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Ma accepted all faiths as paths leading to the Lord. Once, during a kirtan she walked out in trance to the mazhar of a Fakir [Muslim Saint]. When the Muslim caretaker there opened the doors she went round the mazhar chanting from the Koran. Though she had no knowledge of the Muslim way of worship she offered namaaz just as Muslims do. The Muslim caretaker accompanied her on her return home and participated in the Kirtan and even fed Ma with a piece of candy. …

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Since time immemorial Mother India has been giving birth to Liberated beings (Jivan Muktas). Not only has she produced countless such sons but also daughters. Devahuti, Gargi, Maitreyi, Chudala, Madalasa, Akka Mahadevi, Mirabai, Sarada Devi, Aavudayakkal, Aandavan pitchai, Janaki Mata are but few of several women Saints. Their lives illustrate that a woman is no weakling but has the capability to reach the highest state. These women saints have been from various…

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Each one of us is good at giving advice. We tell our children to be obedient, have pleasing manners, be disciplined etc. We tell our juniors at work to be punctual, focused, over-achieve etc. We tell our spouses to be balanced, mature, cool etc. We tell our neighbours to be friendly, helpful etc. Our expectations from others always borders on perfection.



Ever wondered what the…

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Wherever we focus our attention is where our thoughts are directed with most frequency and interest. Thus energy is produced in this direction, whether positive and beneficial energy or negative and harmful energy.

If we have a complicated mind, which thinks too much about certain things unnecessarily, our attention may be led towards the obstacles, problems, upsets and the things we worry about from a critical and negative viewpoint. By paying more attention to…

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Smt Gayatri Devi Vasudev is Editor, The Astrological Magazine - the world's foremost journal on astrology – and Vice-President, Indian Council of Astrological Sciences.



She is the daughter of the illustrious crusader for astrology, Dr B. V. Raman. After a brilliant academic career, Smt Vasudev began assisting her father, and has travelled…

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I Met Money and Said “You Are Just A Piece of Paper”

Money Smiled & Said “ Of Course, But I Haven’t Seen A Dust Bin For Me Yet” 

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Good morning / Evening to to all of u and have a divine blessed day ahead …..

Wishing all my friends / brothers & Sisters "ADVANCE HAPPY CHRISTMAS" and a Prosperous NEW YEAR 2012

Combining as it does, the joy of life and the Spirit of God, the festival of Christmas comes year after the approaching herald of a new year, with its sweet message and silent shifting of our attention, more and yet more to the spiritual pursuits in which alone consist man’s real…

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Good morning / Evening to all of u and have a divine blessed day ahead …..

The salt, sugar and the fat in our food affect the organs in the body like the heart, the kidney and the eyes.

Mind is also an internal organ. The saltiness, sourness and spices in our food affect this internal organ called the mind…

----SRI SRI MURALIDHARA SWAMIJI

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Grapes



Grapes are one of the best blood-purifiers. They are a valuable general tonic. The functional activity of all the organs of the body is stimulated by eating grapes. They cause general improvement and the tone of the body.



Grapes contain citric and tartatic acids. These acids are converted into alkalis after digestion and increase the alkalinity of the blood. Citric acid helps…

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The mind is like a tiny creeper within our hearts. Just as a creeper needs some hold, onto which it entwines itself, the mind too needs an object to hold on to.

Though a creeper has no eyes, it surprisingly reaches a nearby staff or tree and entwines it by itself. Similarly, the mind reaches out from our hearts through the senses, and clings on to various objects of the senses. For instance, the mind slowly peeps out through the ears and clings on to a…