Intellectual Ocean

SAVE EARTH..!

2011-06-12T22:29:00.002+04:00

CONTRIBUTE TO A NOBLE CAUSE

There is a cute small round press button at the bottom right corner of almost all monitors:

Please make use of this

Stop printing out Harry Porter, Jeffrey Archer and other e-books. This is a classic

example of paper wastage.

If you have forgotten to give double-side prints, make sure you make use of the empty sides as

scribbling pads or for your kids' imposition

!

Take two minutes from your busy schedule before hurrying back home to shut down the computer.

All of us are big time Googlers. Have you heard of the Blackle search engine? Blackle (Google

powered) is a search engine designed all in Rich Black so that your system consumes less power.

So change your homepage.

Plastic bags these days indeed come in bright and flamboyant colours and tempt us to take them

home with us. But the saying, "Appearances are deceptive" holds true for these plastic things too.

Next time, hold back or go prepared to counter temptation with a cloth bag.

Roses, Jasmine, Hibiscus and Peas; All these saplings cost hardly between Rs 10 - 20 each.

Can't we afford to plant these in and around our houses? Also, more importantly, caring and

maintain them as they grow?

Try to segregate the different kinds of waste into Bio-Degradable (Fruit or vegetable waste) ,

Recyclable (waste Paper, paper products) and Electronics (Floppy disks, CD-ROMS ).

Once you have segregated your thrash, look for specialized trash cans to throw them away.

Try to minimize the use of horns. Honking has drastically increased and this adds to the noise

pollution and does not provide a conducive environment to live in.

Use rechargeable batteries though it's an expensive product, it's one-time purchase. Recharge

when required. (Same applies to cell-phones, MP3s, iPods and Laptops)

The best pens to use would be ink ones. Though if you have to use a ball point pen, buy refills

instead of buying new pens. Pencils are much better for rough use! (That's why we used it at

school!!!)

Remember to close water taps before preening in front of the mirror. Of course you are beautiful,

but Water is a precious resource!

Let's not just wake up and walk out of finished meetings and conferences with a sigh of relief,

let us remember to turn off the lights and projectors too.

Take few minutes to learn about topics like 'Global Warming' , 'Air / Noise /Land / Water

Pollution ' etc apart from constant surfing of News, Latest Gadgets, Movies and Music.

Spread this message to your friends and colleagues. They too can make a difference.

The Earth has already become a dangerous place to live in for the animals and birds. Soon it

might be our turn. So let's pledge to save our beautiful planet so that you and your future

generations can live happily and peacefully ever after.

Save the Planet

FOR AVOIDING BACK PAIN,try this

2011-06-11T22:27:00.000+04:00

Dear all,

Most of us sit in a single position for the whole day in the office, and in the morning / evening drive all the way to our places. As a result at night, while going to bed, many of us experience a slight pain in the back.

DON'T IGNORE IT AT ALL.....this may lead to many further diseases and disabilities as well....
Don't panic, just do the following exercise for min 10 mins every morning and shoot off the back pain.
Enjoy a healthy living....

Simple Exercises... to keep you fit and avoid back pain.
Need not visit a gym, your home may be the ideal place.

First habitable planet discovered

2011-06-02T23:51:00.000+04:00

A planet 20 light years away is the first outside our solar system to be declared 'habitable' by scientists.

The rocky 'exoplanet' Gliese 581d meets key requirements for sustaining Earth-like life, including rainfall and possibly even watery oceans.

The planet orbits a red-dwarf star similarly called Gliese 581, on its outer fringes called the 'Goldilocks zone', where the temperature is not so hot that water boils away, nor so cold that water is perpetually frozen.

But even though it may be technically habitable, the Gliese 581d would not make a comfortable dwelling for humans.

Gravity is twice what is on Earth, doubling the weight of anyone standing on the surface, and the atmosphere is dense with carbon dioxide.

With a mass of at least 5.6 times that of Earth, Gliese 581d is classified as a 'super-Earth'.

The discovery caught scientists by surprise because the planet was previously ruled out as a habitable country.

But a new computer model with the capacity to simulate extraterrestrial climates has confirmed that Gliese 581d really could harbour life, showing the prior assumption to be wrong.

"This discovery is important because it's the first time climate modellers have proved that the planet is potentially habitable, and all observers agree that the exoplanet exists,” said Dr Robin Wordsworth, a member of the French team from the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace in Paris.

"If you look at the history of the search for habitable planets, there's been at least two instances so far when scientists have announced that a habitable world has been discovered, only to have the claim contradicted later, either by climate experts or by other observers.”

On average, the light that Gliese 581d receives from its star has about 30 per cent of the intensity of sunlight on Earth.

While that temperature seems too cold to support liquid water, the atmosphere's high production of greenhouse gases significantly heats the planet.

It may also be "tidally locked", meaning that one side of it always faces the sun, which would give it permanent dayside and nightside.

More than 500 planets orbiting other stars have been recorded since 1995, detected mostly by a tiny wobble in stellar light.

Exoplanets are named after their star and listed alphabetically, in order of discovery.

Until now, the big interest in Gliese 581's roster of planets focused on Gliese 581g.

It swept the headlines last year as 'Zarmina's World', after its observers announced it had roughly the same mass as Earth's and was also close to the 'Goldilocks zone'.

But that discovery has since been discounted by many, with some experts suspecting the Gliese 581g may not even exist

newscourtesy yahoo com

Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed!

2011-05-30T19:11:00.000+04:00

Everyone knows the universe is huge, but most people don't understand how huge it really is. This article will try to show the amazingly massive scale of the universe to you. It surely is a very humbling experience!

Earth - Our Home

This is our Home. All of us live, love, wage wars, spend our entire lifetimes here.

Earth compared to smaller Planets in our Solar System

Earth compared to larger Planets in our Solar System

Compared to our Sun

Our Sun compared to other Stars

Our Sun is just a tiny speck compared to other stars!

Hard to even make out in the picture with the Sun just 1 pixel wide. Jupiter becomes invisible at this scale.

Milky Way - Our Galaxy

There are 200-400 billion stars in the Milky Way.

The stellar disk of the Milky Way Galaxy is approximately 100,000 light-years in diameter, and is considered to be, on average, about 1,000 ly thick.

Our Milky Way galaxy is small compared to other galaxies. Our neighbouring Andromeda Galaxy has over one trillion stars!

The Observable Universe

This is a Hubble Ultra Deep Field image of a small region of the observable universe (equivalent sky area size shown in bottom left corner).

Each spot is a galaxy, consisting of billions of stars.

There are more than 170 billion galaxies in the observable universe.

Be Amazed

Regards.,

A.M.FAISAL

Me and My Father

2011-05-29T20:21:00.000+04:00

Me and My Father

وأنا عمري 4 أعوام : أبي هو الأفضل

When I was 4 Yrs Old : My father is THE BEST

وأنا عمري 6 أعوام : أبي يعرف كل الناس

When I was 6 Yrs Old: My father seems to know everyone

وأنا عمري 10 أعوام : أبي ممتاز ولكن خلقه ضيق

When I was 10 Yrs Old: My father is excellent but he is short tempered

وأنا عمري 12عاما : أبي كان لطيفا عندما كنت صغيرا

When I was 12 Yrs Old: My father was nice when I was little

وأنا عمري 14 عاما : أبي بدأ يكون حساسا جدا

When I was 14 Yrs Old: My father started being too sensitive

وأنا عمري 16 عاما : أبي لا يمكن أن يتماشى مع العصر الحالي

When I was 16 Yrs Old : My father can't keep up with modern time

وأنا عمري 18 عاما : أبي ومع مرور كل يوم يبدو كأنه أكثر حدة

When I was 18 Yrs Old : My father is getting less tolerant as the days pass by

وأنا عمري 20 عاما : من الصعب جدا أن أسامح أبي ، أستغرب كيف إستطاعت أمي أن تتحمله

When I was 20 Yrs Old : It is too hard to forgive my father, how could my Mum stand him all these years

وأنا عمري 25 عاما : أبي يعترض على كل موضوع

When I was 25 Yrs Old : My father seems to be objecting to everything I do

وأنا عمري 30 عاما : من الصعب جدا أن أتفق مع أبى ، هل ياترى تعب جدى من أبي عندما كان شابا

When I was 30 Yrs Old: It's very difficult to be in agreement with my father, I wonder if my Grandfather was troubled by my father when he was a youth

وأنا عمري 40 عاما: أبي رباني في هذه الحياة مع كثير من الضوابط، ولابد أن أفعل نفس الشيء

When I was 40 Yrs Old: My father brought me up with a lot of discipline, I must do the same

وأنا عمري 45 عاما : أنا محتار ، كيف أستطاع أبي أن يربينا جميعا

When I was 45 Yrs Old: I am puzzled, how did my father manage to raise all of us

وأنا عمري 50 عاما: من الصعب التحكم في أطفالي، كم تكبد أبي من عناء لأجل أن يربينا ويحافظ علينا

When I was 50 Yrs Old : It's rather difficult to control my kids, how much did my father suffer for the sake of upbringing and protecting us

وأنا عمري 55 عاما: أبي كان ذا نظرة بعيدة وخطط لعدة أشياء لنا ، أبي كان مميزا ولطيفا.

When I was 55 Yrs Old: My father was far looking and had wide plans for us, he was gentle and outstanding.

وأنا عمري 60 عاما: أبي هو الأفضل

When I became 60 Yrs Old: My father is THE BEST

جميع ما سبق إحتاج إلى 56 عاما لإنهاء الدورة كاملة ليعود إلى نقطة البدء الأولى عند الـ 4 أعوام " أبي هو الأفضل"

Note that it took 56 Yrs to complete the cycle and return to the starting point "Myfather is THE BEST "

فلنحسن إلى والدينا قبل أن يفوت الأوان ولندع الله أن يعاملنا أطفالنا أفضل مما كنا نعامل والدينا.

Let's be good to our parents before it's too late and pray to Allaah that our own children will treat us even better than the way we treated our parents .

قال تعالى:

" وَقَضَى رَبُّكَ أَلاَّ تَعْبُدُواْ إِلاَّ إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ كِلاَهُمَا فَلاَ تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفٍّ وَلاَ تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلاً كَرِيمًا "

" وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا"

دعاء للوالدين

اللهم اغفر لهم وعافهم واعف عنهم وارحمهم رحمةً تغنيهم عن رحمة من سواك

اللهم ارزقهم قبل الموت توبة ومغفرة وعند الموت شهادة وبعد الموت جنة وسعادة

اللهم ارزقهم عيشةً هنيةً وميتةً سويةً ومرداً غير مخزٍ ولا فاضح

اللهم أعتقهم من النار.اللهم احسن خاتمتهم وتوفهم وأنت راضٍ عنهم يا رباللهم و ادخلهم جناتك بلا حساب ولا عذاب برحمتك يا أرحم الراحمين

 Thanks:                                                  MOHAMMAD  ARIF  EBRAHIM BEEDIWALA.  DUBAI.

THE NAME 'ALLAH' - A PSYCHOLOGICAL DISCOVERY

2011-05-29T20:15:00.000+04:00

THIS IS NOT A FICTITIOUS STORY... IT IS REAL AND VERIFIABLE ...

Vander Hoven, a psychologist from Netherlands, announced his new discovery about the effect of reading the Qur'aan and repeating the word ALLAH both on patients and on normal persons. The Dutch professor confirms his discovery with studies and research applied on many patients over a period of three years. Some of his patients were non-Muslims, others do not speak Arabic and were trained to pronounce the word 'ALLAH' clearly; the result was great, particularly on those who suffer from dejection and tension. Al Watan, a Saudi daily reported that the psychologist was quoted to say that Muslims who can read Arabic and who read the Quran regularly could protect themselves from psychological diseases.

The psychologist explained how each letter in the word 'ALLAH' affects healing of psychological diseases. He pointed out in his research that pronouncing the first letter in the word 'ALLAH' which is the letter (A), released from the respiratory system, controls breathing. He added that pronouncing the

velar consonant (L) in the Arabic way, with the tongue touching slightly the upper part of the jaw producing a short pause and then repeating the same pause constantly, relaxes the aspiration.

Also, pronouncing the last letter which is the letter (H) makes a contact between the lungs and the heart and in turn this contact controls the heartbeat. What is exciting in the study is that this psychologist is a non-Muslim, but interested in Islamic sciences and searching for the secrets of the HolYQuran Allah, The Great and Glorious, says, We will show them Our signs in the universe and in their ownselves, until it becomes manifest to (remember me in ur Dua) ALLAHU AKBAR Allah is great Allah keeps me going day and night. Without Allah, I am no one. But with Allah, I can do everything. Allah is my strength.' This is a simple test. If you love Allah and you are not ashamed of all the great things that he has done for you, send this to everyone you know, May Allah help u to succeed...Ameen

Allah said, 'If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you.'

Blood Clot (OR) Stroke

2011-05-29T20:07:00.001+04:00

INFORMATION EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW......

Blood Clots/Stroke - They Now Have a Fourth Indicator, the Tongue

STROKE:

Remember the 1st Three Letters.... S.T.R.

My nurse friend sent this and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree.

If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks seriously..

Please read:

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics). She said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.

They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening Ingrid’s husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 pm Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die. they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this...

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke... totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE:

Thank God for the sense to remember the ‘3’ steps, STR . Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

S - Ask the individual to SMILE.
T - Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently).
R - Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher. New Sign of a Stroke - Stick out Your Tongue

NOTE: Another ‘sign’ of a stroke is this: Ask the person to ‘stick’ out his tongue.. If the tongue is ‘crooked’ , if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke.

TIME Person of the Year 2010

2011-05-29T19:46:00.000+04:00

Mark Zuckerberg has been announced as Time magazine’s person of the year 2010, “for changing how we all live our lives in ways that are innovative and even optimistic.”

orn in 1984 in White Plains, New York, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is one of three children.

Mr Zuckerberg excelled at science and classics at Ardsley High School before going on to Harvard to study computer science.

Mr Zuckerberg created the social networking site Facebook in his penultimate year at Harvard with his flatmates and fellow Harvard students Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin.

At first only available to Harvard students, Facebook’s popularity soon spiraled and the site expanded to surrounding universities.

Following a cash injection, Mr Zuckerberg dropped out of university and moved the headquarters of Facebook Inc. to Palo Alto, California.

Zuckerberg’s accomplishments in 2010 are truly outstanding: he cemented Facebook’s status as the biggest social network and one of the hottestInternet companies, surging past 500 million users. He’s one of the world’s youngest billionaires, and recently he pledged to give the majority of his wealth to charity.

“For connecting more than half a billion people and mapping the social relations among them; for creating a new system of exchanging information; and for changing how we all live our lives, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is Time’s 2010 Person of the Year,” explains Time.

Not everyone agrees with the choice, however. WikiLeaks founder and owner Julian Assange was also a likely candidate, and many commenters over on Time think his accomplishments are far more important that Zuckerberg’s.

What do you think? Do you agree withTime’s choice, or would you prefer to have seen Julian Assange (or perhaps someone else) named the Person of the Year?

Remembering Mother Theresa

2011-05-27T21:37:00.000+04:00

Remembering Mother Theresa
On her 13th Death Anniversary

Mother Teresa (Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) (born on August 26, 1910 - expired on September 5, 1997), was a Roman Catholic Nun from Albaniawho founded the Missionaries of Charity and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work.

For over forty years, she ministered to the needs of the Poor, Sick, Orphaned, Destitutes and Dying in Kolkata,India. As the Missionaries of Charity grew under Mother Teresa's leadership, they expanded their Ministry to other Countries.

By the 1970s she had become Internationally Famed as a Humanitarian and Advocate for the Poor
and Helpless.

May Her Soul Rest in Peace!

coconut water

2011-05-27T12:09:00.000+04:00

Here is some information about Coconut Water:

'It's a natural isotonic beverage, with the same level of electrolytic balance as we have in our blood. It's the fluid of life, so to speak.'

During the Pacific War of 1941-45, both sides in the conflict regularly used coconut water - siphoned directly from the nut - to give emergency plasma transfusions to wounded soldiers..

Most coconut water is still consumed fresh in tropical coastal areas - once exposed to air, the liquid rapidly loses most of its organoleptic and nutritional characteristics, and begins to ferment.

Coconut Water is More Nutritious than whole milk - Less fat and NO cholesterol!

Coconut Water is More Healthy than Orange Juice - Much lower calories

Coconut Water is Better than processed baby milk- It contains lauric acid, which is present in human mother's milk

Coconut water is naturally sterile -- Water permeates through the filtering husk!

Coconut water is a universal donor-- Its identical to human blood plasma

Coconut Water is a Natural Isotonic Beverage - The same level we have in our blood.

Coconut water has saved lives in 3rd world countries thru Coconut IV.

Coconut water is the very stuff of Nature, biologically Pure, full of Natural Sugars, Salts, and Vitamins to ward off fatigue... and is the next wave of energy drinks BUT natural!', according to Mortin Satin, Chief of the United Nation's Food & Agriculture Organization.

Coconut water contains more potassium (at about 294 mg) than most sports drinks (117 mg) and most energy drinks..

Coconut water has less sodium (25mg) where sports drinks have around 41mg and energy drinks have about 200mg!

Coconut water has 5mg of Natural Sugars where sports and energy drinks range from 10-25mg of Altered Sugars.

Coconut water is very high in Chloride at 118mg; compared to sports drinks at about 39mg.

Data is based on a 100ml drink.

Water Art

2011-05-27T12:06:00.001+04:00

Professionalism is always held in high esteem, even if we are talking about ordinary things. It would seem that every Photoshop user passed through the creation of water effects. But not everyone can do it so that the audience said WOW! Only such a word can describe art works of Alexandra Zaharova & Ilya Plotnikov from Doberman studio. Their flowers or a butterfly look like if they actually made of living water.

10 Oldest Mosques in the World

2011-05-27T12:03:00.001+04:00

01. Quba Mosque, Saudi Arabia

First Built: 622

The designation of the oldest mosque in the world requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest mosque congregation. Even here, there is the distinction between old mosque buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques, and those that have been converted to other purposes; and between buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques and those that were shuttered for many decades. In terms of congregations, they are distinguished between early established congregations that have been in continuous existence, and early congregations that ceased to exist (wikipedia). 09 More after the break...02. Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, Saudi Arabia

First Built: 622

03. Masjid al-Qiblatain, Saudi Arabia

First Built: 623

04. Jawatha Mosque, Saudi Arabia

First Built: 629

05. Masjid al-Haram, Saudi Arabia

First Built: 638

06. Great Mosque of Kufa, Iraq

First Built: 639

07. Mosque of Uqba, Tunisia

First Built: 670

08. Imam Hussain Mosque, Iraq

First Built: 680

09. Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem

First Built: 705

10. Al-Zaytuna Mosque, Tunisia

First Built: 709

The Man with Half a Body

2011-05-27T11:58:00.000+04:00

The Man with Half a Body

Kenny Easterday is a 35-year-old American man born with a rare disease (sacral agenesis) that prevents his spine from growing correctly. Doctors amputated his legs when he was a baby to use his shinbone for completing his underdeveloped spine.Kenny never liked wheelchairs and refused to wear prosthetic legs, so he learned with his dad to walk on his hands and to move with a skateboard.As many other men, he enjoys sports (especially bowling and pool), has a job and has found his sweetheart, Nicky, with whom he raises her two kids.Nicky got pregnant when she started to date Kenny 7 years ago, so they made a test to know for sure if he's the real father. They're waiting for the results Kenny's unbelievable story is filmed for the new documentary The Man with Half a Body that appeared yesterday on TLC.

VEG OR NON-VEG : "TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT"

2011-05-27T11:46:00.000+04:00

Food at a subtle level, it too is made up of the sattva, raja and tama components.

The proportions of these subtle components vary depending on the type of food.
Sattva stands for purity and knowledge while tama denotes ignorance and inertia.
Anything that has a higher sattva component assists our spiritual journey and anything that is tama
predominant has a tendency to diminish or obstruct our spiritual practice.

Vegetarian food has more sattvic qualities than Non-vegetarian food while Non-vegetarian food has more Tamasic qualities than Vegetarian food.

The reason for the increased tama in non-vegetarian food is because of the extent of suffering of the animal, when it is being killed.
Also the thoughts of anger and revenge and pain in the animal when being killed are far more pronounced
as compared to a plant which has a rudimentary mind and intellect.
This is the main reason in the increased tama component.
While due to the higher sattvikta in fruits they are offered to God is ritualistic worship.

When tama predominant food is ingested on a regular basis the body is burdened with an excess of the tama component.
A rise in tama component in a person has many negative side-effects.
This tama component can only disintegrate if one is regularly doing spiritual practice.
However since most people do not do spiritual practice this tama component accumulates in a person’s body, mind and intellect.

Question : Botanical science tells us that plants also-have life.
Then where lays the difference between vegetarian and non-vegetarian food?
There are two kinds of life on earth, animate and inanimate.
Men, beasts, birds, fish etc. are animate life while trees and other plants are inanimate life.
Fruits ripen on the trees and then fall of by themselves, branches and leaves may be chopped off a tree and new one arises in their place.
Many plants are propagated by their cuttings. Others can be transplanted. But all this is not possible with birds and animals.
No limb of an animal can grow by itself after cutting. Man cannot produce animals like plants from earth.

All the living beings are made up of five elements - the earth, water, fire, air and sky.
All these five are present in man clearly and predominantly.
Only four elements - earth, water, fire and air are predominant in animals.
While in birds only three air, water and fire are predominant.
Two elements - earth and fire - make up the insects.
And only one element of water is predominant in fruits, leaves and vegetables etc.
The rest four elements are in sleeping state in vegetables and plants. Therefore, eating vegetable foods consumes the minimum of factors.
Saints and Sages do not pluck fruits from the trees, but they eat only those fruits which have fallen by themselves on ripening.
Minimum damage to life is the basic criterion. There is no harm in obtaining fruits from trees but harm lies in their cutting.

Question : Even when man treads the earth, many ants and insects are trodden under foot.
So, what is different if other animals are killed?
A man's character is judged by his intentions and deliberate actions.
If a man deliberately and knowingly crushes under his feet any harmless animal, then it is violence.
But if involuntarily or in unavoidable circumstances, some insects are killed, then it is an exceptional situation.
But to kill others without any specific reason or to abet killing for food is plain murder.

Question : Plants are also having life, so killing plants should also be a sin.
Why is veg food better than non-veg in terms of killing or committing "sin"?
It is true that plants also have "life" and killing plants is also sin.
So the best way to observe total non-violence is to take only those fruits which have naturally fallen from the trees or plants.
In this way we are doing harm to no one. But everyone can not follow that vow. We have to take food in order to survive and sustain this body.
It is a necessity of survival. But we need to take that path which is less sinful and does less harm to other jivas (living entities).

Now there are two reasons to say that vegetarian food is having insignificant sin. Many of the plants like rice, wheat, etc
are having life only for one crop time. Once their yield is over, they die naturally, even if we don't cut them.
So by cutting those plants (which have already died) we are doing less sin or no sin at all.
In many other plants, like mango, coconut, etc., by plucking the fruit, we are not killing the plants, & are doing very minimal sin or no sin at all.
So vegetarian food is less sinful. More over, it is inevitable for our survival, but non-vegetarian food is a luxury to us
and we can survive even if we avoid that.

Next we need to know why certain acts are sinful. Each and every life (whether plant, animal, or human)
has come to this world because of their past Karma’s and they have to live to the maximum doing "sadhana" (spiritual practices),
so that they can clear their karmic debts & may get a better birth next life or finally get "moksha" (liberation).
By killing them, we are cutting short their opportunities to do "sadhana" towards their liberation (moksha). Thus it is much more sinful.

Question : Don’t plants also experience pain when killed?
Yes, plants too experience pain when killed or parts of it are severed. The comprehension of pain however is less than animals.
This is because the mind and intellect of a plant is rudimentary as compared to animals.
However if a fruit or vegetable is plucked when it is fully ripe or has fallen from a tree there is relatively no pain to the plant.

Question : Does not eating meat give more strength?
Meat-eating gives the body not strength but a kind of unhealthy stimulation.
The body receives an excess of nitrogen which creates uric acid and other harmful compounds in the blood stream.
Just to expel these compounds from the body, a lot of energy is needed which the body's defense mechanism pumps up in a
hurry to meet the emergency. This is mistaken as an input of energy, although in fact it is a depletion of the body's reservoirs of energy.

Question : In olden days, the sages used to eat meat?
There is an incident of Agasthya Muni eating meat in the "Vathapi - Ilvala" story.
Yes, we do see some mention about such things in very old stories.
We need to understand clearly why and under what circumstances they used to consume meat.
Firstly, they used to take meat, but not as their regular food.
The animal would be offered to 'yajna', the sacred fire, and then the sages, having very high yogic power,
would consume the meat as a prasada of the yajna. Due to this auspicious activity (of yajna), the animal would go to the heavens.
In the story of Agusthya Muni, when he said ' vathapi jirno bhava', he was digested immediately. Such was the power of the sages in those days.
In olden days even if they consumed meat, they used to keep up their spiritual balance due to their yogic power or "tapas" (severe austerity).

There’s a story of a great Indian Saint Gorakhnath.
One day, Saint Gorakhnath and his followers were walking down in a forest, when they happened to pass a dirty lake.
Saint Gorakhnath saw a few small fishes in the lake. So, he stopped and then bending forward towards the lake,
he caught a small fish with his hands and then gulped it down his wide open mouth.
His followers, who were watching his actions carefully were really taken aback to
see their spiritual master consuming non-vegetarian – Fish !!!

So, they thought that if our master can have fish, so why cant we too?
And in turn they all looked for fishes in the dirty lake and like their master gulped a few down their throats.

Saint Gorakhnath who was silently watching the antics of his followers, then started moving ahead and so did his followers.
On the entire way Saint Gorakhnath was quite.
Finally after walking down quite a distance they reached a fresh water lake.
Seeing the fresh water lake, Saint Gorakhnath walked towards it and on reaching there,
he did some kriyas and out came the small fish alive which he had consumed earlier.
He spat out the fish into the fresh water lake and then looked towards his followers
and said - "NOW YOU ALL TOO DO THE SAME ! "....which of course none of the followers could do !!!

Signification of Saint Gorakhnath`s actions - He just wanted to remove the fish from the dirty water lake
and give it a better life in the fresh water lake. But his followers thought otherwise and had consumed the fish completely.

Moral of the story –
YOU DON'T KNOW WHY DO GREAT SAINTS / SAGES DO THE THINGS THEY DO,
OR WHY DO THEY BEHAVE THE WAY THEY DO,
NOR SHOULD WE QUESTION THEIR STRANGE ACTIONS,
AS IT IS DONE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL & TO TEACH SOME LESSON TO THE WORLD.

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT.
Non-vegetarian food has Acidic components while most of the vegetarian food has Alkali components.
A healthy body needs adequate alkaline reserves to neutralize the acidic levels in our body which are the main cause of all diseases
& when the human body doesn’t get enough alkalinity from our diet it absorbs our alkaline reserves from our bones/skin/hair
& other body organs thus weakening them resulting in hair fall/skin problems/joint pains/ from common cough/cold to cancer.

An acidic balance will:
Decrease the body's ability to absorb minerals and other nutrients, decrease the energy production in the cells,
decrease it's ability to repair damaged cells, decrease it's ability to detoxify heavy metals, make tumor cells thrive,
and make it more susceptible to fatigue and illness.

Circulatory system:
In excessive acid conditions, bacteria, fungi or viruses can attach themselves to the inner wall of the arteries.
This can cause plaque to form, narrowing the artery and restricting blood flow, which in turn restricts the flow of oxygen and nutrients to tissues.
Heart attack and even cancer can result.

Nervous system:
When brain cells are too acidic they dysfunction and communication between brain cells and throughout the spinal cord is cut off,
which can result in dysfunction in other body systems. In the nervous system insomnia, anxiety, depression, neurosis, psychosis
and impaired memory can result from over acidity.

THE EFFECTS OF AN ACIDIC BODY ARE:
• Cardiovascular damage, including the constriction of blood vessels and the reduction of oxygen.
• Weight gain, obesity and diabetes.
• Bladder and kidney conditions, including kidney stones.
• Immune deficiency.
• Acceleration of free radical damage, possibly contributing to cancerous mutations.
• Hormone concerns.
• Premature aging.
• Osteoporosis; weak, brittle bones, hip fractures and bone spurs.
• Joint pain, aching muscles and lactic acid buildup.
• Low energy and chronic fatigue.
• Slow digestion and elimination.
• Yeast/fungal overgrowth.

Alkalinity creates. . .
Sense of oneness & harmony
Allows for friendly bacteria
Healthy organs & glands
Decreased body aches
Diminished illness
Relaxed behavior
Mucous less body
Cellular health
Well-being
Happiness

Acidity creates. . .
Irritability
Depression
Mucous build-up
Auto intoxication
Anxious behavior
Increased diseases
Cellular degradation
Increases body aches
Allows for bad bacteria
Sense of separation & pain

SO MAKE SURE NO MATTER WHAT YOU EAT…BALANCE IT WITH ATLEAST 80% ALKALINE AND 20% ACIDIC DIET REGIME.
Alkaline minerals include calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, chromium, selenium, and iron.

"If Vegetarians eat Vegetables, what do Humanitarians Eat ?".....anonymous

6 PRINCIPLES OF LIFE

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1· No point using limited life to chase unlimited money.

2· No point earning so much money you cannot live to spend it.

3· Money is not yours until you spend it.

4· When you are young, you use your health to chase your wealth; when you are old, you use your wealth to buy back your health. Difference is that, it is too late.

5· How happy a man is, is not how much he has but how little he needs.

6· No point working so hard to provide for the people you have no time to spend with.

We come to this world with nothing, and leave it with nothing!

Happiness is cheap and available everywhere

Autographs of Indian Legends

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Autographs of Indian Legends

A P J AbdulKalam

Abul Kalam Azad Maulana

Amartya Sen, Dr.

Amithab Bachchan

Asha Bhosle

Bala Gangadhar Tilak

Bipin Chandra Pal

Bismillah Khan Ustad

Gopal Krishna Gokhle

Har Gobind Khorana

Jayprakash Narayan

Khan Abdul Gafar Khan

Koneru Humpy

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lala Amarnath

Lata Mangeshkar

Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Morarji Desai

Mother Teresa

P. Susheela

Sarvepalli Radhakrishna

S.P. Balasubrahmanyam

Sachin Tendulkar

Sarath chandra bose

Sardar vallabhai patel

Tanguturi Prakasam panthulu

Vajpayee Atal Bihari

Dr: Vikram Sarabhai, . (Gujarat)

HAZARDOUS- LONG TIME CALLS

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A very important message to everyone, please read it carefully.

1 Egg, & 2 Mobiles
65 minutes of connection between mobiles.
We assembled something as per image:

Initiated the call between the two mobiles and allowed 65 minutes
approximately...
During the first 15 minutes nothing happened;
25 minutes later the egg started getting hot;
45 minutes later the egg is hot;
65 minutes later the egg is cooked.

Conclusion: The immediate radiation of the mobiles has the potential to
modify the proteins of the egg.
Imagine what it can do with the proteins of your brains when you do long calls.

Please try to reduce long time calls on mobile phones and pass this mail to
all your friends & Family you care for

PROPHET MUHAMMED’S (SAL) WASIATH TO ALI (RALI..)

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01) Refrain from sleeping between Subah and Ishraq; Asr and Maghrib; Maghrib and Isha
(02) Avoid sitting with stingy people
(03) Don’t sleep between people who sit
(04) Don’t eat and drink with your left hand
(05) Don’t eat those food you have taken out between your teeth
(06) Don’t break your knuckles
(07) Don’t look at the mirror in the night
(08) Don’t look at the sky while in salaath
(09) Don’t spit in the toilet
(10) Don’t clean your teeth with charcoal
(11) Sit and wear your trousers
(12) Don’t break tough things with your teeth
(13) Don’t blow on your food when it’s hot
(14) Don’t look for faults of others
(15) Don’t talk between iqamath and azan
(16) Don’t speak in the toilet
(17) Don’t speak tales about your friends
(18) Don’t antagonize your friends
(19) Don’t look behind frequently while walking
(20) Don’t stamp your feet while walking
(21) Don’t be suspicious about your friends
(22) Don’t speak lies at anytime
(23) Don’t smell and eat
(24) Speak clearly so others can understand
(25) Avoid travelling alone
(26) Don’t decide on your own but consult others who know
(27) Don’t be proud of yourself
(28) Don’t be sad about your food
(29) Don’t boast
(30) Don’t chase the beggars
(31) Treat your guests well with good heart
(32) Be patient when in poverty
(33) Assist a good cause
(34) Think of your faults and repent
(35) Do good to those who do bad to you
(36) Be satisfied with what you have
(37) Don’t sleep too much- it will cause forgetfulness
(38) Repent at least 100 times a day
(39) Don’t eat in darkness

(40) Don’t eat mouthful