where have u gone????

Existance and living....

Buddha's Advice to Calm a Disturbed Mind

Once Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his followers.. This was in the initial days. While they were traveling, they happened to pass a lake. They stopped there and Buddha told one of his disciples, "I am thirsty. Do get me some water from that lake there."

The disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed that right at that moment, a bullock cart started crossing through the lake. As a result, the water became very muddy, very turbid. The disciple thought, "How can I give this muddy water to Buddha to drink!"

So he came back and told Buddha, "The water in there is very muddy. I don't think it is fit to drink." After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. The disciple obediently went back to the lake.

This time too he found that the lake was muddy. He returned and informed Buddha about the same. After sometime, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back. The disciple reached the lake to find the lake absolutely clean and clear with pure water in it. The mud had settled down and the water above it looked fit to be had. So he collected some water in a pot and brought it to Buddha.

Buddha looked at the water, and then he looked up at the disciple and said, "See, what you did to make the water clean. You let it be.... and the mud settled down on its own - and you got clear water. Your mind is also like that! When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time. It will settle down on its own. You don't have to put in any effort to calm it down. It will happen. It is effortless.

sleep

To irritate the most calm, peaceful and patient person you know…just try this….don’t allow him/her to sleep for 3-4 days…and see how they gets irritated at little things…Well after all sleep is one of the main sources of energy. It is said that for an adult 6-7 hrs of sleep is enough. Less sleep brings irritation and more sleep leads to lethargy and laziness. Get up late on a Sunday and the whole day is so dull. Or burn the candle at both the ends and you end up sleeping in lectures /office.

I know an old lady who has to taking sleeping pills every night. Well getting a natural sleep is indeed a blessing. It is amazing to observe how sleep takes over as you close your eyes. A lot of healing happens during sleep, both on the physical and mental level.

Well, we talk more in details about this in our YES!+, Youth Empowerment and Skills Workshop. And not only talk about sleep but also experience the deepest level of rest, which is much much deeper than sleep….a resting wakeful awareness…interesting, isn’t it?

With Antarnaad and the Mega YES!+ with Guruji and HHW approaching fast, sleep is receding to the background. It’s time for the other sources of energy to overtake for sleep compensation. More about Antarnaad in the next page….

Love

Preeti

Correct timing to take water...

Correct timing to take water, will maximize its effectiveness to Human body.

Two (02) glasses of water - After waking up - Helps activate internal organs

One (01) glass of water - 30 minutes before meal - Help digestion

One (01) glass of water - Before taking a bath - Helps lower blood pressure

One (01) glass of water - Before sleep - To avoid stroke or heart attack

Dependence

This came as a very strong realization yesterday.



Our life is so much dependent on the people around us. There is nothing like being independent. From the Auto Rickshaw driver to the vehicle manufacturer, everybody has their part to play to make our travel safe and in time. We trust so much on engineering, that we never even think that the bus in which I am traveling might catch fire if the designing is wrong or if the vehicle is not tested properly for endurance before the launch.

The farmers from the land where I was born and brought up are in a very poor state today. If they decide that they no more want to continue with agriculture, how-so-ever rich we are, we will not have food to eat. Once during a Satsang, Guruji was telling us to bless “Annadata sukhi bhava” after our meals. Only when the farmers are happy, we can be happy. The food that tantalizes our taste buds passes through many many hands through its journey from the soil to our mouth.

love

Preeti

SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING

Letters 'a', 'b', 'c' 'd' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 99, (Letter 'd' comes for the first time in Hundred)

Letters 'a', 'b' 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999, (Letter 'a' comes for the first time in Thousand)

Letters 'b' 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999,999,999, (Letter 'b' comes for the first time in Billion)

And

Letter 'c' does not appear anywhere in the spellings of entire English Counting

Just Try......... ......... .......

except

..C ..for...CASH !!

5 REASONS FOR- WHY SHOULD WE VOTE

5 REASONS FOR- WHY SHOULD WE VOTE

The youth vote is sadly underestimated by party analysts.
Yes, it is true, the trend analysts who tell party spindoctors where to target their advertising dollars and public relations efforts traditionally over-look the youth market. Why? Because the sad reality is that election year after election year the percentage of eligible youth who actually register and vote is small when compared with other demographics. This doesn't mean the youth market isn't a force, just that it isn't a main motivator in the drafting of campaign platforms and pre-election advertising. So, like any self-respecting rebellious young person the natural thing to do is go against the grain and do the unexpected. Keep them on their toes, shock them into the 21st century and get out and vote!

The biggest election issues often directly effect the youth of the nation.
The war in Iraq (young soldiers are the ones dying), education funding both public school and post-secondary, employment and job training programs, and reproductive rights issues are just a few of the current hot topics that directly effect the quality of your life RIGHT NOW. Think about the future and the world you will one day "inherit" from the power generation and you can add environmental concerns, fossil fuel consumption, farming and livestock funding (think the food supply is shrinking with every farm that can't sustain itself) and the list just gets longer. Add any issues that are near and dear to your heart on a personal level and the list becomes a little overwhelming. Don't vote and you effectively kiss away your ability to have any influence as to how these issues play out in your world, and dude, that's just lame.

The only way democracy works is if citizens, young and old, are active participants.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, this one is an oldy, but hey let's face it, it's also a goody. A government by the people, for the people just can't work without the people. This is a simple fact. Like a car without an engine, or a computer without a hard drive, a democracy without voters is just a shell and has no power. While it is easy to say "one vote doesn't make a difference" the reality is that every vote counts... have you heard of Florida? Also you have to remember that as an individual your vote may seem to be little more than a whisper but when your vote is combined with the votes of others who share your views it becomes a voice and the more like-voters there are the louder that voice grows. So get out there and make the youth vote be heard.

If you don't vote you really have no right to complain about government decisions you don't like (no matter how much they actually suck).
OK, if there is one thing that is really annoying to us actual voters it is the endless ramblings on the bad political policy of a current government spewing from the mouths of eligible voters who never bothered to cast a ballot. If you don't vote it is like saying you don't care how your country is run, so if you don't care where do you get the idea that you can complain when something happens that you don't like? If you don't vote you really have no right complaining about anything the government does and if your like most young people you like complaining and have it down to a fine art. Want the right to complain when TPTB (the powers that be) make a truly heinous decision? Then you must exercise your right to vote.

Bottom line: you should vote because you can.
Voting is a tremendous gift. Believe it or not, young people just like you in other countries actually fight and even die for this right; a right that so many youth in democratic nations take for granted. You should vote because you can, if you don't you may one day wake up in a country where you can't. It can (and has) happened. Enough said!

Your vote counts a lot!

One day a florist goes to a barber for a haircut. After the cut he asked about his bill and the barber replies, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The florist was pleased and left the shop.

When the barber goes to open his shop the next morning there is a 'thank you' card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door.

Later, a cop comes in for a haircut, and when he tries to pay his bill, the barber again replies, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The cop is happy and leaves the shop.

The next morning when the barber goes to open up there is a 'thank you' card and a dozen donuts waiting for him at his door.

Later that day, a college professor comes in for a haircut, and when he tries to pay his bill, the barber again replies, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The professor is very happy and leaves the shop.

The next morning when the barber opens his shop, there is a 'thank you' card and a dozen different books, such as 'How to Improve Your Business' and 'Becoming More Successful.'

Then, a Member of Parliament comes in for a haircut , and when he goes to pay his bill the barber again replies, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The Member of Parliament is very happy and leaves the shop.

The next morning when the barber goes to open up, there are a dozen Members of Parliament lined up waiting for a free haircut.

And that, my friends, illustrates the fundamental difference between the citizens of our country and the Members of Parliament.

Vote carefully this year. Your vote counts a lot!

Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed...

Lord Macaulay's address to the British Parliament

LORD MACAULAY’S ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, 2 FEBRUARY, 1835

I have travelled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief. Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such calibre, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their self-esteem, their native culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation.

Bansuri ki dhun per....Hollow and Empty

This is really intersting about the flute. It is said that the Gopis, who are crazy for Krishna are jealous about the flute....

बासरी तयार करण्यासाठी लागणारा बांबू हा तिथी पाहून तोडतात. पंचमी, सप्तमी, अष्टमी, नवमी, दशमी या तिथींना बांबू तोडला तर त्याला हमखास कीड लागते, असं बासरी तयार करणारे सांगतात. त्याचं कारण म्हणजे या तिथींमध्ये शेवटी ‘मी’ येतो. याच ‘मी’पणाच्या अहंकारातून कार्यनाश होतो आणि बासरी टिकत नाही, असा समज आहेकृष्णाचं आवडतं वाद्य बासरी. एकदा कृष्णाच्या सगळ्या सख्या, गोपी बासरीवर चिडल्या आणि म्हणाल्या, आम्ही त्या कृष्णाची एवढी स्तुती करतो, त्याच्या आजूबाजूला वावरतो, पण तो आम्हाला साधा भावही देत नाही. तू तर एवढी साधी; ना रूप ना काही. पण तो तुला सतत ओठांशी धरून असतो. तू अशी काय जादू केली आहेस त्याच्यावर? बासरी हसली आणि म्हणाली, ‘तुम्ही माझ्यासारख्या व्हा, मग कृष्ण तुम्हालाही जवळ घेईल.’ अर्थ न कळून गोपींनी बासरीकडे पाहिलं. बासरी पुढे म्हणाली, ‘मी अगदी सरळ आहे; ना एखादी गाठ, ना एखादं वळण. मी पोकळ आहे. त्या पोकळीतून माझ्यातला अहंकार गळून पडलाय. माझ्या अंगावरच्या सहा भोकांतून काम, क्रोध, लोभ, मोह, मद, मत्सर हे रिपू मी काढून टाकले आहेत. मला स्वत:चा आवाजही नाही. माझ्या सख्यानं फुंकर मारली तरच मी बोलते. तो जशी फुंकर मारतो तशी मी बोलते.’ गोपी निरुत्तर झाल्या.