Be Positive - best way to live life

 In Hindi, there is a proverb “Chinta Chita samaan”, means worrying is similar to Death. In simple words, a person should not worry or think negative as it does not help in finding a solution but on the other hand it increases the problems of a person by making him more negative.

If we have noticed, a negative thought is followed by more and more negative thoughts making a person more sad than before. The best way to counter these negative thoughts or negativity is to think positive and fill your mind with positive thoughts.

These are the times when our heart and mind is soaked in negativity, anger, depression and frustration, at this critical moment a person can reduce the negativity effects by following some simple points:

1)      Rub your palms together for a while and then keep your palms o your closed eyes. The warmth and vibration of palms will give a soothing and calm feeling.

2)      Take 5 or 10 deep breaths. They should be slow and deep as much as they can be. They should be slow, exhale and inhale oxygen in your body and it will relax body and mind.

3)      Take a slow walk. If in the garden, it will be better and if bare foot then it will be best. The direct connection of earth and your feet will instantly cool down your mind.

4)      Talk to yourself and talk positive. Pamper yourself. Make believe yourself of your capabilities.

5)      Add some salt to your bathe water. It will release negativity.

6)      The best way is to keep away the negative thoughts from yourself.

Think Positive, Be Positive.

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How to attract positive energy and remain happy?

The life offers us with both, happiness and sadness, in different phases of life, but to smile in difficult times is what makes a person different from the crowd.

Being sad, feeling sad will only attract more sadness and the result will be depression, anxiety and the person will go down and down only in life. Even if the time is not good, a person should keep a smile in heart and face both.

 Tips to remain happy and attract positive energy:

1)      This too shall pass: even if you are in the worst phase of life, remember this will also pass, just keep your head high and keep smiling. The only constant thing in our lives is CHANGE.

2)      Love yourself: Love and accept yourself as you are, and keep reminding yourself of your achievements, and your good qualities.

3)      Don’t dwell on past : don’t keep thinking about your past mistakes, holding yourself responsible for what has happened and punishing yourself is not going to help in creating a good future. Make peace with your past and let it rest in peace.

4)      Don’t keep grudge in your heart for anyone: just think of this world as a stage and humans as actors who are just playing their roles. So if anyone has done anything wrong with you, forgive him/her, and if you can’t forgive then punish him/her and then forget it.

5)      Choose your company carefully: be in the company of people who will help you in enhancing your skills, make you a better person. Avoid the company of negative people as they will only create negative surroundings and it will be harmful for attracting positive energy.

6)      Find reasons to laugh: laughing is the best way to attract positive energy, read jokes, watch comedy shows, dramas, have fun with your friends.

7)      Be thankful : Always be thankful to GOD for what you have and stop complaining for what you don’t have. Show Gratitude and you will get more that even you think and you can expect.

Be Happy Always 

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Swami Vivekananda said so.....

For my own part I will be incarnated two hundred times, if that is necessary to do what I have undertaken amongst my people.

All my patriotism is gone. Everything is gone. Now it's only Mother, Mother!

My ideal, indeed, can be put into a few words, and that is to preach unto mankind their divinity, and how to make it manifest in every movement of life.

Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.

Religion is the idea which is raising the brute unto man, and man unto God.

The secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice. To be good and do good - that is the whole of religion.

Man is higher than all animals, than all angels; none is greater than man.

One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom.

Look at the wall. Did the wall ever tell a lie? It is always the wall. Man tells a lie and becomes a god, too. After so much austerity, I have understood this as the real truth - God is present in every jiva; there is no other God besides that. 'Who serves jiva, serves God indeed.'

Cut out the word help from your mind. You cannot help; it is blasphemy! You worship. When you give a morsel of food to a dog, you worship the dog as God. He is all, and is in all.

Unselfishness is God. One may live on a throne, in a palace, and be perfectly unselfish; and then he is in God. Another may live in a hut and wear rags, and have nothing in the world; yet if he is selfish, he is intensely merged in the world.

All nations have attained greatness by paying proper respect to women. That country and that nation which do not respect women have never become great, nor will ever be in future.

With five hundred men ... the conquest of India might take fifty years: with as many women, not more than a few weeks.

Religion and religion alone is the life of India, and when that goes, India will die, in spite of politics, in spite of social reforms, in spite of Kubera's wealth poured upon the head of every one of her children.

Before flooding India with socialistic or political ideas, first deluge the land with spiritual ideas.

We want to lead mankind to the place where there is neither the Vedas, nor the Bible, nor the Koran; yet this has to be done by harmonizing the Vedas, the Bible, and the Koran.

Mankind ought to be taught that religions are but the varied expressions of THE RELIGION, which is Oneness, so that each may choose the path that suits him best.

Who will give the world light? Sacrifice in the past has been the Law; it will be, alas, for ages to come. The earth's bravest and best will have to sacrifice themselves for the good of many, for the welfare of all.

Truth, purity, and unselfishness - whenever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof. Equipped with these, one individual is able to face the whole universe in opposition.

Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything.

The highest ideal is eternal and entire self-abnegation, where there is no 'I', but is Thou'.

By work alone, men may get to where Buddha got largely by meditation or Christ by prayer. Buddha was a working Jnani, Christ was a Bhakta, but the same goal was reached by both of them.

All expansion is life, all contraction is death.

All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love's sake, because it is law of life, just as you breathe to live.

The national ideals of India are Renunciation and Service. Intensity her in those channels, and the rest will take care of itself.

Good motives, sincerity, and infinite love can conquer the world. One single soul possessed of these virtues can destroy the dark designs of millions of hypocrites and brutes.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success

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The Company You Keep

It is better to be alone, than in the wrong company. Tell me who your best friends are, and I will tell you who you are.

If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl, but, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights.

"A mirror reflects a person's face, but what they are really like is shown by the kind of friends they choose."

The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom you closely associate - for both good and bad reasons.

The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve.

Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity.

An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.

As you grow, your associates will change. Some of your friends will not want you to go on.

They will want you to stay where they are. Friends that don't help you climb; will want you to crawl. Your friends will stretch your vision not choke your dream.

Those that don't increase you will eventually decrease you.

Consider this: never receive counsel from unproductive people.

Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how.

Not everyone has a right to speak into your life. You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person.

Don't follow anyone who's not going anywhere.

With some people you spend an evening. With others you invest it.

Be careful where you stop to inquire for directions along the road of life.

Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships.

Make choices wisely, for they will influence your life always.

Mahatma Gandhi said so………..

He, who concentrates on anyone thing with singleness of purpose, will ultimately acquire the capacity to do everything.

Nothing can work without rules. The entire solar system would go to pieces if there were even a momentary breach of the rules governing it.

Even-mindedness is the best of all learning.

The true mark of success in life is the growth of tenderness and maturity in a man. In order, to know himself man must come out of his shell and view himself dispassionately.

Evil by itself has no legs to stand up.

A man is but the products of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

If I have the belief that I can do it, I will surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and wiser might err.

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This Story Tells Us About The Power Of Self-Confidence

A businessman was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy.

Suddenly an old man appeared before him. "I can see that something is troubling you," he said. After listening to the businessman’s woes, the old man said, "I believe I can help you."

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He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and pushed it into his hand saying, "Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time."

Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come. The businessman saw in his hand a check for $500,000, signed by John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in the world!

"I can erase my money worries in an instant!" he realized. But instead, the businessman decided to put the uncashed check in his safe. Just knowing it was there might give him the strength to work out a way to save his business, he thought.

With renewed optimism, he negotiated better deals and extended terms of payment. He closed several big sales. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again.

Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the uncashed check. At the agreed-upon time, the old man appeared. But just as the executive was about to hand back the check and share his success story, a nurse came running up and grabbed the old man.

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"I'm so glad I caught him!" she cried. "I hope he hasn't been bothering you. He's always escaping from the rest home and telling people he's John D. Rockefeller."

And she led the old man away by the arm.

The astonished executive just stood there, stunned. All year long he'd been wheeling and dealing, buying and selling, convinced he had half a million dollars behind him.

Suddenly, he realized that it wasn't the money, real or imagined, that had turned his life around. It was his new found self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.

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This Father-Daughter Story Shows How GOD Treats His Children

Jenny was a bright-eyed, pretty five-year-old girl.

One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl necklace priced at $2.50. How she wanted that necklace and when she asked her mother if she would buy it for her, her mother said, "Well, it is a pretty necklace, but it costs an awful lot of money. I'll tell you what. I'll buy you the necklace, and when we get home we can make up a list of chores that you can do to pay for the necklace. And don't forget that for your birthday Grandma just might give you a whole dollar bill, too. Okay?"

Jenny agreed, and her mother bought the pearl necklace for her. Jenny worked on her chores very hard every day, and sure enough, her Grandma gave her a brand new dollar bill for her birthday. Soon Jenny had paid off the pearls.

How Jenny loved those pearls. She wore them everywhere to kindergarten, bed, and when she went out with her mother to run errands. The only time she didn't wear them was in the shower - her mother had told her that they would turn her neck green. Now Jenny had a very loving daddy. When Jenny went to bed, he would get up from his favorite chair every night and read Jenny her favorite story. One night when he finished the story, he said, "Jenny, do you love me?"

"Oh yes, Daddy, you know I love you," the little girl said.

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"Well, then, give me your pearls."

"Oh! Daddy, not my pearls!" Jenny said. "But you can have Rosie, my favorite doll. Remember her? You gave her to me last year for my birthday. And you can have her tea party outfit, too. Okay?"

"Oh no, darling, that's okay." Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss "Good night, little one."

A week later, her father once again asked Jenny after her story, "Do you love me?"

"Oh yes, Daddy, you know I love you."

"Well, then, give me your pearls."

"Oh, Daddy, not my pearls! But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse. Do you remember her? She's my favorite. Her hair is so soft, and you can play with it and braid it and everything. You can have Ribbons if you want her, Daddy," the little girl said to her father.

"No, that's okay," her father said and brushed her cheek again with a kiss. "God bless you, little one. Sweet dreams."

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Several days later, when Jenny's father came in to read her a story, Jenny was sitting on her bed and her lip was trembling. "Here, Daddy," she said, and held out her hand. She opened it and her beloved pearl necklace was inside. She let it slip into her father's hand. With one hand her father held the plastic pearls and with the other he pulled out of his pocket a blue velvet box.

Inside of the box were real, genuine, beautiful pearls.

He had them all along. He was waiting for Jenny to give up the cheap stuff so he could give her the real thing. So it is with our Heavenly Father. He is waiting for us to give up the cheap things in our lives so that he can give us beautiful treasure.

Isn't GOD great?

Are you holding onto things which God wants you to let go of?

Are you holding onto harmful or unnecessary partners, relationships, habits and activities which you have become so attached to that it seems impossible to let go?

Sometimes it is so hard to see what is in the other hand but do believe this one thing...God will never take away something without giving you something better in its place.

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Know your personality by your signature

The various types of Signatures you come across & the attitude of a person are listed below:

# SINGLE UNDERLINE BELOW THE SIGN!!

These persons are very confident and are good personalities. They are a little bit selfish but believe in "Happiness of human life"

# TWO DOTS BELOW THE SIGN!!

These persons are considered to be Romantic, can easily change their fiancées as if they change their clothes. They prefer beauty in other persons & they themselves try to look beautiful. They easily attract others.

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# SINGLE DOT BELOW THE SIGN!!

These persons are more inclined towards classical arts, simple & are very cool. If you loose faith with them, then these persons will never look back at you. Hence it’s always better to be careful with these people.

# NO UNDERLINES OR DOTS BELOW THE SIGN!!

These persons enjoy their life in their own way; never pay attention to others views. These are considered to be good natured but are selfish too.

# RANDOM SIGN, NO SIMILARITY BETWEEN NAME & SIGN!!

These persons try to be very smart, hide each & every matter, never say anything in straight forward manner, and never pay attention to the other person of what he is talking of.

# RANDOM SIGN, SIMILARITY BETWEEN NAME & SIGN!!

These persons are considered to be intelligent but never think. These people change their ideas & views as fast as the wind changes its direction of flow. They never think whether that particular thing is right or wrong. You can win them just by flattering them.

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# SIGN IN PRINTED LETTERS!!

These persons are very kind to us, have a good heart, selfless, are ready to sacrifice their life for the sake of their near & dear. But these seem to think a lot and may get angry very soon.

# WRITING COMPLETE NAME AS THEIR SIGN!!

These persons are very kind hearted, can adjust themselves to any environment & to the person they are talking. These persons are very firm on their views & posses a lot of will power.

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Here Is Something About The Importance of Art of Giving In Life That Every Person Should Know

Rivers do not drink their own water, nor do tree eat their own fruit, nor do rain clouds eat the grains reared by them. The wealth of the noble is used solely for the benefit of others. Even after realising the above, accepting that giving is good and that one must learn to give, several questions ponder in our hearts and here below are some answers.

The first question is when should one give?

Many of us know that famous incident in Mahabharata. Yudhistira asks a beggar seeking alms to come the next day. On this, Bheema rejoices that Yudhistira, his brother, has conquered death! Because Yudhistira is sure that he will be around tomorrow to give. Yudhistira gets the message. One does not know really whether one will be there tomorrow to give!

You will also realise the inverse correlation of time and money: With more time taken, lesser becomes the amount! Therefore time to give therefore is NOW!

The next question is 'how much to give?

"One recalls the famous incident from history. Rana Pratap was reeling after defeat from the Mughals. He had lost his army, he had lost his wealth, and most important he had lost hope, his will to fight. At that time in his darkest hour, his erstwhile minister Bhamasha came seeking him and placed his entire fortune at the disposal of Rana Pratap. With this, Rana Pratap raised an army and lived to fight another day.

The answer to this question how much to give is "Give as much as you can!!

The next question is "what to give? "

It is not only money that can be given. It could be a flower or even a smile. It is not how much one gives but how one gives that really matters. When you give a smile to a stranger that may be the only good thing received by him in days and weeks!

"You can give anything but you must give it with your heart!!

Another question is "whom to give ? "

Many times we avoid giving by finding fault with the person who is seeking. However, being judgmental and rejecting a person on the presumption that he/she may not be the most deserving is not justified.

"Give without being judgmental!

Next we have to answer 'How to give?

Coming to the manner of giving, one has to ensure that the receiver does not feel humiliated, nor the giver feels proud by giving. In giving follow the Bible, 'Let not your left hand know what your right hand gives? Charity without publicity and fanfare, is the highest form of charity. 'Give quietly'!! While giving let not the recipient feel small or humiliated. After all what we give never really belonged to us. We come to this world with nothing and will go with nothing. The thing gifted was only with us for a temporary period. Why then take pride in giving away something which really did not belong to us? Give with grace and with a feeling of gratitude.

What should one feel after giving?

We all know the story of Eklavya. When Dronacharya asked him for his right thumb as "Guru Dakshina? He unhesitatingly cut off the thumb and gave it to Dronacharya. There is a little known sequel to this story. Eklavya was asked whether he ever regretted the act of giving away his thumb. He replied, and the reply has to be believed to be true, as it was asked to him when he was dying. His reply was "Yes! I regretted this only once in my life. It was when Pandavas were coming in to kill Dronacharya who was broken hearted on the false news of death of his son Ashwathama and had stopped fighting. It was then that I regretted the loss of my thumb. If the thumb was there, no one could have dared hurt my Guru?

The message to us is clear. Give and never regret giving!

What should one must really give?

Give away the ownership - not only physically but mentally too. Here is a real life story narrated to an audience : When a sadhvini got a shawl from a devotee (which they get in plenty !), she passed on to another deserving elderly woman who was shivering from cold then, right in front of the devotee's eyes. After the old woman left, the devotee asked the sadhvini "how can you do that? I gave it for your use only. "Sadhvini just kept quiet. She told the audience us that after giving the shawl to her, the devotee has passed only the object to sadhvini but not its ownership. If she had done that, what sadhvini did with that thereafter should not have caused her any angusih! That's why when dakshina is given, a mantra is always chanted: "Na mama!" - No more mine!

And the last question is 'how much should we provide for our heirs'?

Ask yourself "are we taking away from them the "gift of work?

-a source of happiness! 

An often quoted fitting answer is given by Warren Buffett: "Leave your kids enough to do anything, but not enough to do nothing!

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