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EACH DAY (A PRAYER POEM)

2008-06-13T06:28:00.002+05:30

EACH DAY

by S. Angela Bynum,

Lord, let me rise in the morning

with thanksgiving and joy

For through the night you've kept me

From tragedy and harm.

Lord, let me start each day

With meditation on you

Knowing you will be with me

All the day through.

And as I meet others

Keep a smile upon my face.

Help me to love...

Unconditionally

As you've done through your grace.

Help me to not be

Judgmental,

Since others' shoes

I've not walked in.

Let me show through words and

actions, What it means to be

a friend.

Let me give words of encouragement

To those who are in need

Lord, use me as your vessel

Use me, as you please.

And if I meet a challenge

As I travel on my way

Let me look, at once, to you Lord

And from your promises, LET NOT,

My mind stray.

For, I know

No matter how hard the battle

No matter

How cold the way may seem

I will be VICTORIOUS

For you'll be with me to the end.

Father's Day 2008

2008-06-06T19:30:00.006+05:30

Father's Day is being celebrated in various countries, on different dates, to acknowledge the role played by fathers in the family and upbringing of children etc.

In the USA,Father's Day is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday in June since being made a national holiday in 1966.In Australia and New Zealand, fathers are honored, the first Sunday of September, Other countries celebrate fathers throughout the year.
Year Father's Day in USA

2008 June 15
2009 June 21
2010 June 20
2011 June 19

LEADERS

2008-05-27T05:09:00.001+05:30

LEADERSHIP

Leaders are called to stand in that lonely place
Between the no longer and the not yet
And intentionally make decisions
That will bind, forge, move
And create history.

We are not called to be popular,
We are not called to be safe,
We are not called to follow.
We are the ones called to take risks,
We are the ones called to change attitudes,

To risk displeasures,
We are the ones called to gamble our lives
For a better world.

A to Z of life

2008-05-20T06:45:00.001+05:30

A to Z of life

A	Always depend on God
B	Bear insult, near injury
C	Control the tongue
D	Do not cheat anybody
E	Evil company is dangerous
F	Fear nothing
G	Give, give, give. God will Love, Love, Love
H	Helping others is virtue
I	Injury is vice
J	Japa is your coat of arms
K	Knowledge is the fruit
L	Live for others
M	Mind deceives, beware
N	Now is the best time to utilize
O	Overcome grief by liberality
P	Pure mind is your friend
Q	Quietness will lead you to progress
R	Recite the name of God
S	Speak sweetly, speak softly
T	To love is to Serve
U	Understand yourself
V	Virtue is the staff of life
W	Within you is bliss
X	(E)xert yourself for Good
Y	Your treasure is God
Z	Zero has no value, if not attached to a unit. So life has no value if not attached to God.

QUICK TIPS AND THE TRUTH

2008-05-19T08:00:00.000+05:30

Quick Tips & Truths

The most important person is
the one you are with in the moment

Life is like this now -
(Insight of such-ness, Vipassana)

This too shall soon pass
No-thing is permanent,
Change is the only constant
(Law of Impermanence)

Say, think, feel - 'How can I help?'
rather than 'What's in it for me?'
'Thy will be done'
rather than 'My will be done'

No act is insignificant
'How you sow, shall you reap'

live fully present, moment to moment,
not clinging to anything,
taking responsibility for actions,
in reverence, gratitude, devotion, service to God / Self / Others / Life
Aware of the oneness and interconnectedness of life

To serve is to rule!

The goal is the process!

God is That, I am not separate from That

*****

'One candle can light many others' -
just don't burn yourself out too soon!

THE ESSENCE OF EASTER

2008-03-20T05:04:00.002+05:30

Festival of easter falls on Sunday, the 23rd March,2008

Easter is a unique event rooted alike in history and human existence. Historically it commemorates the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus was tried under the Roman law, found innocent and crucified. On the third day thereafter God raised him from the dead. Easter is hence an event that celebrates God's authority over the power of man.

Existentially Easter illumines a profound aspect of human existence. The clue to this is found in a question that Jesus asked his disciples, "If a son asks for an egg, would you give him a scorpion?" Jesus uses "egg" and "scorpion" as symbols. Scorpion has a sting in its tail. It symbolises an attitude to life that is fixated on the past. This breeds only regrets and grievances. It disables us from sowing manfully in the present to harvest joyfully in the future.

The egg in contrast, is a symbol of hope that points from the present to the future. It sits, innocent and brittle, on your palm. But its full scope — the seed of life within— will come to light only in the future. An egg seems nothing much. But it holds the seed of a miracle— the miracle of life. Egg symbolises an attitude to life that enables us to look beyond the despair-breeding odds and evidence of the present to the joy of newer possibilities in the morrow. These possibilities, though not seen now, can be intuited in the inner light of faith and hope. "Weeping," says the Bible, "may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning."

Easter, in this existential sense, is a foretaste of the unending goodness of life. This works at two levels. First, this applies to our temporal life. The scope of everyone and everything we have is greater than what it seems. Second, this applies to our eternal destiny. To us death seems the end of life. "It is an un-travelled land from whose boundaries," as Shakespeare says, "no man ever returns." But that does not mean that there is nothing more to death than burial or cremation. We do ourselves an injustice by assuming that death is the dead-end of life.

The experiences that comprise the life of Jesus belong to the stuff of our humanity. Jesus was fully human. For this reason alone, if not for a hundred others, we need to understand the meaning of Easter as a spiritual light that illumines the essential human predicament and destiny.

Rev. Valson Thampu,

New Delhi

GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD!

2008-02-23T20:49:00.001+05:30

Give thanks to the Lord above for being alive, for not being alone, for your daily struggle, which keeps you in touch with your strengths and gives you a a path to follow, for the health of your body and mind, for the calm in your life, for the peace within your family, for the tasks you face each day in order to keep a good relationship with the society's demands, for your joy and energy, for your optimism, for your bravery, for your intelligence, for your kindness and for all the qualities which other people around you can benefit from, for your prayers that have been fulfilled... Give thanks for ANYTHING, and give thanks ALL THE TIME, AT ANY MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE, remember God always and keep Him in your heart as your only Holy Support, think of Him as your mostly loving Father who watches over you and will always be there to listen to your troubles and help you in need; don't forget that He is THE ONLY ONE who can really HELP you in ANY situation and He has the answer to all troublesome questions! God is your FRIEND, your Father, your Guide, the shoulder you can cry on, the tree under which you can stay when looking for shade and coolness, running from the hot air of every day's misfortunes, the clear and fresh water you cand drink from and gain wisdom to understand the reason of life as it is, God is the unconditioned love which will embrace you and give you hope and joy and which you will find hard to live without. God knows what people need before they even ask for it! And if you think you don't have waht you most need all you have to do is ASK for it! PRAY, but don't pray for common, earthly things which don't have a purpose for fulfilment; small things don't matter in life and are really bound to be evanescent if not meant to have some sort of relation to your development as a human being, as far as your role in this world. Pray for indispensable and lasting things!Let's take a simple example: praying to win the big prize in the lottery, or praying for the most expensive LCD Tv set or the most luxurious car - what is the purpose of having these? Except for the first option with the lottery, thinking that with the money won you can also help people in need, the TV set or the car are not really things you can live without; things like these will someday, somehow "disappear", accidents happen all the time and it's not worth praying for things which you may own for a short period (life itself is too short sometimes and too feeble!) after which you will never need them again. If you do pray for them, God may help you have them, but to me it's just the wrong way to head your energy towards... Anyway, PRAISE the Lord today and always! And keep the faith!

WORDS OF WISDOM

2008-01-10T22:43:00.000+05:30

1. A day without sunshine is like night.

2. On the other hand, you have different fingers.

3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

5. Remember, half the people you know are below average.

6. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

7. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

8. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.

9. Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.

10. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

11. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.

12. If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.

13. How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand.

14. OK, so what's the speed of dark?

15. When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

16. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

17. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

18. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines

19. What happens if you get scared half to death, twice?

20. Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?

21. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering, "What the hell happened?"

22. Just remember -- if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.

23. Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

24. Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos.

*****

GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD!

2008-01-07T21:59:00.000+05:30

Give thanks to the Lord above for being alive, for not being alone, for your daily struggle, which keeps you in touch with your strengths and gives you a a path to follow, for the health of your body and mind, for the calm in your life, for the peace within your family, for the tasks you face each day in order to keep a good relationship with the society's demands, for your joy and energy, for your optimism, for your bravery, for your intelligence, for your kindness and for all the qualities which other people around you can benefit from, for your prayers that have been fulfilled... Give thanks for ANYTHING, and give thanks ALL THE TIME, AT ANY MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE, remember God always and keep Him in your heart as your only Holy Support, think of Him as your mostly loving Father who watches over you and will always be there to listen to your troubles and help you in need; don't forget that He is THE ONLY ONE who can really HELP you in ANY situation and He has the answer to all troublesome questions! God is your FRIEND, your Father, your Guide, the shoulder you can cry on, the tree under which you can stay when looking for shade and coolness, running from the hot air of every day's misfortunes, the clear and fresh water you cand drink from and gain wisdom to understand the reason of life as it is, God is the unconditioned love which will embrace you and give you hope and joy and which you will find hard to live without. God knows what people need before they even ask for it! And if you think you don't have waht you most need all you have to do is ASK for it! PRAY, but don't pray for common, earthly things which don't have a purpose for fulfilment; small things don't matter in life and are really bound to be evanescent if not meant to have some sort of relation to your development as a human being, as far as your role in this world. Pray for indispensable and lasting things!Let's take a simple example: praying to win the big prize in the lottery, or praying for the most expensive LCD Tv set or the most luxurious car - what is the purpose of having these? Except for the first option with the lottery, thinking that with the money won you can also help people in need, the TV set or the car are not really things you can live without; things like these will someday, somehow "disappear", accidents happen all the time and it's not worth praying for things which you may own for a short period (life itself is too short sometimes and too feeble!) after which you will never need them again. If you do pray for them, God may help you have them, but to me it's just the wrong way to head your energy towards... Anyway, PRAISE the Lord today and always! And keep the faith!

HAPPY NEW YEAR-2008!

2007-12-27T07:27:00.001+05:30

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Corporate Wisdom

2007-12-21T19:11:00.000+05:30

Effort well-directed breaks down all obstacles.

Reliable men are fair. Unreliable men cheat

Responsible men do their duty and cooperate

The extent of accomplishment depends on the level of knowledge one has and the seriousness of its determination

Whatever the work, it requires an energy, interest, skill, attention, concentration, experience and perfection. If all of them are there, the work gives good results.

When we develop our capacities and gain the external cooperation of life we create the conditions for luck; i.e. the propulsion to the next level of achievement, success, and fortune

To convert an opportunity into accomplishment is work.

The keys to our personal growth is overcoming our limiting attitudes, our harsh judgments and opinions, our wanton emotions and passions, and our fixed, rigid physical aspects.

Duty born out of physical attachment is the basis of the family

Absence of the motive to dominate the other is the eternal source of everlasting happiness.

THE LITTLE GRAPE STEM

2007-12-20T22:05:00.000+05:30

Once upon a time there was a little grape stem. This stem was so glad to be alive... She drank water and minerals from the soil and grew and grew. She was young and strong and could manage quite well... all by Herself -- or so she thought.

But then, the wind was cruel, the rain was harsh, the snow was not one bit understanding, and the little grape stem suffered. She drooped, weak and suffering. It would be so easy to stop trying to grow, to stop trying to live. The grape stem became weak!

The winter was long, and the stem was weary. But then the little grape stem heard a voice. It was another grape stem calling out to her... "Here, reach out... hang on to me." But the stem hesitated. "What would this mean?" she thought, for you see, the little stem had always managed quite well... all by herself. But then, every so cautiously, she reached out towards the other grape stem. "See, I can help you" it said. "Just wind your tendrils about me and I will help you lift your head."

And the little stem trusted... and suddenly she could stand straight again. The wind came, and the rain, and the snow, but when it came, the grape stem was clinging to many other stems. And although the stems were swayed by the wind, frozen by the snow, they stood strongly united to each other.And in their group supporting strength they could all smile and grow.

Then, one day the little stem looked down and saw a tiny stem, swaying, frightened. And 'our' grape stem said, "Here, hang on... I will help you." And the other little stem reached up to 'our' grape stem, and together all the stems grew... leaves budded... flowers bloomed... and finally, grapes formed... and all the grapes fed many.

REAL MEANING OF PEACE

2007-12-20T22:03:00.000+05:30

There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had mountains too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky from which rain fell, in which lightening played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all. But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest ... perfect peace.

Which picture do you think won the prize? The King chose the second picture.
Do you know why? "Because," explained the King, "peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace."

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2007-11-29T08:34:00.001+05:30

THE POWER OF INTENTION

2007-11-26T13:45:00.000+05:30

The Power of Intention

-Life responds to our intention. When we really want something to occur, life tends to move toward us, fulfilling our aspiration. If our intention is full -- i.e. if our energies are intensely directed toward the pursuit of a specific goal over a certain period of time -- then life not only moves towards us, but does so rapidly, fulfilling our intensions.

-When we have a clear knowledge of what we want to accomplish, and our emotions fully endorse and support its achievement, then our full intention takes shape. If we then make a determined, persevering effort to carry out our hearts desire, we generate an irresistible power that can quickly attract the infinite potentials of life.

-The ancient Indian texts known as the Upanishads declare, “You are what your deepest desire is. As is your desire, so is your intention. As is your intention, so is your will. As is your will, so is your deed. As is your deed, so is your destiny.”

-Human aspiration/intention can express at various levels -- from a mild mental interest in a subject to an intense desire to accomplish an important goal. At the highest levels, our intention can be directed to changing the very course of our lives. But whatever our level of intention -- from a passing fancy to a need to fulfill our heart’s desire -- life can respond.

-When we intensely take an interest in a subject and also consciously seek tangible results, life move towards us with results that are in turn themselves utilitarian.

-Real intention, however, takes shape when the thing we consciously desire is ongoing; i.e. it is sustained over time. When our aspiration/intention repeats in our thoughts, when it continually rises in our emotions, then our intention really becomes full. From that poise, we generate a surge of energy inside ourselves, which moves out, and creates a ripple in the fabric of the cosmos, attracting corresponding elements, which we experience as life response.

-Though a sustained interest in a subject or matter that includes specific intended results are critical elements, the heart and soul of intention is to really want the object.

-When you really want something, life tends to move toward you with good fortune. On the other hand, if you are indifferent, half-heartedly hoping for something to occur, then there is unlikely to be any substantive results.

-Though our aspiration for something might be strong and deep, life might not give us what we want until we change a corresponding wanting element within. However, when we identify and reverse that wanting quality, life instantly brings us the very thing we longed for.

-When we move beyond the constraints of our own individual nature -- i.e. from ego to ego-lessness, from finite possibility to an unlimited view of what is possible, from a narrow view of time to a wider one, and from ignorance to knowledge -- we open ourselves to the universal plane where all intentions are instantly fulfilled

GOLDEN MEMORIES

2007-11-26T12:53:00.002+05:30

Golden Memories

Let me do my work each day with joy and hope; and ifdark hours or despair overtake me, may I not forget the strength that conforted me in the desolation of other times. may I still remember the bright hours which found me walking over the silent hills of my childhood, or dreaming on the edge of a quiet river when a light glowed within me, as I promised god I'd have courage amid the tempests of the changing years.

Spare me from bitterness and the sharp passions of unguarded moments. may I not forget that both poverty and riches are of the spirit.

Lift my eyes from the earth, That I may see the grandeur of the stars. let me not judge others, lest I condemn myself. let me not follow the clamour of the world, but walk calmly in my own path.Give me a few friends who will love me for what I am, and keep ever burning before my vagrant steps the kindly light of faith.

And though age and infirmity overtake me, and I come not within reach of the goal of my dreams, teach me still to be thankful for life, and for time's golden memories that are good and sweet. And may the evening's twilight find me gentle still

-Author Unknown

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2007-11-23T23:27:00.000+05:30

IT'S MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE

2007-11-22T08:33:00.000+05:30

It's More Blessed To Give Than To Receive

A young man, a
student in one of the universities, was one day taking a walk with a
professor, who was commonly called the students' friend for his
kindness to those who waited on his instructions.

As
they went along, they saw lying in the path a pair of old shoes, which
were supposed to belong to a poor man who was working in a field close
by, and who had nearly finished his day's work.....

Student
turned to the professor, saying: "Let us play the man a trick: we will
hide his shoes and hide ourselves behind those bushes and wait to see
his perplexity when he cannot find them......"

"My
young friend," answered the professor, "We should never amuse ourselves
at the expense of the poor.....But you are rich and may give yourself a
much greater pleasure by means of this poor man. Put a coin in each
shoe and then we will hide ourselves and watch how this affets him."

The
student did so and they both placed themselves behind the bushes close
by. The poor man soon finished his work and came across the field to
the path where he had left his coat and shoes...

While
putting on his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes, but
feeling something hard, he stooped down to feel what it was, and found
the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his countenance. He
gazed upon the coin, turned it around and looked at it again and again.

He
then looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He
now put the money into his pocket, and proceeded to put on the other
shoe; but his surprise was doubled on finding the other coin........

His
feelings overcame him....he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven
and uttered a loud and fervent thanksgiving in which he spoke of his
wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread, whom this
timely bounty, from some unknown hand, would save from perishing.

The student stood there deeply affected and his eyes filled with tears.

"Now," said the professor, "are you not much better pleased than if you had played your intended trick?"

The
youth replied, "You have taught me a lesson which I will never
forget......I feel now the truth of these words, which I never
understood before; "It's more blessed to give than to receive."

If you want happiness.......

For a lifetime - help someone.........