Fun-Unlimited, d integral part of Human-life...

My dear Friends, Today i have decided to take U all, on a journey... don't be soo alert, bcoz it's a 'comedy-express'... OK..if U don't want a train, Let us be on a 'lighter plane'! Today, No heavy-weight-thoughts-boxing-U-down.... So, happy to be on roller-coaster-slide-of-fun-unlimited? Here R some jokes V all can enjoy.... Let us start d tempo with a one involving "Blonde" n beautiful"! 1)Cough Syrup..... The pharmacist walks into the store to find a guy leaning heavily against a wall. He asks the blonde clerk: "What's with that guy over there by the wall?" The blonde clerk responds: "Well, he came in here this morning to get something for his cough. I couldn't find the cough syrup, so I gave him a bottle of laxative!" The pharmacist said: "You can't treat a cough with a laxative!" The blonde clerk responds, "Of course you can! Well i can prove my point... Look at him, he's totally afraid to cough!! 2)Sardar's revenge with an Australian grocery store!   Sardar goes to Woolworths Mega-store... He finds cat food at special prices! He picks a dozen cans of cat food n goes to check out. The Manager gets suspicious... He thinks that this guy cannot have a cat n will probably feed cat food to his kids! He asks Sardar to show him his cat before he could let him have cat food... Sardar promptly goes home  n returns with a cat... n gets to buy the cat food. Next week Sardar finds dog food at special prices! He picks a dozen cans of dog food n goes to check out! D Manager again gets suspicious... He thinks that this guy has a cat but he cannot have a dog n he will probably feed dog-food to his kids! He asks Sardar to bring n show him the dog before he can let him have dog food....   D Sardar goes home and returns with a dog! He gets to buy the dog food. Next week an Indian comes to Woolworths with a bag. He asks d manager to put his hand in d bag. The Manager puts his hand in the bag, feels something slimy.... n immediately takes it out! He shouts at Sardar, What the **** is this? Is this shit you idiot? Sardar calmly replies, Yes it is. Bcoz I want to buy toilet paper!!!   3)Best Come-back-Response Of The Year If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this policeman. He was being cross-examined by a defense-attorney during a felony trial. D lawyer was trying to undermine D policeman's credibility.. .. Q: 'Officer -- did you see my client fleeing the scene?' A: 'No sir. But I subsequently observed a person     matching d description of d offender,     running several blocks away.' Q: 'Officer -- who provided this description? ' A: 'The officer who responded to d scene.' Q: 'A fellow officer provided d description of this so-called     offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?' A: 'Yes, sir. With my life.' Q: 'With your life? Let me ask you this then officer.     Do you have a room where you change your clothes     in preparation for your daily duties?' A: 'Yes sir, we do!' Q: 'And do you have a locker in the room?' A: 'Yes sir, I do.' Q: 'And do you have a lock on your locker?' A: 'Yes sir.' Q: 'Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers     with your life, you find it necessary to lock your locker     in a room you share with these same officers?' A: 'You see, sir -- we share d building with d court complex,     n sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through     that room.' The courtroom EXPLODED with laughter, and a prompt recess was called. The officer on the stand has been nominated for this year's 'Best Comeback' line -- n surely he'll win, hands down for his remarkable Presence of mind! 4)Husbands R husbands... A man was sitting reading his papers when his wife hit him round the Head with a frying pan! "What was that for?" the man asked. The wife replied "That was for the piece of paper with the name 'Julie' on it that I found in your pants pocket". The man then said "When I was at the races last week, 'Julie' was the name of the horse I bet on" The wife apologized and went on with the housework. Three days later the man is watching TV when his wife bashes him, on the head with an even bigger frying pan, knocking him unconscious! Upon re-gaining consciousness d man asked why she had hit again. Wife replied. "Bcoz, Your horse called up !!!!"     5)Wives are wives…. A woman is having an affair during the day while her husband is at work. Her nine-year-old son comes home unexpectedly, sees d illegal lovers n hides in d bedroom cupboard to watch.... then the woman's husband unexpectedly comes home! She hides her lover in the cupboard, not realizing that her little boy is in there already... The little Boy says: 'Dark in here.' The Man says:'Yes, it is.' Boy: 'I have a soccer ball, do you want to buy it?' Man: 'No, thanks.' Boy: 'My dad's outside, I'll call him if U don't buy it!' Man: 'OK, how much?' Boy: '$1,000.' A few weeks later it happened again, n d boy n d lover were in d cupboard together again! Boy: 'Dark in here.' Man: 'Yes, it is.' Boy: 'I have soccer boots.' The Man, remembering d last time, asks d boy: 'How much?' The Boy says :'$5,000.' The Man says: 'Fine, I will buy them.' A few days later, d Father says to d boy: 'Grab your ball n boots, let's go outside & have a game.' The Boy says: 'I can't, I sold them for $ 6,000.' The Father says: 'That's terrible to overcharge your friends like that... $ 6,000 is way more than those two things cost. I'm going to take you to church n make you confess your 'SINS'! They go to church and d father makes d little boy sit in the confession booth n he closes d door... The Boy says: 'Dark in here.' The Priest says: 'Don't start that again!!'                            Dears, Fun is d integral part of Human-life... So Let us don't forget this! Let us Enjoy it by being in d present moment... This is Tima wishing U all,         A very Happy n Joyful 'Holi'-Day... Shlok of d day- Aadau Brahmaa Madhye Vishnuhu Ante Devaha Sadaashivaha| Murti Traya Swaroopaaya Dattatreya Namostu Te|| Tip of d day- Young persons should always eat, whole-form(without peeling)of fruits n veggies. Only old persons with teeth-problems, should opt for juices. For Every day's balanced diet, intake of 1 seasonal fruit n one bowl of following is ideal- 1)Boiled green-leafy-veggies 2)boiled sprouted pulses

"Divine Glory" Within-OUR-Reach!

24 Feb 2010  My dear friends,  How was d first day of d week?  Am sure U must be screaming in UR head to answer....  All Mondays R 'just-like-that',  Bcoz i know d sentiments of almost every Monday...  they all r Same!  Very boring n lethargic!    V crib about first days n second days of every week...  But just try n be in d shoes of d people, who work for us...  D maids, d watchmen, d drivers, d sweepers,d errand-boys...  D list is quite long!  They work day-in-an-day-out!  No 5-days-a-week for them,  No week-end-off for them...  But still they work with same enthusiasm...  they work without cribbing...  at least V R not-aware of any!  V Not only just expect them to work,  but with smile-on-their-faces!  Though d fact is slightly bitter but 'true' all-d-same!  There is a new maid working at my house,  since last 6-months...  She has 5 nos of daughters n 1 son!  Obviously d son is youngest of all...  N due to d 'inner greed' of giving birth to a son,  She has ended up in delivering 5 nos of daughters!  when she told me this, i was shocked!  My head was buzzing with hundreds of questions.... R girls any lesser than d boys? R son or sons going to take care of their parents, Any Better than d daughters? If 'No' is d simplest-answer to all such questions, Then why this Gender-based-discrimination? This has got nothing to do with social class or economical-status or education etc of d Not-so-proud-parents.... Bcoz i have witnessed similar happenings, happening irrespective of No-other-similarities as stated above! I have attended many such hyped up functions or ceremonies of d so-called-good-families, 'Celebrating' new-arrival-of-a-son after multiple numbers of daughters! This is typical way-of-thinking of d 'orthodox-family'! At this day-n-age, if V don't try n understand, Our responsibilities as a learned-human-being... Then it is really shameful.... What V need to do is 'think-deeply' n try to educate d lesser-matured persons like my present-maid or even better her husband... Bcoz in a household still d word of husband is treated like a "Command"! N d poor-wife has no-Freedom even to express her views! She has a 'so-called-Right' Only to work-n-earn-for-d-family, N nothing More than that! This again is a fact, slightly bitter but very true, in our present-day-society! Let us have compassion for all-d-beings! Let us Realize that d Heaven is JUST-Within us, V need Not die to 'experience' d "Heavenly-things"! Am sure once V Realize this fact, At Once  all Our Desires will be fulfilled.... All our so-called-Misery-n-d-Suffering will be definitely put to an End! Therefore let us seek Happiness not in the objects of sense! It's high time that V realize that, Happiness is within ourselves... If V R after an object, or if V want to get anything, Let us don't hunt after the shadow... Instead let us, just Touch our own head n Go within us! V will 'Witness' that d stars R just our handiwork, N Nothing more than that! V will see that all the objects of love, All the bewitching and fascinating things R, Simply Our Own Reflection or just a Shadow! N Nothing more than that! V ourselves R standing in the Mid-way, obstructing, Our Own Image! Once V stop asserting 'Duality', That Very Moment, V Rise above Desires and spurn them, then V can be, like semi-Gods, N "Divine Glory" Can be Within-OUR-Reach!                           This is Tima signing off from Mumbai, d city of 'Happenings'               Shlok of d day- Uttishthat Jaagrat Praapya Varaan Nibodhat| Tamevaikam Jaanath Aatmaanam| Swasti Vaha Paaraay Tamasaha Parastaat|| Simple-Meaning of d Shlok- Arise, Awake n Realize d "Self".....   Tip of d day- To Reduce d problems-related-to-Cardiac(i.e.Heart-related), Oral-Hygiene or Cleansing of Mouth-Teeth-Gums is very important, therefore clean them Twice-a-day. (First thing in d Morning n at night, before retiring to bed) Use following home-made tooth-cleanser-mixture- D Mixture of equal Quantities of following ingredients- 1)Turmeric Powder, 2)Table salt, 3)Baking soda, 4)Alum Take 1 Table spoon of each of these 4 ingredients, Mix well n Store d Mixture in a Dry-container, with air-tight-lid. For better results, Use this mixture daily, with finger-tips n massage d teeth n gums properly. D Alum is 'Turati' in Marathi, 'Fitkari' in Hindi. D Most Important Tip- Advance Progress in spirituality, depends on Oral-Hygiene! Hence d Seekers should always take 'Good' care of their Cleansing-rituals....of mouth, inner n outer body!

Giving n Gratitude....R d True Values of Life!

22 Feb 2010 Hi everybody, Dear God has created each one of us in a unique way! That-is-why V all R soo different.... But d truth is, As V think, so will V become... if V Think ourselves to be Good like d God, Good V Become! If V Think ourselves to be free... n free V become, this Very moment! Recently i have received one sad message about a shocking mishap ... this event is very alarming... Every one should know about it so that d repeatation of such events in future, at least can be avoided upto some extent! D actual incident went as follows...                                                                   With deep pain for d unfortunate-souls, tears in my eyes n prayers for d peace for all.... Last week, on Monday morning, one of friend's elder son, who was only 19 years old, d mis-hap happened. He was studying in 1st year of engineering... He went for a project at Amravati, with his college-friends, died at Keshvani-Hospital, Mumbai! He was admitted at d hospital as a patient with 90 percent burns!                                                             So what went wrong, what actually happened is an eye-opener for All-so-called-Educated-persons! Reason:                                                            4 days back this boy had gone to Amravati,     located in State of Maharashtra, on study-tour, to complete d project. After their project-study was over, he along with his classmates, professors n other teaching-staff, was standing on "Badnera" railway station to catch d train. "Badnera" is the name of   the railway station for " Amravati " city.                                 As soon as they arrived on Badnera Railway station, there was some time-on-hand for d train to arrive... so many of them started clicking pictures of their friends... these days almost all mobile hand-sets have facility of camera! That-is-why, taking snaps is as-easy-as it gets... using Mobile Phones n Digital-Camera, every one started posing n clicking... As that was d last day of d study-tour they wanted to have photo-memories of this event n place! One of them complained that, he was not able to capture all of d friends from their Group,in one frame. As he was not able to adjust n catch d proper angle! Some other boy suggested, "let's climb on train boogie n take   picture so that all of them can be accommodated in single frame".         There was one goods-wagon-stationery-train   resting between 2 main railway lines! It was Oil-tanker-bogie! At this suggestion, d 19-year-old, impulsively climbed up d-oil-boogie! Above his head, 40,000-volts-electrical line was passing through.... As soon as he clicked the digital-camera, 40,000 volt current passed through d camera flash light, to his camera.... then from his camera to his fingers... and then through his fingers, d current of 40,000-volts, passed through his entire body! All this happened within fraction of seconds! Very Next moment he was thrown from the top... His body was burnt very severely.... At that time, d boy's father, who was An-aware of this mis-hap, was traveling in Bangkok... His many friends from Pune came to know about this via different media like mobile SMS n e-mails... They instantly   arranged air ambulance in Amravati, which carried d victim's burnt-body, to Keshavani Hospital , Mumbai. They were told that it has d best medical-facilities.... After d urgent-treatment from panel of successful doctors, d boy could talk to his close-relatives... Doctors had given a clear idea about d serious-burns at d beginning, when he was admitted to d hospital... Doctors had informed his     relatives about d medical-complications due to burnt-tissues...  Apparently they expressed help-less-ness! n showed No-Great-Hope of recovery..... Because of lot of complex issues  in half burned body, He succumbed to d burns n died after treatment of 2days! Now friends, please tell me,how many of us R aware about these "Technological Threats"...? N Death occurring-Dangers? Honestly, d victim n his father were not aware.... His other family-members n relatives were not aware.... Most of d friend circle of d boy n his father also were not aware! most of d Engineering Faculty, where some of them R hard-core Information Techies... Surprisingly Does Not Know.... Since V All were not aware, should we call ourselves as Fully Educated?  Let us Accept that V R NOT fully knowledgeable people. Perod. Let us Think about it n ACT on it! Wot V need to do is, 1)On petrol outlets, or any Inflammable outlets, Please avoid mobile-phone, video-cameras n similar objects...    2)While driving, let us Avoid talking on Mobile phones!    3)Let us DROP that attitude of "Chalta Hai Yaar" while driving-n-talking simultaneously! 4)When they R in charging-mode, let us Strictly Avoid, Use of Mobile phones... 5)Let us be careful n Avoid, keeping d hand-sets of mobile-phones for charging, Near our bed or Near Any wooden furniture. 6)Let us Avoid mobile phones near high voltage electrical-lines like railway stations, Aerodromes, power-stations etc 7)Also Avoid d use of flash-lights. My dear friends, sadly i have to state that, d young-victim's family-members N V all friends have learnt Our LESSON, with loss of young life! Now V should take a Serious Note of this n EMPOWER  All our friends, neighbors, colleagues, acquaintances... in short every body about d AWARENESS n Correct-Information about d Gadgets, V use-n-abuse, day-in-n-day-out! This way V might be Able to Avoid, similar-kind-of-accidents, in near future! Hopefully V can save human-life by empowering ourselves with all possible Information about d Technology. V should warn d Users of such modern-day-gadgets, who R Not Aware of d possibilities such as this! Every body should Do their bit, n do "D Karma", full-heartedly, by giving 100 percent... by spreading a word of warning, by mouth, by e-mails or by phoning d friends n near-n-dear-ones n see that they get d true n correct information to empower others from this horrible experience... Dears, The True Values of Life R... GIVING N GRATITUDE Let us render to those in need of help... D help should be in d form of love, selfless n free from all expectations of repayment. Let us be constantly grateful for all V have, never complaining about what V don't possess. Hari Aum Tat-sat... This is Tima, praying for d welfare of all-beings.... Shlok of d day- Shaanti Mantra Om Dyauho Shaantihi, Antariksha Shaantihi| Prithaveehi Shaantihi Aapaaha Shaantihi|| Tip of d day- For daily quota of fiber, anti-oxidants n minerals, Drink in d morning, (fresh juice of Coriander + 1 T spoon of Lemon Juice) 1 pinch of Rock-salt can be added, if BP is Normal Coriander is Kothimbir in Marathi, Dhaniya in Hindi n Kothamari in Gujarati

Divine-Beauty…..Let us behold it!

21 Feb 2010
Hi all,
Let me tell U all, my secret....
Curious? then i must share this with U!
U know wot, right from d child-hood i am a 'seeker'...
That's right! Am a 'pucca' seeker of...Beauty!
Beauty in any n every form is my greatest attraction!

Like a Big Magnet, it pulls...
It can be Visible, breath-taking-beauty of Nature...
Or Invisible, Mind-pleasing-beauty of thoughts,word,feelings....

From mother, i have gathered that
even as a child ,i never liked lesser beautiful atmosphere...
it had to be perfectly beautiful!

Even my school-mate, Meera, who used to
share school-bench with me,
was very beautiful....
very fair-n-bubbly with
big expressive eyes....
She had GR8 dress-sense n she was always
very 'proper' in her way of appearance,
as compared to all other girls in d school!
Though V haven't met for soo many years,
i have a very distinct-n-Beautiful-image of hers!
Last year on School-Reunion-Day, some friends thought
she is in Singapore while some said that she is at Delhi!
Whenever i see actress Preity Zinta,
i remember Meera.
Bcoz her image in my memory
has an uncanny resemblance.....
Meera had one elder sister, who resembled
actress Madhubala,
my all-time-favorite, due to her "Unique Beauty"
n natural acting...
My college-friends were also cute...
so it seems without any deliberate plans or intentions
i always got d company of 'Beauty'!

As V mature, our idea of Beauty also kind-of-matures!

In olden days if i came across any wounded bird or animal,
In spite of pity in d heart,i would prefer to run away,
fearing that my-human-touch should not be d reason,
d poor wounded soul to get killed, by it's own species!

Now under similar conditions,i wouldn't run away,
on d contrary i will fetch a Vet-doctor to attend it promptly!
This is probably d 'Situational Maturity!'

In school days or even in college-days,
i was extremely scared of eunuchs...whenever spotted them,
i will rush to cross d road n go in completely
opposite direction,
just to avoid them!
Thank God, during exams i never met them!

Now when i come across them, i feel sorry
for my past-behavior...
Instead of fear, i feel sympathy for them
hence i guide them to an 
NGO's office who R working for their welfare....
This is probably d-Regular-Maturity, coming out of age!

Right from child-hood till d recent times of say year 2007,
i was terribly scared of flying-cockroaches....
i literally hated their very sight!
There is a little history to this' scare'...
when this incident happened,i was some 14-years old,
very much like my mother,i had very thick-n-long hair,
touching my toes!
Washing them was a
very-big-boring-ritual
fixed Only on Sundays...
Once dreaded part of hair-washing was over,
i always felt very happy like a free birdie!
Then to accelerate d process of' drying-hair' faster,
i preferred to go to d terrace, with my niece or
friend from neighbor-hood...
On that horrifying-Sunday, V were on terrace, enjoying
Morning-Sun's-warm-rays...n
From one of pipe-openings or god-knows-from-where,
one flying, huge cockroach came towards me n
got entangled in my hair!
I was screaming like a mad-girl for how long, i don't remember...
i was just very scared...

After wards mother had to chop-off a
big bunch of my hair
just to remove it!
i was then given a sedative to calm-down n then sleep....

Til 2007,even a small fluttering sound would make me
shake with fear
n roll my hair into a tight bun!
Automatically...like a reflex-action!

But today, thanks to d Divine-Blessings...
i feel a bond with each-n-every-living
n even non-living being....
i share only d feelings of 'oneness' with them!
Even d tiniest of tiny creature,
is One-To-one level with me!
size does not matter here!
Am sure d feelings R Mutual...


There is absolutely No fear, No scare, No hatred, No Nausea...
Only One-ness!

Probably this is Divine-Maturity.....

So now i find Beauty every-where....
there is not a single place or
a person or a thing which is Not Beautiful!

I guess d image V “create, through-our-Mind”
is wot V actually SEE!

That-is-why d perspectives of people, Vary…

William Shakespeare had correctly quoted that,
D beauty lies in d eyes of d beholder...
How true!

If our Inner-Eyes see n feel
d beauty in each-n-every object,
Be Sure that d seeker is ‘Illumined’ from WITHIN!

Friends, want to be a beauty-worshiper like me,
then U might love to seek
beauty in d eyes of
Every-Being!

Bcoz eyes r d mirrors of d ‘soul’ one possesses,
Even best of d actors can not deceive,
when it comes to d eyes!
d eyes ‘print-an-exact-image’ of
Deeper-inner-expression of d Being…
N it Surely “Shows”...

This is‘beauty of life’..
As V advance in age, slowly d Maturity of thoughts,
maturity of speech, maturity of silence
d golden one,
maturity of being ‘neutral’ happens…
this level can be labeled as
‘a Graduation-in-Maturity’!

When V achieve Maturity of expression,
maturity of behavior n maturity of action,
it is equivalent to ‘Post-Graduation' in-d-Maturity!

Then finally-but-very-gradually, one achieves,
d ‘subtle-maturity’
followed by d ultimate
Divine Maturity!

When One is ‘Divinely Matured’, d seeker finds
divinity in any-n-everything!

D Dattatreya had cows n dogs
for his company in d Tapa-Sadhana…
He considered them as his multiple ‘Guru’!

For ‘Divinely Matured’ person,
d animal-world,
plant-world, micro-n-macro-world n d 'Nature’,
in Totality,
become d “Extended Family” of d seeker!

That is why, a Meditative person,
merged in his ‘sadhana’
which is meditational-Samadhi,

is totally unaware of d 'Growth-of-an-Ant-hill'
surrounding him…..
Unaware of poisonous ants of various kinds n
other crawling insects n animals, cohabiting in
exactly peaceful conditions….
n d Meditative-soul’ wouldn’t have an
iota of trouble or discomfort from any-one-of-them!

They All live in perfect Harmony!

ShriKrishna played d flute, beautifully…
With d ‘divine sound’ he could mesmerize
not only d hundreds of cows,
n other pet animals but d entire kingdom of wild animals,
wandering in d jungles of Gokul!

When divine-subtle-vibrations flow,
d Seeker Realizes that,
Every-Single-Soul is

A Part of d Whole-d Self-that-is-d Almighty God!

This is Divine-Beauty…..Let us behold it
in our eyes
n experience d world all-over-again,
with a brand new perspective!

This is Tima,
wishing A Beautiful Divine Sunday...

Shlok of d day-

OM Manojavam Marut-tulya Vegam,
Jitendriyam Budhhimataam Varishtham |
Vataatmajam Vaanar Yuthmukhyam
Shri Raam Dootam sharanam Prapadye ||

Tip of d day-

To enhance d Resistance Power n to fight
d growth of cancerous cells in d body,
Every day morning, eat one big, red, ripened Tomato
(immediately after it is cut).
Older people can have freshly ground Tomato juice.
(immediately after it is made)
Lycopene in Tomatoes, improves d Resistance Power.

Management Lessons.... based on Epic of Mahabharat!

17 Feb 2010 Hi dears, Recently i came across an exhibition of weapons, used in d times of Mahabharat..... I was actually shocked to see d GR8 Resemblance of d kind of weaponry used in those times of around 3000 BC n d Modern-day's weaponry, used this-day-n-age! that really made me 'think' seriously about d period of Mahabharat, d Epic.. It was written n Re-written thrice! By three very renowned personalities... D narrations r from Ved-Vyasa to God Ganesh...it is named "Jay" 2nd narration is by Vaishampayan to Janmejaya, it is called "Bhavatu" D 3rd one is by Suta or Sauti to Nimisharanya... called Maha-bharat! Very first time it was written, around some 3000 BC! D funniest thing is, it includes 'every single thing' under d sun! It certainly wouldn't be an exagretion to say that, Whatever is there to be,it all 'exists' in this Epic! If there is anything that is Not in Mahabharat, then it wouldn't be found Anywhere in d entire universe, Bcoz it simply Does Not exist! If V study this epic, V come across some "mind-boggling-Revelations" dealing with, a buffet of Ideologies.... It includes, Astronomy, geography, mathematics, Science of Weaponry, Complex techniques of wars, Philosophy, Psychology, sociology, spirituality, Religion, Politics, n last but not d least, Management Lessons! Imagine Era of 3000 BC,with mention of Existence of Uranus, Neptune etc! It's amazing to know that they were aware of lands, as far as Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Scandinavia etc In Maths,they very well used d numbers of Range of 10 raised to power of 16 n -16! D descriptions of weapons very much 'resemble' Modern-day-weaponry including Nuclear n Chemical weapons! 'Chakra-Vyuha' was a complex kind of army-formation, to trap d bravest of brave Warriors like Abhimanyu... There were many such skillful strategic-military-formations, known in that period! Their life-style was Urban n culture was Harappan! Considering d era, they were extremely 'Advanced' in many ways.... Mahabharat is d Mother of all stories.... It starts with a kingdom with 2 princes, both were handicapped, but in different ways! Elder one called Dhrutarashtra,was blind but very ambitious. He had 100sons,called Kauravas... Younger brother to Dhrutarashtra,was named Pandu, suffering from a rare disease called 'Pandu-Rog', perhaps d disease was named after him! After d death of d Ruling-king-who-was-also-d-father, claim of d elder son to d throne,was denied by d senior Advisers of d Ruler, only bcoz of his blindness! They opted for d diseased Pandu to become d King! Due to his illness, he was unable to bear children n give heirs to d Throne! With Pandu's consent,his wife Kunti, gave birth to 5 sons hence they were called "Pandavas" meaning five-sons-of-Pandu! D Kauravas strongly felt that their 'Right' to d throne was wrongfully suppressed, so they went on with rebelling-acts! D eldest of Kauravas was Duryodhan, who was extremely mighty n brave but crazy in d head! King Pandu's days were counted, due to disease.... As expected he died n then again d question arose about d selection of d King or True-Ruler to d throne... There was lot of chaos... there was lot of dis-satisfaction... there were divided loyalties... d camps were divided... There were selfish-calculations... there was dis-trust, insecurity n over-all-confusion in d mind of common-man or subjects of d kingdom... Ultimately due to seniority, Duryodhan succeeded in becoming d Ruler.. Once in power, first thing he does is 'throw d Pandavas' out of his kingdom! After resorting to all means of foul-play, to become d King, his vengeance was Not satiated, therefore he planed to kill them in different ways n means! But Pandavas were "Lucky" to have 'Bhagawan Shrikrishna'on their side, all d time! His shroud methodology, extreme intelligence had literally, shielded them from all sorts of attacks! He is not only a charioteer n councilor to Arjuna who is d supreme commander of Pandavas... But a True-friend n d Guide in d form of Narayana, to d confused-Nar-that-was-Arjuna! At d war-time, in d battle-field of Kurukshetra, d Krishna, without even touching d weapon of any kind, WINS d 'Real-battle' for Pandavas! In d process, D Bhagavat-Gita Happens! I think V all Beings R equally 'Lucky' to have it in d form of PURE "Knowledge"..... From Maha-Bharat, d 2nd longest Epic of d world, V find some amazing Management Lessons.... V should be able to 'Know' our weak-nesses Once V know them n acknowledge them, V need to try n work on them... with lot of perseverance... So that at d end,V successfully convert our Weaknesses into our 'strengths'! V should find d 'Enemies' of our Real-Enemy... Once V know them, Make efforts to 'Be-friend' those enemies... V should make 'powerful allies'... This-is-how V CAN turn Enemies into Allies! V should Analise d total number of Responsibilities... Once d analysis is done, V should 'shoulder-our-responsibilities'! If it is Not possible to do single-handedly, V should 'Share' d responsibilities.... V should always believe in 'Team-Spirit'.. D Team-work can Complete, d most difficult tasks successfully, while 'Individual-Efforts' of GR8 Masters can fail! V should select d team of 'right' individuals... Meaning 'Right' person for d 'Right' job... D best Individual for job is not d one with d Best Capabilities but d one with d Greatest Commitment! Emphasis should be on 'commitment' to d Team's interests.. V should see that 'individual interests' Do Not score over Team's Interests! V should be mentally ready to take some 'calculated Risks' if need be... V should be 'Aware of' d 'Ground-Realities'.... V should take some efforts to know n study different 'Ideologies'.. V should always Self-motivate ourselves n Inspire other team-members in 'moment-of-need'.... V should always co-operate n overcome d Crisis of any kind... V should always keep our mind, 'Open' to d new ideas, new thoughts, new reforms, new ideologies... V should avoid d 'Gender based Prejudice'.... D gender-balance is required for stability n better administration... Men n Women should have equal freedom to express n act... This way V can have Masculine-traits of Aggression n dominance... N d Feminine-traits of Harmony n Sustenance... Friends,this Surely can be d "Winning Mantra" of all times! This is Tima, wishing U all, d success n peace from this 'very-moment'.... Shlok of d day- PriyankuKalikashyaamam Roopenaapratinam Budham| Soumyam Soumya Gunopetam Tam Budham Pranamamyaham|| Tip of d day- To reduce cough or phlegm from d Respiratory-system, Warm-up one small-iron-kadhai n remove it from d flame, add 1 T-spoon of Honey + 1/4 T-spoon or one pinch Turmeric powder to it. Mix well n eat this blended warm-mixture. Optionally U may drink hot milk after intake of this mixture.

Valentine's Day of Divine-Love...

Dear All, 14th of Feb, was d 'Valentine's Day! So how did U spend d 'Valentine's Day? With whom? what is UR idea of 'Valentine's Day'? Is it 'meant' Only for teen-agers or young-couples? Do U know or care to know, who was this 'Valentine', whose name is remembered on this day... Friends, U all must be wondering, why am i acting like a 'Paresh Raval' in some comedy-Hindi-movie......going on bombarding question after question! I guess, generally people R not interested in any-kind-of-details, they just enjoy d 'Holiday-mood'........ D common-man's feelings about d 'Valentine's Day, R very limited... Plan UR day, with UR fiance or fiancee... Buy some nice gifts, go out for lunch or dinner, exchange gifts-n-feelings-of-love for each other... Book tickets in advance of some movie or play, then enjoy d same together.. Book in advance n go to hill-station, have nice change from routine, n that too with UR special-one! Options R many but pattern is almost fixed... it seems to be an out-n-out celebration For would-be-couples or present-couples n No-One else! Well d Real Celebration of 'Valentine's Day, is Not Only for couples.... N age is just a number, so No-Age-Bar... Frankly,it is all about d Bond between d-souls... It could be delicate bond of ANY-relation.... It could be Celebration of 'Bond-of-Love' but Not necessarily d bond of physical-love... D involvement could be far above-d-normal-level... on Higher-plane-of-Subtle-Level! In Indian-Culture, d feeling-of-so-called-Love, has different n definite shades... D love of Radhaa for Krishna.... D love of Meera for Krishna... D love of Rama for his father,Dasharath... D love of Mother-Kaushalya for Rama... D love of Rama for brother Laxman... D love of Bharath for brother Rama... D love of deserted-wife-Sita for husband-Rama... D love of Lav-n-Kush for mother Sita... D love of Rama for his departed sons... D love of Rama for his subjects... D love of Jeejabai for her son Shivaji n grand-sons Sambhaji n Rajaram.... D love between Bhakta Dhruv n his God... D love-hate feelings of orphans for their deserted or lost parents... D love between Satyavaan n his-wife-Savitri who fought with Yama-d-king-of-death, to bring back her almost-dead husband.... D love of Ekalavya for his Guru, Dronacharya... D love of Guru Drona for his favourite-desciple-Arjun D love-hate feelings of Karna for Kunti n Pandavas... D love of 'very-old-n-waiting-Shabari' for God-Rama... D Subtle-Bond-of-Love between King-Nala-n-Damayanti....     D love between very young,Bhakta Prahlad n his God, Narayan... D Bond of dedication-n-love between Queen Laxmibai, her very-young-adopted-son & her kingdom of 'Zanshi' For d love-of-freedom,she fought till death,tieing-n-carrying her child, to d battle-field! V all know d symbol of love between brother-n-sister which is 'Raksha-Bandhan'... Combinations R thousands... but d-bond-of love is d Common-Factor! D delicate-feelings R beyond any typical-measures of 'Love'! Surely, there is love of Purest-Quality but this love is Not-limited-to-any-type-of-physicality.... It's a blend of Mixed feelings like sacrifice, devotion,loyalty... There R all types of love-bonds, fatherly-motherly-brotherly-sisterly n last but not d least, Divine love-bond... Between d Self n d Being.... Between d Whole n d part... World of love, surely is not restricted to relations of male-female or husband-wife or boy-n-girl... Valentine was a saint.... His love was for entire man-kind.... He is a symbol of True-Love! So Let us remember him with Love n Action... Let us Love OUR neighbour, (even if he or she may or may not be 'lovely'...pun intended) Let us Love n protect OUR trees... Let us Love n care OUR pets....n all other animals. Let us Love OUR parents... They may not tell Us in so-many-words but They Do need OUR love-n-care! Let us Love OUR siblings... V can't be complete without them! Let us Love n take care of d spouse....n follow d 'Vow' Let us Love OUR kids....They need All OUR attention-love-n-care for their Normal-healthy-growth. Let us Love OUR Grand-parents. Period. In short Let us love Everybody.... Love is d Only thing in d world which Multiplies after 'giving'! Feeling-of-Love will surely make US, Richer in 'Every Possible Sense'... Let us be kind to ourselves n others... From next year onwards, let us celebrate Valentine's Day with this 'New-Zeal-n-Perspective'! Shlok of d day- Aanandam Aanandakarha Prasannam| Dnyaan Swaroop Neej-Bodh-Roopam|| Tip of d day- For daily Quota of Calcium n Fibre, include this simple salad in  lunch/dinner- Wash thoroughly d Tender Green-leaves of Radish, cut them finely, add pinch of 'Kala-Namak' n 1 T-spoon of Lemon juice, Mix well n eat. Pl note that Calcium content of Green leaves is many times More than that of d Radish. Radish is 'Mula' in Marathi n 'Muli' in Hindi n Gujarathi Kala-Namak is Rock-Salt

Life is an "Offering".....Let us Not Forget!

12 Feb 2010
Friends,
Tuesday,10 Feb,was an Ekaadashi-day, my health-fast-day...
I went to Mulund to complete some sundry-works...
In d morning my cook, who is basically a Thane-girl, got married n became Goregaon-girl!
When she came to know that
my work is at Mulund-Thane...
she suggested me to visit a very old Shiva-temple of Thane...
It is called "Kopineshwar-Temple",
A beautiful, peaceful n very clean place
with hundreds of devotees doing their bits for d 'deity'..
Though d temple is in a, very-crowded-market-place,
Inside, there is only sound of
soothing-sound-bells n chants...
Soul-ful singng of d artiste who was performing 'Kirtan'
which is literally One-man's-act-n-play!
When i went inside d temple of Shiva-Pindi,
d first thing i could see was,
a person,very-fair-like-a-foreigner,
sitting on d ground at Right-hand-corner of d temple....
He was d picture of 'Teijas' or 'Illumination'....
Before leaving d temple i offered him 'Prasad'
n asked if he is one who takes care
of d 'Deity'
to this he surprised me by answering in pure Hindi!
That means he was not a foreigner....
After 'darshan' i was kind-of-tempted
to buy veggies n fruits which were quite cheap at Thane....
Car was parked far-away from d market,
so i had to walk towards it....
that time, while walking, n chanting one Shiva-Stuti-Mantra,
"Karpur-Gauram, Karunaavataram..."
n suddenly that so-called-foreigner's face /image
appeared in front of my eyes.....
i was amazed at d 'resemblance'
of d description of d deity to that 'real-image'!
n Till this very moment am not sure ....
am going to visit that temple again
for d confirmation of some of my thoughts...

May be am imagining things.....
may be i was lucky to see....
may be this is an excuse to go there again...

While entering d temple i came across
an-old-lady, who blessed me first
n then said everybody is in a hurry to enter d temple,
but nobody is interesting in giving....
i asked d lady "wot would she prefer
money or eatables/ Prasad?
she answered "anything will do ..."
so just to test-her, i gave her 2 pieces of 'Kaju-katli' n left  ...
but before turning my back,i could see her giving both d pieces to her husband who was sitting away from her....
i was slightly overwhelmed to see d GR8 feeling of sacrifice....
D lady must be hungry....she looked like one,
in spite of that hunger, her behavior was so touching....
while most of d times V behave so selfishly....
Though V don't know d 'real-pinch-of-hunger'...
V don't know how to sleep with half-filled stomach
day-in n day-out...
V don't know d feeling of 'shelter-less',
home-less people...

V brag about our so-called-love or devotion
or sacrifice...
In reality they R, just words for us!
V really do Not know d exact meaning of those 'expressions'!

At d end,while leaving d temple
could not resist, asking that lady...
to which she showed surprise n asked wot about that?
it's nothing....
I silently saluted her n
gave her kaju-katli along with some money...
Generally as a rule, i Never pay money!
Instead i prefer to buy d required material...
like eatables, medicines,clothes....
For kids, i prefer to buy foods,books, toys, blankets....

But she was an exception....
Bcoz she was Not demanding any money
n i had nothing to offer her other than money n
kaju-katli.....
As expected She was quite neutral to everything...
but blessed all d same!

If V keep our eyes n heart,'open'...
there is 'another world', out there!!

Today let us find more info about our basic-Gods,
Brahma, Vishnu n Mahesh....
There R 3 distinct n totally different characters..
Brahma is d 'Creator'.....A serious, intelligent
n responsible one...
Vishnu is very handsome, naughty, brainy,
n 'Management-Guru' kind-of-material!
While Mahesh is Shiva, a cool, kind, n meditative,
if provoked, instantly converts himself into a
'Destroyer' by opening his "third-Eye" to
burn everything to ashes!

All three work smoothly to run
d various activities of d Universe!

V all have these 3-so-called-Gods WITHIN us,
in d form of our Actions!
V have in-born-creativity of different kinds....
V have organizational-skills...
N V also have nasty destructible traits....

Only thing V need to know is d skill of keeping or
striking a "Balance"...
It is a truelly-skilled-job like a tight-rope-walk!
Once One gets d 'Inner Instructions' on how to...
Everything becomes soo Easy!

So friends, let us know our inner strength....
Let us meditate on all-three-traits...
Let us imbibe-creativity,
act-innovatively,
destroy-d-ego-ruthlessly

N Strike the Balance,

On d occasion of d day of 'Maha-Shiv-Ratra'...

If V can do 'Abhishek' with
jal-water,
Payas-milk
Madha-honey
Sharkara-Suger
Dahi-curd
N perform Puja with 'Bilva-patra', flowers,
'Dhoop-Deep-Naivedya'....

It is Good for us...

But if for some reason V can Not do d Abhishek of any-kind...

It is perfectly All-right!

as far as V know n perform d "Maanas-puja-Abhishek"
from Bottom-Of-Our-Hearts....
Simply meaning V "offer" our ego,
false-pride, bad-deeds,Narrow-minded-ness,
selfish-ness,jealosy,Blood-thirsty-ness,
greed for power, Greed of any n every thing
under d Sun,
discriminating-nature, any kind of extremism,
n all things of sick-mentality....

Throw all this...
N 'Replace' with Happiness-for-all-beings....
Sharing good-things,
caring for entire Nature,
including human-beings,
animal-kingdom n Plants'-world....
Be kind to everybody...Pray for welfare of
Every thing n Everybody..
Let us Not forget that d
"World-Happens" Bcoz of US
&
D "World-Ends" Bcoz of US ONLY!

Behave only in a manner, in which
V 'wish' everybody should,
to make US HAPPY!

N then chant," Shivoaham,Shivoaham,Shivoaham,
Shivoaham,Shivoaham,Shivoaham,Shivoaham......

Always remember that,

Life is an 'OFFERING'.....

Let us "Offer" it for others n Experience d Difference!


Shlok of d day-
      OM Tat-Purushaay Vidmahe Mahadevaay Dheemahi|
      Tanno Rudra Prachodayaat||

Shlok about "Bilva-Patra' or "Bel-Leaves",
             that R Shiva's favourites

       Tridalam Trigunaakaaram Trinetram Trayaayudham|
       Trijanma Paap-Samharam Bilvaika-Patram Samarpanam||

Tip of d day- for better Digestion of food, Drink luke-warm water through out d day.
While observing 'Fast', it is Important keep d body well "hydrated"

This is Tima wishing all, Happy-SHIV-RATRI-Meditation....   

Awaken to d Reality....n Be a Winner

10 Feb, 2010 Hi Friends, V all get bored n desperately need a break! then V either go out n meet our friends n have a blast... Or V go for shopping...n buy things that R not required... Or V go to an exhibition or Fun-fare.... Or go to library n go through New-Arrivals-of-Books... Or simply go to a play or drama... If nothing is possible.... In India, Movies R always on priority-list-of-entertainment! N if it's a Aamir-Khan-starer-movie, Expectations Reach sky!..a very high point! As his character in DCH(Dil Chahata Hai) says "Perfection ko aur improve karna, mushkil hota hai"! I do enjoy his movies....Some time ago, V happened to see his latest entertainer, "3 Idiots"! Am ready to repeat it couple of times! It is Totally-entertaining-n-making-us-THINK! It's a rare-feat... After so many days also i remember almost entire movie, scene-by-scene.....that is why i felt like 'thinking-loud' about it with all my pals.... There R many lessons one CAN easily imbibe from 3 Idiots….. Today i just thought of repeating some... D Management Lessons n My Thoughts,from '3 Idiots'... 1. Never Try To Be Successful! One should do his or her Best.... should give his or her 100%...No less n no more.... Always Give it a full-hearted TRY.... Success is only a bye-product! Excellence always creates success. So, never run after d success, Instead,let it happen in the life on it's own.... Automatically.... 2. Freedom To Life According to Vedas, V happen to get this life, rather 'Birth', after hundreds of years.... of births-after-births, in different species.... Therefore, don't Die before d actual death! life is very short.... hence Live every moment of d life, full of zest, in d Best possible-way....! Imagine that today is d last day of d life.... Life is a 'Divine-gift' to human-kind... Use it to live fruitfully for others.... Use it to live happily.... Use it to be helpful to d lesser-fortunate-n- neglected-people /Animals /Plants n trees /Natural Resources... To live in 'happiness' is our Natural-in born-Nature.... 3. Passion Leads To Excellence Like Swami Vivekanand had said, V should follow our passion or V should make our profession-as-our-passion... Simply Meaning, V should 'seek-n-find-happiness'  in whatever V do... Or V should do something which gives us, 'Immense-happiness-n-satisfaction'! When our hobby or passion becomes our profession, V will be able to lead up to excellence in d life! Satisfaction, pleasure, joy n love will be D outcome of following passion.... By following our passion for years-n-years, V surely Can become 'Expert'! . 4. Learning Is Very Simple Since our birth, V keep on learning things.... V R eternal-students-n-learners! At-times, Teachers can fail...But d Learners never fail... Learning is never complicated or difficult... To someone,it might 'appear' difficult, at some point of time ... But as a rule, 'Learning' is always possible! 5. Pressure At Head There is Huge scope for improvement in D 'Current-education-system'! There R hundreds of loop-holes in it.... It is Not Thought-Provoking but Only Developing-Pressures of various kinds! Making d Students Confused in d  head, all-d-time! Discipline n different-Dead-Lines of University R only suppressing d over-all-intelligence.... Discipline can be useful in making human-life 'Richer', in many ways... if not forced blindly! Little-Pressure can be helpful, to bring-out-d-best from students but Extra-pressure, being applied needlessly, is found to be, very 'harmful' or rather 'fatal'! Hampering d over-all progress of d students.... Under tremendous pressures, either they give-up Or get converted into bunch-of-nerves... There has to be a Delicate-Balance between Discipline n freedom for d Best-Possible-Results from d young-generations.... They should have some "Real-Ideals" to get inspiration... Unfortunately in present scenario, lot more is desired.... Lot more needs to be reformed in d present-set-of-system! But one thing should be Underlined n Noted that, Nothing should be, at d cost of Student's-life.. 6. Life Is Emotion Management Not Intelligence Optimization A Human-being is probably Only being created to 'Emote'.... therefore V all R full of emotions.... to manage all-those emotions is a really-big-task... Whoever is able to do it efficiently, Can be an easy Winner! Good-Memory-skills n Regular-studies, have a definite value n it can positively-help-us to lead a good-life... there R no-Two-ways about that...but V can be able to survive..., even without GR8 expertise in it! If V R satisfied with a very-little-gain, V can opt for such artificial intelligence/skills n make some mark in the path of the life n win up-to-some-extent... But V cannot prove ourselves "Genius"! Bcoz that is a different achievement altogether! In this entire process, a genius within each of us, will Surely die!  . 7. Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention Under comfortable circumstances, d 'real-capacity' of our "grey-Matter" is lying-low.... Difficult situations or d crisis, create a need or necessity to use d real-potential of our Brain-d-Grey-cells! D built-up-pressure, compels or forces us to invent something which can be a 'perfect-solution' to d Crisis! Aamir Khan in this film, "3 idiots", is able to prove his idea of using a derived version of pump,   successfully, at the very last moment of d crisis! 8. Simplicity is Life Life is always based on basic-needs... It is Never based on 'wants'! Human-Desires R unlimited... There is no end to that... Simplicity, is Base of Hindu-Vedic Way of life! Our culture stresses highly on d principles of Simple living n high thinking..... n this is Tried-n-tested, Best way of life: 'Legs Firm n eyes focused on d divine-'mission'... 9. Industrial Leadership Dean of the institute in d film "3 idiots", Is Representing a typical leadership.... He has his set of 'fixed-ideas'... He has some rigid principles, values n ideology, n he runs n leads the whole institute accordingly... This could be an example of current Institutional leadership! At present, most of the institutes r bound by some-fixed-set-of-principles.... There is a Mental-block towards any Changes or Reforms.. This should change.... bcoz it is 'kind-of-Squarish thinking'! It surely is doing GR8 harm n No Good!! 10. Importance Of One Word In Communication Good, crisp-Communication is d need of d present-hour! Without it V can't survive for long... If communication dies, everything dies! Each word has a definite-impact-n-value in communication... One word can play Wonders n Blunders! If it is used wrongly.... Or emphasized wrongly.... Or paused at a wrong place..... In communication what funny-effects it creates.. n how it affects.... Is demonstrated very well by 3 Idiots.... with d help of situational-comedy, this movie Rocks, with roaring-riot-of-laughter! 11. Mediocrity Is Penalized It is a vicious circle... Born in a middle-class-faily.... With Middle class-family-values..... Average Financial-power... or average talent.... or forced to opt for average institute... this all leads to ....Students to suffer, silenty.... Feel help-less.... Feel a lot of frustration.... n has to pay maximum price in d life... if they Can't 'motivate' themselves to upgrade... improve, develop perseverance, skills, n living standards... To be born poor or as an average person is not at all a crime! But to die as ONE is 'Completely-Miserable'! If One is unable to optimize one's potentiality n die with unused-potentiality then that is What One is... A shameful-Existence! I firmly beleive that everybody, every single entity, is blessed with some or other 'special talent' which is hidden within his/her personality..... One needs to be 'patient' enough with oneself... One should be given enough 'time n opportunity' to exlpore one's hidden treasure of talent.... Be sure about one thing, Sooner or later they will blossom into a beautiful butterfly....breaking d 'cocoon' of rigid formats n frame-works.... Nobody should give up on that entity.... Not he/she himself or herself or Not his/her parents, guardians or even his/her friends! He/she has to bring out genius inside him/her and has to use his/her potentiality to the optimum level! somebody might turn into an A-grade Artiste.... somebody might turn into a renowned dancer... somebody might turn into a well-known singer... somebody might turn into a Management Guru... somebody might turn into a 'Spirituality Guru...like Deepak Chopra somebody might turn into a Consumer-Market's-King like Kishore Biyani! somebody might turn into a world-known Musician like Zubin Mehta! somebody might turn into a well-known purcussionnist/Tabla-Maestro like Zakir Husain! somebody might turn into a Computer wizard, Bill Gates somebody might turn into a hot-mail specialist like Sabir Bhatia! somebody might turn into an Industrialist like Dhirubhai Ambani... There R Hundreds of examples ..... D difference between a so-called 'Commoner' n a 'Specialist-in-some-field' is Only of an "Opportunity" taken at appropriate time!! It's Truely a very thin line between d two! Success n failure R two sides of d same coin! Both d terms R very relative.... Somebody might be a a 'Topper' from a very Reputed Medical Institute... But in d 'practical-life's-Exam' he might not pass with 'flying-colors'! He might end-up being a 'faculty' or a General-Practitioner with minimal-practice.... While some student who couldn't do GR8 in final exams of same Medical institute, might be more successful Specialist or Surgeon..... Doing much better than d 'topper'.... Here d question arises... Who has succeeded n who has failed? D 'Topper' had succeeded initially by academic measures... But has rater failed in later life by practical-measures... while  d 'commoner' has Not-succeeded initially by academic-measures for not passing with flying colors.... But succeeded in later life by Practical-measures for being a well-known/successful sought-after Specialist or a Surgon! From this example one thing is proved beyond doubt .... N that is Nothing is Permanent..... Neither d Success nor d Failure.... So Let us AWAKEN to d Reality.... N Be d Winner! Shlok of d day- Aham Brahmaasmi||                          Soaham, Shivoaham, Brahmoaham|| Tip of  d day- To control or to reduce cough, have this mixture, preferably First thing in d morning. 1 Table-spoon Juice of Freshly grated Ginger, plus equal quantity of Jaggery/ Gud, Blend/Mix properly.

Explore YOUR INNER & OUTER WORLD....N Preserve IT!

Hi Friends,
Do U agree when i say that our mind is
like a butterfly....going from one flower to another...
enjoying honey from each one of them...
but not settling for one!

Generally human-mind is soo restless that
to learn d art of 'taming' it,
Is a life-long process....No short-course there!

As one grows from childhood to adulthood
n then fast approaching ripe-old age....
d mind
starts kind-of-'steadying'!

A tiny-baby cries n smiles in a fraction of a second,
like a sprinkle of rain n Sun-light, both together.....
Bcoz baby's mind is un-attached,
it is crystal-clear like water of a pond....

A teenager has a gift of wavering mind,
bcoz d mind is very curious about 'life'-in-general...
n all-d-time in search of joy,
remains very unsteady, indecisive!

A so-called-mature person's mind
is required to be still n steady....
bcoz d mind is burdened with many responsibilities
n also due to d bitter-sweet-experiences
of d matured age... 

A so-called-oldie with a rare,
golden opportunity to sit back n take,
his own sweet time for d flash-back of his life's show!

U all must be wondering...
what am i aiming  to tell U...
Dear friends,i Did have my share of good/bad experiences....
N Yes,i have not only made many mistakes
but committed Big-Blunders!                                                                                          

since i was d youngest of all in d F'ly,
i was pampered all d time...
always had everything d way i wanted.....
rather i would make tantrums n C to it...

always followed my mind...without worrying
about d results of my actions...
Today, i can safely say that,
i have committed many blunders,
merely by following my im-mature mind
n Not paying attention to d elders' advice!

Person when 'realizes' d mistake,
should admit it,at-least with himself/herself!
There is absolutely No need to
declare it on National Television....                          
Or to publicly declare in
big-one-full-page-print in d news-paper...
Or to accept d mistake/blunder/misdeed
on All-India-Radio...
But just ADMIT silently....

It's generally easier-said-than-done...
Bcoz Ego plays a greater roll under such circumstances...

Even now after all those blunders,
I Don't think V should suppress our
so-called-inner 'instincts'...
On d contrary, V should analyze first
n if convinced, go ahead n "Just Do It"!

If later V feel that V were wrong,
then admit it first to URself...
Be 'cool' with it!

Generally V R blessed (Really?) with 'duality'...
i.e.with a mind,divided into two-halves!

Our one-mind keeps on warning us about mistake/s
but V ourselves Do not wish to take
that
warning seriously!
Instead V follow our other-half-mind
n go ahead with d 'mistake'...
n later V R just "Not ready" to 'Accept or Own' it!

Since V R in a Not-accepting-mode,
Question of changing our behaviour/attitude/actions
Does Not arise!

"Jab Jago Tab-hi Subah"

For any "CHANGE" to 'happen' in us,
V need to Admit our fault n then, change...
in fact, Every single thing including our Universe,
IS Changing all d time, evry fraction of a second...
whether V like it or not!
Bcoz "CHANGE" is d only 'constant'-factor!

'Change" is very Essential....
It is a symbol of 'liveliness' or Life itself!

Dear Friends, U know wot, that time
i was dumb enough to reject n dismiss
all knowledge-available to me, with a wave of d hand.....
Luckily for me,when i realized d bad after-effects
of wot i did, i stopped abruptly....
For d sake of false-ego, i could have
continued my stupidity but
luckily i did stop!

Till date, am very very Greatful of Divine-blessings......
Without giving a damn about what people might say.....
Without worrying abt how my close-relatives will react...
Without bothering abt d after-effects in social-life...
Without caring about d near-future...
To be frank, there were doubts about what can happen!

"NOTHING"!!

Absolutely nothing happens or changes...
People keep on saying whatever they want
n feel like saying....
Close-relatives keep on passing 'remarks'
behind UR back...irrespective of wot U do
or Don't do...Doesn't matter!
D society people go on gossiping whether
UR behaviour is politically correct or not....
This ever-green-gossip-factory works 24/7 ,
No Recesson or Power-cuts here...
Bcoz d fuel of razor-sharp tongues n dirty-minds
is Never out of supply!!

One thing is certain though,
one has to learn his/her lessons hard-way,
from his/her mistakes....

So when U follow UR mind, be prepared
to face d music....
There is absolutely "No Escape" from that!

From my experience i can safely tell U
that d people one should really care R....
d spouse/husband/wife n UR little-ones,
sons or daughters....
N how can i forget d parents...
always understanding,
let-going with highest tolerance limits...
Also can't miss d true friends...always there-for-U,
by UR side, whenever required...

don't bother about Any-body other than
these listed few....
Bcoz, am sure that entire world might go,
'Topsy-Turvy' but not these few!

They might not exactly like or appreciate
whatever U R doing or U did in d past....
But still they will be 'very considerate' with U....
they wouldn't even 'blame' U...
instead they will try to show d "reason"!
they will try to distract U in their own-way...
but all this while they will take care of
'Not hurting or harming U' in-any-which-way!

they will prefer to wait for U,
to take UR own decision...

N when finally U 'realize' n 'silently admit'
by correcting UR past-behaviour....
They will "Accept" U n UR silent-explanation!
D 'Great-ness' of them lies in their
'understanding n adjustment' in acceptance...
Do not take them for granted....
Do not hurt them....knowingly or un-knowingly....
directly or indirectly..intentionally or non-intentionally!
Do not dare even in UR wildest of night-mares!

Dears, pl always Be True to all these 'Greatest Souls',
who R UR real Power n Strength......
This Is UR rarest of rare "Treasure"...
Protect n Preserve it,
money can come n go....just don't bother!
Do not barter UR treasure,
even at d cost of UR life....

Dears, if U want to "witness" God,
just close UR eyes n remember d images of UR beloved ones....
UR husband/wife, UR parents, UR Bonsais i.e.
little-ones....sons and/or daughters, UR true friends.....
Who all stand-by-you through thick n thin.....
No matter wot society says....
No matter wot distant relatives say....
No matter wot entire world says or screams....
Always remember that U R really really 'Lucky'
to hav them n Not necessarily vice-a-versa!

Come wot may, Pl do not leave them...
Bcoz their very 'Presence'
makes UR Inner n Outer World

"complete" in every sense!!


Shlok of d day-

Sarva Dharmaan Parityajya, Mam Ekam Sharanam Vraj|
Aham Twam Sarva Papebhyo, Moksha Ishayami Ma shuch||


Tip of d day- to reduce d 'Bad-Cholesterol' from d body,
First thing in d morning (on empty stomach),
Drink 1 cup of juice of "Only Peels of Gourd(Dudhi/Kaddu)".

For General Detox of d body-
Drink First thing in d morning (on empty stomach),1 Glass juice of freshly grated (Gourd/Dudhi/Kaddu)


This is Tima,
             Wishing U All A Very Pleasant Week-End!

Cleanse D Mind With Positive Actions.....n Chant SHUCHI-Mantra!

5 Feb 2010     Friends, in India we all know that there is an additional season to d usual 3 seasons of Mother-Nature....     n it is called a 'wedding season'!     Once this season starts, an average Indian family     has to attend two weddings a day!!     sometimes even three...!     Then d F'ly members R compelled to share their so-called-Responsibilities of attending these weddings.... Not-together but separately!     D no of 'Wedding-Invitations' will be depending     on so many facts...     It directly depends on d number of relatives V have......     or d size of OUR circle of social network....     how big or small is that!     or on the size of our residential complex....     In olden days, all d so-called-neighbours would     positively get an 'invite'.....     There are very few auspicious  "Muhuratas" suitable for wedding... So every prospective couple want to tie     d knot, only on those days...     Now V R in Feb,2010! Even this day n age,     the number of wedding- venues R very     limited in metro cities!!     By priority,every bridegroom gets the first choice     to select the venue...     Generally he n his F'ly members would prefer     d one nearer to his residence,     if he is from a "middle class family"...     D venue can be a 3-star-hotel, nearer to his residence if,     he is from (economically) slightly upper-middle-class-family....     D venue can be a 4-star-hotel if,     he from economically-upper-class-family...     It can be a 5-star-hotel if,     he is from an economically well-off family....     And it can be a 7-star-hotel or a yacht or an entire-island-as-a-venue... if,     he is from a celebrity-status family...     Celebrity could be from Bollywood's A-listers...     actors, directors, producer etc.     He could be from d corporate world...     He could be from an A-listed Big-Industrialist's family....     He could be from a famous political family....     He could be from a ruling-Party's-minister's family...     The possibilities are innumerable...     Friends,recently i was at d wedding of     very first category...     A wedding of a middle class girl from my native-place!     The venue was luckily very near to my residence.     It was on a week-end...the Muhurat was conveniently     at 12.30 pm....     D girl's F'ly had emphasised on all above points     n insisted that me n my F'ly should attend it     n they would look forward to see me n my-sons at d wedding-venue....     D moment they left, both d sons made it amply clear     to me that they R Not attending d "Boring wedding"     n wished me 'lot of Good-luck' to face d boredom!     Reluctantly, i got ready to attend d wedding!     Bcoz, in India,it is taken in very 'bad-taste'     if No one attends d function in-spite of a personal     'visit' to UR house by d Hosts!     There were very limited number of heads from     bridegroom's F'ly,     who was from Chandigad....     It was an inter-caste-marriage between Punjabi-boy n a Gujju-Girl!     though both families were from middle-class background,     there was lot of mis-understanding n chaos in general....     There were say, 100 odd people from d girl's side....     more than half of d people present at d venue,     were from d residential complex of d girl!     And there were only 15 to 20 close relatives     from the girl's side..     Entire program was in a fast-forward-mode.     Everybody was in a rush...     The so-called attenders like me, were amusingly     watching the Non-show!     No Yadnya...No oaths / Vows     Total absence of seven 'Phere'...No Mangal-sutra, No teasing-no rituals...     Only exchange of flower-garlands called jay-mala or var-mala, between the bride and the bridegroom... Exactly on the dot of the Muhurta!     Once that was over... the guests who were present     at the venue,     were eying their wrist-watches every now and then!     Everybody's attention was at the announcement.....     about d food-parlor to open for Self-Service......     Although it was Saturday, everyone was in a hurry     to have food....     Probably bcoz,there was nothing else to do......     At last d awaited announcement happened....     It was Buffet-Lunch.     The usual Indian menu was on spread....     Everybody formed groups to chit chat while gobbling food....     Nobody was really interested...Neither in d food nor in d conversation....     but d motto was,d Show-of-'Pretention'-must-go-on!     Everybody was pretending about how greatly     he/she was enjoying the gathering.....     The wedding...The food.. n     soo-very-interesting-conversation!     After d lunch, everyone rushed to the stage,     where the newly weds were standing to receive compliments/blessings etc..     "The invite" which was given to the guests     only 2 days prior to the wedding, clearly-read,     "gifts in the form of your blessings only"....     But from d past experiences, almost every guest     was carrying     in his/her pockets/ purses,     an envelope-sealed-with-cash-in-it....     Just in case the newly weds start accepting gifts on stage....     It was just a precautionary-measure, from probable-embarrassment!     Like disciplined-school-students, d guests formed a queue     n one-by-one, went and greeted the newly weds,     who were in new set of clothes-n-ornaments n stage-make-up!     Though they were smiling big-n-wide,     couldn't hide d faint-glint-of-bored-look...     From their faces, all the same!     Like a ritual they went through d     entire episode of 'introduction' of each guest....     n then everyone dispersed....exactly d way ants do,     d moment "insect-repellent" is spread....     After my informal trip to d stage,i pushed off abruptly...     since i had to attend one more function, but thankfully     it was not 'another wedding'.....!     During d drive, i was just brooding.....     After all What is a marriage?     Why do V Indians, stick to such Life-less formats....     As V change other aspects of life-patterns,     why can't V think n act differently......     Why do parents compel their sons/ daughters     to go through "this-Circus-called-wedding"!     why don't our New-generations,     raise their hands in protest!     If they R keeping mum, only out of respect     for their elders'-feelings,     Then there is a GREATER responsibility on d so-called-elders.....     A good amount of money is spent.....     almost half-day is wasted     of every guest who 'attend' this circus!     Parents of d bride n other close relatives,     waste at least 1-full-month in arrangements,     preparations n wot-not for d circus!     Very close relatives R flown from abroad...     Such a sheer waste of Time-money-n-energy!     Instead if parents n elders of d F'ly of both,     Bride n d Bride-groom,     Give Full-freedom of 'CHOICE' to them.....     Since this is 'd-most-IMP-event-of their lives!     Let them decide jointly, about it....     Let them implement their own ideas about it...     Let them take a decision on d simple or elaborate event...     They could hand-pick d list-of-important-likable-persons,     whose "presence" or attendance "really matters"     to them.....n hopefully vice-a-versa!     D function would be very 'personal'.....     No formalities....     No fixed rituals....     No 'rigid format'......     D money will be 'well-spent' since           ONLY "interested" people would be involved in d event!     N if some money IS saved, doubled up with good & pricey personalized-gifts     n blessings to d Newly-weds,          They would SURELY do some 'Real-Good'          to start a new home of their-own!     Friends, don't U think that V all need to 'cleanse'     our-mind-sets to welcome reforms.....     V need to prove that V R 'changed-n-enlightened' people.....     N d best way to do this is,     WITH OUR POSITIVE ATTITUDE N ACTIONS.......     Shlok of d day- Since V R cleansing our minds, let us chant this "Shuchi-mantra" :                 OM Tad Vishnoho Param Padam                          Sada Pashyanti Suryaaha |                  Diveev Chakshuraananam ||     Tip of d day- To enhance d Resistance-Power, Do this in d morning,                                               Wash and chew 7 nos of fresh-leaves of Tulasi                            Keeping it for long in d mouth. When totally                powdered n mixed with saliva, swallow it.                                This is Tilottama signing off from Mumbai-Meri-Jaan.......

Good-Health is d Greatest Wealth......SO ACT NOW!

Hi All, Recently i came across a very unfortunate F'ly.......of 3, a couple n their 7-year old daughter....... D couple is very matching in good-Looks-good-Education-good-Well-to-do-family-background.......everything was "Goood"....... Except d time.......There was No-time-for-each-other! Post-graduate wife was working in a bank......   D handsome-husband, overly-busy, working n slogging almost 16 hours a day, at posh-south-Mumbai-Office....... D poor-little-daughter had her own world.....of studies, school-teachers-school-friends-chocolates-dolls-toys...every-possible-things required by a 7-year-old, EXCEPT presence of her parents! Especially she 'missed' her 'Daddy' very much..... she used to express her complaints n unhappiness about this.... But her poor-daddy could not even express his suppressed feelings to Anybody..... There were already more-than-enough arguments on many topics ... without any support, moral or sentimental , d Daddy continued his miserable "life" of huge-Pay-Packets n Long-working-hours! Both d times,when he left home n when returned home, d daughter was fast-asleep! On week-ends his 'Boss' will call him to office or send him to out-station-office! Some rare times when he was at home, his week-end-time will vaporise with 'pending work'!! His lap-top n mobile were like his-own-body-parts! He slept with them n carried them every where....... Depressed, frustrated, disgusted were the 'only' feelings, he knew.... He silently tolerated this "torture", day-in-n-day-out! Ultimately one day he collapsed at office........ A very first-n-fatal Heart-attack which killed him in reality! His wife is still under utter shock....... His daughter being innocent, still thinks that her Daddy is working at office, as usual...or rather as always......... Friends, Let us take a serious note of this........ Something that we can do to help ourselves n others.... Each one of us must know this very very Important-Information about sudden Heart-Attack....     Bayer is making crystal aspirin to dissolve under the tongue. They work much faster than the tablets. Why keep aspirin by your bedside? Vital Points About Heart Attacks: There are other symptoms of an heart attack besides the pain on the left arm. One must also be aware of an intense pain on the chin, as well as nausea and 20 lots of sweating, however these symptoms may also occur less frequently. Note: There may be NO PAIN in the chest during a heart attack. The majority of people (about 60%) who  had a heart attack during their sleep, did not wake up. However, if it occurs, the pain may wake you up from your deep sleep. If that happens, immediately dissolve two aspirins in your mouth (under your tongue)  and swallow them with a bit of water. Immediately After: -  Phone a neighbor or a family member who lives very close by - Say "heart attack!" - Say that you have taken 2 Aspirins. - Take a seat on a chair or sofa near the front door, and wait for their    arrival and... ~ DO NOT LIE DOWN ~ Now let us know more about ,Wot is Cholesterol..... Cholesterol is a type of fat made in the liver and found in animal foods.... CHOLESTEROL IS NEEDED FOR IMPORTANT BODY FUNCTIONS. Such as... Building cell walls Protecting nerves Making hormones. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF CHOLESTEROL. THE GOOD.  (HDL or High Density Lipid) THE BAD and the UGLY!! (LDL or Low Density Lipid.) A higher level of HDL is needed to carry LDL from the BLOOD back to the LIVER to be ELIMINATED from the body. If there is a higher level of LDL cholesterol in the BLOOD this may: Cause high blood pressure! Raise your risk of heart attack! Raise your risk of stroke! Cause the kidneys to fail! Cholesterol is broken down into LDL which is needed by the body cells. Once the cells are satisfied the unused LDL remains to become what is known as blood cholesterol. The main danger of high blood cholesterol is that Fatty Plaques may form which will decrease the diameter of  blood vessels. This leads to a restriction of the flow of blood and oxygen to the tissues of the body. If an Artery supplying blood to the HEART becomes blocked you may have a heart attack! If an Artery supplying blood to the BRAIN becomes blocked you may have a Stroke! If an Artery supplying blood to the kidney becomes blocked you may suffer Kidney failure. WHAT CAUSES HIGH BLOOD CHOLESTEROL? D Main Causes R: Eating too much high saturated fat. i.e. fat found in butter and dairy products, cakes biscuits and take away foods. Being overweight. Not exercising. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO LOWER YOUR CHOLESTEROL? YOU CAN ……eat MORE following food-items: Fruits and vegetables. Fibre-Rich foods, e.g.  oats and wholemeal bread. YOU CAN…. eat LESS following food-items: Deep-Fried-take away fast foods. High fat dairy products and eggs-yolk(Yellow-Part) Red-Meat. Saturated fats and oils. Biscuits, cakes and pastries, things from White-flour YOU CAN... USE following for better-health Unsaturated oils (olive oil) instead of lard. Low fat cooking methods: Steaming, Grilling N Roasting. YOU SHOULD strictly follow this as a Life-Style… Get up early at 4 am,Do Pranayam (Breathing Techniques) & Meditation. Go for morning-walk,Retire to bed early at 10pm-11 pm Make exercise a part of your day.Walking,Yog-Asana, Swimming, Jogging, skipping R good). Before Exercise, warm-up UR body & after d Exercise, cool-it. Strictly No smoking and No intake of Tobacco and Alcohol in any form. Drink more water.3 glasses in d Morning,3 in d noon,3 till U retire to bed.(Proportion may vary as per season) Consume ONLY 3 T-Spoon Low-absorb oil per person,Per Day Eat 1-Bowl/Katori of boiled-Leafy Veggies Eat preferably White-Meat(Fish) or Lean-Meat like chicken in Moderate Quantities 2 to 3 times a week. Eat Sprouted pulses either as a salad or cooked (with minimum oil n spices)3 times a week. Restrict Daily-Salt-consumption to minimum.Avoid habit of adding Extra-salt in foods. Avoid Pickles, Pappad, both fried n roasted. Avoid intake of Ready-to-eat Soups, Chinese recepies, Observe UR Salt-intake/Sodium intake. If U must, have d same Once a week which is Home-made/Home-cooked, without adding Sodium-Glutamet/ajinomoto or Taste-Maker to it! Restrict UR intake of white Suger. U may not be suffering from Diabetes but still UR daily Suger-intake should be only 2 T-spoons. Jaggery/Gud if Organic, is slightly better than white suger which is chemically bleached! Honey is a better option but restrict it's intake to Maximum 2 T-spoons, in a day. Try n avoid use of 'artificial sweetners' as far as possible. D best of all options is "To develop a taste, without suger" Do not use Soda-bi-carb or baking powder or baking soda, for cooking foods like pulses.... Also do not use soda for accelerate d process of fermentation in batter of Idali/ Dosa / Medu wada / Uttappa/ Or Khaman-Dhokla etc D nutrition value of all these food-items will go down considerably! Always wash UR veggies n fruits before U cut them n not vice-a-versa. As far as possible do Not remove d skin or peel or outer covering of veggies n fruits. Do not drink any Cola or Soda or any type of soft-drink either before or during or after d lunch n dinner. If U must have something, U can have fresh fruit-punch or Honey-ginger-Lemon drink / shorabat, fruit-squosh made at home. U can have 'Sol-kadhi' or Tomato-soup, Awla-sharabat, Palak-soup etc, preferably home-made, as an appetiser. As far as possible avoid artificial colors, refined flours,excess-fats, excess-sugers while cooking, to protect d Nutrition-quotient of foods. Consume Only Low-Fat-Milk or Skimmed-Milk n products. Do Not use Any-kind-of-Ghee as cooking-medium. Avoid eating Ghee or any Sweets/"Mithai" cooked in Ghee. If U must, eat a very small quantity of "Pure-Cow-Ghee" only Once a week. Detox UR body-system, at least ONCE a Month. Have a Regular Time-Table of fixed time for Break-fast, Lunch, Super n Dinner. strictly follow it. Deliberately add extra-Lemon-juice to salads n veggies,Dals/Pulses etc just before U actually eat. Avoid eating Stale or Over-cooked or frequently-warmed/heated foods as their Nutrition-quotient becomes neglegible. Have a good quantity of Break-fast, containing Proteins, Carbohydrates, few dry-fruits like Almond(7), Anjeer(1), Jardalu(1) Raisins, n minerals. Have a Lunch, slightly lesser in Quantity( than Break-fast), containg Chapati/Dal-Rice,Leafy veggies(1 katori),curds/Buttermilk, salads n seasonal fruit. Have a early-dinner, preferably before Sun-set & lesser in quantity than Lunch. U may have Soup/Juice/Kadhi/Buttermilk, Moong-dal or Moong-Khichadi, a seasonal fruit Take UR medicines/Supplements as per d Advice of UR-Personal/ Expert Doctor Only. Do not Experiment with UR health by "self-medication" Always try to be Happy n composed. Also try to make others Happy. Cultivate good communication skills, try to avoid mis-understanding Once-a-week, take a break from daily-routine. Have a change-of-scene, at least ONCE in a Six-months to a near-by-place n Once-a-year to a far-away-place. Once-a-year, Have a Thorough Medical-Check-Up at a reputed Hospital Always Think/Act Positively. A healthy-mind n a healthy-body work mirakles! THE LINK BETWEEN BLOOD CHOLESTEROL LEVELS AND HEART DISEASE IS CLEAR. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT IF AN AVERAGE MAN CAN REDUCE HIS BLOOD CHOLESTEROL BY ONLY 10% HE CAN REDUCE HIS RISK OF HEART ATTACK BY UP TO 50%!! Start NOW to make the changes because….. YOUR HEALTH AND WELL BEING ARE IMPORTANT TO U AND TO UR Near-N-Dear-Ones!! So Take Care..... Shlok of d day-         OM Sarva Mangal Mangalye Shive Sarvartha Sadhike|     Sharanye Tryambake Gauri Narayani Namostute|| Tip of d day: For Urinary disorders,First thing in d Morning, Chew 1 Cardamom along with it's outer Greenish covering When totally chewed, swallow d same.          Cardamom is Velachi/Ilaichi This is Tima Wishing all my friends,            A very Health-conscious, cheerful Day......