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27/06/2025

Cricketer Harbhajan Singh demonstrates it so well !! Self effort along with a coach to guide. Thanks for highlighting this Coach Paddy Upton .....

"One should elevate oneself by one's own self, and not degrade oneself. For the self alone is one's friend, and the self alone is one's enemy." Bhagwad Gita 6.5

Krishna is emphasizing self-effort and self-mastery.

When Bhajji came into the game, there wasn’t much access to fitness science, strength trainers, or personalised plans. His training? Running 20 laps a day. D...

28/01/2025

A perspective ..... A Correlation



In his landmark essay on the nature of economics, Lionel Robbins defined economics as

“the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses”

(Robbins, 1935, p. 16).

“The material means of achieving ends are limited. We have been turned out of Paradise. We have neither eternal life nor unlimited means of gratification. Everywhere we turn, if we choose one thing we must relinquish others which, in different circumstances, we wish not to have relinquished. Scarcity of means to satisfy ends of varying importance is an almost ubiquitous condition of human behaviour”

(Robbins, 1935, p. 15)

17/01/2025

70 hours; 90 hours working week ..... ?!

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 37

BG 3.37: The Supreme Lord said: It is lust alone, which is born of contact with the mode of passion, and later transformed into anger. Know this as the sinful, all-devouring enemy in the world.

Commentary

The Vedas use the word kām, or lust, not only for sexual desires but also to include all desires for material enjoyment based on the bodily concept of the self. Thus, lust shows itself in many ways—the urge for money, physical cravings, craving for prestige, the drive for power, etc. This lust is only a perverted reflection of love for God, which is the inherent nature of every living being. When the soul associates with the material energy in the form of the body, its divine love for God is transformed into lust, in association with the mode of passion. Since divine love is the highest power of God, its perversion in the material realm, which is lust, is also the most powerful force in worldly activities.

Shree Krishna identifies this “lust” for worldly enjoyment as the cause of sin, as the malignant allure sitting within us. The mode of passion deludes the soul into believing that worldly objects will give satisfaction, and so one creates desires for acquiring them. When desire is satisfied, it gives birth to greed; when it is not satisfied, it gives rise to anger. One commits sins under the influence of all three—lust, greed, and anger. Greed is nothing but intensified desire, while anger is frustrated desire. Hence, Shree Krishna labels lust, or desire, as the root of all evil.

25/10/2024

So relevant in today's world .....
"It was ego that the primitive species did not have and hence continued to collaborate and evolve ….. and this was not only collaborating with other members of the same species, but at times with species competing for the same resources, to create a dynamic balance with win win for all. The story of evolution of life on our planet is one of cohabitation and co-evolution, rather than of combat and rivalry !!" Fritjof Capra

18/10/2024

No intoxicant for 150 months; except
Nam Khumari Nanka Chari Rahey Din Raat

20/09/2024

I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. . . . In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness. ~ Henry David Thoreau

14/09/2024

There is a natural rate of growth, a rate of growth that is consistent with the expansion of the universe. And our current demand for growth is not only unsustainable but will invoke a natural balancing. Can we consciously facilitate this balancing or will we have to let the universe do it to us ? Norman Wolfe

07/09/2024

Organizations could accomplish so much more if they relied on the passion evoked when we connect to others, purpose to purpose. So many of us want to be more. So many of us hunger to discover who we might become together - M.Wheatley & M.Kellner-Rogers

06/09/2024

The ideology of leadership and management that underpins large-scale human organizations today is as limiting to organisational success as the ideology of feudalism was limiting to economic success in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries - Gary Hamel

22/08/2024

Hypocrisy ..... Shameless people. And I thought I was contributing quite well by not owning a car, among many other efforts one of which being not working for a corporate, selling my soul ..... This guy writes off multiple times, all the benefits that I thought I bring to the environment .....

We’re expected to weigh carbon pros and cons of carpools & public transport, while the rich treat the sky as their personal playground. And we’re left to imbibe bits of paper straw with our coffee.

18/08/2024

From woman, man is born; within woman, man is conceived; to woman he is engaged and married .....

The Shabad "So Kyon Manda Aakhiye" is from the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhism. This verse was composed by Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first Sikh Guru. It emphasizes the respect and reverence for women, who play a crucial role in life, underlines the importance of women in society and challenges the societal norms that demean women. Guru Nanak Dev Ji advocates for equality, showing that all humans, regardless of gender, deserve respect.

ਭੰਡਿ ਜੰਮੀਐ ਭੰਡਿ ਨਿੰਮੀਐ ਭੰਡਿ ਮੰਗਣੁ ਵੀਆਹੁ ||
From woman, man is born; within woman, man is conceived; to woman he is engaged and married.

ਭੰਡਹੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਦੋਸਤੀ ਭੰਡਹੁ ਚਲੈ ਰਾਹੁ ||
Woman becomes his friend; through woman, the future generations continue.

ਭੰਡੁ ਮੁਆ ਭੰਡੁ ਭਾਲੀਐ ਭੰਡਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਬੰਧਾਨੁ ||
When his woman dies, he seeks another woman; to woman he is bound.

ਸੋ ਕਿਉ ਮੰਦਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਜਿਤੁ ਜੰਮਹਿ ਰਾਜਾਨ ||
So why call her bad? From her, kings are born.

ਭੰਡਹੁ ਹੀ ਭੰਡੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਭੰਡੈ ਬਾਜਿ ਸਲਾਮਿ ||
From woman, woman is born; without woman, there would be no one at all.

ਨਾਨਕ ਭੰਡੈ ਬਾਹਰਾ ਏਕੋ ਸਚਾ ਸੋਇ ||
O Nanak, only the True Lord is without a woman.

ਜਿਤੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਸਦਾ ਸਾਲਾਹੀਐ ਭਾਗਾ ਰਤੀ ਚਾਰਿ ||
That mouth which praises the Lord continually is blessed and beautiful.

ਨਾਨਕ ਤੇ ਮੁਖ ਊਜਲੇ ਤਿਤੁ ਸਚੈ ਦਰਬਾਰਿ ||੨||
O Nanak, those faces shall be radiant in the Court of the True Lord.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji emphasizes the significance of women in all aspects of life. He questions the societal norms that degrade women, pointing out that from women come men, kings, and all of humanity. The Shabad underscores that women should be respected, as they are central to creation and life. The only entity without a woman is the True Lord, according to Guru Nanak. The Shabad concludes by stating that those who praise the Lord with sincere hearts will be honored in His court.

18/07/2024

"Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself" Viktor Frankl

No Tall Claims, No Big Promises, No Lofty Vision .....
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