A SUCCESS QUEST

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The 12 Jyotirlingas : Where they are located ?

Opinion: 

According to the Vedic lore, reciting of the below  12 Shiva-names, are said to purify the Mind-Body so much so that its 7-previous birth-body negativities are dissolved....Great,see and try the below mantra at least for  better peaceful state ( If not anything else..)!!

The 12 Jyotirlingas

(Barah Jyotirlingas)

SAURASHTRE SOMANAATHAM CHA SHREESHAILE MALLIKARJUNAM

II UJJAYINYAM MAHAKALAM OMKARE AMARESHWARAM II

PARALYAAM VAIDYANAATHAM CHA DAAKINYAM BHIMASHANKARAM

II SETHU BANDHE TU RAAMESHAM NAAGESHAM DAARUKAVANE II

VAARAANASYAANTHU VISHVESHAM TRYAMBAKAM GAUTHAMEETHATE

II HIMALAYE TU KEDAARAM GHRUSHNESHAM CHA SHIVALAYE II

ETAANI JYOTIRLINGAANI SAAYAM PRAATAH PATHENNARAHA II

SAPTHA JANMA KRITAM PAAPAM SMARANENA VINASYATHI II

1 Somnath in Saurashtra (Kathiawad), Gujarat

2 Mallikarjun in Shrishailam or Srisailam AP (also listed as a Shakti Pitha site).

3 Mahakal in Ujjain OR Mahakalaswar at Ujjain, MP state.

4 Omkar in Mammaleshwaram (at Omkareshwar on the river Narmada, MP)

5 Vaijnath in Parli (Vaidyanath at Deogarh, Bihar)

6 Bhima Shankar in Dakini northwest of Poona, in Dhakini,Maharashtra

7 Rameshwaram in Setubandha, TamilNadu
8 Nagesh, Naganath/Nageshwar, in Darukavana, Maharaashtra

9 Vishweshwar/ Viswanath in Banaras/Varanasi , UP
10 Trimbakeshwar near Nasik on the banks of river Gautami/Godavari , Maharashtra
11 Kedarnath/Kedareshwar in Utterkhand Himalayas, UP

12 Ghurmeshwar in Shivalaya OR Grineshwar in Visalakam, near Ellora caves, Maharashtra.

DISCLAIMER:-(The below is solely a HINDU ancient belief, and not any authenticity.)One who recites these 12 names regularly in the morning and evening washes all the sins committed

in the previous 7 births and attains all the powers and Siddhis.

EXCUSE MACHINE

 A person has no Life if he has "NO EXCUSES TO LIVE FOR", 
but this will be working for the benefit of all of us who desire
to be working for the betterment of our lives.


What about those, or rather those who are working with many
EXCUSES daily in their lives, somewhat self-negating themself
or even their own minds into saying no and creating ONE brick 
wall after another. Finally, such people do never create SUCCESS.


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Master NLP-Trainer, NFNLP. 

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SHAKIRA the new KALI warrior GODDESS

SHAKIRA to act as KALI,the Warrior goddess in Hindi Film

SHAKIRA KA DOUBLE-DHAMAKA FOR HINDI FILMS....!!!
Now we will get to see SHAKIRA, the famed Hollywood item-actress who stole the limelight with her dance number on, "WAKKA- WAKKA" the Afro-beat song-opener to the Olympic games !!


It is rumored that Karan Arora, the celebrity Film producer has roped in none other than the bewitching wildest dreams danceuse actress,who else but "SHAKIRA". It puts most of our Indian celeb starlets into backside view. Gully-gossiper Raa-MU (coined after Raa-One) said," See, we can expect some wild African dance number in the film too. But, with Shakira in it anything can be expected.I hope the promo of the film does not disappoint us. After all many foreign movie-buffs have seen Avatar which was lauched latest as a 3D-Movie."


Jhagdu, the local goon observed,"Arre , yeh to uski Life baan gayi yaar. Hamare filmi industry mein toh OUCH-COUCH ki casting chalti hi rehti hai. Shayad, Shakira ne Kayi raaton se theek se soyi nahi hogi naa......Abe chotu ek Shakira Chai-cutting laa."


Chulbuli, the maid said,"Kyaa Memsaab, kaisa jamaana aagya hai. Apun toh bolti hai ki isme PEEPLI LIVE, jaise  kuch gaon ki kaam-wali bai ka role agar SHAKIRA kar sakegi to toh phir SHAKIRA Ka BIG DOUBLE DHAMAKA HO JAAYEGA FOR HINDI FILMS, and Indian Film Industry.....kya memsaab, theek boli naa mein ??"


Lattoo, the local College Romeo,commented,"Kya Baap,....Wakka-wakka toh apun ke Bheje mein ghuselach hai. Par ab agar, kuch original latke-jhatke waala item-number aayega tohich sahi hoga yaar. Shakira ki Body toh dekhne ke liye mein abhi se SOLAH SOMVAR ka UPVAAAS rakh raha hoon naa,...issi liye aapko main jyaada LINE nahi BOL SAKTA ABHI !!!"


Guddi, a ten year girl said(While playing with her doll) " Arre, yeh log toh KRISSH ka gudda bana sakte hain, GHAJINI kaa AB-SUIT bhi; toh phir SHAKIRA ki Doll agar mujhe khelne mil gayi toh phir apni friends mein meri aur status badh jayegi naa,...aapko kya dikhta hai !"


...Due to space  constraints we may extend this Episode in a SEQUEL, subject to favorable comments by readers on it. Happy commenting.

See it,"This is NEWS made-up."

A Quick Brown fox jumped on the boat to cross the overFLOWING Yamuna river. Sources said that ,"Its most fortunate for the river to have a Quick brown fox cross-over it." Onlookers clapped as the Quick Brown fox made that effort upto mid-stream. Then a calamity struck in the form of a rushing stream water. The brown boat that the Quick Brown fox was in could not bear the onslaught of the rushing waters and resulted in the boat overturning.

       Now the Quick Brown Fox, was in deepest of the waters. It had no single place for hiding. The water was closing in upto its waist and fast jostling for reaching its neck too. The Quick Brown Fox was not an avid swimmer, as it had never cared to learn swimming whilst at School or College, or even University.  Yet now there was adversity right before the eyes of everyone to see. The poor Quick Brown Fox could not think of anything nor pull an ace up its sleeve to save the situation. It had never learnt anything in its whole life to swim against the tide. Now ,blashpemy prevailed; and none on the river banks could save it. 

         Suddenly out of nowhere, a floating leaf was sent in by the caring white DOVEY, which had a Big black ant on it standing with a rope rightfully to rope-in the  Quick Brown Fox. 

         As nature would have it, the Quick Brown Fox , as it was known person to sneer everyone did not give in to this ruse of being saved. it was much a chagrin for its prestige to be saved by an Ant sent by the DOVEY. Now, this wasn't any Lovey-Dovey situation that DOvey could have seemingly handled out single-handedly. So to say, the Chief Minister came in his own helicopter, chartered by the State Government to rightfully assess on this grave agape situation. He said,standing precariously on the riverbank, "Whatever was to happen, did happen and was an ACT of GOD; now we are sending in the whole Paratroopers regiment that saved Mumbai from the terror attack of  09/11...or whatever !! They are on their way any moment and will definitely save the Quick Brownie Foxy. I also announce, Rs.1 Lack..as pension for the next of the Quick Brown Fox family, if we are unable to save him." All the News Channels were covering this event LIVE, and Hailed his majesty, the chief minister's prompt announcement of the RELIEF to a fox that was drowning.

              Lastly, a chamatkar happened; as the Quick Brown Fox desperately started to catch the rope sent from the helicopter and dangled precariously above the water. The Paramilitary Troopers of  the 7th Queen's Regiment quickly muscled in to heave-ho the Quick Brown Fox up to the Helicopter. Thus , the Fox was ultimately saved. The Chief Minister now announced,"Oh, it was the dreaded opposition who did all this."

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A Time for a great dream

Once upon a time, as the time went by, there was a great prince in a great wonderland "ETHOS". His name was Prince "Gunakaar." His Kingdom was aptly named,"GUNAGADH",and the only thing that this young prince, aged now 45 years liked was to dream about new ways to see things differently. For example,


If there was, a pain in the stomach; he would see it as "A way to produce more creativity. He termed it as a PAINFUL CREATIVE PANG...", rather than the age-old thinking that he must have eaten a lot that made his belly go bonkers and painful.


He had a young creative VAZIR, named "Gunaseva"; who ably aided and helped his master "Gunakaar" whenever the master got stuck with any problem. One fine day it so happened , that as the young prince had gone to the darbar, a fakir came with a problem.
The Fakir's name was,"AADI" and he knew that the young prince would never turn him down. The sage started to narrate his problem,


"Dear prince, the more i start to think, the more my fears multiply for something. I start to get fearful and then stop thinking. I also have become so weak thinking about it that constantly my mind gets pre-occupied and i have no time to worship God Shiva."


Do kindly solve my problem as my life is turning painful and unbearable day by day.


Gunakaar turned to Gunaseva and said,"My dear fella, help this sage now."


Gunaseva said," O Wise one, do two things everyday. One do not think of the problem that is pestering you in the most traditional way, but involve many more ways to reach it. Secondly, do not think alone, and share it with as many minds as possible; this way your problem will become lighter and the burden bearable. Try it and you will find more peace of mind."


Sage AADI, said" Thank you, god bless you two." and saying this went on his way.


MORAL : "ANY PROBLEM IS NEVER A PROBLEM TILL IT IS SOLVED BY LETTING MORE PEOPLE WORK ON ITS SOLUTION."

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Are you your own follower ?

 Many a times, I am asked , whether I am doing my thing correctly; that too by others ! Namely, my second child, Shivansh,aged 7years and in Std.Ist always asks me when I come back from town,"When are you going to    your next class ?" That's because , he's seen me taking a Coaching Class lecture for Grade Xth [English subject] in the nearby Dahisar[West]. The same question is asked again and again, each day,by my spouse,"When is your Class ? Are you not going to teaching in the Coaching Class today? Have you no work today (sometimes sarcastically, as if i were the only one left in this world who doesn't know what to do whence)? When is the last time that you took responsibility for your actions ? When was the last time that you brought something, that too without my asking for it in the first place ?" You have again not come to the dinner or Lunch [On Sunday Afternoon] at my first call !!!!!
                You are always busy, working on the computer , writing things that are unimportant to this Family ? Have you gone outta your mind as to not answer me at the first instance , and do my bidding is the frequent threat put out by my spouse on me. To this, i always meekly have replied,"I always do your bidding, madam,well the computer takes time to safely close down and thence only can i leave it. If any program is suddenly ejected then harm comes to the computer; or it could be infected with an virus attack as i am on the internet always posting articles, just as this one; and also extracting informations from the Google Search engine."
                  To which she always adds an immediate nonchalant reply,"Your family is great in such excuses, but none of this is going to affect, nay fool me ; for i come from a great family who all know the values of time in their life. You are the only numb-skull, to whom i married; had i married someone else, it would have made my life a heaven on earth."
                  With these brief , interludes growing on in their normal course of my life , albeit every day; shall we say as unavoidable bickerings, so much so that i am now hard-pressed to say that it would not be arguably untrue that i am living my life on a razor-sword edge. If we tend to analyse the above, from an "NLP" or "Neuro-Linguistic Programming Techniques" based ways, then it could be seen ; that everyone who is in touch with you in your daily life, stresses you out for doing their own biddings.Right from your son,spouse, friends, neighbors,colleagues,etc. There is one thing , however, in common , to all of them; and that is the following unknowingly of a few NLP-Pre-suppositions, like---"My Map is not your territory," " My Map is distinct from yours, to your map i do not agree always," "My ways in life and also Living the Life are greater that those of yours," "Whatever i do as a spouse or tell you is the ONLY TRUTH TO BE DONE, and followed by my commands."
                   Counseling of such persons who do not adhere to the NLP techniques , are grossly dictatorial in nature, live life at their own rulebook modes, make it difficult to adjust with them. It then gets down with your nerves , and sometimes you are prone to manic-depression attacks which are similar to mild heart attack. Whats your comment ? Can you share any of your experiences different to mine , but on same tracks ?

Coping with Trauma – Lessons from Resilient Individuals

Coping with Trauma – Lessons from Resilient Individuals

NLP supports, the Added Advantage of speaking two Neural Languages ?

"NLP is a Mind Technology, and as it was made to aide the processes and procedures of the Thinking Mind, it supports the Added Advantage of speaking two Neural Languages; one is the speaker's own Native Language and next the language that was learnt right from the time a child was sent to a Primary-Grade in the English School. It has also been found by my experiences that the slow-learners in English Language can be re-modeled to learning English effectively both written and spoken with help of a Special  Education Advisor, NLP Specialist, or Education Counselor,....if remedied earlier or else they will be late quite on the lines of catching the finer nuances of an English Language in their higher grades or even before they are set to enter into Senior High School or Senior Collegiate Levels........,See also below reference research work by Melinda Wenner."

Bilingual people process certain words faster than others

By Melinda Wenner   

The ability to speak a second language isn’t the only thing that distinguishes bilingual people from their monolingual counterparts—their brains work differently, too. Research has shown, for instance, that children who know two languages more easily solve problems that involve misleading cues. A new study published in Psychological Science reveals that knowledge of a second language—even one learned in adolescence—affects how people read in their native tongue. The findings suggest that after learning a second language, people never look at words the same way again.

Eva Van Assche, a bilingual psychologist at the University of Ghent in Belgium, and her colleagues recruited 45 native Dutch-speaking students from their university who had learned English at age 14 or 15. The researchers asked the participants to read a collection of Dutch sentences, some of which included cognates—words that look similar and have equivalent meanings in both languages (such as “sport,” which means the same thing in both Dutch and English). They also read other sentences containing only non-cognate words in Dutch.

Van Assche and her colleagues recorded the participants’ eye movements as they read. They found that the subjects spent, on average, eight fewer milliseconds gazing at cognate words than control words, which suggests that their brains processed the dual-language words more quickly than words found only in their native language.

“The most important implication of the study is that even when a person is reading in his or her native language, there is an influence of knowledge of  non-dominant second language,” Van Assche notes. “Becoming a bilingual changes one of the people’s most automatic skills.” She plans to investigate next whether people who are bilingual also process auditory language information differently. “Many questions remain,” she says.

Note: This story was originally printed with the title "Bilingual Brains"

WORDS, GESTURES ARE TRANSLATED BY SAME BRAIN

"Here is some information regarding, a research based article on the ways gestures register in our origin of Language and more on whatever we have in Language with  all Brain regions understanding, a proof , that we have long since our society became Modernized; we do forget that , and that  there is more to our understanding which we have  underestimated, or thence under-utilized our BRAINS..."

WORDS, GESTURES ARE TRANSLATED BY SAME BRAIN REGIONS, SAYS NEW RESEARCH: FINDINGS MAY FURTHER OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW LANGUAGE EVOLVED

Filed under: Language and the brain

Your ability to make sense of Groucho’s words and Harpo’s pantomimes in an old Marx Brothers movie takes place in the same regions of your brain, says new research funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National Institutes of Health.
Full article: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

See also:
>  Gestures say so much, whatever your language
>  Scientists look to apes for origin of language
>  The brain maintains language skills in spite of alcohol damage by drawing from other regions
>  Decoding the dictionary: Study suggests lexicon evolved to fit in the brain
>  When using gestures, rules of grammar remain the same despite speakers’ language

An interest of the Community !!!!!

Once a wise old monk of China stumbled upon the path that led to a Barber shop in India. He went into the shop. The barber was pleased to give the monk a hair-cut.But,seeing no tract of hair ; he quipped-" I'm sorry sir, i cannot help you out maybe when your hair is old enough to be grown then please do come again. I wont charge you anything."

The monk left blessing the Barber,"As you wish.Blessed Soul."

Next morning,a line of young-monks awaited before the Barber.
He was surprised and asked,"What brings you here , O greatly blessed ones." The Monk who was the youngest and greatly infront at the line quipped,"Your eyes twinkled with joy whence you attended upon our Holy-one of the Monastery. He has asked us to come down and see the joy in your eyes again." Saying this, they all blessed him and went away.

Next day, a newspaper boy came in for a haircut. The Barber gave him the haircut and said," I'm doing this for community sake." Next day, whence the barber opened the door, he found a thank-you note with a pile of Magazines. The note read--"For the interest of the community;that visits you everyday."

"A Fresh Mind"

"A Fresh Mind"

=By Sanjay Yadav [M.A, M.Ed, DBM]; 18-01-2010; 12:45 PM

One fine morning ,I began,

To doodle with words, You too can,

A Pen is mightier than the sword, They said.

And broke all ground all-day; Till they all fell.

I minced no rhyme , for reason did not fallow;

The great gobbledy-gook of Time was the Chief Guest to borrow.

I hated all and fear'd none, for reason could forthwith burn,

A hole in many a pockets or in Learned minds;

To fathom deeper this bespectacled-line.

Verse or worst, we always bare,

No speakers today will do well to dare.

Mine is a rhythmic doodling divine,

Of nectar and honey, not shrews berry biscuits designed,

No juicy cake , that I'd cut for occasions ordered; 

Nor Christmas presents , found in Santa Claus larder.

Yet gooder is better, than the very best,

If I may so , now let it rest.

For reasons come and reasons go;

But galloping years that put white-eyebrows.

And pestering wives, neighbors, friends , colleagues all fine,

To give thine morning, a Lemonade-twist entwined.

The Youth fervor , always dies down young

For reasons are not seen , as seasons return.

I oft, have felt my pocket burn;

To explain this verse as verily you yearn,

May the God give you enough brains,

To cow me down till the next season rains.

Would you or will you, enjoy your heart's fill;

To say good Bye , yet to a mongrel ill.

Or buy that Bunny-rabbit toy; for your sick friend's boy.

I'd ask though , with writing zest ;

Don't though put me yet on a Sessional Test.

I'd love you, joke and all;

To answers for every cat that called.

And Every mouse that squirmed , At the mention

Of his Cheese dimension being turned.

Hurry, with such a flurry of haste is waste;

For I'd order you , a simple Coffee or chocolate cake.

Till , we meet; let these words do good-bye;

Or let the sparrows ,sing you a lullaby.

I have the honesty to be around;

And try well and hard in the deeper ground.

Good-bye to old-friends they said;

And make new one's , In this new year they felt.

I see this, and I see that;

For whatever Rhyme and Reason dwelt.

I ask no nerd , no compassion or grief,

For he will never lend me any good stead.

Welcome , to one and welcome to all; 

Well that's the reason , A Fresh Mind has it all.

"Aruni had it, do you have it too"

Once upon a time, there lived another learned mind, Aruni was one among the favourite disciple of sage Maharishi Ajodhya Dhaumya, along with Upamanyu and the one named 'Veda' (Mbh 1.3). He was from the country of Panchala and was known as Aruni of Panchala.

As per epic Mahabharata (MBh 1.3), One day Aruni's Guru Maharishi Dhaumya, asked Upamanyu to go with Aruni to the field. But, Upamanyu stalled the attempt by giving an excuse that he had to tend the cows in the cow-shed and also to water the Ashrama garden, and then make garlands for the “Dev-Pooja.” So, the great sage seeing a plethora of excuses smiled only too well as he knew the avoiding nature of Upamanyu. To this immediately, without batting an eyelid, young Aruni said, “Gurudev, let brother Upamanyu tend the cows here and do the Ashrama work. I am very strong like Bhima-the Pandava prince. I can handle the task alone.” So, Rishi Dhaumya had no reason left but to allow him to go alone to the field and oversee that water was flowing well to a certain field. Aruni went there and found that water is not freely flowing, so he created a mud-wall bund from the nearby mud. A second later, the mud-wall could not withstand the overflowing water and broke the wall that Aruni had made. Again, quickly, Aruni tried; but the water flow was not being stopped from its designated path. Aruni tried to stop water by all means but became unsuccessful. He then lay there using his body to prevent the breach of water. Due to this Aruni did not return to the hermitage. Maharishi Dhaumya with his other disciples, grew worried as it was night and freezingly cold. They all came to the spot in search of Aruni. By now, there was frostbite on Aruni, and fever was raging like a bull; still Aruni who lay unconscious, didn’t give up.

Dhaumya was very pleased upon Aruni and gave him the title, “Uddhalaka--the savior”. Later Aruni became very famous under that title.

Questions for pondering:-

1. What was the need for Aruni to be such a staunch supporter of a cause?

2. Why did Aruni not come back to the Ashrama and leave the field to be devastated?

3. What quality of Aruni, do you like to emulate?

4. How do you rate Aruni, a coward or a patriot?

5. Why did Upamanyu not go to the field instead of Aruni?

6. What lesson do you learn from this story?

7. How do you see the above story helpful to solve any problem you have faced? Do share here.

"A LEARNED MIND."

"A LEARNED MIND."

Once upon a time, as all Vedic period stories begin, so began the story of a Forest-prince. No, I am not talking about Robinhood--the darling prince among thieves, but our very own forest lad; Eklavya.

He grew up in the forest,collecting Honey,Rudraksha beads, Lac,gum,and other assorted berries which got traded for food subsistence,and meagre living in the nearby village. Near the edge of the forest stood a great sage Dronacharya's Ashrama.

He was a sage, who would admit only the princes and royal kings for education.For him, education in any form was not the purview of lowly-caste populace. Hence, he was aptly termed as the "Guru of Royals." In the same Ashrama, Arjuna,Nakula, Sahadeva; the great Pandava Princes had been admitted. They were to become expert archers.

Young Eklavya,also evinced interest in his tender mind, seeing these princes practicising with their Bow-and-Arrows; and one day finally mustered enough courage to ask the great sage Dronacharya for his tutelage. The great sage laughed mockingly. He summoned all the princes and infront of them also again discouraged young Eklavya. Never mind that on that day , with a grief-stricken heart, young Eklavya had to go away dissappointed to the forest.

Second and third day, again he came but the guru would now not be cowed down. Seeing his adamantine posture, Eklavya; went into the forest, and near a dilapidated fort, made a mud statue of his favorite guru. That's Sage Dronacharya. Now he, started fashioning an improvised bow-and-arrow from the available Teak tree. Naturally, with his day and night of practise without rest; his prowress grew by leaps and bounds.

One day a mad-dog entered the Ashrama, and Eklavya was hiding behind the forest thicket.

None of the princes could aim and shoot arrows at the dog. But were successful at driving him away. The dog went into the forest hiding. Eklavya sought his chance to show his Archery prowress, now was the time to display his skill and it was also a test of his ability. One arrow after the another went into the dog's mouth, so much so that the whole mouth was bleeding; and full of arrows. The dog ran in pain again to the river-side, where the great sage Dronacharya and his disciples had come for having a bath.The sage was awestruck at the sight and so were the princes. Who could be a greater Archer here? They asked each other , but all the princes drew their head down in shame. None could have matched the dexterity with which this person had done. Eklavya too followed , the dog. He felt that seeing this , atleast now the Sage Dronacharya would bless him.But the guru quickly knew that if he gave him the blessings , his prestige would be at stake. Also, his tutuelage, the princes would not be known as greater than Eklavya. So, he quickly asked from innocent Eklavya; His right-hand thumb as his "Guru-Dakshina"

Young Eklavya, gave it to him immediately such was the presence of his divine ordinance.

So, friends there are questions which "A Learned Mind" asks:

1. Why was it necessary for Eklavya to be so innocent and give his thumb to the sage?
2. Why does a learned mind falter, in the case of Pandava Princes?
3. What is the strategy that you can see from this story?
4. How will you apply such a learned mind story to your own ?
5. Does this story fire your mind into any new ideas? Do share them here.