| Today, I want to take a moment to say ‘Thanks Be to God’. Today, I want Him to know how grateful I am, for all that I have encountered in my life: the people that have given it more meaning, the opportunities that I have learned much from, the challenges that I have had to overcome, and for each new day that I awake, and am given the opportunity to live my life once again. Thank You God!
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This Flower Garden … A Paradise on the Land …!!!
This beautiful flower garden, found in the Al Ain Paradise garden in the United Arab Emirates, is one of the most beautiful and colorful gardens in the world. Every year, thousand come visit this aromatic and colorful place.
Watch a video tour of this incredible garden
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Natarajan
Message for the Day…” Adhere to the Law of Truth in Your every Act…”
Why complain that the ground cannot be seen when all the while your gaze is fixed on the sky? Watch the ground and look at the sheet of water that reflects the sky —then you can see, at the same time, the sky above and the earth below. So too, to adhere to the law of truth (sathya-dharma), in your every act, you must see the reflection of the glory of the Divine (Atma);then this attachment to the Lord will transmute your attachment to the world into a pure offering. Adherence to the law of truth is in fact the practice of the immanent Atmic principle. The goal of purity should not be altered or lowered; the essentials should be kept intact. Righteousness (Dharma)does not depend on the various names and forms that its application entails; they are not so basic. Dharma depends more on the motives and the feelings that direct and channelise your every act.
This Ashram Left A Lasting Impression On The Minds Of Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs.
During the town hall meeting with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mark Zuckerberg revealed an interesting fact about him and Steve Jobs that made them successful.
Deeply influenced by the Indian spiritualism in the 70s, Steve Jobs, once a college drop-out used to visit Kainchi Dham Ashram, in Nainital, Uttarakhand.
It is believed that in the Ashram of Neeb Karori (often called Neem Karoli) Baba, Jobs got his enlightenment to build Apple.
Facebook, launched in 2004, had its fair share of dark days during the initial years. It was Steve Jobs, Zuckerberg went to during those hard times. Apparently, he followed most of Job’s advice when his company was going through a rough patch and it might have inspired him to turn into a visionary.
The Facebook CEO spent a month in India and spent two days in the Ashram which is a small temple complex on the banks of the Kosi, a river in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.
This is what he revealed in front of Modi and the whole world:
“…he (Jobs) told me that in order to reconnect with what I believed as the mission of the company I should visit this temple that he had gone to in India early on in his evolution of thinking about what he wanted Apple and his vision of the future to be. So I went and I travelled for almost a month, and seeing people, seeing how people connected, and having the opportunity to feel how much better the world could be if everyone has a strong ability to connect reinforced for me the importance of what we were doing and that is something I’ve always remembered over the last 10 years as we’ve built Facebook.”
Though Neeb Karori Baba passed away in 1973, his followers include some well-known personalities, including Hollywood actress Julia Roberts and Larry Brilliant, former director of Google.org.
His ashram went on to transform two unknown faces into billionaires – Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.
Amazing, isn’t it?
News Source: The Times Of India
Source…Shuvro Ghoshal..www.storypick.com
Natarajan
Message for the Day…” Speak only Truth which emerges from Your Heart …”
Speaking truth is the foremost quality of a human being. In fact, truth must dance on your tongue. To speak untruth and talk irresponsibly does not behove a human being. If you indulge in useless and indiscriminate talk, how can it be called truth? Before you speak something, you must enquire whether it is truth or not. Speak only truth which emerges from the heart. The entire world has emerged from truth and everything merges into truth. The clouds moving in the sky sometimes obscure the Sun; once the clouds move away, the resplendent Sun is fully visible. Similarly it is only when the dark clouds of resolutions and confusions in our heart are cleared, truth manifests. The five human values are not independent of each other. They closely follow one another. These qualities are God’s gift to humanity. All human beings must manifest these five human values by practicing them.
At 94, This Man is Trying to Get Mangaluru’s Traffic in Order…….
94-year-old Joe Gonsalves has been appointed Chief Traffic Warden for Mangaluru
October 1 is observed as World Elders Day – but for some, age is clearly just a number – and no reason to take the foot off the accelerator and apply the brakes. Meet Joe Gonsalves, a spry 94-year-old – and he plans to get the traffic of Mangaluru into some kind of order. He has volunteered to work with the traffic police in his home town to set up a Traffic Warden Squad.
“I have been driving for the last 75 years in Mangalore city. It was a pleasure to drive. I realised there is a radical difference in traffic from what I knew then and what it is today. Very often people tend to criticize what the traffic department is doing. But have we asked a question to ourselves, what are we doing about it? Pointing a finger at anyone is very easy but we should not be on fault-finding missions but on fact-finding missions. Then we will find an answer,” Mr Gonsalves told NDTV.
Mr Gonsalves has been appointed Chief Traffic Warden for the city after choosing to be the change he wanted to see.
AC Vinay, a corporator, is impressed. “This is an indication to youth and other citizens of Mangalore city to join with Gonsalves,” he said
“I am not working alone. I am working with the department coordinating their efforts at the same time providing them with manpower to the best of my ability. We directed our attention to colleges… We told students their role was not just to study and get degrees but to reach out to people. We told them the best way is to try and avoid road accidents and deaths. It is my turn to return something to Mangalore and the people of Mangalore,” Mr Gonzalves said.
The members of the new Traffic Warden Squad will have a marvelous example to follow. As will all of us.
Source…www.ndtv.com
Natarajan
Message for the Day…” When ‘dharma’ becomes ‘pseudo- dharma’….”
When the waves of egotist fear or greed drives one into the privacy of the home, the loneliness of the forest, or anywhere else, it is impossible to escape suffering. However in daily practice, when one’s acts are motivated by the basic principle of the reality of the Atma, every act becomes stamped with the seal of dharma (righteousness). On the other hand, when acts are motivated by convenience and selfish interest, the dharmabecomes pseudo-dharma. Why, even the feeling ‘he is a friend’ or ‘she is an enemy’ is an error. This delusion has to be given up. The Lord, the embodiment of love, is the only constant friend, relative, companion, guide, and protector. Know this and live in that knowledge. This is dharma built on the bedrock of understanding, this is life built on the bedrock of dharma.
Something Sweet to Start Your Day With a Smile …!!!
Classic Comedy: The Marx Brothers’ Famous Mirror Scene
Considered one of the cornerstone sketches of comedy, this mirror sketch by the Marx Brothers, uses their similar looks to set up a hilarious and cleverly-made scene, you’ll never forget.
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Natarajan
” We Are not Special…But Limited Edition …”
We, the people born between 1940-1970…are the blessed ones…We are the awesome people… Our life is a living proof……….
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> 👉We were never treated like a pack of animals to carry our books to school.
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> 👉While playing and riding bicycle, we never bothered to wear helmets.
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> 👉After school time we played until its dusk but never watched t-world (TV) by locking up ourselves in a room.
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> 👉We played only with our real friends, not with NET friends.
> 👉 If we ever felt thirsty, we used to drink tap water but never searched for bottled water.
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> 👉We never got ill even after sharing the same juice with four friends.
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> 👉We were never put on weight even after eating plate full > of sweets and rice everyday.
> 👉Nothing happened to our feet even after roaming bare foot.
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> 👉We never used any health supplements to keep ourselves healthy.
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> 👉We used to create our own toys and play with them.
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> 👉Our parents were not rich, they never ran behind money and wealth. They just searched for and gave only love.. not any worldly materials.
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> 👉We stayed nearby to them so that they can communicate with us. Just one word by them was enough to communicate. hence we never required any mobile phones to communicate.
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> 👉We never visited doctor when we got ill but the doctor visited us during our illness.
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> 👉We never used to share our emotions just by emoticons inmobile phones.
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> 👉We used to listen to the truth and voice of our conscience and used to write those things only in the letters, hence we never used to change our words.
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> 👉We never had cellphones, DVDs, Play stations, XBoxes, video games, Personal computers, internet, chat but we had many real friends.
👉We used to visit our friend’s home uncalled and enjoyed food with them. We never had to call them and ask their permission to visit their home.
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> 👉Relatives were near to us so our hearts and souls were happy. Hence we never required any insurance policy.
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> 👉We may have been in Black and White photos but you can find good colourful memories in those photos……..
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> 🌹🌹🌹🌹Last is the ultimate🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
> 👉 We are a unique and the most understanding generation, because we are the last generation who listened to their parents…. and also the first which have to listen to their children.
> We are not special, but LIMITED EDITION
Source…. Input from a friend of mine….
Natarajan
World Heart Day: Why young people should start early about taking care of their heart…?
How are younger people differently prone to heart disease than the rest of the age group? So here is some valuable information that the youth should know to maintain a healthy heart.
The Indian cardiology faculty has noticed a worrying increase in incidence of young patients presenting with heart attack. An additional concern is rising trend among young women. On an average 10-20% of acute heart attacks involve patients younger than 45 years of age universally, a proportion which is rising rapidly in developing countries.
How are younger people differently prone to heart disease than the rest of the age group? So here is some valuable information that the youth should know to maintain a healthy heart.
THE BASICS
What defines a heart attack?
Let us distinguish heart attack from sudden cardiac deaths (SCD). Heart attack is responsible for 40-50% of SCD but rest are due to anomalies of birth, thickening of heart muscles or electrical disturbance. The heart attack happens due to sudden interruption of blood flow to the muscles of the heart leading to infarction/necrosis.
What causes the heart attack?
The eventual manifestation is the result of interplay of two conditions viz atherosclerosis (thickening and blockages in arteries) and atherothrombosis (the thrombus /clot formation). The development of blockages are well understood scientifically and we are aware of risk factors like
1. Diabetes mellitus/hypertension
2. Altered lipid profile
3. Smoking
4. High stress
5. Sedentary lifestyle
6. Genetic predisposition
What is not yet fully understood is Atherothrombosis, the entity which leads to clot formation. We are aware that it is due to rupture of the surface of blocks (irrespective of its severity). Which means that the clot can form even on blockages which are at a nascent stage and may not be visible even on angiography. These aspects make heart attacks an unpredictable event. Unfortunately atherosclerosis effects the middle age and atherothrombosis hits the young people. Though what causes the blocks to rupture and form clot is uncertain, it may be a cumulative effect of high stress, inflammation in body, altered lipid /cholesterol quality and genetic predisposition.
A FEW MYTHBUSTERS
1. The common myth is that chests should pain during heart attack. In fact heart attack hardly pains, instead the common awareness is of discomfort, heaviness, choking, distress, gas , breathlessness or ill feeling. This is the basic reason some of the attacks do not get the attention of either the patient or the doctor.
2. Young at age does not guarantee a healthy artery. Most blockages (fatty streaks) start developing in the arteries in the second decade of life. Whether they progress to blockages late in life depends on the life style, environmental and genetic factors. The lifestyle modifications should start in the teens rather than wait for the later years.
3. The perception that metabolic syndrome /diabetes / heart disease were due to high fat intake is changing. There is more and more evidence that it is the high sugar and carbohydrate which is the culprit not only fat!
4. Most patients who present with heart attack have normal cholesterol. Most of the times it is quality of cholesterol which matters not a particular quantity.
5. A normal ECG and a normal 2-D Echo does not rule out an underlying heart disease
6. Heart attacks are unpredictable and can’t be foretold by most investigations available clinically.
7. People who are thin should not assume that they are protected from heart attacks. The evidence is that outside visible fat is not responsible but it is the internal hidden fat stored in liver and other organs which are inflammatory.
8. Coughing will not prevent an attack. It is an internet hoax. it helps only in some arrhythmias but not in an attack
9. Taking an aspirin will not prevent an acute attack. it just helps to limit the damage
10. Women may be protected against development of heart disease due to oestrogens but that protection is only to development of blocks not clots. They must follow the same preventive guidelines as men have to
11. Vegetarianism is not an absolute protection from heart attacks.
Ultimately it depends upon overall caloric consumption and intake of processed food that matters
SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE YOUTH?
In midst of the alarming trend it is also heartening to see the general awareness on the rise. The treatment guidelines and protocols have also refined with time and we see an early intervention and discharge with a restored heart function. A young survivor can expect a normal quality and quantum of life ahead.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
I hope the heart disease will assume a social responsibility. Otherwise we may turn in to a nation like NAURU Island where half the farming population turned into diabetic within 30-40 years of industrialization. We must have a multi-pronged strategy effective at multiple levels.
1. Home: A child learns the eating habits at home. a basic awareness among parents and encouraging exercise regimen is a must.
2. Schools: Educating young minds regarding proper eating regimen, imparting education about diet and exercise. The schools must take a lead and ban processed food and drinks in the canteens.
3. Food industry: A self-regulation must be practised regarding additives, supplements, ban trans-fat, curtail sugar , proper labelling. A shift from low fat / high carb diet has resulted in an epidemic of obesity and metabolic syndrome in young people.
4. Government: The government must increase awareness by media campaign, increase budgetary support, curtail food processing and nicotine abuse and must create a better healthcare infrastructure to support early diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks.
Dr.Sudhir Pillai in http://www.dnaindia.com
Dr Sudhir Pillai, is a Consultant Cardiologist, P.D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre
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