Fish Story

FISH
🐠
STORY

The Japanese have always loved fresh fish

But the water close to Japan has not held many fish for decades.

So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever.

The further the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring the fish

If the return trip took more time, the fish were not fresh.

To solve this problem, fish companies installed freezers on their boats.

They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea.

Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer.

However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen fish and they did not like the taste of frozen fish

The frozen fish fetched a lower price.

So, fishing companies installed fish tanks.

They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin.

After a little thrashing around, they were tired, dull, and lost their fresh-fish taste.

The fishing industry faced an impending crisis!

But today, they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan.

How did they manage...?

To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks but with a small shark

The fishl are challenged and hence are constantly on the move.

The challenge they face keeps them alive and fresh!

Have you realized that some of us are also living in a pond but most of the time tired and dull....?

Basically in our lives, sharks are new challenges to keep us active.

If you are steadily conquering
challenges, you are happy.

Your challenges keep you energized.

Don't create Success and revel in it in a state of inertia.

You have the resources, skills and abilities to make a difference.

Put a shark in your tank this year and see how far you can really go....

A good interpretation of Mahabharata

Sanjay , was finally there, Kurukshetra, the ground where the great war of Mahabharata was fought.

He wanted to make it his life's work to study and research about the epic.

He also knew that it was not possible till he went to the spot where the greatest war took place.

It was said in the texts that eighty percent of the fighting male population of the civilization was wiped out in the eighteen days of the war.

He stood on the ground, the sun overhead; it was hot, the wind hiding the far reaches of the grounds with columns of dust.

He looked around and wondered if the war really happened, if the ground beneath him had soaked all that blood, if the great Pandavas and Krishna stood where he stood.


"You will never know the truth about that!" said an aging soft voice.

Sanjay turned around to find an Old man in saffron robes appearing out of a column of dust. He had a long white beard and eyes that could settle an indignant storm.

"I know you are here to find out about the Kurukshetra war, but you cannot know about that war till you know what the real war is about." the Old man said enigmatically.

"What do you mean?"

Sanjay instantly knew that he was in the presence of someone who knew more about the war than any living person he had ever met .
"The Mahabharata is an Epic, a ballad, perhaps a reality but definitely a philosophy."

The Old man smiled luring Dev into more questions.

"Can you tell me what the philosophy is then?"

Sanjay requested.

"Sure. Here goes," began the Old man.

"The Pandavas are nothing but your five senses, sight, smell, taste, touch and sound and do you know what the Kauravas are?"
he asked narrowing his eyes.

Sanjay shook his head.

"The Kauravas are the hundred vices that attack your senses everyday but you can fight them and do you know how?"

Sanjay shook his head again.
"When Krishna rides your chariot!"
The Old man smiled brighter and Sanjay gasped at that gem of insight.

"Krishna is your inner voice ,your soul, your guiding light and if you let your life in his hands you have nothing to worry."

Sanjay was stupefied but came around quickly with another question. "Then why are Dronacharya and Bhishma fighting for the Kauravas, if they are vices?"

The Old man nodded, sadder for the question.

"It just means that as you grow up your perception of your elders change. The elders who you thought were perfect in your growing up years are not all that perfect. They have faults. And one day you will have to decide if they are for your good or your bad. Then you may also realize that you may have to fight them for the good. It is the hardest part of growing up and that is why the Geeta is important."


Sanjay slumped down on the ground, not because he was tired but because he could understand and was struck by the enormity of it all.

"What about Karna?" he whispered.

"Ah!" said the Old man. "You have saved the best for last. Karna is the brother to your senses, he is desire, he is a part of you but stands with the vices. He feels wronged and makes excuses for being the vices as your desire does all the time.

Does your desire not give you excuses to embrace vices?"

Sanjay nodded silently. He looked at the ground, consumed with a million thoughts, trying to put everything together and then when he looked up the Old man was gone.

He seemed to have disappeared in the column of dust.........

14 uses of Microwave oven no body told you.

If you have been using your microwave only for heating food, you probably don't know the multitude of uses it can be put into. 

So before buying a new gadget for your kitchen, make sure you are making the optimum use of your microwave which alone can do the work of a number of expensive kitchen appliances. 

- The freshness of cereals and crackers can be restored by heating them in full power for 30 seconds. 

- Stale bread can be made soft and fresh again in the microwave by wrapping the bread slices with a damp kitchen towel and heating them in full power for 10-15 seconds. 

- You can quickly boil the potatoes by putting them in a poly bag, sprinkling some water over them and then running them in the microwave on full power for 5-6 minutes. 

- Chop off the top and bottom of onions, microwave them for 30 seconds and then peel them without shedding a single tear! And no, it does not impact their taste. 

- It becomes very easy to peel garlic if you microwave it for a few seconds as the skin comes off very easily. 

- You can toast nuts and almonds faster in the microwave, rather than doing the conventional way which is time consuming. Spread the nuts on a microwaveable plate, set the heat on high, and let it sit for 1 minute, stir and microwave again. Repeat this process for 4-5 minutes or till done. 

- If honey or jam has crystallized, just remove the lid, place the jar in the microwave, and heat for two minutes. 

- You can make clarified butter or ghee in microwave in an effortless and fuss free manner. Beat the cream in a blender. Pour it in a microwave safe glass bowl (don't use plastic even if it is microwave safe) and heat on high for 10 to 15 minutes or till the ghee separates. But be very careful as making ghee involves very high temperatures and there is always a danger of spilling over, burning and scalding. 

- Place the herbs on a paper towel and microwave on high for 2-3 minutes. Your dried herbs are ready. You can also use your microwave to dry soggy foods. 

- If you feel your cereals or spices are getting spoilt, just microwave them for 1-2 minutes and all lurking bugs will say goodbye. 

- Microwave lemon for 20 seconds and you will be able to extract more juice. 

- You can melt chocolate/jiggery/butter /cheese easily by heating them for 2 minutes. 

- To get foamy milk for hot beverages, pour fresh milk about halfway in a jar. Close its lid and shake the milk until it becomes frothy. Remove the lid, place the jar in the microwave, and heat it high for 30 seconds. Pour it over your ht drink! 

- It becomes easier to peel fruits like tomatoes, apricots and prunes if you microwave them for 1-2 minutes. 

CO-INCIDENCE OF LIFE

1. TEMPLE has 6 letters so does MASJID and CHURCH.

2. GEETA has 5 letters so does QURAN and BIBLE.

3. LIFE has 4 letters so does DEAD.

4. HATE has 4 letters, so does LOVE.

5. ENEMIES has 7, so does FRIENDS.

6. LYING has 5, so does TRUTH.

7. HURT has 4, so does HEAL.

8. NEGATIVE has 8, so does POSITIVE.

9. FAILURE has 7, so does SUCCESS.

10. BELOW has 5, so does ABOVE.

11. CRY has 3 letters so does JOY.

12. ANGER has 5 so does HAPPY.

13. RIGHT has 5 so does WRONG.

14. RICH has 4 so does POOR.

15. FAIL has 4 so does PASS

16. KNOWLEDGE has 9 so does IGNORANCE.

Are they all by Co-incidence?
Plz read full msg
5ive undeniable Facts
of Life :

👉1.
Don't educate
your children
to be rich.
Educate them
to be Happy.
So when
they grow up
they will know
the value of things
not the price

👉2.
Best awarded words
in London ...

"Eat your food
as your medicines.
Otherwise
you have to
eat medicines
as your food"

👉3.
The One
who loves you
will never leave you
because
even if there are
100 reasons
to give up
he will find
one reason
to hold on

👉4.
There is
a lot of difference
between
human being
and being human.
A Few understand it.

👉5.
You are loved
when you are born.
You will be loved
when you die.
In between
You have to manage...!


Nice line from Ratan Tata's Lecture-

If u want to Walk Fast,
Walk Alone..!
But
if u want to Walk Far,
Walk Together..!!


Six Best Doctors in the World-
1.Sunlight
2.Rest
3.Exercise
4.Diet
5.Self Confidence
&
6.Friends
Maintain them in all stages of Life and enjoy healthy life


If you see the moon ..... You see the beauty of God ..... If you see the Sun ..... You see the power of God ..... And .... If you see the Mirror ..... You see the best Creation of GOD .... So Believe in YOURSELF..... :) :) :).


We all are tourists & God is our travel agent who
already fixed all our Routes Reservations & Destinations
So!
Trust him & Enjoy the "Trip" called LIFE...


send to all people who are important to you...😊😊
I just did.👍🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

Ten Gurumantras for a cool life

1. Money is not everything. There's also Mastercard & Visa.😉

2. One should love animals. They are tasty too.😜

3. Save water. Drink on the rocks.😎

4. Fruits/Salads are healthy. So leave it for sick.😅

5. Books are holy. So don't touch them.😊

6. Don't shout in the office. It disturbs those who are sleeping.😱

7. Love thy neighbor. But don't get caught.😍

8. Hard work never killed anyone, but why take the chance.😳

9. Why do something today when it can be done tomorrow by someone else.😂

10. Every one should marry because happiness is not the only thing in life😜

Life is beautiful

Father is flying a kite. His son is watching him carefully.

After some time son says "Dad. Because of the string the kite is not able to go any further higher."

Hearing this, the father smiles and breaks the string.

The kite goes higher and then shortly after that it comes and falls on the ground.

The child is very dejected and sad.

The father sits next to him and calmly explains:

"Son, in life we reach a certain level and then we feel that there are certain things that are not letting us grow any further like Home, Family, Culture etc.

We feel we want to be free from those strings which we believe are stopping us from going higher."

"But, remember son.

"That our home , family and culture are the things that will help us stay stable at the high heights
. If we try to break away from those strings our condition will be similar to the kite."we ll fall down soon..
Moral:
"Never go away from home culture, family, and relationships as they help keep us stable while you are flying high."

Life is Beautiful 😊 Stay connected.

Fwd: Optical illusion- Girl and Boy

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The Real Meaning Of Peace

There once was a king who offered a,
prize to the artist who would paint,
the best picture of peace...

Many artists tried
The king looked at all the pictures.
But there were only two he really liked,
and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a calm lake.
The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful,
towering mountians all around it.
Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white,
clouds, All who saw this picture thought that,
it was a perfect picture of peace,

The other picture had mountains, too
But these were rugged and bare.

Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell
and in which lightring played.

Down the side of the mountain tumble a foaming,
waterfall, This did not look peaceful ar all.

But when the king looked closely
he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing.
in a crack in the rock.
In the bush a mother bird had built her nest.
There in the midst of the rush of angry water,
sat the mother bird on her nest - in perfect peace.


Which picture do you think won the prize?
The king chose the second picture.

Do you know why ?

"Because ". explained the king, "peace does not,
mean to be in a place where there is no noise,
trouble, or hard work.

Peace means to be in the midst of all those
things and still be calm in your heart.

That is the real meaning of peace"

Why only Coconut and Banana are offered in the temples ?

Coconut and Banana are the only two fruits which are considered to be the "Sacred fruits". All other fruits are tainted fruits ( partially eaten fruits), meaning other fruits have seeds and which have the capacity to reproduce !

But in the case of coconut, if you eat coconut and throw its outer shell, nothing will grow out of it. If you want to grow a coconut tree, you have to sow the entire coconut itself.

Similarly Banana. If you eat a banana and throw its out sleeves, nothing will grow out of it. Banana tree is grown on its own when a banana plant start giving fruits.

The outer shell of coconut is the Ahamkara or ego, which one has to break. Once the ego is shed the mind will be as pure as the white tender coconut inside. The Bhavaavesha or Bhakthi will pour like the sweet water in it. The 3 eyes on the top they explain as Satwa, Raja and Tama or Past , Present and Future or Sthoola, Sukshma and Karana Sareera or body etc

Our ancestors had found this reality long ago and they had made it as a system which is till followed religiously.!
WHY ONE SHOULD VISIT TEMPLES REGULARLY...?

Here is the scientific Reason. Must read and share...

There are hundreds of temples all over India

in different size, shape and locations

but

not all of them are considered to be in the Vedic way.

Generally,

the temples are located in a place where earth's magnetic waves pass through.

In simple terms, these temples are located strategically at a place where the positive energy is abundantly available from the magnetic wave distribution of north/ south pole thrust.

Because of its location, where high magnetic values are available, the Main Idol is placed in the center,
and
also because they place a copper plate written with some Vedic scripts,
which is buried, beneath the Main Idol's placement known as "Garbhagriha"
or
Moolasthan, the copper absorbs the earth's magnetic waves and radiates to the surroundings.
Thus a person who regularly visits a temple and makes clockwise pradakshina of the Main Idol's placement, automatically receives the beamed magnetic waves which get absorbed by his body.

This is very slow and a regular visit will make him absorb more energy,
known as positive energy.

In addition, the Sanctum Sanctorum is completely enclosed on three sides.

The effect of all energies is very high in here.

The lamp that is lit radiates the heat and light energy.

The ringing of the bells and the chanting of prayers gives sound energy.

The fragrance from the flowers, the burning of camphor give out chemical energy.

The effect of all these energies is activated by the positive energy that comes out of the idol.

This is in addition to the north/south pole magnetic energy that is absorbed by the copper plate and utensils that are kept in the Moolasthan.

The water used for the Pooja is mixed with Cardamom, Benzoin, Holy Basil (Tulsi), Clove, etc is the "Theertham".

This water becomes more energized because it receives the positive-ness of all these energies combined.

When persons go to the temple for Deepaaraadhana, and when the doors open up, the positive energy gushes out onto the persons who are there.

The water that is sprinkled onto the people passes on the energy to all.

That is the reason why, men are not allowed to wear shirts to the temple and ladies have to wear more ornaments because it is through these jewels (metal) that positive energy is absorbed in ladies.

It is proved that Theertham is a very good blood purifier, as it is highly energized.

In addition, temples offer holy water (about three spoons).

This water is mainly a source of magneto therapy as they place the copper water vessel at the Garbhagriha.

It also contains cardamom, clove, saffron, etc to add taste and Tulsi (holy Basil) leaves are put into the water to increase its medicinal value..!

The clove essence protects one from tooth decay, the saffron & Tulsi leave essence protects one from common cold and cough, cardamom and benzoine known as Pachha Karpuram, acts as a mouth refreshing agents.

This way, one's health too is protected, by regularly visiting Temples.. !

An extract from writer Sujatha’s biography. A must read.

For all parents who force their children to study. Is life just dangling in future alone??

I recently got an E-mail. It's from a worried father of two sons. He is a successful central government employee. Starting his career as a fresher and completed his whole career as a senior officer before retiring. He has two sons. Both of them well settled with their family. One is living in America, and the another one living in Australia. He is living along with his wife, in his native city, Trichy. His only problem is severe depression from loneliness. His wife is suffering from arthritis, and he has Asthma and they can't settle in colder countries with their sons. Their sons rarely visit them. Even for two years, they wouldn't visit once. Even if they do, they would stay hardly for 5days and that too, would hardly spend 5 hours with them.

My second son likes to read a lot of your books. He buys them when he visits India. If you could write an email to him, explaining our state, he might understand us. He requested. I generally don't get into other's family problem. But when he insisted, I just forwarded his mail to his son.

After a week's delay, there was response from his son. A lengthy email that made me think a lot about present education and its psychological effects. His son's mail read as, "I lived in Trichy for 22 whole years. But I don't have any bonding with my native town. For 22years, I have been with my parents. But I don't have any sweet memories of them. My father, has always planned to make me an Engineer. He even planned it right before my LKG.

Every day, he would sit along and teach lessons. After that my mother would. Studying in the school, than studying in the home, it's all the only memories of my childhood that I carry around. Even during leaves, even on summer holidays, its English Grammar and Maths Algebra. Even for festivals like Pongal, and Dewali, there's nothing for me to celebrate, just studying.

Sometimes, I would lie down and think. If I have anything to remember from my childhood. Anywhere, any happy occasion. Nothing. Atleast If I got any bad occasion, to remember. Nothing. Its just plain studying, studying, studying.

My school is worse than that. It's a private school. It is ranked best for squeezing my childhood into marks. People would stand in queues even to get admission. There were teachers to assist us the moment we enter the school and would stay with us till we leave the campus. There's no way, they would let me laugh or play. It's just study, study, study.

Even in that, study, I have nothing to amuse myself. I didn't learn anything out of the box from that education. None introduced me to novels or art. Only thing they taught me is to xerox the whole text with just my memory and write on the exam papers.

After finishing my graduation in the same way, and getting employed in America, I just figured out on my own, how happy life can be. Travelling, meeting friends, reading novels, hearing music, were all making me very happy. Our mind, just remembers the place, where it is very happy. It assumes that, that place is our native. That's, how I love the cities in America more than Trichy. Now Trichy is like a strange city to me. I can't stay for more than a day in it.

I have respect for my parents. I am grateful to them. I understand them. But I can't talk for more than half an hour with them. For 22 years, they hid this world and made me study. Nothing more I can think about them. If I am to love them, I should have understood them. I just see them as strangers.

For the 22years, I have been with them, we never had any general discussions. They only frighten me with their fears, studies, and my future. Even If I force myself to speak with them, I have nothing to talk. Even now, they frighten me with questions, like, how much I earn and what are my savings plan. They ask me not to travel, and not to buy books. They are asking me to live their life.

Now tell me, How do you expect me to talk with, when we don't even have common interests to discuss even for 1/2 hour. Even if I try artificially, I can't. How do you expect me to stay in a city that has long become strange for me. I can force myself for 5 days, for the gratitude and respect. What can I do after that." I forwarded that mail as such to his father. His father just read that mail and didn't understand a bit. Out of his own frustration, he replied, that his son is disrespectful and irresponsible. After a month, he just mailed, me saying, If I could call his son for Dewali.

Dewali is a celebration for children. Children like it a lot. When we grow up, we celebrate less and just carry the happy memories of the childhood celebrations. Your son says, he doesn't have any such memories. You have taken away all his enjoyment and colorfulness from his life. I replied. He never wrote back any mail. Life is not a struggle for securing the future. It is to make every minute memorable with colors. It is for that same reason, we have festivals and celebrations. It is what our ancestors framed for us.

Tomorrow is important, but today is more important.😊

Seek His Feet

A small story....

Once upon a time, there lived many fishes in a pond. Everyday, they would wake up in the morning with a dread - the fisherman's net! The fisherman would be there every morning, without fail to cast his net. And without fail every morning, many fishes would get caught in it.

Some would be taken by surprise, some caught napping, some would not find any place to hide while some others, even though aware of the lurking danger, would simply find no means to escape the deadly net.

Among the fishes was one young fish that was always cheerful. It had no fear of the fisherman's net and it seemed to have mastered the art of being alive and staying lively.

All the senior fishes wondered as to what might be the secret of this little fish. How could it manage so well when their cumulative experience and wisdom were not enough to save them from the net. Unable to bear their curiosity and desperate to find a way to escape the net, all the fishes went to this little fish one evening.

"Hey little one! We have all come here to talk to you."
"Me!?" said the little fish, "What do you want to speak to me about?"
"We actually want to ask you something. Tomorrow morning, the fisherman will be back again. Are you not scared of getting caught in his net?"
"The little fish smiled, "No! I will not be caught in his net ever!"
"Share with us little one, the secret behind your confidence and success", the elders pleaded.

"Very simple", said the little fish. "When the fisherman comes to cast his net, I rush and stay at his feet. That is one place that the net can never reach, even if the fisherman wants to cast! So, I never get caught."
All the fishes simply marveled at the simplicity of the little fish's wisdom.

Point To Ponder:
Similarly when we cling to HIS feet, we can escape the net He throws at us "Maya".

Chalus

ബസ്‌ യാത്രയ്ക്കിടയില്‍ സുന്ദരിയായ ഒരു പെണ്‍കുട്ടി നിങളുടെ സീറ്റിന്
അടുത്ത് വന്നിരുന്നാല്‍ അഹങ്ങരിക്കേണ്ട ....നിങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് പ്രായം ആയി
വരുകയാണ് എന്നതിന് തെളിവാണ് അത് ...

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ടി വി യുടെ മുന്‍പില്‍ ഇരുന്നു കരയുന്ന ഭര്‍ത്താവിനോട് ഭാര്യ
" നാണമില്ലേ മനുഷ്യാ ചില പെണ്ണു ങ്ങളെ പോലെ സീരിയല്‍
കണ്ടു കരയാന്‍ "
ഭര്‍ത്താവ് " സീരിയല്‍ അല്ലെടി നമ്മുടെ കല്യാണ സിഡി യാ "

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രവി ഗോപിയോട് :- അളിയാ ഇത്ര സമ്പന്നയായ ഒരു സ്ത്രീ നിന്നെ എങ്ങനെ വിവാഹം കഴിച്ചു ?
ഗോപി :- അത് നിസ്സാരമായിരുന്നു. അവരുടെ നാല്‍പ്പതാം ജന്മദിനത്തില്‍ ഞാനവര്‍ക്ക് 20 റോസാപ്പൂക്കള്‍ സമ്മാന മായി നല്‍കി.

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എയര്‍ലൈന്‍സ് ഒരു പുതിയ സ്കീം പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു. ടിക്കറ്റെടുക്കുന്ന വിവാഹിതരായ പുരുഷന്മാര്‍ക്ക് ഭാര്യമാരെയും കൊണ്ടുപോകാം.തികച്ചും ഫ്രീ.
സ്കീം വന്‍ വിജയമായതിനെത്തുടര്‍ന്നു എയര്‍ലൈന്‍സ് ഭാര്യമാര്‍ക്ക് കത്തെഴുതി ചോദിച്ചു :- നിങ്ങളുടെ യാത്ര ആനന്ദകരമായിരുന്നോ ?
എല്ലാ മറുപടിയും ഒന്നായിരുന്നു :- ഏതു യാത്ര ??

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പണ്ട് പണ്ട് ഒരു രാജ്യത്തു ഒരു രാജാവ് ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു
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ഇപ്പൊ ഇല്ല പാവം മരിച്ചു പോയി

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ഒരാള്‍ കാറ്‌ വാങ്ങാന്‍ ഷോപ്പില്‍ കയറി. 200,000 രൂപയായിരുന്നു അടയ്ക്കേണ്ട തുക. അയാളുടെ കയ്യില്‍ 199,995 രൂപ മാത്രമേ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നുള്ളു. കാഷ്യര്‍ സമ്മതിച്ചില്ല. ബില്‍ തുക തികച്ചടയ്ക്കണം എന്ന് വാശി പിടിച്ചു.
അപ്പോഴാണ്‌ പുറത്ത് ഒരു ഭിക്ഷക്കാരനിരിക്കുന്നത് അയാളുടെ ശ്രദ്ധയില്‍ പെട്ടത്. ഭിക്ഷക്കാരനെ സമീപിച്ച് അയാള്‍ അഞ്ചു രൂപ കടം ചോദിച്ചു. അത് എന്തിനാണ്‌ ചോദിച്ചപ്പോള്‍ ഒരു കാര്‍ വാങ്ങാനാണെന്ന് മറുപടി നല്‍കി. അപ്പോള്‍ ഭിക്ഷക്കാരന്‍ ചില്ലറ പെറുക്കി എണ്ണിക്കണക്കാക്കി പത്തു രൂപ കൊടുത്തു. എന്നിട്ട് പറഞ്ഞു: ......................
ഒരെണ്ണം എനിക്കും വാങ്ങിക്കൊള്ളൂ.

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യാത്രയില്‍ ടാക്സി ഡ്രൈവര്‍ പറഞ്ഞു :- ഇതെന്‍റെ സ്വന്തം വണ്ടിയാണ്.ഞാന്‍ സംതൃപ്തനാണ്.ഞാനാണ് എന്‍റെ ബോസ്.ഞാന്‍ എന്ത് ചെയ്യണമെന്ന് എന്നോട് ആരും ആജ്ഞാപിക്കില്ല.
ഞാന്‍ ചിരിച്ചു കൊണ്ട് പറഞ്ഞു :- മുന്‍പില്‍ കാണുന്ന വഴിയേ ഇടത്തോട്ടു പോകുക.

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ഓടിക്കൊണ്ടിരുന്ന ഓട്ടോക്കുള്ളില്‍ നവദമ്പതികള്‍ പരസ്പരം ചുംബിക്കുകയായിരുന്നു.
പെട്ടെന്ന് ഓട്ടോ Accident ആയി മറിഞ്ഞു.
ഓട്ടോ യില്‍ നിന്ന് രക്ഷപെട്ടു പുറത്തിറങ്ങിയ ഡ്രൈവറുടെ ആദ്യ പ്രതികരണം ഇതായിരുന്നു :- ടൈറ്റാനിക് മുങ്ങാന്‍ കാരണം ഇപ്പോഴാണ് മനസ്സിലായത്‌.

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ഭര്ത്താവ് ....ഇന്നലെ ക്ലബ്ബിൽ മദ്യപാന മത്സരം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു
ഭാര്യ ....അതെയോ ..ആർക്കായിരുന്നു രണ്ടാം സമ്മാനം ???

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കുട്ടി അമ്മയോട് :- അമ്മ പറഞ്ഞില്ലേ മാലാഖമാര്‍ക്ക് ചിറകുണ്ട് അവര്‍ പറക്കും എന്ന്.?
അമ്മ :- അതെ .
കുട്ടി :- ഇന്നലെ അച്ഛന്‍ വേലക്കാരി ജാനുവിനെ കെട്ടിപ്പിടിച്ചു കൊണ്ട് പറഞ്ഞു ' നീയൊരു മാലാഖ ആണെന്ന് '.അപ്പോള്‍ വേലക്കാരി ജാനുവും പറക്കുമോ ?
അമ്മ :- നാളെ അവളിങ്ങു വരട്ടെ. അവള്‍ പറക്കുന്നത് അമ്മ കാണിച്ചു തരാം.

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ട്രെയിനിന്‍ തന്‍റെ കുട്ടിക്കുള്ള ബെര്‍ത്ത് ഒഴിയാന്‍ വിസമ്മതിച്ച യുവതി യെപ്പറ്റി ഒരു ഉത്തരേന്ത്യന്‍ യുവാവ് ടി ടി യോട് പരാതിപ്പെട്ടത് ഇങ്ങനെ :-
" THIS LADY IS NOT GIVING BIRTH TO MY CHILD. "

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ബുഫേ പാര്‍ട്ടിയില്‍ പ്ലേറ്റിനൊപ്പം വച്ചിരുന്ന ടിഷ്യു പേപ്പര്‍ കഴിക്കാനുള്ളതാണെന്നു കരുതി ഒരുവന്‍ അത് വായില്‍ വയ്ക്കവേ അടുത്തു നിന്ന സുഹൃത്ത് വിലക്കി :- അത് കഴിക്കരുത്..
ആദ്യത്തെയാള്‍ :- കാരണം..?
സുഹൃത്ത് :- ഒരു രുചിയുമില്ല.

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ഫ്ലാഷ് ന്യൂസ്‌ ..... രണ്ടു സീറ്റുകളുള്ള ഒരു വിമാനം ലുധിയാനയ്ക്ക് സമീപമുള്ള
ഒരു സെമിത്തേ രിയിൽ തകർന്നു വീണു ......നാട്ടുകാരായ ചേട്ടന്മാർ 241 മൃതദെഹങ്ങൽ കുഴിച്ചെടുത്തു
തിരച്ചിൽ തുടരുന്നു

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യുവതി ജ്യോത്സ്യനോട്‌ :- എന്‍റെ ഭര്‍ത്താവ് എന്നും അര്‍ദ്ധ രാത്രിയില്‍ വീട്ടില്‍ നിന്ന് പുറത്തു പോകും .നേരം പുലര്‍ന്ന ശേഷമേ തിരിച്ചു വരുകയുള്ളു.
ജ്യോത്സ്യന്‍ :- ഇത് നിങ്ങള്‍ നേരിടുന്ന പ്രശ്നമോ അതോ എനിക്കുള്ള ഇന്‍വിറ്റേഷനോ ?

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ഒരു നീഗ്രോ മരിച്ച ശേഷം സ്വർഗത്തിൽ എത്തി
മാലാഖ ... നീ ആരാണ്?
നീഗ്രോ..ടൈറ്റാനി ക്കിലെ നായകൻ !!
മാലാഖ കണ്‍ ഫ്യുഷനിൽ ആയി ..മറ്റൊരു മാലാഖയോട് ചോദിച്ചു
"" ടൈറ്റാനിക് മുങ്ങിയതാണോ അതോ കത്തിയതാണോ "

MANAGEMENT LESSONS FROM A FIVE HUNDRED RUPEE NOTE

Prakash Iyer, MD, Kimberly-Clark Lever and Executive Coach from Pune shares two important management lessons he learnt from a 500-rupee note. Read on.

1. It happened some years ago but I can recall the evening like it happened just last week.
I was in an audience listening to a motivational guru.
The speaker whipped out his wallet and pulled out a five hundred-rupee note.
Holding it up, he asked, "Who wants this five hundred rupee note?"
Lots of hands went up. Including mine.
A slow chorus began to build as people began to shout "Me!" "Me!"
I began to wonder who the lucky one would be who the speaker would choose.
And I also secretly wondered -- and I am sure others did too -- why he would simply give away five hundred rupees.
Even as the shouts of "I want it" grew louder, I noticed a young woman running down the aisle.
She ran up onto the stage, went up to the speaker, and grabbed the five hundred-rupee note from his hand. "Well done, young lady," said the speaker into the microphone.
"Most of us just wait for good things to happen. That's of no use. You've got to make things happen."
The speaker's words have stayed with me ever since.

'Simply thinking about doing something is of no use'

Our lives are like that. We all see opportunities around us. We all want the good things.
But the problem is we don't take action.
We all want the five hundred rupee notes on offer. But we don't make the move. We look at it longingly.Get up, and do something about it. Don't worry about what other people might think. Take action.

2. Several years later, it was another day, another time.
And another motivational guru.
As I watched him pull out a five hundred rupee note and hold it up for all to see, I thought I knew what he was going to do next. But he just asked a simple question. "How much is this worth?"
"Five Hundred rupees!" the crowd yelled in unison.
"Right," said the speaker. He then took the note and crumpled it into a ball and asked "How much is it worth now?"
"Five Hundred rupees!" screamed the audience.
He then threw the note on the ground, stamped all over it and picked up the note and asked one more time: "And how much is it worth now?"
"Five Hundred rupees!" was the response.
"I want you to remember this," said the speaker.
"Just because someone crumples it, or stamps on it, the value of the note does not diminish.
We should all be like the five hundred rupee note..
In our lives, there will be times when we feel crushed, stamped over, beaten. But never let your self-worth diminish. Just because someone chooses to crush you -- that doesn't change your worth one bit!
Don't allow your self-worth to diminish because someone says something nasty -- or does something dirty -- to you."

'Never let your self-worth diminish.

Indian National Anthem - Instrumental

The black dot

One day a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited anxiously at their desks for the test to begin. The professor handed out the question paper with the text facing down as usual. Once he handed them all out, he asked his studies to turn the page and begin. To everyone's surprise, there were no questions....just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor seeing the expression on everyone's face, told them the following:

"I want you to write what you see there."

The students confused, got started on the inexplicable task.

At the end of the class, the professor took all the answer papers and started reading each one of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them with no exceptions, described the black dot, trying to explain its position in the middle of the sheet, etc. etc. etc. After all had been read, the classroom silent, the professor began to explain:

"I am not going to grade on you this, I just wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the white part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot - and the same happens in our lives. We have a white paper to observe and enjoy but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a gift given to us by God with love and care and we always have reasons to celebrate - nature renewing itself everyday, our friends around us, the job that provides our livelihood, the miracles we see everyday.......

However we insist on focusing only on the dark spots - the health issues that bother us, the lack of money, the complicated relationship with a family member, the disappointment with a friend, and so on.......

The dark spots are very small compared to everything we have in our lives but they are the ones that pollute our minds.

Take your eyes away from the black spots in your life. Enjoy each one of your blessings, each moment that life gives you.

Be happy and live a life filled with LOVE !!

Life quotes

🐊Never Tell Ur Problems to all,
20% will not Care
&
80% will be Glad that U have Them.
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🐊👗 Life is similar to Boxing Game.
Defeat is not Declared when U Fall Down.
It is Declared when U Refuse to Get Up.
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🐊👗 Always WRONG PERSONS Teach the RIGHT LESSONS in Life.
That is called LIFE EXPERIENCE.
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🐊👗 Everything is Valuable only at 2 Times:
1: Before Getting It.
&
2: After Losing It.
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🐊👗 Two Places are most Valuable in the World:
1: The NICEST Place is to be in
Someone's Thoughts.
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2: The SAFEST Place is to be in
Someone's Prayers.
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🐊👗 'FEAR' has 2 Meanings:
1: Forget Everything & Run.
&
2: Face Everything & Rejoice.
Choice is Ours.
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🐊👗 'EGO' is the only Requirement
to Destroy any Relationship.
Be a Bigger Person,
Skip the 'E' & let it 'GO'.
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🐊👗 As long as We do not Forgive People who have Hurt Us,
They Occupy a 'RENT-FREE-SPACE'
in our Mind.
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🐊👗 I asked GOD: If everything is already Written in Destiny, then why should I Pray ?
GOD Smiled & said: I have also Written 'CONDITIONS APPLY'.
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🐊👗 Empty Pockets Teach Millons of Things in Life. BUT Full Pockets Spoil Us in Million Ways.
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🐊👗 TRUST is like a Sticker.
Once it is Removed, it may Stick again, but not as Strong as it Holds
when U First Applied.
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🐊👗 Never Win People with Arguments. Rather Defeat Them with Ur Smile.
Because People who always Wish to
Argue with U, cannot Bear Ur SILENCE.
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🐊👗 'MEMORIES' are always Special.
Sometimes, We Laugh by
Remembering the days We Cried.
&
Sometimes, We Cry by
Remembering the days We Laughed.
Thats LIFE.

Why QWERTY?

Why is the keyboard layout Q-W-E-R-T-Y and not simply A-B-C-D-F? Why were computer keyboards designed in the current format not in a alphabetical order. Is there any specific reason or it's just some random convention we are following?
It hasn’t been done randomly or just for fun, it has a very distinct and purposeful reason behind it.
The current format of the keyboard was devised long back in 1870’s by a gentleman named Christopher Sholes for the then typewriter.
Though, it definitely was not the first format to come up, it didn’t take much time to switch to this one.
Starting with lexicographic order i.e. A-B-C-D-E-F, after various trials and errors and taking hundreds of cases, Christopher Sholes gradually reached the Q-W-E-R-T-Y. It was really well received (evident from the fact that we still use it).
When the typewriter was invented, it used a metal bar to hold the character alphabets and the other end of the bar was attached to a linkage carrying a carriage with the coated ink.
When a key was struck, it would emboss its character on the paper placed beneath the carriage. However, when an operator learned to type at a great speed, a certain flaw was noticed.
When two letters were struck in quick succession, the bars of the typewriter would entangle and get jammed.
Christopher Sholes found a way out. He proposed that the letters of frequently used letter pairs should be in different rows.
For example, ‘C-H’, ‘S-T’, ’T-H’, ‘W-H’ and more.
He also formulated that to speed up the typing process, there has to be a regular alternation between two hands. So observing thousands of words, he placed the letters in way that most words would make use of both hands.
He also observed that almost every word in the dictionary carries a vowel.
According to him, the most frequently used vowel was ‘A’ and the most frequently used letter (non-vowel) was ‘S’. So he placed ‘A’ and ‘S’ together and chose to keep less common letters like ‘Q’, ‘W’, ‘Z’, ‘X’, ‘C’ around these.
This was complemented by placing fairly common letters like ‘M’, ‘N’, ‘L’, ‘K’, ‘O’, ‘P’ at right extremes to create a perfect alternation between both the hands.
All these factors tested with thousands of trials gave us the format that we still use and perhaps would be using till eternity.
Share this info with your siblings and young curious minds

Oru katha

"ബസ്സില്‍ സാമാന്യം നല്ല തിരക്കായിരുന്നു. കയറിയതിനു ശേഷം തിരിഞ്ഞ് സ്റ്റോപ്പില്‍ നില്‍ക്കുന്ന ഭര്‍ത്താവിനോട് കൈ വീശി കാണിച്ച് ഒരു സീറ്റിനു വേണ്ടി കണ്ണോടിച്ചു..എല്ലാ സീറ്റിലും ആളുകള്‍..ആദ്യം കണ്ട സ്ത്രീകളുടെ സീറ്റില്‍ ഒരു ചെറുപ്പക്കാരനും, തല മൂടി പുതച്ച് സീറ്റില്‍ മറ്റൊരാളും ..ചെറുപ്പക്കാരന്‍ ഒന്ന്‍ നോക്കിയതിനു ശേഷം താന്‍ ഈ ലോകത്തില്‍ അല്ലെന്ന മട്ടില്‍ പുറത്തേക്ക് കണ്ണോടിച്ച്..തല മൂടി പുതച്ച് ഉറങ്ങുന്ന ആള്‍ കള്ള ഉറക്കമാണെന്ന് തോന്നുന്നു. ??എന്തായാലും തലസ്ഥാനം വരെ ഹിയരിങ്ങിനു വേണ്ടി പോകേണ്ട ദേഷ്യവും, വീട്ടില്‍ നിന്നും ഒരു ദിവസം പിരിഞ്ഞ് നില്‍കേണ്ട വിഷമവും ചേര്‍ത്ത് കുറച്ച് ഉറക്കെ പറഞ്ഞു..

"ഇത് സ്ത്രീകളുടെ സീറ്റാണ്.."

ചെറുപ്പക്കാരന്‍ അവജ്ഞയോടെ ഒന്ന് നോക്കി..എല്ല് വീണ്ടും സീറ്റില്‍ ഉറപ്പിക്കാന്‍ തുടങ്ങുമ്പോള്‍ സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ ബസ്സിലെ കണ്ടക്ടര്‍ വിളിച്ചു പറഞ്ഞു..

"മഞ്ഞ ഷര്‍ട്ട്‌...സ്ത്രീകള്ടെ സീറ്റ് ഒന്ന്‍ ഒഴിഞ്ഞു കൊടുത്തേ..."

ചെറുപ്പക്കാരന്‍ മനസ്സില്ലാമനസ്സോടെ എഴുന്നേറ്റു..തല മൂടി പുതച്ച് കിടക്കുന്ന ആള്‍ സുഖാനുഭൂതിയില്‍ ചാരി കിടന്ന് ഉറക്കം..ഒടുവില്‍ കണ്ടക്ടര്‍ വന്ന് വിളിച്ചപ്പോള്‍ അയാള്‍ ഉണര്‍ന്നു..മുഖത്ത് ഒരു വളിച്ച ചിരിയോടെ എഴുന്നേറ്റ് മാറി. അയാള്‍ മുന്നില്‍ മാറി ഒരു ഇരുമ്പ് കമ്പിയില്‍ തൂങ്ങി നില്ക്കാന് തുടങ്ങി.മുഷിഞ്ഞ വേഷം, കയ്യില്‍ ഒരു പഴയ വസ്ത്ര സ്ഥാപനത്തിന്റെ കവര്‍...തലയില്‍ ഒരു തൊപ്പി..മുഖം നിറയെ ചിരി..അവര്‍ ഒഴിഞ്ഞ സീറ്റില്‍ ഇരുന്ന്‍ സ്കാര്‍ഫ് എടുത്ത് തലയില്‍ വട്ടം കെട്ടി പുറത്തെ കാഴ്ചകളിലേക്ക്.പിന്നില്‍ നിന്നും ആരോ പറയുന്നത് കേട്ടു..

"ഗുരുവായൂര്‍ എറണാകുളം റൂട്ടില്‍ എന്തോരം ബസ്സ്‌ ഓടീട്ടും തിരക്കോട് തെരക്ക്.."

അവര്‍ തിരുവനന്തപുരത്ത് ചെന്നാല്‍ താമസിക്കേണ്ട കാര്യവും, കാലത്ത് ഹിയറിങ്ങിന് പറയേണ്ട കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ ആലോചിച്ചും, ജോലി ചെയ്യുന്ന വിദ്യാഭ്യാസ വകുപ്പിന്‍റെ ബാലാരിഷ്ടതയെ കുറിച്ചും ചിന്തിച്ച് മെല്ലെ ഒന്ന്‍ മയങ്ങിപോയി.എന്തോ ഉരുണ്ട് വീഴുന്ന ശബ്ദം കേട്ടാണ് ഞെട്ടി ഉണര്‍ന്നത്..നോക്കുമ്പോള്‍ കമ്പിയില്‍ പിടിച്ച് നിന്ന തൊപ്പിക്കാരന്‍ ബസ്സിനകത്ത് വീണു കിടക്കുന്നു.മറ്റുള്ളവര്‍ പിടിച്ച് ഉയര്‍ത്തും മുന്‍പേ അയാള്‍ ചാടി എഴുന്നേറ്റു..തൊപ്പി തെറിച്ച് പോയിരിക്കുന്നു..മുടിയില്ലാത്ത തല..മുന്നില്‍ കിടന്ന തൊപ്പിയും, കവറും അയാള്‍ ചാടിയെടുത്ത് തൊപ്പി വേഗം തലയില്‍ ധരിച്ച് എല്ലാവരെയും നോക്കി ചിരിച്ചു..

"തൊപ്പിക്കാരന്‍ ചേട്ടാ...ദാ ഇവിടേക്ക് പോന്നോളൂ..സീറ്റ് തരാം..നിന്ന് ഒറങ്ങി ഇനിയും വീഴണ്ടാ..'' കണ്ടക്ടര്‍ വിളിച്ചു പറഞ്ഞു..അയാള്‍ വീണ്ടും ചിരിയോടെ ശബ്ദം കേട്ട ഭാഗത്തേക്ക്..

ബസ്സ്‌ എറണാകുളം സ്റ്റാന്‍ഡില്‍ എത്തിയപ്പോള്‍ അവര്‍ ഇറങ്ങി..ഇനി തിരുവനന്തപുരം സൂപ്പര്‍ ഫാസ്റ്റ് പിടിക്കണം..അവര്‍ സ്റ്റാന്‍ഡില്‍ കയറി ബസ്സ്‌ വരുന്ന ഭാഗത്ത് നിന്നപ്പോള്‍ വീണ്ടും അയാളെ കണ്ടു..തൊപ്പിക്കാരന്‍..ഒരു കടയുടെ മുന്നില്‍ നിന്നും ചുടു ചായ അതിവേഗം അകത്താക്കി അയാള്‍..അവരെ കണ്ടതും വീണ്ടും അയാളുടെ ചുണ്ടില്‍ ഒരു ചിരി..അവര്‍ വെറുപ്പോടെ മുഖം തിരിച്ചു..

ബസ്സ്‌ വന്ന്‍ നിന്നപ്പോള്‍ അവര്‍ കയറി സീറ്റില്‍ ഇരുന്നു.കുറച്ച് കഴിഞ്ഞ് അയാളും കയറി..സ്ത്രീകളുടെ സീറ്റില്‍ ഇരിക്കാന്‍ തുടങ്ങി പിന്നീട് സംവരണം ചെയ്തിരിക്കുന്ന ബോര്‍ഡില്‍ കണ്ണോടിച്ച് പതിവ് ചിരിയോടെ അയാള്‍ മുന്നിലേക്ക് നടന്ന്‍ മുന്‍നിര സീറ്റില്‍ പോയി സ്ഥാനം പിടിച്ചു..ബസ്സിലെ കണ്ടക്ടര്‍ ടിക്കറ്റ് എടുക്കാന്‍ അയാളുടെ അടുത്ത് ചെന്നപ്പോള്‍ അയാള്‍ കവറില്‍ നിന്നും കുറേ ചില്ലറകള്‍ എണ്ണി കൊടുക്കുന്നത് കണ്ടു...

"ഇതെന്താ സാറെ ചില്ലറ കൊറച്ച് ഉണ്ടല്ലോ??"
"ചില്ലറ തരുന്നതല്ലേ സാറെ നിങ്ങള് കണ്ടക്ടര്‍ സാര്‍ന്മാര്‍ക്ക് ഇഷ്ടം.."
"ഏയ്‌..ചില്ലറ ഇല്ലാത്തതാ ഞങ്ങള്‍ക്കിഷ്ടം...കണ്ടക്ടര്‍ ചിരിയോടെ പറഞ്ഞു.അയാളും അത് കേട്ട് പരിസരം മറന്ന്‍ ചിരിച്ചു

അവര്‍ ഒരു പുസ്തകം കയ്യിലെടുത്ത് വായിക്കാന്‍ തുടങ്ങി..കഥകളില്‍ മുഴുകി, കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളില്‍ മുഴുകി..ഒടുവില്‍ നിദ്രയിലേക്ക്..ഇടയ്ക്ക് കായംകുളം സ്റ്റാന്‍ഡില്‍ ഉച്ചയൂണ് കഴിക്കാന്‍ നിര്‍ത്തിയപ്പോള്‍ അയാളും, അവരും മാത്രമായി ബസ്സില്‍..അയാള്‍ പതിവ് ചിരിയോടെ അവരെ നോക്കി ചോദിച്ചു..

"പെങ്ങളെ ഇത് തിരുവനന്തോര്ത്ത് എത്ര മണിക്ക് എത്തും..?"
"ആ എനിക്കറിയില്ല.." കുറച്ച് ഈര്‍ഷ്യയോടെ മറുപടി നല്‍കി..പിന്നെ അയാളില്‍ നിന്നും ചോദ്യങ്ങള്‍ ഒന്നുമുണ്ടായില്ല..വീണ്ടും പുസ്തകത്തില്‍ മുഴുകി..

തമ്പാനൂര്‍ എത്തിയപ്പോള്‍ വിശപ്പ് തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞു..കാലത്ത് ചായ കുടിച്ച് ഇറങ്ങിയതാണ്..വഴിയില്‍ നിന്നും ഒന്നും കഴിച്ചില്ല..യാത്രയില്‍ കഴിച്ചാല്‍ അത് ശര്‍ദ്ദിച്ചു പുറത്ത് കളയുന്നതാണ് ശീലം..അത് കൊണ്ട് ഒന്നും കഴിക്കില്ല..ഇന്ത്യന്‍ കോഫി ഹൌസിനു നേരെ നടന്ന്‍ ഒരിടത്ത് സീറ്റ് പിടിച്ചപ്പോള്‍ വീണ്ടും അയാളെ കണ്ടു..തൊപ്പിക്കാരന്‍..അയാള്‍ക്ക് അവരുടെ എതിര്‍ തിരിഞ്ഞ് ഇരിക്കുന്നതിനാല്‍ അവരെ കണ്ടില്ല..അയാള്‍ ബസ്സില്‍ കൂടെ യാത്ര ചെയ്ത ആരോടോ സംസാരിക്കുന്നു..ചായ പറഞ്ഞു കാത്തിരിക്കുന്ന ആ വേളയില്‍ ഇടയ്ക്ക് അയാളുടെ സംസാരം ശ്രദ്ധിച്ചു..

"ഇത് അവസാനത്തെയാ...ഇനിയൊരു കീമോ ഉണ്ടാകില്ല..ഡോക്ടര്‍ സാറിന് ഒരു ഉറപ്പില്ല..പിന്നെ നമുക്ക്..എന്ത്.."

അയാള്‍ ചിരിയോടെ പറഞ്ഞു.

'' വെറും കൈയ്യും തന്നെയാ സാറേ ഭൂമിയില്‍ വന്നത്..വെറും കയ്യോടെ തിരികെ പോകാനും ‍ മടിയില്ല..എന്നാലും സാറെ കുടുംബം..അതോര്‍ക്കുമ്പോ വിഷമാ..ഒന്നും നീക്കിയിരിപ്പ് ഇല്ല..വെറും കൂലി പണിക്കാരനാ ഞാന്‍..പിന്നെ കുടിയിടപ്പ് കിട്ടിയ പത്ത് സെന്‍ട് സ്ഥലം..ഒരു കൊച്ച് ഓടിട്ട വീട്..ഒരു കൂട്ട് വേണോന്നു തോന്നിപ്പോ കല്യാണം കഴിച്ചു..രണ്ട്‌ തങ്കം പോലത്തെ പെണ്‍ മക്കളുമായി...എന്നാ പെമ്പ്രന്നോത്തി ഒരു വാക്ക് പോലും പറയാതെ എന്നേം, പിള്ളേരേം തനിച്ചാക്കി ഒരു പോക്കങ്ങ് പോയി..തുലാവര്‍ഷം പെയ്യുമ്പോള്‍ ഞങ്ങള്‍ടെ ദേശത്ത് പാടത്ത് നിന്ന് മീന്‍ കേറി വരും..നല്ല മുഷീം, ബ്രാലും..അങ്ങനെ ഒരു മഴക്കാലത്ത് ഒരു മുഷിടെ പൊറകെ കുട്ടയുമായി പോയതാ..പെമ്പ്രന്നോത്തി..പാടത്ത് കറണ്ട് കമ്പി പൊട്ടി കെടക്കണെ മൂപ്പിലാത്തി കണ്ടില്ല..മൂത്തത് രണ്ടിലും, എളെത് അങ്ങനവാടിയിലും പോണ പൊടി കുഞ്ഞുങ്ങള്‍...തളന്നില്ല സാറെ..ഞാന്‍ അതുങ്ങളെ വളത്തി വലുതാക്കി..ഇപ്പൊ മൂത്തത് പ്ലസ് ടു കഴിഞ്ഞു.."

ഇപ്പോള്‍ അയാളുടെ വാക്കുകള്‍ എല്ലാവരും ശ്രദ്ധിക്കാന്‍ തുടങ്ങിയിരിക്കുന്നു..കൌണ്ടറില്‍ ഇരിക്കുന്ന ആളും, സപ്ലൈ ചെയ്യുന്ന ആളും, സീറ്റുകളില്‍ ഇരിക്കുന്നവരും..പതുക്കെ എല്ലാവരിലും ദുഃഖം വിതയ്ക്കുന്ന വാക്കുകള്‍..അയാള്‍ മാത്രം ചിരിയോടെ തന്‍റെ കഥ തുടര്‍ന്നു..

"ചെയ്യാത്ത പണിയില്ല സാറെ...തെങ്ങിന് തടം കോരിയും, വിതയ്ക്കാന്‍ പോയും, വേലി കെട്ടാന്‍ പോയും പിള്ളാരെ പഠിപ്പിച്ചു..അവറ്റുങ്ങള്‍ പഠിക്കാന്‍ ബഹു മിടുക്കികളും..ഒരീസം എന്റെ പള്ളേല് ഒരു മോഴ കണ്ടു..ഞാന്‍ അത് കാര്യക്കില്ല..പിന്നെ അത് വലുതായപ്പോ മോള്‍ടെ നിര്‍ബന്ധം കാരണം എം.ഇ.എസിലെ മോമ്മദ് ഡോക്ടറെ കാണിച്ചു..അവര് അത് കീറി പൊളിച്ച് എങ്ങണ്ടെക്കും അയച്ചു..പിന്നെ കുറച്ചീസം കഴിഞ്ഞപ്പാ അവരാ പറഞ്ഞത് ക്യാന്‍സര്‍ രോഗാണെന്ന്...ഒരാളോടും പറയാതെ ഞാന്‍ പിന്നേം പണിക്ക് പോയി.."ചെട്ടി കപ്പലിന് ദൈവം തുണ..പക്ഷെ എങ്ങനെയോ മക്കളിത് അറിഞ്ഞു..പിന്നെ ചികിത്സ..പക്ഷെ ഒന്നും ശരിയായില്ല..പിള്ളേര് നേരാത്ത നേര്‍ച്ച ഇല്ല...അവ്റ്റുങ്ങള്‍ കരയുന്ന കാണുമ്പോള്‍ എനിക്കും സഹിക്കൂല.പക്ഷെ ഞാന്‍ അവര്‍ക്ക് മുന്നില് ചിരിക്കും..രോഗം ചിരിച്ചാല്‍ മാറില്ല..എന്നാലും ചിരിക്കും...മനസ്സ് കരഞ്ഞാലും മൊഖം ചിരിച്ചിരിക്കും..

ആ വാക്കുകള്‍ പറയുമ്പോള്‍ അയാള്‍ ചിരിക്കുകയായിരുന്നു...അയാളുടെ ചിരിയും സംസാരവും ഇന്ത്യന്‍ കോഫീ ഹൌസില്‍ പിന്നെയും കണ്ണ് നീര്‍ വീഴ്ത്തി. കേള്‍വിക്കാര്‍ കൂടി വന്നു..എല്ലാവര്‍ക്കും സഹജീവിയോടുള്ള ദയ കണ്ണുകളില്‍..സങ്കടം മുഖത്ത്.

"മരിക്കാന്‍ പേടിയാ...രണ്ടു പിള്ളേരേം കാണാന്‍ നല്ല ചേലാ...അവരടെ അമ്മയെ പോലെ..ദൈവം അഞ്ചു കൊല്ലം ആയുസ്സ് നീട്ടി തന്നാ മതി....പിച്ചയെടുത്തിട്ടായാലും ഞാന്‍ അവരെ പഠിപ്പിക്കും..മൂത്തവള്‍ക്ക് ഒരു ജോലി ആകുന്ന വരെ...കേറി കിടക്കാന്‍ ഒരു കിടപ്പാടം പോലുമില്ല...രോഗം വന്നപ്പോള്‍ ആരോടും കൈ നീട്ടില്ല...എല്ലാം വിറ്റ്.... വിറ്റിട്ടും ക്യാന്‍സര്‍..അയിന്റെ പക മാറീട്ടില...കാര്‍ന്നു തിന്ന് തോടങ്ങിന്നാ തോന്നുന്നേ..ചിലപ്പോള്‍ സഹിക്കാന്‍ പറ്റൂല വേദന..അപ്പോള്‍ ഞാന്‍ ചിരിക്കും..വേദന വരുമ്പോള്‍ ചിരി ഇപ്പൊ എനിക്കൊരു ശീലായി.....ആരോ പറഞ്ഞു..പെസ്ബുക്ക് എന്ന സാധനം കമ്പൂട്ടറില്‍ ഉണ്ടെന്ന്..അതില്‍ എന്‍റെ രോഗത്തിന്‍റെ കാര്യം ഇട്ടാല്‍ ആളുകള്‍ സഹായിക്കുമെന്ന്..എന്നെ സഹായിക്കണ്ടാ..ഞാന്‍ ഇല്ലാതായാല്‍ കുട്ടികളെ സഹായിച്ചാ മതി..

എല്ലാം കേട്ടിരുന്ന അവര്‍ക്ക് സങ്കടം താങ്ങാന്‍ കഴിയാതെ വന്നു..സാരി തലപ്പ്‌ കൊണ്ട് കണ്ണുകള്‍ തുടച്ച് അയാളെ നോക്കി..ആ മനുഷ്യനെ സീറ്റില്‍ നിന്നും എഴുന്നേല്‍പിച്ച നിമിഷത്തെ അവര്‍ ശപിച്ചു..അയാള്‍ വീണ്ടും തിരിഞ്ഞ് എല്ലാവരെയും ഒന്ന്‍ നോക്കി. അവരെ കണ്ടപ്പോള്‍ അയാളുടെ മുഖത്ത് വീണ്ടും ചിരി വിടര്‍ന്നു..എല്ലാ വേദനകളും കാറ്റില്‍ പരത്തുന്ന പ്രകാശം നിറഞ്ഞ ചിരി..

"അയ്യോ..നിങ്ങളെയെക്കെ ഞാന്‍ എന്റെ വിഷമം പറഞ്ഞ് ...എന്താ ചെയ്യാ..ദൈവ നിശ്ചയം..ആര്‍.സി.സി.ചെല്ലുമ്പോള്‍ അവടെത്ത ഓരോ കാഴ്ചകള്‍ കാണുമ്പോ എന്റെ രോഗം നിസ്സാരം..പിറന്ന കുഞ്ഞു പോലും രോഗം വന്നു...കണ്ടാല്‍ മനസ്സ് മുറിയും സാറെ.."

അയാള്‍ പോകാന്‍ വേണ്ടി എഴുന്നേറ്റു...ആരെല്ലാമോ അയാള്‍ക്ക് നേരെ പൈസ നീട്ടി..അയാള്‍ വാങ്ങാന്‍ തയ്യാറായില്ല..തലയില്‍ തൊപ്പി ഉറപ്പിച്ച്, കയ്യിലെ കവറുമായി മുന്നോട്ട്..എല്ലാവരുടെയും നിറഞ്ഞ കണ്ണുകള്‍ക്ക് മുന്നിലൂടെ..കൌണ്ടറില്‍ ചെന്ന് കുടിച്ച് ചായയുടെ പൈസ കൊടുക്കാന്‍ തുടങ്ങുമ്പോള്‍ കാഷ്യര്‍ പൊട്ടി കരയാന്‍ തുടങ്ങി..പൈസ വാങ്ങാന്‍ കാഷ്യര്‍ വിസ്സമ്മതം കാണിച്ചപ്പോള്‍ അയാള്‍ പോക്കറ്റില്‍ നിന്നും ചില്ലറ പെറുക്കി വിലനിലവാര പട്ടിക നോക്കി പണം കൊടുത്തു...അയാള്‍ ചിരിയോടെ പറഞ്ഞു..

"ആരോടും കടം വെക്കാന്‍ പാടില്ല ചേട്ടാ..അങ്ങ് ചെല്ലുമ്പോ ദൈവം ചോദിക്കും..

ചുറ്റുമുള്ള എല്ലാ നിറകണ്ണുകളും ഒന്ന് കൂടി നോക്കി അയാള്‍ സ്വത സിദ്ധമായ ചിരിയോടെ വീണ്ടും പറഞ്ഞു...

"വീണ്ടും കാണാമെന്ന് ഒരു വെറും വാക്ക് പറയണില്ല...പക്ഷെ കാണും..എന്റെ ഉള്ളിലോള്ള ഒരു സാധനോം ആര്‍ക്കും കൊടുക്കാന്‍ പറ്റൂല..എല്ലാം കാര്‍ന്നു തിന്ന് ചീത്തയായി പോയി...പക്ഷെ കണ്ണുകള്‍ ഞാന്‍ ദാനം ചെയ്യും...അതിനെ ഒരു രോഗവും ഇല്ല...ഞാന്‍ കണ്ട് രസിച്ച ഈ ഭൂലോകം, ഇത് വരെ ഒന്നും കാണാതെ പോയ ആര്‍ക്കെങ്കിലും വെളിച്ചം കൊടുക്കട്ടെ...ജീവനുണ്ടായിട്ടും ഒന്നും ജീവിതത്തില്‍ കാണാത്ത ആരെങ്കിലും എന്റെ കണ്ണുകള്‍ക്ക് വേണ്ടി കാത്തിരിക്കുന്നുണ്ടാകും...."

രണ്ടു തുള്ളി കണ്ണ് നീര്‍ വീഴ്ത്തി ആ മനുഷ്യന്‍uh പുറത്തേക്ക് പോയപ്പോള്‍ ആ കോഫി ഹൌസില്‍ അവശേഷിച്ച എല്ലാവര്‍ക്കും കണ്ണുനീര്‍ര്‍‍ നിറഞ്ഞ് കാഴ്ച നഷ്ടമായിരുന്നു...

How do we recognize spiritual growth?

Q. When clothes get smaller, we recognize physical growth. How do we recognize spiritual growth?

H.H Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Very easily. It depends on how you go ahead in every situation, especially bad situations. Do you deal with the situation with courage, and peace? If so, then, that is sign of your spiritual development. The more you smile, and the more you are happy, the more you are spiritually developed.
Sometimes, in spite of doing a lot of sadhana, you get angry, and then you tend to think that you have not developed spiritually.
Don't blame yourself. Even though you get angry, it is not the same as before. Earlier your anger would remain for long, now it subsides. To other people, you look the same but if you look within, the anger comes and goes away quickly. Earlier it used to take five years, now it takes five minutes to go away. This is our experience. That is why you should not blame yourself when you get any negative sentiments. Witness the feeling and let it go. With practice, the consciousness becomes stronger.
A plant has to be watered but when it grows into a tree, it is no longer necessary. Similarly, if the inner consciousness becomes stronger, all these vikaar (distortions) get erased.
Vishranti vikar mita (Deep rest removes negativity). That is why people are jailed. They are tired of doing bad deeds, so we let them take rest. When they rest, the negative thoughts get destroyed. There is no rest deeper than meditation.🙏

WHY ONE SHOULD VISIT TEMPLES REGULARLY?

Here is the scientific Reason. Must read and share...

There are hundreds of temples all over India

in different size, shape and locations

but

not all of them are considered to be in the Vedic way.

Generally,

the temples are located in a place where earth's magnetic waves pass through.

In simple terms, these temples are located strategically at a place where the positive energy is abundantly available from the magnetic wave distribution of north/ south pole thrust.

Because of its location, where high magnetic values are available, the Main Idol is placed in the center,
and
also because they place a copper plate written with some Vedic scripts,
which is buried, beneath the Main Idol's placement known as "Garbhagriha"
or
Moolasthan, the copper absorbs the earth's magnetic waves and radiates to the surroundings.
Thus a person who regularly visits a temple and makes clockwise pradakshina of the Main Idol's placement, automatically receives the beamed magnetic waves which get absorbed by his body.

This is very slow and a regular visit will make him absorb more energy,
known as positive energy.

In addition, the Sanctum Sanctorum is completely enclosed on three sides.

The effect of all energies is very high in here.

The lamp that is lit radiates the heat and light energy.

The ringing of the bells and the chanting of prayers gives sound energy.

The fragrance from the flowers, the burning of camphor give out chemical energy.

The effect of all these energies is activated by the positive energy that comes out of the idol.

This is in addition to the north/south pole magnetic energy that is absorbed by the copper plate and utensils that are kept in the Moolasthan.

The water used for the Pooja is mixed with Cardamom, Benzoin, Holy Basil (Tulsi), Clove, etc is the "Theertham".

This water becomes more energized because it receives the positive-ness of all these energies combined.

When persons go to the temple for Deepaaraadhana, and when the doors open up, the positive energy gushes out onto the persons who are there.

The water that is sprinkled onto the people passes on the energy to all.

That is the reason why, men are not allowed to wear shirts to the temple and ladies have to wear more ornaments because it is through these jewels (metal) that positive energy is absorbed in ladies.

It is proved that Theertham is a very good blood purifier, as it is highly energized.

In addition, temples offer holy water (about three spoons).

This water is mainly a source of magneto therapy as they place the copper water vessel at the Garbhagriha.

It also contains cardamom, clove, saffron, etc to add taste and Tulsi (holy Basil) leaves are put into the water to increase its medicinal value..!

The clove essence protects one from tooth decay, the saffron & Tulsi leave essence protects one from common cold and cough, cardamom and benzoine known as Pachha Karpuram, acts as a mouth refreshing agents.

This way, one's health too is protected, by regularly visiting Temples.. !

Tribute to Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam

What I will be remembered for.. my memory of the last day with the great Kalam sir...

It has been eight hours since we last talked – sleep eludes me and memories keep flushing down, sometimes as tears. Our day, 27th July, began at 12 noon, when we took our seats in the flight to Guhawati. Dr. Kalam was 1A and I was IC. He was wearing a dark colored "Kalam suit", and I started off complimenting, "Nice color!" Little did I know this was going to be the last color I will see on him.
Long, 2.5 hours of flying in the monsoon weather. I hate turbulence, and he had mastered over them. Whenever he would see me go cold in shaking plane, he would just pull down the window pane and saw, "Now you don't see any fear!".
That was followed by another 2.5 hours of car drive to IIM Shillong. For these two legged trip of five hours we talked, discussed and debated. These were amongsthundreds of the long flights and longer drives we have been together over the last six years.
As each of them, this was as special too. Three incidents/discussions in particular will be "lasting memories of our last trip".
First, Dr. Kalam was absolutely worried about the attacks in Punjab. The loss of innocent lives left him filledwith sorrow. The topic of lecture at IIM Shillong was Creating a Livable Planet Earth. He related the incident to the topic and said, "it seems the man made forces are as big a threat to the livability of earth as pollution". We discussed on how, if this trend of violence, pollution and reckless human action continues we will forced to leave earth. "Thirty years, at this rate, maybe", he said. "You guys must do something about it… it is going to be your future world"
Our second discussion was more national. For the past two days, Dr. Kalam was worried that time and again Parliament, the supreme institution of democracy, was dysfunctional. He said, "I have seen two different governments in my tenure. I have seen more after that. This disruption just keeps happening. It is not right. I really need to find out a way to ensure that the parliament works on developmental politics." He then asked me to prepare a surprise assignment question for the students at IIM Shillong, which he would give them only at the end of the lecture. He wanted to them to suggest three innovative ways to make the Parliament more productive and vibrant. Then, after a while he returned on it. "But how can ask them to give solutions if I don't have any myself". For the next one hour, we thwarted options after options, who come up with his recommendation over the issue. We wanted to include this discussion in our upcoming book, Advantage India.
Third, was an experience from the beauty of his humility. We were in a convoy of 6-7 cars. Dr. Kalam and I were in the second car. Ahead us was an open gypsy with three soldiers in it. Two of them were sitting on either side and one lean guy was standing atop, holding his gun. One hour into the road journey, Dr. Kalam said, "Why is he standing? He will get tired. This is like punishment. Can you ask a wireless message to given that he may sit?" I had to convince him, he has been probably instructed to keep standing for better security. He did not relent. We tried radio messaging, that did not work. For the next 1.5 hours of the journey, he reminded me thrice to see if I can hand signal him to sit down. Finally, realizing there is little we can do – he told me, "I want to meet him and thank him". Later, when we landed in IIM Shillong, I went inquiring through security people and got hold of the standing guy. I took him inside and Dr. Kalam greeted him. He shook his hand, said thank you buddy. "Are you tired? Would you like something to eat? I am sorry you had to stand so long because of me". The young lean guard, draped in black cloth, was surprised at the treatment. He lost words, just said, "Sir, aapkeliye to 6 ghantebhikhaderahenge".
After this, we went to the lecture hall. He did not want to be late for the lecture. "Students should never be made to wait", he always said. I quickly set up his mike, briefed on final lecture and took position on the computers. As I pinned his mike, he smiled and said, "Funny guy! Are you doing well?" 'Funny guy', when said by Kalam could mean a variety of things, depending on the tone and your own assessment. It could mean, you have done well, you have messed up something, you should listen to him or just that you have been plain naïve or he was just being jovial. Over six years I had learnt to interpret Funny Guy like the back of my palm. This time it was the last case.
"Funny guy! Are you doing well?" he said. I smiled back, "Yes". Those were the last words he said. Two minutes into the speech, sitting behind him, I heard a long pause after completing one sentence. I looked at him, he fell down.
We picked him up. As the doctor rushed, we tried whatever we could. I will never forget the look in his three-quarter closed eyes and I held his head with one hand and tried reviving with whatever I could. His hands clenched, curled onto my finger. There was stillness on his face and those wise eyes were motionlessly radiating wisdom. He never said a word. He did not show pain, only purpose was visible.
In five minutes we were in the nearest hospital. In another few minutes the they indicated the missile man had flown away, forever. I touched his feet, one last time. Adieu old friend! Grand mentor! See you in my thoughts and meet in the next birth.
As turned back, a closet of thoughts opened.
Often he would ask me, "You are young, decide what will like to be remembered for?" I kept thinking of new impressive answers, till one day I gave up and resorted to tit-for-tat. I asked him back, "First you tell me, what will you like to be remembered for? President, Scientist, Writer, Missile man, India 2020, Target 3 billion…. What?" I thought I had made the question easier by giving options, but he sprang on me a surprise. "Teacher", he said.
Then something he said two weeks back when we were discussing about his missile time friends. He said, "Children need to take care of their parents. It is sad that sometimes this is not happening". He paused and said, "Two things. Elders must also do. Never leave wealth at your deathbed – that leaves a fighting family. Second, one is blessed is one can die working, standing tall without any long drawn ailing. Goodbyes should be short, really short".
Today, I look back – he took the final journey, teaching, what he always wanted to be remembered doing. And, till his final moment he was standing, working and lecturing. He left us, as a great teacher, standing tall. He leaves the world with nothing accumulated in his account but loads of wishes and love of people. He was a successful, even in his end.
Will miss all the lunches and dinners we had together, will miss all the times you surprised me with your humility and startled me with your curiosity, will miss the lessons of life you taught in action and words, will miss our struggles to race to make into flights, our trips, our long debates. You gave me dreams, you showed me dreams need to be impossible, for anything else is a compromise to my own ability. The man is gone, the mission lives on. Long live Kalam.

Your indebted student,

Srijan Pal Singh

ഹൈവേ ഡ്രൈവിംഗ്

പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട ഡോക്ടര്‍ , ഇക്കഴിഞ്ഞ ദിവസം എനിക്കുണ്ടായ ഒരു വിചിത്രമായ അനുഭവത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് വിശദമായി അറിയാനാണ് ഞാനീ കുറിപ്പെഴുതുന്നത്.
പാതിരാത്രി , അപരിചിതമായൊരു ഒരു ഹൈവെയിലൂടെ ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് കാറോടിച്ച് വരുകയായിരുന്നു ഞാന്‍. വിജനമായ ആ പരിസരം ഞാന്‍ ഒന്ന് വീക്ഷിച്ചു ...ഭീകരതയോടെ റോഡിലേക്ക് തള്ളിനില്‍ക്കുന്ന കാട്ടുചെടികള്‍ , ഭയപെടുത്തുന്ന കനത്തഇരുട്ട് ,അന്തരീക്ഷത്തില്‍ പന്തലിച്ചുനില്‍ക്കുന്ന നിശബ്ദത!! പെട്ടെന്ന്‍ എന്റെ വണ്ടിയുടെ മുന്‍പിലായി സഞ്ചരിച്ചിരുന്ന ആ കാര്‍ അപ്രതീക്ഷിതമായി ബ്രേക്ക് ചവിട്ടി നിര്‍ത്തി. ഒന്ന് അമ്പരന്നെങ്കിലും ഞാന്‍ എന്റെ വണ്ടി വെട്ടിച്ചെടുത്ത് മുന്നോട്ട് പോയി. പൊടുന്നനെ, ആകാശത്ത് നിന്ന്‍ അതിശക്തമായ ഒരു കൊള്ളിയാന്‍ മിന്നി. റിയര്‍ വ്യൂ മിററിലേക്ക് നോക്കിയ ഞാന്‍ കണ്ടത് എന്റെ പിറകിലായി വന്ന ഒരു ജീപ്പും എന്തോ കണ്ട് അവിടെ നിര്‍ത്തിയിടുന്നതാണ് . പിന്നെ അവിടെ നിന്ന് എങ്ങനെ വണ്ടിയോടിച്ച് രക്ഷപെട്ടു എന്ന് എനിക്ക് തന്നെ അറിയില്ല.
എന്തായിരിക്കും ഡോക്ടര്‍ അവിടെ സംഭവിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടാവുക ? എന്തിനായിരിക്കും അവര്‍ വണ്ടി നിര്‍ത്തിയത്?ഞാന്‍ കാണാത്ത എന്തായിരിക്കും അവര്‍ കണ്ടിട്ടുണ്ടാവുക? ഇതെഴുതുമ്പോഴും എന്റെ ഞെട്ടല്‍ മാറിയിട്ടില്ല. പ്ലീസ് ഹെല്പ് മീ.
ഗിരീഷ്‌

പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട ഗിരീഷ്‌.
ആദ്യമേ തന്നെ പറയട്ടെ..താങ്കളുടെ വിചിത്രാനുഭവത്തെകുറിച്ചുള്ള ഈ കുറിപ്പ് അത്യന്തം ആകാംഷയോടെയാണ് ഞാന്‍ വായിച്ച് അവസാനിപ്പിച്ചത്. ഇത് തീര്‍ത്തും ഒറ്റപെട്ട ഒരു സംഭവമല്ല. കേരളത്തില്‍ തന്നെ പല സ്ഥലത്തും ഇത്തരം കേസുകള്‍ റിപ്പോര്‍ട്ട് ചെയ്യപെട്ടിട്ടുണ്ട്.
ഞങ്ങള്‍ ശാസ്ത്രലോകം ഇതിനെ 'ട്രാഫിക് സിഗ്നല്‍ റെഡ് ലൈറ്റ് വയലേഷന്‍' എന്നാണു വിളിക്കാറ്. ഇതില്‍ പേടിക്കതക്കതായി ഒന്നുമില്ല. അതിനാല്‍ ഗിരീഷിന് ഞെട്ടലില്‍ നിന്നും വിമുക്തമാകാവുന്നതാണ്. എന്നിരുന്നാലും, ഒരാഴ്ചയ്ക്ക് ശേഷം ഈ അത്ഭുത പ്രതിഭാസത്തിന്റെ തുടര്‍ച്ച എന്നോണം, R .T ഓഫീസില്‍ നിന്ന്‍ ഒരു ലെറ്റര്‍ വീട്ടിലേക്ക് വരുന്നതാണ്. അപ്പോഴത്തെ സൗകര്യം അനുസരിച്ച് ഗിരീഷിന് വേണമെങ്കില്‍ ഒന്നുകൂടെ ഞെട്ടാവുന്നതാണ് .
സ്നേഹത്തോടെ
ഡോക്ടര്‍

Appreciate the effort

A young man went to seek an important position at a large printing company. He passed the initial interview and was going to meet the director for the final interview. The director saw his resume, it was excellent. And asked, '
- Have you received a scholarship for school?' The boy replied, " No '.
-' It was your father who paid for your studies? '
-' Yes.'- He replied.
-' Where does your father work? '
-' My father is a Blacksmith'
The Director asked the young to show him his hands.
The young man showed a pair of hands soft and perfect.
-' Have you ever helped your parents at their job? '
-' Never, my parents always wanted me to study and read more books. Besides, he can do the job better than me.
The director said:
-' I have got a request: When you go home today, go and wash the hands of your father and then come see me tomorrow morning.'

The young felt his chance to get the job was high.
When he returned to his house he asked his father if he would allow him to wash their hands.
His father felt strange, happy, but with mixed feelings and showed their hands to his son. The young washed his hands, little by little. It was the first time that he noticed his father's hands were wrinkled and they had so many scars. Some bruises were so painful that his skin shuddered when he touched them.
This was the first time that the young man recognized what it meant for this pair of hands to work every day to be able to pay for his study. The bruises on the hands were the price that he payed for their education, his school activities and his future.
After cleaning his father's hands the young man stood in silence and began to tidy and clean up the workshop. That night, father and son talked for a long time.

The next morning, the young man went to the office of the director.
The Director noticed the tears in the eyes of the young when He asked him: -' Can you tell me what you did and what you learned yesterday at your house?'
The boy replied: -' I washed my father's hands and when I finished I stayed and cleaned his workshop '
-' Now I know what it is to appreciate and recognize that without my parents , I would not be who I am today . By helping my father I now realize how difficult and hard it is to do something on my own. I have come to appreciate the importance and the value in helping the family.

The director said, "This is what I look for in my people. I want to hire someone who can appreciate the help of others , a person who knows the hardship of others to do things, and a person who does not put money as his only goal in life". ' You are hired '.

A child that has been coddled, Protected and usually given him what he wants, develops a mentality of " I have the right ' and will always put himself first, ignoring the efforts of their parents. If we are this type of protective parent are we really showing love or are we destroying our children?
You can give your child a big house , good food , computer classes , watch on a big screen TV . But when you're washing the floor or painting a wall , please let him experience that too.
After eating have them wash the dishes with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you have no money to hire someone to do this it's because you want to love them the right way . No matter how rich you are, you want them to understand. One day your hair will have gray hair, like the father of this young man.
The most important thing is that your child learns to appreciate the effort and to experience the difficulties and learn the ability to work with others to get things done. "

தீபாவளிக்கு பயன்படுத்தும் பொருட்கள் ஒவ்வொன்றிலும் ஒவ்வொரு தெய்வத்தின் அருள் கொண்டிருக்கிறது

ഭൂതം, ഭാവി, വർത്തമാനം

കുട്ടികാലത്ത് 'ഭൂത'ത്തെ ആയിരുന്നു പേടി...
വലുതായപ്പോള്‍ പേടി 'ഭാവി'യെയാണ്...
അന്നും ഇന്നും 'വര്‍ത്തമാന'ത്തിന് ഒരു കുറവുമില്ല...

Trouble Tree

"I hired a plumber to help me repair an old farmhouse. He already had a rough and tiresome day. * a flat tire * his electric drill fault * his old car broke down. * his tiffin was spoilt * he lost his wallet * his bank was calling for loan repayments In all the tension and stress he finished my repairs. Since his car broke down, I drove him home. While I drove him home, he sat silently, but I could mark his agony and restlessness. On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands and closed his eyes. When the door opened, he was smiling and happy. In seconds he underwent an amazing transformation. He hugged his two small children, gave his wife a kiss, laughed, and never even slightly made them feel the troubles that he had encountered that day. I was astonished and curious. Seeing my inquisitive eyes he said, "Oh, that's my Trouble Tree. My best friend. My trouble carrier for the night". He replied. "I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure. Those troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home and ask God to take care of them. Then in the morning I pick them up again." He smiled and shared a secret. He said, "when I come out in the morning to pick 'em up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging there the night before!!" Life may be a burden of worries, but there is a way to keep our loved ones untouched from these worries. Time will heal every wound. Whoever is tensed today, look for a tree...

Blood pressure chart

Lovely msg

When flood comes, fish eats ants and when flood recedes, ants eat fish. Only time matters. Just hold on. Nature gives opportunity to every one.In a theatre when drama plays, you opt for front seats. When film is screened, you opt for rear seats. Your position in life is only relative. Not absolute.For making soap, oil is required. But to clean oil, soap is required. This is the irony of life.Every problem has (N+1) solutions: where N is the number of solutions that you have tried and 1 is that you have not tried."Only two category of people are happy in life - the Mad and the Child. Be Mad to achieve a goal. Be a Child to enjoy what you achieved."

Woman

WOMAN
● changes her name
● changes her home
● leaves her family
● moves in with you
● builds a home with you
● gets pregnant for you
● pregnancy changes her body
● she gets fat
● almost gives up in the labor room due to the
unbearable pain of child birth
● even the kids she delivers bear your name
Till the day she dies... everything she does... cooking,
cleaning your house, taking care of your parents,
bringing up your children, earning, advising you,
ensuring you can be relaxed, maintaining all family
relations, everything that benefit you..... sometimes at
the cost of her own health, hobbies and beauty.
So who is really doing whom a favor?
Dear men, appreciate the women in your lives always,
because it is not easy to be a woman.
*Being a woman is priceless*
Pass this to every woman in your contact to make her
feel proud of herself.
A salute to ladies!
WOMAN MEANS :-
W ➖ WONDERFUL MOTHER
O ➖ OUTSTANDING FRIEND
M ➖ MARVELLOUS DAUGHTER
A ➖ ADORABLE SISTER
N ➖ NICEST GIFT TO MEN FROM GOD

Avoid the word "very"

3 unbelievably simple parenting ideas that work

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.
1⃣ Whenever u feel like scolding or beating your child, take a deep breath, or count 1-10 and then act.
2⃣ Let's ask them to study their favorite subject on their own..
3⃣ Send them to one exam without studying at all..
4⃣ Remember what our kids are learning in 5th std is taught to 7th std abroad..
5⃣ Lets keep our kids out of unwanted competition.
6⃣ 80% of what kids are learning ,won't be useful to them in future..
7⃣ Our kids can really afford to do whatever they want to do in future .
8⃣ Higher degrees don't guaranty success and happiness..
9⃣ 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 their childhood. Support and let them be what they want to be. 👍😃
B
Pass this on to as many parents as u can..
And change the way we look at our kids and their future. 🎉😇

पानी के ज़रिये इलाज

🍸पानी के ज़रिये इलाज 🍸

प्राकृतिक पैथी के डॉक्टरों ने पानी के ज़रिये इन बीमारियों का इलाज किया है।
1⃣ लकवा(Paralysis)
2⃣ बेहोशी
3⃣ ब्लड कोलेस्ट्रोल
4⃣ सर का दर्द(headache)
5⃣ ब्लड प्रेशर
6⃣ बलग़म (phlegm)
7⃣ खांसी(cough)
8⃣ दमा (asthama)
9⃣टीबी (Tuberculosis)
🔟 मेनन जॉइंटिस ( JAUNDICE)
1⃣1⃣ जिगर(Liver)की बीमारी
1⃣2⃣ पेशाब की बीमारियाँ
1⃣3⃣ तेज़बियत(acidity)
1⃣4⃣ पेट की गैस
1⃣5⃣ पेट में मरोड़ (colic)
1⃣6⃣ क़बज़ ( Constipation)
1⃣7⃣ डायबिटीज
1⃣8⃣ बवासीर (Piles)
1⃣9⃣ आँख की बीमारियाँ
2⃣0⃣ हैज़ (औरतों के period आना)
2⃣1⃣ बच्चे दानी (womb;uterus) का कैंसर
2⃣2⃣ नाक व गले की बीमारियाँ
🍸पानी पीने का तरीका🍸

बिना मुंह धोए और बिना कुल्ली किए नहार मुहं 1250ml मतलब 4 बड़े गिलास पानी संभव हो तो जमीन पर पालथी में बैठकर एक साथ पी जाएँ।
अब 45 mint तक कुछ भी ना खाएं पीयें ।
अगर शुरू(starting)में 4 गिलास पानी नहीं पी सकते हैं तो 1 या 2 गिलास से शुरू करें। धीरे धीरे बढ़ा कर 4 गिलास कर दें। मरीज़ ठीक होने के लिए और जो मरीज़ ना हो वह fit रहने के लिए यह इलाज का तरीका अपनाये।
Doctors का कहना है कि इस इलाज(इस तरीके से पानी पीने)से निम्नलिखित बीमारियाँ बताये हुए दिनों में ठीक हो सकती हैं।
1⃣क़बज़ (मलावरोध Constipation) ➡ 2 दिन
2⃣गैस की बीमारियाँ➡ 2 दिन
3⃣diabetes(शूगर)➡1 हफ्ता
4⃣उच्च रक्त चाप(high blood pressure)➡1 महिना
5⃣कैंसर➡ 1 महिना
6⃣ टीबी(tuberculosis)➡ 3 महिना

💎 4⃣ बड़े गिलास पानी एक साथ पीने से कोई नुक़सान(side effects) नहीं होता हाँ पेट ज़रूर भर जाता है। 45 mint के बाद भूख लग जाएगी l
शुरू(starting) में तीन दिन हो सकता है कि कुछ बार पेशाब जल्दी जल्दी लगे। उसके बाद daily routine के हिसाब से पेशाब आने लगेगा।
🌴🌴 यह संदेश आप पढने के बाद आगे किसी को नहीं भेजेगें तो कोई नुक्सान नहीं होने वाला किंतु यदि आप आगे forward करते हैं तो हो सकता है कि किसी को लाभ मिल जाए l 🌴🌴.

Just for fun

Read slowly.....You will Laugh -

Five facts about You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You

1. You're so lazy You didn't read all the You's.

2. You didn't notice I put a Yoo.

3. You are now looking to find out.

4. You are laughing because you realise there is no 'Yoo' and you've been tricked.

5. You are going to
forward this to others who are like 'YOU'!😜😜

I know at least 13 things about you now:

1. You are holding your phone

2. You are on Whatsapp

3. You just opened my msg.

4. You are now reading it

5. You are human

7. You can't say the letter "J" without separating your lips

8. You just attempted to do it

9. You are laughing at yourself

10. You have smiles on your face

11. You skipped No.6

12. You just checked to see if there is a No.6

13. You are laughing at this because I caught you..

Hahaha is it true? 😃😜😄



Now that you've smiled, don't be stingy with the smiles, share them with friends.

Lots of distress in life. So read, have a good laugh & share wth ur friends.

Cheer up !!!👍👍👍

😊😊😊

UNITED NATIONS POLICE - SCAM

Don't fall to these scams. 

From: "Mr. Michael J. Burn"<domain@noreply.com>
Date: 5 July 2015 18:13:53 IST
Subject: UNITED NATIONS POLICE
Reply-To: <MichaelJ.burn@foxmail.com>

FROM: UNITED NATIONS POLICE,

REGARDING RECOVERY OF YOUR LOST MONEY.

                 

Attn: Beneficiary

We hereby inform you that the Scotland Yard Police, Interpol, Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI) United States of America, the Economic and  Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria and all the African Crime  fighter leaders have come together to stop scam/internet fraud in Nigeria and all round Africa. We have recovered over US$2.6 Billion Dollars from  the people we have behind bars.

Our duty is to make sure we stop internet scam and money laundering. As  for today we have put a lot of fraudsters in jail. We go all over Africa to pick this internet rats,We have over 8,273 of them in our jail around Africa and we are still looking for more. We are aware that a lot of foreigners out there have been deceived and lost their hard earn  money to these fraudsters after promising them percentages in their letters/e-mails for their impending help to move funds out Africa including fake lottery winning notification and at the end of the day,  they will collect thousands of dollars from you without a successful end. It was agreed that to retain the good image of our country and the rest of  African countries, all the victims who lost his/her hard earn money to these faceless thieves will be compensated with just US$500,000,00 (five hundred thousand Dollars).

This we assume will help you to start a new life.  Please, we apologies that you take our offer as little as it is due to the fact that (victims) in our pay list are too numerous. We en-back on this pay back from the money we recovered from these fraudsters, So you are advise to contact Mr Richard Clinton in Peru,let him know if you are still interested to get your compensated sum of US$500,000,00 (five hundred thousand Dollars) via Master Card to you today as he have been waiting to hear from you to help him complete this delivery to you. contact him with your personal information bellow for your Master Card delivery.

Provide your details and forward it to Mr.Richard Clinton to is contact details below or you can as well call his number (+51) 17075786.

FLL NAME...

ADDRESS....

COUNTRY....

PHONE NUMBER...

AGE....

ID CARD/DRIVERS LICENSE.INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT

Agent Name: Mr Richard Clinton

Address Email:  Richardclinton@qq.com

Cell: (+51) 17075786

Thank and remain Bless

Mr. Michael J. Burn

Supervising Manage

The fight within us.

There are four yugas widely accepted in Hinduism. They are :
1.Satya yug
2.Treta yug (Ramayana)
3.Dwapara yug(Mahabharata)
4.Kal yug(Present)

In Satya yug, the figtht was between two worlds (Devalok & Asuralok). Asuralok being the evil, was a different WORLD.

In Treta yug, the fight was between Rama and Ravana. Both rulers from two different COUNTRIES.

In Dwapara yug, the fight was between Pandavas and Kauravas. Both good and evil from the SAME FAMILY.

Kindly note how the evil is getting closer. For example, from a DIFFERENT WORLD to a DIFFERENT COUNTRY to the SAME FAMILY.

Now, know where is the evil in Kaliyug???

It is inside us. Both GOOD AND EVIL LIVE WITHIN. The battle is within us. Who will we give victory to, our inner goodness or the evil within??

Think, identify and fight the evil...!

Family Management - Important Information

Very informative and important... Read the whole thing...

Letter written by a wife after her husband's death in an accident

"Few things I learnt after my husband's death:-

We always believe we will live forever. Bad things always happen to others.

Only when things hit us bang on your head you realise... Life is so unpredictable....

My husband was an IT guy, All technical. And I am a chartered accountant.
Awesome combination you may think.

Techie guy so everything is on his laptop. His to do list. His e-bill and his bank statements in his email. He even maintained a folder which said IMPWDS wherein he stored all login id and passwords for all his online accounts. And even his laptop had a password. Techie guy so all the passwords were alpha-numeric with a special character not an easy one to crack. Office policy said passwords needed to be changed every 30 days. So every time I accessed his laptop I would realize it's a new password again. I would simply opt for asking him 'What's the latest password instead of taking the strain to memorize it.

You may think me being a Chartered Accountant would means everything is documented and filed properly. Alas many of my chartered accountant friends would agree that the precision we follow with our office documents and papers do not flow in to day to day home life. At office you have be epitome of Reliability / Competent / Diligent etc but. At home front there is always a tomorrow.

One fine morning my hubby expired in a bike accident on his way home from office.. He was just 33. His laptop with all his data crashed. Everything on his hard disk wiped off. No folder of IMPWDS to refer back to. His mobile with all the numbers on it was smashed. But that was just the beginning. I realised I had lot to learn.

9 years married to one of the best human beings with no kids just the two of us to fall back on but now I stood all alone and lost.

Being chartered accountant helped in more ways than one but it was not enough. I needed help. His saving bank accounts, his salary bank accounts had no nominee. On his insurance his mom was the nominee and it was almost 2 years back she had expired. But this was just a start. I didn't know the password to his email account where all his e-bill came. I didn't know which expenses he paid by standing instructions.

His office front too was not easy. His department had changed recently. I didn't know his reporting boss name to start with when had he last claimed his shift allowance, his mobile reimbursement.

The house we bought with all the excitement on a loan thought with our joint salary we could afford the EMI. when the home loans guys suggested insurance on the loan, we decided the instead of paying the premium the difference in the EMI on account of the insurance could be used pay towards prepayment of the loan and get the tenure down. We never thought what we would do if we have to live on a single salary. So now there was huge EMI to look into .

I realised I was in for a long haul.

Road accident case. So everywhere I needed a Death certificate, FIR report, Post Mortem report. For everything there were forms running into pages indemnity bonds, notary, surety to stand up for you. No objections certificates from your co-heirs.

I learnt other than your house, your land, Your car, your bike are also your property. So what if you are the joint owner of the flat you don't become the owner just because your hubby is no more. So what if your hubby expired in the bike accident and you are the nominee but if the bike is in a repairable condition .you have to get the bike transferred in your name to claim the insurance. And that was again not easy. The bike or car cannot be transferred in your name without going through a set of legal documents. Getting a Succession Certificate is another battle all together.

Then came the time you realise now you have to start changing all the bills, assets in your name. Your gas connection, electricity meter, your own house, your car, your investments and all sundries. And then change all the nominations where your own investments are concerned. And again a start of a new set of paperwork.

To say I was shaken my whole life had just turned upside down was an understatement. You realise you don't have time to morn and grieve for the person with whom you spend the best years of your life. Because you are busy sorting all the paper work.

I realised then how much I took life for granted. I thought being a chartered accountant I am undergoing so many difficulties, what would have happened to someone who was house maker who wouldn't understand this legal hotchpotch.

A sweet friend then told me dear this was not an end, you have no kids, your assets will be for all who stand to claim. After my hubby's sudden death. I realised it was time I took life more seriously. I now needed to make a Will. I would have laughed if a few months back if he had asked me to make one. But now life had taken a twist.

Lessons learnt this hard way were meant to be shared. After all why should the people whom we love the most suffer after we are no more. Sorting some paperwork before we go will at least ease some of their grief.

1. Check all your nominations...
It's a usual practice to put a name (i.e in the first place if you have mentioned it) and royally forget about it. Most of us have named our parent as a nominee for investments, bank accounts opened before marriage. We have not changed the same even years after they are no longer there with us. Even your salary account usually has no nomination.. Kindly check all your Nominations.
- Bank Accounts
- Fixed Deposits, NSC
- Bank Lockers
- Demat Accounts
- Insurance (Life, Bike or Car or Property)
- Investments
- PF Pension Forms

2. Passwords..
We have passwords for practically everything. Email accounts, Bank accounts, even for the laptop you use. What happens when your next in kin cannot access any of these simply because they do not know your password... Put it down on a paper.

3. Investments.
Every year for tax purpose we do investments. Do we maintain a excel sheet about it. If so is it on the same laptop of which the password you had not shared. Where are those physical investments hard copy.

4. Will.
Make a Will. I know you will smile even I would had I not gone through all what I did. It would have made my life lot easier a lot less paperwork. I wouldn't had to provide an indemnity bond, get it notarised, ask surety to stand up, no objections certificates from others...

5. Liabilities.
When you take a loan say for your house or car. Check out on all the what if, what if I am not there tomorrow, what if I loose my job. Will the EMI still be within my range. If not get an insurance on the loan. The people left behind will not have to worry on something as basic as their own house.

My battles have just begun... But let us at least try and make few changes so that our loved ones would not suffer after we go. We do not know what will happen in the future. But as the Scout motto goes: Be prepared "

NEVER TAKE LIFE FOR GRANTED DO THINGS APPROPRIATE FOR THE ONES WHO DEPEND ON YOU WITH LOVE.

NOTE: THIS IS A REAL INCIDENT AND NOT JUST A FORWARD

Please read at least 3 times.we are spending lots of time on waste like TV serials, Movies etc. Please spare 15 Min. for your loved one.

Please forward to your friends and family.

Please share to maximum peoples.

Family management is not only cooking + cleaning + taking care of the dependents but also involves complex operational knowledge of finances...
The above message is a must for every family and its success .

ഏറ്റവും വലിയ ആരാധനാലയം

ഈ ജീവിതത്തിൽ മനുഷ്യനായി ജീവിക്കാതെ അടുത്ത ജന്മവും സ്വർഗ്ഗ വാസവും ഉണ്ടെന്നു കരുതി പള്ളിയിലോ അംബലത്തിലോ, മോസ്ക്കിലോ പോയത് കൊണ്ട് എന്ത് പ്രയോജനം...?

ഈ ലോകത്ത് ഞാന്‍ കണ്ട ഏറ്റവും വലിയ ആരാധനാലയം ഹോസ്പിറ്റലുകള്‍ ആണ്..

.മുസല്‍മാനും,ഹിന്ദുവിനും,ക്രൈസ്തവനും,ഒരു പോലെ പ്രവേശിക്കാവുന്ന ആരാധനാലയം..
ഇവിടെ ഉയര്‍ന്ന ജാതിക്കാരന്‍ എന്നോ താഴ്ന്ന ജാതിക്കാരന്‍ എന്നോ ഇല്ല. എല്ലാവരും സമന്മാര്‍..

രക്തം വേണ്ടവന് ഹിന്ദുവിന്റെതെന്നോ, മുസ്ലിമിന്റെതെന്നോ, ക്രിസ്റ്യന്റെതെന്നോ വേര്തിരിവില്ല, വേര്തിരിച്ച് ചോദിക്കുന്നുമില്ല. എല്ലാവരും സമന്മാര്‍..

ഇവിടെ കല്ലിലും കുരിശിലും തീര്‍ത്ത ദൈവങ്ങള്‍ ഇല്ല..
പകരം ശുഭ്ര വസ്ത്രമണിഞ്ഞ ദൈവത്തിന്റെ പ്രധിനിധികള്‍ മാത്രം..
മനസ്സറിഞ്ഞു പലരും ദൈവത്തെ വിളിക്കുന്നത്‌ ഈ ആരാധനാലയങ്ങളില്‍ വച്ചാണ്..

പാവപ്പെട്ടവനും,പണക്കാരനും ഇവിടെ നല്‍കുന്നത് ഒരേ പ്രസാദമാന് (മരുന്നുകള്‍)..
പരസ്പ്പരം വെട്ടി ഇവിടെ എത്തുന്ന എല്ലാ രാഷ്ട്രീയക്കാരനും കയറ്റുന്നത് ഒരേ കളറുള്ള രക്തമാണ്.

മുകളിലെ പ്രസവ മുറിയില്‍ ഒരു കുഞ്ഞു ജനിക്കുമ്പോള്‍ അടിയിലെ മോര്‍ച്ചറിയില്‍ ഒരാള്‍ മരിക്കുന്നു.ദൈവത്തിനു ഏറ്റവും കൂടുതല്‍ ജോലി ഉള്ളതും ഇവിടെയാണ്‌..

മരുന്നും ഗുളികയും മണക്കുന്ന ഇടനാഴികളിലൂടെ ഒന്ന് വെറുതെ നടന്നു നോക്കണം..
200 കിലോ വെയിറ്റ് പോക്കിയിരുന്ന ജിംനേഷ്യം ആയിരുന്ന സിക്സ് പാക്ക് ഉള്ള ചെറുപ്പക്കാരനും,തൊലി വെളുപ്പ്‌ കൊണ്ട് അഹങ്കരിച്ചു നടന്നിരുന്നവനും എല്ലാം ഈ വാര്‍ഡില്‍ ഒന്ന് അനങ്ങാന്‍ പോലും കഴിയാതെ കിടക്കുന്നുണ്ട്..

''ഇത്രയൊക്കെ ഉള്ളൂ മനുഷ്യന്‍..
എന്നിട്ടും നാം അഹങ്കരിച്ചു നടക്കുന്നു വൃഥാ''...മതത്തിനെ്റ പേരിലും ...ഞാൻ എന്ന ഭാവത്തിലും അഹങ്കരിക്കുന്ന എല്ലാവര്‍ക്കും വേണ്ടി ഞാനിതു സമർപ്പിക്കുന്നു...

Story - Stop being a glass, Become a lake.

Once an unhappy young man came to an old master and told he had a very sad life and asked for a solution.

The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.

"How does it taste?" – The Master asked. "Terrible." – spat the apprentice.

The Master chuckled and then asked the young man to take another handful of salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and when the apprentice swirled his handful of salt into the lake.

The old man said, "Now drink from the lake." As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the Master asked, "How does it taste?"

"Good!" – remarked the apprentice. "Do you taste the salt?" – asked the Master. "No." – said the young man.

The Master sat beside this troubled young man, took his hands, and said, "The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount we taste the 'pain' depends on the container we put it into. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things. Stop being a glass. Become a lake."

Why We Shout In Anger

A saint who was visiting river Ganges to take bath found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his disciples smiled'n asked.

'Why do people shout in anger shout at each other?'
Disciples thought for a while, one of them said,'Because we lose our calm, we shout.'
'But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner.'asked the saint
Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the other disciples.
Finally the saint explained, .
'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other to cover that great distance.
What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is either nonexistent or very small...'
The saint continued,'When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper'n they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other'n that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.'
He looked at his disciples and said.
'So when you argue do not let your hearts get distant, Do not say words that distance each other more, Or else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return.'

A LEAP OF FAITH

Believe me ... it works!!

An excellent write up

There was once a man who got lost in the desert. The water in his flask ran out two days ago, and he was on his last legs. He knew that if he didn't get some water soon, he would surely perish. The man saw a shack ahead of him. He thought it might be a mirage or hallucination, but having no other option, he moved toward it. As he got closer he realized it was quite real, so he dragged his weary body to the door with the last of his strength.

The shack was not occupied and seemed like it had been abandoned for quite some time. The man gained entrance, hoping against hope that he might find water inside.

His heart skipped a beat when he saw what was in the shack: a water pump..It had a pipe going down through the floor, perhaps tapping a source of water deep under-ground.

He began working the pump, but no water came out. He kept at it and still nothing happened. Finally he gave up from exhaustion and frustration. He threw up his hands in despair. It looked as if he was going to die after all.

Then the man noticed a bottle in one corner of the shack. It was filled with water and corked up to prevent evaporation.

He uncorked the bottle and was about to gulp down the sweet life-giving water when he noticed a piece of paper attached to it. Handwriting on the paper read: "Use this water to start the pump. Don't forget to fill the bottle when you're done."

He had a dilemma. He could follow the instruction and pour the water into the pump, or he could ignore it and just drink the water.

What to do? If he let the water go into the pump, what assurance did he have that it would work? What if the pump malfunctioned? What if the pipe had a leak? What if the underground reservoir had long dried up?

But then... maybe the instruction was correct. Should he risk it? If it turned out to be false, he would be throwing away the last water he would ever see.

Hands trembling, he poured the water into the pump. Then he closed his eyes, said a prayer, and started working the pump.

He heard a gurgling sound, and then water came gushing out, more than he could possibly use. He luxuriated in the cool and refreshing stream. He was going to live!

After drinking his fill and feeling much better, he looked around the shack. He found a pencil and a map of the region. The map showed that he was still far away from civilization, but at least now he knew where he was and which direction to go.

He filled his flask for the journey ahead. He also filled the bottle and put the cork back in. Before leaving the shack, he added his own writing below the instruction: "Believe me, it works!"

This story is all about life. It teaches us that we must give before we can receive abundantly. More importantly, it also teaches that faith plays an important role in giving. The man did not know if his action would be rewarded, but he proceeded regardless. Without knowing what to expect, he made a leap of faith.

Water in this story represents the good things in life. Something that brings a smile to your face. It can be intangible ilm or it can represent money, love, friendship, happiness, respect, or any number of other things you value. Whatever it is that you would like to get out of life, that's water.

The water pump represents the workings of the karmic mechanism. Give it some water to work with, and it will return far more than you put in. This mechanism traces a great circle, an unbroken path that eventually comes back to its point of origin. The energy of this circulation gathers power as it moves along, so that when it finally returns, it is greatly amplified.

Perhaps you have done a good deed that no one knows about, so you assume there will not be an effect associated with this particular cause. In reality, you have but initiated the karmic mechanism in the spiritual realm. You cannot see it, but it is there all the same, and it begins gathering energy and seeking its way back to you immediately.



In general, whatever goodness you want from life, give it to others first. Give it cheerfully and willingly, without calculating your gain. Initiate the circular exchange and relax in the certain knowledge that no one ever gets shortchanged. Eventually, it WILL come back to you.

Think of planting flower seeds in a garden as a metaphor for the karmic mechanism. Each seed you plant is a process you have set into motion. You understand the principles that govern the growth of plants and you know the soil is fertile, so you know that you will see results in the fullness of time. What you do not know is exactly when or how the flowers will bloom, and that's perfectly fine.

The only thing we need is the courage to take charge and jump start the water pump.

Have a wonderful day😊👍