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Having no desire also is a desire only ?

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“When there is no desire,

all things are at peace.” 

-Lao Tzu

(570-490 BC)

ram H singhal footnote

Having no desire also is a desire only ?

so what exactly Lao Tzu  want us to understand ….. I will try to explain taking help of some mythological stories which have deep scientific understanding of human brain , mind and Psychology

Indian Language Hindi is so simple and scientific …..   one thing good about it is as it is spoken so also is written  ……. so are most of the languages of the world

but since Born in India so understand Indian Language Hindi well  …… will show you from the Hindi words below essence of wisdom hidden behind these words ….. which will give us help to understand Lao Tzu words of wisdom more precisely.

मन  ( man) =    there is no equivalent word in English but nearest word is ….MIND …..

but  मन  is a bridge between body and soul …..

In Indian Mythological story Ramayana it is represented by 10 head

demon RAVANA …. each head representing our senses …..

मनन  ( manan )=  Analysis of a subject deeply inside brain  …..

the micro vision …it like churning the ocean or mind  ……

again a epic story Samudra Manthan ……

a symbol of fight between good and bad ….. positive and negative thinking …..  

Demons are called ASUR means no harmony ……

Gods are called SUR means harmony ……

and out of this comes is nectar that is AMRITA …..

the timelessness …..

all spiritual practices are tools to find this AMRITA or timelessness ……

and NAMASTE  is symbol of respact to timelessness in each other ….

नमन (Naman)  = it t true meaning is Surrender

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the bow to the wish of divine ……

it is a wisdom word which remains same even we reverse it ……

and is a Key to keep a balance of mind in good or bad situations  ……

in India people take good or bad happening in life as wish of God

so

remain more clam and need much less physiological help .

अमन  (aman ) =  its true meaning is peace

and happens with balance of mind or being neutral like Referee in a match of life .

and this natural harmony brings peace and puts us at center of our being

….. Lord RAMA in the picture at top  puts an arrow in the naval which is the root chakra  even in atom the center is neutral zero …..

living with zero is SUNAYATA and that is absolute peace

सुमन (suman)  = it means the flower  

and absolute peace flowers our soul ….

flower is a symbol of enlightenment ……

softness and sensitivity of heart …… 

चमन  (Chaman ) = it means Garden of soul flowers …..

fragrance to be in this world …..

living with the fragrance is Enlightenment 360° .

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Love All.

Compiled : ram H singhal

for :Beyond the Rainbow

Thursday Zen notes

True Mentorship

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 “A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.” Oprah Winfrey

For my Book ” Own zerO “ requested my Photo Artist Friend Mahesh Swami to include many of his photos in my Book .

Instead of allowing me , he offered me to teach Photography quoting learning can happen at any age . for next one year , on and off he will review and explain the shortcoming in the photographs I will take during 15 to 20 days.

All this photographs taken on 18 August 2021 , on that day he was to be interviewed by National Channel to be telecasted on 19 August 2021 on the occasion of World Photography Day.

I am grateful to my friend now my photography Mentor Mahesh Swami in white.

True Mentorship is to spot talent in a person ,

Photos and Text by : ram H singhal

for :Photo Magic

Sunday Photographic Blog

Eveready : Last word of an Enlightened Mother

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 It is certainly not an overstatement that Torch and battery cells and Eveready have been synonymous with each other in India for over a century.

So in Year 1957 we also had a torch and batteries as a precious possession in our large family of many brothers and sisters .  

one day as I was cleaning the torch and cells…. my mother asked what is on the cells written and what is this logo ?

so explained her in simple understandable words as she could do primary education only.

Eveready = Cat ever ready to drink Milk ( it was very common in 1950 – 1960 that cats will drinks milk from the open kitchens as refrigerators were not there . )

Asked her one day on her habit of regular bath year around morning and one before going to bed ?

This body is like a car from the God and I drive it everyday so always keep it clean inside and outside

Do not know ….when God want it back…..

So I am also like your battery cells….. Eveready

was her reply .

In Summer of year 2001 , me and my wife travelled to New York USA. as my elder son was graduating from Parsons School of Design . My wife decided to stay back with my son to travel around USA. both returned to India in first week of June 2001.

When she went to touch my mother’s feet for her blessings …..my mother told her….now you have come so it is my time to go and now I am already 82 so invite all family for Lunch on 7 June 2001.

on 7 th morning she was well but was in contemplation . At around 1 o’clock she asked every one to go and have lunch in Main Building in our Haveli.

….. and when all returned from the lunch it was almost her lunch time .

so I went and touched  her hands to enquire about lunch   and she opened her eyes looked at me…..looked at the picture of Lord Vishnu on the wall and told me……eveready…..and closed her eyes for ever.

In my opinion she was truly a spiritual and a person of 360° Enlightenment.

with tears of love on Her Death Anniversary as per Hindu Calendar.

Great saint Kabir’s bhajans ….Jhini jhini Chadriya….in the voice of Great maestro Kumar Gandharva’s eternal voice truly is picture of Her life.

Love all.

 (c ) ram H singhal

W.O.W = WordPress of Wisdom

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Today is exactly 11 years on WordPress .

it been possible with appreciation , guidance and visits from wonderful bloggers like you, who also inspired me to continue my journey as a Blogger.

I am still eager to learn and earn Wisdom and Knowledge reading your Blogs on various topics .

My Gratitude to you all and WordPress.com .

A heart warming message from WordPress today

10 Year Anniversary Achievement

Happy Anniversary with WordPress.com!

You registered on WordPress.com 11 years ago.

Thanks for flying with us.

Keep up the good blogging.

In my Opinion

W.O.W = WordPress of Wisdom

Love all

(c) ram H singhal

Compass of Public Speaking

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Compass of Public Speaking was my subject in a WhatsApp Group conference in 2017.

S at 6 am on this picture stands for Start of Subject with a Cup of South Indian Coffee so start your talk on the chosen subject with warmness and explaining subject like sipping from the cup of Subject Knowledge.

So The presentation of subject should be well practiced with rehearsals before putting relevant data clearly so eloquently which should give understanding to everyone present in the Hall.

W at 9 am is like spread of breakfast which should be explanation in details about Working of Subject in past and in Present times .

N at 12 am is like Lunch with new dishes . in third part of speech we should bring to the table New inventions , discoveries , technology , improvements and future potential in the talked subject .

E at 3 pm is like serving the Cake of Essence . it should be put on the plate with care with chosen ingredients of honesty and Digestible wisdom .

End your presentation thanking all listeners for their Attention and Time .

so four parts are :

S ( South ) = Subject

W ( West ) = Working

N ( North ) = New Ideas and Inventions.

E ( East ) = Essence or Fragrance of Wisdom

One can corelate it with time dial to remember the parts of speech giving them the context of Time which is 6 am to 3 pm with time numbers like done in Method of Loci.

Love all.

(c) ram H singhal

How Does the Method of Loci Work?

The method of loci involves a mental strategy of imagining yourself placing items around a house in different rooms The items that you mentally place in the different rooms are the pieces of information that you are trying to learn, such as a list of things that you need to remember in a certain order but one can utilize the clock face like 6,7,8 am for parts of Subject , 9,10,11am for working , 12 , 1 , 2 pm for New Ideas and 3,4, 5 pm for Essence of talk .

In order to recall each item, visualize yourself walking back through that Clock Dial or rooms (or along that path) and then picking up or passing by each item that you placed there, thus triggering your recall for that information.

Finance and Fiancée

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Finance and fiancée both are Handle with Care Subjects.

Finance Management of earning is learning.

Everyone who wants to live with the fiancée happy life , should learn it at the stage of friendship only .

Finance , Family , Food ,and future all are important matters which need careful budgeting , spending and saving .

Quarterly Finance management in my view should be that you divide your earning in four quarters .

First quarter for Home 0r housing .

Second Quarter for Food .

Third Quarter for Family (Clothing and children education and misc }

Fourth Quarter as Saving

Yesterday my younger Son who explained me difference between ” Access to Money “ and ” Excess of Money ”

Credit Card is an ” Access to Money ” and Debit Card is an ” Excess of Money ”

Careful budgeting , Careful spending with in Budget in cash or with Debit card and extra careful saving is key to happy Life with fiancée as loving wife.

Availing Access to money in any means is mortgaging of one’s future , live within the present means is freedom of Life.

Be in Excess of Money yet with strict budgeting and Be with your Honey happily ever after.

Treat Finance as Fiancée for better Future.

Love All.

(c) ram H singhal

Hear, Ear , and Wear

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Every Life has a story to Tell , Teach , and Transform but all depends on how you Hear, Ear , and Wear.

Lao Tzu ( 570 – 490 BC ) was sitting under a tree when an old leaf fell, just wavering; and he watched the leaf falling down from the tree, and he became enlightened.

Love All.

(c) ram H singhal

Morning Magic

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Till you have no Yearning , there is no learning and if there is no learning then one will neither have earning of Wealth Outside nor earning of Wholeness inside.

Many Tools are not certificate of Talent, between 1972 to 2000 collected 22 cameras just for the sake of hobby photography , but could learn photography when a photographer friend refused to give his Photographs for my Book ” OWN ZERO ” and inspired and Mentored to shape my yearning into Learning .

Those 22 Cameras are now in a Camera museum founded by a friend Aditya Arya in Gurugram near New Delhi .

Love All.

(c) ram H singhal

Museo Camera

The journey of Museo Camera began in 2009 in the basement of Photographer, Historian, Archivist, Aditya Arya as a personal collection of Photographic equipment Today it is the largest not-for-profit crowd funded Centre for Photographic Arts in South East Asia. A unique public – private partnership between India Photo Archive Foundation and The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram – it is one of a kind in India with 18,000 sq. ft. of space dedicated to the art of Photography.

https://www.museocamera.org/

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