NUGGETS OF GOLD

I've Learned ... that you cannot make someone love you.All you can do is besomeone who can be loved.The rest is up to them.
I've learned ...that no matter how much I care,some people just don't care back.
I've learned ... that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.
I've learned ... that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
I've learned ... that it's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.
I've learned ... that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better know something.
I've learned ... that you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do but to the best you can do.
I've learned ... that it's not what happens to people that's important. It's what they do about it.
I've learned ... that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
I've learned ... that no matter how thin you slice it, there are always two sides.
I've learned ... that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.
I've learned ... that it's a lot easier to react than it is to think.
I've learned ... that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
I've learned ... that you can keep going long after you think you can't.
I've learned ... that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
I've learned ... that either you control your attitude or it controls you.
I've learned ... that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
I've learned ... that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
I've learned ... that learning to forgive takes practice.
I've learned ... that there are people who love you dearly, but just don't know how to show it.
I've learned ... that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
I've learned ... that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
I've learned ... that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.
I've learned ... that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
I've learned ... that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
I've learned ... that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
I've learned ... that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.
I've learned ... that you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed it.

I've learned ... that your family won't always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren't related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren't biological.
I've learned ... that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
I've learned ... that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
I've learned ... that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.
I've learned ... that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
I've learned ... that sometimes when my friends fight, I'm forced to choose sides even when I don't want to.

I've learned ... that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.
I've learned ... that sometimes you have to put the individual ahead of their actions.
I've learned ... that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
I've learned ... that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
I've learned ... that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
I've learned ... that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the process.
I've learned ... that there are many ways of falling and staying in love.
I've learned ... that no matter the consequences, those who are honest with themselves get farther in life.
I've learned ... that no matter how many friends you have, if you are their pillar you will feel lonely and lost at the times you need them most.
I've learned ... that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.
I've learned ... that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.
I've learned ... that writing, as well as talking, can ease emotional pains.
I've learned ... that the paradigm we live in is not all that is offered to us.
I've learned ... that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
I've learned ... that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon.
I've learned ... that although the word "love" can have many different meanings, it loses value when overly used.
I've learned ... that it's hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people's feelings and standing up for what you believe.

Collected by Madan Mohan on 21st. March 2008

THE BOOMERANG CHARACTER OF ALL ACTION

Any action is bound to react upon one with equal force and effect. If you do some good to another man, you are really helping yourself; because, there is nothing else besides the one all-pervading Self and Power. Your virtuous actions will react upon you with the good effects. They bring you joy and happiness. Your wrong, unjust actions will react upon you with bad, miserable effects. They will bring you sorrow, grief and affliction. Therefore, always live to do good to others. Be kind to all. Never hurt others.

RESULTS OF TRIALS

Trial is a crucible into which nature throws a man whenever she wants to mould him into a sublime Superman. There can be no strength, no success, without suffering. Every suffering is meant for one's uplift and development. It augments the power of endurance, mercy, faith in God and removes egoism. Understand this and develop inner strength.

DIWALI....10 REASONS TO CELEBRATE

1.Goddess Lakshmi’s Birthday: The Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi incarnated on the new moon day (amaavasyaa) of the Kartik month during the churning of the ocean (samudra-manthan), hence the association of Diwali with Lakshmi.
2. Vishnu Rescued Lakshmi: On this very day (Diwali day), Lord Vishnu in his fifth incarnation as Vaman-avtaara rescued Lakshmi from the prison of King Bali and this is another reason of worshipping Ma Larkshmi on Diwali.
3. Krishna Killed Narakaasur: On the day preceding Diwali, Lord Krishna killed the demon king Narakaasur and rescued 16,000 women from his captivity. The celebration of this freedom went on for two days including the Diwali day as a victory festival.
4. The Return of the Pandavas: According to the great epic ‘Mahabharata’, it was ‘Kartik Amavashya’ when the Pandavas appeared from their 12 years of banishment as a result of their defeat in the hands of the Kauravas at the game of dice (gambling). The subjects who loved the Pandavas celebrated the day by lighting the earthen lamps.
5. The Victory of Rama: According to the epic ‘Ramayana’, it was the new moon day of Kartik when Lord Ram, Ma Sita and Lakshman returned to Ayodhya after vanquishing Ravana and conquering Lanka. The citizens of Ayodhya decorated the entire city with the earthen lamps and illuminated it like never before.
6. Coronation of Vikramaditya: One of the greatest Hindu King Vikramaditya was coroneted on the Diwali day, hence Diwali became a historical
7. Special Day for the Arya Samaj: It was the new moon day of Kartik (Diwali day) when Maharshi Dayananda, one of the greatest reformers of Hinduism and the founder of Arya Samaj attained his nirvana.
8. Special Day for the Jains: Mahavir Tirthankar, considered to be the founder of modern Jainism also attained his nirvana on Diwali day.
9. Special Day for the Sikhs: The third Sikh Guru Amar Das institutionalized Diwali as a Red-Letter Day when all Sikhs would gather to receive the Gurus blessings. In 1577, the foundation stone of the Golden Temple at Amritsar was laid on Diwali. In 1619, the sixth Sikh Guru Hargobind, who was held by the Mughal Emperor Jahengir, was released from the Gwalior fort along with 52 kings.
10. The Pope’s Diwali Speech: In 1999, Pope John Paul II performed a special Eucharist in an Indian church where the altar was decorated with Diwali lamps, the Pope had a ‘tilak’ marked on his forehead and his speech was bristled with references to the festival of light.
madan mohan 27th. oct. 2007

SHIVA AND LOVE

"God cannot seperate Himself from us. This is because God is our Life."

"Our energy and God's energy are the same."

"We are inwardly already one with God."

"All motion begins in God and ends in God."

"God Shiva is Love: both immanent and transcendent, both the creator and the creation."

"God is both manifest and unmanifest, dual and nondual, within us and outside of us."

"God Shiva is all and in all, one without a second, the Supreme Being and only Absolute Reality."

"We are all beautiful children of God."

"God is the Life of our life."

THE LORD'S PRAYER

Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.

MY PRAYERS TO YOU MY LORD

This is my prayer to thee, my lord- strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart. Give me the strength lightly to bear my joys and sorrows. Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service. Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might- Give me the strength to raise my mind high above daily trifle. And give me the strength to surrender

Madan Mohan
24th.Sept.2007