Story, history ,heritage,may be great ,wonderful,
fact or fiction, profound or trivial,
relevant or obsolete, charming or dull
but all are things of past,
live in the present ,
create the best future
let future history be no more a his story or her story or their story
but let it all be triuy your story, your glorious life's story
PTI
Bangalore: BJP leader Yashwant Sinha attacked UPA government's style of functioning, saying Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is the 'new superman' and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is a "tragic figure".
"Sri Rahul Gandhi for UPA government has emerged as a new superman; his every word is a command," he said at an interactive session organised by BJP's Karnataka unit.
Recalling the flip-flop by the cabinet over the ordinance relating to convicted politicians and number of subsidised gas cylinders at the 'behest' of Mr Gandhi, he sought to know what the system of collective responsibility of government had come to.
Pointing to separation of power between government and 'politics' between Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, he said "The Prime Minister of India is not only the leader of the government; he is the leader of the whole country".
"How can Dr Manmohan Singh be treated as leader of India when he is not even treated as leader of his own party. I can't imagine the meeting of parliamentary party which is in government where Prime Minister is not presiding over it but somebody else is presiding it- in this (scenario) Sonia Gandhi," he added.
He said what was "worse" was when Rahul Gandhi emerged and assumed office of Congress Vice President, "the PM was pushed from second to third place in the hierarchy... this shows the power equation in UPA."
"If there is somebody who represents the tragedy of Congress party today, more than anyone else- it is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh; he is the tragic figure, even his cabinet colleagues don't listen to him," he added.
Listing out various scams during UPA government's tenure, he hit out at Dr Singh and UPA for its 'inefficiency' in controlling it and for "demeaning" constitutional agencies like CAG who brought the scams into the limelight.
"Let me assure you, it's just a matter of less than three months when we come into office and each one of these scams will be properly investigated by the same CBI which is not investigating them today under political pressure."
Criticizing Aadhar initiative of the government, he said the single outcome of Aadhar is- "someone (Nandan Nilikeni) will be getting Congress ticket to contest Lok Sabha polls."
Rahul Gandhi 'new superman', PM 'tragic figure': Yashwant Sinha
very nice , it’s the pitiable reality of poor cong poor upa poor india
| Sri Sathya Sai Baba Quotations | |
| Silence Silence is the only language of the realized. Practice moderation in speech. That will help you in many ways. It will develop Prema, for most misunderstandings and factions arise out of carelessly spoken words. When the foot slips, the wound can be healed; but when the tongue slips, the wound it causes in the heart of another will fester for life. The tongue is liable to four big errors: uttering falsehood, scandalizing, finding fault with others, and excessive speech. All these have to be avoided if there is to be santhi for the individual as well as for society. (Sathya Sai Baba, SSS. Vol.1 p. 62)  The first step in the Sadhana is the cleansing of the speech. Talk sweet without anger. Do not boast of your scholarship or attainments. Be humble, eager to serve; conserve your speech. Practice silence. That will save you from squabbles, frittering thoughts and faction. (Sathya Sai Speaks Vol II p.34-36) I insist on silence. Talk less, talk low when you must talk. Do not thrust your sorrows, your needs, your problems into the ears of those who have come here with their own bundle of such things. They are not interested in adding to their troubles. I am here to listen to you, to console you. Do not by loudness of voice disturb those who are meditating or reading or writing the Name of God. (Sathya Sai Baba, SSS. Vol. 3 p. 9) Spend a few minutes every morning and evening in the silence of your own shrine or home; spend them with the highest of all the powers that you know of. Be in His elevating and inspiring company; worship Him mentally; offer unto Him all the work you do; you will come out of the silence nobler and more heroic than when you went in. (Sathya Sai Baba, SSS. Vol. 3 p. 122) The old man had seen people carrying transistor radios, people miss a very valuable thing if they do not listen in, even while they are moving about or resting in the parks or beach! They are afraid of being alone; they avoid silence as something detestable! But, you can discover your own truth, only when you are alone with yourself and there is silence all around you. (Sathya Sai Speaks Vol IV p.56) Dakshinamurthy taught His disciples by His silence. Yes, what He did was to make the disciples rely on their own intelligence. Do not demean your talents, when you dive deep into yourselves, you can discover the source of all strength. (Sathya Sai Baba, SSS. Vol. 4 p. 155) Be silent yourself; that will induce silence in others. Do not fall into the habit of shouting, talking long and loud. Reduce contacts to the minimum. Carry with you an atmosphere of quiet contemplation, wherever you happen to be. There are some who live in a perpetual hullabaloo, in a tornado of noise. Whether they are in an exhibition or a fair or in a hotel, or a temple or the Prasanthi Nilayam, they wag their tongues and will not stop. These will not proceed on the Godward road. (Sathya Sai Speaks Vol IV p 190) Do not pretend or patronize. If you simply say: "Do not talk loud" or give some blank direction, you are patronizing and treating people with disdain. They deserve to be told why. Tell them that silence is the very first rung of the ladder of sadhana; that it is the hallmark of Prasanthi Nilayam; that they must learn to make every place where they are a Prasanthi Nilayam; that loud talk disturbs those who practice Namasmarana or Dhyanam or Japam; that noise breeds further noise. This is a workshop, where damaged minds and hearts come for repair or overhaul. (Sathya Sai Baba, SSS. Vol. 4 p. 257) Learn the value of silence, of Namasmarana, of Bhajan, of Japa, of Dhyana, of single minded remembrance of the Lord, of the association with spiritually kin. These will stand you in good stead, when distress assails you. (Sathya Sai Speaks Vol IV p 270) Be silent yourself; that will induce silence in others. Do not fall into the habit of shouting, talking long and loud. Reduce contacts to the minimum. Carry with you an atmosphere of quiet contemplation, wherever you happen to be. There are some who live in a perpetual hullabaloo, in a tornado of noise. Whether they are in an exhibition or a fair or in a hotel, or a temple or the Prasanthi Nilayam, they wag their tongues and will not stop. These will not proceed on the Godward road. (Sathya Sai Baba, SSS. Vol. 5 p. 245) The less you talk, the more will become your mental power. With the increase in your mental capacity, there will be increase in your power of discrimination too. Consequently, you will give up "individual discrimination". Because of this, you will begin to consider the good of the world at large rather than your own individual welfare. You must cultivate such broad feelings from this young age itself. (Sathya Sai Baba, Divine Discourse. Brindavan, 24 May, 1992) Each one eats to assuage his own hunger; so too, each one must discover the best way to appease his own spiritual hunger. Do not be led away by the scorn of others, or by the recommendations of others. Contact your own reality in the silence that you create by quieting the senses and controlling the mind. There is a voice that you can hear in that silence. The true witness of your having listened to that voice is your behaviour. The tree is held and fed by the roots that go into the silent earth; so also, if the roots go deep into the silence of your inner consciousness, your spiritual blossoming is assured. (Sathya Sai Baba, SSS. Vol. 4 p. 366) One of the first principles of straight living is the practice of silence. For the voice of God can be heard in the region of your heart when the tongue is stilled and the storm is tilled and the waves are calm. There will be no temptations for others to shout when you talk to them in whispers. Set the level of the tone yourself; as low as possible, as high as necessary to reach the outermost boundary of the circle you are addressing. Conserve sound, since it is the treasure of the element akasa, an emanation from God Himself. Reason can prevail only when arguments are advanced without the whipping up of sound. Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker. Soft sweet speech is the expression of genuine love. Hate screeches, fear squeals, conceit trumpets. But love sings lullabies. It soothes. It applies balm. Practice the vocabulary of love; unlearn the language of hate and contempt. Less talk - more work! There is too much talking going on. Because of excessive talking, spiritual energy is being wasted. (Sathya Sai Baba, 4/10/91) You feel the presence of God when silence reigns. In the excitement and confusion of the market place, you cannot hear His Footfall. He is Sabdabrahma, resounding when all is filled with silence. That is why I insist on silence, the practice of low speech and minimum sound. Talk low, talk little, talk in whispers, sweet and true. Examine each act of yours and see that you execute it with minimum noise. Do not shout to a person standing far; go near him or beckon to him to approach you. Loud noise is sacrilege on the sky, just as there are sacrilegious uses of earth and of water. |
 | Man Is Made In The Image Of Godby Diane M. RousseauNote: Quotes by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi are from his Satellite News Conference - March 28, 2006. Tuesday while watching the latest news conference by Maharishi, even though the main focus of the conference was on the New World Capital of Peace inauguration in Kansas, my attention was on Maharishi's intense speech about God. Maharishi is looking intently into the camera before speaking. At 94 he exudes strength, intensity, love and power; the same feeling he has held all these years, if not more, for the benefit of humankind. Maharishi begins by saying,  His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Maharishi goes on to say that the material value of a human is what is usually thought of as important, but man is made in the image of God. That the physiology of man, mind, ego, outside and inside is the expression of supreme fulfillment which is on the level of Almighty God. Maharishi emphasized that human life has to Be in Bliss Eternal, that this should be the flow of human life. Maharishi said again, “Human is all Divine, Man is made in the image of God. From earliest ancient times it was known man is Divine. The Divinity of man is not a human concept, it is a Divine concept. The Divine in man, the Divinity, is the real character quality of human life.” Maharishi continues, "Human life has to be in the waves of Bliss. This is the real nature of life on earth." Looking very seriously Maharishi slowly spoke the following, “... But, the practical life on Earth does not accept this definition of human life. What is human? Normal means to make mistakes, Superior value of life is in the religions, This shows that man is made in the image of God. The only human right is to be Divine on the functional level of life. This definition of life has not been realized on the level of human awareness. This is due to lack of education. Education as it is, has been teaching man to be a slave, to be another's slave. Due to the current education system, children are not made aware of their own character of life as a Light of God. This knowledge is due to lack of education. Education to be proper must include the naturalness of life, which is the Light of God, the Will of God.” Some of you may be surprised at these comments, but first some background. I have been a SRM/TM Meditator for thirty-four years. I began the practice of Transcendental Meditation through the Spiritual Regeneration Movement (SRM) which was started by Maharishi in 1955 in India. When I was Initiated into Transcendental Meditation in 1972, my Initiator DTB III had just returned from Maharishi's Teacher Training Course in Spain. Mr. B had been with Maharishi and was personally taught by him. We were a small group of ten people at the University of Washington Campus attending Mr. B's first lecture on Transcendental Meditation. Mr. B has an MS in Physics and went into scientific explanations of the Transcendental Meditation technique. I understood the release of stress, the calming of the mind but I wanted to hear about the spiritual aspect of meditation. Having been raised Catholic and interested in spiritual philosophy since age 13, I wanted to hear about God. When Mr. B finished his lecture, he looked at me and said, "Do you want to start Transcendental Meditation?" Looking at me he knew I wanted to hear something else, and then to my surprise he said, "Do you want to experience God?" I said "Yes!" and so my husband and I were his first Initiates that week. I can share with you that I did experience God, a profound peace, a beautiful love from the inside that I could not explain.  His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Charlie Lutes Charlie Lutes talked to me on the phone and told me to see him when he came up and lectured in Seattle later that year. A profound speaker and dedicated to Maharishi, Charlie spoke of higher consciousness, spiritual principles and the inner life that unfolds as one develops.  Charlie Lutes and Dr. Diane M Rousseau Although this may be new to some, this is just the surface of what Maharishi has been teaching since the beginning in 1955. Everything I quoted earlier by Maharishi I have heard before in Maharishi's earlierSRM teachings. He has never veered from his purpose. Maharishi has never been anything other a Spiritual Being who cares profoundly for all humanity and wants to heal the suffering and pain, the confusion and lack of direction, the sadness and loneliness. Maharishi has always wanted humankind to know "themselves" and has quoted Scripture since the beginning. A statement that I remember Maharishi saying in a SRM lecture tape (1964) was, "First experience God, then one will know to do right action." The knowledge of SRM is the knowledge to spiritually regenerate one's self into Being, theDivine Self. Maharishi teaches that Transcendental Meditation is the tool which unlocks the inner experience, enabling one to transcend the mind into the Supreme Nature of Bliss and awareness of Divinity. The inner knowledge gives one the direct experience of truth and this process goes on continuously, unfolding a higher consciousness and reality. This gives a profound insight to life and an appreciation of nature and respect for all life. The Laws of God become natural as one understands the deeper realities of life. To continue with the Conference talk, Maharishi said, "Divine Law is the Law of the Almighty Merciful God. Education has to include God and be in terms of the Supreme quality of life." Maharishi asked again, "And what is lacking? Education is lacking. God is not a new reality!" Maharishi continued, explaining: “Total knowledge is the turnkey to make the Will of God natural in life, as was known in ancient times. This was a blossom of fullness and bliss. Since that time, the relationship between man and Divine was in education in Veda, knowledge; the Almighty side of consciousness. This education is the turnkey for this to become a reality on surface life. The knowledge of God, the technology of the practice (Transcendental Meditation), makes a concept of total value of life in Bliss on every level in human awareness. There has been a Tradition, called The Holy Tradition of Total Knowledge passed on throughout time from generation to generation of human life. These people upheld in their family and Vedic Tradition of the family. They committed to memory the Knowledge. Whole Source in Veda is in one syllable, "Ahhh". The whole Tradition comes from one syllable, one single source that flows into relative life. Knowledge of these syllables is the seed. There is emptiness in the seed, from this emptiness is the unmanifest of creation which goes into manifest creation. Through memorization, the one word (sound) became the second word and on and on like a river that becomes the ocean. River of Veda, Total Knowledge, unbounded systematically and how it expands into different manifestations and this has to be education, to unfold the interior into the exterior of life. Fifty years ago, a new awakening came into the same old reality. The Unknown was brought to human awareness; unlimited reservoir of total knowledge into their consciousness. The guiding of every action, right action, will produce right results. Creator of Natural Law; this is the unfoldment of Divinity within the unfoldment of humanity. This is real education! Education must unfold the new reality. Humans have had wrong education; to be a servant. This is not freedom It is a misuse of life. To save mankind from this useless education, total natural Divinity must unfold within each individual to have unlimited potential in all areas. Power of action is an integral part of the unlimited potential in the reality of Bliss that Vedic Education, that Science, will now study and express. Self referral of unified field transforms itself into the relative; it appears to transform. It is internal. It is wholeness of silence in dynamism - all from the nowness from the Transcendental Consciousness of Divinity of the Universe. It is in the silence. Transcendental is not in human mind, but in the field of the Unmanifest. Transcendental is the source of all energy; orderly growth of energy into segments of growth - units of intelligence. Know all is Divine. This is real freedom and consciousness based in right action.” Maharishi commented on his experience of coming to the USA in the late 50s. He said that coming to a country of size as the USA, he found the U.S. people more understanding of the truth. Maharishi said, "The soil held the consciousness of science." Maharishi found the collective consciousness of the country to be the radiance (through meditation), to be the Light of the World. Then, speaking about countries and governments in general, Maharishi said, “Whatever a government does is motivated by national consciousness. Policy is motivated by total national consciousness. A change can be had by the transformation of humanity to Divinity. Government can only do what it is doing. To change this, raise the quality of collective consciousness and then the government will naturally do better and better. This will change government through the transformation and new Laws will be made automatically. Ancient wisdom will always be held by small numbers. Throughout time, of people who hold the Vedic tradition, darkness will disappear and we will see peace in this world. All Glory to the Tradition of Vedic Masters; Silence in Action. All Glory to God. Victory to The Great Master Brahmananda Saraswati. Guide us, lead us, to take the world population to perfection in life. Victory to you Maharishi Mahesh Yogi To the Heart who came into the World to give the Supreme Knowledge, So all people everywhere could experience God within themselves, So each could know the Truth in their Scriptures, So each can experience the Kingdom Of God, To create a World of Peace, Heaven on Earth. |
Unlimited Potential, Limited Opportunities - How can we create a Harmonious Society?
Organised as the celebratory finale of the The Art of Living’s 6th biennial International Women's Conference entitled “Harmony: Evolution Towards Perfection” from 7-9 February, 2014, the discussion will be women-centric, centering on strengthening the resolve for peace, harmony and leadership in women. Ms.Chanda Kochhar, Managing Director, ICICI Bank; Dr.Kiran Bedi, Social Activist, India ; Ms.Mary Kom, Olympic Boxer, India; Ms.Vandana Shiva, Environmentalist, India; Ms.Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court of Justice, The Hague; Ms.Maria do Rosario, Human Rights Minister, Brasil; the Honorable Ms.Nancy Pelosi, Democratic and Minority Leader of the House, USA; the Honorable Ms.Aliza Lavie, Member of Parliament, Knesset, Israel; are some of the eminent speakers who will take part in the discussion.
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