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NARA'S NOTEPAD
 
VOLUME 11
 
JANUARY 2015
 
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MEMO FROM NARA


 
 
Change… Change… Change…! Everyone talks about change without changing herself or himself. What change we want? Where do we want change? How to change?

Politicians in a democracy want change in order to capture the Government and to help their own family members and friends and friends’ family. In a country like India, which is over populated by all standards, the people belong to different States speaking different languages following different religions, belonging to different castes, having different levels of education, earning different family income and holding different kinds of jobs do want change. Such vast variability in our society is maintained by men and women by casting their valuable votes once in five years to elect a Government. They can bring about changes in the Government if they are not satisfied with the performance of the previous Government.

Of late such changes have been thought about in Arab countries which have been ruled by single families without giving a chance for the people of the country to participate in the governance. Protests were shown by people at different times without much success. But now the people after seeing the people in their neighbouring countries and their economic development, standard of life and employment opportunities started agitating in Egypt, Libya, Syria and other countries with great courage and determination. They are losing lives of many civilians who want democracy in their country.

In fact, the world had woken up to think and fight for the right. Human beings are in general, power-mongers. They even butcher the fellow humans to meet their goals. Those power-mongers live in high citadels with all comforts not understanding the conditions of their country-men who do all the work for the progress and prosperity of the country.

Another most important kind of change one has to bring about is to change oneself to suit the country’s development. If each one of us realizes the importance of change for the better, then a country can change for good. For instance, people talk about corruption which ruins the administration of a country without thinking about their own involvement in the process. The youth of our country came forward in countless numbers to support Anna Hazare, the champion of anti-corruption. One likes to think, how many of these youths bribed schools and colleges to get admission, how many of them bribed teachers for getting better grades, how many of them bribed the ministers to get a job and how many of them bribed the authorities to get a transfer to their native place? Even to get a constable job the candidate has to bribe, to get a Vice-Chancellor post one has to bribe and also to get a candidate seat to contest an election or a minister post one has to shell out crores of rupees as bribe to a political party. These are known to everyone including the media in our society. The bribe giver and the taker are also known; but how to eliminate such practices? Do you think anti-corruption law or Jan Lokpal Bill will solve it? I don’t think so and many others also think similar way. Each one of us has to change in not giving or not getting bribe at all levels. If we fail to do it then we stand as we stand today. Nothing will change…Don’t you think so?

TO QUOTE...


 
Awards are so unnecessary because we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward itself. – Natalie Portman

 
The brighter you are, the more you have to learn. – Don Herold

JUST TO LAUGH...


 
 
 
Most 'First Class' students get technical seats, some become Doctors and some Engineers.

  * The 'Second Class' passes, and then gets MBA, become Administrators and control the 'First Class'.

  * The 'Third Class' pass, enter politics and become Ministers and control both.

  * Last, but not the least, the 'Failures' join the underworld and control all the above.

And those who do not attend any school, become Swamis and Gurus and everyone goes to them.

BEING INDEPENDENT


 
 
Being independent refers to the act of being in charge of yourself, and the consequences of your actions, instead of being subservient to other people, or other forces. Below are some basic understandings

 1. Creates discipline of the mind and body

 When you are directly in charge of yourself, you will have an understanding of how your own personal actions and thoughts affect reality. You are not subservient to anybody else and can see clearly what affects your actions are having in the environment around you. This increase your discipline of the body and mind, in which you continue to make the right decisions towards your goal.

 2. Allows you to follow your passion

 You are not living someone else's passion, but your own. When you live your own passion, you can connect to within your passion and increase its energy even more. This correlates in an increase in mental and physical manifestation directly. You will get more ideas about your goal, and you will develop a clear plan of how to apply your ideas to achieve material manifestation.

3. Allows you to understand the factors of success

If somebody else is doing all the work for you, you can't understand the main principles and variables which are creating the success. When you take charge of the ropes yourself, you can see exactly what works and what doesn't.

4. Strengthens your frame and reality against other realities

When you have a strong frame, you can push back against others who try to override your frame or way of doing things. You also can hold your ground against the invasion of different ideas and beliefs of other people, because you have formed inner mental fibre which acts as a blockade and barrier against it. This helps to maintain the momentum in your manifestations, by stopping anything untoward from penetrating your mind set.

What To Expect/Conclusion

When you become independent, you are well on the path to manifestation success. Being in charge of yourself develops remarkable control of the mind and body, and helps to create manifestation momentum. The only downfall from this is that you may become oblivious to obvious mistakes which exist in your life. 

 

TO CHANGE THE WORLD




Eye contact

 Often times we are so busy thinking about our own problems or staring at the screens of our smartphones that we forget that the people around us are human beings who love being appreciated, just like us. When being around people, one of the easiest and most efficient ways to make them feel special or at least, acknowledged, is making good eye contacts. It doesn’t matter if you are hanging out with friends, or having dinner with your family, or buying groceries at the supermarket, eye contact can make the person in front of you feel appreciated. It’s a way to show the people around you that you care for them. Staring at the screen of your smartphone leaves the impression that you are ignoring the people who you are with which can draw them away from you. So, when you have company, make the effort to resist the temptation to constantly look at your phone and concentrate your attention on the other person.

Eliminate complaining, express positivity

You may not realize that, but when you complain about something, you are subconsciously creating a dysfunctional mind set that is going to later prevent you from finding a solution to your problem. This also happens when we focus  our energy on the negative aspects of our lives. But this doesn’t always impact your life only. Complaining can make you become a “bad company” for others and you can start losing friends. We are so used to thinking about how things can go wrong, about the worst thing that can happen that we forget that there is a positive side to everything in life. Cultivating a positive mind set is hard work in the beginning but it pays off once it becomes a habit. Why not concentrate on how things can work out the best for you and how you can make the best of your current situation? This way you can inspire other people to do so as well.

LINES I LIKED...


 
Ø  Politics and Cinema make a fool of people.

Ø  Positive thoughts lead to a positive life.

Ø  Laughter makes everything else easier.

Ø  Every smiling face has beauty in it.

Ø  Nothing boosts happiness more than a great book.

Ø  Happiness lies in the small moments, not in the rush of things.

 

 

Do not regret growing older, it’s a privilege denied to many!


Meet you next month –February, 2015


 


Professor A. Narayanan, Ph. D., FISPP


 


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Monday, December 1, 2014

 
NARA'S NOTEPAD
 
VOLUME 10
 
DECEMBER 2014
 
NUMBER 12
 
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10 YEARS PASSED


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NARA’S NOTEPAD is completing its tenth year (2005 – 2014) successfully by December 2014.

I feel satisfied in achieving my goal.

Thank you one and all.

NARA

MEMO FROM NARA



Committing mistakes is a common practice with all of us. Every day we make some mistake – may be simple or serious. Some are hidden and others are open. Hidden mistakes are not known to others whereas open ones are known to all around us. Generally we feel ashamed of those open mistakes. Is it possible to live without committing mistakes? A big ‘No’ is the answer. In fact, human beings are born to make mistakes and learn from them. What is a mistake? Wrong idea or opinion or incorrect due to ignorance is referred to as mistake. An error, blunder, fault or defect can be also called as a mistake. If we deviate from the stipulated law and order, then also it is a mistake. Spitting in public places, destroying public properties, stealing other’s possessions, committing crime, breaking a queue, and the like activities are considered as mistakes.

 
Writing a wrong answer to a question is a mistake. If there is a mistake in the calculations, it is called as an error. Similarly a blunder is a serious mistake committed due to carelessness. Some mistakes are made as a result of forgetfulness and ignorance. Putting petrol in a diesel car, forgetting train ticket leaving it at home and boarding a train, going to office late every day and many such things are in fact mistakes avoidable but not avoided due to reasons unknown. If we commit such mistakes once, then we may not repeat it. Instead we will be cautious and careful in future.

 
Forgetfulness as indicated earlier is one of the serious reasons for making mistakes. Patience sometimes may help to avoid committing mistakes. Impatient persons cannot think properly so it is possible to err. Experienced persons, mostly elders in a family try to always remind the youngsters to be more patient and think before committing any mistake. Ignoring such advices may lead to make more mistakes. In fact, we all like to be perfect by not committing mistakes. But somehow it doesn’t happen always. Road accidents happen because of someone’s fault. Carelessness due to absent mindedness caused by worries or alcoholism or diversion of attention is the reason for the fault. Mistake once committed has its own consequences. The person who makes a mistake is responsible and has to have the consequences which may be bitter sometimes.

 
Most of the mistakes are judged by concerned authorities. Teachers, professors, parents, police and judges keep an eye on mistakes and award appropriate punishments after fair judgement. Simple mistakes carry simple punishments after fair judgment. Simple mistakes carry simple punishment whereas serious mistakes are punished heavily. Sometimes judgments may go wrong because of paucity of evidences. In such cases options are given for defending. Therefore we have all chances to rectify mistakes if they are not really mistakes.

 
There are instances where someone’s mistake may not appear as mistake to others. Telling lies is a mistake according to the rule book. But sometimes we need to tell lies to escape from dangerous situations as long as the lying is not repeated time and again. In every profession, mistakes are made and rectified and in some cases severe punishment is given so that the mistakes are not repeated. Punishment is a pressure imposed on persons to prevent them not to repeat the mistake. There are other means to mend people not to commit mistakes. Persuasion instead of punishment is the best policy adopted in certain profession. Man may make mistakes but the same man can be trained not to make mistakes in future. A good policy indeed!

 
There are two opinions about mistakes. One is to commit mistake and another is not to do so. George Bernard Shaw once said: A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spend doing nothing. Similarly Niels Bohr, a renowned scientist defined an expert as a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. So making mistakes is not a mistake as long as we make something out of it. However, let us not venture to make unwanted and unnecessary mistakes in life and suffer. Be careful in doing things patiently to avoid most of the mistakes which normally we commit every day. However, the unavoidable mistakes made will certainly teach us a lesson which we call as experience.

 

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Teacher: Sam, You talk a lot …
Sam: It’s a family tradition.
Teacher: What do you mean?
Sam: Sir, my grand-father was a street hawker, my father is a teacher.
Teacher: What about your mother?
Sam: She is a woman.

 

During a lion safari, a lion suddenly jumps on a man’s wife.
Wife: Shoot him!
Husband: Yes, Yes. I’m changing the battery of my camera.

 
Doctor: “Why do you have A-5906 tatoo on your back?”
Patient: “That’s not tattooed. That’s where my wife ran into me while I was opening the garage door.

 

TO QUOTE...


 
 
Connectivity cannot just be a privilege of the rich and powerful. It is a human right – Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook.

There is an unexpected side of everything, because instead of looking at things with our eyes we look at them with the memory of what others have thought. – Gustave Flaubert.

IDEA GENERATION




Idea generation is a general term to describe the ability to achieve certain types of mental manifestation. Good ideas are essential to help you progress and modify the route towards your goals. They also help you to understand the process of how manifestation occurs, so you can fine-tune your overall manifestation system towards progress. Below you will find some key basics about idea generation:

 
1. Generating ideas should be an active endeavour.  That is, you should not just expect your best ideas to come as a by-product of your day to day activities. You need to actively go out and generate good ideas. You can do this through various means such as brainstorming, koinonia sessions, research etc. You should never expect the ideas that you have generated through yourself to be sufficient. Even though it is true that all knowledge can be accessed from within your own mind, that doesn't mean that external knowledge doesn't serve a use. The external knowledge exists for the reason to guide you towards the true knowledge you require for your manifestation effort.

 
 2. Koinonia sessions are a good way to generate key new ideas. A koinonia session is basically a peer group session by which leading experts in your chosen goal or topic discuss and generate new ideas in a non-judgemental environment. The benefit of this is that you gain exposure to key concepts and ideas you may not have thought about.

 
3. You must write all your ideas down. To rely on your memory to store your ideas is a recipe for forgetfulness, and so we must remember our ideas permanently by writing them down. Key lessons and understandings should be placed on a wall or board in front of you, so that you can gradually over time, internalise the lessons and ideas generated.

 
4. You must understand the importance of ideas. Ideas are giving you significant insight into how you should achieve your goals. Every idea which comes from your mind (under the correct manifestation system) has extreme importance and must be fully understood by you. Full understanding can only come about through recognition that the idea is serious, meaningful and extremely significant. Only through this will it allow you to put your full mental attention into understanding the idea itself.

 
 What To Expect/Conclusion: When the ideas are flowing freely, and you have a genuine understanding of their significance, you are well on the way to the correct manifestations you seek. Idea generation is a significant component within mental manifestation, so it is vital that you learn to implement the correct system to allow it to happen.

 

THE SECRET OF SUCCESS


 

1. Pay attention to your thoughts as they determine your future: Always be positive and develop a “can do” mind set. Steer clear of negative people who would seek to undermine your commitment to your goals. Focus on success, and not on failure.

2. Be concrete and specific when you dream and set goals: Write down the steps that will lead you there, then track your progress and make changes if needed.

3. Take action: Goals are just words until you actually do something. Every day take a step that moves you in the right direction.

4. Be a life-long learner: Get more training, take a class and acquire news skills. Keep reading widely to expand your knowledge base.

5. Be tenacious, persistent and don’t give up: Hard work is behind every winner’s success.

6. Process the facts and the details: Get information and feedback. Notice what works.

7. Stay focused: Don’t be distracted by people or things. Prioritise your time and stay focused on your goals.

8. Be innovative and creative: Following the crowd doesn’t take you very far. Don’t be afraid to try something new and give yourself permission to think outside the box.

9. Develop and practise good people skills: To be effective, we need to learn what motivates and brings the best out of others. Also, we need to deal with people in a way that is respectful, open, firm and fair.

10. Be responsible, reliable and dependable: Your word must be your bond, you must do what you say, and follow through on your commitments to others. If this block is not in place, then nothing else will matter!