A proud moment for me , and the nation as a whole! India celebrates her 60th Republic day . 1950, on the very day, India declared complete sovereignty and it meant more to us than just getting independence, it meant we were governing ourselves, a President was elected and hence the marvelous journey of the worlds largest democracy started and every year on this day, we the proud citizens of the nation of a Billion and more, forget our differences, unite and hail our Nation and remember those, the fore fathers of the Country, who gave their yesterday for purpose of our today!
This day, we forget all the failures of democracy, we've witnessed thru our eyes and think not of the corrupt Politicians who trade their portfolio for exchange of Rupees.We forget about those leaders who could not stand up to expectations and shamefully came back after every 5 years to beg for vote and would never show up for the next 5! We forget the Great Political mistakes, foreign policy or the steps taken for eradication of illiteracy and poverty . We forget about all those good for nothing criminals who are waiting to get out of the bars thru a bail plea and are sketching to stand in the next election. We forget about the regional and religious bias and all the reasons behind it .We forget about many things which make us feel ashamed if it were not 26th of jan or 15th of aug and come together as one nation , one unit which does not repent on the past mistakes but celebrates the success in grandeur and solace .. parading the 3 fronts of defense, The Army , The Navy ,The Air Force . We leave no leaf unturned for us to feel proud about ourselves, our great nation!
But , India in the recent past has been under attack by foreign forces , and the matter of greater concern is the mode of attacking and more importantly the frequency of it!!
Our country, a Super Power in the making , is too much to bear for few of our neighboring countries, so they are apparently waging a proxy war on our country to divert the attention of the govt and reduce the growth rate of India.One can imagine the level of desperateness, by seeing the strikes on Bangalore ,Tata Institute and more recently , and more seriously , Mumbai, The Financial Capital
I came across news yesterday, that 2 Terrorists were killed in an encounter , near Noida . They were traveling towards New Delhi , and heavy ammunition like 2 Ak 47 , 1Kg of Rdx , Hand ful of grenades and detonators were recovered...I came to know that it was a joint operation of ATS and Noida Police .. 3Cheers to them!!!.... But , I cant stop to think that there is more to it than what meets the eye , were these 2 Terrorists a part of a bigger team ? were more than these 2 ppl traveling towards our Country's capital? is there a chance of an attack tom also?
I believe , thousands of police and army men like the NSG , etc are on standby and in full alert for any kind of mischief played by insane terrorists, having said this , we got to be pro active and not spare even a shadow of doubt and make sure that Country is not embarrassed at least on this day ! i say this with a great sense of insecurity to be frank , as it seems improbable to seal off all the loopholes we have created ourselves , and of course, i wont be over optimistic as we are a nation of enormous land mass! but still have faith in Country's defense to counter attack.
Traditionally, 26th has been a Favorite day for all the terrorists to vage an attack , and this 26th we have to extra bit care ful to make sure that we dont have to look down upon ourselves atleast today, the day we celebrate our Democracy!!
Wishing you a Great Republic Day ,
Hoping to see a better Future
Varun Deshpande
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Gospel Of Strength - The Omnipotent Soul!
As soon as you say,"I'm a little mortal being," you are saying something which is not true you are giving the lie to yourselves,you are hypnotising yourselves into something vile and weak and wretched.
The Greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
To call another a sinner is the worst thing you can do.
Come up ,O Lions, and shake off the delusion that you are sheep;you are souls immortal,spirits free, blest and eternal;you are not matter,you are not bodies;matter is your servant ,not you the servant of matter.
"Children of immortal bliss" -- what a sweet, what a hopeful name! Allow me to call you brethren, by that sweet name -- heirs of immortal bliss... You are the children of God, the sharers of immortal bliss ,holy and perfect beings.You divinities on earth -- sinners! It is a sin to call a man so;It is standing libel on Human Nature.
The more I live, the more I become convinced everyday that every human being is divine.In no man or woman , however vile, does that divinity die.
Say not man is a sinner.Tell him that he is a God.
Silly fools tell you that you are sinners, and you sit down in a corner and weep.It is foolishness,wickedness,down-right rascality to say that you are sinners!You are all God.
The greatest error,says the Vedanta, is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.Everytime you think in that way, you as it were, rivet one more link in the chain that binds you down,you add one more layer of hypnoticism into your own soul.Therefore , whosoever thinks he is weak is wrong,whosoever thinks he is impure is wrong, and is throwing a bad thought into the world.
If you , my sons, can proclaim this message to the world - "klaibhyam maa sma gamah partha . Nai tat tvam upapadyate " (Yield not to unmanliness, O son of Pritha(Arjuna);it does not befit thee) -- then all this disease ,grief, sin and sorrow will vanish off from the face of the earth in three days.
--Swami Vivekananda
The Greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
To call another a sinner is the worst thing you can do.
Come up ,O Lions, and shake off the delusion that you are sheep;you are souls immortal,spirits free, blest and eternal;you are not matter,you are not bodies;matter is your servant ,not you the servant of matter.
"Children of immortal bliss" -- what a sweet, what a hopeful name! Allow me to call you brethren, by that sweet name -- heirs of immortal bliss... You are the children of God, the sharers of immortal bliss ,holy and perfect beings.You divinities on earth -- sinners! It is a sin to call a man so;It is standing libel on Human Nature.
The more I live, the more I become convinced everyday that every human being is divine.In no man or woman , however vile, does that divinity die.
Say not man is a sinner.Tell him that he is a God.
Silly fools tell you that you are sinners, and you sit down in a corner and weep.It is foolishness,wickedness,down-right rascality to say that you are sinners!You are all God.
The greatest error,says the Vedanta, is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.Everytime you think in that way, you as it were, rivet one more link in the chain that binds you down,you add one more layer of hypnoticism into your own soul.Therefore , whosoever thinks he is weak is wrong,whosoever thinks he is impure is wrong, and is throwing a bad thought into the world.
If you , my sons, can proclaim this message to the world - "klaibhyam maa sma gamah partha . Nai tat tvam upapadyate " (Yield not to unmanliness, O son of Pritha(Arjuna);it does not befit thee) -- then all this disease ,grief, sin and sorrow will vanish off from the face of the earth in three days.
--Swami Vivekananda
Gospel Of Strength - Stop Becoming Weak !
Strength ,strength,it is what we want so much in life, for what we call sin and sorrow have all one cause, and that is our weakness.With Weakness comes ignorance,and with ignorance come misery.
Never think there is anything impossible for the soul.It is the greatest heresy to think so.If there is sin, this is the only sin-to say that you are weak.
All weakness , all bondage is imagination... Do not Weaken!.. Stand up and be strong! That is all the religion I know.
This is the great fact:strength is life,weakness is death.Strength is felicity,life eternal,immortal;weakness is constant strain and misery;weakness is death.
What we want is strength , so believe in yourselves...Make your nerves strong.What we want is muscles of iron and nerves of steel.We have wept long enough.No more weeping, but stand on your own feet and be Men.
-- Swami Vivekananda
Never think there is anything impossible for the soul.It is the greatest heresy to think so.If there is sin, this is the only sin-to say that you are weak.
All weakness , all bondage is imagination... Do not Weaken!.. Stand up and be strong! That is all the religion I know.
This is the great fact:strength is life,weakness is death.Strength is felicity,life eternal,immortal;weakness is constant strain and misery;weakness is death.
What we want is strength , so believe in yourselves...Make your nerves strong.What we want is muscles of iron and nerves of steel.We have wept long enough.No more weeping, but stand on your own feet and be Men.
-- Swami Vivekananda
Gospel Of Strength!
for next few entrys, i'll try to spread the message of Swami Vivekananda , the quotes taken straight from his works.... under the banner of Gospel Of Strength!
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