Relation untold..!!

Some come, some go,

Some stay, some explore.

Friends are the part of life,

They stay with you in your strife.

Fallacies may plunge in sometimes

Faith and trust then will confine.

How up or low, how down or slow,

They combat in a duo.

You came in my life and changed in then

Sadness, dejection was of no content.

Laughter, happiness, joy were emotions uncontrolled.

You filled my life with hope.

Depression was my alamode then,

But you changed it to frolic stem.

Smile was then my key to things,

Problems just flew because you were there.

Bonhomie you have been to me,

Humorous , enigmatic, full of zeal.

Delighted I’m to have you in my life,

Promise this relation will never end.

Thank You for entering my life,

Thank You for making it worthwhile,

Thank You for pulling me out of the dark pit,

Thank You for encouraging me to live,

Thank You for sparkling my days,

Thank You for enlightening my nights,

Thank You for eradicating loneliness in my life,

Thank You for filling it with smile,

Thank You for sharing my sorrows and pain,

Thank You for dismissing the slain,

Thank You for holding me when ever required,

Thank You for cheering me up when I altered,

You have been a real strength for me,

Adorable, lovely a friend to close.

The Meaning of Colors

Colors are one of the most beautiful and also one of the most under-appreciated aspects of the physical realm. We are surrounded by colors, but how often do we notice the numerous subtleties in the myriad shades.
Spiritually, color can impart both information - as in aura colors, and energy - as in healing. The aura is the spiritual energy field surrounding living beings which is "visible" to the psychically sensitive.
This short article presents the meanings generally associated with the most common colors. Use these meanings as a starting point in your own explorations. We are each unique individuals and colors may hold different meanings for us than for others, just as a piece of music inspires different feelings in different people.
Use colors to promote those qualities you wish to emphasize. Use them in your surroundings for qualities you wish to emphasize permanently. Wear clothes of appropriate colors to promote those qualities in a particular situation. You can also use colors simply by visualizing them, whether to promote their qualities or to exploit their healing energy for yourself or others.

Red

Red symbolizes energy, passion, strength, courage, physical activity, creativity, warmth, and security. It is also associated with aggression. In healing, use red to bring warmth and burn out disease. Red is a powerful color and should be used in moderation. In the aura red signifies materialism, materialistic ambition, a focus on sensual pleasures and a quick temper.

Orange

Orange symbolizes the individual's relationship to the external world, the needs and wants of the physical body and the ways in which these are satisfied, the world of work. In healing orange may increase immunity and sexual energy. In the aura orange signifies thoughtfulness and creativity.

Yellow

Yellow symbolizes intellect, creativity, happiness and the power of persuasion. It is also associated with cowardice. In healing use yellow to promote clarity of thought. In the aura yellow signifies intellectual development, for either material or spiritual ends.

Green

Green symbolizes money, luck, prosperity, vitality and fertility. It is also associated with envy. Green is the color of healing; it is beneficial in all healing situations. In the aura green signifies balance, peace and often indicates ability as a healer.

Blue

Blue is the color of spirituality, intuition, inspiration and inner peace. It is also associated with sadness and depression (the "blues"). In healing blue is used for cooling and calming, both physically and mentally. In the aura blue indicates serenity, contentment and spiritual development.

Indigo

Indigo is associated with psychic ability. In healing, use indigo for relaxation, reassurance and promoting psychism. In the aura indigo signifies a seeker, often of spiritual truth.

Purple

Purple is associated with power, both earthly and spiritual. In healing, purple is used for mental disorders and also for becoming one with Spirit. In the aura purple signifies higher spiritual development.

White

White is associated with truth, purity, cleansing, healing and protection. It is a good general healing color for the removal of pain and suffering. In the aura it signifies a high level of attainment, a higher level soul incarnate to help others.

Gold

Gold represents understanding and luck. Remember though that nothing comes from nothing, It is the most powerful healing color, but so powerful that many are not able to stand it initially and must be conditioned to it via other colors. In the aura it represents service to others.

Pink

Pink represents unconditional love, love requiring nothing in return. It is also the color of friendship and conviviality. In the aura it signifies balance between the spiritual and the material.

Brown

Brown is the color of the earth and represents practicality, material success, concentration and study. In the aura it indicates "down to earth-ness" and common sense.

Black

Black is the absence of color. It represents the unconscious and mystery. Its visualization can help promote deep meditation. Black also stands for evil (eg black magic). In the aura it signifies some kind of blockage or something being hidden.

Hypocrites stay away..

They say one thing, yet do another. They say they hate something, yet they themselves are doing it. I know that just frustrates me too. I want to grab them by the neck and shake them senseless and say, "Hey, get a clue!" But, for some better reason, maybe a jail term, I have decided maybe that I just don't want to approach the issue that way. So, let's try something different.

First of all what is hypocrisy? The word comes from a word that means 'Actor.' Which is just bewildering to me, because I love my actors, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, and Marlon Brando. Ok, I know, I am dating myself. But if I am dating myself, is it possible to go Dutch Treat, and what would my wife think about it. Oh sorry, I side tracked. I am glad we pay our hypocrites millions, I mean our actors. But, is there a correlation to the amount of hypocrites in the world to the idolization of our actors? Hmmmm, I wonder. But, anyway back to beating the tar out of the hypocrites in our lives. How about if we beat them intellectually? That might be an idea.

I guess I feel sorry for hypocrites because there is inconsistency in their mental programming. I like using computer analogies with people. Their computer programming is in conflict. For their words are saying one thing and their actions are doing another. There has got to be all kinds of conflicts in their lives. Just think about it. They have to have two sets of internal thought programs going on; one to run their mouth and one to run their actions. And that is just their internal conflicts. They must have external conflicts also. Let's us the example of a mom who is cheating on her husband and her daughter sees it. Then the daughter starts sleeping around and the mother confronts her, because she loves her daughter. She tries to confront her daughter and then her daughter confronts the mom with her sleeping with every man she sees and the conversation gets heated, and the mom says, "Do what I say, not what I do." and the daughter stomps off and slams the door to her room. The daughter and the mother are now at odds with each other in this internal and external conflict because of the mom’s hypocrisy. The mom by using the old saying, 'Do what I say, and not what I do' is actually teaching her daughter that it is ok to be a hypocrite; that when you are in authority it is ok for authority to control others by their authority and then have a different internal programming that dictates the acceptable actions of their own life. The daughter in this story reminds me of a sailboat that is trying to gain power, but the wind of her mother's words and actions keeps fluctuating between two or more opposing directions.

Little Johnny has overheard every year, just before the April 15th tax deadline, the discussion of his parents on how they can get away with little lies to cheat on their taxes. One day Johnny gets suspended from school for cheating on his tests. His parents are furious that he cheated. But, Johnny’s little programming doesn't comprehend their anger. Then His internal programming realizes, "Oh, its ok to be a hypocrite as long as I am in authority and don't get caught." So, Johnny begins to figure out ways to lie better. Then, he has got to stand his ground to the very end because he has to have authority over his parents. He uses that authority as a platform for the launching of his hypocrisy. So, he ends up being a rebellious and lying teenager, and the parents wonder why? These kinds of conflicts in their programming must cause hypocrites all kinds of trouble. I won't even go in to the parents that talk bad about authorities and then wonder why their children have to be controlled with an iron-fist because their children are so rebellious.

Then there are the hypocrites who hate thieves, yet they steal hours at work, by lying on their paychecks, taxes, and lying to their spouses about where they have been, and so steal time away from their better halves.

Oh, then there are the angry people who hate people who get welfare, and yet they work at government jobs and boast about how all the employees have conspired to get as little done as possible. Talk about hypocrisy that has gone to a new level of group agreement to be hypocrites and then to condemn others. This reminds me of all the people who hate to be stereotyped and then turn around and stereotype all the people in churches as hypocrites. They turn around and condemn God for the actions of his so called children, when their children are languishing in prison. Hmmm, wow we say we hate God because he tells us not to lie, steal, cheat, commit adultery, and murder. We hate others when they wrong us and we run to authorities to get our just due from all the liars, embezzlers, swindlers, murderers, and adulterous husbands. We desire with all our hearts that those murderers and slimy cheating husbands would be put to the most awful death forever and ever, yet we turn around and hate God for applying those same principles to us. We even hate God for all the hypocrites in the church, even though he fights against hypocrisy in the church and was even killed because he stood up against the church people of their day and said things like, 'do as they say, but don't do as they do,' and 'do not be like the hypocrites.' We hate the people of the church because of their hypocrisy, but these are the children our society has raised and trained to be hypocrites.

I know you women can't stand all those guys who do not know how to discuss all their problems, fears, and emotions with you; they are just so shut down emotionally. A man discusses something with some woman and then the man is manipulated and controlled, with their emotions being used against them. Then the man gives in and begins to share. The woman then complains and cries and frets about how her man doesn't totally love her, because of that something he confided to her. The man's inadequacies are used against him, his emotions are controlled to get what she wants. She complains that he doesn't share and doesn't trust her love, yet her love is not accepting and safe. His confessions become a way for the woman to feel safe because she now feels that she understands her man, and that understanding gives her the resources to get him to do what she wants. She feels that he should feel safe with her, yet she may never feel safe with him until she is in a position to control, but then she complains about men that are controlling. She puts down men and then complains that men are so relationally shut-down to women. Her words say one thing; her actions say another. We wonder about all the power struggles and fault blaming that goes on in our relationships. We then complain about church leaders who get us to confess our faults to them and then try to force us to change. Some use those confessions to control us. But, we as a society, are the ones who have trained them, when they were children, in effective ways of hypocrisy and control.

I don't know about you, but I just hate those hypocrites and want to grab the closest hypocrite and shake him senseless, but for some reason I can't seem to reach that guy standing in the mirror.

Myths n Facts for AIDS

We see that people often confuse certain myths related to HIV & AIDS.
We need to keep in mind that they both are way different from each other.
A person infected with HIV may not be effected with AIDS....but a person who has AIDS is necessarily infected with HIV....
The AIDS virus is NOT contracted through :-
-Touching
-Hugging
-Kissing
-Massage
-Sharing toilet seats
-Drinking or eating from utensils used by an infected person or
Any other mode of casual contact.
Nor does working, socialising and living with infected people cause the disease.

serenity indeed..!!

Peace of mind is the most sought after 'commodity' in human life. It appears that most of us are in a state of perpetual restlessness. On analyzing the causes of this restlessness, I have ventured to find for myself ten solutions that need to be followed religiously if we are serious about achieving perfect peace of mind.

1. Do not interfere in others' business

Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in others' affairs. We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way is the best way, our logic is the perfect logic, and those who do not conform to our thinking must be criticized and steered to the right direction, our direction.

This kind of attitude on our part denies the existence of individuality and consequently the existence of God, for God has created each one of us in a unique way. No two human beings can think or act in exactly the same way. All men or women act the way they do because they are prompted to do so by the Divine within them. There is God to look after everything. Why are you bothered? Mind your own business and you will have your peace.

2. Forget and forgive

This is the most powerful aid to peace of mind. We often nurture ill feeling inside our heart for the person who insults or harms us. We forget that the insult or injury was done to us once but by nourishing the grievance we go on excavating the wound forever. Therefore it is essential that we cultivate the art of forgiving and forgetting. Believe in the justice of God and the doctrine of Karma. Let Him judge the act of the one who insulted you. Life is too short to waste in such trifles. Forget, forgive, and march on.

3. Do not crave for recognition

This world is full of selfish people. They seldom praise anybody without selfish motive. They may praise you today because you are rich and have power but no sooner you are powerless, they will forget your achievement and start criticizing you.

Moreover, no one is perfect. Then why do you value the words of praise of another mortal like you? Why do you crave for recognition? Believe in yourself. People's praises do not last long. Do your duties ethically and sincerely and leave the rest to God.

4. Do not be jealous

We all have experienced how jealousy can disturb our peace of mind. You know you work harder than your colleagues in the office but they get promotions, you do not. You started a business several years ago but you are not as successful as your neighbor whose business is only one year old. Should you be jealous? No, remember everybody's life is shaped by his previous Karma that has now become his destiny. If you are destined to be rich, not all the world can stop you. If you are not so destined, no one can help you either. Nothing will be gained by blaming others for your misfortune. Jealousy will not get you anywhere, but will only give you restlessness.

5. Change yourself according to the environment

If you try to change the environment single handedly, the chances are you may fail. Instead, change yourself to suit the environment. As you do this, even the environment, which has remained unfriendly for you, will mysteriously appear to be congenial and harmonious.

6. Endure what cannot be cured

This is the best way to turn a disadvantage into an advantage. Every day we face numerous inconveniences, ailments, irritations and accidents that are beyond our control. We must learn to endure them cheerfully thinking, "God will it so, so be it". God's logic is beyond our comprehension. Believe it and you will gain in patience, in inner strength, in will power.

7. Do not bite more than you can chew

This maxim should be always remembered. We often tend to take more responsibilities than we are capable to carry out. This is done to satisfy our ego. Know your limitations. Spend your free time on prayers, introspection and meditation. This will reduce those thoughts in your mind, which make you restless. Fewer the thoughts, greater is the peace of mind.

8. Meditate regularly

Meditation makes the mind thoughtless. This is the highest state of peace of mind. Try and experience it. If you meditate earnestly for half an hour every day, you will tend to become calm during the remaining twenty-three and a half hours. Your mind will not be disturbed as much as before. This will increase your efficiency and you will turn out more work in less time.

9. Never leave the mind vacant

An empty mind is devil's workshop. All evil deeds start in the mind. Keep your mind occupied in something positive, something worthwhile. Actively follow a hobby. You must decide what you value more - money or peace of mind. Your hobby, like social work may not always earn you more money, but you will have a sense of fulfillment and achievement. Even if you are resting physically, occupy yourself in healthy reading or mental chanting of God's name (japa).

10. Do not procrastinate and never regret

Do not waste time in wondering "should I or shouldn't I?" Days, weeks, months and years may be wasted in that futile mental debating. You can never plan enough because you can never anticipate all future happenings. Always remember God has His own plan too. Value your time and do things. It does not matter if you fail the first time. You can rectify your mistakes and succeed the next time. Sitting back and worrying will lead to nothing. Learn from your mistakes but do not brood over the past. DO NOT REGRET! Whatever happened was destined to happen only that way. Take it as the will of God. You do not have the power to alter the course of God's will. Why cry?

Systems Approach in Development Communication

The economic realities of the 1980s have made communications an indispensible tool for increasing productivity, profitability and competitiveness. Deregulation makes the benefits of private communications ownership both possible and desirable. Advancing technology offers more-effective ways to conduct business while reducing costs through applications such as videoconferencing and electronic mail.
A relatively recent approach that has enriched thinking about communication considerably the concept of “systems”. A system is any set of interacting parts that maintains boundaries while exchanging influences with its environments. Introducing the systems concept in the theoretical study of development communication has had several positive consequences. It helps for careful analysis of problems at the planning stage for development communication programmes.
A close look at how human systems works has shown that the communication is the very essence of these systems: it supplies information about environmental needs and conditions; facilitates internal interaction and coordination through information exchange- channels- through outgoing messages- the system influences on the environment; and brings back through- feedback- information about the environments reactions and its changing needs.
Important byproducts of systems approach are having a deep and beneficial effect on development communication. For instance, one very important trend growing out of this approach is an interest in formulating policies and plans. In other words, the more careful analysis the systems approach has promoted in the designing given development communication programme has an analogue in the examination of the totality of communication activities-what they are now and what they should be.