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 GRATITUDE COMPASSION WISDOM 

Just because I laugh a lot, doesn't mean my life is easy. Just because I have a smile on my face every day, doesn't mean that something is not bothering me. I just choose to move on, and not dwell on all the negatives in my life. Every new moment gives me the chance to renew anew. I choose to be that."

-- Author Unknown

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SEED SEEDLING TREE

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ONE REALITY IS APPEARING AS MANY

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FIRST BORN - HIRANYAGARBHA BRAHMAN - COSMIC EGG

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MAYA VRITTI - SRT - 

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GRF

A group of Bengalis have come. One of them has recently lost a child. He put the question to Bhagavan, “Why did that child die so young? Is it his karma or our karma that we should have this grief?”

Bhagavan: The prarabdha which the child had to work out in this life was over and so it passed away. So we may call it the child’s karma. So far as you are concerned, it is open to you not to grieve over it, but to remain calm and unaffected by it, being convinced that the child was not yours but always only God’s, that God gave and God took away. And in this connection Bhagavan took out the 'Yoga Vasishta' in English to refer to the story of Punya and Pavana. Strange to say, when he casually opened the book, it actually opened at the story he had in mind. And from the book he asked me to read out the portion where Punya advises his brother Pavana not to grieve foolishly over the death of their parents, pointing out that Pavana had had innumerable births in the past, in each one of which he had a number of relations and that exactly as he is not mourning for the death of all those relations now, he should not now mourn for the death of their father either.

(From 'Day by Day with Bhagavan' 18-9-45 Afternoon)

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PUNYA X PAVANA STORY

relate an ancient story which thou shalt hear. In days of old, there lived on the banks of the Gaṅgā two persons, sons of a Ṛṣi named Dīrghatapas (of long continued Tapas). These two sons who went by the names, Puṇya (Virtue) and Pāvana (Purity), abode by the side of the incomparable Mahendra mountains and were well versed in the four vedas, performing great Tapas. Whilst they were performing Tapas on the banks of the Gaṅgā along with their father, the virtuous personage Puṇya attained Jñāna in course of time through the performance of actions, not being actuated by the fruits thereof. But his brother Pāvana having attained but partial Jñāna was fluctuating in his mind like a rocking cradle, without true Jñāna and with excessive ignorance, his mind rolling everywhere. The father of great Tapas after giving up all desires for sensual objects, became indifferent to the love of mundane existence and abandoned, on the hills by the side of the Gaṅgā, his body which formed a nest for the birds of Ahaṃkāric actions to nestle in. Like a carrier who, bearing a burden, takes it to a certain destination, he (the father), being free to unshackle himself from his body on account of the absence of desires, reached Brahmic bliss which is like the fragrance of flowers permeating the whole atmosphere above.

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People who were out in nature more as children have better mental health as adults, research finds.

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People who weigh more need more vitamin C for a strong immune system to help fight against respiratory infections including COVID-19 and flu during colder months.

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MAHA PRALOY- QAYAMAT-APOCALYPSE

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HOUSE FIRE - KEEP DOORS CLOSED 

Closing your door may not seem like a big deal, but in the event of a house fire, it could give you more time to escape a fire at night. Forty years ago, the average time to escape a house fire was 17 minutes. However, since most furniture, fabrics, or even construction products are made from synthetic materials these days, house dwellers only have three minutes to get out. That is a drastic difference in time, and quite frankly, not a lot of time to escape to safety.

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