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| Evolution of Love Part 2 |
| All the best moti. I am sure this will turn out to be a very fulfilling phase of your life. There's no substitute for being fantastic at what you do. Explore the depths of your own subject but also have a wide ranging set of interests in other related courses, because nothing works in isolation. The complementary knowledge will help you become better in your own specialization and give you perspective. So be interested in anything that can offer you intellectual stimulation; Even if it may seem to have no direct relevance to your studies. Discover what you're willing to stand up for and come out of this journey as a person with incredibly integrity and humility. We don't lack intelligent or passionate people in our country, we lack people with integrity who put their honor where their mouth is. I know you'll make us all proud. I see you as a person capable of ushering in change in our society. I'll take this moment to tell you that you inspire me as a human being, not because you're my sister. But because as a young 21 year old, you're committed to causes you believe in and are not scared of putting in the effort to work for it. Do what you think is right, don't adopt others yardsticks of right and wrong. Reason it out for yourself, follow your instinct and stand by it. Even if it's different from what the rest of the world believes, including us. Also, remember that there's no shame in changing what you think or believe, as long as it makes sense. That's a sign of you eveloving as a person. Try different weird, eccentric things and keep an absolutely open mind. Explore art, music, different skills and never settle for anything but the best. Not the best clothes or accessories, but the best of books, art work, an instrument you might choose to play, in short the best of whatever you set your mind to pursue. Choose to invest in growing as a person. Only then you can offer that service to your family or the society. And don't be afraid to fall because that teaches us to learn to pick ourselves up. Most of all remember, that no matter what you do, we're all always there for your and will have your back. Derive your strength from this. So much love to you 😘 One more thing, along the way you'll realize that even the strongest people are very fragile and can break down in a moment over the smallest things they are sensitive to. So be witty, cheeky, and funny but above all, choose to be kind. |
The year was 1990. I was returning from Delhi by flight with a monk of the RamaKrishna Mission. A journalist from Chile was there with us . He started interviewing the monk, as had been decided earlier. Journalist - Dear Sir , in your last lecture, you told about Jogajog ( contact ) & Sanjog (connection ). It's really confusing. Can you explain it to me ? The Monk smiled a little but apparently deviating from the question, he asked the journalist:Are you from Chile ? Journalist( J ) - Yeh... Monk ( M ) - Who are there at home ? The Journalist felt that the Monk was trying to avoid answering his question since this was a very personal and unwarranted question. Yet the journalist said: "Mother has expired. Father is there. Three brothers and one sister. All are married..." The Monk, a smile on his face, asked next: - "Do you talk to your father?" Now the journalist looked visibly annoyed... The Monk - "When did you talk to him last?" The journalist supressing his annoyance said: "May be a month back." The Monk: "Do you brothers and sisters meet often ? When did you last meet as a family together?" At this point, I saw sweat on the journalist's fore head. I wondered who was taking whose interview. It seemed that the Monk was taking the interview of the journalist. With a sigh , the journalist said: "We met last at Christmas two years ago." The Monk: " How many days did you all stay together ?" The journalist ( wiping the sweat on his brow) : "Three days..." Monk: "How much time did you spend with your Father, sitting right beside him ?" I saw the journalist looking perplexed and embarassed and scribbling something on a paper... The Monk: "Did you have breakfast or lunch or dinner together ? Did you ask how he was? Did you ask how his days are passing after your mother's death ?" I saw the journalist's eyes sadden. The Monk placed his hand on the journalist's hand and said: "don't be embrassed or upset or sad. I am sorry if I have hurt you unknowingly... But this is basically the answer to your question about "contact and connection ( jogajog and Sanjog)". You have 'contact' with your father but you don't have 'connection' with him. You are not connected to him. Connection is between heart and heart... sitting together , sharing meals , caring for & hugging each other. Touch , shaking hands, having eye contact, spending some time together...You brothers and sisters have 'contact' with each but you have no 'connection' with each other...." The journalist wiped his eyes and said : "Thanks for teaching me a fine and unforgettable lesson" This is the reality today. Whether at home, in society and elsewhere everybody has lots and lots of contacts but there is no connection. No communication... . Everybody is in a his or her own world. Let's not be well "contacted" - let's be well "connected" , with each other ...... caring , sharing , touching , hugging , spending time together with all our near and dear ones, and other co-passengers in our life travels. God bless us all! |
| *The surrendered soul’s confidence.* Once upon a time, a cow went out to graze in the jungle. Suddenly, she noticed a tiger racing towards her. She turned and fled, fearing that at any moment the tiger would sink his claws into her. The cow desperately looked for some place to escape and at last saw a shallow pond. Barely evading the tiger’s reach, she jumped into the pond, and in the heat of the chase, the tiger blindly leaped after her. To the surprise of them both, the pond was extremely shallow yet filled with deep recesses of mud. After toppling over each other, the cow and the tiger found themselves a short distance apart, stuck in the mud up to their necks. Both had their heads above water but were unable to free themselves no matter how much they writhed. The tiger repeatedly snarled at the cow and roared, “I am going to enjoy the sound of crunching your bones between my teeth!” He thrashed about in a fury but soon became fretful as he found no prospect of escape. *The cow thoughtfully laughed as the tiger struggled to free himself and asked him, “Do you have a master?”* The tiger disdainfully replied, “I am the king of the jungle. Why do you ask me if I have a master? I myself am the master!” The cow said, “You may be the king of the jungle, but here all your power has failed to save your life.” “And what about you?” Retorted the tiger. “You are going to die here in this mud too!”’ The cow smiled mildly and said, “No, I am not.” “If even I, the king of the jungle cannot free myself from this mud”, snapped the tiger, “Then how can you, an ordinary cow?” *The cow gently replied, “I cannot free myself from this mud, but my master can. When the sun sets and he finds me absent at home, he will come looking for me. Once he finds me, he will raise me up and escort me home sweet home.”* The tiger fell silent and coldly glared at the cow. *Soon enough, the sun set, and the cow’s master arrived. He immediately recognised the plight she was in and lifted her to safety. As they walked home, the cow and the master both felt renewed gratitude for one another and pitied the tiger they both would have been happy to save if only the tiger had allowed them.* Purport The cow represents a surrendered soul, the tiger represents an proud person, and the master represents almighty God who is known as the loving protector of the cows and the world. The mud represents the material world, and the chase represents the struggle for existence therein. *The surrendered soul relies upon the Lord rather than themselves for all the necessities of life. No matter how many troubles appeared to be created by the proud persons of the world who reject the guardianship of the Lord out of the false ego of considering themselves capable of fending for themselves, the surrendered souls know that everything is really in the hands of the Lord, the all-loving. They are fully confident in His protection, though they know sometimes they just need to wait a little while until sundown.* |
1. Don’t call someone more than twice continuously. If they don’t pick up your call, presume they have something important to attend to; 2. Return money that you have borrowed even before the other person remembers lending it to you. It shows your integrity and character. Same goes with umbrellas, pens and lunch boxes; 3. Never order the expensive dish on the menu when someone is giving you a lunch/dinner. If possible ask them to order their choice of food for you; 4. Don’t ask awkward questions like ‘Oh so you aren’t married yet?’ Or ‘Don’t you have kids’ or ‘Why didn’t you buy a house?’ Or why don't you buy a car? For God’s sake it isn’t your problem; 5. Always open the door for the person coming behind you. It doesn’t matter if it is a guy or a girl, senior or junior. You don’t grow small by treating someone well in public; 6. If you take a taxi with a friend and he/she pays now, try paying next time; 7. Respect different shades of opinions. Remember what's 6 to you will appear 9 to someone facing you. Besides, second opinion is good for an alternative; 8. Never interrupt people talking. Allow them to pour it out. As they say, hear them all and filter them all; 9. If you tease someone, and they don’t seem to enjoy it, stop it and never do it again. It encourages one to do more and it shows how appreciative you're; 10. Say “thank you” when someone is helping you. 11. Praise publicly. Criticize privately; 12. There’s almost never a reason to comment on someone’s weight. Just say, “You look fantastic.” If they want to talk about losing weight, they will; 13. When someone shows you a photo on their phone, don’t swipe left or right. You never know what’s next; 14. If a colleague tells you they have a doctors' appointment, don’t ask what it’s for, just say "I hope you’re okay". Don’t put them in the uncomfortable position of having to tell you their personal illness. If they want you to know, they'll do so without your inquisitiveness; 15. Treat the cleaner with the same respect as the CEO. Nobody is impressed at how rude you can treat someone below you but people will notice if you treat them with respect; 16. If a person is speaking directly to you, staring at your phone is rude; 17. Never give advice until you’re asked; 18. When meeting someone after a long time, unless they want to talk about it, don’t ask them their age and salary; 19. Mind your business unless anything involves you directly - just stay out of it; 20. Remove your sunglasses if you are talking to anyone in the street. It is a sign of respect. Moreso, eye contact is as important as your speech; and 21. Never talk about your riches in the midst of the poor. Similarly, don't talk about your children in the midst of the barren. 22.After reading a good message, try to say" Thanks for the message". *APPRECIATION* remains the easiest way of getting what you don't have. |
| Perhaps the biggest contribution of Kolkata Police (earlier, Calcutta Police), to the world, is in the field of High-end Sound Systems and Advanced Auto Suspension technology the BOSE This story is from the year 1920. Mahatma Gandhi had declared the Non Cooperation movement. There was excitement & fervor in the air. A lot of young Indians took part in peaceful demonstrations, across India. One of those young Indians, was a boy studying Physics in Calcutta University. His name was Noni Gopal. Young Noni took part in a small but loud demonstration against the British Rule, near Elgin road in Calcutta. He was also the person, who wrote the pamphlet against the British Rule, distributed by the protestors that day. Young Noni had his final exams in 2 weeks. After the peaceful protest - he returned back to his home and was studying in his room, when Calcutta Police decided to change the history of Audio Industry for the rest of humanity. They came to Noni’s house and arrested him. He was duly presented to a Magistrate the next morning and sent to Prison. He missed his exams. A few days later, while being taken to the courts for a subsequent hearing, along with a few other under-trial revolutionaries, Noni managed to escape and run away. With the help of a few friends, relatives and well-wishers, Noni reached Madras , and manage to board a Ship sailing to America. Young Noni Gopal reached Ellis Island near New York with an equivalent of just $5 in his pockets and no identity papers. Those were different days - he was welcomed in. There was an active community of Indians including the likes of Haridas Gayadeen, Sailendra Nath Ghose, Sarat Mukerjee and the famous Taraknath Das, of the Ghadar Party in North America - who helped young Noni settle down in Philadelphia. Noni started a small Radio Repair shop and fell in love with a local school teacher by the name Charlotte. She was an American of French-German descent and was interested in the Vedanta philosophy. They got married. Life went well - Noni continued to support the activities of the Indian revolutionaries back home in India. 9 years after Noni escaped from Calcutta Police, in 1929 - Noni & Charlotte had a son - they named him Amar. Amar grew up in a household that valued education - as a kid, he loved tinkering in his father’s Radio repair workshop. Amar went on to study at MIT - and become an assistant professor there after completing his PhD. As a professor - Amar was granted a few patents in areas including Loudspeaker design, which eventually became the basis of his new start-up. This small start-up, founded by the son of an Indian fugitive and revolutionary with virtually no money, went on to become a global brand, directly employing over 11,000 people, making Amar the 271st richest man in the world. His brand was loved by the likes of Steve Jobs, and his products are used around the world in Concert Halls, Music Studios and even public institutions like NASA, The Vatican, the American House of representatives and the Parliament of India. This is the story of Indian Revolutionary, Late Shri Noni Gopal Bose and his son, Late Dr. Amar Gopal Bose of the Bose Corporation. Had the British Controlled Calcutta police not jailed a young student of the Calcutta University in 1920 - perhaps the world would’ve never got this. |
| 3 unbelievably simple parenting ideas that work 1. Children need a minimum of eight touches during a day to feel connected to a parent. If they’re going through a particularly challenging time, it’s a minimum of 12 a day. This doesn’t have to be a big deal; it could be the straightening of a collar, a pat on the shoulder or a simple hug. 2. Each day, children need one meaningful eye-to-eye conversation with a parent. It is especially important for babies to have that eye contact, but children of all ages need us to slow down and look them in the eyes. 3. There are nine minutes during the day that have the greatest impact on a child: the first three minutes right after they wake up the three minutes after they come home from school the last three minutes of the day before they go to bed We need to make those moments special and help our children feel loved. These are simple, right? Nothing really earth-shattering here. But try it. Whenever u feel like scolding or beating your child, take a deep breath, or count 1-10 and then act. Let's ask them to study their favorite subject on their own.. Send them to one paper without studying at all.. Remember what our kids are learning in 5th std is taught to 7th std abroad.. Lets keep our kids out of unwanted competition. 80% of what kids are learning ,won't be useful to them in future.. Our kids can really afford to do whatever they want to do in future . Higher degrees don't guaranty success and happiness.. Not all the highly educated people do well professionally. And not all those who do well professionally are the happiest ones.. 🔟 Kids are always in a party mood.. don't spoil it . Pass this on to as many parents as u can.. |
| A little long but quite a useful and appropriate information forwarded from a medics group 🙏🏻🙏🏻 TO BE OR NOT TO BE - Vaccinated for COVID !!! Have been reading about the vaccine 💉 in almost every group including a dozen professional doctors only groups. I wanted to share my perspective as a doctor on this hoping that it might be of use to some. When COVID 🦠 was running amok and spreading like wild fire 🔥 every one of us were praying 🙏for a vaccine.... As early as possible. Even now it’s in its 2nd peak in many countries like USA 🇺🇸 & UK. But suddenly we hear from almost every Whatsapp university certified specialist question the speed with which some vaccine 💉 was approved. I guess that’s basic human nature where in when we are starving we might eat anything but when the same hungry person is given a choice then he forgets the hunger and starts analysing which of the choice is better. The human mind always wants more, isn’t it!! Suddenly everyone knows about phase 2 or phase 3 vaccine trials and starts comparing the efficacy rates, complications incidence and ADI.... adverse drug events . Such information is purely in research scientific domain but unfortunately today it’s become Whatsapp time pass. Whether you WANT to be vaccinated or NOT is purely YOUR CHOICE. That’s the only FACT that you need to know. Every thing else is relative. Your choice doesn’t depend on the vaccine 💉 it’s effectiveness or side effects but on your assessment of your RISK OF DYING FROM COVID. If you feel fairly comfortable with the assessment that you will not DIE OF COVID THEN YOU DONT NEED ANY VACCINE 💉. Every medicine you and your family have taken so far INCLUDING YOUR PARACETAMOL has so many side effects including irreversible KIDNEY FAILURE. Every antibiotic you have taken could’ve caused Allergic reaction that could have killed you. Every anaesthesia that someone in your family had before surgery could have caused complications like Paralysis of the breathing leading to death 💀. Mind you THESE ARE COMPLICATIONS KNOWN TO DOCTORS 🥼 FOR SO MANY YEARS.... yet we chose to give you these treatments . More importantly any child who got the measles vaccine 💉 could have become permanently a VEGETABLE DUE TO A CONDITION called SUB ACUTE SCLEROSING PAN ENCEPHALITIS- SSPE ... yet your Peadiatrician gave your precious children this vaccine 💉. Does it sound intriguing to you that your own trusted doctor 👨⚕️ gave you something that could’ve potentially killed or paralysed you permanently ? Wake up people. No medicine is 100% safe. Every treatment offered by your doctor 👨⚕️ is done in EXTREME GOOD FAITH to make you better. We doctors operate on a principal of RISK VERSUS BENEFIT. If the potential benefit outweighs the risk considerably then we give this in good faith. The reason we follow this approach is that we are NOT GOD, and we are still very very far from giving 100% safe treatment for EVERY DISEASE. Coming back to the safety of the COVID VACCINES 💉... ALL THE VACCINES HAVE BEEN APPROVED ON AN EMERGENCY USE AUTHORISATION ONLY. This means that the scientific community have not had ADEQUATE TIME to analyse the safety and effectiveness of all these currently available vaccines Inspite of the best of their Efforts knowledge and resources. So it’s upto you to realise whether YOU ARE IN AN EMERGENCY 🚨 OR NOT. All governments around the world 🌍 know that YOU ARE IN AN EMERGENCY 🆘 that’s why you are offered THE OPTION FOR VACCINE 💉. How did the government know that is by looking at the millions of deaths caused by COVID IN just 1 year. If you in your WHATSAPP UNIVERSITY EDUCATED PHD MIND feel that you are not in any emergency 🚨 then you deny yourself that vaccine 💉. But you take that extra risk which your neighbours hasn’t taken. That’s the bottom line. *Is the vaccine the solution for this COVID pandemic?* In my opinion any vaccine 💉 including all the COVID vaccines are A PART OF THE SOLUTION. No vaccine can protect against any disease 100% of the time. This I state from our experience with viral infections like POLIO , MEASLES, INFLUENZA AND HIV. *A good N95 mask 😷 worn with 6 feet social distancing and hand hygiene can protect you 100% from COVID. * Unfortunately we are tired of following the above after 1 year of trial. The most difficult thing to implement is the 6 feet SOCIAL DISTANCING because we are SOCIAL ANIMALS. We like to meet with fellow humans all the time. We cannot live in isolation or lockdown for much longer not because of the economic impact but more so due the MENTAL DISTRESS THAT IS CAUSED BY SOCIAL DISTANCING. The vaccine 💉 is an easier way of attaining the HERD IMMUNITY than the natural infection caused by corona virus 🦠. Any COVID vaccine 💉 is safer than getting infected with the virus and fighting for survival in an ICU with a ventilator in your throat. A vaccine is an additional safety like a helmet ⛑ for a 2 wheeler bi🏍 rider but has to be used with safe driving practice. The best helmet 🪖 cannot save you if you are a rash driver but can protect your head from an accidental fall. Look at the COVID vaccine as an additional safety measure along with MASKS, SOCIAL DISTANCING AND HAND HYGIENE, not as a replacement. This we have to accept until the world 🌍 develops HERD IMMUNITY from COVID just like SMALL POX OR POLIO. If you feel you are a safe DRIVER WHO DOES NOT NEED A HELMET ⛑ AND CAN STRICTLY FOLLOW THE 3 important steps - mask 😷, 6 feet ⬅️⬅️➡️➡️ distancing & Hand 🤚 hygiene- that will 100% protect you , then you probably can stay away from the vaccine until you are convinced. But that’s a decision ONLY YOU HAVE TO TAKE , not look for advice from WHATSAPP UNIVERSITY. A herd immunity is the only SURE SHOT WAY TO ELIMINATE COVID from the world 🌎 we live in. The reality is each one of us is part of this herd & It’s in each one ☝🏽 of our hands to help reach the herd immunity as soon as possible. Either get infected or get Vaccinated.... or stay forever in a bubble distanced from other people . THE CHOICE IS YOURS. |
1. " There is no ILLUSION greater than fear. REMEMBER that....." 2. " Men are NOT afraid of things, But of How they VIEW Them....." 3. " To Escape fear, you Have have to Go THROUGH IT, NOT AROUND......." The BEST Way to Overcome it ; 4. " LIFT your Eyes, STRAIGHTEN your Back, let fear and pain Walk Away like the TURTLES they are........." AND YES OF COURSE ; As Beautifully explained by Dan Pearce..... 5. " Don’t you GET IT? There is NO OTHER YOU. Out of the Six and a half Billion people on Earth, NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM has had the Same Experiences in life that you have had. NONE OF THEM share the Exact same passions and struggles. None of them have LIVED YOUR LIFE. NONE OF THEM. YOU are the product OF YOU, and Nothing Else. EVERY Decision you have EVER made over your Entire Life has Led you EXACTLY to where you are Right at this moment. Simplified… You are YOU - BECAUSE OF YOU...... I AM ME BECAUSE OF ME......... And Everybody Else is Everybody Else Because of WHAT THEY DID TO GET THERE. Because of Their OWN CHOICES. Because of Their OWN PATHS...... WHAT SAY ???? 😊 |
I woke up today, having dreamt early morning at 4 AM. I was in the Mall looking to buy a pair of socks and a neck tie. As I walked in, I noticed a sweater with a price tag of RS 9000. Next to the sweater were a pair of Jeans for Rs.10000. The socks were Rs.8000! And Tie for astonishing 16,000. I went looking for a salesperson and found one in the watch Dept. He was showing a man a Rs. 225 Rolex watch. I looked in the glass case and there was a 4 carat diamond ring also on sales for Rs.95. Shocked I asked the salesperson "How could a Rolex watch sell for Rs.225 and a cheap pair of socks sell for Rs. 8000"? He said "Someone slid into the store last night and changed the price tag on everything. Everyone is confused, people are acting like they have lost their sense of value. They are willing to pay lots of money for things of little value and very little money for things of great value. It's like they don't know what is really valuable and what's not. I hope we get the price tags back-on right soon. I really pity, seeing people paying way too much for things of little value ". I woke up startled & confused and thinking since then ... Maybe our life is like this dream. Maybe someone slid into our lives and changed the price on everything. Maybe they marked up the value of competition, position, titles, fame, promotion, show-off, money, and power ! And put a huge discount on the value of Happiness, Family, Relationships, Peace of mind, Contentment, Love , Knowledge, Kindness, Friendships. Maybe we are all living this dream...I hope we wake up well in-time! And start our New Year on this fresh note!! |
| When you are young you are curious to know all about everything, why the sun shines, what the stars are, all about the moon and the world around us; but as we grow older, knowledge becomes a mere collection of information without any feeling. We become specialists, we know much about this or that subject, and we take very little interest in the things around us, the beggar in the street, the rich man passing by in his car. If we want to know why there are riches and poverty in the world, we can find an explanation. There is an explanation for everything, and explanation seems to satisfy most of us. The same holds true of religion. We are satisfied with explanations; and explaining everything away we call knowledge. And is this what we mean by education? Are we learning to find out, or are we merely asking for explanations, definitions, conclusions, in order to put our minds at rest so that we need not inquire further? Our elders may have explained everything to us, but our interest has generally been deadened thereby. As we grow older life becomes more complex and very difficult. There are so many things to know, there is so much misery and suffering; and seeing all this complexity, we think we have resolved it all by explaining it away. Someone dies, and it is explained away; so suffering is deadened through explanation. Perhaps we revolt against the idea of war when we are young, but as we grow older we accept the explanation of war, and our minds become dull. When we are young what is important is not to be satisfied with explanations, but to find out how to be intelligent and thereby discover the truth of things; and we cannot be intelligent if we are not free. It is said that freedom comes only when we are old and wise, but surely there must be freedom while we are still very young - not freedom to do what we like, but freedom to understand very deeply our own instincts and urges. There must be a freedom in which there is no fear, but one cannot be free from fear through an explanation. We are aware of death and the fear of death. By explaining death, can we know what dying is, or be free from the fear of death? As we grow older it is important to have the capacity to think very simply. What is simplicity? Who is a simple person? A man who lives a hermit's life, who has very few belongings - is he really simple? Is not simplicity something entirely different? Simplicity is of the mind and heart. Most of us are very complex, we have many wants and desires. For example, you want to pass your examinations, you want to get a good job, you have ideals and want to develop a good character, and so on. The mind has so many demands; and does that make for simplicity? Is it not very important to find out? A complex mind cannot find out the truth of anything, it cannot find out what is real - and that is our difficulty. From childhood we are trained to conform, and we do not know how to reduce complexity to simplicity. It is only the very simple and direct mind that can find the real, the true. We know more and more, but our minds are never simple; and it is only the simple mind that is creative. When you paint a picture of a tree, what is it you are painting? Are you just painting a picture of the tree as it looks, with its leaves, its branches, its trunk, complete in every detail, or are you painting from the feeling which the tree has awakened in you? If the tree tells you something and you paint from that inner experience, though your feeling may be very complex, the picture that you paint will be the outcome of a great simplicity. It is necessary when you are young to keep your mind very simple, uncontaminated, although you may have all the information you want." |
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