I remember the period of my life with my mother and my two brothers, while we were growing up together. My mother is no more now but my two brothers are just living closer to my home and we meet all the time.

I feel free all the time, there is no extra experiences or moments involved. Everything become an experience. Every moment is an experience.

Yes, it is the spiritual happiness.

Beauty of this world - experienced all the time.

My grand daughter, who completed two years last month was kissing on the cheek of her mother in a video captivated me.

Source: www.hindu.com

NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 23, 2009: Changes in behavior in animals and birds were recorded by experts at the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh during the total solar eclipse Wednesday morning.

“It is for the first time in this country that we studied animal behavior during a solar eclipse. And much to our amazement, many animals behaved unusually — some got very dull while some were hyper-active as the sky darkened Wednesday morning,” S.S. Rajput, director of the Van Vihar National Park, told IANS.

“Herbivorous animals, who generally graze separately during the day, suddenly came together in a herd and stood stationary during the eclipse. Even the birds that were chirping since dawn suddenly quietened between 6.20 and 6.30 a.m.,” Rajput observed.
HPI - Jul 25, 2009

Over 350,000 Pilgrims Visit Amarnath Shrine

Source: www.hinduonnet.com

SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA, July 25, 2009: Over 350,000 people have visited the Amarnath cave shrine in the Kashmir valley since the two-month-long pilgrimage began on June 5; and according to an official of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, “It has all been going smoothly.”

Every day pilgrims visit the shrine from both the Baltal base camp in north Kashmir and the Pahalgam base camp in south Kashmir, assisted by hundreds of locals who give people a ride on their ponies and even carry the sick and infirm.
HPI - Jul 26, 2009

While they suffer and cry, I will try to calm and cool them, otherwise and in other cases I will just keep quiet. I will never disturb them. It is better to stay away from the people who are angry or in bad moods.

Source: www.fijisun.com.fj

LABASA, FIJI, July 23, 2009: More than 4000 people gathered last night to listen to spiritual words delivered by the Sant Sri Rameshbhai Oza, a priest who is well known worldwide.

Sant Oza said he was attracted by the purity of the people and the environment; he said that he could feel that Labasa was closer to God in nature. “People’s emotions are very much pure and they are more dedicated to God,” he said. “I would like to tell everybody in this island to remain with nature and to see God all the time. The best thing is to get away from all the bad habits; stay pure”.

Local priest Kamlesh Maharaj expressed how important the sant’s visit was to the people, who had been listening to him preach on the radio for years. “We learn many basics of philosophy of Hinduism and moral values that we need to practice in our society today. He also helps us to develop our spiritual growth, which is a very important part of life.”
HPI - Jul 26, 2009

Flowers every where. They sre blooming, smiling and beautifying the entire area.

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

VARANASI, INDIA, July 23, 2009: The famed ghats of Varanasi where full with the devout queuing up for a holy dip in the Ganga during the eclipse period on Wednesday.

Batuk Prasad Shastri, a well-known scholar of Sanskrit and Hinduism, bathed at home before going for a dip in the Ganga during the eclipse. He then returned home to perform a havan and then went out again to give alms to the poor. “An eclipse is a warning of disaster,” he said, explaining why the rituals were necessary.

Chandramauli Upadhyaya, a trustee of Kashi Vishvanath Temple, said Indian astrology actually doesn’t say that eclipse has a direct bad influence on people. Indian astrology treats eclipses as astronomical events. But it does forbid people from undertaking certain tasks like a party or a wedding.

There are, however, other voices in the city trying to propagate a more scientific understanding of the phenomenon. One such person is B. N. Dwivedi, head of the department of applied physics, Institute of Technology, BHU. “Our ancient sages, who laid down a conduct code for people during eclipses, were correct in doing so in the context of those times. Now, science has understood the phenomenon better and there’s no reason why people shouldn’t watch the spectacle with the prescribed precautions,” he says.
HPI of July 26th of 2009

It is my family and the environment, even if I was some where by mind , they will bring back me here to the present. We cannot go to the past. We do not know about the future. Hence we have to live in the present.

GREAT   NATURAL   HARBOUR

Yesterday I visited Trincomalee, which is a natural harbor appreciated by several countries. British had a fortress built for the safety of this city on hill alongside the harbor. It is still there to be seen by all. Now the Hindus have built a small temple inside the fort on top of that hill dedicated to Lord Siva. According to legends there had been a temple at this spot long ago. It has gone inside the sea due to natural calamities. 

Famous Dr. Arthur C. Clerk, who wrote space novels had two assistants, who used to export   colorful fishes from Sri Lanka. They were real divers and found the said temple inside the sea. Entire construction remains there without any damage. Later these videos included in the Sinhala film “Ran Muthu Duwa”made by famous actor  “Gamimi Fonseka”. Those divers later became devotees of Kataragama and stayed there forever.

We went to this area in the evening before we returned back to Colombo. Early morning we went to another place called “Kanya (Virgin) Hot water springs”. Here you find Hot water comes up from below the earth. There are seven tubs or wells built and people are allowed to take water by buckets and bathe there. These seven wells contain water of different heat levels. People think these are holy waters and bathe in them.

Actually  water in the earth is heated by the hotness in side the earth and comes out as normal like every where in this earth. This prove that this area is more prone to earth tremors and tsunami.

More details  are available in the following links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trincomalee

http://hotels.journeysrilanka.com/trincomalee.htm

http://www.kataragama.org/sivakalki.htm

(Mike Dyson was the director of this film : Ran Mthu Duwa)

http://www.kataragama.org/sages/razors-edge.htm

http://www.travelsrilanka.com/index.cfm?PAGE=559

(see the final paragraph of the article on this link)

Nothing / Nothingness.

New and Old words of wisdom alike.

Let everything to God.

There had been numerous wise people who have affected my life. As to whether, I am a wise person has to be decided by others and not by me.

I wish to help others but i do not intend to gain any thing out of it.

Nearly every day of the year, somewhere on earth, an earthquake occurs. Most happen in unpopulated areas, or are so mild that they go unnoticed by the general public. But, there are about 18 major earthquakes a year, with those of the strongest intensity occurring about once a year. Recorded history's most devastating earthquake occurred on January 23rd in 1556 in Shaanxi, China. Estimated to be between 8.0 and 8.3 on the Richter Scale, the earthquake devastated 98 counties and eight provinces of Central China. The destruction spanned an area of 500 miles, and some 830,000 lives were lost.
 

George Eastman 

September 4th in 1888, George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film camera and registered his trademark: Kodak. His invention of flexible film and a hand-held camera revolutionized the photography industry, making it something that any hobbyist could enjoy. A year later, Eastman applied for a patent for celluloid film, which became the basis of the moving pictures industry. George Eastman was also a major philanthropist, bequeathing more than $75 million after his death. After a long illness, Eastman took his own life when he was 77, leaving a note that read, "My work is done. Why wait?"

Actually I had that opportunity already and spend the time reading books and magazines. Now I have marked lot of materials to be presented here.

i find the entire nature as lovely and beauyiful. There is no waste in it. It beckons us to live with it naturally. Natural way of life is the best. I had a chance of living on the border of a forest reserve. I enjoyed that life fully. Snakes, elephants and sevearal other animals and living things just move freely without any disturbances. there were different rivers and we used to bath in them. Forty three years have passed.

Genuine question brings an answer from itself. False one cannot be answered because it never brings an answer from within. True or real or alive question will be straight forward. Other types will be going round and round. They actually seek no answer.They just make you dumpbounded. Real question will make the respondent become more joyful. Some questions make me sick.

Bricks-and-clicks is a business model by which a company integrates both offline (bricks) and online (clicks) presences. It is also known as click-and-mortar or clicks-and-bricks, as well as bricks, clicks and flips, flips referring to catalogs. For example, an electronics store may allow the user to order online, but pick up their order immediately at a local store, which the user finds using locator software. Conversely, a furniture store may have displays at a local store from which a customer can order an item electronically for delivery.

Crawley Hindu Temple in UK Faces Further Delay

Source: www.wscountytimes.co.uk

CRAWLEY, UK, July 31, 2009: The opening of Crawley’s new mandir and community center in Ifield, planned for this month, has been put back to the end of the year.

So far, delays have cost the funding organization, the Gurjar Hindu Union, US$320,000. Now they may have to pay an additional $830,000, due to the councillors’ decision to require 250 parking spaces on site instead of a planned 99. The GHU is appealing that decision. Project manager Ashwin Soni said, “There isn’t any other place in Crawley which has the level of parking we have to have.” The GHU proposes to use a grassy area at the temple site for overflow parking for big events.

Their most pressing headache is the absence of a team of specialist stonemasons needed to carve the pink marble which will form the building’s exterior. They were due to arrive from India in April, but a change in immigration rules has prevented their arrival until the end of next month.

Mr. Soni said all this “has had a major, major impact on GHU and its funding,” but insisted the union has no problems financing the US$6.6 million temple. “There isn’t a temple anywhere in the UK which has suffered from lack of money. We’re confident that money isn’t going to be a problem.”

Between August 15 and 28, 2,500 people are expected to pack the unfinished site to attend a series of prayer recitals featuring Rameshbhai Oza, a famous religious singer. This event was planned as part of the opening ceremony of the temple.
HPI - Aug 08, 2009

The Earth's crust, or lithosphere (hard outer surface) is made up of "tectonic plates", or large plates. There are about 7 major plates and many smaller plates, around 100 km thick, which sit upon a lower soft layer (the asthenosphere). When these plates move against each other along plate boundaries (where two plates meet) or along faults (a rift), an earthquake occurs. This may be through a variety of movements: sideways, up and down or apart.

George Eastman's first camera was a simple green wooden box, preloaded with film. His slogan at the time was, "you shoot the picture, we'll do the rest." The camera was a little bigger than mini-DVD video cameras today. All a person had to do was aim it and press the shutter button. When all pictures on the film roll were taken, they would send the camera off to Kodak to be reloaded and returned with the pictures.      
 

Childrens' games of our child period are not known to our children and grand children. They are not aware of the environment we grew up. even so many festivals are now forgotten. They are now get adopted to the modern living. Even people are now dispersed all over the world. We contact them via skype. No letters, post cards, etc.
Today's children have to see them in the museums. They don't have time to visit museums too.

Those who struggle and fight for the down trodden of the entire world. Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, and the famous south african leader Nelson Mandela are only a few examples.

God bless you.