Why Silly?.....

Why do you think this fellow is silly?
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Well, you know that poster in the Railway Station that says, "MAN WANTED FOR ROBBERY IN HYDERABAD".... Yes!
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Well, he went in and applied for the job.....

Words In Their Contexts...

The ability of a language user lies in using a right word in a right context.  This ability enables one to encode or express ideas in a better way.  To attain this end, one must be able to group together of individual word-meanings or phrase-meanings that generally share the same idea, concept, or semantic area.  They mean the same thing in a general way, but they entail certain key differences.  These differences govern why one word sounds natural or correct in a particular sentence and why another word, apparently close in meaning to the first word, does not sound right.  For example: "Because" in its varied shades is used to explain why something happened, why you did something etc.

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Because                   out of                   

The reason... is that on acount of 

Because of                as a result of 

Since                        due to

As                            owing to

Through                    seeing as

  Because (conjunction):  She is in a bad mood because her father won't let her go to the party tonight.

  Another meaning -  the reason ..... is that -  It is used when you are explaining something carefully, especially when you've been asked to explain why something happened.

Usage:    The reason we didn't consider you for the job was that you didn't have enough experience.

  The reason we are here this evening is to say 'thank you' to Hari for all his hard work.

BECAUSE OF - (Prep)

Usage :  I had to move because of my job.

  Because of your incompetence we have lost a lot of business.

SINCE :    This meaning is used to introduce the reason why you decide to do something or suggest doing something (conjunction).

Usage: We had planned to play tennis but since it was raining we decided to go swimming instead.

  Since you're going to be in the area anyway, you can pick up the order for me.

AS :   It is used to introduce the reason why a particular situation exists, why someone decides to do something or suggests doing something etc. (conjuction).

Usage :   As he had1 been in prison several times, he was a prime suspect for the case. 

THROUGH:   It is used especially when you want to explain why something has succeeded or why it has failed. (Preposition).

Usage :  We succeeded through sheer hard work.

OUT OF :    Out of curiosity / desperation.  It is used especially when someone has done something they wouldn't usually do (preposition).

Usage:   I came to you out of desperation -  you've to help me.  I think I should like to taste a piece of Octopus, just out of curiosity.

ON ACCOUNT OF  is used when you want to explain the reason for a difficulty, problem, or failur (prep) for example : we had to move to London on account of my job.

I cannot run on account of my asthma.

AS A RESULT OF   is used especially in news reports and public statements to introduce the cause of something that has happened (something unpleasant usually) (prep).

Usage :  Many people are homeless as a result of the civil war.

As a result of adverse weather conditions, all trains will be subjected to delays.

DUE TO   is used especially in official statements to introduce the reason for a difficulty or failure (prep).

Usage :   Our flight was delayed due to a strike by air-traffic controllers.

OWING TO  is also used in official statements to explain why something happened.

Usage :   This is one of the most commonly used metals in modern industry owing to its widespread availability.

SEEING AS is an informal expression which is used especially to talk about a situation that causes you to decide or suggest something that you haven't originally intended.

USAGE :  It was a great idea to go to the cinema but seeing as no one had any money, we couldn't go.

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How To Control Our Mind...

*  Mind can be controlled by constant effort to fix it on God.

*  Sit alone and watch the mind and its movements.

*  Be indifferent and unattached.  Remain a witness.  Do not identify yourself with the thoughts.

*  Do not think of the past.  Do not plan for the future.  Live in the present

*  Read spiritual books.  Do meditation regularly.  Participate in satsang.

*  Do help a person in need or suffering.

*  Repetition of a mantra destroys impurities of the mind.

*  Make the mind inward.  In this Kali Yuga, the easiest way for controlling the mind is singing the Lord's name.

*  Food influences the mind.  Take fruits, vegetables and nuts frequently.

*  Practise moderation in diet.  Selfless service with a feeling of unity with everyone is highly effective in purifying the mind.  Do not struggle with the mind.

*  Be regular in your sadhana.

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Frustration-A Positive Force..

Everyone experiences one kind of frustration or another everyday.  Whenever we are crushed under it, it becomes a chronic type of negative feeling.  But when we derive some stimulation from it, it helps us solve a problem, not to yield to it.  So frustration can be turned into a positive force.

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We have a servo-mechanism within us which can create ideas and find solutions to problems transforming us into creative artists.  Instead, too many of us jam our creative mechanism with worry, anxiety and fear.  This jamming of the creative servo-mechanism with worry, anxiety and fear.  This jamming of the creative servo-mechanism doesn't serve us at all.  It inhibits us from our goals, putting a road-block of negation infront of us.  creating frustration.

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The road blocks of frustration are :  We worry not only before making a decision but after.  We carry this in our minds all day.  The cure?  Express anxiety before, but not after making a decision.  Once we choose a road to take, we must stop worrying and call upon the confidence of past successes to guide us in the present.

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We must stop the worry and feel about yesterday, today and tomorrow.  Think of only today.  Treat everyday as complete lifetime.  Do your best, respond to the present.  Try, try, try - now, now.

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Don't clutter your day.  Do one thing at a time.  It frees you from the burden of hurry and failure.

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Relax well.  Put aside everything.  A good night's rest brings a beautiful and hopeful day back.  Don't wrestle with your problems twenty-four hours.  So relaxation helps you overcome frustration.  Don't think of it.  Work for it.  Do it - Now.  Remember these words of Plate, "NOTHING IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN IS WORTH WORRYING ABOUT."......

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Control your Nagative Emotions...Swamy Vivekananda

We must have these four sorts of ideas.  We must have friendship for all; we must be merciful towards those that are in misery; when people are happy, we ought to be happy; and to the wicked we must be indifferent.  So with all subjects that come before us.  If the subject is a good one, we shall feel friendly towards it; if the subject of thought is one that is miserable, we must be merciful towards it.  If it is good, we must be glad; if it is evil, we must be indifferent.  These attitudes of the mind towards the different subjects that come before it will make the mind peaceful.  Most of our difficulties in our daily lives come from being unable to hold our minds in this way.  For instance, if a mind does evil to us, instantly we want to react evil, and every reaction of evil shows that we are not able to hold the chitta down; it comes out in waves towards the object, and we lose our power.  Every reaction in the form of hatred or evil is so much loss to the mind; and every evil thought or deed of hatred, or any thought of reaction, if it is controlled, will be laid in our favour.  It is not that we lose by thus restraining ourselves; we are gaining infinitely more than we suspect.  Each time we suppress hatred, or a feeling of anger, it is so much good energy stored up in our favour; that piece of energy will be converted into the higher powers.

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Every vicious thought will rebound, every thought of hatred which you may have thought, in a cave even, is stored up, and will one day come back to you with tremendous power in the form of some misery here.  If you project hatred and jealousy, they will rebound on you with compound interest.  Now power can avert them; when once you have put them in motion, you will have to bear them.  Remembering this will prevent you from doing wicked things.

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I may remark that this idea explains the ethical theory that you must not hate, and must love.  Because, just as in the case of electricity the modern theory is that the power leaves the dynamo and completes the circle back to the dynamo, so with hate and love; they must come back to the source.  Therefore do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you, must, in the long run, come back to you.  If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.  It is as certain as can be, that every bit of hatred that goes out of the heart of a man comes back to him in full force, nothing can stop it; similarly every impulse of love comes back to him.

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The greatest secret is--absence of jealousy.  Be always ready to concede to the opinions of your brethren, and try always to conciliate.  That is the whole secret.  Fight on bravely!  Life is short!  Give it up to a great cause.

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