Good Manners Bring Happiness

Monday 25-October 2010
Good Manners Bring Happiness
There are important aspects behind al god manners; custom, consideration and common sense. Custom is the way of doing certain things like saying ’Namaste’ or touching feet with respect. Consideration is the most important idea behind all good manners. By being considerate, you appreciate other’s feelings. Besides, all good manners have in them elements for common sense too. For example , pushing your way through a crowd, for an out of turn favour, is definitely bad manners.
Children’s rivalry is there in almost all families. It could be tackled only through good manners. And in order to instill good manners among our children, we must lead by example. Here are a fee tips.
Be appreciative of individual’s abilities and strengths. Do not discuss the weakness of a family members with outsiders.
All family discussions should be participative with mutual appreciation and respect.
Out of three principal meals of a day, all should eat together at least twice, preferably switching off the TV and helping each other in serving.
Mutual tolerance is very important in family life. Learn to adjust with others. For example do not make an issue over the TV channel preference.
Respect other’s privacy. For example , do not read other’s letters and diaries. Do not open a closed door without knocking and seeking permission to enter.
Be polite with callers, while taking telephone calls meant for others . In case of absence of the family member, write down caller’s name , phone number, time of call and message.
Keep each others informed about movement, particularly when one is delayed.
Drawings-First Expression Of Artist’s Vision
Drawing is making a picture with pen pencil or charcoal. Together with painting and sculpture, drawing is one of the branches of fine arts.
An artist often makes a drawings in preparation for a large painting or sculpture but some famous artists make drawings that stand by themselves. Several techniques are used in drawing . some artists faithfully copy what they see; others sketch only outlines. Some others give an exaggerated version of a subject which shows what the artist thinks.
Often , rough sketches are sufficient. For example the comic strip or political cartoon is seldom a finished work. These are admired because their creators can tell complete story with only a few lies of their sketches.
Commercial artists frequently use drawing techniques to make posters, newspaper or magazine advertisements or similar materials. A specialized skill is medical or scientific illustration which involves drawing difficult subjects.
Other types of drawings have specialized purpose which are not strictly artistic. For example Mechanical drawing or drafting shows exact sizes and shapes of a tools and machines with their inside parts that would not be ordinarily seen. In such pictures. The designer’s ideas are clear to the craftsmen who will build the devices.
Architectural drafting’s use similar principles I the building construction Industry . both mechanical and architectural drawings are some times called blue prints because the machines that copies them uses blue ink.
Historically, the art of drawing can be traced back to the earliest records of an. Some Cave art is in the form of drawings.
Ancient Chinese used ink and brushes for their famous line drawing on scrolls and decorations. They and the Japanese still draw in this way today . several artists of the 16th century used pencil, chalk, ink and charcoal to sketch or draw their ideas before beginning a large painting or sculpture Famous artists like Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo left a treasure trove of drawings that show how they panned their major works.
Today the art of drawing has been widely accepted .Drawings are the first expression of the artist’s vision.
Strength of A Country
Nothing is of more importance of the public welfare than to form the train up youth in wisdom and virtue. Wise and good men are in my opinion the strength of a state far more than riches or arms.
Greatest Asset!
I wonder if the human touch, which people have, is not one of the greatest assets that you can have. You meet some people , and immediately you feel their warmth of mind or heart. You need a book, sit before the performance of a fine actor, or read a poem- and there it is – something that streams into your consciousness.. Those who keep climbing higher, in their chosen work, all have this outstanding quality. Without this human touch, hope has little on which to feed or thrives.
Quote from The Essence of the Gita
A ripe fruit falls down from a tree, a stone which has been tossed up falls down to the ground, a person doesn’t continue to rise in space by jumping up-so long as we do not perceive thee facts as manifestations of one force, they do not help us much on the path of knowledge. But no sooner do we understand that it is all due to one forces called gravitation than our knowledge increases rapidly. We are able to collect diverse phenomenon’s into one stream. This is too well known to need elaborations. This kind of classification of different things and experiences into separate groups is called knowledge.
I drive joy
There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 5 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive from? I am not robbing you of your joy; why should you rob me of mine. He asked. The critics were silenced. –Baba- Chinna Katha
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Find The World Within You

Monday 18-October 2010
Find The World Within You
Sometimes we face an amusing question; Where do we belong? Before we go in quest of an answer, we must realize that we belong to ourselves. That island can be as barren as rocks on the moon or as fruitful as an orchard or a beautiful countryside. It is within us to make of ourselves what we want to be-creatively, not destructively. You train for your goals, but they must be realistic, not dreams beyond your reach.
During moments of stress and tension, we can take a vacation. We can take this vacation every day for a few moments and it costs nothing the daily vacation is within you, in the room of your mind. Go on this vacation when pressures are great. Relax for a few minutes, let go of the tension, renew your energies for the problems before you.
Isn’t it wonderful to be an island within yourself briefly? But you do not stay that way. You belong to yourself, no doubt, but you also belong to world. Happiness lies within the world, not totally within yourself. Prepare yourself to create a perfect rhythm between these two. You realize that you need the help of others as they need yours. Man reaches his true big self when he shares his success and his big self with others. He shares his courage with others when times are tough, when there is pressure. He stands up for himself and for others, turning a crisis into an opportunity . The world is full of crises, and we are here to help each other rise above them, to reach fulfillment, and sooner or later, the common benefit of Man.
Health Hazard
Weekends we go on a “clean home” drive . We thin of cobwebs , kitchen cabinets, toilets, etc. very few of us think of the computers. According to a new research, the PC’s Keyboard could be dirtier that even the toilet covers. They are said to be home t millions of bacteria , which can lead to diarrhea and vomiting.
The researchers found a host of bugs, including E collie and Staphylococcus areas, which can trigger skin infection. Such bacteria can put the user at risk. Most people don’t give a thought to such grime that builds on Pc.
The researchers pointed out that the PC must be cleaned often. One of the main causes for such harmful bugs or bacteria could be the habit of munching snacks at the computer desk. The food crumbs would fall into the keyboard and encourage the growth of bacteria. Poor personal hygiene and dust that traps moisture also provide an growth. According to Professor Hugh Pennington, .Scottish Microbiologist, personal hygiene is at the root of the problems.
So take care of yourself and your computer.
Personal Commitment Pays
Unfortunately, so many people have dreamed so long. They actually don’t even know what they want any longer. You have got to stir up the dream inside yourself. Your dreams and your destiny are not determined by ‘chance’ but by ‘choice’.
You can have anything in life you want… if you know hat you want! It seems , a young boy asked his grandfather, “would you tell me, please , which way I ought to go from here?” The old man answered, “that depends a great del on where you want to go”. The boy said .”Oh, I don’t much care.” The old man answered, “Then it really does not mater which way you go”, ?Which way do you want your life to god? What do you want? It is your choice! You are in control. Quite blaming others for your disappointments! Make quality decisions to get up and get going! Life goes on ! Renew your personal commitment to life. Renew your dreams . renew your vision. Don’t let time or circumstances keep you from turning you life around. It is your choice.
You must have a vision! Helen Keller once said. “The only thing worse than not having sight is not having vision”.
Ancient Scripture says without a vision people perish !if you don’t know where you are going, how will you know when you get there?
Your vision must be effective, clear, and inspiring to be valid.
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “the future belong to those who believe in the beauty of there dreams’ Never let anybody steal your dream or vision!
Life’s result are not by chance but by choice.(Source; ‘Cosmo)
Quote from Essence of the Gita
The kind of calmness should be cultivated by all. A kind of intoxication entrees into us when we work. That is bad. We lose command of ourselves. It is work that goads us on and it is the senses that drive us on. the boss surrenders at the feet of the servant and the puffed up servant treats the boss any way he life’s!
In the battle f daily life and at the workplace, we should always be calm. That is why the teachings of the Gita are not only for monastic. Nor are they only for the married. They are relevant to all people of all nations and for all times. That is why another name for the Gita is the “Gitopanishads’.The special characteristic of the wisdom and teachings of the Upanishads is there universality. After showing different paths suitable to the various types of students, the sages of the Upanishads proclaim boldly “ You are heirs to immortality . Immortality is your nature. Through delusion you may imagine yourself to e a noble person, a barbarian, a priest or a laborer. But none of these identities can bind you . you are free , you are free. You are eternally free. ‘Only after seen the Gita’s universal spirit did the author of the “Glory of the gita “(Gita Mahtmay) declare that the Gita was produced by churning the Upanishads.
I drive joy
There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 5 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive from? I am not robbing you of your joy; why should you rob me of mine. He asked. The critics were silenced. –Baba- Chinna Katha
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Sound A form of Energy

Monday 11-October 2010
Sound –A Form of Energy
Sound is a form of energy carried by waves of vibrating particles . These waves are called Sound Waves. They can travel through solids, liquids and gases, but they cannot travel through vacuum as there are no particles to vibrate. For this reason, sound cannot travel out in space.
Sound Waves are longitudinal waves. It means that the particles vibrate in the same direction as the waves travels. Waves frequency is measured in hertz(Hz).Sound waves with frequencies between about 20 and 20,000 hertz can be heard by the human ear and are commonly described as sound. Sound waves below this range re known as infrasound and above it are ultrasound. High sounds such as bird song. Have high-frequency waves, whereas low sounds, such as the rumble made by the engine of a heavy truck, have low-frequency waves. The sound of an aircraft landing measures about 120 dB. Aircraft make such loud sounds that ground crew wear ear protectors to avoid hearing damage.
Loud sounds are waves with a large amplitude. Soft sounds are waves with a small amplitude . as a sound travels farther away from its source, the amplitude becomes smaller and so the sound becomes quieter. The loudness of sound is measured in decibels(dB). The blue whale is the loudest animal in the world. It makes sounds up to 188dB. The sound of falling leaves measures 10 dB.
Speed of Sound: Sound Waves travel at different speeds in different substance. They travel more quickly in solids than in liquids and more quickly in liquids than in gases. The speed of sound waves as they travel through dry air at 0 degree Celsius is 331 meters per second. This speed increases if the air temperature goes up, and decreases if the temperature of the air goes down.
A speed that is faster than the speed of sound in the same conditions is known as a Supersonic Sound. One that is slower is a Subsonic Speed.
Echoes: Echoes are sound waves that have reflected off a surface and are heard shortly after the original sound. Echoes can be used to find the position of objects. When animals such as bats and dolphins use echoes. It is called echo location. They use it to find their way around or to locate prey.
Sonar is the name given to the method used by ships to measure thee depts. Of sea water or to detect underwater objects such as shipwrecks or shoals of fish. The echoes are detected by equipment on board the ship. hoes are also used in Ultrasound Scanning to see inside the body-for example to check on the growth of an unborn baby inside its mother Bone, muscles , and fat all reflect ultrasonic waves differently. A computer uses this information to make a picture.

We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
People with chronic fatigues syndrome are not just tired; there fatigue is debilitating, keeping them away from work and play for months. It is accompanied by lot of symptoms that come and go, including muscle pain, sore throat, tender lymph nodes, headaches and impaired memory. Still doctors are not sure as to what causes chronic fatigues syndrome, but it affect large number of people . one theory suggests that a virus, stress or trauma jump-starts the immune system which remains activate instead of gearing down as it should. As a results , immune factors, (some of which cause fatigues) may remain in high concentration n the blood.
Chronic fatigues syndrome has many similarities to (gibromyalglia) reare disorder of the soft tissues. Some people say these two are the same . People with fibromyalgia also feel tired, but their main complaint is muscles pain.
A Diagnosis of chronic fatigues syndrome is made only after a medical checkup has ruled out other problems . symptoms are usually relieved with pain medications and antidepressants. Moderate exercise also is helpful.
Integrity
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.
I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have.
I must stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
True Courage is Cool and Calm
Courage consists , not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing and conquering it .
True courage is cool and calm, The bravest of men have the last of a brutal, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.
Courage is considered as an essential of character
Conscience is the root of all true courage, if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.
Impure Thought
Impure thoughts awaken impure feelings, lead to impure expressions, and beget impure actions and these affect both body and mind and to the ruin of all that is noble and pure in character .
Life must be lived forwards
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as on plays it.
The business of life is to go forward.
Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards.
The truth is that happiness is the most powerful of tonics in life.
Quote from The essence of Gita
According the scholars in Europen and America, Indian religion or Indian philosophy speaks of only detachment. It says “Don’t care for anything in this world. Renounce, renounce.” That is way, these scholars feel, a sort of melancholy or depressing tendency is found in the Hindu race, a kind of indifference or lack of enthusiasm for doing anything Hindus have the attitude.” What’s the point in doing anything in this evanescent life?” This has led to laziness and inertia.
How far these ideas are true becomes clear as soon as we study the Gita. I am not referring only Sir Krishna’s repeated instruction to not stop working. We see that Krishna himself demonstrates at every moment of his life intense activity in the midst of intense ret. He does every kind of work, but within him there is extraordinary serenity. It is this state that Krishna refers to as “detachment”
I drive joy
There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 5 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive from? I am not robbing you of your joy; why should you rob me of mine. He asked. The critics were silenced. –Baba- Chinna Katha
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Inner wisdom

Monday 04-October 2010
Inner wisdom
Listen to our body’s wisdom, which expresses itself through signals of comfort and discomfort. When choosing certain behaviour, ask your body “How do you feel about this?” If your body sends a signal of physical or emotional distress, watch out. If your body sends a signal or physical or emotional distress, watch out. If your body sends a signal of comfort and eagerness proceed.
Live in the present, for it is the only moment you have. Keep your attention on what is here and how look for the fullness in every moment. Accept what comes to you totally and completely so that you can appreciate it, learn form it, and then let it go. The present is as it should be. It reflects infinite laws of nature that have brought you this exact thought, this exact physical response. This moment is as it is because the universe is as it is. Don’t struggle against the infinite scheme of things; instead be at one with it.
Take time to be silent to meditate, to quiet the internal dialogue in moments of silence, and realize that you are re-contacting your source of pure awareness. Pay attention to your inner life so that you can be guided by intuition rather than externally imposed interpretations of what is or isn’t good for you.
Relinquish your need for external approval. You alone are the judge of your worth, and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. There is great freedom in this realization.
When you find yourself reacting with anger or opposition to any person or circumstance. Realize that you are only struggling with yourself. Putting up resistance is the response of defenses created by old hurts. When you relinquish this anger, you will be healing yourself and cooperating with the flow of the universe.
Know that the world “Out there” reflects your reality in “in here” The people you react to most strongly, whether with love or hate, are projection of your inner world. What you most hate is what you most deny in yourself. What you most love is what you wish for in yourself. Use the mirror of relationships to guide your evolution. The goal is total self-knowledge. When you achieve that you most want will automatically be there, and what you most dislike will disappear.
Shed the burden of judgment you will feel much lighter. Judgment imposes right and wrong on situations that just are. Everything can be understood and forgiven, but when you judge, you cut off understanding and shut down the process of learning to love. In judging others, you reflect your lack of self acceptance. Remember that every person you forgive adds to your self love.
Don’t contaminate your body with toxins, either through food, drink or toxic emotions. Your body is more than a life-support system. It is the vehicle that will carry you on the journey of your evolution. The health of every cell directly contributes to your state of well-being because every cell is a point of awareness within the field of awareness that is you.
Replace fear-motivate behaviour with love –motivated behaviour. Fear is the product of memory, which dwells in the past. Remembering what hurt us before, we direct our energies towards making certain that an old hurt will not repeat itself,. But trying to impose the past on the present will never wipe out the threat of being hurt .That happens only when you find the security of your own being which is love. Motivated by the truth inside you, you can face any threat because your inner strength is invulnerable to fear.
Understand that the physical world is just a mirror of deeper intelligence. Intelligence is the invisible organizer of all matter and energy.
According to the passage the author’s advice on how to be guided best in life is :
Through scientific analysis
Through exercise and diet
Through better education
Through one’s intuition
What according to the author is the best way to quieten the inner turmoil that goes on within us?
Yogic exercises
Deep breathing
Mediation
Avoiding hate
When there is a doubt as to what attitude or form of behaviour we should adopt in a particular situation, who should we listen to?
Our close friends
Our family elders
A good doctor
Our own self
Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
We must seek need for external approval
We should accept whatever comes totally
We are ourselves judges of our own worth
We should avoid passing judgment on situation
According to the author the best way to guide our evolution is through
Avoidance of anger
Cultivation of love and happiness.
Using he mirror of relationship
Give up fear related behaviour
Getting the facts and thinking that is a fairly good five words definition of Efficiency . every worthwhile in the world was created by getting the facts and thinking . thinking is mental manufacturing . Facts are the raw materials . and the products are ideas, methods and things . every improvement in civilization began in some mans brain. It ha been a thought before it became a thing.
The progress of every nation depends upon the development of thinkers men who have creative thoughts it does not at all depends upon great armies, because militaries have only destructive thoughts. An army is only an organization of men who are trained to kill and destroy.
The man who thinks of a better way to do some useful works he is the man who ought to have the medal and the honours. Some day history will be re-written. It will tell the story of the creative men. No the destructionist. It will tell the story of thinking.
In every nation, in every business firm and even in every small shop success depends more upon ideas then upon any other one thing . every businessman should have more or less thinking time every week. A business that is only run by memory will soon be stuck fact in a rut. We must get facts and ideas from others, by reading and by conversation, and we should try to originate as many ideas as we can .
All this seems self evident when it is written down, but the last thing that men do is to get the facts and think. Edison had this sing hung up on the wall of his workshop. “It is remarkable to what lengths people will go to avoid thought. Some of us think, more of us think that we think, more of us think that we think, and most of us don’t even think of thinking . how many firms try to stimulate their employees to think offer rewards for useful suggestions? Not one out of twenty.
No firm can afford to pay attention only to the atumaticity of its routine. Sooner or later a thinking competitor will push ahead and leave it in the rear. There can be no progress without thought. The firm that twins is the one that gives the most time to getting the facts and thinking..
I drive joy
There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 5 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive from? I am not robbing you of your joy; why should you rob me of mine. He asked. The critics were silenced. –Baba- Chinna Katha
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