.
• Helped bring Microsoft’s Office 365 to the cloud. The company’s cloud business, under Nadella, grew to a $20.3 billion operation last year, up 22 per cent from when he took it over two years earlier.
• Microsoft’s commercial cloud service grew 107 per cent last year, under Nadella’s leadership.
• Nadella also has a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
• Has just 3,549 followers on Twitter – no wonder, his last tweet was three and a half years ago. “HTML 5 – what fun!” he tweeted. but it is better than Ballmer, who has yet to join the Twitter-sphere.
source:::news.com.au
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Cyprus Swamp In Swan Quarter…North Carolina !!!
Cool colors in a cyprus swamp in Lake Mattamuskeet, Swan Quarter, North Carolina.
Photo credit: Jess Ica
Thank you to our Facebook friend Jess Ica for this photo. Jess wrote:
I did not add any color to these photos…this is what the cypress swamps look like when the cypress trees release their oils in to the swamps waters….the colors are absolutely breathtaking.
source::::earth sky news
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