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Message For The Day….Even Intellectuals Should be Careful in Choosing Right Path!!!

August 22, 2013NatarajanLeave a comment

Intellect loves to revel in discussions and disputations. Once you yield to this temptation, it takes a long while for you to escape from its shackles and move on to enjoy the bliss, which you can attain only from its nullification. Your feelings and emotions warp your thought process, and convert reason into an untamed bull. Always be aware of the limitations of reason and logic. They must give way and yield to devotion. After a point in time, your spiritual path must be illumined by devotion and intuition. Hence, be aware – your intellect can help you only for some distance along the Godward path. Very often, egoism tends to encourage and justify one’s actions, for a person is led along the wrong path by one’s own reason, if that is the path the person likes! You often come to the conclusion you want to reach! So make a careful choice on the path you tread!

Sathya Sai Baba

படித்ததில் பிடித்தது !!! மகாபெரியவர் பாதுகை தரும் திருப்பங்கள் !!!

August 21, 2013NatarajanLeave a comment

அது 1988ஆம் வருடம். தொழிலை அபிவிருத்தி செய்ய வங்கியில் இருந்து கடன் கேட்டிருந்தோம். கொஞ்சம் உதாசீனமாகப் பதில் கிடைத்தது. இதை தந்தையிடம் சொல்லவேயில்லை.

திடீரென்று அப்பா, அம்மா இருவரும் காஞ்சிபுரம் போகலாம் என்று அழைத்த உடன் கிளம்பினேன். பெரியவாளைத் தரிசனம் செய்ய, 300க்கும் அதிகமானோர் நின்றிருக்க, நாங்கள் கடைசியில் நின்றிருந்தோம்.
திடீரெனப் பெரியவா வழிவிடச் சொல்லி கூட்டத்தை சைகை செய்தார். வழி கிடைத்தவுடன் கடைசியில் நின்றிருந்த எங்களை அருகில் வரும்படி அழைத்தார். மெய் பதற அவர் முன் சென்று நின்றோம்.
“என்ன வேண்டும்?” என்று இரண்டு முறை கேட்டார்.
நாங்கள், “எதுவும் வேண்டாம்” என்று, பவ்யமாகத் தலை அசைத்தோம்.
மூன்றாவது முறை கோபமாகக் கேட்டார்.
உடனே “பிரசாதம் வேண்டும்” எனக் கூறினோம்.
உடனே, தனது திருவடிகளில் அணிந்திருந்த பாதுகைகளை எடுத்து, தாமரை மலரை அதன் மேல் வைத்து எங்களிடம் கொடுத்தார்.
பரதாழ்வார், ஸ்ரீராமரின் பாதுகைகளைக் கேட்டுப் பெற்றார். அது மகா புண்ணியம். கேட்காமலேயே – மகா பெரியவாளின் பாதுகை கிடைத்ததும் இதுதான் நினைவுக்கு வந்தது.
அந்த நொடியில் என் சர்வ நாடியும் அடங்கின. சர்வாங்கமும் ஒடுங்கின. மேனி புல்லரித்து, எத்தனை நேரம் உறைந்து போனேன் என்று தெரியாமல் செய்த அபார கருணை அது. பரவசமான நேரம்!உயிர் உள்ளவரை இறைவனது எல்லையில்லாக் கருணை என்னை ஆள வேண்டும் என்ற இறைஞ்சுதலுடன், அந்தப் பாதுகைகளைச் சுமந்து வந்தேன்.
தேரில் தெய்வம் உலா வந்து கொண்டிருக்கும்போது, தெருவில் இறங்கி, நாம் அந்தத் தெய்வத்தை தரிசனம் செய்யப் போகும் சமயத்தில், அந்தத் தெய்வம் தேரிலிருந்து இறங்கி வந்து நம் கைகளைப் பிடித்துக்கொண்டு கருணை செய்தால் எப்படி இருக்கும்? அந்த மாதிரியான ஒரு புளகாங்கிதம் அது.
காஞ்சியில் இருந்து திரும்பி வந்த உடன், வங்கியில் இருந்து அழைப்பு வந்தது. ‘ஏதோ ஒரு டென்ஷனில் சொல்லிவிட்டோம். எத்தனை லட்சம் வேண்டுமானாலும் கடன் தருகிறோம். வேண்டுமானால், செக்கை அனுப்பி வைக்கிறோம்’ என்றனர்.
இப்படி ஒன்றிரண்டு அல்ல; 20 வருடங்களுக்கும் அதிகமாக வாடாமல் அதே மலர்களுடன், சந்தனப் பேழையில் இருந்துகொண்டு, நிறையத் திருப்பங்களை, நானே எதிர்பார்க்காத அளவுக்கு நடத்தி வருகின்றன, அந்தப் பாதுகைகள்.”
சொல்லும்போதே அவர் குரலில் பரவசம் தெறிக்கிறது. அந்தப் பரவசம் நமக்குள்ளும் ததும்பத்தான் செய்கிறது.
~ கோவை கிருஷ்ணா ஸ்வீட் அதிபர் கிருஷ்ணன்.
நன்றி: “தீபம்“ (கல்கி வழங்கும் ஆன்மீக இதழ்)

நாற்பது வருஷத்துக்கு முன்னாடி காஞ்சிபுரத்தில் ஒரு அக்ரஹாரத்தின் வழியாய் காமாட்சியம்மன் கோயிலுக்குப் போய்க்கிட்டிருந்தேன். திடீரென பெரியவர் வர்றார்ன்னு குரல் கேட்டது. பரபரப்பாய் மக்கள் இங்கேயும், அங்கேயும் போய்க்கிட்டிருந்தாங்க. நானும் ஏதோ வயசான பெரியவர் வர்றார்ன்னு திரும்பிப் பார்த்தா, மஹா பெரியவா.

நான் சடார்ன்னு அந்த ஞானியின் காலைப் பிடிச்சிட்டேன். அப்புறம் அவர் அந்த இடத்தை விட்டுப் போயிட்டார். நான் ஒரு மணி நேரம் அந்த இடத்திலேயே நின்னேன். அக்ரஹாரத்து அய்யர்களெல்லாம், ‘நாங்க கூட-இவரைத் தொட்டது கிடையாது. நீ காலையே பிடிச்சுட்டியே’ன்னாங்க. நான் ரொம்பப் பயந்து போயி, கோயிலுக்குள் நுழைந்தேன்.

கோயிலுக்குள் மஹா பெரியவர் பக்தர்களுக்கு ஆசீர்வாதம் பண்ணிக்கிட்டிருந்தார். தூரத்தில் நின்ன என்னை ‘வா’ன்னு சைகையால கூப்பிட்டார்.

‘சாமி தெரியாமல் காலைப் பிடிச்சுட்டேன்’னேன்.

அதற்குப் பெரியவர் ‘ஏதோ பூர்வஜென்ம வாசம், என் காலைப் பிடிச்சுட்ட. பரவாயில்லை, என்ன பண்றே’ன்னு கேட்டார்.

‘சினிமாவுல இருக்கேன்’ என்றேன்.

‘அதனால என்ன? எங்க இருந்தாலும் ஒழுக்கமாக இரு’ என்று சொல்லி தமது கைகளை எனது கைகள் மீது வைத்து ஆசீர்வாதம் பண்ணினார்.

அன்றிலிருந்து இன்று வரை காமாட்சின்னு சொல்லும்போது, அந்த மஹா பெரியவர் என்னை ஆசீர்வதிக்கிறதா உணர்றேன்.“

~ குணச்சித்திர நடிகர் வினுசக்கரவர்த்தி

நன்றி: “கல்கி”

Angry Birds Get into Kung fu Fighting !!!!

August 21, 2013NatarajanLeave a comment

Forget little green pigs – this is how birds get really angry.

With their own version of the Chinese martial art Wing Chun, these two Eurasian cranes show they’re more than ready for their release into the wild next month.

Unleashing kung-fu skills to rival Bruce Lee, one of the creatures rears its head and wings and launches a perfect kick at the other from mid air.
Ha-so! The adolescent Eurasian crane aims a well-timed kick at his opponent

You squawkin' to me? Keepers at the Great Crane Project said the cranes were only showing off in front of each other

Keepers say the two youngsters were just showing off in front of each other at the Great Crane Project at Crane School in Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.

They will be released next month onto the Somerset Moors and Levels.

The animals are taught how to forage and avoid danger by human carers, who wear disguises to prevent the cranes from becoming tame.

WWT aviculturist Amy King said: ‘We are surrogate parents to the birds and try to teach them all they need to survive, but some things they just pick up on their own.

‘Here the young cranes are sparring, as many young animals do. It looks dramatic but for now it is just practice.

‘Once in the wild, they’ll use these skills to determine their place in the pecking order and, if they need, to battle potential predators.’

Don't be givin' me your beak: The feisty young cranes are among 20 that were reared from eggs as part of the Great Crane Project's Crane School

RSPB Great Crane Project Manager Damon Bridge said: “It’ll be great to get this year’s youngsters down here to join the other cranes.

‘They’ll soon learn the ropes with the help of the more street wise older birds and with the support of our local farmers there’s plenty of wild food for them to get stuck into.’

Cranes were once a widespread and culturally significant part of British wildlife and many villages – such as Cranford in Middlesex or Cranmore in Somerset – take their names from the birds.

But by 400 years ago, they had gone extinct as a breeding bird because of the drainage of wetlands and over hunting.

The Great Crane Project is a partnership between the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, RSPB and Pensthorpe Conservation Trust.

It has major funding from Viridor Credits Environmental Company, which is reintroducing birds to the Somerset Moors and Levels.

source::::mailonline.comUK

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Message For The Day….Mind is Worse Than a Drunken Monkey…

August 20, 2013NatarajanLeave a comment

All the effort and investment you expend in pursuing the scriptures and noble thoughts are a sheer waste, if study and reflection do not help you to recognize that the mind is worse than a drunken monkey. Pilgrimages are for elevating the heart, sublimating the impulses and leading the lower self to higher levels of thought and action. Reason serves the same purpose, or at least, it ought to. Reason seeks to know the unity of the universe, the origin and the goal of all of it. Through reason, you should understand the laws that govern the microcosm (anu) and the macrocosm (Bruhath). It peeps behind the ever receding curtain to get a glimpse of the Puppeteer (Suthradhari) who pulls the strings.

Sathya Sai Baba

Faking News !!! Rupee”s Steep Fall Make Him to Shed Tears !!!

August 20, 2013NatarajanLeave a comment

He is always criticized for lack of expressions and emotions on his face. But finally something has hit the untouched nerve and made our Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to let his emotions flow.

Sources claim that Dr. Singh was in tears this afternoon after Rupee fell below 64 against US Dollar and Sensex crashed by over 700 points.

Manmohan Singh, wiping off a tear.

“It wasn’t less than a cosmic event. From what I know, he was 4 years old last time he cried. It’s 76 years since then. We can easily draw analogy with visibility of Halley’s Comet from Earth which normally happens in every 75–76 years,” a PMO source told Faking News.

The incident has shaken everyone as experts rushed in to interpret its meaning.

“These kind of emotional outbursts happen with people who are supposed to take care of something but they fail at the task. Remember, Sheila Dikshit was in tears after Delhi gangrape case,” one expert claimed.

However, news organizations were not happy with such simplistic explanations and they asked the experts to link PM’s tears with Narendra Modi. Experts were trying when reports last came in.

The closest someone could reach a political interpretation of the tears was our Faking News correspondent, who termed PM’s tears as a sign of revolt.

“Crying or being upset is the prerogative of Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Prime Minister has started doing things without consulting the high-command,” our correspondent concluded!!!!

source :::::Faking News From Firstpost

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Here is A Flash !!! A Faking News …Story of One Nivesh who is Looking For AC Button in his Motorcycle!!!

August 20, 2013NatarajanLeave a comment

Published on August 17, 2013 by Mishtik Journo in First post

Man, who invested in stocks to buy a luxury car, settles for a second hand bike!!!!!

Mumbai. “I was about to buy an Alto car in 2010 with the two and a half lakh rupees I had saved, when this dream merchant Raj Kapoor sold the idea to me to invest in equities and buying a Honda City within two years by tripling my money,” Nivesh – a young man confided to the psychiatrist when he was brought to the clinic this morning.
Raj Kapoor is a relationship manager with a stock broking firm who managed Nivesh’s equity investments in the last three years.
It was sometime in April 2010, when Sensex reached 18000 after having fallen to the 8000 level in March 2009, when Raj Kapoor came to Nivesh and claimed that the upward trend will continue at least for the next two years.
“Not sure if it was the first day of April,” Nivesh recalled, “But I was impressed with all the graphs he showed and I decided to wait for a couple of years and convert my Alto into a Honda City.”

Nivesh tried to control his thoughts and emotions, but they overwhelmed him.
“But how did you lose money when Sensex is at the same level where it was in 2010?” asked the shabbily dressed psychiatrist who also dabbled in the markets.
“All these indices! They are opium of the masses. My shares are down by 80% and this Sensex remains at the same level!” Nivesh said tearfully, “I haven’t eaten daal tadka garnished with fried onions or Bhindi do pyaza in last two months, leave aside Tandoori Chicken! These indices are made to fool the public.”
“The final blow came yesterday when the Sensex crashed by over 700 points. Nivesh called up Raj Kapoor and told him to sell off all his shares as he couldn’t keep up with any more nonsense. He got 42000 rupees in his account, and he bought a second hand Hero motorcycle for his family of seven,” Nivesh’s friend Nipun told Faking News outside the clinic.
“This morning, he spent half an hour looking for the AC button on his second hand bike. We tried to tell him that it was a bike not a luxury car, but he refused to listen. That’s when we had to bring him here,” Nipun explained how Nivesh ended up at a psychiatry clinic.
According to latest reports, Nivesh had turned almost violent when the TV in the clinic showed ‘Bharat Nirman’ ad. He is being kept in ICU and doctors are trying to control the damage.
“I am a star performer for my company and have earned hefty incentives in last six months for the brokerage I have earned for them,” Raj Kapoor told Faking News when asked for his comments.

source :::::: FirstPost.com

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Message For the Day….Control and train Your Mind For Your Journey On the Right Path !!!

August 20, 2013NatarajanLeave a comment

Life is a pilgrimage to God and the path lies before you. But, unless you take the first step forward and follow it with succeeding steps, how can you reach it? Start with courage, faith, joy and steadiness, you will certainly succeed. The mind and the intellect are like two bullocks tied to a cart. The bullocks are not used to the road of Truth, Righteousness, Peace and Love, and so they drag the cart along the road familiar to them, namely, falsehood, injustice, worry and hatred. You have to train the bullocks to tread the right path, so that they may not bring disaster to themselves and to others. Every object or being in the world will give both pleasure and pain. Control and train your mind to see this real nature of the objective world. That is the real fruit of education.

Sathya Sai Baba

“World”s Best Airport” to Double Its Capacity with New Terminal !!!

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Airs and graces: Singapore's Changi Airport.

Singapore will build a new terminal that will double the capacity of Changi Airport in a bid to retain its edge as a regional aviation hub, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday.

Construction work will begin soon and will be completed in 12 to 15 years, Lee announced in his annual policy speech.

“T5 (Terminal 5) sounds like a terminal, but it is actually a whole airport by itself, as big as today’s Changi Airport,” said Lee.
Singapore's Changi Airport: you could spend a few weeks here and not realise you missed your flight.

SINGAPORE’S CHANGI AIRPORT

Singapore’s Changi Airport: you could spend a few weeks here and not realise you missed your flight!!!

He did not reveal the cost of the new facility, but said it would include a third runway that would double the capacity of Changi, which handled 51.2 million passengers last year.

Changi Airport, named the world’s best by Britain-based consultancy Skytrax this year, currently has three terminals with a total capacity of 66 million passengers a year.

In February it started to demolish its terminal for budget airlines to replace it with a larger facility.

The new facility, Terminal 4, will have the capacity to handle 16 million passengers a year when it opens in 2017.

In his speech late Sunday, Lee said there was growing competition from other major international airports in Southeast Asia.

He noted that Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport are planning to expand.

“The question is do we want to stay this vibrant hub of Southeast Asia, or do we want to let somebody take over our position, our business and our jobs?” Lee said.

Passenger traffic at Changi totalled 51.2 million last year, the first time in the airport’s 31-year history that the number of people passing through crossed 50 million.

As of January 1, 2013, Changi handled more than 6500 weekly scheduled flights with 110 airlines connecting Singapore to 240 cities in 60 countries.

source::::Sydney Morning Herald

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Making a Mountain out of A Molehill !!!

August 19, 2013Natarajan1 Comment

An artist is making a big impression with his tiny pieces of art.

Roy Tyson creates images and installations using miniature figures
The 26-year-old from Essex paints the figures before taking their photos
The tiny figures have affectionately became known as Roy’s People

Roy Tyson specialises in creating unique images and installations using miniature figures.

Often he uses everyday props and taxidermy to create a humourous scene designed to be fun and
intriguing.

Big ideas: Miniature forensic officers closely examine cigarette butts in this piece by Roy Tyson called CSI Essex

Big ideas: Miniature forensic officers closely examine cigarette butts in this piece by Roy Tyson

Roy made this tiny figurine push a cart of apples along a road in this piece called Harvest

Roy made this tiny figurine push a cart of peas along a road in this piece called Harvest

Big ambition: Two golfers have a go at hitting this ball in Anything's Possible by Roy Tyson

Big ambition: Two golfers have a go at hitting this ball in Anything’s Possible by Roy Tyson

In one piece, tiny forensic officers examine cigarette butts while in another fishermen cast their lines into a drain.

All of the miniature figures, affectionately known as Roy’s People, are hand painted to give them personality and charm.

The 26-year-old, from Stanford-le-Hope, in Essex, buys the figures and paints them before taking their pictures.

Under attack: Shooters take aim at this helpless snail in this piece by Roy Tyson

A tiny figurine looks through binoculars at wildlife including a bee in a flower bush

Passengers wait at a miniature bus stop before climbing on to a Scorpion as their mode of transport

A figurine made by artist Roy Tyson

Roy Tyson buys the figures and paints them before taking pictures of them in an unusual setting

Talented: What started as a playful hobby for Roy Tyson is now a full time role and he sells some pieces for more than £100

Roy Tyson is an artist making a big impression with his painted figurines

He recently told the Essex Echo that street art is his biggest influence. He said: ‘I like Banksy and the way he uses street art.

‘For me, the street art I do is just looking at things that are every day and seeing how little people can be used to make these things look funny.

‘It makes objects look different, it’s a mixture between things that are going on in the world and things that just pop into my head.’

To find out more visit Roy’s Facebook page.

source:::::Tara Brady in mailonline.comUK

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Message For The Day….Like Butter Is Present in Milk,Divinity is Present in Everybody !!!

August 19, 2013NatarajanLeave a comment

When some of you visit a temple or a holy shrine, even as you participate in the worship, your thoughts are about the safety of your footwear that you left outside. You will not get joy or liberation by merely going to a holy place. You will not get the joy even through darshan, sparshan and sambhashan – seeing Him, touching Him and conversing with Him. You must follow the prescription and act in accordance with the Divine Directions. Earnestly and enthusiastically, take the path shown by the great devotees of the Lord. You must feel inseparable affinity with the Lord, just as the wave is inseparable from the sea. Butter is imminent in milk and is invisible. So too, Divinity is present in every being and will manifest from within.

Sathya Sai Baba