tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24059517931270303022024-10-17T11:06:58.778-04:00In a semi-official blog I hereby discuss about contemporary topics, insights from my experiences etc. I invite healthy/friendly/thought-inspiring comments. The purpose of this blog is to share and nurture thoughts/discussions aligned to natural harmony of the world we live in.Sureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741005397187421766noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405951793127030302.post-65875353008073796842020-03-14T04:37:00.000-04:002020-03-14T04:37:18.686-04:00

14-Mar-2020 is the death anniversary remembrance day of the German philosopher Karl Marx . This pioneer German philosopher, so radical in this thoughts, lived in exile with his family. His philosophy, Marxism, was path-breaking in its analysis of the social system - the divided Bourgeisse (ruling class) and working class (Proletariat). According to Marxism, the social system is unevenly

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இந்த முப்பதுக்கும், நாற்பது வயதுக்கும் நடுவிலே இருக்கும் வாழ்க்கை மிகவும் சுவாரஸ்யமானது. இருபதில் இருக்கும் துடிப்பும், இளமையின் தூண்டுதலும், வாழ்க்கையில் பெரிதாக சாதிக்கவேண்டும் என்ற எண்ணமும், முப்பதை தாண்டி தொடர்கிறது. உடல் சற்றே தளர்ந்தாலும், மனது விட்டுக்கொடுப்பதில்லை. முனைப்பு முப்பதுகளின் முகப்பாகிறது. நாற்பது வாழ்க்கையின் வெற்றி, தோல்விகளை ஓரளவு அனுபவித்த பின்பு ஒரிரு அடையக்கூடிய

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Twenty years ago, I would've never imagined or appreciated a different way of thinking of, praying to God. Raised as a devout South Indian Iyer, God for me was invoked through mantras and felt as a profound feeling arising from the sheer power of vibrations, the great-problem solver of our life problems. You have a problem, rush to Him and there He is ready with an answer to help you. Years have

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After observing the great vastness of the mind, spiritualists have identified that there are five states of mind: conscious, subconscious, subsubconscious, subsuperconscious and superconscious. The first state is the conscious mind, in which we perform our daily routines. When awareness is in the conscious mind, we are externalized. This means we take our direction mainly from memory of past

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The Ideals Of Marriage Marriage is an institution, a business, a spiritual partnership, a furtherance of humanity and a contract--a three-level contract involving body, mind and emotion. Marriage is a necessary commitment not only for the continuation of the human race but also for the furtherance of each individual soul's spiritual unfoldment. The interaction on all levels between the couple,

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This is my second run for the Midnight mission. It was a little different as summer has set in US. Accordingly, we mad a change in the food. clothing and free drink relief we were offering to the homeless in New York city. This time I rode along with a passionate volunteer, a preaching minister of christian religion, a former retired teacher. Though years could touch her age, it couldn't seem to

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Volunteering. I can't fathom how much variety of experience this hobby of mine is going to give me this lifetime. An experience of a kind and first-ever for me - I wrote letters. You may ask me - are you kidding? Writing a letter. We all write letters (more of emails now) every day. Sheets and sheets of paper, pages and pages of email.. So what's special :-) The special thing here is to write to

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In the last weekend (5-6 June 2010), I got the DVD of the movie Castaway from Ossining Library. This is the first movie CD I ever got from here. Though there is huge collection of movies, so far I'd only taken books, but this visit, something moved me to atleast select one for a try...and boy sure I made a nice choice :-) Castaway didn't seemed like yet another Hollywood movie. To me it seemed a

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It was a bright sunny day, a fine Saturday(24-May-2010) heralding the start of a nice weekend. I took the Metro-North train (supposed to come at 8.38 in the morning, thought I missed it, hoping to catch the 9.04am one I caught this :-) ) starting off to Grand Central. I met an Indian friend who gave me good company during the journey. We talked about weather, vacations, family, work life which

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I recently read on vegetarianism, its importance and why humans should adopt it. This is an excerpt from the book 'Living with Siva'. Reasons for VegetarianismVegetarianism has for thousands of years been a principle of health and environmental ethics throughout India. Though Muslim and Christian colonization radically undermined and eroded this ideal, it remains to this day a cardinal ethic of

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Now that I've been associated with the First Presbyterian Church, Ossining for a month, I am getting some real good opportunities to do 'seva' and keep my soul and mind in right shape. Yesterday, I volunteered in a unique program (very special for me to remember in my current life), called 'Midnight Run'.. now wait its not an overnight marathon of sorts which you may imagine ;-). It is just

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ஆன்மீகமும் ஆன்மாவும் ========================= இன்று இந்த வலைப்பின்னலில் நான், ஆன்மீகம் மற்றும் ஆன்மாவின் இடையே இருக்கும் உறவினைப்பற்றி எனது சிந்தனைகளை உங்களிடம் பகிர்கிறேன். முதலில் அவற்றின் அர்த்தங்களை ஆராய்வோம். ஆன்மீகம் என்பது நமது மனித உடம்புக்குள் இருந்து ஆட்டுவிக்கும் ஆன்மா எனப்படுவதை உணர்வது, புரிந்துகொள்வது. தனது அத்வைதத்தை எடுத்துக்கூறும் முயற்சியில் ஜகத்குரு ஆதிசங்கரர், ஒரு

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This weekend I could get some time to watch 2 tamil movies - those which friends have, a long time, asked me to see. They know that I'm not a movie buff, would read/indulge in music than watch a movie. So I selected these 2 movies - ஆட்டோகிராப் (Autograph) by Cheran and ஆயிரத்தில் ஒருவன் (One among a thousand) by Selvaraghavan for this weekend. For the actual movie stories, better explanations

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Yesterday, the 18th of April, I had a satisfying opportunity of being the usher for the morning service in the Presbyterian church. It might be surprising to you, that what a Smartist like me can do as a usher in the church. Believe me, it is like any other seva we do in our hindu temples and equally satisfying. Some of my duties were: (1)Inviting people into the church (2)Providing the service

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That evening after coming from office, I went a little early by 7pm to the church. It was so silent as though filled with a spirit welcoming people into its fold. Soon, the pastor arrived - in a hurry - to set things up. Helped her with setting the table, candles etc. Barbara arrived and soon we set the chairs around the table in a circle. Very close members of the church soon arrived and I went

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Ever since I attended the music concert. I feel drawn to the church - its quietness, the feeling of spirituality and the warmth of the church members. I attended the worship service last sunday (28-Mar-2010) - the prayer and the morning breakfast tete. The pastor had arranged the enacting of Palm Sunday events by children. The time when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem welcomed by women and children on

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Last Saturday on 20-March-2010 at 8pm evening, I had the wonderful opportunity to listen to Western Music concert held in a Church. It was a different feeling as I've just listen to English music from the net but never listened to a live one. Here we had a real variety - Opera-type singing of the 'Twelve poems of Emily Dickinson' conducted by the renown Pianist Eric Kramer. After a break we had

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இந்த வருடம் ஜனவரி மாதம் பதினைந்தாம் நாள், நான் நியூ யார்க் நகரம் JFK விமான நிலையம் வந்திறங்கிய நாள் இன்றும் நினைவில் உள்ளது. அதற்கு முந்தைய தினம் தான் நான் எனது ஆருயிர் குடும்பத்துடன் பொங்கல் விழா கொண்டாடிவிட்டு இரவு பெங்களூர் விமான நிலையம் வந்து மும்பை விமானத்தை பிடித்து..அப்பப்பா ஒரே அலைச்சலும் பரபரப்புமான சூழல். இங்கு வந்த பிறகு, பாதுகாப்பு ஆய்வெல்லாம் முடிந்த பிறகு ஒரு வழியாக எனது அலுவலக

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மக்கள் தொண்டே மகேசன் தொண்டு என்பது பழமொழி. அதிலும் உடல் ஊனமுற்றோருக்கு சேவை செய்வது நம்மால் முடிகின்றஒரு சிறு தொண்டாகும். அதிலும் அவர்கள் உடலால் ஊனமுற்றர்களே ஒழிய மனதால் அல்ல. அவர்களின் செயலாற்றல் யாருக்கும் குறைந்ததல்ல.நான் 'samarthanam trust for the disabled' எனும் உடல் ஊனமுற்றோருக்கான சேவை நிறுவனத்தில் ஒரு தொண்டனாக சென்று வருகிறேன். அங்கே பார்வையற்றோர் மற்றும் பார்வை குறைபாடுள்ள குழந்தைகளுக்கு

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