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When a devotee flowers on this planet, God is so happy.. Sri SriKumaraswamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862074127086442303noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361223261050550662.post-69672707504336855232023-02-11T17:47:00.001-08:002023-02-11T17:47:04.911-08:00ETERNITY PROCESS <div>*đşETERNITY PROCESSđş* </div><div>with *Suchitraji*</div><div>(2-3 hours one session only)</div><div>*25th Feb to 5th March*</div><div>_by prior appointment only_</div><div><br></div><div>Venue:Himayatnagar, Hyd</div><div><br></div><div>Register@: aol.in/684290</div><div><br></div><div>Contact:</div><div>9949061616</div><div>9160638528<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<p dir=ltr>" Once upon a time there was a small time business man from a small village who used to sell butter in the nearby town. A big shop owner in the town was his regular customer.</p>
<p dir=ltr>The villager used to deliver every month the shop owner the required butter in 1 Kg. Blocks and in turn he used to get grocery items like sugar, pulses etc from the big shop owner.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Once the shop owner decided to weigh the butter and to his surprise every block of butter weighed 900 gms. instead of 1kg.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Next month when the villager came to supply Butter, the shop owner was very angry at him and told to leave the shop, to this the villager replied him courteously " Sir, I am a very poor villager,<br>
I don't have enough money to even buy the required weights for weighing the butter, I usually put the 1Kg sugar you give me on one side of Weighing scale and weigh butter on another side"</p>
<p dir=ltr>This beautifully illustrates that what we give to others comes back to us.</p>
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Mark Tully, ex BBC Correspondent in his Book "No Full Stops in India," while discussing about change writes ; In India change takes a lot more time.</div>
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The birth will be slow and perhaps painful. I believe it could be the birth of a new order which is not held up by the crumbling colonial pillars left behind by the Raj but is GENUINELY Indian ; a GC modern order, but not a slavish imitation of other modern ordersâ.</div>
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He goes on to say that â âFor all its great achievements, the Nehru dynasty has stood like a Banyan tree, overshadowing the people and the institutions of India, and all Indians know that nothing grows under the Banyan treeâ.</div>
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As Mark said , Change will be slow and painful, therefore for someone who doesnât read and makes judgement based on perception will for quite some time not be able to see the change taking place or will pretend as if nothing is changing. </div>
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The way changes are coming in Railways, Power sector, Defense Production and in governance and at the same time accompanied by the resentment of the old forces indicate that the process of change has begun albeit slowly but firmly and is going to be painful.</div>
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Let us not undermine the capabilities of this termite ridden old Banyan tree which will still try its best to stop any one growing to the extent that it may even turn the soil upside down before falling down.</div>
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For a year or so we may witness more of Dadris, more of Kaniyahas, more of Owaisi style shouting but finally if the Society keeps its cool, acts maturely and continues to perform we will sail through and the old forces will die a natural death.</div>
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LET ME ADD to this every day the new stir media throws in your face is all doctored by forces who wish to topple Modi Govt as Modi has uprooted them and they are like fish out of the water The time has come to continue to support the man and keep your faith intact and we will see new India for sure bigger, better, stronger, corruption free , peaceful prosperous then ever before with people having better quality of life..</div>
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POSITIVE ENERGY<br />
IN OUR HOUSE.....<br />
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1) Open all windows in the house and allow fresh air and sunshine to enter the house. Free flowing air and sun are negative energy removers<br />
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2. Dispose of all the old unwanted things lying in the house. Clutter is a negativity magnet. It attracts and accumulates negative energy in the house.<br />
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3). Walking barefoot in the house helps all your negative energy to be absorbed by the earth.<br />
Grounding is important to keep the energy balance in our body.<br />
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4) In the olden days, footwears were kept out of the house. People used to enter the house only after washing feet with water. This action ensures that all the negativity remains outside or are grounded by earth and does not enter the house. Now it has become difficult to keep the footwear outside. So preferably remove them near the entrance door.<br />
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5) Go out in the open air. Take walks in the garden or open ground. Being amongst nature re-energizes or charges you fully.<br />
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6) Sweeping the floor also ensures that the negative energies are shaken and moved out with the dirt.<br />
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7) Rock salt is another negativity remover. Wash or mop your floor with a fistful rock salt in a bucket of water. This ensures that every nook and corner of the house is rid of negative energy.<br />
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8) Potted plants or trees around your house or society also ensures more positive energy in the house and area.<br />
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9) Bathing or Soaking your legs and hands in rock salt water once in a while removes the negativity attached to your body and cleanse your aura.<br />
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11) Repetition of Prayers, increases the positive vibrations in the house. 100%<br />
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11) Keep your thoughts, action and speech Positive. Negative thoughts will bring in negative vibes. So avoid all negative thoughts, speech and actions.<br />
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12) Keep your house well lit and illuminated. Light removes negativity.<br />
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13) Keep faith in God and in yourself.<br />
You are the Creator of your own destiny by the Choices you make.<br />
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STAY HAPPY<br />
STAY BLESSED<br />
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Read to reflect.......<br />
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One night Adi Sankaracharya, a noblest soul, was desperately searching for something on the street outside his small hut. When His pupil, returned back from work, he saw this and curiously asked, âAacharya, what are you looking for, here on the street, at this hour?â<br />
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Sankaracharya replied, âI lost my needle.â<br />
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Pupil joined him in the search, but after searching for a while, he asked, âCan you try and recollect where you might have dropped it?â<br />
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Sankaracharya said, âOf course, I remember. I dropped it near the bed, in our hut.â<br />
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Pupil surprised and astonished , âAacharya, You lost it inside the house, then why are we looking for it outside?â<br />
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Sankaracharya innocently replied, âThere was no oil left in our lamp. It was pitch dark inside the house to search for it. Hence I thought of searching for it outside, since there was enough streetlight here.â<br />
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While holding his laugh, pupil said, â If you lost your needle inside the house, how could you even expect to find it outside?â<br />
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Sankaracharya simply smiled back at pupil and Pupil got the beautiful moral behind his silly act.<br />
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We are all seeking outside, what we have lost inside us. Why, just because it is pitch dark inside? Silly, arenât we?<br />
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Light the lamp inside you.<br />
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Find your lost treasure.<br />
Thought you might like it..<br />
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In 1990, a psychology student at Stanford University, conducted an interesting experiment. It was referred to as the "Tappers & Listeners" experiment. The rest of the world first heard of it when the authors Chip and Dan Heath started talking about in public.<br />
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For her PhD dissertation, Elizabeth Newton invited her peers in college to participate in the study. Each student was assigned one of two roles: 'Tapper' or 'Listener'. The tappers were given a list of twenty-five popular tunes, such as "Happy Birthday to you" and "Jingle Bells". They had to tap out the tune with their fingers on a table, and the listeners had to guess the song. As you might have guessed, this was not an easy task at all. Of the hundred and twenty times a tune was tapped, the listener could guess the tune correctly only thrice. That's a success rate of about 2.5%. <br />
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But here's the interesting bit. Before the tappers began to tap the tune, Elizabeth asked them to predict the probability of the listeners being able to guess the song correctly. The tappers predicted a 50% chance that they would be able to get the listeners to guess the tune correctly. <br />
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So while they thought that they would be able to get the listeners to guess correctly one out of two times, the reality was that listeners could guess the tune only once in forty attempts. How come?<br />
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Well, here's what was happening. As the tapper taps the tune, he can hear the song playing in his head His fingers seem to be tapping the tune in perfect sync with what's playing in his head. And he just can't understand what the listener is not able to pick up such a simple tune!<br />
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And what about the listener? Well, she doesn't have the tune playing in her head, without which, she has no idea what's happening. She tries as hard as can to make sense of the bizarre Morse-code like tapping that she hears. Alas, to no avail. This results in utter frustration. <br />
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As leaders, we often fall into the tapper's trap! We give instructions which seem very clear in our heads but our colleagues may have no idea what we want them to do. Has it happened to you that you called a young trainee to do some work, and when she got back the next day - having slogged all night to finish the task - you were disappointed? She hadn't quiet done what you were looking for. You probably felt a bit frustrated too, that she 'didn't quiet get it.'<br />
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The next time that happens, do remember that the problem is with the tapper - not the listener. Because you knew what you wanted to get done, you assumed it was clear to the young trainee too. That is seldom he case. <br />
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The next time you are communicating with a colleague, think about the "Tappers & Listeners" experiment. And remember, what's obvious to you may not be so to the other person. When the listener says he doesn't get it, that's not a signal to get irritated. It's probably telling you to put yourself in the other person's shoes, and try and be more explicit. Don't assume that knowledge levels are the same. <br />
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One more thing. Tapping harder or Tapping repeatedly won't make it any easier for the Listener!<br />
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When you are silent, you are not putting things into the mind from the world; you are letting yourself free, cleansing the body, and cleansing the mind. During this time, some thoughts may bombard your mind. Some old things may just come and bother you. Never mind, donât be scared. The fact you are sitting is good enough. Whatever happens is all for good. If old thoughts are coming and bothering you, never mind, they just come and they go. Nevertheless, keeping silent is very, very precious, not just for you, but also for the subtle creation. For the world also, because you are creating such positive vibrations every minute you are in silence, every minute you are meditating!<br />
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In addition, the full moon, the ocean and meditation, all go very well. The mind is agitated if it is involved in too much activity. Time to time, as you take yourself back from activity, then agitation disappears, meditation wells up.<br />
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- Sri Sri<br />
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Bangalore Ashram<br />
16 Oct 1996<br />
India<br />
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CELEBRATING THE SILENCE<br />
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One who has given everything has also given freedom: Honor the freedom first and make good use of all things given to you.<br />
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Your sankalpas (intentions) and desires separate you from God.<br />
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Offer all the desires and your sankalpas to the Divine... then you are divine... you are God... you are free... lacking nothing.<br />
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Effort is the key in the relative,<br />
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Effortlessness is the key to the Absolute.<br />
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Your mind does not belong to you. Don't blame it.<br />
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Let the BIG SELF embrace it.<br />
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đ¸Jai Guru Devđ¸<br />
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Bad Antogast<br />
17 Jul 1996<br />
Germany<br />
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RESPECT EVERYBODY AS YOU RESPECT ME<br />
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Respect everybody as you respect Me, but don't expect from everyone what you expect from Me.<br />
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You do it the other way. You don't respect everybody as you respect Me, but you expect them to give you joy and behave ideally. When they don't live up to your expectations, you get frustrated and you blame or curse them. By cursing, you lose your spiritual energy. Blessing brings your spiritual energy up.<br />
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The world is full of differences and arguments are inevitable. With forbearance or patience and wisdom, skillfully make your way up.<br />
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If you find fools around you, they are going to make you wiser. The number of fools around you indicates the strength of your centeredness. Don't try to get rid of them! (Laughter)<br />
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If you are not centered you will have no patience to put up with them. When you are totally established, you find the fools come up with wisdom. They are your own reflection, there is no other. Fools offer you frustration and wisdom. Be choosy and make your life juicy.<br />
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Hmm . . . What do you say? I think this is something very timely.<br />
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Question: How can you stop thinking others are fools?<br />
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Answer: You don't have to. You can see the whole world as fools. The advantage is you don't get attached to anyone. (Laughter) No one likes to associate with fools. If you think people are sane, you want to join them.<br />
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You can think everybody is a fool and be cool.<br />
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đ¸Jai Guru Devđ¸<br />
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"When we are in activity our mind is always in the front. You just close your eyes, youâll feel your mind is in the front. Because the mind goes through the eyes to look at the world and through the ears. The mind is mostly focused, during activity, in the frontal part of the body. For relaxing we take our mind to the background. You see suddenly there is some difference happening. It is necessary, from time to time."<br />
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Ques: In the beginning of Rudra Puja there is shloka, âna karmana na prajaya dhanena tyagenaike amritatvamanashuhâ, what does it mean?<br />
#SriSri: Yes, this is a very nice one! This is said to the Saints, Sanyasis, enlightened people, this is usually the mantra that they say while doing pranam, the vedic pundits. âna karmana na prajaya dhanenaâ, not through actions, not through money, not through fame or progeny or following, the nectar is achieved thru renunciation. âTyagenaike amritatvamanashuhâ, the nectar, immortality, can only be achieved through renunciation. âparena nakam nihitam guhayamâ, ânakamâ means beyond the heavens, beyond the sorrow and beyond the heaven also. âparena nakamâ beyond the pleasures. ânihitam guhayamâ, that which is in the depth of oneâs heart, in the cave of the heart, the enlightened Saints, they live there. âBibhrajate yadyatayo vishantiâ, the âyatisâ, meaning the Saints they live in the heart, the inner cave of the heart. There, deep inside, they are shining. That is the mantra they say while doing pranam. That which is shining in the heart, that is where the Saints are present, they are immersed there. There could be many meanings like that, immersed in it, they are into it, they live there etc. This is what we have always been saying. âVedanta vijnana suniscitarthahâ, they are so certain about the knowledge of the Vedas. Vedanta is, all is one, quantum physics. What appears is not the truth, what is not appearing, that which is beyond all the apperances, that is the truth. And that scientifically established. âsuniscitarthahâ, it is so sure about it, not doubting it at all. We are very well in the conviction of the Vedants. âsamnyasa yogadyataya suddha sattvahâ, with sansyas yoga, you are of pure intellect. âte brahma lokesu paranta kale paramratah parimucyanti sarveâ, not only do they attain the Brahman after leaving the body, but they show the path while they are alive, they take everyone along. âDharam vipapam paramesma bhutam, yad pundarikam puramadhya sagastham, tatrapi dahram gaganam visokamâ, they live in a space which is free from sorrow and bring everyone into that space. And let me be in that space, that is the prayer, let me be in that space of the Saint. Just coming into that space mentally, not just physically, mentally getting into that space where the Saint lives or Guru lives, itself brings you freedom. âgaganamâ itâs so deep, itâs so vast, âvisokamâ, it has no sorrow in it. So many words, they all indicate to one thing, that is the space that is beyond all name and form.âTasmin ya dantastatu pasidavyamâ, that which is inside, that is worth going near, worth appreciating. âYo vedadau svara proktah vedante ca pratistitaha, tasya prakriti linasya yah parahssa mahesvarahaâ, where are u looking for God? Donât look for Him at all! This life is God, this world is God. Donât blame the world around. It has various names and forms but It is all God. âYo vedadau svara proktahâ, that which is said in all the Vedas, that which has been sung in all the scriptures of the world, that which has been established by Vedanta, that Divinity which is right within you, everywhere, around you. âtasya prakriti linasyaâ, that which is present in the nature, in the whole Universe, âlinaâ means immersed, âprakritiâ means nature, that which is immersed in the nature. âyah parahssa mahesvarahaâ, still it is beyond the nature, that which is immersed in nature. It is in nature, still it is beyond the nature, that is Divinity. And that Divinity is in you, as you. So relax, repose. This is Vedanta.<br />
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Ques: I was always taught to put effort. But coming here, life seems effortless. Please comment.<br />
#SriSri: As long as your job is getting done, you donât have to worry. Life is a combination of both effort and effortlessness. You have to put some effort somewhere at some time and then you have to let go also, both.<br />
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Ques: Can you please say something about the Devikavacham?<br />
#SriSri: The Devikavacham is different names of the Devi taken in different parts of the body. Itâs almost like Yoga Nidra but with names. Because every name has got some qualities and some energy and that affects some parts. Because name and for are very closely related. Devikavacham, just listening to it, let this Devi be in my tummy, let this Devi be in my ear, this Devi be in my forehead, like that every part of the body and also the seven âdhatusâ (elements of the body) in the body. âKavachâ means armour, creating an armour around us. Itâs very nice, Bhanu has sung that in one of the tapes, Cosmic Resonnance. Itâs very meditative. Just a little flute music only, no other music. The Devikavacham, it says the Mother Divineâs names like an armour aroung us, our body. Especially during Navaratris, this is done all the all the nine days. It is very important. Listen to it, sit and listen to it. The protection is anyway there, but this somewhere does something, elevates oneâs spirit.<br />
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Ques: During homas or meditation sessions, if I take my relatives along with me in my mind, does it have an impact on them?<br />
#SriSri: Yes, sure. Thought waves can reach far and wide.<br />
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Ques: Can you give us a message for padayatra? (Question from international Vedic Wisdom participants who are about to embark on padayatras as part of the program)<br />
#SriSri: Padayatra, just go around and talk to people. Though India is a land of wisdom, unfortunately many have not realized it. For whatever reason it has not reached to the common masses. Though it is there, last two generations and a long colonial rule that India has undergone, systematically this has been sidelined or destroyed. That is why many people are at loss. That is why whatever little wisdom we have, itâs better that we start encouraging people, sharing with them, asking them to meditate and sing along. That is what padyatra is all about. And they would love it, when people are coming and telling them, they will enjoy it. In this country unfortunately, the wisdom has been confined to certain sections of society or some elite group, it was not avaialable for the masses. For the first time in the Art of Living, we said, no we want to go to the masses. Of course, everybody has some rituals but then there are other people who have come and told them, âHey, this is nonsense, you shouldnât do all this singing , these sort of things.â Some people have also been told that your God is not the real God, my God is the real God. This sort of ignorance has been stuffed in the society, itâs so unfortunate. They say if you do all this bhajans, sing, if you go to temples, you will all go to hell. Day before yesterday, one lady was here, she was crying, âMy son now refuses to go to the temple and refuses to take part in any religious functionsâ Because he was being brainwashed by somebody that these are all devil practice, you have to go to my God only, then you will go to heaven. This sort of wrong indoctrination, there are mild indoctrinations, there is another extreme indoctrination. They say you will get heaven only when you are in a warrior mode, when you are ready to kill yourself, suicide bombers. Why would somebody do a suicide bomb? Because they were given temptation of going to heaven. This is another types of brainwashing. We need to re-instill the faith in unity, in diversity and many names, many forms, freedom to worship, freedom to honour and co-exist, this is the root of ancient Vedic culture, letâs honour everybody, the whole world is one family, this is the message we need to give. When we go on padayatra, tell people who are moving away from their roots, hold on to your roots. There is a deep sense of low self-esteem in this country. That is to be removed. Because of long colonial rule and other things, lack of self-esteem, they donât honour what they have, what they are. So we need to tell them, hey itâs ok the way you are, your belief system is fine, there is nothing wrong, you wonât go to hell! This reassurance is needed. And donât fall prey to these people who come and say, your Gods are going to take you to heel, only my God will take you to heaven, this is sort of brainwashing, tell them that this is not true. Thatâs all we need to tell them, have faith in yourself, in your traditions, your customs and have a broad vision. Fanaticism is no good. Itâs not the sign of intelligence. Fanaticism is not a sign of intelligence. Intelligent people are very scientific, open, happy, inquisitive, they are innovative, they are an inspiration to others. Fanatics are scary, they will only bring you fear. They put fear in others, âhell will come to fall on your headâ! Even yesterday when I was in Tamil Nadu people were telling me, earlier in a village, everyone was together. In the Hindu festivals, Christians would all come and they say now in the last decade or so, the division has become much bigger, they say. People say, donât take prasadam in the temple. Even if it is given they just throw it on the floor. Because this fear has been induced in the mind, if you eat prasadam or some food from a temple, you will go to hell or evil will enter into you! So they are not having a common meal together, which was not the case before. That is so unfortunate. They were sharing with Me, that this has become a big division among the three communities nowadays. That is why the World Culture Festival will bring in everyone together. Tell them that everyone is a child of God, there is no satan who will enter into you if eat your prasadam somewhere. Fear and guilt has been induced into peopleâs mind to keep them aloof. That needs to be got rid of.<br />
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Ques: So many of our soldiers have been killed by terrorist attacks, what can we do? How can spiritual knowledge help soldiers?<br />
#SriSri: Spiritual knowledge is always useful in may ways. Soldiers have a lot anxiety. If they have anxiety, they can help them. There are so many soldiers committing suicide out of depression, they can come out of depression, it can help them to handle their mind, it can help them to better their intuitive abilities. For terrorism, education is required. Those who have become terrorists we canât do much about them, unless we get them into a jail. We can do work with them in the prison. But we can stop children getting into this mindset. So down the line, ten years, fifteen years later, at least we will have no child with such mentality. If you ask me how, Iâll give you an example. See, children, a few decades ago, in the tribal region, in poor areas, they never knew how to brush their teeth. Take for example, the African continent. There are many people who did not know how to brush their teeth! But today that is not the case. From young age we teach them how to brush their teeth. So dental hygiene has become a common thing. There was polio, now polio has been eradicated, how? We attended at the very infant level. Like if we could eradicate cholera and polio and these diseases by attending to kids, we can vaccinate with them anti-radicalization, we can vaccinate kids against terrorism. This is the only way we can do it. De-radicalize youths, who have already gone into that mindset and give vaccination to kids who have not yet walked that path.<br />
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Q: Gurudev, why do we fear loneliness? Why do we always long for someoneâs</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">company?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">You feel this way because you have never gone deep into your inner Self.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">You have not met your Self. The moment you become aware and realize your</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">inner true Self, I tell you, all fears and negativity simply disappear.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">How can one meet oneâs true Self? For a few moments just keep all your</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">roles aside and think, 'Who am I?' Go on asking yourself. When you</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">continuously question yourself this way, you sink deeper and deeper into</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">meditation, and then you will realize what the truth is. Once that happens,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">there will be no place for any kind of hatred, negativity, and aversions.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">In a matter of moments all this will simply vanish.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">So it is a good exercise to keep asking yourself these questions. If you</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">feel like, you can do this every day for a few moments. Just sit with</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">yourself and go on asking yourself, 'Who am I?' As you do this, you will</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">experience that the mind becomes silent, and begins to settle, and that</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">very moment you becomes joyous and filled with happiness.</span><br /><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
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Bhishma: The Loyal. The employee in a relatively senior position who happily assists the boss in spite of knowing his incompetence (because of some strange oath maybe)<br />
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Dhritarashtra: The blind boss. He knows that everything is wrong with his project but will still let it function, without making any changes to the current processes.<br />
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Gandhari: The Yesmen/Women. Boss's immediate juniors who know that they are a part of an evil plan but will stay blindfolded and pretend as if nothing is happening.<br />
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Yuddhisthira: The ethical guy. Poor chap would never fudge timesheets and call in sick only when he is dying.<br />
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Bheema: The angry resource. Always ready to pick up a fight with his peers, subordinates or even the bosses.<br />
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Arjuna: The cool dude. The star performer who also knows how to sell his skills. A natural charmer, very famous among the ladies.<br />
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Nakul & Sahdev: The good average resource. No one notices them. They keep doing their work and get average appraisals.<br />
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Duryodhana: The Bully. Knows how to get work done, by hook or by crook. Doesn't mind threatening the likes of Nakul and Sahdev to get his work done.<br />
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Karna: The unsung hero. The best performer in the office but never claims credit for his work. Stays an unsung hero for all his life. Girls take him for a snobbish nerd.<br />
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Shakuni: The evil plotter. Copies management in every mail. Escalates every trivial issue, sometimes to take credits and sometimes purely for fun.<br />
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Dhristadyumna: The One inning wonder. The one who performs an extraordinary feat, and then basks in the glory of it for the rest of his life.<br />
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Draupadi: The shared resource. Keeps hopping projects on boss's advice.<br />
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Krishna: The Ultimate Boss (MD/CEO) who knows that it is his game while he makes everyone believe that they are playing important roles too.<br />
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Who says history never repeats itself... It does everyday. In the office.<br />
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Prakash Iyer, MD, Kimberly-Clark Lever and Executive Coach shares two important management lessons he learnt from a 500-rupee note. Read on.<br />
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1. It happened some years ago but I can recall the evening like it happened just last week.<br />
I was in an audience listening to a motivational guru.<br />
The speaker whipped out his wallet and pulled out a five hundred-rupee note.<br />
Holding it up, he asked, "Who wants this five hundred rupee note?"<br />
Lots of hands went up. Including mine.<br />
A slow chorus began to build as people began to shout "Me!" "Me!"<br />
I began to wonder who the lucky one would be who the speaker would choose.<br />
And I also secretly wondered -- and I am sure others did too -- why he would simply give away five hundred rupees.<br />
Even as the shouts of "I want it" grew louder, I noticed a young woman running down the aisle.<br />
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.<br />
"Most of us just wait for good things to happen. That's of no use. You've got to make things happen."<br />
The speaker's words have stayed with me ever since.<br />
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'Simply thinking about doing something is of no use'<br />
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Our lives are like that. We all see opportunities around us. We all want the good things.<br />
But the problem is we don't take action.<br />
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.<br />
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2. Several years later, it was another day, another time.<br />
And another motivational guru.<br />
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?"<br />
"Five Hundred rupees!" the crowd yelled in unison.<br />
"Right," said the speaker. He then took the note and crumpled it into a ball and asked "How much is it worth now?"<br />
"Five Hundred rupees!" screamed the audience.<br />
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?"<br />
"Five Hundred rupees!" was the response.<br />
"I want you to remember this," said the speaker.<br />
"Just because someone crumples it, or stamps on it, the value of the note does not diminish.<br />
We should all be like the five hundred rupee note..<br />
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!<br />
Don't allow your self-worth to diminish because someone says something nasty -- or does something dirty -- to you."<br />
'Never let your self-worth diminish'<br />
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However iodine also evaporates above temperature of say 35 degrees Celsius. So due to hot climate in India, as soon as we open the salt pack, most of the iodine content gets evaporated. We add salt in food - do we add it while it is being cooked or after it is cooked?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">If we add it during cooking, the temperature is definitely more than 45 degrees which means there is no iodine content in food transferred from salt! Iodine is available in green leafy vegetables like spinach and 6 such other natural sources.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Salt alone need not be forced upon as iodine source. So cold states like Himachal,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Arunanchal, J&K can have that as a law to have iodized salt. But why the whole of India?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Just so that MNCs can get 15000 crores of rupees from selling iodized salt in India?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Whom are we favoring here? Indian folks or MNCs?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Cattle in villages are fed broken rice & cattle drink for which people add salt, and typically they buy bags of salt (say 50kg )+ they also need large quantity of salt in coastal area to feed the coconut trees; so this issue was talked about in South-Kanara with regards to cow-feed and coconut farmers.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">They can not afford to buy iodized salt.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Gurudev said, this is like a repetition of history. Mahatma Gandhiji had started Satyagraha for a restriction passed on by British rule on salt manufacture and sale in that era. It so happened that when Gurudev was told about this, He was returning from South Africa!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">In British rule, 30% of income had to be spent on salt so that Britishers could make money out of erstwhile Indian pockets.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Many people in India do not even know about this law so far. We need to spread awareness and do the right thing to indicate our displeasure.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">There are cigaretttes and liquor sold very openly in India, with just one message 'consumption is injurious to health' that makes it good enough for sale. Government does not do anything for such</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">substances, and they are behind salt!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">In villages like Malegaon etc in India, even remote villages than these, we can easily get soap 'Dove' - MNCs have penetrated to the roots of India. Look at any other country -you will get what that country manufactures, anywhere in that country first and then you may have to look for other country items. 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This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">brain causing brain degeneration.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">2. Overeating</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">mental power.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> 3. Smoking</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> 4. High Sugar consumption</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">development.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> 5. Air Pollution</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">about a decrease in brain efficiency.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> 6. Sleep Deprivation</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">accelerate the death of brain cells.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> 7. Head covered while sleeping</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Sleeping with the head covered, increases the concentration of carbon</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">damaging effects.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">8. Working your brain during illness</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> 9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> 10. Talking Rarely</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">------------------------------</span><u style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></u><wbr style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></wbr><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">------------------------------</span><u style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></u><wbr style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></wbr><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">------------------------------</span><u style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></u><wbr style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></wbr><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">--------</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> The main causes of liver damage are:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are main cause.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">2. Not urinating in the morning.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">3. Too much eating.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">4. Skipping breakfast.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">5. Consuming too much medication.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">and artificial sweetener.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible reduce</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">except if the body is very fit.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">8. Consuming raw (overly done) foods also add to the burden</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">of liver. Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> We should prevent this without necessarily spending more. We just</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">good eating habits and time condition are very important for our</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"schedule."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Because:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Evening at 9 - 11pm : is the time for eliminating unnecessary/toxic</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">chemicals (detoxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">this will have a negative impact on health.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> Evening at 11pm - 1am : is the detoxification process in the liver,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> Early morning 1 - 3am : detoxification process in the gall, also</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">ideally done in a deep sleep state.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Early morning 3 - 5am : detoxification in the lungs. Therefore there</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Since the detoxification process had reached the respiratory tract,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">toxin removal process.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> Morning 5 - 7am : detoxification in the colon, you should empty your</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">bowel.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Morning 7 - 9am : absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">before 6:30am, for those who are sick. Breakfast before 7:30am is very</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">eat breakfast late until 9 - 10am rather than no meal at all.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4:00 am</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">is the time when the bone marrow produces blood. 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An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his potato Garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his Situation: Dear Son, I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant My potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the garden, because<br /> Your mother always loved planting time. I'm just getting too old to be Digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be Over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren't in prison.</div>
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------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------<br /> -----------------------------<wbr></wbr>------<br /> Shortly, the old man received this telegram: For Heaven's sake, Dad, don?t dig up the Garden!! That's where I buried The GUNS!! At 4a.m the next morning, a dozen police officers<br /> showed up and dug up The entire garden without finding any guns. Confused, the old man wrote Another note to his son telling him what happened, and asked him what To do next.<br /> His son's reply was: "Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It's the Best I could do for you from here."</div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: comic sans ms; font-size: small;">'How long will you be pouring over that<br />newspaper?<br />Will you come here right away and make your<br />darling daughter eat her food?'<br /><br />I tossed the paper away and rushed to the scene. <br />My only daughter Sindu looked frightened.<br /><br />Tears were welling up in her eyes. In front of<br />her was a bowl filled to its brim with Curd Rice.<br /><br />Sindu is a nice child, quite intelligent for her<br />age.<br />She has just turned eight. She particularly<br />detested Curd Rice. My mother and my wife are orthodox, and believe firmly in the 'cooling effects' of Curd Rice!<br /><br />I cleared my throat, and picked up the bowl. <br />"Sindu,darling, why don't you take a few mouthful of this Curd Rice? Just for Dad's sake, dear. And, if you don't, your Mom will shout at me'<br />I could sense my wife's scowl behind my back. <br />Sindu softened a bit, and wiped her tears with the back of her hands. 'OK, Dad. I will eat - not just a few mouthfuls, but the whole lot of this. But, you should...' Sindu hesitated.<br /><br />'Dad, if I eat this entire Curd Rice, will you<br />give me whatever I ask for?'<br />'Oh sure, darling'.<br /><br />'Promise?'<br />'Promise'. I covered the pink soft hand extended by my daughter with mine, and clinched the deal.<br />'Ask Mom also to give a similar promise', my<br />daughter insisted. My wife slapped her hand on Sindu's,muttering 'Promise', without any emotion.<br /><br />Now I became a bit anxious. 'Sindumma, you<br />shouldn't insist on getting a computer or any such<br />expensive items. Dad does not have that kind of money right now. OK?'<br />'No, Dad. I do not want anything expensive'.<br />Slowly and painfully, she finished eating the whole quantity.<br />I was silently angry with my wife and my mother<br />for forcing my child eat something that she detested.<br />After the ordeal was through, Sindu came to me<br />with her eyes wide with expectation. All our<br />attention was on her. 'Dad, I want to have my head shaved off, this Sunday!' was her demand!<br />'Atrocious!' shouted my wife, 'a girl child<br />having her head shaved off? Impossible!'.<br />'Never in our family!' my mother rasped. 'She<br />has been watching too much of television. Our<br />culture is getting totally spoiled with these TV programs!'<br />'Sindumma, why don't you ask for something else? <br />We will be sad seeing you with a clean-shaven head.'<br />'No, Dad. I do not want anything else', Sindu<br />said with finality.<br />'Please, Sindu, why don't you try to understand<br />our feelings?' I tried to plead with her.<br /><br />'Dad, you saw how difficult it was for me to eat<br />that Curd Rice'. Sindu was in tears. 'And you<br />promised to grant me whatever I ask for. Now, you are going back on your words. Was it not you who told me the story of King Harishchandra, and its moral that we should honour our promises no matter what?'<br />It was time for me to call the shots. 'Our<br />promise must be kept.'<br />'Are you out your mind?' chorused my mother and wife.<br />'No. If we go back on our promises, she will<br />never learn to honour her own. Sindu, your wish will be fulfilled.'<br /><br />With her head clean-shaven, Sindu had a<br />round-face, and her eyes looked big & beautiful.<br />On Monday morning, I dropped her at her school. <br />It was a sight to watch my hairless Sindu walking<br />towards her classroom. She turned around and waved.<br />I waved back with a smile. Just then, a boy<br />alighted from a car, and shouted, 'Sinduja, please wait for me!'<br />What struck me was the hairless head of that boy.<br />'May be, that is the in-stuff', I thought.<br /><br />'Sir, your daughter Sinduja is great indeed!' <br />Without introducing herself, a lady got out of the car, and continued, 'That boy who is walking along with your daughter is my son Harish. He is suffering from .. ..leukaemia.'<br />She paused to muffle her sobs. 'Harish could not<br />attend the school for the whole of the last<br />month. He lost all his hair due to the side effects of the chemotherapy. He refused to come back to school fearing the unintentional but cruel teasing of the schoolmates. Sinduja visited him last week, and promised him that she will take care of the teasing issue.<br />But, I never imagined she would sacrifice her<br />lovely hair for the sake of my son! Sir, you and your wife are blessed to have such a noble soul as your daughter.'<br /><br />I stood transfixed. And then, I wept. 'My<br />little Angel, will you grant me a boon? Should there be another birth for me, will you be my mother, and teach me what Love is?'</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">A friend drove me to lunch downtown and â miracle of<br />miracles â found an empty parking space right in front<br />of the restaurant. But just as he turned on his<br />blinker and started to back in, another car zipped<br />into the space, its driver yelling, "Whoeverâs faster<br />wins!"</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">I was furious, but my friend just shrugged and<br />began looking for another space.<br /><br />A fool shows his annoyance at once,<br />but a prudent man overlooks an insult.<br />â Proverbs 12:16<br /><br />Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.<br />â Voltaire<br /><br />"Didn't that bother you?" I asked my friend once we<br />were seated in the restaurant. His reply amazed me. "I<br />never let anyone provoke me for things I can't<br />change,â he said quietly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">His answer was food for<br />thought that was much more nourishing than the lunch<br />we went on to share. It became clear to me that when I<br />Iet myself fall into provocation trap, I give up<br />control over my emotions, which eventually hurts no<br />one but me.<br /><br />Has someone provoked you recently?</span><br />
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<span lang="en-us"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Stylus BT;">"Could you possibly give us a room here?" the husband asked. The clerk, a friendly man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and explained that there were three conventions in town. "All of our rooms are taken," the clerk said. "But I can't send a nice couple like you out into the rain at one o'clock in the morning. Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my hotel room? It's not exactly a suite, but it will be good enough to make you folks comfortable for the night."</span></b></span></div>
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When I meditated on the word Guidance, I kept seeing "dance" at the end of<br />
the word. I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing.<br />
When two people try to lead, nothing feels right. The movement doesn't<br />
flow with the music, and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky.<br />
When one person realizes that, and lets the other lead, both bodies begin<br />
to flow with the music. One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the<br />
back or by pressing lightly in one direction or another. It's as if two<br />
become one body, moving beautifully. The dance takes surrender,<br />
willingness, and attentiveness from one person and gentle guidance and<br />
>skill from the other. My eyes drew back to the word Guidance.<br />
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When I saw "G," I thought of God, followed by "u" and "i." "God," "u" and<br />
"i" dance." God, you, and I dance. As I lowered my head, I became willing<br />
to trust that I would get guidance about my life. Once again, I became<br />
willing to let God lead.<br />
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I Hope You Dance!<br />
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Buddha had just finished his sermon when the king of<br />
that province approached him desiring to donate land<br />
and huge wealth. Buddha remained on his seat and<br />
received that with one hand. The king took a seat<br />
close to Buddha. Then came the wealthiest landlord of<br />
that province and he too donated a large amount of<br />
money. Buddha didnât move from his place and took it<br />
with one hand. The rich person also sat next to the<br />
king.<br />
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Then emerged a poor old woman from the crowd of large<br />
devotees and bowed before Buddha offering a handful of<br />
grain tied up in a small bundle. Much to the chagrin<br />
of both the king and the rich man, Buddha got up from<br />
his seat and took that with both hands. When the king<br />
and the rich landlord asked the reason for this<br />
differential treatment, Buddha explained how they had<br />
given a very small part of their holdings and their<br />
donations were imbued with vanity and expectations.<br />
âTherefore I have taken them with one hand without<br />
moving from my seat. But, that poor woman donated<br />
everything she had and she moved back in to the crowd.<br />
She had no desire to be known or acknowledged. So I<br />
got up from my seat and accepted her donation with<br />
both hands.â Give not anything away as yours, but as<br />
that which is given to you by the divine power, for<br />
dispensing to the needy. He who comes to know this<br />
truth is a seer because he rises above ego, and the<br />
arrogance associated with the donor.<br />
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True charity is the desire to be useful to others<br />
without thought of recompense. Charity given from<br />
earned money without any intention to earn glory is<br />
worthy of reckoning, irrespective of its magnitude. If<br />
the donor as well as the receiver is particular about<br />
this aspect then our religious and charitable<br />
institutions will continue to command respect.<br />
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BEING ON THE PHONE.<br />
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TAKE A LOOK:<br />
1). Tech Support: "I need you to right-click<br />
on the Open Desktop."<br />
Customer "Ok."<br />
<br />
Tech Support: "Did you get a pop-up menu?"<br />
Customer: "No."<br />
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Tech Support: "Ok. Right click again. Do you<br />
see a pop-up menu?"<br />
<br />
Customer "No."<br />
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Tech Support:: "Ok, sir. Can you tell me what<br />
you have done up until this point?"<br />
<br />
Customer: "Sure, you told me to write 'click'<br />
and I wrote 'click'."<br />
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2) Customer: "I received the software update<br />
you sent, but I am still getting the same error<br />
message."<br />
<br />
Tech Support:: "Did you install the update?"<br />
<br />
Customer: "No. Oh, am I supposed to install it<br />
to get it to work?"<br />
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3)Customer:: "I'm having trouble installing<br />
Microsoft Word."<br />
<br />
Tech Support:: "Tell me what you've done."<br />
<br />
Customer: "I typed 'A:SETUP'."<br />
<br />
Tech Support:: "Ma'am, remove the disk and<br />
tell me what it says."<br />
<br />
Customer:: "It says '[PC manufacturer] Restore<br />
and Recovery disk'."<br />
<br />
Tech Support:: "Insert the MS Word setup<br />
disk."<br />
<br />
Customer:: "What?"<br />
<br />
Tech Support: "Did you buy MS word?"<br />
<br />
Customer: "No..."<br />
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4).Customer:: "Do I need a computer to use<br />
your software?"<br />
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Tech Support:: ?!%#$<br />
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5).Tech Support:: "Ok, in the bottom left hand<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
side of the screen, canyou see the 'OK' button<br />
displayed?"<br />
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Customer: "Wow. How can you see my screen from<br />
there?"<br />
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6) Tech Support: : "What type of computer do<br />
you have?"<br />
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Customer:: "A white one."<br />
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7). Tech Support:: "What operating system are<br />
you running?"<br />
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Customer: "Pentium."<br />
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8). Customer: "My computer's telling me I<br />
performed an illegal abortion."<br />
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9).Customer: "I have Microsoft Exploder."<br />
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10).Customer: "How do I print my voicemail?"<br />
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11). Customer: "You've got to fix my computer.<br />
I urgently need to print document, but the computer<br />
won't boot properly."<br />
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Tech Support: "What does it say?"<br />
<br />
Customer: "Something about an error and<br />
non-system disk."<br />
<br />
Tech Support: "Look at your machine. Is there<br />
a floppy inside?"<br />
<br />
Customer: "No, but there's a sticker saying<br />
there's an Intel inside."<br />
<br />
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12). Tech Support: "Just call us back if<br />
there's a problem. We're open 24 hours."<br />
<br />
Customer: "Is that Eastern time?"<br />
<br />
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<br />
13). Tech Support:: "What does the screen say<br />
now?"<br />
<br />
Customer: "It says, 'Hit ENTER when ready'."<br />
<br />
Tech Support:: "Well?"<br />
<br />
Customer: "How do I know when it's ready?"<br />
<br />
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best of the lot<br />
<br />
14). A plain computer illiterate guy rings<br />
tech support to report that his computer is faulty.<br />
<br />
Tech: What's the problem?<br />
<br />
User: There is smoke coming out of the power<br />
supply.<br />
<br />
Tech: You'll need a new power supply.<br />
<br />
User: No, I don't! I just need to change the<br />
startup files.<br />
<br />
Tech: Sir, the power supply is faulty. You'll<br />
need to replace it.<br />
<br />
User: No way! Someone told me that I just<br />
needed to change the startup and it will fix the<br />
problem! All I need is for you to tell me the<br />
command.<br />
<br />
10 minutes later, the User is still adamant<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
that he is right. The tech is frustrated and fed up.<br />
<br />
Tech: Sorry, Sir. We don't normally tell our<br />
customers this, but there is an undocumented DOS<br />
command that will fix the problem.<br />
<br />
User: I knew it!<br />
<br />
Tech: Just add the line LOAD NOSMOKE.COM at<br />
the end of the CONFIG.SYS. Letme know how it goes.<br />
<br />
10 minutes later.<br />
<br />
User: It didn't work. The power supply is<br />
still smoking.<br />
<br />
Tech: Well, what version of DOS are you using?<br />
<br />
User: MS-DOS 6.22.<br />
<br />
Tech: That's your problem there. That version<br />
of DOS didn't come with NOSMOKE. Contact Microsoft<br />
and ask them for a patch that will give you the<br />
file. Let me know how it goes.<br />
<br />
1 hour later.<br />
<br />
User: I need a new power supply.<br />
<br />
Tech: How did you come to that conclusion?<br />
<br />
User: Well, I rang Microsoft and told him<br />
about what you said, and he started asking questions<br />
about the make of power supply.<br />
<br />
Tech: Then what did he say?<br />
<br />
User: He told me that my power supply isn't<br />
compatible with NOSMOKE.<br />
<br />
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<br />
15) customer care officer:I need a product<br />
identification no: right now and may I help u in<br />
finding it out?<br />
<br />
Cust: sure<br />
<br />
CCO: could u left click on start and do u find<br />
'My Computer'?<br />
<br />
Cust: I did left click but how the hell do I<br />
find your computer?<br />
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This is without a doubt one of the nicest good luck forwards I have received.<br />
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Hope it works for you - and me<br />
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Lotus Totus:<br />
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You have 6 minutes<br />
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There's some mighty fine advice in these words, even if you're not superstitious. This Lotus Totus has been sent to you for good luck. It has been sent around the world ten times so far. <br />
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Do not keep this message.<br />
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The Lotus Totus must leave your hands in 6 MINUTES. Otherwise you will get a very unpleasant surprise. This is true, even if you are not superstitious, agnostic, or otherwise faith impaired.<br />
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ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.<br />
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TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.<br />
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THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.<br />
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FOUR. When you say, "I love you," mean it.<br />
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FIVE. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.<br />
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SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.<br />
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SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.<br />
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EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.<br />
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NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.<br />
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TEN.. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.<br />
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ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives.<br />
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TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.<br />
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THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"<br />
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FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.<br />
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FIFTEEN. Say "! bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.<br />
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SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson<br />
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SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.<br />
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EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.<br />
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NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.<br />
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TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.<br />
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TWENTY-ONE. Spend some time alone.<br />
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Now, here's the FUN part!<br />
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Send this to at least 5 people and your life will improve.<br />
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1-4 people: Your life will improve slightly.<br />
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5-9 people: Your life will improve to your liking.<br />
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9-14 people: You will have at least 5 surprises in the next 3 weeks<br />
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15 and above: Your life will improve drastically and everything you ever dreamed of will begin to take shape.<br />
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A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.<br />
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A friend is someone we turn to when our spirits need a lift,<br />
A friend is someone we treasure<br />
For our friendship is a gift,<br />
A friend is someone who fills our lives<br />
With Beauty, Joy, and Grace<br />
And makes the world we live in<br />
A Better and Happier Place.<br />
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The location of Paradise has far more to do with the Person than the Place!!<br />
Have a Great Day!!!!! Kumaraswamy<br />
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