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[Anand Manohar]

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Dear Doc

" Water water everywhere, not a drop to drink " - is from the poem "Rime of the Ancient Mriner"
by Sam Coleridge - thought to be inspired by the second expedition of James Cook.

Sometimes attributed to the explorer Magellan too.

Guruvethunai
Yay Yem

 

[Anand Manohar]

Dear Doc

One can actually draw a parallel between life forms originating in water to becoming amphibious to
then metamorphosing to terrestrial - the path charted out by Darwin's Theory of Organic Evolution
and the manifestations of The Almighty in His Dashaavataaram.

Guruvethunai
Yay Yem

 

[renuka]

Dear Doc

" Water water everywhere, not a drop to drink " - is from the poem "Rime of the Ancient Mriner"
by Sam Coleridge - thought to be inspired by the second expedition of James Cook.

Sometimes attributed to the explorer Magellan too.

Guruvethunai
Yay Yem

Dear sir,

Thanks for the info..I really didnt know this.

 

[renuka]

Dear Doc

One can actually draw a parallel between life forms originating in water to becoming amphibious to
then metamorphosing to terrestrial - the path charted out by Darwin's Theory of Organic Evolution
and the manifestations of The Almighty in His Dashaavataaram.

Guruvethunai
Yay Yem

Dear sir,

I fully agree..Darwin was searching high and low for the missing link but I feel the missing link is the "Karmic Evolution"

Just apply the Karmic theory to Darwin's theory and its perfectly explains life.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

We are all lost in the Samsaara saagaram!

Someone lost at sea would say this!!LOL

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

[h=1]Fresh Water at Sea![/h]
Water, water,every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.

So cried the Ancient Mariner, in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem.

Had he known where to look for it, he could have dipped his cup in to the sea and raised to his lip a drink of delicious fresh water. Drinking water in the sea is a miracle, but it is a possible miracle!

This miracle happens this way. The rain water falls on land and seeps to the sea bed through porous rocks called “aquifers”, to supply the springs at the sea bed or ocean floor.

Aquifers are porous chalk or lime stone sandwiched between two layers of water-proof rocks that extend beneath the sea.

Fresh rain water, filtering down the aquifer to the sea bed is under sufficient pressure, to force its way through any cracks ( in the sea bed or ocean floor).

It gushes out into the sea as a spring of fresh water.

It has a higher temperature and lower density than the surrounding saline water. So it floats up to the surface, without mixing with the sea water. This forms packets of fresh water on the surface of the sea.

The existence of such fresh water springs has been known for hundreds of years. The earliest reference to such a spring was made by a 15th century Arabian navigator. Similar springs exist off the South east coast of The U.S.A and off the coasts of Britain and Ireland.

Visalakshi Ramani.

Dear Doc

" Water water everywhere, not a drop to drink " - is from the poem "Rime of the Ancient Mriner"
by Sam Coleridge - thought to be inspired by the second expedition of James Cook.

Sometimes attributed to the explorer Magellan too.

Guruvethunai
Yay Yem

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

[h=1]பரிணாம வளர்ச்சி![/h]

டார்வின் கண்டு அறிந்து சொன்னார்,
உலகில் பரிணாம வளர்ச்சியினை;
பரமன் நமக்குச் செய்தே காட்டினான்,
உலகில் பரிணாம வளர்ச்சியினை!

முன்னர் நீரில் உயிரினம் தோன்றியது;
பின் நீரிலும், நிலத்திலும் வாழ்பவை;
தரையில் வாழ்பவை என உயிரினங்கள்,
தர வரிசைப்படி தோன்றின என்பார்.

மறைகளைக் காப்பதற்கு இறைவன்,
நீரில் வாழும் மீனாய்த் தோன்றினான்.
மந்தர மலையைத் தாங்கிப் பிடிக்க,
நீர், நிலம் வாழும் ஆமை ஆனான்.

பூமியை மீட்டு, முன் போல் நிறுத்த,
பூமியில் வாழும் வராகமானான்.
மிருகமும், மனிதனும் கலந்த ஒரு
உருவமாக நரசிம்மன் ஆனான்.

குறு மனிதனாய் வாமனனாகி, பின்
முழு வடிவில் பரசுராமன், ரகுராமன்,
கண்ணன், பலராமன் என்பவர்களாக,
கண் நிறையும் படி அவதரித்தான்!

அரிய ஆராய்ச்சியால் டார்வின் அறிந்ததை,
புரிய வைத்தான் எளிதாய் நம் இறைவனே!
விஞ்ஞானிகளுக்குள் எல்லாம் மிகப் பெரிய
விஞ்ஞானியும், மெய்ஞானியும் அவன்தானே!

வாழ்க வளமுடன்,
விசாலாக்ஷி ரமணி.

Dear Doc

One can actually draw a parallel between life forms originating in water to becoming amphibious to
then metamorphosing to terrestrial - the path charted out by Darwin's Theory of Organic Evolution
and the manifestations of The Almighty in His Dashaavataaram.

Guruvethunai
Yay Yem

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

சரீரமும், சம்சாரமும்!




மாறுவது மனித சரீரமும், சம்சாரமும்;
மாறாமல் என்றும் இருப்பது இறை ஒன்றே!
எத்தனை பருவங்கள்; எத்தனை உருவங்கள்!
எத்தனை ஆசைகள்; எத்தனை திட்டங்கள்!

நான்கு கால் பிராணிபோல் தவழும் குழவி;
நன்றாகத் திகழும் அழகிய வாலிபம்;
ஊன்று கோலுடன் மூன்று கால் முதுமை;
ஊதினாலே விழுந்துவிடும் வயோதிகம்!

விளையாட்டுப் பிள்ளையின் பருவம்;
விளை நிலமாக உள்ளத்தை ஆக்கும்
பள்ளிப் பருவம், கல்லூரி, தொடர்ந்து
பணியில் பணம் பண்ணும் பருவம்!

திருமணப் பருவம்; பெற்றோர் ஆகித்
திரும்பிப் பார்க்கும் முன், பிள்ளைகளே
திருமணத்துக்கு தயாராக இருப்பார்!
திரும்பவும் பெறுவோம் பேரன், பேத்திகள்!

கடல் அலைகள் ஓய்ந்தாலும் ஓயலாம்;
கண நேரமும் ஓயாது சம்சார அலைகள்!
கணத்துக்கு கணம் மாறிக்கொண்டிருக்கும்
கரை காணாக் கடலே இந்த சம்சாரம்!

சம்சார சாகரத்தைக் கடந்து சென்று,
சாயுஜ்யம் என்பதை அடைவது எப்படி?
மாயையின் சக்தியை ஒரு மனிதனால்
மாலவன் உதவி இன்றி அடக்க முடியாது!

கடலைக் கடக்க உதவும் படகாக மாறிக்
கடவுளின் திருநாமமே நமக்கு உதவும்.
விடாமல் பற்றிக்கொண்டே இருந்தால்
விடிவு காலம் வரும்; இது சத்தியம்!

மாறும் சரீரத்தையும், சம்சாரத்தையும்,
மனத்தில் எண்ணிக் கவலை கொள்ளோம்!
தேறும் வழியைத் தேடிக் கண்டுகொண்டு
தேவன் திருவடிகளைப் பற்றிடுவோம்!

வாழ்க வளமுடன்,
விசாலாக்ஷி ரமணி.

We are all lost in the Samsaara saagaram!

 

[Anand Manohar]

Dear Tmt VR

Wow! This piece of information is absolutely new to me. I have seen the Arab Bedouins ' MAKE '
drinking water, but to scooping fresh water out of the sea really zapped me!

Guruvethunai
Yay Yem

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Nature holds many mysteries

which baffle our feeble intellect! :bump2:

Dear Tmt VR

Wow! This piece of information is absolutely new to me. I have seen the Arab Bedouins ' MAKE '
drinking water, but to scooping fresh water out of the sea really zapped me!

Guruvethunai
Yay Yem

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A honest and genuine doubt

If ZIG is the opposite of ZAG, :roll:

can ZIP be the opposite of ZAP???

 

[Anand Manohar]

Dear Tmt VR

Probably so - if ZAP is the opposite of ZIP, then my ignorance stands un-zipped
i.e., ZAPPED !

YAY YEM

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

If it is true, then beware When you zap

where ladies abound AROUND you!

Dear Tmt VR

Probably so - if ZAP is the opposite of ZIP, then my ignorance stands un-zipped
i.e., ZAPPED !

YAY YEM

 

[renuka]

then my ignorance stands un-zipped

LOL!!! Don't ask me what I am thinking!!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Everybody except Mr. A.M will think of the same thing!

LOL!!! Don't ask me what I am thinking!!

 

[Anand Manohar]

Good advice. Will definitely follow. So long as 'somebody' doesn't ZAP me !

Yay Yem

 

[Anand Manohar]

That's called " Tangential Thinking "
Yay Yem

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

and it will invariably remind us of Bill Clinton!

That's called " Tangential Thinking "
Yay Yem

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Keep that 'somebody' out of your CIRCLE
so that going in a TANGENT becomes impossible.

Good advice. Will definitely follow. So long as 'somebody' doesn't ZAP me !

Yay Yem

 

[Anand Manohar]

Oof! Better than reminding you of G.Bush Jr / DSK. But you may have to 'materialize' / 'invent'
a Lewinsky, to complete the story.

Yay Yem

 

[Anand Manohar]

Dear Tmt VR

On a slightly different note, did you try logging into Geni ? I think [ infact all in our family - various
trees spread across the world ] it is really great. Several 'Family Trees' merge and converge
at various points. I had posted a 'Thread' on this too.

This is what happened to me. My elder Bro and Manni had flown in from the USA to Delhi, where we
[my wife & I] joined them for the Kashi Yatrai - Allahabad, Varanasi and Gaya. The main purpose
was to perform the Pitru Karyams at these places.

At all three places, for the Pinda Pradanam, we [ as fate would decree] were sat alongside a couple
from Mysore who were also of our Gothram - Lohitha , and were also saying the names of the very
people for whom we were doing the karyams.

On the third day, in Gaya, we got talking and found them to be long-lost cousins, by linking up
names of G.G Fathers, G.Uncles etc ., as told to us in our 'family tales.

Through Geni we found the the precise 'path' by which we were related. Several mutual acquaintances
surfaced up, and a healthy interaction started. We will shortly be having their G Daughter staying with
us to do her B.E. here in Chennai, starting this academic.

Members of several branches we found, are not well-off - some in dire need. We haven't yet
started a corpus fund - but the idea has been mooted and agreed to in principle.

Please try it, I am sure you will not be disappointed.

Guruvethunai
Yay Yem

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

It is a very strange coincidence that distant realtives should meet like

this. I am sure it was arranged by one of our forefathers who must

have been good in coordination people!

My brother's mother in law launched Geni. Their family is large with

scores of first cousins and hundreds of second cousin none

of whom I know even by name. The new connections spotted by the

Geni were to be explained to my husband's satisfaction. I could not

since I knew none of them. So I finally unsubscribed from Geni just to

remain sane and sound. The word Geni sends shivers through my

body. I saw the thread but did not dare to enter it. :scared:

P.S.

We are not of much importance in the family circles. Most people just

ignore us while some others wantonly boycott us. Suits me well

too-since I can have less things to worry about and also not suffer

from any guilty conscience that I boycotted them!

I will place myself in the "also came category!"

I hope you understand!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

19. Believe it or not!

---

Our nose is our very own personal air-conditioning system:

it warms cold air, cools hot air and also filters impurities.


We have copper, zinc, cobalt, calcium, manganese, phosphates,

nickel and silicon in our bodies.

(Mr. A.V.V.R was right about the presence of

Sapta dhaathus in human body!)

 

[Anand Manohar]

Dear Tmt VR

While I am sorry to learn about the social boycott, I know exactly how you must be feeling. We,
[especially my Parents ] had had a sufficient dose of insults, let-downs and back-stabbing
from relatives of the same generation. We, the next generation never really cared a damn and
never carried their battle-wounds or even grouses. On many occasions we have stood by the elders
who had been wronged or were victims of others' snobbery.

Oh! they were at each-others' throats all the time, causing such deep wounds to one-and-all,that even
TIME cannot heal. I guess, that is one of the lessons we learnt as kids - " How Not To Be " !

I am also sorry if I have touched-upon a very sensitive issue, I didn't mean to.

Guruvethunai
Yay Yem

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Vitamin M is so powerful that it can corrupt even sadhus and sanyasins ...
who seem to posses more of it than the elected governments of countries.

Not that I really care about the class discrimination! :hand:....

As long as we know our own worth, nothing else really matters.:nono:

That is why I this forum where people are welcomed, liked and appreciated for their merits, irrespective of the Vitamin M!