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But I have dealt with it in detail already and did not want to repeat it!
But I have dealt with it in detail already and did not want to repeat it!
Mami you forgot to mention that its Maslow's hierarchy of needs
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Sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing are the basic human abilities.
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Basic human haters represented in a Venn diagram.
This diagram suggests that all the hatreds, of men, of women,
of marriage and of new births, are all subsets of misanthropy.
Misanthropy is the general hatred, mistrust or disdain of the human species or human nature.
Misogamy is Hatred of marriage.
Misogyny is the hatred or dislike of women or girls.
Misandry is the hatred or dislike of men or boys.
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The six basic fears as listed by Napoleon Hill.
In his classic 1937 book Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill identified the six basic fears:
1. Poverty
2. Criticism
3. Ill Health
4. Loss of Love
5. Old Age
6. Death
Are we really that different 70 years later?
We're living longer, healthier and with more money. That doesn't mean the fears are gone.
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By Dr. Leon James
Professor Of Psychology
University of Hawaii.
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Pancha Kosas
Vedas state that in this visible world, all physical matter is created by the combination of the five elements – also our physical body with its organs etc. - but there are things which we cannot see with our eyes.
We can see a magnet but the magnetic fields surrounding the magnet are invisible to our eyes. Similarly, every
human exists not only of the visible body but possesses some subtle energy fields along with his physical body.
Their names in Sanskrit and English are as follows:
The physical body is in the physical level and can be seen with the eyes.
The subtler bodies can't be seen with our physical eyes.
They exist in the cosmic level.
Vedas state that in this visible world, all physical matter is created by the combination of the five elements – also our physical body with its organs etc. - but there are things which we cannot see with our eyes.
We can see a magnet but the magnetic fields surrounding the magnet are invisible to our eyes. Similarly, every
human exists not only of the visible body but possesses some subtle energy fields along with his physical body.
Their names in Sanskrit and English are as follows:
- Annamaya Kosa = Physical Body
- Pranamaya Kosa = Energy Body
- Manomaya Kosa = Astral Body
- Vignanamaya Kosa = Mental Body
- Aanandamaya Kosa = Causal body
The physical body is in the physical level and can be seen with the eyes.
The subtler bodies can't be seen with our physical eyes.
They exist in the cosmic level.
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The five common states of the human body.
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The predominance of the three Gunas in the different Yugas.
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Please make sure that you do not miss any of today's posting # 1636 to 1660.
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# 123. Believe it or not
Our body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.
Our bodies expend a large amount of calories keeping us at a steady 98.6 degrees -
enough to boil water or even cook pasta.
Our body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.
Our bodies expend a large amount of calories keeping us at a steady 98.6 degrees -
enough to boil water or even cook pasta.
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Recap # 7
Red Coral.
Precious coral or red coral is the common name given to Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine Coral.
The distinguishing characteristic of precious corals is their durable and intensely colored red or pink skeleton which is used in making jewels.
Red corals grow on rocky sea bottom with low sedimentation- in dark environments—either in the depths or in dark caverns or crevices.
The original species, C. rubrum, flourishes in the Mediterranean Sea. It grows at depths from 10 to 300 mt.
Red corals have the shape of small leafless bushes and grow up to a meter in height. Their valuable skeleton is composed of inter meshed spicules of hard calcium carbonate colored in shades of red by the pigments of carotenoid.
Red Coral.
Precious coral or red coral is the common name given to Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine Coral.
The distinguishing characteristic of precious corals is their durable and intensely colored red or pink skeleton which is used in making jewels.
Red corals grow on rocky sea bottom with low sedimentation- in dark environments—either in the depths or in dark caverns or crevices.
The original species, C. rubrum, flourishes in the Mediterranean Sea. It grows at depths from 10 to 300 mt.
Red corals have the shape of small leafless bushes and grow up to a meter in height. Their valuable skeleton is composed of inter meshed spicules of hard calcium carbonate colored in shades of red by the pigments of carotenoid.
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# 124. Believe it or not
Our ears secrete more earwax when we are afraid than when we aren’t.
The chemicals and hormones released when we are afraid may have
unseen effects on our body in the form of earwax.
Studies have suggested that fear causes the ears to produce more of the sticky substance,
though the reasons are not yet clear.
I remember Shrek pulling out a candle from his ear and lighting it.
Was he afraid of the ogre hunters???
Our ears secrete more earwax when we are afraid than when we aren’t.
The chemicals and hormones released when we are afraid may have
unseen effects on our body in the form of earwax.
Studies have suggested that fear causes the ears to produce more of the sticky substance,
though the reasons are not yet clear.
I remember Shrek pulling out a candle from his ear and lighting it.
Was he afraid of the ogre hunters???
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Recap #8.
Emerald.
Emerald is a variety of the mineral beryl. It is colored green by traces of Chromium and Vanadium. Beryl has a hardness of 7.5–8 Mohs. Most emeralds are very brittle.
Emeralds are graded using four basic parameters – the four Cs : Color, Cut, Clarity and Crystal.
Before the 20th century, jewelers used the term water as in “a gem of the finest water” to express the combination of two qualities, color and crystal.
Normally, in the grading of colored gemstones, color is by far the most important criterion.
However, in the grading of emerald, crystal is considered a close second. Both are necessary conditions.
A fine emerald must possess not only a pure verdant green color but also a high degree of transparency to be considered a top gem.
In the 1960s the American jewelry industry changed the definition of ‘emerald’ to include the green vanadium-bearing beryl as emerald.
As a result, vanadium emeralds purchased as emeralds in the United States are not recognized as such in the UK and Europe.
In America, the distinction between traditional emeralds and the new vanadium kind is often reflected in the use of terms such as ‘Colombian Emerald.’
Emerald is a brittle gem. It tends to chip off easily. It is rarely flawless. Chromium - a hard white metal- causes its rich green color.
In ancient times. powdered emerald was believed to cure fever and plague. Colombia is the chief source of finest emeralds.
Emerald.
Emerald is a variety of the mineral beryl. It is colored green by traces of Chromium and Vanadium. Beryl has a hardness of 7.5–8 Mohs. Most emeralds are very brittle.
Emeralds are graded using four basic parameters – the four Cs : Color, Cut, Clarity and Crystal.
Before the 20th century, jewelers used the term water as in “a gem of the finest water” to express the combination of two qualities, color and crystal.
Normally, in the grading of colored gemstones, color is by far the most important criterion.
However, in the grading of emerald, crystal is considered a close second. Both are necessary conditions.
A fine emerald must possess not only a pure verdant green color but also a high degree of transparency to be considered a top gem.
In the 1960s the American jewelry industry changed the definition of ‘emerald’ to include the green vanadium-bearing beryl as emerald.
As a result, vanadium emeralds purchased as emeralds in the United States are not recognized as such in the UK and Europe.
In America, the distinction between traditional emeralds and the new vanadium kind is often reflected in the use of terms such as ‘Colombian Emerald.’
Emerald is a brittle gem. It tends to chip off easily. It is rarely flawless. Chromium - a hard white metal- causes its rich green color.
In ancient times. powdered emerald was believed to cure fever and plague. Colombia is the chief source of finest emeralds.
We dream something but not everybody dreams in colour
Dreams sometimes become symbolic
Animal too has the tendency to dream
In Life we find many novel things to watch and sometimes they appear to be facts.
1. If one cannot sleep at night and find that his wife is snoring , he makes some kind of noise to wake her up and pretend that the noise was done unintentionally .
2. If one has a big family and they have only one toilet which has remained empty for quite sometime, very often as he/she enters and close the door , someone will knock requesting him/her to come out quickly so that he/she could get in.
3. One happens to read a newspaper in a train, a fellow passenger bends down his head trying to read what the other person is reading and if he gives him the paper he may not get it back for quite sometime. May be that person has passed it on to another passenger and you then look on helplessly !
4 If somebody lends money to someone get thanks but later if there is an occasion when he/she asks again and if the person
regrets the inability heshe will talk all bad things about the person to others who has helped earlier.
5. When someone queues up at a counter to purchase a Ticket or obtain a form very often the gentleman or the lady behind the counter will disappear for a while just when that person reaches in front of the counter.
6. Suppose you go to a Bank, get your work done and almost about to leave, a gentleman sees a pen in your pocket and requests for it, you now have to wait till he completes his job , sometimes there is not even a word of thanks !
7. You meet an acquaintance in a bus who sits next to you. When the Conductor comes, you pay his fare too while he looks on and pretends as if he is in difficulty to take out the money from his pocket to pay the fare.
8. When you talk about your family, the person to whom you are talking to is not paying much attention but when the person starts to talk about his /her family expects you to listen to each word attentively !
9. A person is stranded on the road with his vehicle which is having problem. You are on the road walking . You volunteer to help and eventually put it right , the person drives off without even asking if he could drop you somewhere and you stand there with your untidy hands.
10. You are watching some interesting programme on your TV. Your friend comes and when you are back with drinks you find that he/she has the remote control in hand and has already changed the channel to watch some other programme.
11. A person has come to meet you in the evening. You have entertained him/her and chatted for hours. The person shows no desire of returning home so you yawn and make frequent movement inside the house till he/she leaves seat and says good night.
12. You have just returned cash loan to your friend. When you ask him to count the money he says there is no need to count but the moment he returns home the first thing he does is counting.
13. You are travelling in a train in an unreserved compartment. You have somehow managed a seat. A gentleman comes and asks you to move a bit so that he can also sit. The next thing you realize that he is more comfortably sitting than you.
14. Sometimes when you lie in bed just to take a little rest and not sleep you fall asleep quickly but when you make the bed nicely hoping to have a good sleep you can’t.
15. On the days you need to get up from bed early to do a lot of things you cannot open your eyes and on other days you get up early when you could have taken some more rest.
16. When you are amidst a lot of people and if there is a cause of some good laughter whilst everyone is laughing you sometimes laugh foolishly without knowing the reason.
17. You wait for your train at the station and find all the trains are coming on time except the one you are waiting for.
18. A man buys a good novel and is on his way back home. He meets his friend on the road who upon seeing the book wonders if he could please borrow the book for two days. You lend him the book and he returns home happily. Few days pass by but there is no return of the book and on enquiry the friend says that the book is in possession of another friend who has borrowed only today and promised to return after seven days.
19. A gentleman borrows a brand new suit from his friend to go to a party. Returninng home from the party he finds on it a bad stain of chicken curry. He tries hard to remove at home but fails. Next morning he returns the suit to his friend nicely pressed and folded in a packet without mentioning about the stain.
20. You are at home sitting alone with plenty of time at your disposal. How nicely the time could pass if a friend could drop in but no one turns up. One day you are in a hurry to go out for some very important work and about to leave when few friends arrive to have a good chat with you.
21. Someone has told you something and requested you to keep the matter a secret. You said " O.K." The next day you mention about this to somebody else who assures you that the matter will be kept strictly confidential.
Balasubramanian
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1. If one cannot sleep at night and find that his wife is snoring , he makes some kind of noise to wake her up and pretend that the noise was done unintentionally .
2. If one has a big family and they have only one toilet which has remained empty for quite sometime, very often as he/she enters and close the door , someone will knock requesting him/her to come out quickly so that he/she could get in.
3. One happens to read a newspaper in a train, a fellow passenger bends down his head trying to read what the other person is reading and if he gives him the paper he may not get it back for quite sometime. May be that person has passed it on to another passenger and you then look on helplessly !
4 If somebody lends money to someone get thanks but later if there is an occasion when he/she asks again and if the person
regrets the inability heshe will talk all bad things about the person to others who has helped earlier.
5. When someone queues up at a counter to purchase a Ticket or obtain a form very often the gentleman or the lady behind the counter will disappear for a while just when that person reaches in front of the counter.
6. Suppose you go to a Bank, get your work done and almost about to leave, a gentleman sees a pen in your pocket and requests for it, you now have to wait till he completes his job , sometimes there is not even a word of thanks !
7. You meet an acquaintance in a bus who sits next to you. When the Conductor comes, you pay his fare too while he looks on and pretends as if he is in difficulty to take out the money from his pocket to pay the fare.
8. When you talk about your family, the person to whom you are talking to is not paying much attention but when the person starts to talk about his /her family expects you to listen to each word attentively !
9. A person is stranded on the road with his vehicle which is having problem. You are on the road walking . You volunteer to help and eventually put it right , the person drives off without even asking if he could drop you somewhere and you stand there with your untidy hands.
10. You are watching some interesting programme on your TV. Your friend comes and when you are back with drinks you find that he/she has the remote control in hand and has already changed the channel to watch some other programme.
11. A person has come to meet you in the evening. You have entertained him/her and chatted for hours. The person shows no desire of returning home so you yawn and make frequent movement inside the house till he/she leaves seat and says good night.
12. You have just returned cash loan to your friend. When you ask him to count the money he says there is no need to count but the moment he returns home the first thing he does is counting.
13. You are travelling in a train in an unreserved compartment. You have somehow managed a seat. A gentleman comes and asks you to move a bit so that he can also sit. The next thing you realize that he is more comfortably sitting than you.
14. Sometimes when you lie in bed just to take a little rest and not sleep you fall asleep quickly but when you make the bed nicely hoping to have a good sleep you can’t.
15. On the days you need to get up from bed early to do a lot of things you cannot open your eyes and on other days you get up early when you could have taken some more rest.
16. When you are amidst a lot of people and if there is a cause of some good laughter whilst everyone is laughing you sometimes laugh foolishly without knowing the reason.
17. You wait for your train at the station and find all the trains are coming on time except the one you are waiting for.
18. A man buys a good novel and is on his way back home. He meets his friend on the road who upon seeing the book wonders if he could please borrow the book for two days. You lend him the book and he returns home happily. Few days pass by but there is no return of the book and on enquiry the friend says that the book is in possession of another friend who has borrowed only today and promised to return after seven days.
19. A gentleman borrows a brand new suit from his friend to go to a party. Returninng home from the party he finds on it a bad stain of chicken curry. He tries hard to remove at home but fails. Next morning he returns the suit to his friend nicely pressed and folded in a packet without mentioning about the stain.
20. You are at home sitting alone with plenty of time at your disposal. How nicely the time could pass if a friend could drop in but no one turns up. One day you are in a hurry to go out for some very important work and about to leave when few friends arrive to have a good chat with you.
21. Someone has told you something and requested you to keep the matter a secret. You said " O.K." The next day you mention about this to somebody else who assures you that the matter will be kept strictly confidential.
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
Source : Google
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One comes across many things in life, but a few of them are :
Everyone prefers the Health as the first of life
Acquisition of Wealth is the next of life
Possession of good Character is the best of life
Expecting respect must in life
Turning point is the test of a life
Affection and love is very crucial in life
Happiness, no doubt is the aroma of life
Truth and Divine Power is the search of life
God's Blessing is the cream of Life
Death, alas, is the rest of life.
Balasubramanian
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Everyone prefers the Health as the first of life
Acquisition of Wealth is the next of life
Possession of good Character is the best of life
Expecting respect must in life
Turning point is the test of a life
Affection and love is very crucial in life
Happiness, no doubt is the aroma of life
Truth and Divine Power is the search of life
God's Blessing is the cream of Life
Death, alas, is the rest of life.
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
There are some facts which everyone comes across in life. viz.
If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side.
If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side
If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water.
For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system.
Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day.
Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, while women's shirts have the buttons on the left
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If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side.
If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side
If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water.
For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system.
Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day.
Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, while women's shirts have the buttons on the left
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
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# 125. Believe it or not
It is not possible to tickle ourselves!
Even the most ticklish among us do not have the ability to tickle ourselves.
The reason is that our brain predicts the tickle from information it already has,
like how our fingers are moving. It knows and can feel where the tickle is coming from,
and where to, our brain doesn’t respond in the same way
as it would if someone else was doing the tickling.
In spiritual terms this is called knowing oneself.
"If you know thyself, no one can tickle you pink!"
It is not possible to tickle ourselves!
Even the most ticklish among us do not have the ability to tickle ourselves.
The reason is that our brain predicts the tickle from information it already has,
like how our fingers are moving. It knows and can feel where the tickle is coming from,
and where to, our brain doesn’t respond in the same way
as it would if someone else was doing the tickling.
In spiritual terms this is called knowing oneself.
"If you know thyself, no one can tickle you pink!"
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