NARA'S NOTEPAD
VOLUME 13
DECEMBER 2017
NUMBER 12
Thursday, November 30, 2017
MEMO FROM NARA
Plunging world economy, civil
war in Syria , waves of
refugees into Europe , terrorist attack all
over the world, climate change are some of the problems faced by the world
today. Leaders of the nations meet at various places discuss the situations and
disperse. The follow-up is not encouraging at all. Media highlight the everyday
incidents caused by these problems. In fact, it is not easy to tackle such
problems, as they are as complex as they are. Disagreement among national
leaders is one of the reasons to make the problems more complex. Every country
thinks of its own interest first. If it is beneficial, then it supports the
point of view of other countries, otherwise not. After the summit meets, no one
knows how the problems are dealt with. Diplomats and secretaries make umpteen
visits to various countries and make further attempts to implement the
agreements made by the political leaders. Sometimes they are successful but
most of the time they are not successful because of the internal problems of
each country.
How to solve
these problems? Delay it! By the time new problems arise and new summit meets
are planned. Thus the story continues. It is a never ending process faced by
the world. In between, apart from the man-made problems nature-made problems
like drought, flood, earthquakes, land slides, forest fires etc. occur. Good
lot of money and effort is spent on these. Human lives lost in these calamities
are lost for ever. Destructions were reconstructed by spending quite a lot of
money. Thus solutions are found for natural calamities.
In the final
analysis there is no life without problems. For some problems solutions are
found, few have partial solutions and very few problems have no solutions at
all. So we have to live with the world problems taking appropriate step to
manage them.
SMARTPHONES
We are now living in the Planet of the Smartphones.
The ubiquitous device has changed the way we live, mostly for the better, but
not without the risk in the near future of human beings suffering from any of
the unintended and unplanned consequences of this stupendous march of
technology.
As the fastest selling device in history the
smartphone is headed north, with predictions of five billion people and 100
billion devices connected to the Internet by 2020. About half of the adult
population of the world has a smartphone now and by the end of the decade 80%
of adults can be expected to be brandishing this very personal device that
takes precedence over any other gadget or gizmo like the laptop, now looking
decidedly old-fashioned except to the professionals and the sleeker tablets
that were all the range for the few years.
The
device landscape is changing so fast already and analysts are now predicting
that the device might also shift from our pockets to overlays on the iris of
our eye and a concept that may have been more in keeping with science fiction fantasy,
may be put into practice in the not so distant future with smartphone chip as a
brain implant. You could connect to a wearable device.
Not a
day goes by now without a bank offering us services on the mobile for
transactions we would do only on laptops or iPads till now. The nagging
question is how safe is the new tech going to be in preserving our identities,
our personal information, our e-mails and our bank accounts. The priority should
however be security.
JUST TO LAUGH...
“What should
I do?”
yelled a panicked client to the receptionist at our veterinarian’s office. “My
dog just ate two bags of unpopped pop corn!” Clearly not a alarmed as the
worried pet owner, the receptionist responded coolly, “Well, the first thing I
would do is keep him out of the sun.”
As a student
nurse, I
had to give an injection to a 79-year-old male patient. I asked which hip he
preferred the shot in. He wanted to know if he really had a choice. I told him
he did. He looked me straight in the eye and said, “Yours!”
SECRETS OF HAPPINESS
1. Have a good core group of friends.
2. Build some adventure
into your life. Don’t fall into “the same old, same old”.
3. Research confirms
that “stuff won’t make us happy” so clear out the junk – and only keep what you
love.
4. Work on establishing
balance in your life. Don’t be too busy or you’ll wind up depressed.
5. Give in to temptation
every now and again. Too much discipline is boring in the end.
6. Like and appreciate
yourself. Take time to notice and affirm your strengths.
7. Start living in the
moment – don’t doubt every move. Accept your decision as the best one for right
now.
- Man is superior to
other animals because he can think reason and discriminate.
- Man is the architect
of his own fate.
- Man should try to
remain calm in face of both, pleasure and pain, success and pleasure.
- Man suffers because
he cannot or does not control himself.
- Man suffers because
ha has too many desires.
EMPATH
An Empath is a person who has the ability
to feel and share other people’s feelings and pains. Empaths are very sensitive
to their surroundings, what they eat, and who they are around. Naturally
Empaths are kind, good-hearted, spiritually attuned, and excellent listeners.
We are all free thinkers!
Meet you next month – January, 2018
Professor A. Narayanan, Ph. D., FISPP
Ph : 0422 4393017 Mobile
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DIGEST)
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Friday, November 3, 2017
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MEMO FROM NARA
In democratic countries, we find a number of
political parties headed by a leader or a leader with his family members. It is
more evident in India
In other
words, political parties divide the people based on ideology or personal
interest. In fact, most of the ideologies are similar in nature. However
parties want to remain as separate entities so that leaders of these parties
get prominence among the people. Ideologies apart, the people are divided based
on caste, religion, language etc. ‘Divide and rule’ is a good policy political
parties employ for their survival and existence. Because of such stupid
methods, people fight each other, commit criminal activities, hate the people
belonging to another political party and talk ill of others. They do all these
to show the loyalty to their leaders.
The divisions
created by political parties kill the principle of democracy. The divided
people are loyal to their leaders and prepared to do anything to save their
leaders. The expectation of those cadres is that they will become leaders one
day or other and enjoy the seats of power! Some are successful and others are
not. However the expectations are there in their minds. Following a leader is a
hard thing to do. Satisfying the leader is the main aim involved.
Cadres of a
particular party blindly follow the orders of leaders. The leaders use these
cadres as the bodyguard for them. Invariably the close relatives of the leaders
try to occupy the high positions of the party because they don’t cheat them.
Thus a family set-up is formed in the party over time. If someone is not
interested and opposes such system, quit the party and join another party.
There are many such people who very often jump from one party to another. It is
mostly on personal reasons.
Anyway, that is the reality
in political parties. People, who run these parties like to divide the cadres.
These divisions create unhealthy relationship and disharmony among the public.
People should know the trick of the trade. But unfortunately, false expectations
make them slaves to a particular party. Every party uses its strength by
winning majority votes from the people. These people were convinced or
influence somehow by hook or crook and get their valuable votes. Once the party
comes to power, people are forgotten. Whatever policy suitable for the party
and its leader is implemented even the opposition oppose it. Although we are in
a democratic setup following the law of the land,
political parties do whatever they want.
Real
democracy is not at all followed strictly. Is it possible to have a real
democracy or we continue to divide and rule the country?
JUST TO LAUGH
A kangaroo kept getting out of his enclosure at the zoo. Knowing that
he could hop high, the zoo keepers put up a 3m fence. Didn’t matter – he was
out the next morning, hopping out. So a
6 m fence was put up. Again he got out. When the fence was 12 m high, a
camel in the next enclosure asked the kangaroo, “How high do you think they’ll
go?” The kangaroo said, “A hundred meters, unless somebody locks the gate at
night.”
HOW TO TRUST?
1. Recognize the benefits of trusting others and
building some meaningful relationships. If you never let others get close to
you, then you’re likely to feel lonely and empty inside.
2. Remember that
one person doesn’t have to meet your needs. We can trust different
people with aspects of ourselves. Doing that can feel less risky and a lot less
scary.
4. Give trust slowly – let others prove themselves and if they seem trust worthy then start to trust them more. Share a few small things before you share some bigger things.
5. Trust yourself to cope if someone lets you down.
We’ve all been disappointed and betrayed by other people. Have the confidence
to know that you will manage and survive?
6. Don’t pressurise yourself to give more that you
able. It is hard to trust others if you’re feeling insecure or if you’ve been
hurt by others, or if trust is threatening. Decide to take it slowly and be
patient with yourself.
STEPS TO HAPPINESS
1.
Think less, feel more.
2.
Frown less, smile more.
3.
Talk less, Listen more.
4.
Judge less, accept more.
5.
Watch less, do more.
6.
Complain less, appreciate.
7.
Fear less, love more.
EDUCATING THE YOUNG ONES
If from the start
children are educated into appreciating their own creativity, then probably
almost all of us can be creative. In the olden days, very few people could read
and write.
Literacy was a novel sort of thing, and it was felt that most people
just didn’t have it in them.
But with mass education, it turned out that most
people could be taught to read and write. In
the same way, once we have
computer outlets in every home, each of them hooked up to
enormous libraries,
where you can ask any questions and be given answers, you can look up
something
you are interested in knowing, however silly it might seem to someone. –
Issac
Asimov
LINES I LIKED
- No matter what culture we’re
from, everyone loves music.
- No matter what goal you choose
to pursue, you will face setbacks.
- No matter what happens, travel
gives you a story to tell.
- No matter what heights you reach, respect
everyone, and be humble.
- No matter what is going on in
our lives, there are no ordinary moments, no minutes, or no seconds that
are meaningless.
Never allow others to decide your
destiny!
Meet you next month – December, 2017
Professor A. Narayanan, Ph. D., FISPP
Ph : 0422 4393017 Mobile
www.nara.tumblr.com (NARA ’S DIGEST)
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