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Management Mantras
putting thinking into writing
Benjamin Franklin List of Virtues
TEMPERANCE Eat not dullness. Drink not to elevation.
SILENCE Speak not but what may benefit others. Or yourself; Avoid
trifling conversation.
ORDER Let all your things have their places;Let each part of your
business have its time.
RESOLUTION Resolve to perform what you ought; Perform without fail what
you resolve.
FRUGALITY Make no Expence. But to do good to others or yourself; that
is, waste nothing.
INDUSTRY Lose no time; Be always employed in somethinguseful; Cut off
all unnecessary actions.
SINCERITY Use no hurtful Deceit; Think innocently and justly, and, if
you speak, speak accordingly.
JUSTICE Wrong non by doing injuries; or omitting the benefits that are
your duty.
MODERATION Avoid extremes; Forbear resenting injuries so much as you
think they deserve.
CLEANLINESS Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes, or habitation.
TRANQUILITY Be not disturbed at triffles, or at accidents common or
unavoidable.
CHASTITY Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, Never to
dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or
reputation.
HUMILITY Imitate Jesus and Socrates.
Benjamin Franklin's Quotes
"The things which hurt, instruct."
"It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satify all that will
follow it." (speaking on self discipline)
"Employ thy time well if thou means to gain leisure."
Printer First and Last
Benjamin Franklin personifies the spirit and inventiveness of the modern
world. His accomplishments read like an almanac of greatness:
Inventor; poet; philosopher; pamphleteer.
Distinguished member of three national academies of science.
America's first Postmaster general.
Founder of Philadelphia's first police force, lending library, and the
academy which would become the University of Pennsylvania.
Founder of the first fire insurance company.
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
Drafter of the Declaration of Independence.
One of America's most effective statesman and ambassadors.
But for all his achievements, and for all his wealth, the epitaph Franklin
wrote for himself simply reads "Here lies the body of Ben Franklin,
printer."
In honoring his humble roots as printer's apprentice, Benjamin Franklin
reveals a lot about what made him great. It was the world of printing that
first exposed Franklin to new books, writers, and ideas. Without this
foundation, the rest of his accomplishment would not have been possible.
Source: Great Life Network
Food For Thought
Young Ben Franklin would sacrifice just about anything for an opportunity
to learn.
Early on, he was so attracted to learning and teachings that his father
believed him headed for the ministry. But since his family had no money
for a college education, he ended his schooling at ten years old,
apprenticing with his father as a candle maker, then to his brother James
as a printer.
Finding himself with little spare money for books or spare time for study,
Franklin devised a plan. In his own words...
"I happened to meet with a book recommending a vegetable diet. I
determined to [adopt] it and then proposed to my brother that if he would
give me the money he paid for my board, I would board myself. He agreed,
and I presently found that I could save half what he paid me. This was an
additional fund for buying books.
"But I had another advantage in it. My brother and the rest going from the
Printing House to their meals, I remained there alone, and [eating] my
light [meal] (which often was no more than a biscuit or a slice of bread,
a handful of raisins or a tart...and a glass of water) had the rest of the
time until their return, for study, in which I made the greater progress
from that greater clearness of head and quicker apprehension which usually
attend temperance in eating and drinking."1
Benjamin Franklin understood the value of reading and learning early on.
His passion for learning laid the foundation for his successful career as
inventor, poet, philosopher and statesman.
Source: Great Life Network.
Lived Usefully
Ben Franklin once wrote, "I would rather have it said 'he lived usefully'
than 'he died rich.'" More than
just words, it was the way Franklin lived his life.
According to Dr. John C. Van Horne, Library Company of Philadelphia:
"Franklin's philanthropy was what I call
of a collective nature. His sense of benevolence was aiding his fellow
human beings and doing good to society. In fact, in one sense, Franklin's
philanthropy, his sense of benevolence, was his religion. Doing good to
mankind was, in his understanding, divine."
Even his position as a printer fit this philosophical bent. He did not
hoard his ideas, but shared them, and
everyone benefited. He had an "abundance mentality."
Instead of seeing the world in terms of how much money he could make,
Franklin saw the world in terms of how many people he could help. To
Benjamin Franklin, being useful was its own reward.
Everyone starts from scratch, but not everyone keeps on scratching.
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Friday, July 18, 2008
management mantras
Making music brings families together.
Share your life with young people by telling them stories about when
times were different.
Let your children learn from your struggles so they can reach for more.
Make your children's friends welcome in your home.
Do not express dislike for someone when that person is not present to
offer a defense.
Keep your tears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
Live your life today as if you are the example your children or any child
for that matter, patterns their life after. Because, in reality, they
do....
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Share your life with young people by telling them stories about when
times were different.
Let your children learn from your struggles so they can reach for more.
Make your children's friends welcome in your home.
Do not express dislike for someone when that person is not present to
offer a defense.
Keep your tears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
Live your life today as if you are the example your children or any child
for that matter, patterns their life after. Because, in reality, they
do....
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
WORK FOR SOCIETY AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING.
I have thought of ways and means of tackling global warming and have come out with some measures which will ensure that drastic climate changes does not occur in our race against the nature’s ultimatum.
My first suggestion is to plant big oxygen emitting trees on a mass scale throughout the world. If one person succeeds in planting and making sure that at least one tree per head is made to grow, and then at least India itself will have more than a billion trees planted in the coming few years this forestation programme has to be undertaken on war footing by all countries immediately at least to ensure the rate of the warming is checked to some extent. One also get the other benefits against soil erosion etc apart from the amount of oxygen emitted and the coolness connected to those big trees every where to the maximum possible areas may be covered.
Secondly, more and more eco friendly measures like changing from bulbs, using pollution free energy sources and reducing emitting of green gas world wide, should be made mandatory for all countries to follow up strictly. Recycling materials has to be the main usage for mankind instead of plastics and other non perishables rather; the usage of non disposables which does not mix up with the soil and possibly may also emits poison or radiation is also a great risk for humanity. The usage of wood has to be limited to the barest minimum possible so as to check on the cutting of trees. It should be made more punishable for those who do not adhere to these laws, which have to be first enacted by the governments of all the countries if possible.
Thirdly, we must encourage in scientific activities and research oriented programmers to find more and more ways and means of using for instance solar energy and the likes which is cheaply available in most part on earth. Wind in some countries like UK already have become the major source of energy and should be encouraged where ever possible. But due to the lack of constant supply and its intermittent nature it has its limitations.
These are only a layman’s views on the possible counter measures one can think of from the recent moods and swings of the nature very unlike in the past, when I too vividly remember having smelled the woods and loved walking in the woods even during summer holidays, it used to be so cool under the trees and the feeling in being a part of the nature and all the incredible creatures we encountered are all now slowly fading away to be a thing of the past like those long lost dinosaurs. The path of evolution and scientific advancement or is it more towards destruction is a possibility unless we urgently intervene honestly and without playing politics, regionalism, or one up man ship. The hour is grave and requires urgent and drastic measures to go back on so many so called development which in real is the most destructive path mankind ever undertook in the known times.
Compiled by,
M.Balakrishnan, 16a III layout, Meena Estate, Sowripalayam Road, COIMBATORE-641028 Cell. 9894474174. Res. 0422 2310637
I have thought of ways and means of tackling global warming and have come out with some measures which will ensure that drastic climate changes does not occur in our race against the nature’s ultimatum.
My first suggestion is to plant big oxygen emitting trees on a mass scale throughout the world. If one person succeeds in planting and making sure that at least one tree per head is made to grow, and then at least India itself will have more than a billion trees planted in the coming few years this forestation programme has to be undertaken on war footing by all countries immediately at least to ensure the rate of the warming is checked to some extent. One also get the other benefits against soil erosion etc apart from the amount of oxygen emitted and the coolness connected to those big trees every where to the maximum possible areas may be covered.
Secondly, more and more eco friendly measures like changing from bulbs, using pollution free energy sources and reducing emitting of green gas world wide, should be made mandatory for all countries to follow up strictly. Recycling materials has to be the main usage for mankind instead of plastics and other non perishables rather; the usage of non disposables which does not mix up with the soil and possibly may also emits poison or radiation is also a great risk for humanity. The usage of wood has to be limited to the barest minimum possible so as to check on the cutting of trees. It should be made more punishable for those who do not adhere to these laws, which have to be first enacted by the governments of all the countries if possible.
Thirdly, we must encourage in scientific activities and research oriented programmers to find more and more ways and means of using for instance solar energy and the likes which is cheaply available in most part on earth. Wind in some countries like UK already have become the major source of energy and should be encouraged where ever possible. But due to the lack of constant supply and its intermittent nature it has its limitations.
These are only a layman’s views on the possible counter measures one can think of from the recent moods and swings of the nature very unlike in the past, when I too vividly remember having smelled the woods and loved walking in the woods even during summer holidays, it used to be so cool under the trees and the feeling in being a part of the nature and all the incredible creatures we encountered are all now slowly fading away to be a thing of the past like those long lost dinosaurs. The path of evolution and scientific advancement or is it more towards destruction is a possibility unless we urgently intervene honestly and without playing politics, regionalism, or one up man ship. The hour is grave and requires urgent and drastic measures to go back on so many so called development which in real is the most destructive path mankind ever undertook in the known times.
Compiled by,
M.Balakrishnan, 16a III layout, Meena Estate, Sowripalayam Road, COIMBATORE-641028 Cell. 9894474174. Res. 0422 2310637
Thursday, July 10, 2008
swings in life
RISE AND FALL DEFFERENT SIDES OF THE SAME COIN.
Falling in life is on most occasions a blessing for the simple reason that each fall will be followed by a rise and you become wiser after each fall in life. Recent upheavals in the share market too had taken its own toll on so many youngsters; some even went for the extreme of ending life out of fear for the liabilities as a result of the sharp fall in shares. The ultimate truth is that whatever is the amount liabilities one can surely make up later in life through more prudent investment and becoming more disciplined to face the adverse situations in life.
When you hit the bottom you can feel relaxed for, you are only bound to go upwards and the worst is over. This should be the mantra for ones life. Rise and falls are inevitable in ones life. The most important aspect should be not to panic or lose control and never ever be remorseful for the past. Look and take stock of the situation to evaluate the loss in terms of money, assets and most often you will also be losing quite a few relationships as a result. All the losses can be made up again if one is able concentrate and remain focused on the next opportunity, which is bound to come your way again.
I have always thought about the people who give up life because they are unable to bear the loss of money, relationships, or what ever is the reason behind for some to take such extreme step. It is actually being silly. All they need is an assurance from with in them and not repeat the same mistake again. You must deliberately take your mind off the subject and should not be remorseful for the simple reason that you can’t change the past either way so better forget, concentrate on what you are good at. In ninety nine cases out of one hundred you can observe that it was foolish for those, who does take such extreme steps, as time, is the biggest healer and also helps you bury the past and go ahead in a new path resulting in positive growth of any individual. I feel our youngsters must be taught early in their life to take and absorb equally any negative or positive impacts which comes in way of all living beings with the same dignity and self-respect. One should be prepared mentally to face all such situations in life without much emotion, anger, or fallibility. Such balanced approach is the most viable and honorable solution when faced with glory or defeat. One should be able to absorb any such shock with dignity and calmness; it is possible for all human beings to learn about the trick of controlling our emotions and the balancing acts. A cool individual is the one who is not affected much by the success or failures in life and still manages to keep his cool and character, the same, in adversities and good times equally.
The frail character of some youngsters was disturbing as they are unable to cope with adversities such as rejection in job or employment opportunities and the failure in Exams etc. these traits could have been avoided had they been taught in younger years about the possibilities of failures and the importance of not losing control of oneself even in the worst scenarios. Lack of will power and presence of mind some times may prove to be the ultimate road block to success. The feeling of helplessness of our younger generation is due to the feeling that all is lost and in reality on most such occasions we can see with hindsight that all was not lost. On most occasions they end up in better and more rewarding careers than the one they lost early. There are numerous instances when I was not selected for a job only to end up in a better job much later, which I thought was not possible earlier. Rejection at times may prove to be the best thing to have happened in ones life when you look back. The story about a businessman who had sought for a deal and have followed after the same for years and at last just when he got the deal in his favour he was so excited and some how missed the plane which was supposed to take him abroad, to seal the deal. Missing the plane meant missing out on the deal itself as the deadline was over by then. In his disappointment he cursed all and sundry which included his wife who had delayed while packing his suitcase. The next day he read in the news that the plane in which he was supposed to go had crash-landed killing all those unfortunate passengers. That was the moment when he realized that missing the plane was an act of god and has saved his life. We all can cite such stories to boost the youngster’s confidence level.
They are more vulnerable in present times due to the cut throat competitions faced in life as the opportunities are much far lesser that the requirement of employment in our country. This has resulted in frustration and depression among our youngsters and directly affects their young minds to go wayward in life out of sheer lack of good employment opportunities. The numbers of youngsters joining in insurgency and terrorism in majority are actually unemployed and frustrated youngsters. The willingness not to accept menial jobs, which comes their way firsts also may be one reason. The dignity of labour should be highlighted. Disappointments and rejections are very common and should not be allowed to make us lose our mind over it. Instead we must be better prepared on next occasion and also make sure that we don’t repeat the same mistake a second time. If you take the most successful among our populace we all can see that each and every one among them have actually failed at least once or more occasions in their respective lives. Come back stories are also so common that we can see that so many of them had fallen only to rise again more powerful and wise. You may recall the case of Amitab Bachan who had actually hit rock bottom and have made again from ashes. One can cite hundreds of stories which are similar. Never give up on life try again and again till you succeed.
Today what seems to be impossible may actually be possible later. Time has a cute way of making people realize how stupid they were in hindsight. Every set back in life should be taken as a lesson well learned. Like wise every success in life does not last long for the cycle of events takes people for a ride turning rich in to poor and vice verse overnight. To be able to stand upright and wade through all the turmoil’s in life and still remain unscathed is the real man with character and deserves to be appreciated.
Falling in life is on most occasions a blessing for the simple reason that each fall will be followed by a rise and you become wiser after each fall in life. Recent upheavals in the share market too had taken its own toll on so many youngsters; some even went for the extreme of ending life out of fear for the liabilities as a result of the sharp fall in shares. The ultimate truth is that whatever is the amount liabilities one can surely make up later in life through more prudent investment and becoming more disciplined to face the adverse situations in life.
When you hit the bottom you can feel relaxed for, you are only bound to go upwards and the worst is over. This should be the mantra for ones life. Rise and falls are inevitable in ones life. The most important aspect should be not to panic or lose control and never ever be remorseful for the past. Look and take stock of the situation to evaluate the loss in terms of money, assets and most often you will also be losing quite a few relationships as a result. All the losses can be made up again if one is able concentrate and remain focused on the next opportunity, which is bound to come your way again.
I have always thought about the people who give up life because they are unable to bear the loss of money, relationships, or what ever is the reason behind for some to take such extreme step. It is actually being silly. All they need is an assurance from with in them and not repeat the same mistake again. You must deliberately take your mind off the subject and should not be remorseful for the simple reason that you can’t change the past either way so better forget, concentrate on what you are good at. In ninety nine cases out of one hundred you can observe that it was foolish for those, who does take such extreme steps, as time, is the biggest healer and also helps you bury the past and go ahead in a new path resulting in positive growth of any individual. I feel our youngsters must be taught early in their life to take and absorb equally any negative or positive impacts which comes in way of all living beings with the same dignity and self-respect. One should be prepared mentally to face all such situations in life without much emotion, anger, or fallibility. Such balanced approach is the most viable and honorable solution when faced with glory or defeat. One should be able to absorb any such shock with dignity and calmness; it is possible for all human beings to learn about the trick of controlling our emotions and the balancing acts. A cool individual is the one who is not affected much by the success or failures in life and still manages to keep his cool and character, the same, in adversities and good times equally.
The frail character of some youngsters was disturbing as they are unable to cope with adversities such as rejection in job or employment opportunities and the failure in Exams etc. these traits could have been avoided had they been taught in younger years about the possibilities of failures and the importance of not losing control of oneself even in the worst scenarios. Lack of will power and presence of mind some times may prove to be the ultimate road block to success. The feeling of helplessness of our younger generation is due to the feeling that all is lost and in reality on most such occasions we can see with hindsight that all was not lost. On most occasions they end up in better and more rewarding careers than the one they lost early. There are numerous instances when I was not selected for a job only to end up in a better job much later, which I thought was not possible earlier. Rejection at times may prove to be the best thing to have happened in ones life when you look back. The story about a businessman who had sought for a deal and have followed after the same for years and at last just when he got the deal in his favour he was so excited and some how missed the plane which was supposed to take him abroad, to seal the deal. Missing the plane meant missing out on the deal itself as the deadline was over by then. In his disappointment he cursed all and sundry which included his wife who had delayed while packing his suitcase. The next day he read in the news that the plane in which he was supposed to go had crash-landed killing all those unfortunate passengers. That was the moment when he realized that missing the plane was an act of god and has saved his life. We all can cite such stories to boost the youngster’s confidence level.
They are more vulnerable in present times due to the cut throat competitions faced in life as the opportunities are much far lesser that the requirement of employment in our country. This has resulted in frustration and depression among our youngsters and directly affects their young minds to go wayward in life out of sheer lack of good employment opportunities. The numbers of youngsters joining in insurgency and terrorism in majority are actually unemployed and frustrated youngsters. The willingness not to accept menial jobs, which comes their way firsts also may be one reason. The dignity of labour should be highlighted. Disappointments and rejections are very common and should not be allowed to make us lose our mind over it. Instead we must be better prepared on next occasion and also make sure that we don’t repeat the same mistake a second time. If you take the most successful among our populace we all can see that each and every one among them have actually failed at least once or more occasions in their respective lives. Come back stories are also so common that we can see that so many of them had fallen only to rise again more powerful and wise. You may recall the case of Amitab Bachan who had actually hit rock bottom and have made again from ashes. One can cite hundreds of stories which are similar. Never give up on life try again and again till you succeed.
Today what seems to be impossible may actually be possible later. Time has a cute way of making people realize how stupid they were in hindsight. Every set back in life should be taken as a lesson well learned. Like wise every success in life does not last long for the cycle of events takes people for a ride turning rich in to poor and vice verse overnight. To be able to stand upright and wade through all the turmoil’s in life and still remain unscathed is the real man with character and deserves to be appreciated.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
SHARE MARKET AND PITFALLS
TRAITS OF GAMBLING.
Off late there has been a spurt of action in share markets mainly due to the media hype of the rising share values and the great Indian success story. To some extent at least we can be sure that the markets have been manipulated by bulls and bears. The big players mainly started playing the game just as one does in gambling, especially the ones with foreign currency access or the ones who are actually foreigners, did play a big role in influencing the market trends.
If one think straight and see all the actions involved just prior to the little crash after sunsex touching/crossing 20000 we can all see that the foreign participation has been in volumes not expected from a country like India. The funds stashed in Swiss banks I suspect also did return to Indian markets and gave it legibility and can be termed as the prime money laundering techniques used by our own countrymen who are super rich.
But the ultimate losers in this game have been the middle and upper middle class people of India who dreamed of making a fortune from the markets and started investing their hard earned money in to such ventures. Normally we witness that these are the people who get hit in the melee of market crashes. They also have to blame them selves for going for it in the first place after having witnessed the Harshad Mehta scandal and their modus operandi. It is akin to gambling to expect huge returns from short investments. Some times it clicks but eventually will be lost in the melee later. The luck during peak periods encourages them to get further involved even if it is with the help of borrowed funds. These are the guys who were severely punished on this occasion. It is really saddening to note that people makes the same blunders over and over again.
The fact of the matter is that no markets are immune to manipulations be it US or UK or any where in the world. In such markets there are no fool proof mechanisms to deal with big entities and there are lot of lacunae’s which big fish make use of, for gaining fortunes. Like they say it is always the most difficult job making your first million and always much easier to make it double and triple. Especially during times of wild swings you can be sure that it has been infected and is bound to crash.
There are a lot of ways and means to manipulate with the share values of companies if you have access to loads of money only to be invested for gaining momentum after which comes the time for harvest. The big fish as always can get through the net due to their sheer size while small investors suffer most.
The best course for the government is to keep a close watch on the proceedings and act swiftly when identified with big players entering the market to boost the so called vulnerability of small markets, in terms of volumes traded in Indian Rupees which are peanuts for those with funds in Euro or Dollar due to their high market value in comparison with rupees. Caution should be the watch word before one invests in Share Market. Like gambling it can have far reaching sociological problems in our society when one gets addicted to such habits like the lotteries, gambling or such foolish games.
Compiled by, M.Balakrishnan,16a,3rd layout,Meena Estate,CBE-641028 Cell.9894474174, Res.0422 2310637
Off late there has been a spurt of action in share markets mainly due to the media hype of the rising share values and the great Indian success story. To some extent at least we can be sure that the markets have been manipulated by bulls and bears. The big players mainly started playing the game just as one does in gambling, especially the ones with foreign currency access or the ones who are actually foreigners, did play a big role in influencing the market trends.
If one think straight and see all the actions involved just prior to the little crash after sunsex touching/crossing 20000 we can all see that the foreign participation has been in volumes not expected from a country like India. The funds stashed in Swiss banks I suspect also did return to Indian markets and gave it legibility and can be termed as the prime money laundering techniques used by our own countrymen who are super rich.
But the ultimate losers in this game have been the middle and upper middle class people of India who dreamed of making a fortune from the markets and started investing their hard earned money in to such ventures. Normally we witness that these are the people who get hit in the melee of market crashes. They also have to blame them selves for going for it in the first place after having witnessed the Harshad Mehta scandal and their modus operandi. It is akin to gambling to expect huge returns from short investments. Some times it clicks but eventually will be lost in the melee later. The luck during peak periods encourages them to get further involved even if it is with the help of borrowed funds. These are the guys who were severely punished on this occasion. It is really saddening to note that people makes the same blunders over and over again.
The fact of the matter is that no markets are immune to manipulations be it US or UK or any where in the world. In such markets there are no fool proof mechanisms to deal with big entities and there are lot of lacunae’s which big fish make use of, for gaining fortunes. Like they say it is always the most difficult job making your first million and always much easier to make it double and triple. Especially during times of wild swings you can be sure that it has been infected and is bound to crash.
There are a lot of ways and means to manipulate with the share values of companies if you have access to loads of money only to be invested for gaining momentum after which comes the time for harvest. The big fish as always can get through the net due to their sheer size while small investors suffer most.
The best course for the government is to keep a close watch on the proceedings and act swiftly when identified with big players entering the market to boost the so called vulnerability of small markets, in terms of volumes traded in Indian Rupees which are peanuts for those with funds in Euro or Dollar due to their high market value in comparison with rupees. Caution should be the watch word before one invests in Share Market. Like gambling it can have far reaching sociological problems in our society when one gets addicted to such habits like the lotteries, gambling or such foolish games.
Compiled by, M.Balakrishnan,16a,3rd layout,Meena Estate,CBE-641028 Cell.9894474174, Res.0422 2310637
GREAT BALANCING ACTS OF GOD
THE GREAT BALANCER CALLED THE SUPREME BEING.
The most astonishing fact that the world exists the way it is today in itself is the proof that god exists. What ever be the theory the truth is that it is a great wonder to be alive and exists among other animals, birds and fellow human beings. If only people realize the futility of fighting each other so blindly without a feeling of guilt or soberness is the greatest blunder human beings can ill afford?
Our history has proved that one hardly gains by suppressing others’ free thoughts or beliefs in any time in history. The global connectivity and open markets and economies can be well utilized for friendship among the farthest of the countries. We are now living in times of global trotting with possibility of having breakfast in US lunch in UK and dinner in Japan on the same day unlike, those periods when people had to sail for months to see another continent and have taken centuries to find the total area of the earth. Now man knows the globe almost minutely. We also know that every continent is different in so many ways with people and culture also varying from place to place. Co lour and races may be different but the species is one and only has men and women.
Why does one wants to destroy others while there is a possibility of being friendly and we all can very well share and live happily ever after. The Karmic eventuality as Hinduism teaches illuminates the ultimate truth that each of us are the sum of the results of our actions and our forefathers’ too has done good and bad, sometimes the result may follow us like a curse for our whole lifetime or may be for our children and grand children’s lives too, if the actions were very sinful and have effected too many people as a result then one sure can expect the curse of such sins follow us for generations. Our fore fathers must have realized it so early in our culture as proved by the existence of writings which no one ever could prove how old it was nor can any prove it was written in one life time which is maximum 100 years or a few more years at the most. To imagine an epic like ‘Mahabharata’ with lacs of characters can be compiled by one man is purely impossible if one takes a close look at the result with thousands and thousands of stories interconnected in such big volumes resulting in one of the most astonishing writing ever existed or seen on earth. There are no parallels when it comes to such writings but for Homer and Iliad written in Latin. Those are creations of super human capabilities and are perhaps the god almighty that has left behind those scriptures for all human beings to have as reminders to themselves of the result of their karma hence, people will be reminded of the righteousness. I remember having seen as a child in Malabar Christian College [MCC] in Calicut the sentence which said “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”. Rightly said as people who fear gods wrath can seldom commit crimes or indulge in sinful activities. It is right in pointing out that we all have to pay dearly for all the sin that one commits in ones life time. Your ‘Karma’ [duty or actions] while you live will also reflect in the results that one encounters later, at times in ones’ life time itself, in some cases may continue even for generations the good or bad result of your ‘Karma’.
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The most difficult fact is that people seldom admits their sins or crimes even when it pricks their minds subconsciously. Last week I read an article in which Sharon Stone an award winning Hollywood actress referred to the Chinese earth quake as a result of their
Actions in Tibet. The Chinese instead of thinking over it slammed the actress blaming her for playing politics.
Throughout human history people have committed big errors of judgment and have paid dearly. All those who suppress some ultimately will be suppressed by some others. It is the rule of the Lord which is the greatest balancer. You may think of all those mighty warriors and mighty countries, all have gone through the same natural cycle. No one will be spared in the court of the lord. No one can expect the benefit of doubt will favour them in the court of the lord. That’s why it is called the Supreme Being.
Compiled by, M.Balakrishnan, 16a 3rd layout, Meena Estate, Sowripalayam Road, Coimbatore . India Pin-641028. Cell No. 09894474174, Res. 91 0422 2310637.
The most astonishing fact that the world exists the way it is today in itself is the proof that god exists. What ever be the theory the truth is that it is a great wonder to be alive and exists among other animals, birds and fellow human beings. If only people realize the futility of fighting each other so blindly without a feeling of guilt or soberness is the greatest blunder human beings can ill afford?
Our history has proved that one hardly gains by suppressing others’ free thoughts or beliefs in any time in history. The global connectivity and open markets and economies can be well utilized for friendship among the farthest of the countries. We are now living in times of global trotting with possibility of having breakfast in US lunch in UK and dinner in Japan on the same day unlike, those periods when people had to sail for months to see another continent and have taken centuries to find the total area of the earth. Now man knows the globe almost minutely. We also know that every continent is different in so many ways with people and culture also varying from place to place. Co lour and races may be different but the species is one and only has men and women.
Why does one wants to destroy others while there is a possibility of being friendly and we all can very well share and live happily ever after. The Karmic eventuality as Hinduism teaches illuminates the ultimate truth that each of us are the sum of the results of our actions and our forefathers’ too has done good and bad, sometimes the result may follow us like a curse for our whole lifetime or may be for our children and grand children’s lives too, if the actions were very sinful and have effected too many people as a result then one sure can expect the curse of such sins follow us for generations. Our fore fathers must have realized it so early in our culture as proved by the existence of writings which no one ever could prove how old it was nor can any prove it was written in one life time which is maximum 100 years or a few more years at the most. To imagine an epic like ‘Mahabharata’ with lacs of characters can be compiled by one man is purely impossible if one takes a close look at the result with thousands and thousands of stories interconnected in such big volumes resulting in one of the most astonishing writing ever existed or seen on earth. There are no parallels when it comes to such writings but for Homer and Iliad written in Latin. Those are creations of super human capabilities and are perhaps the god almighty that has left behind those scriptures for all human beings to have as reminders to themselves of the result of their karma hence, people will be reminded of the righteousness. I remember having seen as a child in Malabar Christian College [MCC] in Calicut the sentence which said “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”. Rightly said as people who fear gods wrath can seldom commit crimes or indulge in sinful activities. It is right in pointing out that we all have to pay dearly for all the sin that one commits in ones life time. Your ‘Karma’ [duty or actions] while you live will also reflect in the results that one encounters later, at times in ones’ life time itself, in some cases may continue even for generations the good or bad result of your ‘Karma’.
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The most difficult fact is that people seldom admits their sins or crimes even when it pricks their minds subconsciously. Last week I read an article in which Sharon Stone an award winning Hollywood actress referred to the Chinese earth quake as a result of their
Actions in Tibet. The Chinese instead of thinking over it slammed the actress blaming her for playing politics.
Throughout human history people have committed big errors of judgment and have paid dearly. All those who suppress some ultimately will be suppressed by some others. It is the rule of the Lord which is the greatest balancer. You may think of all those mighty warriors and mighty countries, all have gone through the same natural cycle. No one will be spared in the court of the lord. No one can expect the benefit of doubt will favour them in the court of the lord. That’s why it is called the Supreme Being.
Compiled by, M.Balakrishnan, 16a 3rd layout, Meena Estate, Sowripalayam Road, Coimbatore . India Pin-641028. Cell No. 09894474174, Res. 91 0422 2310637.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE FOR CHILDREN
HEALTHY LIFESTYLES FOR CHILDREN.
Children normally grow till the age of 21 years. Those are the years when they have to lay a good foundation for a healthy and long life. I remember the story of late Joseph Kennedy who actually made a fortune during the worst depression period faced by U S A. There were also gossips about him having made most of his money by smuggling Alcohol which was banned in some states of USA. But his story remains as the most successful among the recent Americans’ history. One of his sons Late John Kennedy became the president of USA during the worst cold war periods. The world then was polarized after 2nd world war with USA, UK and some European countries including West Germany on one side and USSR [United Socialist soviet Republics] along with the some of the Europeans countries were on the other side. After Cuban revolution the communists took over the reins and USSR wanted to load the South American island with missiles pointed towards USA. But President John Kennedy threatened to destroy those soviet ships heading towards Cuba with loads of missiles unless they go back to USSR. Soviet Leader Krushchev subsequently recalled the ships and the Americans celebrated their ‘victory’ while Krushchev maintained that he had only avoided a conflict. The famous Kennedy family had a mantra for longevity and good health the senior most Kennedy introduced a rule in the family saying that all his children and grand children will inherit [A huge sum even today] few million dollars if they abstain from Alcohol drugs and other vices till the age of 21. The point was if one is able to abstain from such vices then you can be assured of good health for your long life, but for accidents which can not be helped and is only a probability.
To remain healthy and to grow to the fullest possible height and the right weight, one needs to have discipline in terms of consuming food rather, avoiding junk food and limited intake can actually help for longevity. The best possible habits are to have timely food and also see that the intake has the right quantity and quality in terms of minerals proteins vitamins etc. Even if one is poor and can not afford costly food there are variety of cheaper food for instances vegetables and grains, which is the most natural and pure form of food and have proved to be the right kind of food without side effects. Most successful athletes these days are vegetarians. Among non vegetarian food least harmful and most nutritious are sea foods. Though men especially those who live in extreme conditions of cold weather needs, may be, more non vegetarian stuff due to their need for maintaining body temperature in cold weather as our body requires more calories to be burned out as a survival mechanism inherent in our body which perhaps explains why people started having non vegetarian food while primates as our ancestor were predominantly vegetarian.
Our mother earth has all the ingredients needed for maintaining good health but we still go for artificial and more and more chemicals which has high potential for ill health and much deceases prevalent now, is a direct result of our food intake mostly stored, free zed food and long preserved food with the help of unnatural and artificial methods. For good health fresh food is proved to be the best. Using preservatives to store food without getting spoiled is also another danger, which too has devastating side effects.
The second most important fact for maintaining good health is regular and routine exercises. Be it walking running or any kind of physical activities this too has a direct impact on our health. Lazy guys who avoid physical exercise will ultimately suffer bad health. This fact has been proved beyond doubt and people mostly have woken up to the idea of jogging, walking, cycling or swimming. If a child is blessed with good health then half the battle is won and one can concentrate on the other half of the battle called life.
Compiled by,
M.Balakrishnan, 16a, III layout, Meena Estate, Sowripalayam Road, Coimbatore -641028. INDIA, Res Phone. 0422 2310637, Mobile 09894474174
Children normally grow till the age of 21 years. Those are the years when they have to lay a good foundation for a healthy and long life. I remember the story of late Joseph Kennedy who actually made a fortune during the worst depression period faced by U S A. There were also gossips about him having made most of his money by smuggling Alcohol which was banned in some states of USA. But his story remains as the most successful among the recent Americans’ history. One of his sons Late John Kennedy became the president of USA during the worst cold war periods. The world then was polarized after 2nd world war with USA, UK and some European countries including West Germany on one side and USSR [United Socialist soviet Republics] along with the some of the Europeans countries were on the other side. After Cuban revolution the communists took over the reins and USSR wanted to load the South American island with missiles pointed towards USA. But President John Kennedy threatened to destroy those soviet ships heading towards Cuba with loads of missiles unless they go back to USSR. Soviet Leader Krushchev subsequently recalled the ships and the Americans celebrated their ‘victory’ while Krushchev maintained that he had only avoided a conflict. The famous Kennedy family had a mantra for longevity and good health the senior most Kennedy introduced a rule in the family saying that all his children and grand children will inherit [A huge sum even today] few million dollars if they abstain from Alcohol drugs and other vices till the age of 21. The point was if one is able to abstain from such vices then you can be assured of good health for your long life, but for accidents which can not be helped and is only a probability.
To remain healthy and to grow to the fullest possible height and the right weight, one needs to have discipline in terms of consuming food rather, avoiding junk food and limited intake can actually help for longevity. The best possible habits are to have timely food and also see that the intake has the right quantity and quality in terms of minerals proteins vitamins etc. Even if one is poor and can not afford costly food there are variety of cheaper food for instances vegetables and grains, which is the most natural and pure form of food and have proved to be the right kind of food without side effects. Most successful athletes these days are vegetarians. Among non vegetarian food least harmful and most nutritious are sea foods. Though men especially those who live in extreme conditions of cold weather needs, may be, more non vegetarian stuff due to their need for maintaining body temperature in cold weather as our body requires more calories to be burned out as a survival mechanism inherent in our body which perhaps explains why people started having non vegetarian food while primates as our ancestor were predominantly vegetarian.
Our mother earth has all the ingredients needed for maintaining good health but we still go for artificial and more and more chemicals which has high potential for ill health and much deceases prevalent now, is a direct result of our food intake mostly stored, free zed food and long preserved food with the help of unnatural and artificial methods. For good health fresh food is proved to be the best. Using preservatives to store food without getting spoiled is also another danger, which too has devastating side effects.
The second most important fact for maintaining good health is regular and routine exercises. Be it walking running or any kind of physical activities this too has a direct impact on our health. Lazy guys who avoid physical exercise will ultimately suffer bad health. This fact has been proved beyond doubt and people mostly have woken up to the idea of jogging, walking, cycling or swimming. If a child is blessed with good health then half the battle is won and one can concentrate on the other half of the battle called life.
Compiled by,
M.Balakrishnan, 16a, III layout, Meena Estate, Sowripalayam Road, Coimbatore -641028. INDIA, Res Phone. 0422 2310637, Mobile 09894474174
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