Teachings and Teacher

Ramakant Acharekar was not a better cricketer than Sachin. Yet, it was his coaching that showed Sachin to Sachin, and in turn showed him to the world and world of cricket.

O.M.Nambiar was no match to P.T.Usha, but it was he who gave India one of the greatest athletes.

Gopichand in Badminton is no way better than Sindhu , but it was his coaching , perseverance, identifying the potential gave India the Silver medal in recent Olympics.

The glory of Dronacharya was to have developed Arjuna to the point where Arjuna was able to win the battle with his own teacher.

• We need someone outside to us to guide us. 
• They are the mirrors that reflect us to ourselves, that show us the strengths with which we can challenge our weaknesses. 
• We need coaches to sharpen our skills. 
• We need teachers to expand our knowledge. 
• We need Gurus to realize our spiritual life.

Our nursery teachers may not have made it as big as we in our life, but our life was built on the foundation of knowledge he or she gave us. Let us not compare ourselves with our guiding light.

• If you remove the Sun from the rays, nothing will remain. 
• If you remove the mud from the pot, nothing will remain. 
• If you remove the cause from the effect, nothing remains. 
• If we remove the teachings of our teachers from us, nothing of us will remain.

The math’s teacher wrote “ 1000” on the board and asked the student who was constantly disturbing the classes, “ How much is this “ confident, yet embarrassed by the simplicity of the question, the boy replied “ One thousand” . Now the teacher added a zero to the right and pointing at “ 10000” asked, “ How much is this “ “ Ten Thousand”, came the prompt reply. Now the teacher added another zero, but this time to the left of “ 1” and pointing “ 010000” again enquired, “ how much now ?” The Same…. Ten thousand , the boy replied.

The teacher smiled , winked and then said, “ When an insignificant number follows a significant number, it gains value. When the same insignificant number tries to go ahead of the significant number, then it has no value. So is the relationship between a teacher and a student. When a student follows the teacher, he or she gains value. The other way round…. Well , I don’t want to state the obvious.

The greatness of a coach is to show the player how capable he or she is. The greatness of a player how capable he is and live up to the capability he has been shown.

Be Blissful

S.Sekar

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Notebook and Our Life

Think of a notebook with several pages. Each page in itself is just an open page. It is up to us to either scribble on it or write poetry on it. Irrespective of what we do with the page, we can still turn to the next page. Once again, we have the choice of either scribbling on it or writing poetry on this new page. Till the notebook ends, the freedom of choice to use or abuse the pages of the notebook purely rests with us. More importantly, even if we have wasted the first half of the notebook with just scribbling, we can still write poetries after poetries in the second half of the notebook and make the notebook worth preserving.

Metaphorically, the notebook can be compared with our life and each open page in it to a day in our life. The dawn of every day offers you the choice of using or abusing the day. Till you embrace death, the freedom of choice to use or abuse the days of your life purely rests with you. Whatever be our age, as worst-case scenario, even if you have wasted the entire past of your life, you can still make a beginning, starting today.

• The past is irrelevant. 
• We cannot undo the past. 
• There are no ctrl+Z options in life. So, let it go. 
• Draw a line to the past. 
• The present forms the building blocks to our future. 
• Begin from where we can begin and that is now. 
• Start now. Use our present to build our future. 
• Our future is yet to be and it begins from today,

We can make the most of every day of our life from now on and create a life that will be cherished. It is never late to begin. It is never too late to get awakened in life. Our future begins now. Move with this confidence and we can make a difference in our life.

Life is not about finding yourself, Life is about creating yourself.

Wishing you most and more

Have a wonderful day and a great week.

Be Blissful.

S.Sekar

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Beyond Me, Mine, Myself

Without an element of Selflessness, there is no peace. Unless there is something beyond me, mine and myself, there is no peace. Any work done with a selfless intent is doing God’s work and the reward of doing God’s work is peace. Selfless work does not mean only social work and charity. By going the extra mile by surpassing expectations, by focusing on what you can give than what you can receive, by doing something without expecting something in reciprocation, in sharing, in caring, in listening, doing something without a personal motive wiping a tear of a friend, relative, colleague, causing a smile, by simply asking “ Who needs me”? than “who is there for me”- in any way you put the other above yourself, you are selfless. The fragrance cannot be separated from the flower. The fragrance of selflessness is PEACE.

• Create a moment of non-doing. 
• Gift yourself moments with nature. 
• Discipline some time slots that are free from sensory overload. 
• Spend some time without talking.
• Spend some time listening to the sound of silence.
• Spend some time eyes closed.
• Connect with yourself

There are times to run, there are times to slow down, further slowdown and further slowdown and in it, you discover peace.

People believe “In finding God, Creator, they will find peace”. The truth is “In finding peace. You will find it”. In fact, God will find you…

Have a great day and wonderful weekend.

Be blissful

S.Sekar

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Brilliant post I have read...

Son decides to admit the father in the old age home as desired by his wife (the daughter in law).

He brings his father in the car to an old age home run by a Christian priest.
The receptionist gives diff choices like TV, AC, Veg etc. Father says No TV, AC etc. 

Son goes out to bring luggage from car. The wife calls up to check whether all fine. In addition, insists that father need not come home even for festivals.

The Christian priest appears and talks to the old man. Son wonders and asks the Christian priest whether he knows his father before as they were talking as though they knew each other.

Christian priest says.Yes. He came here 30 years back and took with him an orphan boy in adoption.

Speechless!

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What is MATURITY by Adi Sankara

1. Maturity is when you stop trying to change others, instead focus on changing
yourself.

2. Maturity is when you accept people as they are.

3. Maturity is when you understand everyone is right in his or her own perspective.

4. Maturity is when you learn to "let go".

5. Maturity is when you are able to drop "expectations" from a relationship and give
for the sake of giving.

6. Maturity is when you understand whatever you do; you do for your own peace.

7. Maturity is when you stop proving to the world, how intelligent you are.

8. Maturity is when you don't seek approval from others.

9. Maturity is when you stop comparing with others.

10. Maturity is when you are at peace with yourself.

11. Maturity is when you are able to differentiate between "need" and "want" and are able to let go of your wants.

And the last but most meaningful!

12. You gain Maturity when you stop attaching "happiness" to material things!

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FOCUS IN LIFE

In our life, we get distracted with everything we see. We get attracted by everything we want. I have met people, you give them an idea, and immediately they will say that they are going to start a business with that idea, which they never started. Lot of people have an ambition and keep saying that they want to start a fast food restaurant or a boutique etc. Dreamers keep on dreaming, live as a dreamer and Die as a dreamer. And no dream turned into a reality. What is the point? You think you can do hundred things in life and end up doing nothing in life.

You should understand the focus is not only your ability to say yes to the one, but also the discipline to say no to other 99. Nobody has put it better than Dr.Ambedkar when he was asked –“Why you did not do enough for freedom fighting “. Ambedkar said to commit one’s life to one cause is when he or she will do justice to that one cause. If a person commit to multiple causes he or she will not do justice to any of the cause. I have committed to the cause of abolishing the untouchability and let me live every breath of my life only for that. He was clear on the focus and so was his ability to say yes to the one and the discipline to say no to the other 99.

You should have clarity on what is that you want to say and ensure that your life journey is smooth because of your one pointed focus. “It does not matter how much you have, what really matters is what you do with what you have “. It is about attaching yourself to the process of achieving that one and having a discipline of focusing the matter the most in your life without getting too much distracted by other things in your life, you are sure to achieve that one thing.

Get focused in your life my dear friends

F – Follow

O – One

C – Course

U – Until

S – Successful

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HOW I START MY DAY

I consider early morning to be an auspicious one especially between 4 and 6 AM when it is called Brahmamuhurtham time. You can do your work with full concentration without any disturbance in a calm and serene atmosphere. Being awake an hour or so before the rest of the city wakes up is a satisfying feeling.

Being a morning person has many advantages – most important being the feeling of staying- ahead-of-time. It is a refreshing and inspirational time, where one can reflect and plan one’s day ahead. This is a particularly productive time especially for my writing reading, chanting slokas and hymns (A song of praise to God). I jot down the things to be done for the day and add the remaining work of the previous day.

A pleasant morning can only be further enjoyed with a healthy diet. I start with a full glass of boiled water and go out for an early morning walk and getting milk for the house. I make my own freshly brewed coffee with hot milk, which I prepare.

While walking on the road I see both my palms put together closely and pray to God that the day is good and it will go smoothly for me as yesterday. I will think of Bagawan even at the time of my death as I keep repeating for myself O Bagawan even if I ever forget you, my tongue and my mind will continue to chant Omkara Mantra all the time.

I prepare my breakfast, which is a plain Oats kanji consisting of Oats in water boiled and taken as a drink. I take two slices of Bread and some biscuits. A protein heavy breakfast helps in burning fat as the day progresses. I freshen up brushing teeth. Having eaten, taking bath and dressed, I am then ready to face the world and do my daily chores.

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