New year Resolution

Every new year people take big big resolutions like "i won't drink this year" and "i won't smoke this year". And within a few weeks they will go back to their old habits. It is not so easy to get rid of from habits. The old proverb about habit well depict how difficult it is to free ourselves from habits.

Therefore never make such strange pledge like above mentioned. It will give you only pain when you fail to keep that. In that case what we can do in this new year? We must do something.

Take some soft and easy -to -keep-resolutions.This will give you some satisfaction of keeping the word and self confidence. That will boost up your energy to go forward. Some Examples of easy resolutions

i will be happy always

i will smile at someone everyday.

i will not tell lie

i will study one new word every day not five.

i will read a holy book verse everyday.

Wishing U all a peaceful and Grace filled New Year

Fr Lionel Mascarenhas SJ passed away

Fr Lionel Mascarenhas SJ passed away this morning at Papal seminary.He was suffering from old age diseases.Before two weeks he was hospitalized for three days at Ruby Hall clinic.His funeral is on 30th Wednesday at 10.00am in Papal Seminary chapel.He was a living saint.Even he was suffering from illness he used to cater to the needs of the seminarians in different ways.He is famous for his revolutionary phrase"freedom with responsibility."

How to sign out from outlook 2007

Oh I think you may be cursing the Microsoft and Bill Gates for preparing such a program like Outlook 2007 when you met with an unexpected problem like this. But the solution for this problem is as simple as Outlook itself. I too had the same problem and I was also cursing. There is no need to log on to www.microsoft.com/support for solving this. Either you need not to log on to www.yahoo.com or www.google.com. If you log on to these sites for solution you will be led astray. Therefore I come to the solution.

The remedy for this is to just close the application. As soon as you close the application Outlook you will be automatically signed out. But you have to do one more thing in order to ensure that nobody send email from your account. Go Tools and take account settings then remove the tick from remember your password option. Then you can believe that nobody can access your account without entering the password. Once closed again if you want to send email you will have to enter the password. If you don't enter the password you will not even find the send button in the Outlook.

Then enjoy the Outlook and make merry.

Why people tell lie?

Some people tell lie in order to survive. Some tell because it is their part and parcel of their life. But why does a friend tell lie when there is no need to tell one. This is what troubles me in this Holy Season of Christmas and New Year. I don't really understand this behavior of certain people. It constantly provokes me to react. Then I thought of writing about this habit on blog. I think this is a positive reaction from me.

This incident took place today morning. I sent a Christmas greetings to one of my friends. When I met him today he told that was a nice email. Then I asked him why he did not send me a one. He told me he did not send to anyone. After sometime I met another friend who also congratulated me. Then he told he mentioned that the above mentioned friend also sent him. To tell frankly I was alarmed to hear that. But I did not express my feelings. I personally consider that I am not the one to be omitted even by mistake. So it really hurt me.

I was thinking whole day why did he behave so? Why should I even think of such things? Actually it really taught me a good lesson to follow in the next year. Never consider him even as a friend because he was pretending all these years. I know him for more than 15 years. Still…… yes we should be prudent enough to identify the people, their nature, their family background and ultimately this kind of "third rate behavior".

I think this decision may not be a right one to take in this time of greatest love.

But …..

The sole consolation may be a thought like this "why do you expect people to be the-way-you-think-sort"?

Happy christmas

 

Avatar, 2012 and Zen Story

"Your head is already full. Nothing will enter there""No my head is empty I want to learn your culture" This is the dialogue from the world hit movie Avatar. A similar kind of dialogue is echoed in the most famous disastrous film "2012" when the young disciple goes to the Dlailama. The western world is often quoting the same story in these two movies.

The story is from Zen tradition. It goes like this. One novice goes to the master and asks for wisdom. Then the master takes a small earthen cup and pours water into it. It gets filled then also the master keeps on pouring the water. The novice tells him "Master, the cup is already full!!".Then master replies to the novice "Dear you are like this cup. Your head is already full with knowledge. First empty your head. Then only you can receive something new." The novice gets enlightened.

I often think the why it is so. Two more reference to the same story. First one is Paulo Coelho's Alchemist and second one is Robin Sharma's "The monk who sold his Ferrari". This story has made a very deep impact on the western world. It stands as the fountain of the wisdom to the western world. These days often scientists also speak about the "Spiritual Quotient", the younger child in the so called 'Quotient "family. Sometimes it makes as boring to listen to the same sort of dialogue. Yet it has great value in even our lives too.

It calls for total emptying of our head and mind too. We often confront with knew ideas from different people. Sometimes we turn our head due to our overconfidence in our knowledge. A kind of Zen humility and feeling of humanity are requisite for opening our minds to the new ideas and teaching. Both these movies are an adventurous journey to this total emptying of mind and opening the window to the wide and vast horizon of the new ideas, imagination and fiction. Surly these two movies will remain in the minds of audience like the spatio-temporal shattering Zen story.

A T-shirt print

It looked very cute to read the T-shirt print goes like this"I was an atheist until I realized that I was God"

Is extra terrestrial perception possible?

I doubt if Extra Terrestrial Perception?Actually philosophy speaks that it is possible.But in the depth of my heart i always doubted this unnatural phenomena to a greater extent.What makes me to write this blog discussing this is that before two or three weeks i had such an experience of ETP.By ETP we mean that if something good or bad happens to our relatives,friends or family members we will get that in a fraction of second even anubody informing us.

Really i had such an experience.It forced me to call that particular person on a Saturday evening.I just skipped that. Sunday morning after attending the Eucharist again that thought came to my mind.It forced me to call then itself.I called.Yes the bad thing had hit that person.Yes heart speaks even when You are away from your friend,relative or family members.

"The flipping of the butterfly creates an earthquake here in my mind".

An ATM comedy

Recently I got an ATM from Catholic Syrian Bank.I am first time using the ATM card.Then I wanted to try it.For that I went to Canara Bank ATM.Actually I was not even aware of which side has to be inserted first.I some how inserted the card and typed the PIN and the amount I wanted.As soon as I entered the amount the money,the card and the receipt came out.As I am very conscious of the procedure I took first the card thinking that it I can take the money after that.but as I was about to take the money to my surprise the money went back to the ATM.I knocked at the machine.No response.Again I inserted the card and asked for the balance inquiry.Yes My Rs.500 is already deducted from the Atm.Oh what to do !!!!I was totally confused.I was crestfallen.By any how I wanted to come out from the ATM counter.I pulled and pushed the door.It is eternally clsoed.Then the person who was waiting outside told me"Ey slla Button press karonnaaaaaaaa"I pressed the button and the door was opened.

Today I went to the bank and told my mistake.Then Only I came to know that 30second is the time for every action at the ATM.Dear fellow beings never repeat the same .They told me that I would get the money after 2days.

Namo ATM Namo ATM