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Ethics

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                        spiritual laws,
                knitted into moral sense
                as code of conduct.                ( A Haiku)

02/27/2009

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Cosmic Universe

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                impeccable work,
           indisputable delight,
           unfathomable.                      ( A Haiku)

02/27/2009

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Twenty Leaves

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Twenty Leaves

I opened the book ---

The book of our life.

How many leaves it has I don’t know.

The book contains many stories.

How were the stories till the nineteenth leaf?

They were about silent adventures.

We walked through valleys,

Across the deserts; on the seas;

Into the woods, thro’ the wilderness.

He was with us, the ONE behind the scenes.

I turn the first leaf:

We were chased out to wander

But He sent us a shepherd.

I turned the second leaf:

We took a root of life

And He gave us wisdom to grow.

I turned the third leaf:

The seed began to sprout

He always watered us.

I turn the fourth leaf:

The stem of life took its shape

He appointed gardeners.

I turn the fifth leaf:

Somebody threw weeds around us,

But He plucked out them.

I turn the sixth leaf:

You were thrown into a pit,

But He saved you by His grace.

I turn the seventh leaf:

I rolled down the deep,

But He held me from the fall.

I turn the eighth leaf:

Little thorns pricked us,

We bled, yet the Doctor nursed us.

I turn the ninth leaf:

We blew trumpets,

And there raised some plotters.

I turn the tenth leaf:

The plotters carried us to darkness,

And we groped there a while,

Yet a Samaritan took us on his horse.

I turn the eleventh leaf:

We were on the cradle

And lullaby was sung.

I turn the twelfth leaf:

Stray storms hit us,

Yet He set us a weathercock.

I turn the thirteenth leaf:

A game was played against us –

It was about fake social ties,

But the Guardian always moved with us.

I turn the sixteenth leaf:

He opened us a new way of fragrance,

And we entered it with joy.

I turn the seventeenth leaf:

He established a vineyard,

We tilled the ground for more.

I turn the eighteenth leaf:

He offered us His miraculous Gift.

Now we’ve become three to walk.

I turn the nineteenth leaf:

We had to tread on twigs,

For it was a part of His plan.

I turn the twentieth leaf today (30 Nov 2006).

We three continue to traverse towards Him.

And He shall be with us till the end.

Let the book be kept open --

The book of our life.

I hope so many leaves are still more.

They ought to contain many stories.

Let’s pray unto Him:

"Give us a some days

to turn some more leaves."

Today is the twentieth leaf.

Let three of us walk together

And He be with us till the end

And our end is with Him.

This is my offering from my heart

Unto you both.

Read it, feel it, enjoy it

And praise Him.

02/27/2009

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You Too Can Write Verses

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YOU TOO CAN WRITE VERSES

If you wish to write verses, first THINK. Thinking is the most powerful phenomenon of presenting ideas. The world is packed with multitude of things to think over. For instance, Moon, Stars, Sunset, Circus, Mother, etc. Once you think of a particular subject matter, STUDY it. Learn its characteristics. Relate other subjects to it. Feel it and express how you are influenced by it.

Writing verses is like playing a game. If you play foot ball, you will handle the ball in such a way that your efforts will take the ball to the target. You will kick the ball, you will twist the ball, you will drag the ball until you send it into the target. You will focus your attention on the ball and target.

Choose appropriate but simple words that suit to the subject matter. Do not try pompous and high-sounding words. Use words of daily use. Express your ideas freely. Do not control the flow of thoughts. Scribble what you think. Write naturally without being confined to formalities. Here is a sample verse on SUNSET.

SUNSET

I look at the sun in the evening,

A big ball of fire, crimson in co lour,

But exhausted to sleep for a while

After a long journey in the sky across.

It hath made me think of man’s life

Life’s a journey that hath an end

As a beginning in the morning so fresh

So in the journey one hath to live and shine.

The phrases " sun in the evening" , "a big ball of fire…exhausted….after a journey" describe the scene of sunset. The phrases "man’s life is a journey" , "beginning" and "end" describe the concept related to sunset. Focussing attention on these concepts, add words that form a coherence.

If you think deeply, you ;too can write verse. Once you become familiar with metre rhyme scheme, rhythm and various forms of poetry, you are expected to adapt them and become a budding poet.

02/27/2009

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Which is Greater --- human relationship or blood relationship?

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Which is greater --- human relationship or blood relationship?

No other living things on earth except man have the power of reasoning. It is obvious that he alone has intelligence. Hence he is greater than all other creations. (He was in the Mind of God, the Creator and was rendered life with "flesh and blood").

Obviously seen, man is interdependent on one another. He is born as an individual, but compels to live in society.

Man was not created alone, but with a helpmate – wife, to share his joy and pain both physically and mentally. Circumstances made man enlarge his population and define the enlargement as "relationship". Man begins his population with family, the microcosmic society, and extends to a greater dominion, the macrocosmic society.

Initially, man is trained to live in family, which is micro-cosmic domain, and is brought to the larger society, which macro-cosmic empire. In micro-cosmic domain, man learns the way how to enter the macro-cosmic empire. It is a logical analysis that family is a small-knit of individuals who are interdependent on one another, for these individuals ought to know the ideal of greater unity among one’s fellow-beings on earth.

But it is sad to say that this micro-cosmic bond has let in the philosophy "blood is thicker than water" justifying it with biological explanations. Time and again, this philosophy has strongly been rooted deep into the unseen power of reasoning which is claimed as the sole possession of every human being living on earth.

A man is bound to a woman in marriage. The bond made in marriage builds a sort of relationship. In due course of time, a third individual joins this relationship. Here beings "blood" relationship which may or may not extend. There is nothing wrong in establishing "blood", for it is quite natural and forgiving. In "blood" relationship, genes play a vital role in the making of strong bonds which may or may not be healthy.

Of course, "blood is thicker than water", however, when money and status creep into "one’s blood", "water" becomes thicker, and ‘blood" relationship turns "money and status" relationship. The "in-laws", "uncle-aunt", "cousin", "nephew – niece" relationships may possibly be corrupted by means of lucrative gain.

What if strangers are forced to build "relationship" amongst them? Building relationship with strangers is out of compulsion in order to seek "moral" support in an alien atmosphere. Helping hands may extend amongst them, but those helping hands have "restricted hearts". Possibly seldom occurs in continuing this relationship among a few awhile. (Time alone can justify it.)

Human relationship never seeks "blood" (family descent), "friendship" and "selfish intimacy" with others (even strangers), etc. It surpasses all these mundane bonds and establishes fraternity among fellow-beings irrespective of all so-called limitations of individual and social existence on earth.

Human relationship believes in equality in existence, equality in sharing rights, equality in using wealth, equality in every point of life, nullifying theoretical and practical concern over selected individuals and groups practicing charity one another giving no way to emergence of baseless difference and discrepancies among human beings. Human blood is RED.

If individuals recognize one another, human relationship is built. Recognition of one another’s joy and pain; recognition of one another’s needs and recognition of one another’s individuality strengthen human relationship. No one can deny "blood is thicker than water."

Human relationship surpasses material bonds such as religion, caste, creed, language, money and status, etc.

A labourer with his wife and their sick baby traveled 40 kilometers from his village to show their child to a child specialist. There was a long queue. Seconds transform to minutes, minutes transform to hours. It was his consultation. The "doctor" examined the sick baby. Diagnosis was over in seconds. "My diagnosis is still in pending. It takes another 24 hours. Come tomorrow." The labourer said," Sir, we traveled 40 kilometers. How is it possible? We’re poor." "But you must stay tonight." The "doctor" ordered. The labourer asked, "Where?" "Anywhere". It was the shout of the "doctor". Where is human relationship? If the labourer were the "doctor’s" "blood" relationship, the matter would turn affirmative. The "doctor" himself would have accommodated the labourer and his family. If the labourer were a rich man, he would not have any concern over accommodation. To persons like the "doctor", "blood is thicker than water."

Logical reasoning and human consideration are required to justify "which is greater --- human relationship or blood relationship?" Justification of greatness lies in human relationship and this ought to be established. Groundless arguments must be curtailed that human understanding can be realized by everyone. Materialistic thinking can be nullified that humanistic approach will be established for an ideal sojourn by every individual on earth.

02/27/2009

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