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Defying The Law of Diminishing Marginal utility
A great commentator is not satisfied, unless he cricitally analsyses the work he comments upon. So is Swami NampiLLai who is one of the greatest Commentator.

As we all know, repetition leads to ennui and boredom. Once said fine, twice okay and more and more leads to staleness.

In economics, the thoery of marginal utility speaks of this. When a peson consumes or tastes a product, he gets the greatest satisfaction on the first unit and the satisfaction per unit sequentially gets reduced on each additional unit of consumption. The more you get to enjoy a particular product,the satisfacion per unit of enjoyment gets reduced.

This is the result of repetition. Repetition in literary/spiritual works, results in defect of, waste of time, waste of substacne and diluting the quality of work. Our commentators term this as 'punarukthi dhOsham'

SvAmi Nam AzvAr enjoys the Supremacy of Sriman NArayana in his first ten pAsuram-s of ThiruvAimozhi 'vuyarvara vuyar nalam; .’ உயர்வற உயர் நலம்’ திருவாய்மொழி 1-1-1

He again talks of His supremacy in the second ten pAsuram-s of second ten 'ThiNNan vEDu' ;திண்ணன் வீடு" திருவாய்மொழி 2-2-1

SvAmi Nam piLLai analsyses this aspect. Does not this defect of repetition emerge here? Does not punarukthi dhOsham gets attached to this repetition?questions , the great commentator.

There are rare exceptions to the doctrine of diminsihing marginal utility. If the product is as fresh as the first one , every time, the diminshing theory would no longer apply.

The product being as fresh as the first unit every time is impossible, economists may argue, Impropable, scientists may protest.

No Sir, declares NampiLlai. This product is not just another economic product with economic value. This being Supreme Being it is as fresh on the day for years, mohnts, for yugams , for vUzhis and if that be so , how can the repetition defect strike and get stuck here?

Here is the wonderful extract from SvAmi NampiLLai Edu

ஒரு குணம்தன்னையே எல்லாக் காலமும் அநுபவிக்கவ்ல்லாரொருவ்ரிவ்ர்......ஷணம்தோறும் புதுமை பிறப்பித்து அனுவபிக்கவல்லான் ஒருவன் அவன்.

Azhvar is one who cherishes a single auspicious attribute of the Lord eternally. The Supreme is one who originates new taste every instant.



Note:Moreover svAmi NampiLLai observes finer differences between that thiruvAimozhi and this one, which we shall see in the next posting

eppozhudhum nAL thingaL ANdu vUzhi vUzhi dhoRum , appozhudhaikku appozhudhu en ArA amudhamEa"

’எப்பொழும் நாள் திங்கள் ஆண்டுழி ஊழிதொறும், அப்பொழுதைக்கு அப்பொழுது, என் ஆராவமுதமே’



(to be tontinued)
 
புலவர் ஒருவர் பாட்டிலேயே விடுகதை ஒன்று போட்டார்.அதற்குவிடை தெரிகிறதா என்று பாருங்கள்.
முற்பாதி போய்விட்டால் இருட்டே ஆகும்.
முன் எழுத்து இல்லாவிட்டால்,பெண்ணே ஆகும்.
பிற்பாதி போய்விட்டால் ஏவல் சொல்லாம்.
பிற்பாதியுடன் முன் எழுத்து இருந்தால் மேகம்.'
சொற்பாகக் கடைதலைசின் மிருகத்தீனி.
தொடர் இரண்டாம் எழுத்து மாதத்தில் ஒன்றாம்.
பொற்பார் திண்புய முத்து சாமி மன்னா!
புகலுவாய் இக்கதையின் புதையல் கண்டே!
விடை கண்டு பிடித்து விட்டீர்களா?விடைதான் கவிதையிலேயே இருக்கிறதே!ஆம்,புதையல் என்பதுதான் விடை.எப்படி?
புதையல் என்ற வார்த்தையில் முதல் பாதியை நீக்கிவிட்டால்இருப்பது அல்.அல் என்றால் இருள்.முதல் எழுத்து பு வை நீக்கி விட்டால் மிஞ்சுவது தையல்.தையல் என்றால் பெண்.இச்சொல்லின் பிற்பகுதியை எடுத்துவிட்டால் புதை என்னும் கட்டளைச் சொல் ஆகிவிடும்.பிற்பாதியோடு முதல் எழுத்து சேர்ந்தால் புயல் என்று வரும்.அதன் பொருள் மேகம்.முதல் எழுத்தும் கடைசி எழுத்தும் சேர்ந்தால் புல்.புதையலில் இரண்டாம் எழுத்து தை என்பது ஒரு மாதமாகும்.
புதையல் என்ற ஒரு சொல்லிலே எத்தனை பொருள் உள்ள வார்த்தைகள் உள்ளன என்ற அழகை அழகாகப் பாடியுள்ளார் புலவர்.
 
The sacred mission of human is, awareness of the soul that dwells in all beings, and that makes human aware of his affinity with others.-sathya sai baba
 
Visalakshi Ramani said:
Mantra of the 21st century!

He............Hardware;
She...........Software;
Children....No where!

Visalakshi Ramani
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And 'virus' ? everywhere !!!

coming from anywhere ,trying to kill the "system" !!!
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During the war, the palms of Lord Sri Krishna, soft and tender like lotus petals, developed boils all over, since the steeds strained their hardest, when they were restrained or controlled as He had to hold the reins tight. The Lord devoid of food and sleep, performed services both high and low, and kept ready both horses and chariot in perfect trim. He also went on various other sundry errands, which were fundamental to achieving victory. He bathed the horses in the river, attended to their wounds and applied balm to cure them. Basically, He acted as a servant in the household of Pandavas! He never assumed the role of the Universal Sovereign that is His real nature and status. That was the measure of His affection for those devoted to Him!

- Bhagavatha Vahini, Ch 22.

I am in you, around you, above you, leading, guarding and guiding you all the time. - Baba
 
Thank You Mr. SuryaKasyapa!

The modified mantra of the 21st century ...

He............Hardware.

She...........Software.

Children.....No where and

virus..........Every where!

Visalakshi Ramani
 
The one thing a man can never stand is a woman who appears to be smarter than him!
(anonymous)

Bonus thought for the day:

The more you differ, the more you suffer!
 
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Love, modesty, propriety, a kindly eye and truthfulness-- these are the five pillars on which perfect goodness rests.-திருக்குறள்
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Hare Rama Krishna:pray:
 
( translated into Tamil by Mohan Manikkam )

வேத சாஸ்திரங்கள் நமக்கு ஒரு தாயைப் போன்றே அன்பானவை. ஒரு தாய் தனது குழந்தைகளுக்குக் கற்பிப்பது போல அறிவு நிலைக்குத் தகுந்தவாறு, காலம் மற்றும் சூழ்நிலைகளுக்குத் தேவையானவாறு சாஸ்திரங்கள் பாடங்கள்
கற்பிக்கின்றன. ஒரு தாய் தனது இரு குழந்தைகளில், திடகாத்திரமாயும்
ஆரோக்கியமாயும் உள்ள குழந்தை விரும்பும் ஒவ்வொரு உணவையும் கொடுக்கிறார்.
ஆனால் நோய்வாய்ப்பட்ட மற்றொரு குழந்தைக்கு மிகக் கவனமாக அதிக உணவைக் கொடுக்காமல், குழந்தை நல்ல ஆரோக்கியம் திரும்பப் பெறத் தேவையான உணவுப் பொருட்களை மட்டுமே கொடுக்கிறார். நாம், இது குறித்து, அந்தத் தாய் குழந்தைகளுக்கான தன் அன்பில் ஒரு குழந்தைக்கு மட்டும் ஓரபட்சமாகவும்,மற்றொரு குழந்தைக்கு குறை உள்ளதாகவும், குறை கூற முடியுமா? சாஸ்திரங்கள் கர்மா அல்லது கடமையின் ரகசியம் மற்றும் மதிப்பு பற்றி நம் கவனத்தை ஈர்க்கின்றன. கர்மா நம் வாழ்வை முன்னேறச் செய்து தன் இலட்சியங்களை நிலை நாட்டுகிறது. ஒவ்வொருவரும் கர்மாவை எப்படி அனுகூலம் தரும் நடவடிக்கையாக மாற்ற வேண்டும் என்று அறிவுறுத்தப் பட வேண்டும். இருந்த போதிலும் கர்மா மட்டுமே அனைத்தும் ஆகிவிடாது. அது ஒரு இலக்கை அடையும் வழி. அவ்வளவே.கர்மாவை வலியுறுத்துவது சாஸ்திரங்களின் முக்கிய நோக்கம் அல்ல.


சூத்ர வாகினி ,பதிவு 4,"உங்கள் வேலை வேண்டுதல் ஆகி விடுங்கள் "

அன்பால் நாளை ஆரம்பியுங்கள் ,அன்பால் நாளை நிரப்பி விடுங்கள்,அன்பால் நாளை முடியுங்கள் .இது தான் டேய்வதிர்க்கு வழி - சாய் பாபா .
 
A man balding in the front is of his head is "intelligent".

A man balding at the back of his head is a "thinker".

A man balding all over "thinks" that he is "intelligent.
 
( translated into Tamil by Mohan Manikkam )

நமது நம்பிக்கைக்கான காரணங்களை நாம் எப்போதும் அறிந்து கொள்ள முடியாது.நம்மிடம் மிகுதியாக உள்ள உணர்வுகள், அவை நம் விருப்பங்களாகவோ அல்லது வெறுப்புகள் ஆகவோ இருந்து, நம் நம்பிக்கையை அவை உருவாக்கி வளர்க்கின்றன.அவ்வாறான விருப்பு, வெறுப்புகள் நம்மை இட்டுச் செல்லும் கோபம், வெறுப்பு,பொறாமை போன்ற தீய குணங்களுக்கு நாம் இலக்கு ஆகி விடக்கூடாது. நாம் பரந்த மனப்பான்மையுள்ள, எல்லோரையும் சேர்த்துக் கொள்ளும் உணர்வுகளை வளர்க்க வேண்டும். அதன் பிறகே, நீங்கள் அதி உயர்ந்த கற்றுக்கொள்ளுதல் அல்லது வித்யாவைப் பெறத் தகுதி கொள்கிறீர்கள். அதன் மூலம் சமுதாயத்தில் மரியாதையைப் பெறுவீர்கள். நீங்கள் குறுகிய சுயநலம் மிகுந்த எண்ணங்கள்,உணர்வுகள், திட்டங்கள் ஆகியவற்றிடம் இருந்து தூர விலகி இருக்க வேண்டும்.
 
Withdraw your mind from worldly thoughts and fix it on the Name of the Lord, Hari, who charms all hearts. Listen to the wisdom of the Divine, the Bhagavatha Thathwa with all your heart. There is no activity holier than that. There can be no greater spiritual exercise or discipline or vow. The human body is a worthy boat. The story of Lord Hari is the rudder in this world of constant change. Lord Hari is the boatman who will safely ferry you across Samsara, the sea of birth and death.

- Bhagavatha Vahini, Chap 27, "Enter Sage Suka".

The Name of the Lord is the surest raft to cross the ocean of birth and death. - Baba
 
My wife Marsha returned from her first trip to Swami in 1977. She had been present at the last public Maha Shivaratri, during which our beloved Swami manifested Vibhuti, showered the audience with Ram Tirth, and produced what Prof. Kasturi was later to describe as a "self illumining crystal lingam".
Soon after her return, Marsha and I were on a visit to my father and step-mother. When they asked her, "Tell us about your trip in India," she proceeded to do just that, with all the enthusiasm of one who had just returned from her first three months with the Avatar.
Producing photographs of Swami holding up the glowing lingam, Marsha excitedly explained to this senior medical man how Sai Baba produced this unidentifiable object in His body, and then brought it forth from His mouth every year to the delight of His devotees. This was, to say the least, very difficult for my father to grasp or accept.
We did not know it at the time, but this conversation was a turning point in our relationship with our folks. Being so unfamiliar with anyone even remotely like Sai Baba they felt sure that we were being taken in by a master magician, and "feared for our sanity". As the years passed however, their fears abated when they perceived we had not given up personal control over our lives, and continued to develop as human beings.
Three years after this visit we were back again, talking in that room where the fateful exchange had taken place. I was browsing in the kitchen cabinets when I spied a set of goblets I had never seen before—of clear heavy crystal. "Hey Nona!" I called to my step-mother with mild curiosity, "where did you get the crystal goblets?" "Oh, those were a gift to your father from Dr. Sivalingam." "Oh." I replied.
So, the sceptical doctor who so profoundly doubted Lord Siva's ability to produce a lingam of crystal, had himself received crystal from a doctor named Sivalingam! And unknowingly participated in an exquisite first hand experience of what Einstein might have meant when he proclaimed, in referring to how "nature conceals her sublimity": "SUBTLE IS THE LORD, (but not malicious)..."
In August 1989 Bhagawan invited our group of twenty one Americans for an interview. I resolved that, with His Grace, I would leave it knowing more about my connection to Einstein.
During the interview Baba gave everyone private time, answered questions on all aspects of personal life, and blessed Marsha's and my entry into advanced studies in psychology. He materialized a diamond pendent for her, and a red, white and blue on gold pendent for my daughter Nilima. I was sitting next to Baba in the same position as in 1978 and was filled to overflowing.
Again, I had an opportunity to pose my question about the meaning of my relationship to Einstein. I took the opportunity, and Swami revealed some personal information that I will ponder for some time to come.
Swami then went on to say the following to the group:
"Einstein is a body. That body is dead. He was a very good man. Einstein was very patient. Peace, Peace, Peace. He was always thinking of Bhagawan."
Swami, in an apparent reference to Einstein's pain that his work laid the foundation for nuclear weapons, said "Einstein made 'gunpowder' and felt bad at the end (of his life), —he said: I have made a mistake, this was a mistake.”
Swami: "What is a scientist? Science is the study of creation. Spirituality is studying the Creator."
[Swami draws a circle with His finger on the wall:] "Man as scientist works from senses down. Man as Spirit works from senses up." "See, science is only a ' C,' (tracing one half of a circle) but Spirit is full circle. It is the difference between this and that."
Swami concluded by saying: "If science were more spiritual, it would know more. Science is no love. Science tries to get the exact truth but has no goal; it is random. Always in the laboratory. There is no love in science. Study Spirit! Spirit has a goal. Know yourself and you know everything.”
What about the Future?
To Einstein's sadness, a major response to his discoveries about relativity has been fear about the future of the planet itself.
A question arises: Dose a means exist to view or make use of Einstein's insights in a positive way—one that will truly be a "blessing to mankind, and not a curse?”
I am not a physicist or mathematician; but I offer several thoughts about this question.
I believe that not only can the example of Einstein's life stand as a blessing to humankind, but that one of the most profound expressions of his work can serve as well: the formula E = mc² (energy equals mass into the velocity of light squared).
We are accustomed to think of this formula in primarily negative terms, the unleashing of the atom's destructive potential. Paradoxically, I feel that it embodies something of a most heartening spiritual nature as well.
E = mc² mathematically expresses the unity to which Swami frequently refers, through its having scientifically established that matter and energy—the tangible and the invisible—are wholly equivalent and interchangeable i.e., that mass is simply concentrated energy; and that energy is mass minus form.
To expand: Starting with denser forms of energy, we might consider Einstein's discovery E = mc² as a metaphorical “two sided coin", with one side dark, the other light.
We are quite familiar with the "dark side"—nuclear fission. The concept of a "light" side could be considered along the following lines of thought
On the "dark" side, it seems that by tracing matter, visible and tangible, to its most extreme potentiality, we observe that it transmutes into energy, having a destructive effect upon other matter (nuclear fission).
If we do the reverse, and trace energy, diffuse and invisible, back through its various forms; from radiation, combustion, electricity, and human thought, we come to its ultimate state, Divine Thought, which we know can exert a most constructive influence upon matter.
Einstein's formula accomplishes two things: It teaches the fundamental truth that "All" is in fact "One", and that the various forms of this One can be used either for our annihilation or for our highest good, depending on the consciousness with which it is used.
Paradoxically, E = mc² provides both the means to destroy the world, and scientific validation of liberating truth that everything is interconnected and stems from one source. (The threat of the former perhaps also motivating us to seek the latter). That Source, Reality which Einstein laboured to discover, has come among us in the form of Bhagawan Baba.
While the Lord, in His infinite wisdom, granted Albert Einstein rare insight into some of the workings of His creation, and though Einstein revolutionised science and our perception of reality, like any of us, he was not fully able to grasp all aspects of his favourite subject of study.
Like Spinoza, Einstein asserted his belief in an impersonal God saying, "I can't believe in a God who gets involved in the affairs of men." Ironically, though he helped in preparing us for the Presence by demonstrating the essential unity of all creation, like Moses, Albert Einstein glimpsed but did not enter the Promised Land: he died never knowing that the Eternal Principle he sought had actually come among us.
Interestingly, and consistent with many aspects of both physics and spirituality, an element of paradox exists regarding this question. As those who have come into the orbit of Sri Sathya Sai Baba can well attest, the Creator is infinitely multi faceted and unpredictable; at one moment seemingly detached and remote "from the affairs of men” while at another (if not simultaneously) intimately involved with them, down the minutest details of their lives...
Baba's Presence here among us perhaps the greatest expression of His love, and far transcending our limits knowledge, represents the perfect synthesis of energy and matter, time an space. To gaze upon Him is in fact to see energy and matter combined in their most mysterious and perfect form.
When we consider the fact the Baba has given us His personal assurance that the world will not end in nuclear annihilation, we can know that we are beyond the shadow of the fearful implications of E = mc² and in the light of His Divine Presence, which beckon us to realize that energy, as Light, Love—God—is our only Reality. Firmly rooted in this truth, we can confidently proceed with our individual roles in Swami's transformation of the present era into a Golden Age of Divine Consciousness, utterly permeated by His Love.
May Sai bless us with the faith ant skill to traverse this world always remembering who He declares we are true synthesis of matter and Diving Energy.
"The world was created by the word of God so that what is seen was made out of things which do not appear.” — Saint Paul.
(Concluded)
 
இந்தியர்கள்
இந்தியக் குடியரசுத் தலைவராக இருந்த பொழுது டாக்டர். இராதாகிருஷ்ணன், ஆங்கிலேயர்களின் பாராட்டு விருந்து ஒன்றிற்கு சென்று இருந்தார். அப்போது ஓர் ஆங்கிலேயர், “ஆண்டவனுக்கு எங்கள் மாதிரி ஆங்கிலேயரிடம் தான் அன்பு அதிகம்! அவர் முயற்சி செய்து அதிக விருப்பத்தோடு எங்களைப் படைத்தார். அதனாலேதான் எங்களது உடல் இவ்வளவு வெண்மையாக இருக்கிறது!” என்று கூறினார்.
அப்போது, கூட்டத்தில் இருந்த டாக்டர் இராதாகிருஷ்ணன் சிரித்துக் கொண்டே இவ்வாறு பதில் கூறினார். “நண்பர்களே! ஒரு சமயம் ஆண்டவன் ரொட்டி தயாரிப்பதற்கு ஆசைப்பட்டார். உடனே அதற்கான முயற்சியில் இறங்கினார். முதல் ரொட்டியைச் சுட்டார். அது சரியாக வேகவில்லை. அதனாலே வெள்ளையாகச் சிலர் பிறந்தார்கள்! இரண்டாவதாக ஒரு ரொட்டியைச் சுட்டார். அது நிறைய நேரம் வெந்து விட்டது. அதனாலே கருப்பாகச் சிலர் பிறந்தார்கள். ஆண்டவன் இப்படி இரண்டு முறை அனுபவப்பட்டதற்கு பிறகு, மூன்றாவது முறை சரியான பக்குவத்தில் ரொட்டியைய் தயார் செய்தார். அது அரை வேக்காடகவும் போகவில்லை. கரிஞ்சும் போகவில்லை. அதன் காரணமாக இந்தியர்களாகிய நாங்கள் பிறந்தோம்”.

இதைக் கேட்டதும் கூட்டத்தில் இருந்த அனைவரும் சிரித்து விட்டார்கள். இந்நிகழ்ச்சி வேடிக்கையாக இருந்தாலும் கூட “இந்தியர்கள ஒரு பக்குவமான மானிடப் படைப்பு” என்பதை உறுதி செய்கிறது
 
Today, the experience and wisdom of great seers who have unveiled the mystery of the cosmos and their feelings of universal love are not appreciated, accepted, and respected. All religious dogmas, except a few, can easily be harmonized and reconciled. The same God is extolled and adored under various names through varied ceremonial rituals in many religions. In every age, for every race, God has sent prophets to establish peace and goodwill. Presently, many religions have spread far and wide across the world and have lost fraternal feelings over time. There is an urgent need for harmony. All great people are images of God. There is only one single caste in the realm of God and all belong to one nation, the Divine Fellowship. You must interest yourself in understanding the practices and beliefs of the others. Only then you can, with cleansed mind and loving heart, attain the Divine Presence.

-Sutra Vahini, Chap 3, "Harmony of all religions".



See Good, Be Good and Do Good. This is the way to God. - Baba
 
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