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LINES I LIKED PART 1
LINES I LIKED
PART 1
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MEMO FROM NARA...
There are so many extraordinary persons among human beings. In a way,
they are ‘abnormal.’ Ordinary people become extraordinary when they do
something different or abnormal. They are basically same like all of us. We are
born from the wombs of our mothers as ordinary babies. We were taken care of
our parents as ordinary persons. We were put in schools, our teachers taught
us, examined us and promoted us to next classes. Thus we grew up and up to
reach a stage to become extraordinary or abnormal. The life experience or the
education we received at our early ages prepared us either to make an
extraordinary person or an ordinary person.
Who are those extraordinary persons about whom we all know that they
could do something different which we are not able to do. There are good lot of
examples on earth. Jesus Christ, Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln,
Albert Einstein, Nelson Mandala, Mother Theresa, Adolf Hitler, Osama bin Laden
– are few examples. Most of the extraordinary people live in the minds of men
and women who come in future too. Extraordinary people are appreciated and liked
by all ordinary people because they are certainly superior to them. Therefore
superiority is one of the characteristics of extraordinary men and women. How
do they achieve such superiority over others?
One has to seriously think about this aspect. Gene and environment can
make any one superior. Genetically one can inherit the character of superiority
from parents, grand-parents or grand-grand-parents. At the same time,
environment in which one is brought up can be the cause for making someone
superior or inferior. The interaction of gene into environment is considered to
be one of the important factors that determine the character.
Talented people excel in their profession. The talent they possess comes
from them by education, training and self-help processes. Perseverance is
another factor to achieve superior qualities in one’s life. Creative mind
always make people better and superior. Be creative in any aspect of life! –
for which you have to be different from others in thinking and action.
Therefore, to become superior is not easy. Sometimes hard work makes someone
great. In fact, success in life comes because of hard work which is not put
forth by normal persons who go easy, whereas the so called abnormal people
always involve themselves in hard work in whatever field they work.
An element of abnormality is essential to be different from others. Only
if one is different from others I structure or function, others notice it and
appreciate and admire or despise and dislike. We do find the two kinds of people
among us. One, we appreciate and the other we detest and disregard. There are
gentlemen and also there are rude people in any human society. Making everyone
good is an impossible job however much we try. Everything depends on the
environment and circumstances one is placed. If they are good, one tends to
become good and become superior and powerful. If we try with a willingness to
become an achiever, then it is possible to become a hero in the human
population.
There are millions of people in the fancy name of fans behind
celebrities – cine-stars, sportsmen and women, politicians, religious leaders
and so on, because they are abnormal according to me. They have reached a stage
to get appreciation because of their abnormality.
SAY LESS THAN NECESSARY
When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the
more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying
something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and
sphinx-like. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more
you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
The average temperature of the earth's surface is
about 15°C (59°F). The temperature largely is determined by the amount of
energy absorbed from the sun versus the amount of energy emitted into space by
the earth. The energy absorbed by the sun mainly covers wavelengths from the
ultraviolet (< 400 nm) through the visible (400 to 700 nm) through the
ultraviolet (> 700 nm). Any change in the balance between the quantity of
energy absorbed compared to the amount emitted affects climate. The
"greenhouse effect" is concerned with the infrared radiation given
off by the earth. Part of this radiation is absorbed by the atmosphere, rather
than being lost to space. The gases in the atmosphere that absorb infrared
light primarily are water (H2 O), carbon dioxide (CO2), ozone (O3),
nitrous oxide (NO2) and methane (CH4). The gases act as a
sort of insulating blanket for the earth, in the same way they would act to
lessen heat loss from a greenhouse, hence the name 'greenhouse effect'. It is
estimated that the mean global surface temperature of the earth would be -25°C
(-13°F) if not for the absorption of energy by carbon dioxide and water.
The concentration of water vapour in the
atmosphere is higher than that of carbon dioxide. Consequently, most of this
energy conservation is attributable to water. You can see this effect when you
look at how temperature drops less on nights with heavy cloud cover as opposed
to clear skies or when you consider how large the temperature difference
between day and night is in places with lower relative humidity, like the
desert. Although the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is low
(~375 ppm in 2005), it has been increasing appreciably over time. A century
ago, the carbon dioxide concentration was less than 300 ppm. Human activities
are accountable for this increase, including consumption of fossil fuels and
extensive clearing of land (less carbon dioxide can be consumed by photosynthesis). Changes in the levels of carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere are associated with changes in the earth's climate.
RAISE YOUR CONCIOUSNESS...
1. Connect with nature – Go for a walk in the forest, jungle, field of daisies, or wherever you
feel like getting a connection with nature. It is possible to feel at deep
sense of peace and oneness when you attempt to connect with nature. As you
learn to connect and appreciate nature, you allow your consciousness to rise
up.
2. Get your body moving – Exercise and dancing will raise your consciousness by promoting healthy
brainwave patterns, healthy neurotransmitter levels, and great circulation
throughout your nervous system. Help yourself rise up and break the pattern of
not exercising by going for a friendly walk with one of your friends or even going to the
club to dance.
3. Simple meditation - Whether you are an advanced meditator or a beginner, the benefits are
tremendous and will allow you to tap into your highest state of conscious
functioning if you stick around long enough. It is an act that will definitely raise your
conscious awareness and allow you to attain greater focus, discipline, and
develop a deeper joyous connection to life.
4. Spending time with true friends - Find only friends that aligns with who you are, your beliefs, and your
values – they will make you more conscious. These are your true friends, and though they can be tough to
find, they should definitely be cherished. Give some of your true friends a call and make it a habit
to spend more time with them.
6. Tell the truth - Anytime you tell the truth, you raise your level of consciousness. Why
do people tell lies? To protect themselves in lower states of consciousness.
People in higher states of consciousness don’t lie because they want to be true
to themselves, others, and make relationships in humanity more
conscious. -Chris Cains
JUST TO LAUGH...
A tour bus driver is
driving with a bus full of seniors when a little old lady comes up and offers
him a handful of peanuts, which he gratefully munches. After about 15 min, she
hands him another handful of peanuts. She repeats this gesture about five more
times. The sixth time, he asks her why they don’t eat the peanuts themselves.
“We
can’t because we’ve no teeth,” she replied. The puzzled driver asked, “Then why
do you buy them?”
The
old lady replied, “We just love the chocolate around them.”
DO NOT SPEAK...
Do not speak about your money in
front of a poor person.
Do not speak about your health in
front of a sick person.
Do not speak about your power in
front of a weak person.
Do not speak about happiness in
front of a sad person.
Do not speak about your freedom
in front of a prisoner.
Do not speak about your children
in front of an infertile person.
Do not speak about your mother
and father in front of an orphan.
Because their wounds cannot bear
more.
LINES I LIKED...
Ø A man doesn’t know
what he knows until he knows what he doesn’t know.
Ø Let’s take the time to
appreciate people for what they are and what they can do, instead of focussing
on their defects.
NN JULY 2013
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Narayanan, Ph. D., FISPP
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Friday, May 31, 2013
MEMO FROM NARA...
Think of the number of schools, colleges and
universities around us! It’s amazing. In fact they are not sufficient for the
growing population. The problem is global in nature.
In every country people feel that educating the people is the only way to have
an orderly society and government. So every nation is putting its utmost
efforts to develop educational institutions everywhere including rural and
urban areas.
Parents are earning to educate their children. It is the dream of
parents to see their sons and daughters as some highly paid professionals in
future. Most of the elite group of people like to send their children to higher
education. Higher education brings in specialization in particular field of
study. Therefore higher education is getting importance nowadays. There are
renowned educational institutions in every country where we find super
speciality in all subjects. Such institutions and the super specialists are not
sufficient to satisfy the requirement of the world population. Colleges and
Universities are unlikely to keep up the demand for advanced education. These
institutions often run under financial constraints because of the ever
increasing salaries for specialists and also the cost of infrastructure needed
for research purposes. Hence the tuition fees are rocketing year after year.
Paying huge amounts of fees for admission in such academic institutions is
possible only for certain section of people. People are proud to say that they
are Oxford, Cambridge or Harvard educated. But think of the people who do not
have the means to join those institutions. They limit their education below the
advanced level even though they are good enough to take up such studies. In
other words it is only a section of people who are rich can go for advanced
higher education.
In a time when knowledge is free and communication is easy and
technology is at everyone’s hand, one has to think seriously about the future
of higher education. We should not forget that every individual – male or
female – has right to education! Keeping this principle in view, is it possible
to extend the higher education to all and all over the world?
In fact, educationists experimented the possibilities to out-reach
education instead of on-campus teaching. One of the results came out of the
study is the Open Universities which run courses, examinations and issue
diploma or degree certificates. People can learn at their leisure time in their
own places. Such an approach is in operation successfully in many countries
including India. Still people say that on-campus studies are better than
out-reach programs. If someone is serious in out-reach programs he or she can
learn and earn a degree. It is also felt that only small fraction of students
have the drive and the perseverance to learn on their own. In general, these
students need help to clear their doubts. It is possible that fellow students
can help. Interactive studies help to better student learning. Bringing quality
education to the people who would never be able to go to Universities like
Oxford and Cambridge is essential. Therefore on-line education system is in
operation in certain subjects from some universities. Through this system one
professor can easily teach 1000 to 50,000 students at a time. It alters the
economics of education! Also it provides a ‘freemium’ education not the
‘premium’ education. Stanford University of the USA has come out with global
on-line education system successfully.
The future higher education is going to be offered on-line with the
help of social networks like ‘You Tube’ and ‘Facebook.’ In 2008 one such
teaching program was designed by the American Companies. It is called as
Massive Open On-line Courses (MOOCs). It is an internet based teaching program
designed to handle thousands of student simultaneously, in part using the
tactics of social net-working websites. Thus the future of educations is not
going to be the one through which we were educated. The new generation is going
to learn on-line and earn degrees on-line. Let us hope that all – rich and
poor, men and women – are going to get the benefit as we use the mobile phones
today. It was a dream but it is going to be a reality very soon.
SPONSOR
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NARA’S
NOTEPAD
thank
Dr. Y. L. Nene, former International
Scientist, ICRISAT and present Chairman, Asian Agri-History Foundation,
Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh
for sponsoring June, July and August 2013
issues.
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