Sunday, March 15, 2009

Life is a challenge

Life is a challenge we have to face. Life is a game we have to play. There is no life without a problem. Life well lived means solving all the problems that life poses and reach one's goal satisfactorily and fully. I too had a big problem that was a stumbling block to living my life in full.

 
 

Like everybody I graduated from college and landed myself in a secure and respectable job. Next stage is naturally marriage. I got a good and sensible girl as wife. Initial years passed by in enjoyment like lovebirds. In due course of time we were finding difficulty in having a baby.

 
 

Parents, relations and friends started asking irritating questions. It weakened our self-confidence. Colors went out of our lives. This problem fully seized our attention, resources and all. We started feeling ourselves disabled against the whole world. The problem is unique that it cannot be shared openly, it needs lot of money for treating medically and it is emotionally debilitating. Life was going nowhere. We could not concentrate on other aspects of life, until and unless this problem of having a baby is solved. That was the bitter truth we believed in then that life is not worth living without having a baby.

 
 

I could not share this problem with anybody. I had to think on my own. In course of time I identified a multi-pronged approach to solve this problem. Since more emotions are involved in this problem I had to pacify my spouse and I tried to keep her in good humor. I had to keep her confidence level high. Most of times concentrating on the problem may give negative results. I prodded her to engage her attention on her vocation, teaching and also her hobby, music and yoga. Thus she was left with very less time to worry about. On a number of occasions I was trying to convince her that life need not be lived as others live and life would not stop for anybody or for any problem/incident.

 
 

We are avid readers of literature and other interesting articles, magazines and books. Thus we were better placed and mature in understanding and meandering through the difficult times. At such times, having patience, letting go and simply wait and watch also go a long way in arriving at newer possibilities. Simultaneously faith gives us strength. When any problem is huge and difficult to fathom, our religious values would be of immense succor to us and it would keep our faith intact. Believing in the powers of Almighty will make us steadfast in walking the path that we have chosen or given to us.

 
 

Importantly we never failed to seek medical help. We were regularly following the medical advice, having the required medical treatments and taking recourse to specialists. We never allowed hopelessness to set in our lives. Though a few years were passed without fruits, we were taking all the requisite steps regularly, sincerely and with all heart. In the long run, our efforts paid off. In the end we had our baby princess in our laps. That is our precious moment.

 
 

Thus I had to resort to multi-pronged approach of emotional counseling, religious solace, medical treatment, faith in oneself and spousal support. Since this problem is unique it cannot be solved with a single tool. It cannot be solved by medicine alone. Only after working of all the measures stated above over period of time solution could be seen. Thus this difficulty or problem made us wiser and mature, and we could indeed think on our own feet, without depending on our parents fully.

Here is the Secret

The Secret - Rhonda Byrne : a summary

 
 

The book titled 'The Secret" is written & compiled by Rhonda Byrne published by Beyond Words publishing. Strictly speaking it is an inner engineering book. It will make you complete. It will make you reach full potential of what you can achieve. Mention is made of numerous past and present writers, thinkers, motivational gurus as well as achievers.


 

"As you learn The Secret, you will come to know how you can have, be, or do anything you want. You will come to know who you really are. You will come to know the true magnificence that awaits you in life." There are various chapters devoted to use, money, relationships, health, world, and life. "All that we are is a result of what we have thought" - quoted by Buddha.


 

Whatever we strongly feel and think, visualize for ourselves the whole universe will conspire to get us the thing desired. There were greatest people like Plato, Shakespeare, Newton, Hugo, Beethoven, Lincoln, Emerson, Edison, Einstein.. who knew this.


 

Thinking and remaining positive and believing in oneself is all that matters in tipping the balance in your favor. There are countless quotations and statements by eminent thinkers. Though they seem unbelievable they are the best thoughts that one come across to lead our lives successfully and to achieve whatever we want. The featured co-authors in this book are: Dr.John Demartini, Lisa Nichols, Bob Proctor, Denis Waitley, Fred Alan Wolf, Michael Bernard Bethwith, Jack Canfield and so on.


 

You need not know how, when and why. Size, distance of the problem does not matter. You just wish and strongly focus on what you want. Your wish is my command like genie of Alladin. You will have it.

 
 

The secret book is such a nice compilation of formulae for making each of our lives successful and fulfilling no matter whatever stage we are in now. It is a must read for every ambitious human being who want to attain some thing in life. I sum it up as a live man's guide.

 
 

Sunday, February 22, 2009

THINK WELL

  • If you want to materialize more prosperity then start the process of thinking abundantly and acting that way also. Give thanks for all that has manifested in your life. Examine ways in which to be grateful and take some risks. Knowing that what you want to attract is already an energy that you share. Buy yourself something special and donate something to someone less fortunate, even if your ego balks.

# wayne w. dyer


 

@ EVERY THOUGHT OF YOURS IS A REAL THING- - A FORCE.


 

---Prentice Mulford (1834-1891)


 

@If you see it in your mind, you are going to hold it in your hand.


 

@thoughts become things.


 

@the vibrations of mental forces are the finest and consequently the most powerful in existence.


 

@I am the master of my thoughts.


 

@ the great secret of life is the law of attraction. The law of attraction says like attracts like, so when you think a thought, you are also attracting like thoughts to you. Thoughts are magnetic and thoughts have a frequency. As you think thoughts, they are sent out into the universe and they magnetically attract all like things are that on the same frequency. Everything sent out returns to the source-you.


 

@you are like a human transmission tower, transmitting a frequency with your thoughts. If you want to change anything in your life, change the frequency by changing your thoughts.


 

@ your current thoughts are creating your future life. What you think about the most or focus on the most will appear as your life.


 

@ your thoughts become things.


 

@you create your own universe as you go along.


 

@ it is the combination of thought and love which forms the irresistible force of the law of attraction.


 

@it is feeling that imparts vitality to thought. Feeling is desire and desire is love. Thought impregnated with love becomes invincible.

#the law of attraction is a law of nature. It is as impartial as the law of gravity.


 

# nothing can come into your experience unless you summon it through persistent thoughts. To know what you are thinking, ask yourself how you are feeling. Emotions are valuable tools that instantly tell us what we are thinking. It is impossible to feel bad and at the same time have good thoughts. Your thoughts determine your frequency, and your feelings tell you immediately what frequency you are on. When you feel bad, you are on the frequency of drawing more bad things. When you feel good, you are powerfully attracting more good things to you. Secret shifters, such as pleasant memories, nature, or your favorite music, can change your frequency in an instant. The feeling of love is the highest frequency you can emit. The greater the love you feel and emit, the greater the power you are harnessing.


 

# your wish is my command.


 

# ask. Believe. Receive. Make a command to the universe. Let the universe know what you want. The universe responds to your thoughts.


 

# whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.


 

# what things soever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.


 

# you can start with nothing, and out of nothing and out of no way, a way will be made.


 

#like aladdin's genie, the law of attraction grants our every command. The creative process helps you create what you want in three simple steps: ask, believe, and receive.

Asking the universe for what you want is your opportunity to get clear about what you want. As you get clear in your mind, you have asked. Believing involves acting, speaking, and thinking as though you have already received what you have asked for. When you emit the frequency of having received it, the law of attraction moves people, events, and circumstances for you to receive. Receiving involves feeling the way you will feel once your desire has manifested. Feeling good now puts you on the frequency of what you want. It takes no time for the universe to manifest what you want. It is as easy to manifest one dollar as it is to manifest one million dollars. Powerfully intend to attract something small. As you experience the power you have to attract, you will move one to creating much bigger things. Create your day in advance by thinking the way you want it to go, and you will create your life intentionally.


 

  • That a man can change himself… and master his own destiny is the conclusion of every mind who is wide-awake to the power of right thought.
  • All that we are is a result of what we have thought. Buddha.
  • If it is a new thought to you that gratitude brings your whole mind into closer harmony with the creative energies of the universe, consider it well, and you will see that it is true.
  • Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. – albert Einstein.
  • Expectation is a powerful attractive force. Expect the things you want, and don't expect the things you don't want.
  • Gratitude is a powerful process for shifting your energy and bringing more of what you want into your life. Be grateful for what you already have, and you will attract more good things.
  • Giving thanks for what you want in advance turbo-charges your desires and sends a more powerful signal out into the universe.
  • Visualization is the process of creating pictures in your mind of yourself enjoying what you want. When you visualize, you generate powerful thoughts and feelings of having it now. The law of attraction then returns that reality to you, just as you saw it in your mind.
  • To use the law of attraction to your advantage, make it a habitual way of being, not just a one-time event.
  • At the end of every day, before you go to sleep, go back through the events of the day. Any events or moments that were not what you wanted, replay them in your mind the way you wanted them to go.
  • Whatever the mind… can conceive it can achieve.
  • The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without. – Ralph waldo emerson.
  • To attract money, focus on wealth. It is impossible to bring more money into your life when you focus on the lack of it.
  • It is helpful to use your imagination and make-believe you already have the money you want. Play games of having wealth and you will feel better about money; as you feel better about it, more will flow into your life.
  • Feeling happy now is the fastest way to bring money into your life.
  • Make it your intention to look at everything you like and say to yourself, I can afford that. I can buy that. You will shift your thinking and begin to feel better about money.
  • Give money in order to bring more of it into your life. When you are generous with money and feel good about sharing it, you are saying- I have plenty. Visualize checks in the mail. Tip the balance of your thoughts to wealth. Think wealth.
  • The secret means that we are creators of our universe, and that every wish that we want to create will manifest in our lives. Therefore, our wishes, thoughts and feelings are very important because they will manifest.
  • When you want to attract a relationship, make sure your thoughts, words, actions, and surroundings don't contradict your desires.
  • Your job is you. Unless you fill yourself up first, you have nothing to give anybody.
  • Treat yourself with love and respect, and you will attract people who show you love and respect. When you feel bad yourself, you block the love and instead you attract more people and situations that will continue to make you feel bad about you. Focus on the qualities you love about yourself and the law of attraction will show you more great things about you. To make a relationship work, focus on what you appreciate about the other person, and not your complaints. When you focus on the strengths, you will get more of them.
  • The universe is a masterpiece of abundance. When you open yourself to feel the abundance of the universe, you'll experience the wonder, joy, bliss, and all the great things that the universe has for you-good health, good wealth, good nature.
  • Man becomes what he thinks about.
  • The placebo effect is an example of the law of attraction in action. When a patient truly believes the tablet is a cure, he receives what he believes and is cured. Focusing on perfect health is something we can all do within ourselves, despite what may be happening on the outside. Laughter attracts joy, releases negativity, and leads to miraculous cures. Disease is held in the body by thought, by observation of the illness, and by the attention given to the illness. Instead, change the conversation to good things, and give powerful thoughts to seeing those people in health. Beliefs about aging are all in our minds, so release those thoughts from your consciousness. Focus on health and eternal youth.
  • What you resist persists. – carl jung.
  • Learn to become still and place the attention on what you wish to experience… energy flows where attention goes.
  • Thing truly, and thy thoughts shall the world's famine feed. – horatio bonar.
  • When the voice and the vision on the inside become more profound, clear, and loud than the opinions on the outside, you've mastered your life.
  • Every great teacher who has ever walked the planet has told you that life was meant to be abundant. The essence of this law is that you must think abundance; see abundance, feel abundance, believe abundance. Let no thought of limitation enter your mind. – robber collier.
  • And so just when think that resources are dwindling, we find new resources that can achieve the same things.
  • What you resist, you attract, because you are powerfully focused on it with emotion. To change anything, go within and emit a new signal with your thoughts and feelings. You cannot help the world by focusing on the negative things. As you focus on the world's negative events, you not only add to them, but you also being more negative things in your own life. Instead of focusing on the world's problems, give your attention and energy to trust, love, abundance, education, and peace. We will never run out of good things because there's more than enough to go around for everyone. Life is meant to be abundant. You have the ability to tap into the unlimited supply through your thoughts and feelings and bring it into your experience. Praise and bless everything in the world, and you will dissolve negativity and discord and align yourself with the highest frequency-love.
  • Everything in the universe is energy.
  • The universal mind is not only intelligence, but it is substance, and this substance is the attractive force which brings electrons together by the law of attraction so they form atoms; the atoms in turn are brought together by the same law and form molecules; molecules take objective forms and so we find that the law is the creative force behind every manifestation, not only of atoms, but of worlds, of the Universe, of everything of which the imagination can form any conception. – charles haanel.
  • To become conscious of this power is to become a live wire. The universe is the live wire. It carries power sufficient to meet every situation in the life of every individual. When the individual mind touches the universal mind, it receives all its power. – charles haanel.
  • That the universe essentially emerges from thought and all of this matter around us is just precipitated thought. Ultimately we are the source of the universe, and when we understand that power directly by experience, we can start to exercise our authority and begin to achieve more and more. Create anything. Know anything from within the field of our own consciousness, which ultimately is universal consciousness that runs the universe.
  • So depending upon how we use that power, positively or negatively, that's the kind of body in terms of health, that's the kind of environment we create. So we are the creators, not only of our own destiny, but ultimately we are the creators of universal destiny. We are the creators of the universe. So there's no limit, really, to human potential. It's the degree to which we recognize those deep dynamics and exercise them, the degree to which we harness our power. And that really has to do again with the level at which we think. – dr. john hagelin.
  • I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious, and happy. That is no limit to what this law can do for you; dare to believe in your own ideal; think of the ideal as an already accomplished fact. –charles haanel.
  • All your power is in your awareness of that power, and through holding that power in your consciousness. The real secreat of power is consciousness of power.
  • Charles haanel – the absolute truth is that the 'I' is perfect and complete; the real 'I' is spiritual and can therefore never be less than perfect; it can never have any lack, limitation, or disease.
  • Everything is energy. You are an energy magnet, so you electrically energize everything to you and electrically energize yourself to everything you want. You are a spiritual being. You are energy, and energy cannot be created or destroyed-it just changes form. Therefore, the pure essence of you has always been and always will be. The universe emerges from thought. We are the creators not only of our own destiny but also of the universe. An unlimited supply of ideas is available to you. All knowledge, discoveries, and inventions are in the universal mind as possibilities, waiting for the human mind to draw them forth. You hold everything in your consciousness. We are all connected, and we are all one. Let go of difficulties from your past, cultural codes, and social beliefs. You are the only one who can create the life you deserve. A shortcut to manifesting your desires is to see what you want as absolute fact. Your power is in your thoughts, so stay aware. In other words, remember to remember.
  • Inner happiness actually is the fuel of success.
  • Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls. – hoseph Campbell.
  • You get to fill the blackboard of your life with whatever you want. The only thing you need to do is feel good now. The more you use the power within you, the more power you will draw through you. The time to embrace your magnificence is now. We are in the midst of a glorious era. As we let go of limiting thoughts, we will experience humanity's true magnificence, in every area of creation. Do what you love. If you don't know what brings you joy, ask, what is my joy? As you commit to your joy, you will attract an avalanche of joyful things because you are radiating joy. No that you have learned the knowledge of the secret, what you do with it is up to you. Whatever you choose is right. The power is all yours.


 


 

NORTH VS. SOUTH


 

Right from history there has always been great divide between North and South India. In the past there used to be very many small kingdoms with different, distinct cultures. So-called present India was mostly ruled by at least two kings/emperors reigning roughly Northern and Southern India. Another point was Aryan domination in North and Dravidians in South, as the historians say.


 

Muslims' attack, rule and domination was more prevalent in North India as can be seen in various wars, religious systems and worshipping places etc and such influence is clearly evident in literature, sculpture, art, craft, monuments etc. It is not much evident in Southern India except a few pockets like Hyderabad, Bijapur.


 

Further North Indian languages have drawn immensely from Urdu, Persian and in turn have branched out as Hindustani, Brijbhasha, Rajastani, Marwadi, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Harianvi etc. With basic knowledge of Hindi/Urdu one can easily understand most of north Indian languages. If you closely observe you will find many words resembling or originating /deviated from Hindi, Urdu and sometimes Sanskrit. So roughly if we keenly hear north Indian conversation we can make out its nearer meaning.


 

But it is not so in the case of Southern Dravidian languages like Kannada, Tulu, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu. Many Sanskrit and its variant equivalent words are found. Generally South Indians can speak or pronounce Sanskrit words clearly and in pure form. But many people from North India find it difficult to pronounce Sanskrit words.


 

Further North India has more Western/European influences and less formal and principled. May be because of cool weather. Priests in temples wear shirts and fully cover themselves while offering poojas. It is not so in South. Southerners make prasadam, food at home itself for offering to God. Whereas in North buying from market will also do.

Information overload


 

In this information age with the advent of telecommunications and internet we are bombarded with information and message and lessons on each and everything under the sun. I call this phenomenon information overload. You are given advice on any thing. You are called if you need assistance in car loan, home loan etc. You are given demonstration of new product that may be of use and comfort to you. This marketing world is immensely taking most of use of this information revolution. They will run special advertising feature whole page on main stream national daily. You have to skip through it and thus you will at least get to know its brand. It will be etched in your memory. It will compel you to think of the brand while purchasing that product.


 

Even on other aspects of life. In career, every other person is an engineer, so you are constrained to send your ward to an engineering college. Earlier we used to tell/hear a lot of stories about new things, new places, and new concepts at a later stage, through some body. Now it is not so, as every one has access to all sorts of information about the surroundings, world and life through various media like Television, newspapers, periodicals, books, mobile phones, internet etc. In this age of information era you cannot feign ignorance on any aspect of world or life, as everything is accessible in one way or another.


 

About 10-20 years back it was very difficult to collect information from around the world on any topic of interest. Now all information is available on fingertips thanks to search engine like Google on internet.

Short of time?

IS TIME SHRINKING


 


 

Nowadays people are short of time. How could it be? Everybody has 24 hours a day. True. People find it difficult to make for time for extra social activities other than essential and routine family affairs. Present day working world is more automated, wired and well connected. Intelligent machines do multitude of work in minutes, store and retrieve data easily. Instead of finding more leisure we are left with less time. Especially in IT, communication, finance, service industries, people work more than 12 hours a day and have to adjust their working time as per American workday thus disrupting their sleep pattern and sometimes family design too!


 

It is a million dollar question. Computers were invented/developed to remove routine/drudgery from human working life. Though most physical drudgery is reduced to a great extent, mental drudgery or stress has been increased phenomenally.


 

Present day work culture is open. Sky is the limit for those who work hard. They can reach top rung of the line of work by sheer work. Economy is ruled by market. So there is competition for progress, growth, cost cutting, service and reaching the last customer. Owner is constrained by capital, payouts, time etc. Thus entrepreneur wants more out of his investment, employee wants more salary out of his work and time, consumer wants more value for less money and so on and so forth.


 

Thus these days' mores have changed. That 'longing for more everywhere and everybody must naturally lead to shortening of something else such as time, peace of mind etc. Now tell me. Whether time is shrinking or we are putting too much pressure on time.


 

Ultimately the answer lies in our attitude and stand. Nowadays we are finding more people attracted towards professions and hobbies like painting, art, dance, music, social service etc. which will stimulate their mind and soul rather than only bread and butter. Man does not live by bread alone. As a man progresses he needs higher needs as illustrated by Abraham Maslow's theory of needs. Once one's basic needs like food, shelter and clothing and safety and security needs are fulfilled he will naturally tend to satiate his aesthetic, emotional, self actualisation/realisation needs. Now we find more such people.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Self sustained equipments


 

SELF SUSTAINED EQUIPMENTS


 

Nowadays we are using many machines and electric, electronic and mechanical gadgets. They have become so inevitable and part and parcel of our lives that we can not imagine our lives without them. Everybody cannot have everything and every time because of affordability, usefulness, failure or breakdown or scarcity or absence of fuel/energy for operating them.


 

You will see that before industrial revolution almost all people in the world were satisfied with primitive tools and machines which are mostly hand operated, manual not needing any outside power to run them, such as pulley, winding watch, grinding stone and so on. Now we require electricity, solar energy, LPG, petrol, battery etc., to operate any machine. Now we require petrol to run the automobiles. Automobile is inseparable part of modern world, thus we are dependent on oil. In turn it will lead to our dependence on oil-producing middle-east countries and oil-companies. There comes the political intervention. It is public knowledge that this oil-politics led to American war on Iraq. Rest is history.


 

Even now there are people who believe in the self sustaining or self propelled energy-independent machines. I am one among them. Recently one Transistor/Radio with winding lever for power was invented for rural use. All these cell phones need battery charging, mobile network also uses electricity to back up. It is quite evident that massive power shortage and major crises like earthquake, cyclone, hurricane etc., immediately leads to breakdown of mobile network, Bank ATM network etc. Can we not have alternate source of power to stand by in case of failure of main power supply? Is it not feasible to think that way?


 

I am not advocating retrograde step. Ultimately convenience to human beings matters. It is a very well known phenomenon that in the normal course nothing happens, we are very happy with available equipments which need batteries or electric supply. In the emergency like natural calamities or suppose we are lost in a desert where no mobile signal is available, or battery charging is not possible then there is need to think of independent powered equipment. Entire economy may go haywire if power supply goes off for a few days.


 

Another interesting factor is purchase of any machine or equipment or vehicle is a one time affair and easy. But its day to day maintenance is costlier and we are hooked to the service provider for lifetime. Cost of maintaining vehicle is dependent on cost of fuel. Likewise cost of maintaining cell phone is dependent on network service charges and repeat recharge coupons. Thus it is like we have borrowed capital, ended up paying compound interest thereon for as long as we are using it.


 

Last but not least we are relying very much on petroleum products and hydro electricity. To keep our economy running smoothly we need to explore other non-conventional sources of energy like wind energy, solar power, nuclear power, bio-diesel/fuels etc., to make our country efficient and independent in energy.