WHAT WILL MATTER????............PL READ TO KNOW
Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.
There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours, or days.
All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.
Your wealth, fame, and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.
It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.
Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.
So too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire.
The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.
It won't matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you lived on at the end.
It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.
Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.
So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?
What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave.
What will matter is not your success, but your significance.
What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.
What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage, or sacrifice that enriched, empowered, or encouraged others to emulate your example.
What will matter is not your competence, but your character.
What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.
What will matter is not your memories, but the memories that live in those who loved you.
What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom, and for what.
Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident.
It's not a matter of circumstance but of RIGHT choice.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Auspicious & Happy Sri Raama Navami............................................
TO READ FOR TODAY................
The auspicious & Happy Sri Rama Navami...................
"SRI RAMA RAMA RAMETHI RAME RAAME MANO RAME
SAHASRA NAMA THATHULYAM RAMA NAMA VARANANE"
On the auspicious & Divine occasion of Rama Navami, today we would like to share the following articles extolling the greatness of Sri Rama Nama. Request all to read and chant as many Rama Nama today and be the recipient of Lord's Sri Rama's grace.
1. Glory and Power of Rama Nama by Paramacharyal (former Kanchi Kamakoti Peetathipathi) , Sri Chandrasekhara Swamigal
"There are two powerful 'araka Namas'. One is "Aum" and another is "Ram." All mantras have to be prefixed with "Aum" for obtaining the benefits of those mantras, whereas there is no need to prefix "Aum" when the name 'Ram' is recited because the name itself is 'Tarka Namam' "
2. Once, during their stay at the jungle, Lakshmana observed a Crow going to a river to drink water, but returned without drinking the water. Like this it kept on trying for innumerable times but never drank the water. Lakshman could not understand why the crow was doing like this and sought an explanation from Lord Rama. Lord Rama said "this crow is uttering the name of Rama, non-stop. He is afraid he may have to stop uttering the name if he starts drinking water. He is willing to die without water rather than stop chanting the name of Rama."
Sins are completely washed away by the utterance of all Namas
BUT IT IS ONLY 'RAMA NAMA' THAT SHIELDS AGAINST SINS IN THE FUTURE ALSO .Such is the greatness of SRI RAMA NAMA.
3. Bhadrachalam Ramadas--Greatness and Power of Ram Nam (Real Incident) by Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
Gopanna (Bhadrachalam Ramadas) used to celebrate the Rama Navami utsav in a grand way every year. His wife herself cooked food for all the guests for she realized what an honour it was to cook for all these Sadhus. Therefore, she did not leave it in the hands of hired cooks but took it upon herself. It was late evening and Nama Kirtan was going on. Gopanna’s wife had prepared dinner for the guests. She put her little son Raghav to sleep and placing a lamp beside him moved to the place where Nama Kirtan was going on. It was her husband who sang which made it all the more interesting for her and they were all his kirtans. She was enjoying the kirtans and after a while, the mother she was, she moved to check her child.
But lo! the child was not to be found where she had put him to sleep. After she had left him, the child had woken up. The lamp had been blown out and being dark, the scared child searching out for the mother had reached the place where dinner had been prepared. The ‘kanji’ (starch) from the cooked rice had been filtered nearby on the floor and the child in the dark stepped on to it. He slipped and fell into the boiling hot ‘kanji’ and died. The mother searched for her little son and found the dead child. The wife of a great devotee of Rama she out beat her husband. She suppressed her grief and tears as the thought crossed her, “If I were to cry for my dead child Rama Navami utsav will come to a stop. This cannot be allowed to happen. The guests should be fed.” She wrapped the body of the child in a sack and placed it aside where none could see it. She then went about her work.
As soon as the Nama Kirtan was over she served food for all the guests. As they were being served one of the Sadhus asked Gopanna, “Where is your little son Raghav? I have not seen him around?” Gopanna looked questioningly at wife. She quietly took him aside and showed him the dead body of the child. Gopanna was also grief stricken; He was also astounded at his wife’s behaviour in such a situation. Meanwhile the Sadhus had gathered there and learnt about the incident. They, too, grieved over the mishap. Gopanna consoled them, "Rama blessed me with this child and He has now taken him back. The child has gone to a better place - to the Lotus Feet of Lord Rama. We should not cry over this!” However, the Sadhus said, “No, Gopanna! What will the world say? You are a Rama Bhakta. You are celebrating His utsava. The people will scoff at your Rama for bringing this upon you. This incident will bring a bad name to your Rama.” Saying so, all of them
together prayed to Lord Rama pleading with him to restore the child to life. Just then a Yogi came in and enquired in a demanding tone, “What is happening here?” He was informed of the child’s death. The Yogi said, “Died? Who says the child is dead? He is not.” And tapping the child the Yogi said, “Get up!” and the child woke up! The Yogi quickly went out of the door. Gopanna who had followed the Yogi quickly saw the form of Kothandapãni Rama before he disappeared from sight. This only intensified his faith that the Lord was taking care of him in every way.
Please Chant The Maha Mantra:.........................
"Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare.".................
On the Divine & auspicious occasion of SriRama Navami, REAFFIRM & RESOLVE to:............................
UNITE TOGETHER and DESTROY injustice.
The auspicious & Happy Sri Rama Navami...................
"SRI RAMA RAMA RAMETHI RAME RAAME MANO RAME
SAHASRA NAMA THATHULYAM RAMA NAMA VARANANE"
On the auspicious & Divine occasion of Rama Navami, today we would like to share the following articles extolling the greatness of Sri Rama Nama. Request all to read and chant as many Rama Nama today and be the recipient of Lord's Sri Rama's grace.
1. Glory and Power of Rama Nama by Paramacharyal (former Kanchi Kamakoti Peetathipathi) , Sri Chandrasekhara Swamigal
"There are two powerful 'araka Namas'. One is "Aum" and another is "Ram." All mantras have to be prefixed with "Aum" for obtaining the benefits of those mantras, whereas there is no need to prefix "Aum" when the name 'Ram' is recited because the name itself is 'Tarka Namam' "
2. Once, during their stay at the jungle, Lakshmana observed a Crow going to a river to drink water, but returned without drinking the water. Like this it kept on trying for innumerable times but never drank the water. Lakshman could not understand why the crow was doing like this and sought an explanation from Lord Rama. Lord Rama said "this crow is uttering the name of Rama, non-stop. He is afraid he may have to stop uttering the name if he starts drinking water. He is willing to die without water rather than stop chanting the name of Rama."
Sins are completely washed away by the utterance of all Namas
BUT IT IS ONLY 'RAMA NAMA' THAT SHIELDS AGAINST SINS IN THE FUTURE ALSO .Such is the greatness of SRI RAMA NAMA.
3. Bhadrachalam Ramadas--Greatness and Power of Ram Nam (Real Incident) by Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
Gopanna (Bhadrachalam Ramadas) used to celebrate the Rama Navami utsav in a grand way every year. His wife herself cooked food for all the guests for she realized what an honour it was to cook for all these Sadhus. Therefore, she did not leave it in the hands of hired cooks but took it upon herself. It was late evening and Nama Kirtan was going on. Gopanna’s wife had prepared dinner for the guests. She put her little son Raghav to sleep and placing a lamp beside him moved to the place where Nama Kirtan was going on. It was her husband who sang which made it all the more interesting for her and they were all his kirtans. She was enjoying the kirtans and after a while, the mother she was, she moved to check her child.
But lo! the child was not to be found where she had put him to sleep. After she had left him, the child had woken up. The lamp had been blown out and being dark, the scared child searching out for the mother had reached the place where dinner had been prepared. The ‘kanji’ (starch) from the cooked rice had been filtered nearby on the floor and the child in the dark stepped on to it. He slipped and fell into the boiling hot ‘kanji’ and died. The mother searched for her little son and found the dead child. The wife of a great devotee of Rama she out beat her husband. She suppressed her grief and tears as the thought crossed her, “If I were to cry for my dead child Rama Navami utsav will come to a stop. This cannot be allowed to happen. The guests should be fed.” She wrapped the body of the child in a sack and placed it aside where none could see it. She then went about her work.
As soon as the Nama Kirtan was over she served food for all the guests. As they were being served one of the Sadhus asked Gopanna, “Where is your little son Raghav? I have not seen him around?” Gopanna looked questioningly at wife. She quietly took him aside and showed him the dead body of the child. Gopanna was also grief stricken; He was also astounded at his wife’s behaviour in such a situation. Meanwhile the Sadhus had gathered there and learnt about the incident. They, too, grieved over the mishap. Gopanna consoled them, "Rama blessed me with this child and He has now taken him back. The child has gone to a better place - to the Lotus Feet of Lord Rama. We should not cry over this!” However, the Sadhus said, “No, Gopanna! What will the world say? You are a Rama Bhakta. You are celebrating His utsava. The people will scoff at your Rama for bringing this upon you. This incident will bring a bad name to your Rama.” Saying so, all of them
together prayed to Lord Rama pleading with him to restore the child to life. Just then a Yogi came in and enquired in a demanding tone, “What is happening here?” He was informed of the child’s death. The Yogi said, “Died? Who says the child is dead? He is not.” And tapping the child the Yogi said, “Get up!” and the child woke up! The Yogi quickly went out of the door. Gopanna who had followed the Yogi quickly saw the form of Kothandapãni Rama before he disappeared from sight. This only intensified his faith that the Lord was taking care of him in every way.
Please Chant The Maha Mantra:.........................
"Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare.".................
On the Divine & auspicious occasion of SriRama Navami, REAFFIRM & RESOLVE to:............................
UNITE TOGETHER and DESTROY injustice.
Sunday, April 03, 2011
No Success without Hardship....................
THERE IS NO SUCCESS WITHOUT HARDSHIP.................
The world is so constructed that If you wish to enjoy its pleasures,
You must also endure its pains.Like it or not, You cannot have one without the other.
Success is not measured by what you accomplish.
It's measured by the opposition you encounter,
And the courage with which you maintain
Your struggle against the odds.
You'll find all things are difficult Before they are easy.
The greater your obstacles, The more glory in overcoming them.So, make up your mind before you start That sacrifice is part of the package.
No pain, No gain;No thorns, no throne; You've got to go through the negative Before you get to the positive. And Finally......................
."There is nothing you cannot be,
There is nothing you cannot do,
And there is nothing you cannot achieve,
All you have to have is "BELIEVE IN YOU."
The world is so constructed that If you wish to enjoy its pleasures,
You must also endure its pains.Like it or not, You cannot have one without the other.
Success is not measured by what you accomplish.
It's measured by the opposition you encounter,
And the courage with which you maintain
Your struggle against the odds.
You'll find all things are difficult Before they are easy.
The greater your obstacles, The more glory in overcoming them.So, make up your mind before you start That sacrifice is part of the package.
No pain, No gain;No thorns, no throne; You've got to go through the negative Before you get to the positive. And Finally......................
."There is nothing you cannot be,
There is nothing you cannot do,
And there is nothing you cannot achieve,
All you have to have is "BELIEVE IN YOU."
Failure is normal..................
Failure is a normal.............................
Failure is a normal and natural part of achievement.
When the failures come, learn from them and then move quickly along.
Failure is not the worst thing that can happen.
The worst thing that can happen is to let the fear of failure
prevent you from ever doing anything.
If your top priority is to avoid all failure, then you will surely fail.
For only by accepting and living with the possibility of failure
can you succeed and achieve.
Failure is not the end of the world. It is merely another step on the
pathway to fulfillment, wisdom and achievement.
Though you would never intentionally set out to fail, when failure
does come the best thing to do is to gracefully accept what has happened.
That will enable you to gain the most positive value from it.
Then you can move right along to the next step, and soon you'll be a long way past the failure,filled with more wisdom and experience. Let failure be, and achievement will surely come................& bear in mind.........
."Trying is the first step towards the failure &
doing is the first step towards Success. Keep doing.".............and succeed.
Failure is a normal and natural part of achievement.
When the failures come, learn from them and then move quickly along.
Failure is not the worst thing that can happen.
The worst thing that can happen is to let the fear of failure
prevent you from ever doing anything.
If your top priority is to avoid all failure, then you will surely fail.
For only by accepting and living with the possibility of failure
can you succeed and achieve.
Failure is not the end of the world. It is merely another step on the
pathway to fulfillment, wisdom and achievement.
Though you would never intentionally set out to fail, when failure
does come the best thing to do is to gracefully accept what has happened.
That will enable you to gain the most positive value from it.
Then you can move right along to the next step, and soon you'll be a long way past the failure,filled with more wisdom and experience. Let failure be, and achievement will surely come................& bear in mind.........
."Trying is the first step towards the failure &
doing is the first step towards Success. Keep doing.".............and succeed.
You Think English is Easy..........................
YOU THINK ENGLISH IS EASY ???????.................
1. A bandage was wound around the wound.
2. The farm was used to produce produce.
3. The dump was so full, it had to refuse more refuse.
4. We must polish the Polish furniture.
5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present his present.
8. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
9. I did not object to the object.
10. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
11. There was a row amongst the oarsman about how to row.
12. They were too close to the door to close it
13. The buck does funny things when the does are present.
14. A seamstress and a sewer fell into the sewer.
15. To help with the planting a farmer taught his sow to sow.
16. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
17. Upon seeing the tear in the painting, I shed a tear.
18. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
19. How can I intimate this to my intimate friend ?
Let’s face it. English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England nor French fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.
Mincemeat is sweet and doesn’t contain any meat at all.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor a pig.
And why is it that writers write, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham ?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth, beeth ? If on your foot your wear a boot, then on your feet you should wear beet. One goose, 2 geese. So, one mouse, 2 meese ? One mouse, 2 mice so one house, 2 hice ? One index, 2 indices? Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend ? You can be disgruntled but not gruntled ? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it ?
If teachers taught, why don’t preachers praught ? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat ? If I drink and get drunk, can I think what I thunk ?
Sometimes I think all English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital ? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship ?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, whilst a wise man and a wise guy are opposites ? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out they are visible but when the lights are out they are invisible.
There is a two letter word that perhaps has more meaning than any other two letter word, and that is “UP”. It is easy to understand UP, meaning towards the sky or the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning why do we wake UP ?
At a meeting, why does the topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP the report?
We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning … people stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP.
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost ¼ of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways in which UP is used.
It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don’t give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out, we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP. When it doesn’t rain for a while, things dry UP.
One could go on and one but I will wrap this UP for now my time is UP, so it’s time to shut UP.
1. A bandage was wound around the wound.
2. The farm was used to produce produce.
3. The dump was so full, it had to refuse more refuse.
4. We must polish the Polish furniture.
5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present his present.
8. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
9. I did not object to the object.
10. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
11. There was a row amongst the oarsman about how to row.
12. They were too close to the door to close it
13. The buck does funny things when the does are present.
14. A seamstress and a sewer fell into the sewer.
15. To help with the planting a farmer taught his sow to sow.
16. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
17. Upon seeing the tear in the painting, I shed a tear.
18. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
19. How can I intimate this to my intimate friend ?
Let’s face it. English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England nor French fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.
Mincemeat is sweet and doesn’t contain any meat at all.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor a pig.
And why is it that writers write, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham ?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth, beeth ? If on your foot your wear a boot, then on your feet you should wear beet. One goose, 2 geese. So, one mouse, 2 meese ? One mouse, 2 mice so one house, 2 hice ? One index, 2 indices? Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend ? You can be disgruntled but not gruntled ? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it ?
If teachers taught, why don’t preachers praught ? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat ? If I drink and get drunk, can I think what I thunk ?
Sometimes I think all English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital ? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship ?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, whilst a wise man and a wise guy are opposites ? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out they are visible but when the lights are out they are invisible.
There is a two letter word that perhaps has more meaning than any other two letter word, and that is “UP”. It is easy to understand UP, meaning towards the sky or the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning why do we wake UP ?
At a meeting, why does the topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP the report?
We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning … people stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP.
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost ¼ of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways in which UP is used.
It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don’t give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out, we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP. When it doesn’t rain for a while, things dry UP.
One could go on and one but I will wrap this UP for now my time is UP, so it’s time to shut UP.
Positive Power.....................
Positive Power..............
You have the power to achieve the best. Allow it.
You have a purpose that comes directly from your authentic
Essence. Accept it, acknowledge it, explore it, and allow it
To flow into every corner of your world.
Striving and fighting only hold you back. Now it is time to
Live every moment with the positive power you know you have.
Now is the time to love and to fulfill the beauty that you
Know can be. Now you can let authentic life flow.
The problems hold you back only because you see them as
Problems. Now it is time to see every circumstance as the
Opportunity that it is.
Every desire, every hope, every longing is already fulfilled
By your possibilities. Now is the time to live them fully.............And Remember...................
"You only live once-but if you make it to
LIVE right and righteous........., once is enough."
JK
You have the power to achieve the best. Allow it.
You have a purpose that comes directly from your authentic
Essence. Accept it, acknowledge it, explore it, and allow it
To flow into every corner of your world.
Striving and fighting only hold you back. Now it is time to
Live every moment with the positive power you know you have.
Now is the time to love and to fulfill the beauty that you
Know can be. Now you can let authentic life flow.
The problems hold you back only because you see them as
Problems. Now it is time to see every circumstance as the
Opportunity that it is.
Every desire, every hope, every longing is already fulfilled
By your possibilities. Now is the time to live them fully.............And Remember...................
"You only live once-but if you make it to
LIVE right and righteous........., once is enough."
JK
Friday, April 01, 2011
God Realisation....................
God Realisation.......................
Verbalisation leads one to visualisation and it in turn leads to Realisation and these three are inter woven and indispensable for ultimate realisation of the Divine..............The God
God has been benevolent and kind enough to grace all of us with what we NE...ED and not what we WANT and .........................................
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.....................And.................
In Happy moments, Praise God.
In Difficult moments, Seek God.
In Quiet moments, Worship God.
In Painful moments, Trust God.
And
In Every moment, Thank God..................And remember.....................
"The purpose of Life is a Life of purpose."..............And
this is my AFFIRMATION.....................JK
Verbalisation leads one to visualisation and it in turn leads to Realisation and these three are inter woven and indispensable for ultimate realisation of the Divine..............The God
God has been benevolent and kind enough to grace all of us with what we NE...ED and not what we WANT and .........................................
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.....................And.................
In Happy moments, Praise God.
In Difficult moments, Seek God.
In Quiet moments, Worship God.
In Painful moments, Trust God.
And
In Every moment, Thank God..................And remember.....................
"The purpose of Life is a Life of purpose."..............And
this is my AFFIRMATION.....................JK
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