Points to ponder!

[Visalakshi Ramani]

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# 53.

Truth is within ourselves.

God is the perfect poet, who in His persons acts his own creations.

In the morning of the world, when earth was nigher heaven than now.

Faultless to a fault.

(Robert Browing)

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

#54.

'எப்படியும் வாழலாம்' என்று இருப்பவர்கள்
'இப்படித் தான் வாழ வேண்டும்' என்றுறுதி
கொண்டவர்களைக் கண்டு மெச்சாவிட்டாலும்
தொண்டை வரள குறைகள் கூறவேண்டுமா?

இரத்தில், ராஜ பாட்டையில் செல்பவர்கள்
இரக்கம் என்பது எள்ளளவும் இன்றியே;
குண்டு, குழிகள் நிறைந்த சாலைகளில்
திண்டாடுபவரைக் கண்டு நகைக்கலாமா?

தான் மட்டும் நன்றாக வாழ்ந்தாலும்,
தத்தளிக்கும் தன் தம்பி தங்கையருக்கு
பாசத்துடன் உதவும் எண்ணத்தோடு ஒரு
நேசக்கரம் நீட்டவும் மனமில்லையா?

ராகம், துவேஷம் இல்லாத இடங்களில்
ராஜா போல தான் வாழ்ந்து கொண்டு;
நான்கு புறங்களிலும் இடி வாங்கும்
நம்மவரைக் கண்டு வருந்தவேண்டாமா?

எந்த உதவியும் செய்யாவிட்டாலும் சரி
வெந்த புண்ணில் வேல் பாய்ச்சவேண்டாமே!
சொந்தம் என்று மற்றவரையும் எண்ணாத
அந்த மனிதர்களால் மட்டுமே இது முடியும்.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

# 55.

As idle as a painted ship
Upon painted water.

Water water everywhere
Nor any drop to drink.

A sadder and wiser man,
He rose the morrow morn.

The innumerable multitude of wrongs
By man on man inflicted.

The dwarf sees farther than the giant,
when he has the giant's shoulder to mount on.

(Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

# 56.

பிறக்கும்போதே எவரும் முதியவராகப்
பிறப்பதில்லை இந்தப் பரந்த உலகினில்!

பிறந்தபின் மாறா இளைமையுடன்
திகழ்வதும் எங்கும் நிகழ்வதில்லை!

முதுமையை ஒளவை கோரிப் பெற்ற
புதுமையை எவரும் நிகழ்த்துவதில்லை!

வயதாகிவிட்டாதால் தான் உலகுக்கு
பயமின்றி உண்மை பேசமுடிகின்றது!

இளமையாக இருப்பவர்கள் எல்லோரும்
வளமை கொழிப்பதாக நினைப்பு வேண்டாம்!

"தற்காத்துத் தற்கொண்டாற்பேணி தகை சான்ற
சொற்காத்துச் சோர்வில்லாள் பெண்" என்பார்.

தங்கள் இல்லங்களில் கடமைகள் ஏதும்
தங்காமல் முடித்த பிறகே அப்பெண்கள்

உலகைச் சீரமைக்கும் பணிகள் செய்ய
உள்ளே நுழைந்துள்ளார்கள் உணர்வீர்.

அழகுப் போட்டியில் வயதைப் பார்ப்பர்.
அறிவு பரிமாற்றத்தில் அல்லவே!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

# 57.

Spiritual Equations, just for a change

Inaction = Action without Attachment.

Contentment = Absence of Complaints.

Yagna spirit = Absence of Depression.

Chanaraagathi = Accepting everything as God's PrasAdam.

PArAyanam = Passage to the Supreme.

Mukthi = Merging with God, after losing one's identity.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

# 58.

Some more Spiritual Equations:

Facing situations = Life.

Concentration = Inspiration + Interest.

BrAhmanEyam = Simple living + High thinking.

Bhakthi = Unconditional, single minded and intense love for God.

Universe = Cosmic projection of God's glory.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

#59.

Attitudes speak louder than actions.

Actions speak louder than words.

(Bonus)

Life is a journey meant for Spiritual Evolution.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

# 60.

We reveal our inner most thoughts by our comments.

Truth reveals itself in silence.

Silence endows special power to our speech.

Only a fearless person can hold on to Sathyam.

Anger, jealousy and hatred are the three faces of the same enemy.

(told by our guru in Geetha elaboration)

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

#61.

Convince people. Don't compel them.

Needs are different from desires.
Fulfill your needs and not your desires.

Learn to balance Spiritualism with materialism.

We become miserable whenever we go against the wishes of God.

Desires disturb the mind like ripples on the surface of water.

(Heard during elaboration of Geetha by our Guru)

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

#62.

Human body is given by God- to realize Him.
Do not develop complexes based on your body, mind or intellect.

Unless the object of desire in known, we can't desire it.

Learn to trace everything back to it source, namely God.

Disappearance of Delusion is the beginning of Self realization.

God removes all our doubts, when we are ripe enough to get them removed.

(Heard during Geetha elaboration buy our Guru).

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

# 63.

A pure heart begets all good things in life, as gifts of God.

To become serene, we must learn to ignore the petty things around us.

We must learn to become indifferent to everything that disturbs us.

Never compromise on your inner peace and equanimity.

Sun does not care about the dogs barking at it. Become majestic like the Sun.

(Told by our Guru during Geetha elaboration)

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

#64.

Feeling tired? Get some sleep.
Feeling stiff? Get some exercises.
Feeling sad? Give some smiles.

Happiness can make you smile.
The converse is also true!
A smile can make you happy.

"I don't mind compromising of my essentials,
but I must have my luxuries!"

The best way to make a man do something?
Suggest that he is too old to do it!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

#65.

Believe the person who seeks the truth.

Doubt the one who claims to have found it.

Prosperity is not without many fears and disasters.
Adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

A man must make his opportunity as often as he finds it.

Happiness in a marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

#66.

The wisest of the wise may err.

It is always the season for the old to learn.

Words are the physicians of the mind diseased.

An angry man always thinks that he can do more than what he can do.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

#67.

Money can buy a bed, but it can't buy not sleep.

Money can buy the books, but not the brain to understand them.

Money can buy food, but not the appetite to eat them.

Money can buy medicines, but not a good health.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

#68.

Money can buy a house but not a home.

Money can buy luxuries but not loyalty.

Money can buy amusements but not happiness.

Money can buy cosmetics but not beauty.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

# 69.

Money can buy results but not respect.

money can buy servants but not good friends.

Money can buy lust but not love.

Money can buy accessories but not acceptance.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

# 70.

Money can buy service buy not serenity.

Money can buy power but not prowess.

Money can buy recognition but not remarkableness.

Money can buy men but not God.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

#71.

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

(Thomas Gray)

 

[pannvalan]

So, money has bought what all it could buy.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

All the same, Money IS NOT everything! :tape2:

 

[pannvalan]

I agree.

Man should be in command of money in his possession. He shall not be obsessed with or possessed by money.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

செல்வமும், நெருப்பும்,
நல்ல வேலையாட்கள்!
ஆனால் மிகவும்
மோசமான முதலாளிகள்!!

 

[Nara]

# 70.

Money can buy service buy not serenity.

Money can buy power but not prowess.

Money can buy recognition but not remarkableness.

Money can buy men but not God.

Hi, perhaps I should mind my own business, but then, since when have I listened to my better sense? With this preamble, I like to wonder aloud, what more are all these nuggets of wisdom but thought ending cliches?

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

ஒரு குறும்பு அகராதி:

'அடி வருடி' = "ஆமாம் சாமி" போடுபவன்.

'பிடி பிடரி' = தவறுகளை தைரியமாகச் சொல்பவன்.

தியாகி = தான் வீழ்ந்தாலும் பிறரை வாழ வைப்பவன்.

துரோகி = தான் வாழ பிறரை வீழ்த்துபவன்.