(I got this as a forwarded mail from my friend. Thanks to the person who gave a set of those links as comment. This conversation is in many sites and blogs. Definitely someone would have written this first. To the author of this conversation and the person who gave the anonymous comment ------ Keep up the good work. May the Almighty bless you both with good health, long life, enough wealth, happiness, bliss and peace).
God: Hello. Did you call me?
Me: Called you? No. who is this?
God: This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So I thought I will chat.
Me: I do pray. Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now. I am in the midst of something.
God: What are you busy at?
Me: Don't know. But I can't find free time. Life has become hectic. It's rush hour all the time.
God: Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results. Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.
Me: I understand. But I still can’t figure out. By the way, I was not expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat.
God: Well I wanted to resolve your fight for time, by giving you some clarity. In this net era, I wanted to reach you through the medium you are comfortable with.
Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now?
God: Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it complicated.
Me: why are we then constantly unhappy?
God: Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit. That's why you are not happy.
Me: But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?
God: Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.
Me: But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty..
God: Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.
Me: If suffering is optional, why do good people always suffer?
God: Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer. With that experience their life become better not bitter.
Me: You mean to say such experience is useful?
God: Yes. In every terms, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.
Me: But still, why should we go through such tests? Why can’t we be free from problems?
God: Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons (to) Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance, not when you are free from problems.
Me: Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we are heading..
God: If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.
Me: Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in the right direction. What should I do?
God: Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than knowing you rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let others work with the clock.
Me: In tough times, how do you stay motivated?
God: Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.
Me: What surprises you about people?
God: when they suffer they ask, "why me?" When they prosper, they never ask "Why me" Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but few want to be on the side of the truth.
Me: Sometimes I ask, who am I? Why am I here? I can’t get the answer.
God: Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be. Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is not a process of discovery but a process of creation.
Me: How can I get the best out of life?
God: Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.
Me: One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.
God: There are no unanswered prayers. At times the answer is NO.
Me: Thank you for this wonderful chat. I am so happy to start the New Day with a new sense of inspiration.
God: Well. Keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to resolve. Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to live.
---- Author Unknown. Copyright rest with the author.
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The blog has been re edited on 28/12/04. The conversation may end here. But I will start a new chain of conversation with God with my own inputs.
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Risk You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Success Success is a journey. It is not a destination.
Some people dream of success while others wakeup and work hard at it.
Attitude Attack every problem with enthusiasm... as if your survival depended on it.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.
Attitude is a LITTLE thing that makes a BIG difference.
Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching ?
Momentum A little push in the right direction can make a big difference.
Challenges Anyone can hodl the helm when the sea is calm.
Change A bend in the road is not the end of the road...unless u fail to make the turn.
If you are not riding the wave of change you will find yourself beneath it.
Opportunity There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty.
Thanks for spending your valuable time. Catch u all very soon......
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Monday, December 20, 2004
Waiting.....
Waiting
Night is waiting for day.
Day is waiting for night.
Man is waiting for woman.
Woman is waiting for man.
Life is waiting for death.
Death is waiting for life.
Waiting seed becomes a tree.
Waiting makes an unripe fruit ripe.
We all are waiting for someone for some reason.
Life itself is waiting.
We wait for things which we want.
We wait for those for which we have high respect.
People waiting in ration shop are irritated.
People waiting in cinema queue are happy.
Couples who are separated are waiting for the dawn.
Newly wed couples are waiting for the night.
Thieves and sexworkers are also waiting for the night.
Lotus is waiting for the Sun.
Lily is waiting for the Moon.
We all are waiting for our buses.
Except our bus all other buses are coming.
Even if our bus comes it is either over crowded or does not stop.
Devotee: "God, I want to see u. Show up in front of me".
He waited for a long time. God did not come.
Devotee: "Even after praying you have not come. Dont you love me ?"
God: "I came to your home many times. You didnt recognize me."
Devotee: "Iam not able to understand. How come ? It is not at all possible. What are you telling ?"
God: "I came as a beggar. I came as a patient asking for help. But you ignored me. Iam in front of you only as Air, Water, Fire, Light, Darkness, Flower, Birds and Animals. Only you are not able to recognize me. You have drawn a picture of GOD on your own thinking that I would be of this shape only."You cannot contain Me in a single form or shape. All forms are My form only. Since you have designed in one particualr form you are not able to recognize me".
Waiting is a very painful thing. But if you are waiting for your lover then it is nice.
Even after death
my eyes are open.
Coz they have the habit of
waiting for you.
Waiting is nothing but being awake. Waiting means keeping the door open. Waiting means making the fire inside us to burn continuously.
Waiting is a form of meditation. You will definitely get a boon for it.
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Thanx for your valuable time and keep waiting......... for more such stuff. Do leave ur views when u go back.
Night is waiting for day.
Day is waiting for night.
Man is waiting for woman.
Woman is waiting for man.
Life is waiting for death.
Death is waiting for life.
Waiting seed becomes a tree.
Waiting makes an unripe fruit ripe.
We all are waiting for someone for some reason.
Life itself is waiting.
We wait for things which we want.
We wait for those for which we have high respect.
People waiting in ration shop are irritated.
People waiting in cinema queue are happy.
Couples who are separated are waiting for the dawn.
Newly wed couples are waiting for the night.
Thieves and sexworkers are also waiting for the night.
Lotus is waiting for the Sun.
Lily is waiting for the Moon.
We all are waiting for our buses.
Except our bus all other buses are coming.
Even if our bus comes it is either over crowded or does not stop.
Devotee: "God, I want to see u. Show up in front of me".
He waited for a long time. God did not come.
Devotee: "Even after praying you have not come. Dont you love me ?"
God: "I came to your home many times. You didnt recognize me."
Devotee: "Iam not able to understand. How come ? It is not at all possible. What are you telling ?"
God: "I came as a beggar. I came as a patient asking for help. But you ignored me. Iam in front of you only as Air, Water, Fire, Light, Darkness, Flower, Birds and Animals. Only you are not able to recognize me. You have drawn a picture of GOD on your own thinking that I would be of this shape only."You cannot contain Me in a single form or shape. All forms are My form only. Since you have designed in one particualr form you are not able to recognize me".
Waiting is a very painful thing. But if you are waiting for your lover then it is nice.
Even after death
my eyes are open.
Coz they have the habit of
waiting for you.
Waiting is nothing but being awake. Waiting means keeping the door open. Waiting means making the fire inside us to burn continuously.
Waiting is a form of meditation. You will definitely get a boon for it.
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Thanx for your valuable time and keep waiting......... for more such stuff. Do leave ur views when u go back.
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Who is an AchAryA ?
Who is an Aachaaryaa ?
As per the definition in Vedas and Upanishads, an Acharya is one who has written explanation and notes for the sacred book "Brahma Sootra". Only 3 people did that most difficult and daunting task.
1) Kaladi born Aadhi Sankaracharya - Advaita
2) Ramanujacharya - Vishisht Advaita
3) Madhvacharya - Dvaita
No other person who came after them / those in the Kanchi Mutt or for that matter any other mutt were able to comprehend and write explanatory notes for the Brahma Sootra. So only those 3 people can be called as acharyas in the true technical sense. There is no other aachaaryaa among Hindus as of now.
The point is now a days no one reads this Brahma Sootra and the explanatory notes. The contents of these sacred books have not reached the public till now. Will some one do it ?
By the way ladies and gentlement did any of these questions came in ur mind ?
1) Which sacred book of Hindus / God / religious leaders advise people to divide themselves as Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras?
2) Which sacred book of Hindus / God / religious leaders advise people to subdivide themselves as chettiar, iyer, iyengar, mudaliyaar, naadaar, naidu, nair, pillai, rao, reddy,,,,,,,,, and all the subsects within each of the castes ?
3) Which sacred book of muslims / God / religious leaders advise people to divide themselves as Shiya, Sunni, Shafi? Did Allah or Prophet Muhammad said so to divide all the mulsims based on those names ?
4) Which sacred book of Christians / God / religious leaders advise people to divide themselves as Catholic(Roman, Syrian, Jacobian,,,,,,,,etc), Protestants, Penthacostae ? Did Christ or St.Peter, or St.John or any one else told us to divide christians like this ?
If none of the Gods / religious leaders have told like this to separate ourselves then y the hell are v differentiating people based on so many caste names within a single religion itself.
If Gods have not created these divisions among people within each religion then who the hell has created so many divisions in every religion and y no one raises the above questions 1 - 4
(Especially Hinduism is the worst of all religions today with so many castes and subcastes and sub groups. The concept of "untouchability" can be seen in villages in Tamilnadu even now. )
If Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Vinyayaka, Muruga, Shakthi, Lakshmi, Allah, Prophet Muhammad, Jesus Christ, Paul, Peter etc have not told us to divide every one like this then why are we following all these caste based differences under each religion ?
Why should we be afraid of this idiotic society which created all these castes among people in all religions, and follow this casteism even in this scientific era ?
A patient who s to be operated --- does he checks whether the doctor is a Cherian(christian) or Siva Kadaatcham(hindu) or Akbar Kausar(muslim) ? Does he checks whether the blood donor is a hindu / muslim / christian? In such situations all these differences are conveniently ignored and all docs are looked upon as Gods who are saviours of life.
So my dear young unmarried ladies and gentlemen --- aadhalinaal kaadhal seyveer --- so start loving. By this process only we can remove all these caste differences and create a new world without religions but love. Let us work for one world, one government, one constitution.
Keep thinking and post ur views. Thanx for ur time. vaazhga vaLamudan!
As per the definition in Vedas and Upanishads, an Acharya is one who has written explanation and notes for the sacred book "Brahma Sootra". Only 3 people did that most difficult and daunting task.
1) Kaladi born Aadhi Sankaracharya - Advaita
2) Ramanujacharya - Vishisht Advaita
3) Madhvacharya - Dvaita
No other person who came after them / those in the Kanchi Mutt or for that matter any other mutt were able to comprehend and write explanatory notes for the Brahma Sootra. So only those 3 people can be called as acharyas in the true technical sense. There is no other aachaaryaa among Hindus as of now.
The point is now a days no one reads this Brahma Sootra and the explanatory notes. The contents of these sacred books have not reached the public till now. Will some one do it ?
By the way ladies and gentlement did any of these questions came in ur mind ?
1) Which sacred book of Hindus / God / religious leaders advise people to divide themselves as Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras?
2) Which sacred book of Hindus / God / religious leaders advise people to subdivide themselves as chettiar, iyer, iyengar, mudaliyaar, naadaar, naidu, nair, pillai, rao, reddy,,,,,,,,, and all the subsects within each of the castes ?
3) Which sacred book of muslims / God / religious leaders advise people to divide themselves as Shiya, Sunni, Shafi? Did Allah or Prophet Muhammad said so to divide all the mulsims based on those names ?
4) Which sacred book of Christians / God / religious leaders advise people to divide themselves as Catholic(Roman, Syrian, Jacobian,,,,,,,,etc), Protestants, Penthacostae ? Did Christ or St.Peter, or St.John or any one else told us to divide christians like this ?
If none of the Gods / religious leaders have told like this to separate ourselves then y the hell are v differentiating people based on so many caste names within a single religion itself.
If Gods have not created these divisions among people within each religion then who the hell has created so many divisions in every religion and y no one raises the above questions 1 - 4
(Especially Hinduism is the worst of all religions today with so many castes and subcastes and sub groups. The concept of "untouchability" can be seen in villages in Tamilnadu even now. )
If Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Vinyayaka, Muruga, Shakthi, Lakshmi, Allah, Prophet Muhammad, Jesus Christ, Paul, Peter etc have not told us to divide every one like this then why are we following all these caste based differences under each religion ?
Why should we be afraid of this idiotic society which created all these castes among people in all religions, and follow this casteism even in this scientific era ?
A patient who s to be operated --- does he checks whether the doctor is a Cherian(christian) or Siva Kadaatcham(hindu) or Akbar Kausar(muslim) ? Does he checks whether the blood donor is a hindu / muslim / christian? In such situations all these differences are conveniently ignored and all docs are looked upon as Gods who are saviours of life.
So my dear young unmarried ladies and gentlemen --- aadhalinaal kaadhal seyveer --- so start loving. By this process only we can remove all these caste differences and create a new world without religions but love. Let us work for one world, one government, one constitution.
Keep thinking and post ur views. Thanx for ur time. vaazhga vaLamudan!
Friday, December 10, 2004
World peace through Individual Peace
vaazhga vaLamudan!
Thanks in advance for spending ur valuable time to read this blog of mine. This is only the tip of the iceberg. Do not come to any conclusions about me right away.
Am Veera Raj Kumar. Born in Vizhuppuram, Tamilnadu and brought up in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. I have completed 26 revolutions round the sun. Two important people in my life - coz of whom i visited this yummy planet earth are ammaa(mom) Vanaja and appaa(dad) Saravanan.
Mom is a home maker - a very active person even after going around the sun 51 times. Apart from being the homemaker she also works in Dept of Handlooms & Textiles 10 - 6.
Dad - Again a very active person -- a very good friend of mine -- infact my first best friend -- runs the family in unison with my mom. Also works as an auditor in Tamilnadu Slum Clearance Board 10 - 6. Even after going around the sun 57 times still he s very energetic, fit and trim and without even an inch of flab. Ask him the reason and pat comes the reply ---- cycling. Yes he has been cycling for the past 48 years and still commutes a distance of 6 kms daily from home to mount station.
Brother Arun Kumar - dreamer and achiever -- Has completed 22 revolutions round the sun and was featured once along with his friend in "Namma Ooru vingyaani" program that comes as part of the "vaNakkam tamizhagam" program in Sun TV on fridays @ 07:30 hours
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I forgot to inform a very important person in my life who taught me many things. He is my one and only guru Vethathiri. He is fondly called as ThaththuvaGnAni VethAthiri Maharishi by all his disciples. Just click his name and u can catch him online and this is his biography in English and in Tamizh. For tamizh version you need to install the font that is available from the link on the Tamizh homepage.
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I did my schooling in Prince Matric Hr. Sec. School in Madipakkam - 12 wonderful years from 1984 - '96. Today we have a yahoo group Prince96 for reuniting the princes and princesses of Prince who passed out in the year '96. After that from 96-2k --- glorious days in my life started in Coimbatore Institute of Technology which is in a lush green atmosphere -- I mean it lush green -- jus diagonally opposite to the Coimbatore Medical College. By the end of 4 years, few medicos also became my friends - one of them is an unforgettable personality Dr.Arul Kumar. Then joined Sterling Infotech Limited, went to iCarnegie Inc, a division of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
About my life @ CIT:
Actual learning in my life started only here in CIT, Coimbatore. Hostel life, living with students coming from different places in TN, varied cultures, my friends, group meditation and lectures given by professors of CIT who were trained by Vethathiri Maharishi helped me a lot. The first lesson that I was taught by my seniors was - "Do not form any group or be a member of group. Be neutral to all groups". I was really appalled to the see the kind of division between the students in an engineering college. The main division being students from Chennai and students from south of Chennai. This is a story which is seen in almost all the colleges - friends from other colleges also told me -- this is the same case every where. But when it comes to conducting a seminar / cultural festival / sports / blood donation / service to poor people through NSS, all of them unite and do it with perfect unison. When countries like South and North Korea unite, and now friendship budding between India and Pakistan, such kind of a division and groupism among a few students disturbed me a lot.
CIT's annual inter college cultural festival - Harmony - is conducted every year and Harmony means iNakkam in tamizh. More info on my life @ CIT will continue later. Hope in the current and comming years atleast let this iNakkam be prevalent among all the people throughout the world. Time to move to official work. Let me sign off with a song by Vethathiri.
“This beautiful world designed by the
Almighty is culturally evolved by innumerable
Generations of people, in the course of millions
Of years. No one has the right to destroy it.
Let us preserve it for our enjoyment and for
Future generations.”
--- Vethathiri
Catch u all l8r. Thanx once again for ur time.
Thanks in advance for spending ur valuable time to read this blog of mine. This is only the tip of the iceberg. Do not come to any conclusions about me right away.
Am Veera Raj Kumar. Born in Vizhuppuram, Tamilnadu and brought up in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. I have completed 26 revolutions round the sun. Two important people in my life - coz of whom i visited this yummy planet earth are ammaa(mom) Vanaja and appaa(dad) Saravanan.
Mom is a home maker - a very active person even after going around the sun 51 times. Apart from being the homemaker she also works in Dept of Handlooms & Textiles 10 - 6.
Dad - Again a very active person -- a very good friend of mine -- infact my first best friend -- runs the family in unison with my mom. Also works as an auditor in Tamilnadu Slum Clearance Board 10 - 6. Even after going around the sun 57 times still he s very energetic, fit and trim and without even an inch of flab. Ask him the reason and pat comes the reply ---- cycling. Yes he has been cycling for the past 48 years and still commutes a distance of 6 kms daily from home to mount station.
Brother Arun Kumar - dreamer and achiever -- Has completed 22 revolutions round the sun and was featured once along with his friend in "Namma Ooru vingyaani" program that comes as part of the "vaNakkam tamizhagam" program in Sun TV on fridays @ 07:30 hours
= = = = = = (Edited on 28 Dec 2004)
I forgot to inform a very important person in my life who taught me many things. He is my one and only guru Vethathiri. He is fondly called as ThaththuvaGnAni VethAthiri Maharishi by all his disciples. Just click his name and u can catch him online and this is his biography in English and in Tamizh. For tamizh version you need to install the font that is available from the link on the Tamizh homepage.
= = = = = =
I did my schooling in Prince Matric Hr. Sec. School in Madipakkam - 12 wonderful years from 1984 - '96. Today we have a yahoo group Prince96 for reuniting the princes and princesses of Prince who passed out in the year '96. After that from 96-2k --- glorious days in my life started in Coimbatore Institute of Technology which is in a lush green atmosphere -- I mean it lush green -- jus diagonally opposite to the Coimbatore Medical College. By the end of 4 years, few medicos also became my friends - one of them is an unforgettable personality Dr.Arul Kumar. Then joined Sterling Infotech Limited, went to iCarnegie Inc, a division of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
About my life @ CIT:
Actual learning in my life started only here in CIT, Coimbatore. Hostel life, living with students coming from different places in TN, varied cultures, my friends, group meditation and lectures given by professors of CIT who were trained by Vethathiri Maharishi helped me a lot. The first lesson that I was taught by my seniors was - "Do not form any group or be a member of group. Be neutral to all groups". I was really appalled to the see the kind of division between the students in an engineering college. The main division being students from Chennai and students from south of Chennai. This is a story which is seen in almost all the colleges - friends from other colleges also told me -- this is the same case every where. But when it comes to conducting a seminar / cultural festival / sports / blood donation / service to poor people through NSS, all of them unite and do it with perfect unison. When countries like South and North Korea unite, and now friendship budding between India and Pakistan, such kind of a division and groupism among a few students disturbed me a lot.
CIT's annual inter college cultural festival - Harmony - is conducted every year and Harmony means iNakkam in tamizh. More info on my life @ CIT will continue later. Hope in the current and comming years atleast let this iNakkam be prevalent among all the people throughout the world. Time to move to official work. Let me sign off with a song by Vethathiri.
“This beautiful world designed by the
Almighty is culturally evolved by innumerable
Generations of people, in the course of millions
Of years. No one has the right to destroy it.
Let us preserve it for our enjoyment and for
Future generations.”
--- Vethathiri
Catch u all l8r. Thanx once again for ur time.
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