NARA'S NOTEPAD
VOLUME 11
OCTOBER 2015
NUMBER 10
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
MEMO FROM NARA
Pursuing a hobby is listed
as one of the pleasure activities in a book I read recently. Hobby is an activity
or interest pursued outside one’s regular occupation and engaged in primarily
for pleasure. Such activities are many. Dancing, singing, instrumental music,
gardening, collecting objects like coins, postal stamps, drawing, painting,
cooking etc. are some of the hobbies people used to practise. Even reading,
writing, acting, exercising and photography are considered as hobbies. But they
are full-fledged professions for some of course. As a hobby, one does not
specialize on these items. However, hobbies are generally pursued only as a
pleasure not as a profession.
One of my friends a
colleague of mine had pursued astrology as a hobby initially. He sued to help
in writing horoscopes for many of his friends including me. Slowly and slowly
astrology became his main job and started earning a lot for predicting the
future of people. After retirement he forgot about his profession and
specialized in astrology that paid him a lot and also many people and families
depended on him! Thus he became a popular figure among the common people as
well as the well-to-do of the town. Even the villagers started visiting his
house every day. So a hobby can become an occupation same day depending on its
importance and popularity.
Yoga is another hobby
practised by many – both men and women. Of late yoga has become one of the
international hobbies. Since it has an advantage for health and happiness of
human beings, the hobby is accepted and practised by one and all.
Photography is and was my
hobby. I have some simple LCD cameras and also I use the camera of my iPad and
iPhone. Those cameras are high definition models that give wonderful pictures.
Moreover there are umpteen numbers of soft wares to improve or change the
photographs to present in any form as we like. Olden day film photography was
not a match for modern day photography. Smart phones we carry everywhere are
used for clicking anything on earth. Objects and events are being photographed
and sent to friends through social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+
etc. instantaneously. Indeed marvellous hobby!
Everyone should pursue one
or two hobbies along with his/her occupation in order to get the pleasure of
it. A family having four or five members can have different hobbies to enrich
its uniqueness and talents. Learning hobbies is a hobby itself. So start
pursuing a hobby which you like most!
GIVE UP YOUR NEED TO ALWAYS BE RIGHT
There are so many of us who can’t stand the
idea of being wrong – wanting to always be right – even at the risk of ending
great relationships or causing a great deal of stress and pain, for us and for
others. It’s just not worth it. Whenever you feel the ‘urgent’ need to jump
into a fight over who is right and who is wrong, ask yourself this question: “Would I rather be
right, or would I rather be kind?” What difference will that make? Is your ego really that big?
JUST TO LAUGH
Wife: How much
you love me?
Husband: I love
you so much I can’t measure…
Wife: No, just tell
me…
Husband: OK. I am
like a cell phone and you are my SIM card, I am nothing but you.
Wife: Wow! That
is so romantic.
Husband: (saying to himself): Thank God, she doesn’t know, this is
a Chinese phone with FOUR SIM cards…
The future of "I give" is "I take."
The inhabitants of Moscow are called Mosquitoes.
A
census taker is man who goes from house to house increasing the population.
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.
READING
From time immemorial it has been commonly
understood that the best way to acquire knowledge was to read. That is not
true. Reading is only one way to knowledge, and in the writer’s opinion, not
the best way. But you can surely learn from reading if you read in the proper
manner. What you read is important, but not all important. How you read
is the main consideration. For if you know how to read, there’s a world
of education even in the newspapers, the magazines, on a single billboard or a
stray advertising dodger. The secret of good reading is this: read
critically! Somebody wrote that stuff you’re reading. It was a definite
individual, working with a pen, pencil or typewriter — the writing came from
his mind and his only. If you were face to face with him and listening
instead of reading, you would be a great deal more critical than the
average reader is. Listening, you would weigh his personality; you would
form some judgment about his truthfulness, his ability. But reading, you
drop all judgment, and swallow his words whole — just as if the act of printing
the thing made it true! If you must read in order to acquire knowledge, read
critically. Believe nothing till it’s understood, till it’s clearly proven.
LINES I LIKED
- Do not fear going forward slowly, fear only to stand still.
- Actions speak louder than words.
- Sometimes you hate to take a few steps back in order to go forward.
- People want more of what they cannot have.
- When something has limited availability people assign it more value.
VISUALISATION
A
mental picture paints a thousand words. You
can explain so much more diagrammatically and as an image, than can be
explained through words alone. This means the ideas which you are wishing to
express are effectively leveraged and more clearly expressed.
A
mental image is closer to reality. Reality
is a series of images and experiences. To therefore see our goal as an image as
opposed to words allows us to more readily connect with its achievement in
reality. Also, true reality has its foundation through and behind our mind.
Therefore seeing a mental image is allowing it to connect with true reality,
and charges it with its secret powers.
A
mental image can be constructed in the future. What
we see around us is images in the present. An image in our mind can be put
forward into the future. This therefore allows us to see that image in
relation to things which have yet to come about in our lives.
A mental image is easy to produce. Visualisation
is like a sense that does not need to be taught. It is a natural
ability that allows us to achieve our goals easily and with very little
effort on our part. The secret is to use it in
concentrated and particular times of the day only, so that we are
constantly kept on the right mental track.
TO QUOTE
Moving to a new place and starting a different life will
make us happier. That is why we go on vacation. – Jorge Ramos
Discipline is the bridge between goals and
accomplishments. – Jim Rohn
Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see. - Confucius
Go along to get along!
Meet you next month – November, 2015
Professor A. Narayanan, Ph. D., FISPP
Phone: 0422 4393017 Mobile: 098422 42301
www.nara.tumblr.com (NARA’S DIGEST)
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