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[Visalakshi Ramani]

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Social Distancing VS Personal Distancing.

Lock down has made Social Distancing compulsory to all the Law abiding citizens.

As a result of this the personal distance between persons in a household has reduced.

The too-much-of-togetherness has become too difficult to manage for some people.

Everyone is becoming high strung, jumpy, morose, short tempered and irritable.

Learn to walk on a landmine field if you wish to manage these angst and tension.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

We are supposed to “Say it with flowers”!

But do we know that each flower stands for some emotion or feeling?

With a little background knowledge, we say say what we wanted to say perfectly with the flowers without uttering a word.

So now to the flowers and their significance…

Visalakshi Ramani

Let Flowers Speak

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[Visalakshi Ramani]

A proverb a day to brighten the day.

279a. Eine Unze Übung ist eine Tonne Predigt wert.
Taten sagen mehr als Worte.

279b. An ounce of practice is worth a ton of sermon.
Actions speak louder than words.

Saying something is not the same as doing that thing!
Saying something is very easy but doing it is very tough.

So an ounce of sincere practice is worth a ton of empty preaching.
Ant teaches us the value of Time and Planning - without saying a word!

footnotes:-
Eine = One
Unze = ounce (of)
Übung = practice
ist = is
wert. = worth
eine = one
Tonne = ton
Predigt = Sermon/ preaching.
Taten = Actions
sagen = say / speak
mehr = more
als = than
Worte = words.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

People want to learn new languages. I too do!
People read / watch and listen to the chosen language.

People may become familiar with the language and understand it.
BUT yet they may not be able to speak in their chosen language.

Speaking needs practice in speaking just
swimming needs practice in swimming and
riding a bicycle needs practice in balancing.

You can't swim or ride a bike - after reading a book.
You have to actually do it until you master that.

Children learn a new language faster since they
listen to, imitate and do not mind making mistakes!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A proverb a day to brighten the day.

280a. Dummköpfe eilen herein, wo Engel Angst haben zu treten.
280b. Fools rush in where angels have fear to tread.

Discretion is said to be the better part of valor.
Blindly jumping into an arena is not valor.

footnotes:-
Dummköpfe = Fools
eilen = rush
herein = in
wo = where
Engel = Angels
haben = have
Angst = fear
zu = to
treten = tread.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

People used to draw Krishna's feet all over the house to celebrate JanmAshtami.
Now they use oranges ( peeled) and applies ( sliced) along with pomegranate seeds to make the design. All the feet marks look the same size and so it is very interesting.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Those who CAN do so, lock up the COVID 19 victims in their own residence.

Those who can't do this, lock themselves up in their own residences. Brave Hearts!!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A proverb a day to brighten the day.

281a. Wahrheit und Morgengrauen können nicht für immer in der Dunkelheit bleiben.
281b. Truth and dawn can not remain in the darkness for ever.

footnotes:
Wahrheit = Truth
und = and
Morgengrauen = dawn
können = can
nicht = not
bleiben = remain
für = for
immer = ever
in = in
der = the
Dunkelheit = darkness.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

For aadi veLLI I sent thaamboolam to all my friends virtually.

Surprisingly everyone responded and felt happy over the virtual exchange.
Obviously, it is the thought that matters - not what is being handed over.

Remember the story of the two of the worst misers in the world?
The first one enjoyed the smell of fish being cooked in the other man's house.

When asked to pay for smelling the fragrance of the fish being cooked,
he paid back his neighbor virtually, by jingling his money bag full of coins.

Virtual feast was paid for by virtual money!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A proverb a day to brighten the day.

282a. Ein wenig Wissen ist keine gefährliche Sache, solange es nicht missverstanden wird, viel zu sein.

282b. A little knowledge is not a dangerous thing, as long as it is not misunderstood to be a great deal.

Knowing many things about many things is Knowledge.
Knowing that one's knowledge is but limited is Wisdom.

Everybody is ignorant is some field or the other.
Everyone is well informed in some field or the other.

Knowing what one is good at, is smartness.
Knowing what one is dumb at, is also smartness.

footnotes:-
Ein = A
wenig = little
Wissen = knowledge
ist = is
keine = not a
gefährliche = dangerous
Sache = thing,
solange = as long as
es = it
wird = will
nicht = not
missverstanden = be misunderstood
zu = to
sein = be
viel = a lot.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A proverb a day to brighten the day.

283a. Jeder Mann hat seinen Preis. Er gehört dir, wenn du es bezahlen kannst.
283b. Every man has his price. He is yours, if you can pay it.

Man can be purchased!
I am not talking about slaves or servants or star players!

Everyone has a price.
He /She is under your control if you can pay it.

Some are cheap and some very costly.
Some need to be paid in cash and the others in kind.

Some like it as Gold or diamonds and others as a land or a house.
Some may prefer to indulge in one or more of the popular vices!

It is said that everyone makes a living by selling something.
It may be knowledge, expertise, talent, time, skill, art, music etc.

Footnotes:
Jeder = Every
Mann = man / one
hat = has
seinen = his
Preis = price.
Er = He
gehört = belongs
dir = to you
wenn = if
du = you
kannst = can
bezahlen = pay
es = it.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

கிருஷ்ணரின் பாதங்களைக் கோலமாக வரைவது ஏன்?
வேறு எந்தக் கடவுளுக்கும் இல்லாத பெருமை எதற்காக?

காரணம் தெரிந்தது ஜன்மாஷ்டமி அன்று பாடும் போது...
கணக்கற்ற முறை நான் பாடியுள்ள ஒரு பாடலில் இருந்து!

"காலினில் வழிந்த தயிர் கமல மலர்க் கோலமிட
கையில் வழி வாரும் வெண்ணை கானக் குழல் மூடியிட !"

தேடினால் தான் கிடைக்கின்றது எதுவுமே, எப்போதுமே!
தேடாதவை கண்முன் இருந்தாலும் கண்ணுக்குத் தெரியாது!

அனுபவியுங்கள் கிருஷ்ண கானம் - ஸ்ரீமதி. சௌம்யா



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[Visalakshi Ramani]

A proverb a day to brighten the day.

284a. Ein Stich in der Zeit spart neun in Gefahr.
284b. A stitch in time saves nine in danger.

Any damage must be attended to before it becomes
a very serious, dangerous or life threatening problrm.

footnotes:-
Ein = A
Stich = stitch
in = in
der Zeit = time
spart = saves
neun = nine
in = in
Gefahr = danger.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

• 31c. சாயா சுகர்
• 31d. சூரியனும், சுகரும்.
• 31e. சுக க்ஷேத்ரம்

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Now everyone of us is a ChAyA Sukar,

People can see us well on a wide screen.
People can talk to us on a phone/ microphone.
But no one can hug or touch anyone else.

VyAsa was very unhappy that he could not hug or touch his virtual son ChAyA Sukar.
Will everyone of us start feeling like Sage VyAsa in the near or distant future???

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A proverb a day to brighten the day.

285a. Glaube nicht alles was du siehst oder alles was du hörst!
285b. Believe not all that you see nor all you hear!

This advice is as old as mankind is!
This more true now- when anything can be created visually, recorded with voice modification or morphed completely.
footnotes:-
Nicht = Don't
Glaube = believe
alles = everything
was = (of) what
du = you
siehst = see
oder = or
alles = everything
was = (of) what
du = you
hörst! = hear!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

When we are told that "Everything is Para Brahmam and the creation is kalpitham
( purely imaginary and very unreal) it is very hard to understand it or believe it.

How can all the solids / liquids / gases / animals / people / their actions and interaction all be unreal?

Yet everyone of us believe in the virtual reality - without casting a doubt or throwing in a question.

The Creation and the drama which seems to be going on are all but one gigantic and complex virtual reality created by The All knowing and All powerful God pervading in every atom of everything in the creation.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A proverb a day to brighten the day.

286a. Ein gesparter Penny ist ein verdienter Penny.
286b. A penny saved is a penny earned.

Those who have difficulty in making the two ends meet may follow these plans.
Increase the earning and decrease the spending.

A penny saved is as good as a penny earned.
They both have the same effect on the budget.

The ads proclaiming heavy discounts and the people who buy things (which they do not need and may never use) just to use the offer make me laugh.

They could have saved 100% by not using the discount offer.

footnotes:-
Ein = A
Penny = penny
gesparter = saved
ist = is
ein = a
Penny = penny
verdienter = earned.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

We can come out of the Virtual Reality experience - just by removing the gadget we have put on. But coming out of the real life Virtual Reality (aka mAyA) is not so easy. The gadget is built in us so that we can't remove it so easily as we do the external unit.

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[Visalakshi Ramani]

A proverb a day to brighten the day.

287a.
Das Essen eines Mannes ist das Gift eines anderen Mannes.
Der Käse eines Mannes ist das Loch eines anderen Mannes.
Die Torheit eines Mannes ist die Frau eines anderen Mannes.

287b.
One man's food is another man's poison.
One man's cheese is another man's holes.
One man' s folly is another man's wife.

The first sentence is what everyone says and knows.
The second and the third are derived by extrapolation.

Enjoy the weird derivation done by me. I will not repeat the words - since these three sentences will make the list of words very long.

footnotes:-
Das = The
Essen = food
eines Mannes = of a man
ist = is
das = the
Gift = poison
eines anderen Mannes = of another man.
Der = The
Käse = cheese
das = the
Loch = hole
Die = The
Torheit = folly
die = the
Frau = wife
eines anderen Mannes = of another man.

I can never stop admiring the rhyming expressions in German.
Do anyone's feet smell funny - like cheese?

The perfect expression to describe it is "Käse Füße"
Käse = Cheese and Füße = feet

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A proverb a day to brighten the day.

I extrapolated a little more and came up with these new additions.

288a.
Des einen Müll ist des anderen Schatz.
Der Humor eines Mannes ist der Horror eines anderen Mannes.
288b.
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
One man's humor is another man's horror.

footnotes:
Des einen Müll = One man's trash
ist = is
des anderen = another man's
Schatz = treasure.
Der Humor = The humor
eines Mannes = of a man
ist = is
der Horror = the horror
eines anderen Mannes = of another man.

I am good in reusing anything ( after restoring it) if necessary.
So the standing instruction to my family is this.

"Before you decide to trash anything, just show it to me before you discard it"
Needless to say it will be put to some good use and will not be tossed outside!

What some people utter under the guise of humor is very often
horrible enough to put to shame 'the victim of that merciless wit' .

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A proverb a day to brighten the day.

289a. Ein schlechter Tänzer beschuldigt den Boden.
289b. A bad dancer blames the floor.

To accept own own faults and follies one needs some humility.
Otherwise the fault promptly gets transferred to someone or something other than himself.

footnotes:-
Ein = A
schlechter = bad
Tänzer = dancer
beschuldigt = blames
den Boden = the floor

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A proverb a day to brighten the day.

290a. Fisch und Gäste stinken nach drei Tagen.
290b. Fish and guests stink after three days.

Everything has a limit - including man's patience and tolerance.
Apparently these extend just for three days after which they abruptly end.

Most couple used to meet only at nights or weekends or long weekends.
Most parents used to meet their kids only in the evenings or nights.

With the lock down people are forcible thrown into one anther's company.
Life becomes difficult for the lack of freedom and elbow room.

Grandparents have a different set of problems.

Every room and every chair is taken up by a work-from-home-parent or a learn-from-home-kid. The old ones have nowhere to go, nothing to do and no one to talk to!
The lucky grand parents who have their own personal space are better off!

footnotes:-
Fisch = Fish
und = and
Gäste = guests
stinken = stink
nach = after
drei = three
Tagen = days.

The stinking fish are thrown out and
the stinking guests are shown out.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

பேரிளம் பெண்கள் படுத்தும் பாடு!

ஆட முடியாமல் ஆடுகின்றார்கள்!
பாட முடியாமல் பாடுகின்றார்கள்!

ஓடாமல் இருந்து ரசிப்பவர்கள் ???
ஓட முடியாதவர்கள் வயோதிகர்கள்!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A proverb a day to brighten the day.

291a. Jeder Hund hat seinen Tag.
291b. Every dog has its day.

Time decides everything that happens.
Time can make a prince out of a pauper and a pauper out of a prince.

So everyone has a favorable and an unfavorable time sometime during one's life time.

It is wisdom not to bubble with joy when Time is favorable
nor crumble to dust when Time is unfavorable!

footnotes:
Jeder = Every
Hund = dog
hat = has
seinen = its
Tag = day.