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Breath-Taking Shots Around The World!!!….

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Sitting pretty:

A relaxed kangaroo spends a lazy afternoon soaking up the sun at the Jacksonville Zoo in Florida. Photo by Graham McGeorge


The power of the Criollo: Photo and caption by Chris Schmid for the 2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

The power of the Criollo: The power of the Criollo horses at the Cabanha Ipu located in Paran, Brazil. The Criollo is the native horse of Uruguay (1910), Argentina (1918), Brazil (1932) and Paraguay. It may have the best endurance of any horse breed in the world next to the Arabian. Photo by Chris Schmid


Music Collector:

Music Collector: Ahmet is a record seller who loves music very much. He has a small and charming shop and he makes collection of long-play records. He spends his life on music and its changes, and he is very happy with the old melodies. Photo and caption by Melih Sular


Our mothers love

Our mothers love: I love watching the affection and attention that Bonobos have for their young. They truly are a wonderful species of ape. Photo captured at the Jacksonville Zoo, in Florida by Graham McGeorge

Another perspective of the day: The fisherman at Bira Beach. Photo and caption by Dody Kusuma

Another perspective of the day: The fisherman at Bira Beach in Indonesia. Photo and caption by Dody Kusuma


Mount Erebus Ice Cave: A scientist climbs out of an ice cave formed by volcanic vents near the summit of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica. Photo and caption by Alasdair Turner

Mount Erebus Ice Cave: A scientist climbs out of an ice cave formed by volcanic vents near the summit of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica. Photo and caption by Alasdair Turner


Door to Hell:

Door to Hell: Standing at the edge of the Darvaza Crater in Turkmenistan. Known as the Door to Hell, this flaming crater has been burning for decades, fueled by the rich natural gas reserves found below the surface. Photo and caption by Priscilla Locke


Photo and caption by Charlotte Anderson

Yellow Lady: The hostile desert landscape in the Little Rann of Kutch in western Gujarat state is where these day laborers work. The stark, white salt is a challenging environment to work in, dry and bright but there is a peace and beauty to this place too which is overwhelming. It was the second time I visited these parts and each time I leave with a sense of joy and sorrow, the people are lowly paid but full of welcome and smiles to me even though life is tough for them as this is their environment. Photo and caption by Charlotte Anderson

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Message For The Day….God Is Sculptor Willing to Transform You into an Idol….

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Offer your heart and your entire life to the Lord. Then your adoration will transform and transmute you so fast and completely, that you and He will be merged into One. You will be transformed, as a rock is transformed by the sculptor into an idol, deserving the worship of generations of sincere people. In the process you will have to bear many a hammer stroke, many a chisel-wound, for He is the sculptor. He is but releasing you from petrification! Do not defile time or waste this life and body seeking paltry ends. This life is part of the long pilgrimage you entered when you were born, which may not end even when you die. Never forget this fact. Be pure, alert and humble as pilgrims are. Treasure the good things and the truths you see and hear. Use them as props and promptings for further stages of your soul’s journey.

 Sathya Sai Baba

பிஞ்சு குழந்தைக்கு கிடைத்த பழுத்த சால்வை !!!!

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வேத பாடசாலை குழந்தைகள் சிலரை தம்முடன் யாத்திரை அழைத்து சென்றபோது, நல்ல குளிர் காலம், மலை பிரதேசம் வேறு. ’emergency ‘ கொட்டகையில் இரவு கடுங்குளிராக இருக்கும் என்று எண்ணினார்.

பழுத்த கனபாடிகளுக்கே வழங்கப்படும் சால்வைகளை, அந்த பிஞ்சு வித்யார்த்திகளுக்கே வழங்க செய்தார். அதுகளுக்கு கொள்ளை சந்தோஷம். பாதாள கங்கை சென்றார்.

திடீரென்று அங்கே ஒரு பழுத்த கனபாடிகளே வந்துவிட்டார். தரிசனம் முடிந்தவுடன் புறப்பட வேண்டிய அவசரத்தில் இருந்தார். பெரியவா அவரை சம்மானிக்க சால்வை கொண்டுவர சொன்னார்.

மானேஜருக்கோ அந்த குறுகிய நேரத்திற்குள் முகாமுக்கு சால்வை எதுவும் கொண்டு வரவில்லை. சட்டென்று அன்று பாடசாலை பசங்களுக்கு புது சால்வை கொடுத்தது நினைவு வந்தது. எனவே, பெரியவாளிடம் எதுவும் பிரஸ்தாபிக்காமல், காதும் காதும் வைத்தாற்போல் ஒரு பையனிடமிருந்து சால்வையை திரும்ப பெற்றுவந்து, கனபாடிகளுக்கு கொடுத்துவிட்டார்.

இரவு ஏமாற்றத்துடனேயே கையை காலை முடக்கி கொண்டு, அந்த பையன் தூங்கிபோனான். காலையில் எழுந்திருக்கும்போது,அதி சொகுசும், கதகதப்பும் தன்னை ஆற அணைதிருப்பதால் அதிசயித்தான். அவன் இழந்ததைவிட உயர் ரகமான சால்வை அவன் மீது போர்த்தபட்டிருந்ததே அந்த சுகத்துக்கு காரணம்.

“போர்வை வந்துதாடா?” மனேஜரின் குசலப்ரச்னம் அவனுக்கு உண்மையை புரியவைத்தது.

கூர்ந்த திருஷ்டி கொண்ட பெரியவா, கனபாடிகளுக்கு கொடுத்த சால்வை, பாடசாலை சிறுவனுடையது என்று கண்டுபிடித்து விட்டார். அதற்குபின் மாலை அனுஷ்டானம், இரவு பூஜை, எல்லாம் முடிந்ததும், மனேஜரை கூப்பிட்டு விசாரித்தார்.

அவர் செய்தது தனக்கு திருப்தி இல்லை என்றும், தன் சகாக்களுக்கு கிடைத்தது தனக்கு தங்கவில்லையே என்று எப்படி அந்த குழந்தை வருந்தும் என்று விளக்கினார். விட்டால், எங்கே தன்னுடைய சால்வையையே கொடுத்துவிடுவாரோ என்று மனேஜருக்கு கவலை வந்துவிட்டது.

எனவே தாம் முந்திக்கொண்டு “எனக்கு போர்த்திகொள்ள நல்ல கம்பிளி போர்வை இருக்கு. அதையே பையனுக்கு கொடுத்துடறேன்” என்றார்.

“தூங்கிண்டு இருந்தா எழுப்பாதே! நைஸா மேலே போத்திட்டு நீயும் போய் விஸ்ராந்தி பண்ணிக்கோ”

“நைஸ்” இதயத்தால், அதி நைஸ் போர்வை பாலனுக்கு கிடைத்து.

SRI KANCHI MAHA PERIVA THIRUVADIGAL CHARANAM

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Natural Camouflage Leaves This American Owl barely Visible at the Entrance to its Nest!!!

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These incredible pictures of an eastern screech owl were taken by photographer Graham McGeorge, 42, in Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia. Usually solitary, screech owls nest in a tree cavity, either natural or excavated by a woodpecker. They have either rusty or dark grey intricately patterned plumage with streaking on the underparts, helping them to blend in perfectly in their woodland homes..

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Swami Sathya Sai Baba….Ever Alert For HIS Devotees !!!!

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The Lord – Ever Alert for His devotee
How Baba appeared as an old man to save Dr. Padmanabhan

Dr. R S Padmanabhan, a genial and highly renowned dentist practising in Bangalore, has been a devotee of Baba since 1942. His wife, Mrs. Kamala Padmanabhan and he are active members of Sri Sathya Sai Seva organisations. In his long association with Swami, the doctor has had wonderful experiences. Here is an instance where Baba saved them from a disaster as narrated to Smt. Shakuntala Balu in her book, “Living Divinity”:

Once, the doctor and his wife had gone to Puttaparthi and they were anxious to return to Bangalore the same night. That was during the monsoon season and Bhagawan had asked them not to travel at night but wait util daylight.

The doctor was restless thinking of the considerable amount of work waiting for him in Bangalore and, moreover, it did not seem like it would rain heavily. So they set off. Twenty miles later, the rain came down, lashing past the windows and drumming on the car. Visibility became very poor and turning back was impossible.

Dr. Padmanabhan kept the car crawling on – it was already dark and the road was empty – he felt it was better to plough on rather than stand still in the streaming rain and the darkness. He was also afraid, of the car engine stalling. The car bumped along, very slowly when, suddenly, there was a flash of light.

An old man was waving a hurricane lamp. Dr. Padmanabhan stopped. The old man told them that they were headed straight into a strong current of water that was flowing after a small bridge upstream had burst. The old man had halted the car, just in time: a few more yards and the car with its occupants would have been swept away.

“You are lucky”, said the old man who advised them to stop for the night as the bridge could only be repaired in the morning. Then he went away.

Dr. Padmanabhan drove back to his cousin’s house for the night and left again for Bangalore the next morning.

A month later, while Sri Sathya Sai Baba was in Bangalore, He castigated Dr. Padmanabhan for not heeding His words and starting out on the journey at night.

“If I had not been on the look out that night: what would have happened to you?” He asked, sternly.

The doctor, realising that it was Bhagawan who had rescued him that dark night, apologized to Him for having disregarded His words and expressed his gratitude for His grace.”

Reference: “Living Divinity” by Mrs. Shakuntala Balu. Page: 189-190. Published by S. B. Publications, Bangalore, 1983.

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Special Message For The Day….HIS Legacy Lives ….

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“We shall be judged  not by the creed  we  profess or the label  we wear, or the slogans  we shout , but by  the Work , the industry, the sacrifice, the honesty

and purity of character.. Realise the Heaven  within You  and all at once , all the desires are fulfilled , all the misery and suffering is put an end to .   Feel

yourself  above  the body and its environments, above  the mind and its motives , above  the thought of success or fear…

The great cause of suffering in the world is that poeple do not look    WITHIN  . They rely on outside  forces…

With Love,

Sri Sathya Sai Baba”                            Sai

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