Friday, November 26, 2010

Home Remedies for Alcoholism

Alcoholism is a chronic disorder in which a person becomes addict to alcohol. Prolonged use of alcohol affects both physical and mental conditions.

Symptoms of Alcoholism

Following are the major alcoholism symptoms:

1. Bloodshot eyes
2. Hoarse voice and rapid pulse
3. Over-emotional
4. Vomiting, delirium
5. Disturbed sleep

Causes of Alcoholism

Following are the major alcoholism causes:

1. Depression
2. Damaged relationships
3. Schizophrenia
4. Environment
5. Stress

Complications of Alcoholism

Following are the major alcoholism complications:


1. Damages liver
2. Leads to cirrhosis
3. Disorders of the stomach and bowels
4. Damage to brain cells
5. Affects heart

Natural Home Remedies for Alcoholism

Following are some of the effective home remedies for alcoholism:



1. Grapes are a healthy substitute for alcohol. Alcoholics should take three meals a day of fresh grapes at five-hourly intervals.
2. Apples are also very helpful in removing intoxication and reduce the craving for wines and other intoxicating liquors.
3. Take half a glass of water in which four or five dates have been rubbed together. Drink the above twice daily for a month. It is an effective home remedy for alcoholism.

Alcoholism Treatment and Advice

1. Take vital nutrients consisting of wholegrain cereals, nuts, seeds and sprouts, fresh fruits, and vegetables.
2. Take a glass of fresh fruit juice as a substitute drink for alcohol.
3. Avoid all refined foods such as sugar, white rice, macaroni products, strong condiments, white flour, and meat.

Herbal Remedies for Alcoholism

1. Take 3 teaspoons of the juice of the leaves of bitter gourd mixed with a glass of butter milk every morning for a month. It is very useful for a liver damaged due to alcoholism.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

498A - A Legal Terrorism

Why supreme court calls 498a as "Legal Terrorism"?

25 reasons “Why IPC 498A is Anti-Social?”

1 It is handled under the Criminal law for marriage related matters and not under Civil Laws.

2 Non-bailable warrant does not require proof before arrest. No investigation necessary. This exposes the vulnerability of the accused taking away their basic human rights.

3 Even those who were not part of the 'day-to-day' family life could be named and arrested on one complaint, which can also include pregnant women and children.

4 Accused is presumed guilty until proven innocent. No where in the world it is so.

5 Gifts are sometimes misunderstood as dowry. Who decides that the gift exchanged were 'gifts or dowry'?

6 It is non-compoundable which means that the complaint can’t be taken back that hinders any scope of reconciliation between the couple.

7 After a man is accused of 498A, he will not take his wife back later.

8 Old parents who lived with dignity and respect have to live with the stigma of harassing their daughter-in-law for the rest of their lives.

9 Groom’s relatives don’t find a suitable bride after they are accused under 498A

10 Most of the cases are filed because the husband refuses to throw his parents out of the house at the wife’s demands.

11 Husband’s job is at risk when he is accused under 498A who could even be the only breadwinner of the family.

12 The health of the old parents dangerously deteriorates after they are arrested in a 498A case.

13 Some even commit suicide for not able to withstand the depression and frustration of been falsely accused.

14 Old parents after 498a case become very apprehensive and advice their son not to marry again.

15 The family ends up paying a very high price to settle the case, the money that was saved for the parent’s health.

16 Most often the lawyers tend to take the family for a ride to extract as much money as possible.

17 The possibility of a woman over-reacting on a trivial matter in the family is never considered as a reason of complaint.

18 A woman tries to get divorce proceedings faster by filing a 498a case even if no dowry was demanded.

19 The witnesses (neighbors) tend to support the woman for not getting into a police case. They even fear of been accused by the woman if they don’t support the woman.

20 Some women marries an NRI and slaps a 498A case only to extort large sum of money

21 Even after knowing that the complaint can be false, police tend to support the woman and asks the man to settle the case with a financial compensation.

22 The case can easily linger in the court for years and only the groom’s family has to pay the price.

23 498A case can be filed even after the divorce, which only means that the accuser wants to demand money legally apart from maintenance.

24 There is no prohibition clause in the 498A law that would stop women to misuse it.

25 It is nearly impossible to file a case of defamation on the accuser because the police will not register the case and it would be hard to prove it.

Note :The existence of dowry deaths in the rural areas is not the reason for lenient laws as understood by women organizations. The law is already unfair, biased and inapplicable. The true reason for dowry deaths in rural areas is poverty and under-developed civilization. Dowry deaths still flourishing in the rural areas and misuse of 498a law is flourishing in the urban areas. Unwillingness of the women’s organization to alter the law so that misuse of law can be stopped is evident. On the contrary, women organizations are planning to strengthen and increase the severity of the 498a law to curb dowry death, which is absolutely preposterous. One must not forget that the chunk of the GDP comes from the urban cities where these laws are prevalently misused. If the misuse of laws still continues then the social infrastructure will collapse which will have a direct unfavorable impact on the country’s economy. If the law can’t curb dowry deaths, can’t even stop misuse, then what is the use of such a law that causes millions of people to suffer ?

Sunday, November 21, 2010

You Are Our Voice

The Poetry recited by the children from Dharavi



YOU ARE OUR VOICE”

When we roam the streets,

Looking for food,

Or through the dustbins,

For some scrap;

You are our voice.

When drugs tempt us,

And we push them away,

Or are gently counseled,

To stay addiction free;

You are our voice.

In times of darkness,

When we are sick,

Or are nursed to health,

With loving hands;

You are our voice.

From Yoga to dancing,

Or English to karate,

Maths or diya painting,

In the Dharavi slums;

You are our voice.

For a better life…

We need you, We love you,

We thank you;

You are our ONLY voice

Stress Management

Stress Management

Most of us have learned to believe some stress is both natural and necessary. One of the most powerful illusions (false beliefs) which keeps us locked in a stressful lifestyle is the idea that our stress is caused by circumstances, events and other people. As long as you think this way you will always be in self-created pain. Some people have been in pain for so long they cannot imagine being pain free, and real relaxation is a dim and distant memory. So they justify their pain as a natural part of living and then feel that others are a cause of this pain. This is dangerous. To listen to the messenger of pain means seeing and acknowledging our stress as our own creation. It is the result of how we respond to the uncontrollables in life i.e. circumstances, events and other people. No one else creates our responses.

If you can see and accept that you create your own stress according to how you are responding, you will then see that there is something you need to unlearn as well as learn. The old response needs to be unlearned, and a new positive response needs to be learned. The regular practice of meditation enables you to do that and become free from stress.
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With Regard's
Shalini Kartyamurty.

Ik Oankaar

Ik Oankaar There is only one Creator
Sat-naam Whose name is eternally true
Kartaa-purakh He is the sole Creator
Nirbhau He is without fear
Nirvair He is inimical to none
Akaal-moorat He never dies
Ajoonee saibhang He is beyond births and deaths, he is self illuminated
Gurprasaad He is realized by the grace of the true Guru (dispeller of ignorance)
Jap Repeat his name
Aad sach He was true in the beginning
Jugaad sach He was true when the ages commenced and has ever been true
Hai bhee sach He is also true now
Nanak hosee bhee sach Satguru Nanak says that he will always be true in the future

Motivation

Motivation is an inner positive energy, a combination of enthusiasm and clear perception (understanding) that enables us to accomplish (complete) a task.

Motivation keeps us determined and on course, otherwise it is so easy to be distracted by problems and laziness. What does motivation do? It moves us from one reality to another, from where I am to where I wish to be.

When we want to reactivate our motivation we need to examine the following:

* What do I want?

* What do I wish for?

* What do I value?

* What do I need?

* What do I enjoy?

* What do I understand? and, especially,

* What do I love?

When we sit down and think about the answers to these questions, they become the basis for activating new insights and tasks and for reactivating those insights and tasks, which I have forgotten to pay proper attention to and have not developed properly.

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With Regard's
Shalini Kartyamurty.

Visualization

Visualization

The most powerful energy in the universe is the energy of the mind. Everything we create, from the simplest of objects, to the most complex philosophies, are formed in the human mind. The images and thoughts, which you create at each moment, directly influence your emotional and physical well-being. Imagine yourself eating a lemon and you will begin to salivate (produce saliva in the mouth), picture yourself fall from a cliff edge and you will generate the feeling of falling along with tremendous anxiety (worry), possibly terror.

The key to relaxation lies in what you do with your mind. Like an inner television screen or an artist's blank canvas, your mind is ready to display any idea or image, which you choose. While meditation tends to have one point of mental focus (an idea, a point of knowledge or mantra), creative visualization is the purposeful use of the mind to create positive images as a result of which we experience relaxation.

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With Regard's
Shalini Kartyamurty.

Self Esteem

Self Esteem

Self-esteem and self-respect are closely connected. One is an integral part of the other. One is not possible without the other. In relationships, when other people are throwing all their negative energy at us, if we can maintain our own self-respect we will be able to remain stable, positive and unaffected. In fact, if our self -respect is strong, we will not feel the need to return the negative energy, which they are sending us, but will be able to return understanding and compassion (sympathy) instead. To regain, build and strengthen our self-respect, we need to practice giving respect to others – no matter what they are like, or what they do. What we rarely realise is that in the process of respecting another, we are first of all respecting ourself.

What does showing respect look like? (imagine different ways in which you can convey respect to another person) - What do you think is the biggest inner barrier to developing the ability to give respect to others?

Whom could you consciously choose to respect more today than you have up to now? (remember that to be respectful you will need to be non-judgmental)

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With Regard's
Nupur Kartyamurty.

Self

Self Esteem

Self-esteem and self-respect are closely connected. One is an integral part of the other. One is not possible without the other. In relationships, when other people are throwing all their negative energy at us, if we can maintain our own self-respect we will be able to remain stable, positive and unaffected. In fact, if our self -respect is strong, we will not feel the need to return the negative energy, which they are sending us, but will be able to return understanding and compassion (sympathy) instead. To regain, build and strengthen our self-respect, we need to practice giving respect to others – no matter what they are like, or what they do. What we rarely realize is that in the process of respecting another, we are first of all respecting our self.

What does showing respect look like? (imagine different ways in which you can convey respect to another person) - What do you think is the biggest inner barrier to developing the ability to give respect to others?

Whom could you consciously choose to respect more today than you have up to now? (remember that to be respectful you will need to be non-judgmental)

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With Regard's
Nupur Kartyamurty.

Vision, Goals,Strategies And Action Plan

Vision, Goals, Strategies And Action Plans

A vision is what you can see but not yet reach. The most powerful dimension of vision is not the long term dimension but actually the way you choose to see yourself in your work, circumstances, relationships, etc. Important changes start occurring by simply choosing to see things and people differently. That will have a huge influence on the decisions you make and the results. This is the power of vision.

Goals are aimed at achieving the vision. They should be achievable in a short span of time and represent what you can see and reach. Goals should be specific, measurable, actionable, relevant and time bound (SMART).

Clarification of goals then sets the agenda for the strategies (how) that are necessary to achieve those goals, to drive those goals forward. The strategies then need to be broken down into very specific action plans.

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With Regard's
Shalini Kartyamurty.

SELF EMPOWERMENT

Self Empowerment

To empower (strengthen) and help others is to empower yourself. The most successful people in life are not ‘go getters’, they are 'go givers', they always hold out the hand of co-operation and ask, "How can I help you achieve your goals?" As they empower others with their encouragement, they empower themselves with their own energy and, in time, this is magnified by the blessings of others which come back in return. The one thing that kills this positive exchange of energy within our relationships is competition.

#Question: Write down all the advantages and then all the disadvantages of competition.
Reflection: Reflect (think) on the meaning of the words you used to answer the above e.g. if you wrote down 'competition creates progress' in the advantages column, what do you mean by progress?
Action: Have a competitive conversation with someone tomorrow and then go and ask yourself if it was really satisfying, empowering (strengthening) and beneficial?

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With Regard's
Nupur Katyamurty.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Live, Laugh and Enjoy

God & I - Anupam Kher

You find God in...

"I find God in simple things of life. God resides in every thing that encompasses us. I find Him in the goodness of people. God is a faith for me, and faith is the only thing in life that keeps us going. I believe in optimism being positive. Optimism is Godly for me."

How do you connect to God ?

"I connect to God through focus, concentration, happiness and being good to other people. Prayers connect me to Him. I do not need a visa of meditation to get closer to God. It does not matter whether I am stressed or happy. I can chat with Him every time I want."

Karma & Kismat to you are ...

"I believe in kismet, but Karma is more important for me. When I was young my grand father told me ' Hard-work is the only way to attain your goals'And all through my life, I didn't try to prove him wrong.There is nothing in life that comes to you easily. I strongly believe and advocate the philosophy of Bhagwad Gita 'Karam karo, phal ki iccha mat karo'. For me, Karma is supreme.'

True contentment lies in.....

'Being kind to people, to be able to bring joy to others' lives signifies contentment to me. Being compassionate towards what you do, enjoying it and being happy is important too. You can't make others happy, if you don't enjoy yourself. So live, laugh and enjoy.


(As told to Ritu V Singh)
Anupam Kher is an actor

About Edison

People often say Edison was a genius. He answered, "Genius is hard work, stick-to-it-iveness, and common sense."

Thomas Alva Edison was born February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio (pronounced MY-lan). In 1854, when he was seven, the family moved to Michigan, where Edison spent the rest of his childhood.

"Al," as he was called as a boy, went to school only a short time. He did so poorly that his mother, a former teacher, taught her son at home. Al learned to love reading, a habit he kept for the rest of his life. He also liked to make experiments in the basement.

Al not only played hard, but also worked hard. At the age of 12 he sold fruit, snacks and newspapers on a train as a "news butcher." (Trains were the newest way to travel, cutting through the American wilderness.) He even printed his own newspaper, the Grand Trunk Herald, on a moving train.

At 15, Al roamed the country as a "tramp telegrapher." Using a kind of alphabet called Morse Code, he sent and received messages over the telegraph. Even though he was already losing his hearing, he could still hear the clicks of the telegraph. In the next seven years he moved over a dozen times, often working all night, taking messages for trains and even for the Union Army during the Civil War. In his spare time, he took things apart to see how they worked. Finally, he decided to invent things himself.
After the failure of his first invention, the electric vote recorder, Edison moved to New York City. There he improved the way the stock ticker worked. This was his big break. By 1870 his company was manufacturing his stock ticker in Newark, New Jersey. He also improved the telegraph, making it send up to four messages at once.

During this time he married his first wife, Mary Stilwell, on Christmas Day, 1871. They had three children -- Marion, Thomas, Jr., and William. Wanting a quieter spot to do more inventing, Edison moved from Newark to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in 1876. There he built his most famous laboratory.

He was not alone in Menlo Park. Edison hired "muckers" to help him out. These "muckers" came from all over the world to make their fortune in America. They often stayed up all night working with the "chief mucker," Edison himself. He is sometime called the "Wizard of Menlo Park" because he created two of his three greatest works there.

The phonograph was the first machine that could record the sound of someone's voice and play it back. In 1877, Edison recorded the first words on a piece of tin foil. He recited the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb," and the phonograph played the words back to him. This was invented by a man whose hearing was so poor that he thought of himself as "deaf"!

Starting in 1878, Edison and the muckers worked on one of his greatest achievements. The electric light system was more than just the incandescent lamp, or "light bulb." Edison also designed a system of power plants that make the electrical power and the wiring that brings it to people's homes. Imagine all the things you "plug in." What would your life be like without them?

In 1885, one year after his first wife died, Edison met a 20-year-old woman named Mina Miller. Her father was an inventor in Edison's home state of Ohio. Edison taught her Morse Code. Even when others were around, the couple could "talk" to each other secretly. One day he tapped a question into her hand: would she marry him? She tapped back the word "yes."

Mina Edison wanted a home in the country, so Edison bought Glenmont, a 29-room home with 13-1/2 acres of land in West Orange, New Jersey. They married on February 24, 1886 and had three children: Madeleine, Charles and Theodore.

A year later, Edison built a laboratory in West Orange that was ten times larger than the one in Menlo Park. In fact, it was one of the largest laboratories in the world, almost as famous as Edison himself. Well into the night, laboratory buildings glowed with electric light while the Wizard and his "muckers" turned Edison's dreams into inventions. Once, the "chief mucker" worked for three days straight, taking only short naps. Edison earned half of his 1,093 patents in West Orange.

But Edison did more than invent. Here Edison could think of ways to make a better phonograph, for example, build it with his muckers, have them test it and make it work, then manufacture it in the factories that surrounded his laboratory. This improved phonograph could then be sold throughout the world.

Not only did Edison improve the phonograph several times, but he also worked on X-rays, storage batteries, and the first talking doll. At West Orange he also worked on one of his greatest ideas: motion pictures, or "movies." The inventions made here changed the way we live even today. He worked here until his death on October 18, 1931, at the age of 84.

By that time, everyone had heard of the "Wizard" and looked up to him. The whole world called him a genius. But he knew that having a good idea was not enough. It takes hard work to make dreams into reality. That is why Edison liked to say, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Sahi Ya Galat ...Right Or Wrong

कुछ दिन पहले बीता दशहरा और अभी दिवाली भी गयी बीत
बात यह पता चली हमें कि यह त्यौहार हैं बुराई पर अच्छा की जीत
या गलत पर सही की जीत या असत्य पर सत्य की जीत
पर यह झूठ और सच हैं क्या या कहे क्या है सही और क्या है गलत
इसकी परिभाषा कहाँ से आई किसने किया इसे परिभाषित
बहुत सोचा पर जवाब नहीं मिला इसपर
क्योकि श्री राम ने बाली का किया था वध छुपकर
या अश्वतथामा का जो वध करवाया था युधिष्ठिर से कुछ हटकर
किस परिभाषा में यह सही थे अपने को खंगाला पर कुछ नहीं समझ पाया
कल अखबार पढ़ रहा था देखी उसमे एक खबर ,मै रुका और उसे पढ़ने लगा
एक आदमी ने चोरी की क्योकि उसे अपनी अंधी बूढी माँ और छोटे से बच्चे का पेट था भरना
जो कई दिन से थे भूखे,काम नहीं मिला ,नहीं देख पाया बिलखते बच्चे को और तडपती माँ का रोना इसलिए चोरी की ...पर वो पकड़ा गया बेचारा और उसकी पिटाई भी हुई जमकर
पढ़ कर मै सोचने लगा कि क्या गलत किया उसने अगर वो चाह रहा था भरना पेट माँ का
माँ और बच्चे के लिए तो वो सही ही था पर जिसके यहाँ चोरी की उसके लिए गलत.
तो कैसे एक काम सही भी था और भी था गलत
कही पढ़ा कि सूरज पूरब से निकलता है यह एकदम सही
मेरी सोचने की आदत ने फिर कर दिया मुझे सोचने को मजबूर
और जवाब मिला यह तो सिर्फ तभी सत्य हैं जब हम वासी इस दुनिया के
कल को अगर मिलेगा हमें कोई बंधू किसी दूसरे ग्रह से इस ब्रह्माण्ड में
तब भी होगा क्या सत्य यही पर नहीं मिला वो उत्तर जिसको कहूँ सही
तो इसका मतलब यही था कि नहीं इस ब्रहमांड में कुछ ऐसा जिसको कह दे सब सही
यह तो है सब हमारे समाज , धर्म माता-पिता के बनाये कायदे-कानून
जिनका मकसद है चलता रहे यह समाज ब-दस्तूर
और बनाए गए कुछ मानवीय मूल्य जिस से हो सके निर्णय क्या है सही और है क्या गलत
है जीवन में जरूरी यह सीखना जिस से कि जब कभी भी हो जीवन और मृत्यु में फासला कम
तब कोई भी जल्दी से और ठीक से ले सके निर्णय कोई
पर सवाल था खडा सामने कि क्या इन मूल्यों के साथ है चल सकता कोई
परिस्थितियों के कारण भी आदर्श कभी होते हैं गलत और होते हैं कभी सही
भूखे व्यक्ति के सारे पाप उसकी भूख के कारण मान लिए जाते है मजबूरी
बहुत कहते है कि क्या फल मिला सही काम करने का, आज भूखों मर रहे हैं हम ही
सही गलत की वजह से मुझे हो रही परेशानी बड़ी , कोई भी किसी भी चीज को बोल देता है सही
किसी ने कहा सही या सच वो हैं जिसे करने से मिले खुशी ,
और एक झूठ या गलत बोलने पर उसे छुपाने के लिए भी मेहनत करनी पड़ती है कड़ी
वही सही बोलने पर मन रहता हैं खुश और नहीं होती चिंता कोई
पर प्रश्न था क्या हर काम दे सकता है मुझे खुशी पर सोचा शायद हो सच यही
मै जुट गया हर वो काम करने में जो दे सकता था मुझे खुशी
पर जब अपने ही किसी काम से एक दोस्त को पाया दुखी क्योकि हुआ था उसका नुकसान मेरे काम से
तो लगा कि नहीं यह भी सच नहीं मतलब था कि जब दोनों लोग खुश हो तभी हैं वो कर्म सही
फिर मुझे याद आया वो किस्सा चोर का वहां तो उस आदमी ने जो काम किया
उसे तो था अपनी माँ और बच्चे का पेट भरना , फिर मिलती इस से दोनों को खुशी
तो क्या था यह काम सही , पर साथ ही याद आया वो दुकानदार जिसके यहाँ थी हुई चोरी वो था दुखी फिर कैसे वो काम हो सकता है सही जिस से है कोई दुखी
राम ने वध किया था रावन का और बाली का दोनों में ही उनके भाई ने की थी मदद राम की,
तो कैसे था यह सही , पर वध हुआ मानवता की भलाई के लिए इसमें सब थे खुश और वो कर्म था सही
तो समझ आया कोई भी ऐसा काम करो जिससे हो आप खुश
किया जिसके लिए वो काम मिली उसे खुशी हो और बाकि लोग अगर नहीं हो खुश
पर ना हो नुकसान कोई बस है वही काम सही बाकि है सब काम गलत



फेस बुक की सीमा की वजह से .........यहाँ सब मित्रों को टेग नहीं किया जा सकता........ ...........तो सब को आमंत्रण हैं कि वो इस आलेख को पढ़े ...और अपनी टिप्पणी दे......नरेश..
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RIGHT OR WRONG ................सही या गलत कुछ दिन पहले बीता दशहरा और अभी दिवाली भी गयी बीत बात यह पता चली हमें कि यह त्यौहार हैं बुराई पर अच्छा की जीत या गलत पर सही की जीत या असत्य पर सत्य की जीत पर यह झूठ और सच हैं क्या या कहे क्या है सही और क्या है गलत इसकी परिभाषा कहाँ से आई किसने किया इसे परिभाषित बहुत सोचा पर जवाब नहीं मिला इसपर क्योकि श्री राम ने बाली का किया था वध छुपकर या अश्वतथामा का जो वध करवाया था युधिष्ठिर से कुछ हटकर किस परिभाषा में यह सही थे अपने को खंगाला पर कुछ नहीं समझ पाया कल अखबार पढ़ रहा था देखी उसमे एक खबर ,मै रुका और उसे पढ़ने लगा एक आदमी ने चोरी की क्योकि उसे अपनी अंधी बूढी माँ और छोटे से बच्चे का पेट था भरना जो कई दिन से थे भूखे,काम नहीं मिला ,नहीं देख पाया बिलखते बच्चे को और तडपती माँ का रोना इसलिए चोरी की ...पर वो पकड़ा गया बेचारा और उसकी पिटाई भी हुई जमकर पढ़ कर मै सोचने लगा कि क्या गलत किया उसने अगर वो चाह रहा था भरना पेट माँ का माँ और बच्चे के लिए तो वो सही ही था पर जिसके यहाँ चोरी की उसके लिए गलत. तो कैसे एक काम सही भी था और भी था गलत कही पढ़ा कि सूरज पूरब से निकलता है यह एकदम सही मेरी सोचने की आदत ने फिर कर दिया मुझे सोचने को मजबूर और जवाब मिला यह तो सिर्फ तभी सत्य हैं जब हम वासी इस दुनिया के कल को अगर मिलेगा हमें कोई बंधू किसी दूसरे ग्रह से इस ब्रह्माण्ड में तब भी होगा क्या सत्य यही पर नहीं मिला वो उत्तर जिसको कहूँ सही तो इसका मतलब यही था कि नहीं इस ब्रहमांड में कुछ ऐसा जिसको कह दे सब सही यह तो है सब हमारे समाज , धर्म माता-पिता के बनाये कायदे-कानून जिनका मकसद है चलता रहे यह समाज ब-दस्तूर और बनाए गए कुछ मानवीय मूल्य जिस से हो सके निर्णय क्या है सही और है क्या गलत है जीवन में जरूरी यह सीखना जिस से कि जब कभी भी हो जीवन और मृत्यु में फासला कम तब कोई भी जल्दी से और ठीक से ले सके निर्णय कोई पर सवाल था खडा सामने कि क्या इन मूल्यों के साथ है चल सकता कोई परिस्थितियों के कारण भी आदर्श कभी होते हैं गलत और होते हैं कभी सही भूखे व्यक्ति के सारे पाप उसकी भूख के कारण मान लिए जाते है मजबूरी बहुत कहते है कि क्या फल मिला सही काम करने का, आज भूखों मर रहे हैं हम ही सही गलत की वजह से मुझे हो रही परेशानी बड़ी , कोई भी किसी भी चीज को बोल देता है सही किसी ने कहा सही या सच वो हैं जिसे करने से मिले खुशी , और एक झूठ या गलत बोलने पर उसे छुपाने के लिए भी मेहनत करनी पड़ती है कड़ी वही सही बोलने पर मन रहता हैं खुश और नहीं होती चिंता कोई पर प्रश्न था क्या हर काम दे सकता है मुझे खुशी पर सोचा शायद हो सच यही मै जुट गया हर वो काम करने में जो दे सकता था मुझे खुशी पर जब अपने ही किसी काम से एक दोस्त को पाया दुखी क्योकि हुआ था उसका नुकसान मेरे काम से तो लगा कि नहीं यह भी सच नहीं मतलब था कि जब दोनों लोग खुश हो तभी हैं वो कर्म सही फिर मुझे याद आया वो किस्सा चोर का वहां तो उस आदमी ने जो काम किया उसे तो था अपनी माँ और बच्चे का पेट भरना , फिर मिलती इस से दोनों को खुशी तो क्या था यह काम सही , पर साथ ही याद आया वो दुकानदार जिसके यहाँ थी हुई चोरी वो था दुखी फिर कैसे वो काम हो सकता है सही जिस से है कोई दुखी राम ने वध किया था रावन का और बाली का दोनों में ही उनके भाई ने की थी मदद राम की, तो कैसे था यह सही , पर वध हुआ मानवता की भलाई के लिए इसमें सब थे खुश और वो कर्म था सही तो समझ आया कोई भी ऐसा काम करो जिससे हो आप खुश किया जिसके लिए वो काम मिली उसे खुशी हो और बाकि लोग अगर नहीं हो खुश पर ना हो नुकसान कोई बस है वही काम सही बाकि है सब काम गलत फेस बुक की सीमा की वजह से .........यहाँ सब मित्रों को टेग नहीं किया जा सकता........ ...........तो सब को आमंत्रण हैं कि वो इस आलेख को पढ़े ...और अपनी टिप्पणी दे......नरेश..
In this photo: Jayandran Gopalakrishnan, Prem Mathaliya, आनंद वर्मा (photos), Nitindra Badjatiya, Poonam Matia, Rajeev Kumar (photos), नवीन कुमार, Manjula Saxena (photos), राजू मिश्र, Bishwa Nath Singh (photos), Manisha Jain, Pawan Jain, Surya Mohan Dubey (photos), Hareesh Khetani (photos), Swami Mrigendra Saraswati (photos), Gopal Krishna Shukla (photos), Hpsingh Jadoun, Ghulam Kundanam (photos), Kaustubh Shukla (photos), Ambarish Srivastava (photos), Hari Kishan Purohit, Ravi Razdan (photos), Naresh Matia (photos), कुम्पसिंह सौलंकी (photos), Parveen Kathuria (photos), Tarang Matia, Kiran Arya, Swami Ganeshanand (photos), Rasesh Rastogi (photos), Rahim Khan (photos), डॉ. सरोज गुप्ता, Sushil Joshi (photos), Mahendra Gaur (photos), Sunita Singh (photos), Meena Garg, Dharm Pal Jangra, Rakesh Ranjan (photos), Sadhvi Chidarpita, Ñizam Ãli, Madhu Sudan Muskara (photos)
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Poonam Matia naresh u r gr8 as ever.............mind boggling.........rt ya wrng.......actualy its the context.....which decides the aptness of the action.........hope u hav a nice discussion on ur composition......all the best.....i'll join u again........
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Mahendra Gaur
Nice sir.................main us insan ko Chor nahi kahunga jisne apne bachho aur maa ka pet bharne ke liye roti li...............agar usne galat kiya to bhagwan ram ne bhi galat kiya tha chhup kar war kiya tha......................

Sorry ag...ar mere is comments se kisi ki dharmik bhavna ko aaghat pahuche...................See More
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Parveen Kathuria yadi andhi budhi maa aur bhookh se tadpate bachhe ke liye chori ka sahara lena pada to iss ke liye hamari vayavastha jimmewar hai...jahan kisi ko pet bharne ke liye chori ka sahara lena pada....yeh desh ka durbhagya hai ki yahan logon ko roti k liye sangharsh karna padta hai..jabki viksit deshon mein log vikas ke liye sangharsh karte hain.
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Naresh Matia parveen ji aapki bat sahi hai............par yahaa bat sahi aur galat ki hain...........ki kya sahi hain aur kya galat.....
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कुम्पसिंह सौलंकी वाह बहुत सुँदर लेख नरेश....सही और गलत का फैसला अगर एक इँसान करे तो हो सकता है उनके अनुभवोँ के आधार पर सही भी हो पर यकिन करना भी ठीक नहीँ, आम धारणा जाने बिना ।
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Pawan Jain कोई व्यक्ति जब कोई भी कार्य करता है तो उसके पास इसके लिए कुछ तर्क भी होते हैं...आप सहमत हों या नहीं...... ये और बात है| इसी तरह सही/ग़लत का सबका अपना-अपना नज़रिया है.....दूसरे चाहे कुछ भी सोचें|
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Naresh Matia सही कहा कुम्प सिंह जी.............अपने अनुभव के आधार पर ही सही गलत का फैसला करना उचित हैं.
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कुम्पसिंह सौलंकी क्षमा करे मित्रौँ हमसे लिखते लिखते चुक हो गई सम्बोधन नरेशजी करके पढा जाये....
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Parveen Kathuria yadi ram ne koi galti nahi ki thi to galti uss ki bhi nahin hai jisne maa aur bhook se tadpate bachhe ke liye chori ki....
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Naresh Matia कुम्पसिंह जी कोई फरक नहीं पड़ता...........
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Naresh Matia सही कह रहे है परवीन जी.............पर बात सही गलत के फैसले में यह भी होना चाहिए कि उस से किसी को कोई नुक्सान तो नहीं हो रहा.........
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Parveen Kathuria maryada tabhi follow ki jati hain jab pet bhara ho....
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Naresh Matia परवीन जी.....पर .......पेट .......गलत को सही तो नहीं कर देगा............
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Kiran Arya
Naresh ji jaruri nhi jo ek ke liye sahi ho vo dusre ke liye bhi sahi ho, her insaan apni samjh, soch aur anubhav ke adhaar per nirdharit karta hai ki kya sahi hai aur kya galat, jisne apni Ma aur bete ki bhookh se pedit hoker chori ki, uske... liye vo raasta bilkul sahi tha, lekin agar dukaandaar ke najariye se dekhe, to chori karne wala apradhi tha uski nazar me, jahan tak kisi ke dukhi hone ki baat hai, to yeh to vohi bata sakta hai, ki dukh dene wale ka nazaria sahi tha ya galat.....Isiliye yeh ek aisa vishay hai, jisper ek rai hona aswabhabhik hai.................See More
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Naresh Matia किरण जी.........एक राय क्यों होनी चाहिए............पर तब भी हम बच्चो को सीखाते हैं कि क्या गलत हैं क्या सही.............
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Kiran Arya Naresh ji sahi kaha aapne ki ham bacchon ko seekhate hai ki kya galat hai aur kya sahi hai, lekin phir bhi vo paristhithio ke aadhar per tay karte hai, ki unke liye kya galat hai aur kya sahi hai, aur yeh to aap maanegne ki jaruri nhi vo hamse sahmat hi ho........maine yahi kaha ki is baare me sabhi ki rai unke anubhav aur samjh per nirbhar karti hai..........jo aapke liye sahi ho, kya pata dusre ko thhes pahucha jaaye..............
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Parveen Kathuria jis parkar ravan ko marna ram ki priority thi... usi parkar
maa aur bachhe ka pet bharna chori karne wale kii priority thi....sahi hai ya galat ka nirnya lena nahi....
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Naresh Matia जी हां.मैंने कब कहा कि......किसी के सहमत होने कि जरूरत हैं.इसलिए मैंने यही लिखा कि वो काम जिसमे सब खुश हो वही काम सही हैं............बाकी काम गलत .........
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Pawan Jain क्षमा करें नरेश जी, सबको तो भगवान भी खुश नहीं कर सकते....!!
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Naresh Matia परवीन जी...........फिर भी हम दशहरा पर यही शिक्षा देते हैं कि.यह गलत पर सही कि जीत हैं.क्यों...............बच्चो को ऐसा क्यों सीखाया जाता है
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Naresh Matia पवन जी.........सबको नहीं कर सकते.........पर अपने आस-पास के लोगो को अपने कार्यों से कर ही सकते हैं या नहीं.........
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Kiran Arya Naresh ji aisa to ho hi nhi sakta ki aap koi kaam kare aur sab khush ho jaaye, jo aapse sahmat nhi honge vo kaise khush ho sakte hai.....
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Naresh Matia किरण जी.......क्या आप सोचती हैं कि..........आपके कार्यों से लोग दुखी हो जाते हैं............
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Pawan Jain ‎@नरेश जी, अपने आस पास के लोगों में majority को.......पर सबको नहीं....!!
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Kiran Arya Naresh ji ham sabhi prayaas ker sakte hai ki hamare karyo se koi dukhi naa ho, lekin anjaane me ham kuch aise karya bhi ker dete hai, jo kisi ke dukh ka karan ban jaaye.............to ham sabko to khush nhi rakh sakte hai na, sirf koshish ker sakte hai............
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कुम्पसिंह सौलंकी आज का जमाना हाँ मेँ हाँ मिलाने वाला भी हो गया है अक्सर देखा जाता हैँ आधुनिक मिडिया मेँ किसी आम को भगवान देँते है कभी भगवान को आम....
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Naresh Matia पवन जी.........तो वही आम आदमी के बस कि बात होती हैं.....................अगर वो भी आपके कार्य से दुखी होंगे तो क्या आप उस कार्य को सही मानेंगे.चाहे वो आपको कोई खुशी दे रहा हो..........
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Naresh Matia किरण जी..............पर आपको भी उस वक्त बुरा लगता होगा न .......कि वो मेरे इस कार्य से दुखी हैं .........
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Naresh Matia कुम्प सिंह जी............मीडिया कि बात तो अलग हैं वो TRP के चक्कर में कुछ भी कर सकता हैं........पर बात यहाँ आम लोगो कि हैं...मीडिया की नहीं.....
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Ravi Razdan DOSTO EK BAAT batayeen galat kaun hai aur kaun sahi...do miter railwy stn per mile aur dono ek duserey key gale lag kar royee.... annsu tham nahi rahe theee....door ek sajjan unhey dekh raha thaa ussey na raha gaya aur oooch behta 1st say aap ro kyoon rahe hain... ans thaa''....Iss gaddi say meri biwi jaa ahi hai 10 din kay liye..iss ke pall yeh dus din kaise gujaruungaa....iss liye roo raha hoon..2nd say poochha bai tum kayoon ro rahee ho...ans thaa issi gaddi say meri biwi apney mayke say wapis aa rahi hai...
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Kiran Arya Naresh ji aapne kaha ki agar koi ek dukhi ho bhi aur baaki log aur aap sukhi hai, aur dukhi hone wale ka nuksaan bhi nhi ho raha to vo kaam sahi hai, to phir dukh kaisa dusre ke dukh se, jab aapki nazar me aapne jo kiya vo sahi hai to?
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Naresh Matia हा हा हा हा..............वाह रवि जी.....क्या जोक मारा हैं.............बहुत खूब.......
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Ravi Razdan pawan bai..aap such he keh rahe hain sabko God kussh nahi rakh sakta..
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Naresh Matia किरण जी...........अगर मै किसी को मारू और मै खुश हो रहा हूँ उसे पीट कर तो क्या वो काम सही होगा............
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Nirvana - Anaahata Says

With more and more Meditation, we will receive more Cosmic Energy. Cosmic Energy improves our involvement in what we are in. By more and more total involvement with Body-Mind-Self, We Understand IN-TOTAL about the situations. This Understanding is nothing but KNOWLEDGE.

Common man will get only experience, but fails to perceive the Knowledge in that situation. It is because he experiences the situation with physical understanding alone. But a Master will Understand the situation in TOTAL. It is because he Knows that he is not the just Body, but he knows that he stays in the Body. He understands that the situations are for his Knowledge.





After experiencing all invitational experiences, and implementing it in our practical life, we will get 'great understanding'.This Understanding opens up several thousands of doors which gives new dimensions of perceptions in our life.

Our understanding, our Perception and our Knowledge expands a lot.

This leads to the expansion of our Consciousness. This is nothing but having the WISDOM.

We experience this state of Wisdom in meditation, as a THOUSAND PETAL LED GOLDEN LOTUS.

Each and every petal is a new dimension of understanding.

By perceiving more and more dimensions, we understand more and more knowledge of other existences.

With this Understanding, we come to know that:

There is No Death and we are Eternal Beings. We understand “what is Birth?” and “what is Death?”

source:- http://www.spiritual-reality.com/

Spiritual Sex

PIRITUAL SEX


by Walter Last

Sexuality is closely related to spirituality in several ways. In its negative aspects of lust, sexual excess, degradation and rape, it appears as the antithesis of spirituality, and in this light it has been seen in the Christian tradition. However, in its positive aspects our sexuality can open our heart to love, and enable us to have experiences similar to meditative states and mystical bliss during or instead of an orgasm and its afterglow. In a less obvious way, sexual energies can be channeled upward to develop our energy centers or chakra system and higher energy bodies. According to esoteric and yoga teachings, this is all part of our spiritual evolution.

The idea of celibacy for priests, nuns and monks is to spiritualize sexual energies as in meditation, rituals and other devotional practices. While this generally involves conscious exercises as in yoga, Christian mystics commonly transformed their energies without conscious awareness through intense devotion. If religious celibates fight to suppress their sexuality, they misunderstand the deeper reason for the practice of celibacy, and block their spiritual evolution on that level. If devotional practices do not lead to the transmutation of sexual energies then it is much better to find a natural outlet. Suppression always leads to problems.

There are various yoga and meditation techniques to transform sexual energy into kundalini or spiritual energy by oneself. However, there are also methods of spiritual or sacred sex for couples. Karezza is a western practice that can be adopted for spiritual sex, while in the east tantric yoga is concerned with the transmutation of sexual energies. There has also been a tradition of temple priestesses in Greece and eastern history who helped spiritual seekers with ceremonial sex. On a different level ceremonial sex has, of course, also been used or misused in various cults. Sexual energy is a part of our hidden kundalini energy, which in turn is a concentrated form of etheric or life-force energy. It can be used to create children, or just to have an orgasm, or to fuel achievements in sports or professional activities. However, its ultimate purpose is to facilitate spiritual growth by developing our chakra system and higher energy bodies.

Commonly esoteric teachings advise to curtail sexual activity and portray abstinence as an ideal in order to retain sexual energies for internal development. However, this can easily lead to suppression of sexual energies and emotional deprivation. The following methods show a middle path between abstinence and conventional sex. In many instances I believe them to be superior to abstinence for developing our higher energy centers. They have the added advantage of satisfying our emotional needs and providing the venue for a joint spiritual venture for couples.

Furthermore, most of those with a chronic disease, and especially cancer, are emotionally rather fragile, and benefit greatly from a close-bonding loving relationship. This is also beneficial with heart disease and mental-emotional conditions, such as depression and addictions. High levels of testosterone are a negative factor with prostate cancer, while high estrogen levels are detrimental with most breast cancers. It has now been shown that when we are in love (or create a feeling of love), hormone levels in both genders become more like each other. In males testosterone levels fall to make them less aggressive, gentler and more spiritual. Females, on the other hand, produce more testosterone, which makes them bolder, and helps to balance excessive estrogen levels.

What many individuals miss even more than sex is touching and hugging. Some try to satisfy this need with regular massage therapy. However, there may be a simple solution. If you feel deprived of touching and hugging just form a local "hug club". Either discretely spread the word around or put a notice in a suitable place asking for interested individuals to contact you. You can then arrange a weekly meeting where you just hug for an hour or two. As a follow-up step you may also give each other massages. You may be surprised by the amount of interest in hugging 'out there'. You may also form or join a healing group where hugging may be practiced together with massaging, reflexology and the multitude of other self-healing techniques available. Consensual hugging may also serve as a stepping stone for some forms of spiritual sex.

Karezza

I believe that regularly radiating love, and feel being loved, greatly helps to prevent and overcome cancer and other diseases. When we radiate love, we become invincible, diseases cannot touch us. Karezza helps us to learn this in an easy and pleasant way, with Karezza we can be in love everyday. When we then also learn to feel and radiate love at will in our daily activities and encounters, then we have reached the top of the spiritual mountain. Karezza or sacred sex is a pleasant and effective way to get there.

In Karezza the emphasis is on the inner feeling awareness as well as on the feeling of complete union with the partner. Orgasm is avoided or at least minimized. Caresses and slow controlled movements during intercourse generate a steady stream of sexual energy that is consciously converted into feelings of sublime joy and love. Typically, this may continue for an hour or more. It is not necessary for the penis to be erect or even inside to enjoy this type of lovemaking. Part or all of the time the tip of the penis may just touch the entrance of the vagina, or the sexual organs may not touch at all.

Initially concentrate awareness on the sensations at the point of contact with the partner, especially in the genital area but also wherever the skin or a caressing hand touches. This generates pleasant sensations, which can now easily be converted into a loving feeling. Open your heart and send this love to your partner. In a more active fashion you can in your imagination lead the energy felt in the genital or pelvic area upwards to the heart. There you feel it as love and radiate it out onto your partner, and also envelop both of you in a cloud of love.

For many sensitive individuals this is more satisfying than just mechanically experimenting with different positions or chasing an elusive orgasm. You may also lie quietly connected, just to relax and feel close, cared for and protected, without attempting to generate any specific effects. If sleeping together, it is good to develop a routine of connecting daily before going to sleep or after awakening, or both. This may be done without moving, just to feel close to each other. It is not only emotionally satisfying, but produces strong bonding and greatly strengthens the relationship. In addition to providing great spiritual, emotional and health benefits, Karezza is also an effective birth-control method.


The following are some extracts from The Karezza Method by J. William Lloyd (published in 1931).

“Try to feel yourself a magnetic battery. As you acquire the habit of giving your sexual electricity out in blessing to your partner from your sex-organs, hands, lips, skin, eyes and voice, you will acquire the power to satisfy yourself and her without an orgasm. “Soon you will not even think of self-control, because you will have no desire for the orgasm, nor will she.”

Lloyd also notes the ability of Karezza (controlled intercourse) to nourish lovers. He reports a sense of “sweet satisfaction, fullness of realization, peace, often a physical glow and mental glamour that lasts for days, as if some ethereal stimulant, or rather nutriment, had been received.” And, “in successful Karezza the sex-organs become quiet, satisfied, demagnetized, as perfectly as by the orgasm, while the rest of the body of each partner glows with a wonderful vigor and conscious joy…tending to irradiate the whole being with romantic love; and always with an after-feeling of health, purity and wellbeing. We are most happy and good-humored as after a full meal.”

In regard to orgasms he observes: “It is the wine of sex that gives love its enchantment and divine dreams. This is easily proven by giving lovers unrestricted license to express their transports. No sooner have they wasted the wine of sex by reckless embraces—often a single orgasm will thus temporarily demagnetize the man—tho they love each other just the same, as they will each stoutly assert—the irresistible attraction and radiance and magnetic thrills are gone, and there is a strange drop into cool, critical intellection or indifference, or perhaps dislike…. To have frequent orgasmal embraces, as most married lovers do, is to keep the wine in the sexual beakers low by constant spilling, to thus kill all romance and delight and finally starve and tire out love itself.”



Meditative Sex

Another way of experiencing spirituality in sex is by focusing on feeling in harmony and united with your partner on different energy levels. This is like a sexual meditation.

Before starting meditative sex you may not normally have much foreplay as you do not need a strong arousal but neither should you try to connect without any stimulation of sexual energies. However, the emphasis should not be on direct sexual stimulation but rather on expressing your affection for each other. After some caressing you may assume your chosen position. Comfortable positions for direct sexual contact are the sitting embrace shown above, or the ‘basic position’ ('scissor position') as described for Tantric Sex below. Facing each other in a close embrace while lying side to side is also suitable, whether with skin contact, or remaining clothed without being sexually connected if that is not appropriate.

Bring the tip of the penis in touch with the entrance of the vagina. Remain motionless in this position for some time while focusing on feeling the energy between you and especially where penis and vagina meet. To initiate or greatly increase the feeling awareness of pleasurable sexual energy, both partners may gently and rhythmically squeeze their buttocks or just contract the perineum. Coordinate each gentle pelvic contraction with an inhalation and with each other.

At the same time imagine or feel that the breath energy or prana is squeezed upwards to the top end of the spine. Hold the breath for a moment, and with the subsequent slow exhalation, imagine the prana again to fall down to the base of the spine. However, when you can feel the sexual energy itself as pleasurable streamings, you send this feeling to the top of the spine, and with each exhalation you feel it flowing out into your brain and down into your heart. Now you just continue to intensify the pleasurable feeling in brain and heart with or without moving further sexual energy to the top.

This method may be used as a complete meditation in itself and can even be done without a partner in order to learn to feel and work with the sexual energies. If and when you feel like proceeding to the next step, then either the male or female may gently rub the tip of the soft or hard penis up and down between the clitoris and the entrance of the vagina. If there is not enough natural lubrication, use oil or a lubricant jelly. When you feel ready, gently push the head of the penis inside. If the penis has remained soft, firmly enclose the shaft with your hand as in a fist and now the head can usually be inserted and further stimulated with some slow movements.

After penetration you may either remain completely motionless for some time or continue with the rhythmic pelvic contractions or start with karezza-like slow movements. You may also continue to contract the pelvic floor with each gentle thrusting or forward movement, and relax it during withdrawal. You do whatever feels best to generate a stream of sexual energy but without becoming too excited. Instead of feeling any excitement just in the sexual organs, focus on feeling it like a slow orgasm in the whole pelvic area, and especially in the pelvic floor or perineum. If you can feel the energies strongly, you may stop moving for a while and just focus on intensifying whatever you feel. Now you can radiate the energy not only throughout your own body but also onto your partner to produce a common field of sexual energy that envelops both of you.

When you have filled your brain and heart with pleasurable energy, move part of your attention to the spiritual love that you feel for your partner. Feel your heart expanding with a gentle love and add this to the cloud of pleasurable sexual energy that surrounds and interpenetrates both of you. Finally, without losing this special feeling, you now shift another part of your attention to the top of your head or to your crown chakra. By sending out some of the love you feel to your High Self or God Presence, you immediately receive an even larger amount of spiritual love back. Feel that both of you are now connected to the love and power of your higher or divine guidance. Feel united and in harmony with all levels of your own being as well as with your partner and with your spiritual source. Feel like melting into each other. For more detailed descriptions to learn these energy meditations see the article The Love Cure as well as 'The Chakra System' in the article on Bio-energies.

Initially try to hold all of these levels of connection with your partner in your awareness: the touching of the bodies, the pleasurable sexual energy in and around you, the love that you radiate onto each other as well as the feeling of both of you being connected, loved and protected by your divine guidance. Just bathe in this symphony of feelings or at times try to intensify certain aspects of it. However, after a while the sexual energy may go to sleep and then you just continue to remain aware of the love radiating from your heart, and the connection to your spiritual source. By prior agreement you may then also send love, harmony or healing energy to another target, be it to heal a situation, a person or the planet.

Depending on your previous ability to meditate and connect to these feelings it may be easy for you to experience the fullness of this union with your partner or it may take a lifetime to slowly getting there. It does not matter. The main thing is that it is a pleasurable way of moving in the right direction, of growing spiritually towards increasing awareness and harmony on all levels. It is not necessary that both have a similar level of experience. If one partner is much better able to contact the feelings of love and harmony, then this will help the other partner to come to these experiences easier and sooner than by meditating alone.

You can practice with different partners, and you can do it fully clothed, or with varying degrees of sexual contact. In this way it is possible for partners to have a pleasurable union on all levels even without any touching of the sexual organs if this is inappropriate. With a new partner or after a period of sexual abstinence, the sexual energy is usually so strong that it can be raised quite easily with a close embrace. When starting a sexual meditation relationship with a new partner or after a longer period of abstinence it may be good to start with a fully clothed embrace, and move to full sexual contact only gradually and perhaps in successive meditations.

For young or spiritually minded individuals who want to practice abstinence, meditative sex can be used as a satisfying outlet without suppressing sexual energies and causing emotional problems. It is also suitable for those who feel too old or low in energy or otherwise have lost interest in the conventional forms of lovemaking.

Even if the sexual energy sometimes cannot be aroused, meditating in a close embrace with a spiritual partner can still be a pleasant and satisfying experience. For many spiritual or sensitive individuals this sexual meditation may be more fulfilling than the more common forms of sex or lovemaking. However, sometimes, after a period of spiritual sex, one or both partners may feel a preference for a strong orgasm in order to relax more deeply. There are no fixed rules and you may use or alternate different forms of lovemaking as you please.

Tantric Sex

Tantric sex is a form of spiritual sex practiced in Hinduism. In its original form it is highly ritualized. The ritual is necessary to ensure the correct attitude and spiritual-emotional atmosphere. A brief description of the ceremony is about as follows. Ideally, the participants have years of training in yoga and meditation during a strictly celibate life.

The ceremony starts with cleansing, meditation and giving each other prescribed foods and drinks. Then they assume the so-called maithuna position, scissor position or basic position. The man lies on his left side to the right of the women who lies on her back. She raises both knees towards her chest and the man moves his lower body to bring his penis in contact with the vagina while his upper body moves away from her. She lowers her left leg and places it between his legs while her right leg rests bent over his body; sides may be reversed.

Now he gently penetrates and they remain motionless completely relaxed while they visualize in a meditative state the flow of pranic or sexual energy between their bodies and especially between their sexual organs. For non-ceremonial situations sides as described above may be reversed. For them this is not a sexual act, but the bodily and spiritual union between a god and a goddess.


There may be a rising tide of pleasurable sensations or a sudden and explosive release of energy that is supposed to occur after around thirty-two minutes. This produces a blissful state and possibly glimpses of enlightenment. The penis may have been limp during most of this encounter but that does not matter. The success depends on the quality of the visualizations and the degree of the meditative state.

If you want to experiment with this, I suggest that you abstain from intimate contact for several weeks beforehand to build up a strong sexual charge and perform some ritualistic ceremonies before the sexual union that are meaningful for both of you. You may also choose a time close to ovulation and preferably when you both are full of vitality.

In its modern western form tantric sex is just another name for spiritual sex. There is, however, a price to pay for spiritualizing sexual energy. According to yoga teachings, initially the rise of the kundalini energy from the base to the second chakra results in a period of greatly increased sexual desire and potency. But after the energy breaks through and remains permanently above the sex-related chakra, sexual desire greatly diminishes while potency may or may not be affected. This applies also to other methods of spiritual development. However, in a committed relationshiptantra can be used as an enjoyable and fast path for spiritual development. For more information see www.oztantra.com.

Joined Meditation

Many sensitive and spiritual individuals have a deep longing just to hold a spiritual partner of the opposite sex but without wanting any sexual connection or arousal. This is especially so if it involves a non-sexual friendship or a new acquaintance. Here a joined meditation may be just the right remedy.

You hold each other, fully or partly clothed, in a comfortable embrace, either sitting or lying down. You agree beforehand on the type of meditation, on which energy centers or chakras to focus and in which order and whether to send love or healing energy to a particular person, area or our planet. You may, for instance, focus in sequence on each of the seven major chakras, starting either from the top or the bottom, or you may just feel and radiate love in the heart center and then unite this with the feeling of connectedness to your source by activating the top or crown chakra.

As a variation of this you may also generate a feeling of bliss by stimulating your forehead center. You may either take the next step whenever you are ready or you may coordinate this with your partner. Whenever you can feel the love, bliss, harmony or spiritual connection, intensify it and radiate it onto your partner or imagine you both being enveloped in a cloud of this feeling.

Furthermore, you may agree on one of you saying a prayer or invocation before starting or you may use music, fragrance, candles or colored light. Initially, when starting the embrace, focus on feeling the body of your partner as well as your own wherever your bodies touch. Feel being loved, cared for and protected. Using background music has the advantage of signaling when the meditation time is up. Music can also be arranged to give the signal to move to the next agreed step or steps. Who knows, in future joined meditation may become a social feature and instead of asking someone to sleep with us because of a physical attraction, we may start asking someone to join us in a meditation because of a spiritual attraction. Joined meditation is also suitable to be practiced in group situations such as a healing group or a hug club.

Sexual Union

For most of our lives our separation into males and females leaves us with a longing to be united with a partner of the opposite sex. We try to achieve this temporarily through sexual activity. However, sexual excitement and striving for an orgasm usually take over, and we do not have much of a chance to focus on feeling at one with our partner, feeling whole again.

It is very satisfying to cultivate this feeling of being united with our missing sexual half and we can do this by focusing on it in a meditative way. As a venue we may use a joined meditation or a full contact sexual meditation but instead of focusing on experiencing the various energy centers and their related feelings, we just focus on feeling at one with our partner, loved, protected and whole, utterly at peace. You may do this as a separate meditation or as the final stage of other forms of spiritual lovemaking.

Afterglow

By stimulating sexual activity in a spiritual way without discharging the raised energy through an orgasm, the pelvic region remains permanently energized. This may occasionally lead to spontaneous low-grade orgasmic feelings, although generally the energy may appear to be asleep in-between sexual encounters. However, you can greatly increase the pleasure and benefit derived from any form of spiritual sex by keeping part of your awareness in the lower pelvis during daily activities. This tends to awaken the sleeping energy.

If you are able to feel the energy as orgasmic streamings or pleasant feelings during spiritual sex, then you can also learn to feel it on and off during daily activities. It is easier to do this during a routine activity while slowly moving around. Examples are kitchen work, cleaning the house or gardening. Also the gentle movements while driving in a car are good. Initially the energy may be easiest to feel during a slow walk or while slowly dancing on your own. Keep part of your awareness in the lower pelvic area, especially the perineum, pelvic floor or base of the spine. If you can feel something, keep intensifying it. If you have difficulty feeling anything, try slowly tightening and relaxing the pelvic floor a few times while focusing your feeling awareness on this area.

Once you have learned to feel the pelvic energies they may awaken spontaneously during suitable activities and then fade again after a while when you mentally concentrate on something else. In addition to just intensifying the feeling, you may also direct it as a healing energy to a particular organ in the pelvic area or connect it with the energy entering the top of your head to make the whole body feel energized.

In this way we may say that our etheric or life-force body becomes properly polarized as between two magnetic poles, the energies of heaven entering through our top center and the earth energies through the base center. This not only generates pleasant feelings of streaming or pulsating energies, but also provides the energy-based foundation for healing the whole body as well as for further spiritual development through becoming fully aligned with our soul energies.

Towards a New Sexuality

The present legal and social attitude is to suppress juvenile sexuality, keeping children and teenagers in ignorance, and treating them as asexual beings until they reach a specific birth-date. Then they are expected to be fully functional sexual beings. This is guaranteed to create emotionally damaged adults. Here is my vision of a more appropriate sexual ethic within the framework of a new social order.

I envision a sexually open society without sexual suppression or repression. The prevalent sexual activity will be Karezza and similar forms of spiritual or sacred sex. Children, and especially infants, may be routinely exposed to loving sexual encounters of their parents. Older children are given practical instructions in non-genital sexual activities as part of school-related life-skills courses. At a given age or stage of sexual development, teenagers are formally initiated into sacred genital sex.

The successful end of this sexual training may be marked by an individual or group ceremony. With this they are now regarded as young adults, and have unrestricted choice of partners. Spreading the message about the health and emotional benefits of Karezza would be a first step towards a more enlightened social attitude about sexuality, and it would be the key to reversing the overpopulation of our planet.

Anger Management And Prevention

There are some false ideas about anger that we have acquired, which we use to justify and nourish our anger:

1. Anger is a natural response to other people’s behaviour.

Fact: You don’t realize the danger anger presents to your personal health and well-being. By maintaining this belief, you conveniently avoid the inner work of changing a deep negative habit.

Tip For Transformation (Change): Meditation enables you to remain kind towards what and who you see, no matter what they appear to have done.

2. In order to be assertive (confidently aggressive or self-assured), I have to use anger as a weapon.

Fact: Anger is the opposite of assertiveness. When you become angry, firstly you are killing yourself, and those with whom you become angry are only going to give back to you what they get or distance themselves from you completely.

Tip For Transformation: To make a real and lasting peace with others we need to be anger-free, which can be achieved through meditation.

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With Regard's
Shalini Kartyamurty.

Cautious when selecting bananas

At the rate of RM 2/- 1 Kg., death is being sold now-a-days in our markets.

My request for everybody is to be vigilant.

Friends, we all love bananas and we eat a lot of them, but the bananas
available in the market are forced ripe by dipping in water mixed with Carbide.

The consumption of these bananas is 100% sure to cause Cancer or some other infection in the stomach. Therefore, such type of bananas are to be avoided.

But, how does one recognize the bananas ripened with the help of Carbide? Bananas which are ripened naturally are dark yellow and there are small black spots here and there on the bananas and the stalks are black.

While those which are forced ripe with Carbide are lemon yellow and their
stalks are green and moreover they are clear yellow without any black spots.

Now, what is Carbide and how is it harmful? Carbide is a chemical which if mixed with water, emits heat and the heat emitted by a Close tank mixed with Carbide is even more than that emitted by a LPG Cylinder, so much so it can be used for Gas Cutting (which means the calorific value is so high that it can replace LPG gas). In the same way, when the bunch of bananas are dipped in the water mixed with Carbide, the gas gets absorbed into the bananas and they get ripe.

However, the banana vendors are not that literate and so they do not know the exact proportion of Carbide to be used for a dozen of bananas. As a result they end up using excess quantity of Carbide which gets absorbed into the bananas and ultimately enters our stomach. Due to this excess use of Carbide, Tumours can be formed in our digestive system.

So, next time you purchase bananas, make sure you select the naturally ripened ones.

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With Regard's
Nupur Kartyamurty.

The Alphabet of Change

Awareness - First, become aware of what you need to change in yourself. What is preventing you from attaining contentment? What habits are blocking the way to realizing your full potential?

Belief - Many people think that a change in their personalities is extremely difficult. But in fact it is a reality that lies within your power. It might be useful to ask yourself questions such as "What has held me back from change in the past?" and "What are the stages by which I can bring change about?"

Commitment - Motivation is the key to commitment. We need to want to change, rather than feel it is a duty to ourselves. Try writing down a list of commitments in the form of statements beginning with "I will". They should come directly out of, and be connected with, your overall vision.

Discipline - We cannot change unless we are able to maintain a steady course over time. Think of each sign as a major landmark passed. Even if we find ourselves slipping into old habits, that achievement of even a little bit of change cannot be taken away.

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Shalini Kartyamurty.
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Communication

A great deal of our communication is non-verbal and we rarely realize the effect that it has on others. Our tone of voice, our body language (particularly our eyes and face), our attitudes and our feelings, are constantly in communication with others, expressing anger, fear, love, trust, rejection - in fact, all our feelings and emotions. We cannot hide what we mean; we may do so for a while, but finally the truth emerges.

Communication is not just with others, but also with the self, with the Supreme Being and even nature. Being still, focused and open enables us to tune in to others so that we can respond in an appropriate and meaningful way, not simply in a mechanical way.

Here are some common reasons for blocks to communication:

* Too many thoughts, and an overload of words and actions, results in us being unable to think clearly. We lose the essence of what is trying to be conveyed (transmitted) by the other.

* Being lost in our own feelings or ideas. In such a state we do not listen attentively to others.

* Remembering the past in a negative way. This does not allow us to tune in properly to our present and future. When we do not communicate properly with the needs of the present time, we loose opportunities.

(To be continued tomorrow….)
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Shalini Kartyamurty.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Time Management - Joyful Work

Time Management

Joyful Work:

Do you enjoy what you do? Do you enjoy your work? When you enjoy what you are doing you are so absorbed and involved in the task that you rarely stop to think about time. We think we ‘have to’ go to work because we associate work with hard labour, a kind of boredom that must be tolerated. We rarely see work for what it is. What is work? Is it something to get joy from, or something to give joy to? We are conditioned to see and think about work as a necessary activity in order to pay for the ‘good’ things in life. And so many of us leave our hearts in our homes, and reluctantly (unwillingly) do what we think we have to do – with one eye on the task and the other eye on the clock. Notice, when you are doing what you love doing, you do what you do with love…and joy…and willingly. And time is never a problem. So here is the challenge:

Exercise: Are you doing what you love doing, is the work that you do what you give yourself willingly to? If not, what do you love doing, or what is it that you joyfully enjoy giving your time, interest and attention to? (By ‘doing’ we mean something that is creative or interactive not something static (inactive)). Imagine you are doing what you love doing for a living, what does this look like? What could you do to begin to make the change from what you do now, to what would allow you to be more joyful at work.

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Shalini Kartyamurty.

To Be Aware But Not Judgmental

To Be Aware But Not Judgemental

On the path of Raja Yoga meditation there is a saying, "See, but don't see! Hear, but don't hear!" which means to remain aware of all realities, including the negative, but not to focus on them. We get caught up in the negative because we react and the reactions are expressed in the form of judgments, accusations, criticism, or labeling. As soon as we judge or criticize, we put everything into convenient boxes and, just as convenience foods are not always so healthy, such conveniences at the mental and attitudinal level are a great danger, because we mentally seal (close) the fate (destiny) of the person or situation: they are like this and so must be treated accordingly. Unfortunately, this is often done in an unconscious way, which is why Raja Yoga meditation is used to bring such attitudes and behaviors to the surface, conscious awareness.

When our vision and attitude remain judgmental or critical, they do so because there is no input of positivity from the self to encourage or allow a positive change.

There cannot be a positive output when there is a negative input.

We often work in this way, wanting others to be better in some way, but, instead of helping them, or having faith in them and seeing their good qualities, we hinder (obstruct) them by concentrating on their past, their weaknesses and their mistakes. Our focus is completely negative, but still we expect them to change for the better!

When our awareness is more detached, rather than focusing on what is wrong, we look at how we can put something right by contributing a positive feeling, or attitude. This anonymous (not known to anyone) contribution is a generous act, which offers a solution, instead of the usual complaints by critical and judgemental people.

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Nupur Kartyamurty.

A Brief Introduction To Jainism

Origin and History

Jainism is an ancient religion, which originates from Eastern India. Its advent in the 6th century BC was expected as many people were beginning to oppose the hierarchical organisation and formalised rituals of Hinduism, the dominant religion in India.

The word Jain is derived from Jina, which means the one victorious over the self and the external world. The Jinas are regarded more respect than the Gods. They include the 24 Tirthankaras or ford-finders (holy men), the last Tirthankara Mahavira (599-527 BC) is the founder of Jainism.

The sacred texts for Jains are the compilation of teachings of Mahavira written in Sanskrit. After Mahavira’s death, a schism occurred between the Jain community and two major sects were formed: the ‘Schvetambara’ and the ‘Digambaras‘. This schism was caused due to a disagreement regarding the monastery discipline: the Schvetambaras believed that the monks and nuns should wear white robes, but the Digambaras believed that just like Mahavira the monks should wander naked and that a female cannot be a nun because she cannot attain liberation. This led the Schvetambaras to exclude the Digambaras from the orthodox Jain council.

There are around 4,000,000+ followers of Jainism with the majority population based in India some Diaspora populations in the UK, USA, and Europe. However, it should be noted that many of Jains are misreported as Hindus due to similarities in their core beliefs.

The Jain community remains very isolated from other communities. Nevertheless, they are one of the wealthiest communities in India and most influential in the finance and business sectors.

Beliefs

It is a core belief to conquer all temptations and inner enemies such as anger, greed and pride by practicing non-attachment with the material world and by living a peacefully disciplined lifestyle.

There is unique emphasis on non-violence or ahimsa. Hence, the word ahimsa is found on the Jain symbol of the open palm meaning ‘stop’. Although non-violence is a common practice in most religions, Jainism is unique in extending this principle to all living beings or jivas on earth which include soil, oceans, microbes and plants. Therefore, Jains have a strict diet and only eat by-products of the living beings such as fruits, nuts and milk. Some Jains wear masks over their mouths and nose to avoid harming microbes by inhaling them, which will result in unwanted karma.

Karma is the natural moral law of the universe in which every good and bad action has a corresponding effect on the doer. Jains believe that karma determines their rebirth form- good karma results in a higher spiritual and favourable physical form and conversely bad karma has adverse results.

Life and Afterlife

In Jain thinking, a jiva is a soul, which is attached to a body. The soul is of flexible size I.e. the same soul can fit inside a cat’s body as a human’s. The Jain scriptures state that there are 8.4 million species of jivas. The soul is also uncreated, eternal and has infinite power and knowledge and therefore has the inherent potential of divinity. There are five levels of human development:

* Sadhus (monks) and sadhvis (nuns)
* Upadhyayas (teachers of the scriptures and philosophy)
* Acharyas (leaders of the monastic community)
* Arihantas (liberated souls that have attained salvation; both Ordinary and Tirthankar and have achieved divinity. They can help others until death when they become siddhas)
* Siddhas (liberated souls who reside in the highest level of heaven. They have no form and are detached from the earth)

The purpose of life is to attain moksha (salvation from the cycle of rebirth) by ridding oneself of the karma, which obstructs the soul. One can achieve this by living a life of harmlessness and renunciation in the human form and by causing no harm to any sentient being. If one does not achieve moksha, after death the soul will be reincarnated or will suffer punishment in hell. Hell has 8 levels (each level become progressively colder). Suffering in the hells is not eternal; after punishment the soul is reborn in another form. There are different levels of Heaven also.

Theism and Cosmology

Jains are polytheists and pantheists as they believe that every living being has a potential to become God - they believe in reincarnation and seek moksha, once a soul is liberated its is worthy of being labelled a God. However, Jains reject the notion of a creator and do not believe that any external Being can help the soul. This notion has led some to consider Jains as atheists.

According to Jain cosmology, the universe and everything in it is eternal. Nothing that exists now was ever created, nor will it be destroyed. The universe consists of three realms: the heavens, the earth and the hells.

Monasticism

Mahavira initiated a monastic tradition. According to some, as many as 14,000 monks and 36,000 nuns were part of the Jain monastic community by the time of Mahaviras death. Monks and nuns strictly adhere to an ascetic lifestyle and take the "Five Great Vows" which are:

* Non-violence (ahimsa)
* Truthfulness (satya)
* Taking only that which is freely given; i.e. not stealing (asteya)
* Celibacy (brahmachanga)
* Non-possessiveness (aparigraha)

Jain monks and nuns must also observe other practices such as not eating in front of a layperson, not wearing shoes, not staying in one place for a prolonged period of time, shaving their heads and nuns must always where white clothes.

Worship

Worship is done to ask the Gods for their assistance in the journey to liberate the soul. This worship mainly takes place publicly at stone temples or at home at wooden shrines resembling the temple. The worship involves chanting of mantras and puja (gazing at images of the Gods).

The temples range from very intricately designed and structured to very simple ones and the two largest divisions of the religion decorate their temples in different ways.

Digambara temples have plain statues of the tirthankara whereas the Svetambara temples have painted statues decorated with jewellery, gold, flowers etc as a gesture of devotion to the deities.

Interesting facts

* Jainism and Buddhism were founded at relatively similar time of century.
* Mahavira abdicated his throne to become a Jain monk.
* Professions such as farming are avoided because many insects are killed when ploughing the fields.
* The Jain community in Europe, especially in Belgium, is mostly involved in the very lucrative diamond business.
* Meditation or Samayika is a daily practice amongst Jains e.g every morning, most Jains recite the Five Homage’s (panka namaskarais) to dispel evil, cure illness and bring good fortune.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Rising Above The Expectation of Praise From Others

Rising Above The Expectation Of Praise From Others

Sometimes, we get offended or ill almost on purpose in order to receive special treatment. Out of a lack of self-esteem and insecurity, we depend on the appreciation and affection of the other, for them to value us, praise us and always to speak kindly to us. Even though they have given us many signs of appreciation, if for a few days they give us none, our inner world or our self-esteem collapses. We become dependent on what others do, or don't do, in relation to us, whether or not they nourish our self-esteem, and then what happens? We are always waiting for the other to give us something when in reality we can give it to ourselves.

Spirituality makes us experience our internal treasures of bliss, happiness, love and power. It makes us aware that we are gives, emitters and radiators of these qualities rather than takers. This consciousness helps us rise up above the above discussed dependencies and remain seated, stable on our throne of self-respect.
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Nupur Kartyamurty.

Buddism

Buddhism was introduced from India into China in 6th Century AD. One of the Hen Emperors sent a mission to the west of China and brought back the scriptures, Indian monks and the images of Buddha. Since then Chinese translation was made available and the further exchange of scholars among China, India and other Asian countries brought about the rapid development of Buddhism in China. Buddhist monasteries and temples were built to promote the Buddhism and some of the Emperors were also the followers of Buddhism. Buddhism, just like Confucianism and Taoism, guides people to behave, to be honest and responsible. It promotes harmony and peaceful mind, sharing and compassion. Buddhists never force people into their belief. Buddhism emphasizes in "awakening of mind". Through learning, one will develop intellectual capacity to the fullest so as to understand, to love and be kind to other beings.

Buddhism does not believe in God. It believes in People. In Buddhist teaching, there is no aggressive promotion of Buddhism or strong rejection of other religions. All these make Buddhism fall into the same scope of Confucianism and Taoist. Its ability to co-exist with any other religions makes it being developed into one of the largest religions in China.

The basic Buddhist concepts base on Four Noble Truths:

First Noble Truth - life is suffering mentally and physically in the forms of sickness, injuries, aging, death, tiredness, anger, loneliness, frustration, fear and anxiety, etc.

Second Noble Truth - all these suffering are caused by craving. A self-centered person with continuous wanting from others will cause mental unhappiness. In turn, it will cause physical exhaust and fatigue in life.

Third Noble Truth - all sufferings can be overcome and avoided. When one gives up endless wanting and endures problems that life evolves without fear, hatred and anger, happiness and freedom will then be obtained. Overcome the mentality of self-center and selfishness, one will then spend time in meeting others needs and feels life more fulfilled.

Fourth Noble Truth - There is a Noble Eigthfold path leading to overcome the suffering. The Eightfold path includes Perfect Understanding, Perfect Thought, Perfect Speech, Perfect Action, Perfect Livelihood, Perfect Effort, Perfect Mindfulness and Perfect Concentration.

Buddhist practice the above in developing spiritually into a perfect person. This is said to lead one into the ultimate happiness in life and even afterlife.

Buddhism also promotes code of conduct in life. That is what they call Five Precepts of avoiding killing, stealing, indulging, lying and alcohol drinking. Buddhist teaching introduces the way and concepts of meditation, rebirth, intellectual development and comparisons. It leads to self-understanding, instead of blind believing.

"Giving up false speech he becomes a speaker of truth, reliable, trustworthy, dependable, he does not deceive the world. Giving up malicious speech he does not repeat there what he has heard here nor does he repeat here what he has heard there in order to cause variance between people. He reconciles those who are divided and brings closer together those who are already friends. Harmony is his joy, harmony is his delight, harmony is his love; it is the motive of his speech. Giving up harsh speech his speech is blameless, pleasing to the ear, agreeable, going to the heart, urbane, like by most. Giving up idle chatter he speaks at the right time, what is correct, to the point, about Dhamma and about discipline. He speaks words worth being treasured up, seasonable, reasonable, well defined and to the point."


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10 Truths I Wish I'd Known Sooner

10 Truths I Wish I’d Known Sooner
Her friends and family tried to guide her. But it was only through years of rich experience that she grasped the realities of life.
by Amy Bloom

Occasionally, being better informed leads to better decisions. Mostly, though, I think we make choices based on who we are, not what we know. The lessons here are things that people who knew and loved me tried to tell me. So thank you to my relatives who scolded me in four languages, and to my high school English teacher who watched over me like Cupid with a Ph.D., and to my best friend, who taught me patience. These people did their best to make me smarter in the ways that count. If I had been willing and able to understand them, their words might have tilted me more (and sooner) in the right direction. If I could have, they might have. Or, as my father often said, if your grandmother had balls, she would be your grandfather.

1. Events reveal people’s characters; they don’t determine them. Not everyone with divorced parents has terrible relationships. If two people are hit by a bus and crippled for life, one will become a bitter shut-in; the other, the kind of warm, outgoing person (cheerful despite everything) whom everyone loves to be with. It’s not about the bus, and a dreadful childhood is no excuse. You have the chance to be the person you wish to be, until you die.

2. Lying, by omission or commission, is a bad idea. I cannot shake my dependency on the white lie, because I was brought up to be nice. And I’ve never figured out the nice way to say, “I’d rather stick a fork in my eye than come to your house for dinner.” But the meaningful lie, the kind that involves being untruthful or deceitful about important stuff to those you love, is like poison. Telling the truth hurts, but it doesn’t kill. Lying kills love.

3. Sex always give you an answer, although not necessarily the one you want. It’s possible to have very good sex, a few times, with a person who shouldn’t be in your life at all. Have fun, and hide your wallet and your BlackBerry. On the other hand, it’s unlikely that a grown man, however nice, will become much, much better in bed than he was the first five times you slept with him. And if you sleep with a man who is unkind to you, there will be more of that; long after the sex is humdrum, the

cruelty will be vivid.

4. Most talents are transferable. If you can raise toddlers and teenagers with relative calm, you can be a CEO. If you’re a good driver, you can probably steer a cab, fly a plane, captain a boat. My years as a waitress―serving food to demanding people in a high-stress environment without losing my temper―served me equally well as a mother, a wife, and a short-order cook for my family. And if you have the teaching gene, you can teach anything. (I mean it. All you have to do is be one lesson ahead of your students. Sole meunière, Latin and Greek, algebra―you can teach it!)

5. Fashion fades; style is eternal. Not only do you not have to wear torn jeans, a barely-there tank top, and a fedora, but you probably shouldn’t. The point of fashion is to indulge briefly in something fun. The point of style is to have one―whether that’s a sheath and spike heels or slouchy jeans and your husband’s T-shirt―and it should last you a lifetime. All you have to do is think you deserve to look and feel your best and spend some time figuring out how to do it. Don’t know? Find a woman whose style you admire and ask for a little advice.

6. You can’t fake love. Staying in a love relationship when love is not what you feel isn’t likely to end well. If you know that what you crave is security/disposable income/child care and not the person next to you in bed, do the right thing. It’s true that one can learn to love someone over time and often through difficult circumstances. But unless the two of you agree to wait until you’re old and all the storms have passed, in the hope that love will kick in, it’s better to bail sooner rather than later.

7. Mean doesn’t go away. Some people get better looking with age; some don’t. Some people soften; some toughen up. Mean streaks tend not to disappear. A person who demeans and belittles you and speaks of you with contempt to others is probably going to be that way for years. The first time it happens, take note. The second



time, take your coat and go.


8. No one’s perfect. I knew that I wasn’t perfect; I just didn’t realize that this also applied to the people I fell in love with. The object of your affection will always turn out to have huge and varied faults. The smart thing is not to look for someone flawless (which is why Elizabeth Taylor married eight times), but to look for someone whose mix of strengths and liabilities appeals to you (which is why she married Richard Burton twice).

9. Ask for help. It’s possible you’ll get turned down. It’s even more likely that you’ll feel vulnerable and exposed. Do it anyway, especially if you are the helpful sort yourself. Those of us who like to offer assistance and hate to take any are depriving other people of the opportunity to be generous and kind; we are also blinding ourselves to the reality of mutual dependence. You wouldn’t wear pink hot pants and pretend they were flattering. Don’t pretend you don’t need help.

10. Keep your eye on the prize and your hand on the plow. It’s easy to lose sight of what you want, especially if you haven’t gotten it. I know it’s less work to put the wish away, to pretend that the wish itself has disappeared. But it’s important to know what your prize is, because that is part of who you are. Whether it’s financial stability, two children, a collection of poetry, or a happy marriage, take Winston Churchill’s advice and never give in. Never give in. Never give in.

Monday, November 8, 2010

The Mental Microscope - By Nupur Kartyamurty

The Mental Microscope

When the lens of the intellect becomes refined (clean), it is able to examine many things in detail and work like a microscope. In the same way that a microscope is able to detect bacteria and the types of germ that cause particular types of disease, so too the intellect is able to use its microscopic capacity to detect those germs that cause emotional and spiritual illness inside the soul. For example, it is able to examine and understand that the illness of anger comes from the germ of expectation; that the illness of possessiveness comes from the germ of insecurity; the illness of aggression, or forcefulness, comes from the germ of fear and that the illness of stress stems from the germs of worry, doubt and greed. If the germs are seen and understood, then the illness can be cured through the application of appropriate knowledge and meditation.

Meditation, in the form of focused silence, acts like a spiritual laser dissolving the acquired germs and emerging the original healing energies of the self, such as peace and self-respect.


Without this focused silence, it is difficult to remove the germs, even if they are seen and understood. The original innate energy of the soul (mentioned above) is needed for any permanent cure.
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Nupur Kartyamurty November 8 at 9:50pm Reply • Report
The Mental Microscope

When the lens of the intellect becomes refined (clean), it is able to examine many things in detail and work like a microscope. In the same way that a microscope is able to detect bacteria and the types of germ that cause particular types of disease, so too the intellect is able to use its microscopic capacity to detect those germs that cause emotional and spiritual illness inside the soul. For example, it is able to examine and understand that the illness of anger comes from the germ of expectation; that the illness of possessiveness comes from the germ of insecurity; the illness of aggression, or forcefulness, comes from the germ of fear and that the illness of stress stems from the germs of worry, doubt and greed. If the germs are seen and understood, then the illness can be cured through the application of appropriate knowledge and meditation.

Meditation, in the form of focused silence, acts like a spiritual laser dissolving the acquired germs and emerging the original healing energies of the self, such as peace and self-respect.


Without this focused silence, it is difficult to remove the germs, even if they are seen and understood. The original innate energy of the soul (mentioned above) is needed for any permanent cure.
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With Regard's
Nupur Kartyamurty.