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Sunderblogge.084 Liberation can never be an acquisition of the individual. Because liberation is not a person, liberation is from a person. It is often said by sages that the search or efforts to seek liberation will end only when the seeker ends. All attempts made in this direction only further crystallize the identity and discreteness of the seeker. Desire for liberation is an oxymoron, because liberation is absence of all desires. Does it mean that all endeavors like medication, devotion, and prayer are superfluous? It is said that Liberations is merely a blink away. It need no involve any form of penance; it need not involve any form penance, effort or endeavor. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.083 While the body is transitory and has a normal curve of birth, growth, maturity, decay and death and the mind that is encased in the body also goes along the same route, the soul is beyond death and destruction and joins the cosmic pool when it leaves the body. But God who created all living beings on this universe embedded humans with a special characteristic –that of an intelligent capable of knowing his non-being also! We live in the past with our memories, we live in the present with our pains and pleasures and we live in the future with vague guess work Just as the physical body is vulnerable to injury and disease the mind, too, suffers as a result of what we say and do. Medical help is available for bringing the body back to good health. But when the mind suffers an aberration owing to traumatic events the consequences can be tragic for all those who are close to the person so affected and of course, the concerned individual. Treatment for disturbed minds is not so easily accessible. Moreover, seeking psychiatric help is viewed as something only `mad` people do, and so there is a stigma attached. Hence there is need for counseling centers and openness to encourage people to come forward to seek help. This will help reduce the anxiety and stress levels, leading to a better quality of life for individuals and families and by extension, friends, colleagues and society as a whole. The more depressed you get, the more anxiously you seek isolation that only deepens the depression. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.082 Of Passion and Compassion: We know what passion is hence it is not very difficult to understand what passion may be. Passion means a state of biological fever-it is hot. You are almost possessed by biological unconscious energies. You are no longer your own master, you are just a slave. Passion is lust, compassion is love. Passion is desire, compassion is desirelessness. Passion wants to use the other as a means; compassion respects the other as an end unto himself or herself. Passion keeps you tethered to earth, to mud and you never become a lotus. You start rising above the muddy world of desires, greed and anger. Compassion is a transformation of your energies. Best Wishes Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.081 Trust is an inner eye. Just as the two outer eyes are for seeing the universe, there is a third eye inside whose name is trust. The eye of trust means the eye of love. If you love someone you will see certain things in the person what no one else will see. That sweetness delicate and the touch of love are needed for it, only then is it revealed. You will hear the echo of a song in that person that no one else will hear. You will hear it one has to come closer that anyone else has come. Only you are that close. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani.

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Sunderblogger.080 Subject: Mind Made Scale Duality divides. Oneness unites. When we think, we divide ourselves. Thought creates a duality or division- by a `mind made scale` for measurement of good or bad, pain and pleasures, more or less; virtue or vice. Thought varies with time, space individual and object. It creates diverse situations and options. Each person often led to “KARMA” by invisible thought force that drops from the Universal Reservoir of Un-known or Universal thought and karma projects I-ness as distinct from Oneness. In domain of bodies and flesh, Karmic debits and credits accrue. This apparently symbolizes God-human relationship as a balance sheet. In affairs of body, mind, soul, Nature, time and space, balance sheet cannot be annualized. Settlement of `Karmic` credit an debits of past lives-that may be good or bad- can be done through retribution [payback] in subsequent life forms or when debit waived. Good thoughts or `Karma`, from spiritual point of view, take consciousness inward and upward. Negative thoughts or bad `Karmas` have tendency to pull mind downward and outward. This is the broad distinction for determining what is `good` or `bad`. Our own good Karmas and medication may create conditions for that Oneness. But `primordial sin` or separation is forgiven, when Divine act of mercy takes place. Call it grace, or by any other name. It is then that `Karmic` debits and credits are wiped out relationship with flesh finishes, duality dies and Oneness attained. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.079 Fear has many names like dread, worry, panic, anxiety, and it manifests itself in varied ways as in avoidance, procrastination, perfectionism, judgment, control, agitation and violence. Fear usually prevents us from living up to our true potential. Whether we are afraid of the dark, of being abandoned, failure, commitment, flying or public speaking, fear can affect nearly every decision we make. Fear is part of the problem, sometimes fear is the problem- but when are really paying attention, fear is usually part of the solution. We easily forget that fear is an essential part of our nature; an alarm system there to get out attention, to push us out of harm`s way. We need to learn to distinguish between unhealthy or neurotic fear that holds us back, and healthy fear that helps us to move on. Unhealthy fear is persistent, exaggerating and even inventing potential dangers; healthy fear stands guard responsibly informing us immediately of real danger. It is only through facing, exploring, accepting and responding to fear that we free ourselves from its paralyzing grip. If befriending or embracing our fear seems too much, then as a first step, one can simply acknowledge it. Best Wishes, Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.078 Subject: Social relationships. Having good social relationships- friends, marriage or children – may be every bit as important to a healthy lifespan as quitting smoking, losing weight or taking certain medications. People with strong social relationships were 50% less likely to die early than people without such support. A lack of social relationships was equivalent to smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. Having low levels of social interaction was equivalent to being an alcoholic, was more harmful than not exercising and was twice as harmful as obesity. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.077 One of the favorite sports of India`s middle classes is bureaucracy bashing. It is an easy game to play and can be quite a lot of fun. Everyone has their favorite, outrageous story about an encounter with the bureaucracy. The inefficiency, corruption, insensitivity, stupidity and Kafkaesque circularity of bureaucratic procedures and rules are legendary. That India`s bureaucracy is one the most stifling and difficult to deal with has now been revealed in a survey. Over a thousand expatriate business executive rated India`s bureaucracy the most annoying in Asia. The problem with India is no, as we in the middle class imagine, that we have too many idle and corrupt bureaucrats. The problem is that we have too many rules and regulations and too few officials to implement and monitor the regimes, and bring to book those who flout the rules and regulations. As India`s population grows, the disequilibrium is only going to grow: more rules and regulations to be applied to more and more people by a bureaucracy that is not high enough. A conclusion: either we expand the bureaucracy or else the government will gradually wither away to the point that India will join the ranks of failed states. That would be a calamity for the Indian people. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani.

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Sunderblogger.076 Subject: Intellect and Intelligence. We spent lot of time acquiring intelligence at the expenses of developing intellect. Intelligence is built by gaining information, knowledge from external agencies, from schools and universities, teachers and textbooks. The intellect is developed through your individual effort by exercising the faculty of questioning, thinking and reasoning. Not accepting anything that does not admit logic or reason. Know the difference between the two. Not realizing the importance of the intellect in life, people make no attempt to develop their own. Instead, they merely indulge in acquiring intelligence through surface reading of others` periodicals and publications. Education has lost its meaning and purpose. For generation’s human being have turned into intelligence robots and are traversing through life without awareness, much less enquiring into the meaning and purpose of life. The world today is in a state of chaos due to the perversion in human development- all intelligence and no intellect. That explains why even highly educated business-persons, professionals and scholars become alcoholics, are short-tempered and succumb to worry and anxiety. It is the mind that loses its temper. Again, it is the mind that constantly harbors worry of the past and anxiety for the future. When the intellect remains undeveloped and weak, it is unable to control the vagaries of the mind. Thos having developed a powerful intellect, with or without academic distinction, can hold the mind under perfect control and direct action to spell success and peace in life. The educational systems the world over must be held responsible for the debacle of the intellect. Only by maintaining this essential equation can governments be run, business conducted, professions practiced and families live in peace and prosperity. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.075 Should India create a sovereign wealth fund? India has foreign exchange reserves of around $280 billion. The practice at present is to invest these funds in sovereign debt instruments of the world`s strongest economies, reshuffling the portfolio to minimize exchange rate losses. The return on such assets is ridiculously low, and is slated to remain low for some time. The opportunity cost is huge. The catch is the integrity challenge. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.074 One of the essential problems of our society is that we have a tendency, amid all the craziness that surrounds us, to lose sight of what is truly human in ourselves, and that includes our own individual needs. Those very special, mostly non-material things, that would fulfill us, give meaning to our lives, enlarge us, and enable us to more easily embrace those around us We need to reduce the speed limits of our lives. We need to savour the trip. Leave the cell phone at home every once a while. Try kissing more and less. And top talking so much listen to other people have something to say, too. And when they don`t, that glorious silence that you hear will have more to say to you than you ever imagined. is when you will begin to hear you song. That`s when you best take hold, and you become really you. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.073 SELF DEFENCE - SAFETY TIPS Awareness is the key. Increasing your personal awareness is an integral part of crime prevention, and perhaps the single most important element of effective self-defense. An awareness of the reality of crime and violence, as well as an awareness of your environment, are the keys to your personal security. 1. Trust your instincts: Learn to trust your instincts and listen to what your intuition tells you. Trust those "little voices" when they tell you that something (or someone) "just don't look right. " All of your senses should come to full alert, and you should be prepared to take action (if it's necessary) to get out of the situation or away from that person as fast as possible. 2. Avoid presenting a victim profile: Crime victims are frequently chosen because they are easy targets. Criminals prey on the weak or unsuspecting, and usually avoid people who are aware of what's going on and might put up a fight. When people in the eye out in public, look, keep your head up, and walk with a confident stride. This tells the predator that you are more likely to see him coming and resist. Without the element of surprise, they will likely pass you up for someone who'll put up less of a fight. 3. Lights, people and noise: "Just use good common sense and remember to pay attention to what's happening around you, and you will go a long way towards keeping yourself safe... “Always remember that your greatest allies are lights, people and noise. These are the three things that criminals fear most, because they increase the likelihood that they will be seen or caught. 4. Your first priority is escape: If you do end up in a dangerous situation, remember that your number one priority is not to fight, but to escape. When faced with someone who demands your wallet, purse, jewelry etc... - give it to them, and get out of there. No possession, however valuable, is worth risking your life over. 5. You must react quickly: One of the greatest challenges to defending yourself is that in the real world (unlike in the movies) acts of violence usually happen very quickly. When an attack occurs suddenly (even though there are usually warning signs), you are at an extreme disadvantage, if you are not prepared to react. Pepper spray, stun guns and firearms are useless if you can't get to them instantly when you need them. So try to anticipate dangerous situations in advance (such as walking to your car at night) and prepare yourself to take quick action. 6. The element of surprise: Second to awareness, surprise is perhaps the most important element of effective self-defense. Using it to your advantage can give you a devastating edge in a confrontation. For example, you might pretend to be passive, by appearing to submit to your assailants wishes, only to attack them when they least expect it. You might also try to talk to your attacker, and then suddenly throw something at their face - and run. In any case, it will be your ability to stay as calm as possible, while you keep thinking, that will make the difference. PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS INFORMATION TO ALL!!! Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.072 Subject: Art of selling you Living is selling. You sell yourself on going to your favorite restaurant. A husband and wife sell constantly. What movie shall we go to? Who takes the dog to the vet? And so on. Life is a sale. And the path to success at both living and selling is the same. Attitude matters. Attitude sells. To see what people really value watch when they put their money where their mouths are-literally. People make them feel good. Develop your skill, sharpen them more each day. People value- and pay more for – the way you make them feel. People buy feelings. Best Wishes Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.071 to learn something new everyday is a gift. One realizes this only if one`s mind is open to the world and to life. It could be as simple as learning a new word and its meaning; something that enriches one`s life in even in a small way, for every little bit of learning helps one becomes just that wee bit wiser. One might like to think one is smart and wise-but the truth is, it is the only with little experience in life that one realizes that life is a gift; it has something new to offer every single day. Suddenly, one could discover a new flower, tree or painting; one tries to understand what it is- physical enrichment because the physical is beholding something beautiful and one`s mind is trying to assimilate what it means. One can experience during one`s career and travels, meeting people, exchanging ideas- that have helped one to absorb and learn, to share and spread happiness, transcending geography, culture, and relationship. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.070 Subject: Recondition Your Mind. Conditioning is an integral part of life. Every human being is born in an environment, so everyone is subject to environmental conditioning. There is no exception whatsoever. So, every one of us is conditioned, one way or other. Everyone is bound to live a conditioned life. It is everyone`s fate and no one can escape from it. It is a fact that everyone is subject to conditioning but is also a fact that every form of conditioning can be reversed. Conditioning is a phenomenon of thinking. Thinking and counter thinking are both within the capacity of the mind. It is accepted that education is an important tool for personality development. At the same time, one must try to recondition one’s mind; otherwise one cannot receive the fruits of education. Those who look only at external factors invariably underestimate their own capacity. But those who discover themselves become free of this obsession and can meet all challenges. Recondition your conditioning and you will instantly emerge a new person even better than what you were in the past. Best Wishes Sunder.thadani

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Sunderblogger.069 Aloneness considering the transitory nature of life, it makes sense to not to cling to things. And why are we so serious? Perhaps we are so serious because we have so much negativity. What cause a paid turns out to be the most beautiful blessing of life. If any source gives pain, feel gratitude for that. For suffering creates the opportunity for change. Sometimes we need pressure and pain to make us change for the better. Pain is a hammer in the hands of the Divine. Divinity is trying to make true figure. Keep alive your alones. We came from One and we have to become One. One is alone; alone means One. The highest possibilities of life can come in aloneness. When you are two, nothing comes to you, two is a pastime. If our life is happy, if it is full of the divine blessings, blessed by divine grace, it is because life gives us the fruits of aloneness. Only the Divine is alone. The Divine is one. He`s not two. We should feel gratitude if something or someone gives us the experience of aloneness. Only when we are alone, are we able to understand ourselves, to know who we are, to become aware of ourselves, to see the value of our lives. But we are always afraid of aloneness. Nobody wants to be alone, to be single; we want to become two, and two takes you out from you. Becoming one is a process of life. If we are alone, we should try to live with this aloneness for a long time. When we live with this and the seed of aloneness is established in us, a beautiful tree comes out. And the tree that comes from the seed of aloneness gives us love, peace, harmony, joy, bliss, everything. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.068 Most of us invariably take a look at ourselves in the mirror at least once a day. The mirror diligently and without being judgmental, reflects what is and what is not. We accept what it tells us without much complaint. We then try to better, in whatever way possible, that which is possible to change for the better and simply accept the rest as given. We take pride in what we have in terms of form, beauty and appearance and try not to dwell too much on what we lack outwardly. We may also resolve and work towards those areas that need to be improved. We step out of the house, with this `approved` confidence, and are ready to take on the world. Let`s say we are able to hold the mirror to reflect our mind and heart. Chances are that most of us don`t make the effort, perhaps because we my not approve of the kind of reflection we might get to see. It may be too much for our ego state to accept. It is never easy to get ourselves to accept what we don`t like to see n us, especially that which we cannot actually `see`. Your views, suggestions, or comments are most welcome. Kind Regards! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.067 Sub: Think India. India thrives on contradictions like no place else; any visitor, tourist, or business representative can expect the unexpected. Relying on a trusted Indian friend to act as buffer and to protect one from culture shock is helpful in this sometimes highly confusing country. At your hotel, they may not serve beef because of the reverence Hindus hold for the cow. Yet you may hear the conversation of Hindu man from Kerala seated at a nearby table telling his wife on a cell phone that he will return home tomorrow and would prefer a beefsteak for dinner. In a temple, where you might expect more familiar rules and behavior, you could be truly shocked to witness a sadhu (a holy man who customarily wears orange) amble in nonchalantly completely nude. Your views, suggestions, or comments are most welcome. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.066 A peaceful life is essentially a simple one and hence effortless. The sheer simplicity of peaceful life is a magnet that attracts, for deep within we identify with it. To be simple is not something external; we have to become simple and natural from within, be open to our own 1internal self1, and perform actions knowing where they are leading to. One has to consciously bring about this change, as “to change externally is just a cosmetic change; A peaceful life is essentially a simple one and hence effortless. The sheer simplicity of peaceful life is a magnet that attracts, for deep within we identify with it. To be simple is not something external; we have to become simple and natural from within, be open to our own 1internal self1, and perform actions knowing where they are leading to. One has to consciously bring about this change, as “to change externally is just a cosmetic change; it is feeding the inner world wherein in each one us a `sage` dwells. Once connected to this sage our decisions are taken from deep within and we no longer need approval of others. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.065 India’s Unlimited Opportunities. With an average GDP growth rate of 8% each year. there has been a lot to cheer abut in India. During this phase, there has been a massive increase in the growth of individual wealth in India. It is reported that India’s HNWI (High Net worth Individual) population grew by 23% which makes it fastest growing globally. At the end of 2007, the number of HNWI was at 1.23 lakh. HNWIs are defined as individuals with more than $1 million (it was INR 4 crores then) in net assets, excluding what they have as primary residence and consumables. Your views, suggestions, or comments are most welcome. Best Wishes, Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger. 064 we understand that to be successful is to arrive, to get somewhere; and so we worship success. We`re always thinking in terms of success, in terms of `more`, and the `more` is a relative idea dependent on what prevailing social norms consider to be respectable. If you do not live up to that societal, you are likely to be called a failure. But if you love to do something with all you being, you are then not concerned with success and failure. However, very few have the evolved perspective that allows them space to think this way. The whole concern of an intelligent person is to see things as they are and understand the problem- which is not necessarily about bracketing action in terms of being oriented towards success or failure. It`s only when we don`t really love what we`re doing, that we think in those terms. Didn`t a wise person say; “Success is a relative term; there`s nothing absolute about it?” What we think of as success today might be thought of as failure in another time and situation and vice versa. It would be in our best interest to view both what we call success and failure as relative states and so treat both success and failure with equanimity. Best Wishes Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.063 The best way for awareness of self to happen is slowly, from within, like daybreak when the brightness of the sun is experienced very gently, until it shines forth steadily. Such an experience of Self-awareness would need to happen out of the complete and expectant emptiness of mind, something that waits in hushed silence to be brought forth with divine intervention and the effort put in by the seeker. This way, as something that comes from within, Self-awareness would help the individual seeker make that cosmic conscious connection with the universal intelligence. You feel it as an effulgent presence, a consciousness that is pristine pure, completely free of any thought. In fact, we cannot grasp the quintessence of spirituality though thinking at all. Best Wishes, Sunder Thadani

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Sunderbloggr.062 Major business houses and multinationals operate out of Mumbai through their head offices in the city. Mumbai is also the entertainment capital of the country, producing the largest number of films and has a large number of multiplexes and theatres. On the education and healthcare front, the city has some of the best institutes and hospitals. Moreover it has the best Public Transportation systems with local trains, buses, taxis, and autos. The infrastructure projects including new road, flyovers, sea-links, metro and monorails are being speeded up. As for real estate, Mumbai continues to be the most exiting market with a host of residential and commercial projects getting ready to meet the growing demand. Best Wishes, Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.061 Subject: Bandra-Mahim Promenade The beautification of promenade is being undertaken in a way that will depict the many historic as well as recent landmarks, if will give Mahim bay a new identity. The Bandra side of Mahim Bay, now more famous as a lovers` haunt, will get an iconic glass tower, joggers` tract, cyclists` path, and an amphitheatre for cultural evens in a new promenade. The classic promenade feel is not lost but enhanced more with ornamental and accent lighting and paving materials. The promenade will be at the crossroads of the new road system and the old Causeway. The amphitheatre is in straight alignment with the Mahim Fort. The beautification project is scheduled to cost Rs. 8 crores. While work on the gardens, parks, and tracks s expected to be completed in six to eight months, the rest of the project will take over a year to be completed. Best Wishes to Mumbaikars. Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.060 One of the favorite sports of India`s middle classes is bureaucracy bashing. It is an easy game to play and can be quite a lot of fun. Everyone has their favorite, outrageous story about an encounter with the bureaucracy. The inefficiency, corruption, insensitivity, stupidity and Kafkaesque circularity of bureaucratic procedures and rules are legendary. That India`s bureaucracy is one the most stifling and difficult to deal with has now been revealed in a survey. Over a thousand expatriate business executive rated India`s bureaucracy the most annoying in Asia. The problem with India is no, as we in the middle class imagine, that we have too many idle and corrupt bureaucrats. The problem is that we have too many rules and regulations and too few officials to implement and monitor the regimes, and bring to book those who flout the rules and regulations. As India`s population grows, the disequilibrium is only going to grow: more rules and regulations to be applied to more and more people by a bureaucracy that is not high enough. A conclusion: either we expand the bureaucracy or else the government will gradually wither away to the point that India will join the ranks of failed states. That would be a calamity for the Indian people. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.059 Sub: shopping on woman’s minds as much as sex on men’s. A fascinating survey has revealed that most of the young women think about shopping as often as men think about sex. Between the ages 19-45, 74 per cent of them thin abut shopping every minute. While young men think about sex every 52 seconds. Best wishes! sunder.thadani

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Sunderblogger.058 Life4living.0710India today is the world`s second largest wireless market. India has surpassed the US as the world`s second largest wireless network in the world after China with the addition of 10.16 million wireless subscribers at the end of March, 2008The total number of wireless subscribers stood at 261.09 million at the end of March 2008. India has overtaken the US. Your views, suggestions, or comments are most welcome. Kindly join the group, and contribute content. Best Wishes, Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.057 Freedom from sex is not repression of sex: it the understanding of sex; by understanding, one goes beyond it. But that does not mean that you will be angry, against it and antagonistic. You will be blissful. You will bless everybody with the hope that someday, they will also go beyond it. Sex is not a sin. Nobody is ever punished or sent to hell for sex. God has given it to you, you are born with it; you have not created it- like the atom bomb, bayonet, sword, money or politics- these are inventions of the ugly human mind. These people will go to hell, certainly. But sex is God-given gift, and it is a great seed. Once it starts sprouting and finds the right soul, it will become a big tree. Millions of flowers will come to it. Your views, suggestions, or comments are most welcome and will be appreciated. Best Wishes Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.056 about My Mumbai [for your information] –Grouped in: MyCityMyLove Mumbai has always been a powerhouse of Indian business industry, and trade with a proven track record when compared with other cities in India, or for that matter even with Shanghai. On the financial front, over 92% of the country`s stock exchange turnover is conducted from BSE and NSE. In addition to Reserve Bank of India, most of the headquarters of financial, banking institutions and insurance companies, both in public and private sector are headquartered in Mumbai. Your views, suggestions, or comments are most welcome, and will be appreciated by members. Kind Regards Sunder Thadani.

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Sunderblogger.055 Head understands head and heart understands heart. We try to put the heart in the head and head in the heart and it doesn`t seem to work. Your heart feels something beautiful, and you can feel it. When head says something is beautiful, we cling on to the word; it`s there in the mind, but we might not feel what we feel when the heart says the same thing. We repeat the word ‘beautiful’ in the head but it doesn’t seem or feel beautiful the way it would have if it had come from the heart. Let us talk about love. It`s the same thing- you talk too much about love, the word love` gets stuck in the head, but somehow there no depth of feeling. That`s because it`s in the head, not in the heart. In silence, love emits, radiates. We experience ourselves in the things we love more. That is why, when we lose the things we love, we feel hurt; we fee unhappy. We are all floating in an ocean of life; a big life. It is not just empty space all around us; it is lively big life. And in the big sea of life there, all shells are floating and each shell has got a little water in it which is not the water separate from the water in the sea. so, we come out of our shells and experience, “I am not just in the body, but I am expanded all over; everywhere, it`s me there and it`s me here, I see myself in everybody”. Best Wishes Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.054 On Hollywood –MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the legendary 86 year-old Hollywood studio, is filling for bankruptcy. This relates to Hollywood`s style of functioning, marred by overblown budgets, unreal plots, unsure narratives and seeking novelty mixed with realism. In contrast stands Bollywood, the Hindi film industry steadily expanding over the globe. Bollywood`s themes are constantly energized by everyday culture and mythology while increasingly including edgy, experimental stories. Winner of 205 Oscars over the years, it is extraordinary that a studio of MGM`s stature should see such days. Despite holding 4,000 film titles including the sparkling James Bond series, the studio, bought in 2005 by a Sony-led consortium, has been plagued by debts of four billion dollars. It is anticipated that its lenders will now take over most of MGM, forcing it to re-scale operations. MGM`s crisis reflects greater troubles within Hollywood itself. In recent years, American cinema has increasingly been treated not as ‘show business` but pure business. Films have been based on market strategy, distribution networks and commercial calculations as opposed to simply being cinema that delights and thrills viewers through the forceful creativity driving it. Once, MGM made iconic films like Gone with the Wind, BenHur, The Wizard of Oz and Rocky. In recent times, despite the hype and hoopla surrounding Hollywood, it is hard to think of many movies which will live beyond their times, seeping into popular memory the world over. Your views, contributions, or comments are most welcome. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani.

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Sunderblogger.053 The subject is: Happiness Is Not Everything The idea of happiness is a kind of ignorance. If your understanding is healthy, then you will never give too much importance to happiness; we do so because of our ignorance. Happiness is not the idea, purpose or aim of life; happiness is a consequence, a fruit. Happiness is a subject of the senses. The scope of the senses is limited and the senses are completely unaware of the greatness of life. If you are just following your senses, you are indulging them. Understand the game of the senses, and then go beyond them. Discover that portion of life, that part of life that can give us something permanent, the highest knowledge of life, the highest clarity in life. What we understand by happiness lies on the surface. When you live at a deeper level, you give importance to clarity of consciousness which gives you information on the purpose of your existence; it gives you purpose. Once this is clear everything come to you, including contentment and balance. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.052 Choose Your Options with Care. Everyday in our life, we perhaps have some kind of bad experience, big or small. One has two options: either ignore them or react. The first option is a form of forgiveness, while the other amounts to engagement and in some cases, even revenge. Which is the better option? Forgiveness is a better option for it is based on a proven formula: `save yourself`. Forgiveness saves you from distraction, it saves your time, and it saves you from creating more problems. Forgiveness could amount to an instant solution to the problem. In contrast, reaction and emotional revenge means turning the bad into worse, for revenge tends to worsen the problem. If forgiveness is buying time, revenge is just wasting time without hope of any positive result. “To error is human, but to forgive is divine” For the core, aren`t we all really divine beings? Best wishes! Sunder.thadani.

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Sunderblogger.051 India is emerging as managerial number one in the world. In 2009 Indian companies have raised billions from global markets, to finance foreign takeovers, and internal expansion. This far exceeded the inflow of foreign direct investment [around $10 billion]. This is the real revolution of 2006, India as left behind the stage of being seen as global suppliers of soft ware, generic drugs and auto components. It is now seen as a global managerial power, one that can take over multinationals across the world and improve their performance. So, global financiers are tripping over one another to fund foreign acquisitions by Indian companies. The world now believes that Indian are excellent managers, better than those in several American and European countries Hundreds of Indian companies have become MNCs with growing empires. Day is not far, when ICIC Bank takes over Citibank, when Infosys acquired IBM, when Reliance takes over Exxon; and Tata Motors take over General Motors, and of course Times of India should take over the New York Times. Best Wishes, sunder.thadani

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Sunderblogger.050 According to Akamai Technologies’ latest State of the Internet report, India has currently 2.1 million unique IPs, which means the country has 0.002 IPs per capita or two unique IP addresses per 1,000 people. An IP (Internet Protocol) address is a unique 32-bit number, which identifies a computer in an IP network. The State of the Internet report also reveals that the percentage of broadband connections from India with speeds above 5 Mbps (high broadband) and 2 Mbps (broadband) are 0.6 per cent and 4.6 per cent respectively. The percentage of connections with speeds less than 256 Kbps from India is 26 per cent. Sanjay Singh, vice president, Global Services and Support, Akamai Technologies, has said, “Our global network of 36,000 servers across 70 countries enables us to offer unique insight into how the internet is being leveraged around the world. While the report notes that India has just two unique IPs per 1,000 people on average, we believe India’s internet penetration will significantly increase in the coming years, thanks in part to the economic boom and increasing IT adoption.” Best Wishes, Sunder Thadani.

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Sunderblogger.049 In the ICE (information, communication, and entertainment) age, life is characterized by stiff competition. The anxiety to keep ahead in the rat race and the urge to garner material benefits is ripping us apart. Relationships have taken a beating and marriage is losing its sheen. From a marriage of convenience it has now transformed into a game of compromises. Giving each other space, understanding work cultures and the pressure that comes along, sharing domestic responsibilities top the list. Partners need to have faith in each other, shed their egos and be ready to talk things out instead of fighting. Practicality is the word. Along with an easy-going attitude, there should be the zeal to support their respective families. It is necessary to draw the demarcating line between personal and professional lives. Being supportive of each other regarding professional decisions, coming up with suggestion but not imposing upon the partner are important for a successful marriage. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani.

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Sunderblogger.048 it is feeding the inner world wherein in each one us a `sage` dwells. Once connected to this sage our decisions are taken from deep within and we no longer need approval of others. A peaceful life is essentially a simple one and hence effortless. The sheer simplicity of peaceful life is a magnet that attracts, for deep within we identify with it. To be simple is not something external; we have to become simple and natural from within, be open to our own 1internal self1, and perform actions knowing where they are leading to. One has to consciously bring about this change, as “to change externally is just a cosmetic change; it is feeding the inner world wherein in each one us a `sage` dwells. Once connected to this sage our decisions are taken from deep within and we no longer need approval of others. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.047 Mumbai is drawing attention as the saturation limit has come to this great Metropolis of more than 16 million people. Today the city needs more than 2.5 lakh crores to improve city’s infrastructure. The city is jam packed with traffic per day as under: Vehicles 122000000 Two-Wheelers 5.800000 Cars 3.600000 Auto-Rakshas 100000 Taxis 57000 Private buses 50000 Goods Carriers 77000 For your information, every day more than 500-600 vehicles are added To this congestion of vehicles in this tiny island city as big as Hong Kong Total land area is not more than 440 square miles [with sea all the sides As Mumbai being an island city. Your views, suggestions, or comments are most welcome. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.044 Destroy those envying roots and enjoy lasting peace. Just be aware when the feeling of jealousy arises, and you will be surprise, it simply disappears. Jealousy cannot be overcome either by escaping from it or hating the object of jealousy. Understand the way out of jealousy is not be surprising it or denying its existence. Expressing and encouraging it is also not the way because then you are not ready to face he jealousy with awareness. Just watch how jealousy arise in you, how it develops into hatred for the object of jealousy, how it creates restlessness and frustration inside you and make you lose all of your peace and calm. Do not condemn the object of jealousy. The object has not generated the emotions from outside. The jealousy is happening inside you. The fire of jealousy can just consume you completely if you don’t control it with the fire extinguisher of you awareness. Once you witness your jealousy with awareness, you will realize that it does not have a basis for existence at all. When this happens jealously will drop automatically. You won`t have to drop it. Best Wishes! sunder.thadani

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Sunderblogger.043 There are two important days in our life. The first is the day we are born. The second is the day we realize why we are born. But for many people, this second day never comes. They live mechanically from the day they are born until the day they die. We will only be able to appreciate the beauty and magnitude of life when we realize it true purpose. To enjoy freedom, to be more aware, we need to liberate the mind from needless thoughts. When we develop awareness, we gain the ability to accept and nourish healthy thoughts and reject bad ones. Through awareness, we can even develop the ability to witness all the various functions of our mind and, ultimately, realize our true Self. Best Wishes! sunder.thadani.

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Sunderblogger.042 Boredom is a state of mind in that state, nothing appeals to us, nothing excites us, and ad nothing interests us. Boredom is not something that hits us from outside; It`s nothing external. It is not like day and night or like the seasons that are inevitable. Boredom is the mind, though it might be related to the presence or absence of people, events or material elements that are outside the person The most common reason for boredom is when one does not have anything worthwhile to do. Take up a hobby, call up old friends or relatives, start writing a journal, learn a new art like drawing, painting, or music, remember all the things you wanted to do, but could not do due to a genuine lack of time. Like everything, boredom too has its benefits, if you use the time effectively, and creatively. Otherwise, you can keep complaining that you are bored, and waste the one and only life that God has given you, in a bored, mundane fashion. Feeling bored is also a choice- no one is stopping you from going ahead and doing all those things that could make your life interesting or exciting, except yourself. Best Wishes: sunder.thadani

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Sunderblogger.041 Religion seeks to give a sense of meaning and direction to human existence, providing us with understanding of who and what we are. Accordingly, it is inextricably bound up with the different components of our human identity-as individuals, spouses, members of families, communities and nations. These are the expanding circles of our human identity, each of which has its place and value. Sociological analysis indicates that much of problems of alienation and disorientation within modern society are the result of a loss of traditional components of human identity. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani.

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Sunderblogger.040 Hope is the spring board of all activity. A new hour, a new dawn and a new year, all hold out hope. Hope can also spring forth in a manner that is unconnected with us. A good turn of events for someone else can kindle hope in us. However, hope could turn out to be a double-edged sword. Unfulfilled hope can be devastating, as in business, love and competitive situations. Grief might blur one`s vision but the flicker of hope helps us navigate the darkness of despair. Unified mind is the key to peace, happiness and fullness. It can help us see t he whole picture rather than get trapped in ephemeral details. Not everyone might turn out «GreetingLine»to be a Beethoven or Stephen Hawking. However, by not getting disheartened by setbacks and by finding ways to overcome difficulties, we can learn to appreciated and enjoy whatever we have instead of calling it quits. Best Wishes! sunder.thadani

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Sunderblogger.039 Boredom is a state of mind in that state, nothing appeals to us, nothing excites us, and ad nothing interests us. Boredom is not something that hits us from outside; It`s nothing external. It is not like day and night or like the seasons that are inevitable. Boredom is the mind, though it might be related to the presence or absence of people, events or material elements that are outside the person The most common reason for boredom is when one does not have anything worthwhile to do. Take up a hobby, call up old friends or relatives, start writing a journal, learn a new art like drawing, painting, or music, remember all the things you wanted to do, but could not do due to a genuine lack of time. Like everything, boredom too has its benefits. If you use the time effectively and creatively. Otherwise, you can keep complaining that you are bored, and waste the one and only life that God has given you, in a bored, mundane fashion. Feeling bored is also a choice- no one is stopping you from going ahead and doing all those things that could make your life interesting or exciting, except yourself. Best Wishes: sunder.thadani

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Sunderblogger.038 when one criticizes you, it teaches that no two people are alike. When someone breaks your heart, it teaches you that loving someone does not always mean that love will come back to you the way you want it to. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.037 Hope is the spring board of all activity. A new hour, a new dawn and a new year, all hold out hope. Hope can also spring forth in a manner that is unconnected with us. A good turn of events for someone else can kindle hope in us. However, hope could turn out to be a double-edged sword. Unfulfilled hope can be devastating, as in business, love and competitive situations. Grief might blur one`s vision but the flicker of hope helps us navigate the darkness of despair. Unified mind is the key to peace, happiness and fullness. It can help us see t he whole picture rather than get trapped in ephemeral details. Not everyone might turn out to be a Beethoven or Stephen Hawking. However, by not getting disheartened by setbacks and by finding ways to overcome difficulties, we can learn to appreciated and enjoy whatever we have instead of calling it quits. Best Wishes! sunder.thadani

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Sunderblogger.036 Boredom is a state of mind in that state, nothing appeals to us, nothing excites us, and ad nothing interests us. Boredom is not something that hits us from outside; It`s nothing external. It is not like day and night or like the seasons that are inevitable. Boredom is the mind, though it might be related to the presence or absence of people, events or material elements that are outside the person The most common reason for boredom is when one does not have anything worthwhile to do. Take up a hobby, call up old friends or relatives, start writing a journal, learn a new art like drawing, painting, or music, remember all the things you wanted to do, but could not do due to a genuine lack of time. Like everything, boredom too has its benefits. If you use the time effectively and creatively. Otherwise, you can keep complaining that you are bored, and waste the one and only life that God has given you, in a bored, mundane fashion. Feeling bored is also a choice- no one is stopping you from going ahead and doing all those things that could make your life interesting or exciting, except yourself. Best Wishes: sunder.thadani

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Sunderblogger.035 With consciousness we have created very beautiful concepts, and one of them is the idea of relationships. Whatever we create, whatever we discover is to make life more comfortable, beautiful, peaceful and happy. We invest our mental spiritual and psychic energies in building relationships. The first relationship has to be with you. You must have a very clear relationship with yourself, knowing why you think in particular way and so on. The first step is to be aware of your own self. Secondly, why do we want a relationship? Is it for happiness, for security? If that is so, the best source of what we call happiness and security is the Divine. What is Divinity? Divinity is present everywhere, also in those you consider close to you. And having a close relationship with your psyche can give you everything you need. Relationship sours primarily due to ego. Use your ego. But do not allow your ego to use you. It is a tool. If you know how to use it, it will build you and give you many wonderful things. If the ego is using you, you will see ego everywhere. Only ego sees ego. Ego is without substance: a lack of knowledge, a lack of light. Hate s too much love. You never hate someone you don`t know. We call it hate but hate has also substance of love there. It is too much connection. Best Wishes! Sunder.thadani

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Sunderblogger.034 with consciousness we have created very beautiful concepts, and one of them is the idea of relationships. Whatever we create, whatever we discover is to make life more comfortable, beautiful, peaceful and happy. We invest our mental spiritual and psychic energies in building relationships. The first relationship has to be with you. You must have a very clear relationship with yourself, knowing why you think in particular way and so on. The first step is to be aware of your own self. Secondly, why do we want a relationship? Is it for happiness, for security? If that is so, the best source of what we call happiness and security is the Divine. What is Divinity? Divinity is present everywhere, also in those you consider close to you. And having a close relationship with your psyche can give you everything you need. Relationship sours primarily due to ego. Use your ego. But do not allow your ego to use you. It is a tool. If you know how to use it, it will build you and give you many wonderful things. If the ego is using you, you will see ego everywhere. Only ego sees ego. Ego is without substance: a lack of knowledge, a lack of light. Hate s too much love. You never hate someone you don`t know. We call it hate but hate has also substance of love there. It is too much connection. Best Wishes! Sunder.thadani

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Sunderblogger.033 With consciousness we have created very beautiful concepts, and one of them is the idea of relationships. Whatever we create, whatever we discover is to make life more comfortable, beautiful, peaceful and happy. We invest our mental spiritual and psychic energies in building relationships. The first relationship has to be with you. You must have a very clear relationship with yourself, knowing why you think in particular way and so on. The first step is to be aware of your own self. Secondly, why do we want a relationship? Is it for happiness, for security? If that is so, the best source of what we call happiness and security is the Divine. What is Divinity? Divinity is present everywhere, also in those you consider close to you. And having a close relationship with your psyche can give you everything you need. Relationship sours primarily due to ego. Use your ego. But do not allow your ego to use you. It is a tool. If you know how to use it, it will build you and give you many wonderful things. If the ego is using you, you will see ego everywhere. Only ego sees ego. Ego is without substance: a lack of knowledge, a lack of light. Hate s too much love. You never hate someone you don`t know. We call it hate but hate has also substance of love there. It is too much connection. Best Wishes! Sunder.thadani

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.032: Sunderblogger.032 With consciousness we have created very beautiful concepts, and one of them is the idea of relationships. Whatever we c...

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Sunderblogger.032 With consciousness we have created very beautiful concepts, and one of them is the idea of relationships. Whatever we create, whatever we discover is to make life more comfortable, beautiful, peaceful and happy. We invest our mental spiritual and psychic energies in building relationships. The first relationship has to be with you. You must have a very clear relationship with yourself, knowing why you think in particular way and so on. The first step is to be aware of your own self. Secondly, why do we want a relationship? Is it for happiness, for security? If that is so, the best source of what we call happiness and security is the Divine. What is Divinity? Divinity is present everywhere, also in those you consider close to you. And having a close relationship with your psyche can give you everything you need. Relationship sours primarily due to ego. Use your ego. But do not allow your ego to use you. It is a tool. If you know how to use it, it will build you and give you many wonderful things. If the ego is using you, you will see ego everywhere. Only ego sees ego. Ego is without substance: a lack of knowledge, a lack of light. Hate s too much love. You never hate someone you don`t know. We call it hate but hate has also substance of love there. It is too much connection. Best Wishes! sunder.thadani

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Sunderblogger.031 Boredom is a state of mind in that state, nothing appeals to us, nothing excites us, and nothing interests us. Boredom is not something that hits us from outside; It`s nothing external. It is not like day and night or like the seasons that are inevitable. Boredom is the mind, though it might be related to the presence or absence of people, events or material elements that are outside the person The most common reason for boredom is when one does not have anything worthwhile to do. Take up a hobby, call up old friends or relatives, start writing a journal, learn a new art like drawing, painting, or music, remember all the things you wanted to do, but could not do due to a genuine lack of time. Like everything, boredom too has its benefits. If you use the time effectively and creatively. Otherwise, you can keep complaining that you are bored, and waste the one and only life that God has given you, in a bored, mundane fashion. Feeling bored is also a choice- no one is stopping you from going ahead and doing all those things that could make your life interesting or exciting, except yourself. Best Wishes: sunder.thadani

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.030: Sunderblogger.030 Hope is the spring board of all activity. A new hour, a new dawn and a new year, all hold out hope. Hope can also spri...

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Sunderblogger.030 Hope is the spring board of all activity. A new hour, a new dawn and a new year, all hold out hope. Hope can also spring forth in a manner that is unconnected with us. A good turn of events for someone else can kindle hope in us. However, hope could turn out to be a double-edged sword. Unfulfilled hope can be devastating, as in business, love and competitive situations. Grief might blur one`s vision but the flicker of hope helps us navigate the darkness of despair. Unified mind is the key to peace, happiness and fullness. It can help us see t he whole picture rather than get trapped in ephemeral details. Not everyone might turn out «GreetingLine»to be a Beethoven or Stephen Hawking. However, by not getting disheartened by setbacks and by finding ways to overcome difficulties, we can learn to appreciated and enjoy whatever we have instead of calling it quits. Best Wishes! sunder.thadani

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.029: Sunderblogger.029 In India, a particular caste restrict a person to a particular type of work. He never excels in it, but becomes a hack....

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Sunderblogger.029 In India, a particular caste restrict a person to a particular type of work. He never excels in it, but becomes a hack. Pure and simple; since he performs his task mechanically, in the way laid down by the respected father, he is unable to improve its quality. No a small impediment to industrial progress, it will be admitted; yet when, in spite of him industrialization has hit our Indian, be finds himself utterly helpless because he cannot adapt his undertaking to the changing techniques and consumer tastes of his time. Newness terrifies Indian as he is rooted in a seemingly endless yesterday. Our twenty first century Indian, habituated to compartmentalized thinking in matters spiritual and ethical, feels completely bewildered in the presence of fresh facts- even about his own race. Unexpected information upsets his balance and makes him thoroughly uncomfortable. Novelty of any kind is not to his liking; when it creeps into his life he prefers not to acknowledge it; he seeks solace in mumbling mystic formulas that had been crooned to him when he was in his cradle. Ram, Ram; hai Krishna; Hanuman- these concentrate for him as in dewdrop the wisdom of ages past of ages to come. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.028 As in life, the only certainty in stock market is the uncertainty and unpredictability. Every morning, although we have broad idea of how our day is likely to be, we cannot predict with surety about evens that might or not happen during the day. This is true of our lives too, where life flows moment to moment; we can only live in the present. Life is enmeshed in duality, with its ups and downs, victories and losses. The same is true of stock markets, where investors move from happiness to sorrow and from ecstasy to dejection, with cyclical regularity. As in life, with stocks too, no one is a permanent winner or loser. Change is the only constant. Life is all about putting in our best efforts and then surrendering to a higher authority or power. This letting go is often required in investing too where, after having made a decision, one should not continuously be thinking about it. Having gone our job, we must let go and let existence take over, and give us whatever returns or rewards…. Learn to accept that which you cannot change. At the same time, one cannot afford to be callous or careless, as these qualities always lead to trouble. Life moves in cycles and good times are followed by not-so-good times. On the stock market there are winners, there are losers and often roles are reversed. The qualities that make our life joyous, balanced and harmonious-awareness, presence of mind, maturity, patience, truthfulness to oneself, acceptance, and an ability to forgive and forget, resilience, and trust and faith in a higher power –are the very traits that will hold any trader in good stead, through buoyancies and crashes, and will ensure that he does not lose his peace of mind and become a victim of stress, anxiety, and depression. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.027: Sunderblogger.027 Subject: In Pursuit of Perfection All of us have some vanity. Vanity is nature`s insurance for self-preservation and to ...

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Sunderblogger.027 Subject: In Pursuit of Perfection All of us have some vanity. Vanity is nature`s insurance for self-preservation and to that extent it is a necessity. But it was also vanity that drove Snow White`s stepmother to act in a way that eventually led to her downfall. The transition from what is part of self-preservation to that which enables self-destruction is so smooth that it is difficult to separate self-obsession from self-preservation. Not everyone is vain about their looks alone, their vanity could lie elsewhere. Each one has something he thinks he is good at. Even ascetics have their share of vanity in their power of being austere or “proximity to the superpower”. The one who is vain about her hair is careful when washing it or brushing it. The one, who is vain about his house, takes pain to maintain it. Vanity is also the path to perfection, which is worthy goal to strive for. But sometimes life does not respect your vanity and an accident, age or even may strike at it. How then does one cope? There are two kinds of vanity. One is vanity of the spirit. That, one must guard against. The spirit has to be joyous, happy and positive. The other kind of vanity is that which is born from ideas and norms laid down by society. This kind of vanity is what we all often gloat in. Where you feel you have to improve, work at it. But where society feels you have not made the mark, make an indelible one with your vain spirit, even it takes a little longer to do so. Best Wishes! Sunder T

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.026: Sunderblogger.026 the fact that society is a very densely connected network in which we are nods, and links represent our numerous social...

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Sunderblogger.026 the fact that society is a very densely connected network in which we are nods, and links represent our numerous social, professional, or family relationships. The most important revelation about networks- the one that is exciting scientists from all disciplines-has little to do with small worlds. Rather it is the realization that networks appearing in all different segments of nature and society are indistinguishable. We now understand that real networks are far from being a bunch of nodes randomly linked to each other. Instead, a few hubs, nodes with an exceptionally large number of connections, keep most networks together. A few individuals with an extraordinary ability make friends keep society together. Best Wishes! sunder.thadani

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.025: Sunderblogger.025 the fact, that society is a very densely connected network in which we are nods, and links represent our numerous socia...

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Sunderblogger.025 the fact, that society is a very densely connected network in which we are nods, and links represent our numerous social, professional, or family relationships. The most important revelation about networks- the one that is exciting scientists from all disciplines-has little to do with small worlds. Rather it is the realization that networks appearing in all different segments of nature and society are indistinguishable. We now understand that real networks are far from being a bunch of nodes randomly linked to each other. Instead, a few hubs, nodes with an exceptionally large number of connections, keep most networks together. A few individuals with an extraordinary ability make friends keep society together. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani.

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.024: Sunderblogger.024 the fact that, society is a very densely connected network, in which we are nods, and links represent our numerous soci...

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Sunderblogger.024 the fact that, society is a very densely connected network, in which we are nods, and links represent our numerous social, professional, or family relationships. The most important revelation about networks- the one that is exciting scientists from all disciplines-has little to do with small worlds. Rather it is the realization that networks appearing in all different segments of nature and society are indistinguishable. We now understand that real networks are far from being a bunch of nodes randomly linked to each other. Instead, a few hubs, nodes with an exceptionally large number of connections, keep most networks together. A few individuals with an extraordinary ability make friends keep society together. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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Sunderblogger.023 you are thinking negatively when you fear the future, put yourself down, criticize yourself for errors, doubt your abilities, or expect failure. Negative thinking damages confidence, harms performance and paralyses mental skills. If you find it difficult to look at your negative thoughts objectively, imagine that you are your best friend or a respected coach or mentor. Negative thinking has been an early warning system showing where you need to direct your attention. Thought awareness helps you to understand the negative thinking, unpleasant memories and misinterpretation of situation that may interfere with your performance and damage yourself-confidence. Rational thinking is the technique that helps you to challenge these negative thoughts and either learn from them or refute them as incorrect. Positive affirmations that you can use to counter negative thought. These affirmations neutralize negative thought and build self-confidence. It is also used to find the opportunities, almost always present to some degree in a difficult situation. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.022: Sunderblogger.022 you are thinking negatively when you fear the future, put yourself down, criticize yourself for errors, doubt your abili...

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Sunderblogger.022 you are thinking negatively when you fear the future, put yourself down, criticize yourself for errors, doubt your abilities, or expect failure. Negative thinking damages confidence, harms performance and paralyses mental skills. If you find it difficult to look at your negative thoughts objectively, imagine that you are your best friend or a respected coach or mentor. Negative thinking has been an early warning system showing where you need to direct your attention. Thought awareness helps you to understand the negative thinking, unpleasant memories and misinterpretation of situation that may interfere with your performance and damage yourself-confidence. Rational thinking is the technique that helps you to challenge these negative thoughts and either learn from them or refute them as incorrect. Positive affirmations that you can use to counter negative thought. These affirmations neutralize negative thought and build self-confidence. It is also used to find the opportunities, almost always present to some degree in a difficult situation. Best Wishes! Sunder Thadani

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.021: Sunderblogger.021 you are thinking negatively when you fear the future, put yourself down, criticize yourself for errors, doubt your abil...

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Sunderblogger.021 you are thinking negatively when you fear the future, put yourself down, criticize yourself for errors, doubt your abilities, or expect failure. Negative thinking damages confidence, harms performance and paralyses mental skills. If you find it difficult to look at your negative thoughts objectively, imagine that you are your best friend or a respected coach or mentor. Negative thinking has been an early warning system showing where you need to direct your attention. Thought awareness helps you to understand the negative thinking, unpleasant memories and misinterpretation of situation that may interfere with your performance and damage yourself-confidence. Rational thinking is the technique that helps you to challenge these negative thoughts and either learn from them or refute them as incorrect. Positive affirmations that you can use to counter negative thought. These affirmations neutralize negative thought and build self-confidence. It is also used to find the opportunities, almost always present to some degree in a difficult situation. Best Wishes sunder.thadani

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.020: Sunderblogger.020 The 7 systems of balance: The secret to a balanced life is in the balance of passion and structure. The wonders of our ...

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Sunderblogger.020 The 7 systems of balance: The secret to a balanced life is in the balance of passion and structure. The wonders of our age, all of the new ways to do things, all of the new ways to be in contact with others, the access to any and all sources of information, all of the new ways to travel, all these limitless opportunities make it possible for you to pursue your passion, your ideas, you interest, your love. In pursuing our passion to be happy, we ultimately become unhappy. Why? The missing ingredient is balance. It is just how human beings are made. In order to be happy, your life must be balance. Otherwise your body and brain send you powerful signals, telling you that something is wrong. You see, your body and your brain are only trying to help you. The signals tell you that it is time to do something about the imbalance in your life or problems are sure to arise. Done in the right way, pursuing your passion can turn you on, it can lead you to new ground, and it can help you to realize your dreams. Best wishes! Sunder.thadani.

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Sunderblogger.019 The 7 systems of balance: The secret to a balanced life is in the balance of passion and structure. The wonders of our age, all of the new ways to do things, all of the new ways to be in contact with others, the access to any and all sources of information, all of the new ways to travel, all these limitless opportunities make it possible for you to pursue your passion, your ideas, you interest, your love. In pursuing our passion to be happy, we ultimately become unhappy. Why? The missing ingredient is balance. It is just how human beings are made. In order to be happy, your life must be balance. Otherwise your body and brain send you powerful signals, telling you that something is wrong. You see, your body and your brain are only trying to help you. The signals tell you that it is time to do something about the imbalance in your life or problems are sure to arise. Done in the right way, pursuing your passion can turn you on, it can lead you to new ground, and it can help you to realize your dreams. Best wishes! sunder.thadani

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.018: Sunderblogger.018 Diversity at the workplace has led to an increase in interaction between colleagues o the opposite sex- so much so, tha...

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Sunderblogger.018 Diversity at the workplace has led to an increase in interaction between colleagues o the opposite sex- so much so, that these days, it just seem to make eminent sense to have a purely platonic girlfriend or boyfriend at the office – a “work spouse,” if you will. Having a work spouse is more than simple jokes and fun, as they are uniquely bonded individuals who can relate and provide emotional support during stressful times. Even tough by pure definition, work-spouse relationships are platonic. It`s the latent possibility for hanky panky that makes relationship experts wary of such associations. It is too easy for any boy-girl kind of relationships to morph into a dangerous affair. Your comments are most welcome. Sunder.thadani

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Sunderblogger.017 Destroy those envying roots and enjoy lasting peace. Just be aware when the feeling of jealousy arises, and you will be surprise, it simply disappears. Jealousy cannot be overcome either by escaping from it or hating the object of jealousy. Understand the way out of jealousy is not be surprising it or denying its existence. Expressing and encouraging it is also not the way because then you are not ready to face he jealousy with awareness. Just watch how jealousy arise in you, how it develops into hatred for the object of jealousy, how it creates restlessness and frustration inside you and make you lose all of your peace and calm. Do not condemn the object of jealousy. The object has not generated the emotions from outside. The jealousy is happening inside you. The fire of jealousy can just consume you completely if you don’t control it with the fire extinguisher of you awareness. Once you witness your jealousy with awareness, you will realize that it does not have a basis for existence at all. When this happens, jealously will drop automatically. You won`t have to drop it. Best Wishes! sunder.thadani

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Sunderblogger.016 Diversity at the workplace has led to an increase in interaction between colleagues o the opposite sex- so much so, that these days, it just seem to make eminent sense to have a purely platonic girlfriend or boyfriend at the office – a “work spouse,” if you will. Having a work spouse is more than simple jokes and fun, as they are uniquely bonded individuals who can relate and provide emotional support during stressful times. Even tough by pure definition, work-spouse relationships are platonic. It`s the latent possibility for hanky panky that makes relationship experts wary of such associations. It is too easy for any boy-girl kind of relationships to morph into a dangerous affair. Your comments are most welcome. Sunder.thadani

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.015: Sunderblogger.015 The 7 systems of balance: The secret to a balanced life is in the balance of passion and structure. The wonders of our ...

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Sunderblogger.015 The 7 systems of balance: The secret to a balanced life is in the balance of passion and structure. The wonders of our age, all of the new ways to do things, all of the new ways to be in contact with others, the access to any and all sources of information, all of the new ways to travel, all these limitless opportunities make it possible for you to pursue your passion, your ideas, you interest, your love. In pursuing our passion to be happy, we ultimately become unhappy. Why? The missing ingredient is balance. It is just how human beings are made. In order to be happy, your life must be balance. Otherwise your body and brain send you powerful signals, telling you that something is wrong. You see, your body and your brain are only trying to help you. The signals tell you that it is time to do something about the imbalance in your life or problems are sure to arise. Done in the right way, pursuing your passion can turn you on, it can lead you to new ground, and it can help you to realize your dreams. Best wishes! Sunder.thadani.

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.014: Sunderblogger.014 when one criticizes you, it teaches that no two people are alike. When someone breaks your heart, it teaches you that l...

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Sunderblogger.014 when one criticizes you, it teaches that no two people are alike. When someone breaks your heart, it teaches you that loving someone does not always mean that love will come back to you the way you want it to. Best Wishes sunder.thadani

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.013: Sunderblogger.013 In a society in which instant food, instant education and even instant cities are everyday phenomena, no product is mor...

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Sunderblogger.013 In a society in which instant food, instant education and even instant cities are everyday phenomena, no product is more swiftly fabricated or more ruthlessly destroyed than the instant celebrity. Nations advancing towards super-industrialism sharply step up their out of these “psycho-economic” products. Instant celebrities burst upon the consciousness of millions like an image-bomb-which is exactly what they are. Kind Regards Sunder Thadani

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.012: Sunderblogger In so many ways, our minds are involved in constructing the world we find ourselves in. Our perceptions and the concepts we...

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Sunderblogger In so many ways, our minds are involved in constructing the world we find ourselves in. Our perceptions and the concepts we hold determine the social reality we see and create. The very patterns of our thought influence how we interact with and shape this reality. Thus, our conceptions of who we are, the interactions and discourses that inform our thinking, and our experiences in applying ideas and ideals, all serve to define the parameters of social existence Kind Regards Sunder Thadani

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sunderblogger: blogzsunder.011: Sunderblogger.011 We as human beings have power - not just to cause harm and create terror but to help ourselves of this seemingly hopele...

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Sunderblogger.011 We as human beings have power - not just to cause harm and create terror but to help ourselves of this seemingly hopeless scenario of doom and gloom. It might seem contradictory that people are empowered and empower others, merely by being kind and compassionate and not because they are overbearing, manipulative and unkind and force their view on others. A kind word, a good deed, a caring gesture, a warm simile, all these are like power kegs. Kindness and compassion spring from inner security whereas aggression and hatred come from inner insecurity. When our backs are up against the wall, positive inner resources come to the rescue. Sometimes they are invisible but in times of distress, they give us strength and help us emerge as powerful game changers Kind Regards Sunder Thadani

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sunderblogger: sunderblogger-india_withoutmakeup.102: India, the land is so cluttered with people that there has grown up in some of Indians a craving for aloneness. Is this desire a form of s...

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India, the land is so cluttered with people that there has grown up in some of Indians a craving for aloneness. Is this desire a form of self-obsession? Obsession with the self is an ancient Indian peculiarity. It has always been there. And it has been a limiting factor in the development and continuity of Indian culture and society. In India, wherever you turn, in long and chequered history you find the destructive presence of the Indian ego, which stresses tge "I" more that any other ego. The break-up of Indian kingdoms and empires, even to the point of inviting foreign invaders to destroy a rival, the break-up of our spiritual experience into segments so small as to be misleading (hence the rise of mutually exlusive cults, social doctrines and aesthetic attitude), the break-up of Indian social economy - such are the evil results of our selfish ways. Indian have never learned to sink the "I" so that the social amalgam may prosper. Indians have lost the whole in pursuit of a part. Indian are for ever destroying the wood in order to preserve a few pet trees. The consequence is clear; an invitation to the desert to creep up and swallow everything. [next will continue as no. 103] Kind REgards! Sunder T

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sunderblogger: sunderblogger-india_withoutmakeup.101: no.101 - The way Indians have exploited the cow has influenced them in many more ways than they realized. The want milk without feeding h...

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no.101 - The way Indians have exploited the cow has influenced them in many more ways than they realized. The want milk without feeding her. the moment she is dry they utterly neglect her. In the countryside she is let loose until she is able to give milk again. Oftern she perishes. If her lactation returns it is of such negligible quantity that the owner thinks it unoconomical to keep her. The Indian lets her die of hunger. Nor is this all. Our cow-caunt has tained our character and vitaited our commercial thinking. We want great returns from an enterprise, but we are not prepared to invest either adequate capital or skill or time in it. If only Indians could the folly of the attitude. India, with the greatest cattel population in the world, would in reality be flowing with milk and honey. So, if Indians are to make any headway, they have to start with our cow and her counsins the other animals, frittering away our reverence for life, Indian can make hteri tenderness a lever to turn the world. Actually, India is a gigantic menagerie where animal, humap or other, snarls imptently at fellow animal [next will continue as no. 102] Kind Regards! Sunder T

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sunderblogger: sunderblogger-india_withoutmakeup.100: In India mother of Nation the Holy Cow. Emotions has been built round her until she has bocme a deity to be worshipped by everyonce and on...

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In India mother of Nation the Holy Cow. Emotions has been built round her until she has bocme a deity to be worshipped by everyonce and on every occation. Yet what is the condition of the Indian cow? Although all make way for her, on one feeds her properly. An the way she is treated by our people! Horrible. I have seen a cow, unable to amble, being hit on the head with an iron bar until she writhod in agony. Then her tail was twisted and the same bar trust into her rectum. A crowd stood by watching the delectable scene. When I called a policeman to intervence, he smiled and said to me that the animal was not government property and so he could do northing. The owner had a right to do what he liked with his own. Kind Regards! Sunder T

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sunderblogger: sunderblogger-india_withoutmakeup.099: conituneing as no. 099 - In India, reverence for life, is the keynote of an Indian being. It is true that Indians talk kindly of animals. ...

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conituneing as no. 099 - In India, reverence for life, is the keynote of an Indian being. It is true that Indians talk kindly of animals. Indeed, if you kill an Indian monkey, you might very well be killed yourself. As far as cow, she is sacred, more immortant, in some ways than a pandit. Kamshmiri or other. Cockroaches, flies, bedbugs, lice, mosquitoes, mice, rats- in brief, vermin ofevery kind-have a place in the Indian panthoon. they may not be destroyed; they are to be preseved to plague somebody else. the rich and the not-so-rich sleep in reasonably clean houses; but it is instructive to visit their servants` quarters. The poor wretches have logements in the same bungalow or garden, but at night they reveive the tneder attentions of noxioud incets, forecious-looking rats, and even poinous snakes. It is common to see a domestic servant singing merrily while retiring for the night and waking up in the mornign with a face so swollen as to make him unrecognizable. A bite in the darkness- that`s all. Who bothers about it. [next will continue as no. 100] Kind Regards! Sunder T

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sunderblogger: sunderblogger-india_withoutmakeup.098: In India, Public Service Commissions, the days of foreign imperialism, were the tools of the Governors; today they are at the mercy of man...

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In India, Public Service Commissions, the days of foreign imperialism, were the tools of the Governors; today they are at the mercy of many masters; they survive on suffereance. a qualified Indian who can get a post in a foreign country will not stay at home, where, despite his know-howhe has to go from big-wig with hat in hand. By the time he secures something he is disgusted with himself, and longs to go away and wash and wash. All life is one, as Indians say. A great thought, to be sure; but some life in practice, is more important than another. How easy things are if one happens to the son or son-in-law of a Minister! The neo-Branmins are the Burra Sahibs of our day, and they surpass rulers in the art of dispensing patronage. [next will continue as no. 099] Kind Regards! Sunder T

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sunderblogger: sunderblogger-india_withoutmakeup.097: In India, neither parents nor the rulers as a whole care for the exeptional individual who, if encouraged, would be able to make mighty co...

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In India, neither parents nor the rulers as a whole care for the exeptional individual who, if encouraged, would be able to make mighty contributions to social and national well-being. Most often, and individual is left to rot or dismmsed as a disturbing freak. An average Indian feel at home and comfortable with spineless mediocrity. A brilliant or original official cannot survive in the India of today; he has to hide his light under a bushed or get out. Knowing, which preveailed to a certain extent in British days, is now a sine qua non of meritoriousness. There is a classic example here. A student who had topped the list of the B.A examination in his State, yet, as he with tears in his eyes could not get a decent job, while a colleage of, she, who was way down in the final results, received a scholarship from the authorities because her father was a judge of the High Court and could pull the right strings. Kind Regards! Sunder T