This is what is something which i was trying to convey to everyone around but never got proper words to communicate it through..i got to read this in the net and exactly and precisely this the message i was looking for that everyone in the world must read and spend some time seriously to think about…

After all Human`s achievements ..i still feel something is going wrong terribly..

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Isn’t it amazing that George Carlin – comedian of the 70’s and 80’s – could write something so very eloquent…and so very appropriate?

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life. We’ve added years to life not life to years. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We’ve done larger things, but not better things.

                                ………..  George Carlin

I came across a tag in some of my blogpal`s blog on selecting one song – which is really inspiring and to post the video / audio / lyrics whatever possible.

Well…My list is so many..still to obey the rules..i was filtering my own list..to select finally ONE song and fortunately , i got the video for it too. So lucky !

Presenting here that Thamizh song …Lyrics : Vairamuthu ; Music : Ilayaraja ..HAPPY WATCHING !

And the lyrics ( non-thamizh readers pls accept my apologies…for having selected this song..

manidha.. manidha.. ini un vizhigal.. sivandhaal.. ulagam vidiyum
vizhiyil.. vazhiyum.. udhiram muzhudhum.. ini un saridham ezhudhum
asaiyum kodigal.. uyarum.. uyarum.. nilavin mudhugai urasum
manidha.. manidha.. ini un vizhigal.. sivandhaal.. ulagam vidiyum

oli veesuga sooriyane..
yugam maarudhu vaalibane..
oru tholviyilaa pudhu velviyinaal ini sodhanai theerndhu vidum
sila aayiramaayiram sooriya deepangal bhoomiyil thondri vidum
ada saamaram veesiya paamara jaadhigal saadhanai kandu vidum
manidha.. manidha.. ini un vizhigal.. sivandhaal.. ulagam vidiyum
manidha.. manidha.. ini un vizhigal.. sivandhaal.. ulagam vidiyum
vizhiyil.. vazhiyum.. udhiram muzhudhum.. ini un saridham ezhudhum
asaiyum kodigal.. uyarum.. uyarum.. nilavin mudhugai urasum
manidha.. manidha.. ini un vizhigal.. sivandhaal.. ulagam vidiyum
manidha.. manidha.. ini un vizhigal.. sivandhaal.. ulagam vidiyum

`am in a perfect mood this week…things are going better and `am self-satisfied in life aspects, job , parents etc etc.. Thanks to maximus that i started this week watching him..and i feel my blood coursing through my veins so fresh…especially the last scene of the movie,as he dies down where he tries to open the door to heaven in his mind and his wife & son awaiting him there with a sweet smile …this one scene and the background score is staying in my heart this whole week. Actually i found out one thing. This background score & the title music in ‘Ghajini’ are same…harris had done some ctrl+x ctrl+v from this movie…anyways the favorite scene video here again…and Thanks to maximus once again. He lives in my heart.

And the favorite arabic backgroung score in this one…

“My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next”

Dont mind. Just posting this after watching GLADIATOR an another time after almost an year..and yes it`s the dialogue of maximus’ and the favorite of everyone..

Got an opportunity to watch this video during the Leadership training program and liked it very much.

There are 3 main Lessons conveyed by this person – by telling 3 stories from his life. Try noting down the lessons from this video..

Please listen..

The air was muggy and fetid in the Long Beach Sports Arena on that summer day in 1964. The air conditioning was malfunctioning and the crowd at the international Karate Tournament was getting restless after watching hours of matches. Then Ed Parker, sponsor of the annual event, took the microphone and introduced Bruce Lee, who was to put on a demonstration of jeet-kune-do. There was an instant hush and all heads craned forward. Before his movie career began Bruce Lee was already a legend among martial arts.

Bruce walked onto the elevated boxing ring wearing a simple, black, tailor-made kung-fu uniform. He spoke quietly for a few moments about his art and then began the demonstration. It is always impressive to watch a large muscular man perform karate, overwhelming the observer with a display of sheer; vibrant power. But to me, it is even more impressive to see a slightly built man executing techniques with blinding speed, his motions as quick and elegant as those of a bird in flight.

Some weeks later a friend arranged for me to meet Bruce, from whom I hoped to take private lessons. Bruce was highly selective about the students he chose to teach, and this meeting was to be kind of audition for me.

Since he gave only private lessons and had no formal studio, the meeting was at my home. He arrived promptly and I went out into the front yard to meet him. At first glance he appeared even smaller than he looked on stage. He was wearing snug fitting, full-length athletic pants and a green tank top shirt that revealed rippling muscles. He was smiling when we shook hands, but he quickly got to the point.

‘Why do you want to study with me?’, He asked.

“Because I was impressed with your demonstration and because I’ve heard you are the best.”

“You have studied other martial arts ?” he asked.

“For a long time,” I answered, “but I stopped some time ago and now I want to start over again”

Bruce nodded and asked me to demonstrate some of the techniques I already knew. We went out to my drive way and he watched intently as I went through the various katas, or exercises, from other disciplines. Then he asked me to execute some basic kicks, blocks, and punches on a bag hanging from a rafter of the garage.

“Do you realize you will have to unlearn all you have learned and start over again?”, he asked.

”No”, I said.

Bruce smiled and placed his hand lightly on my shoulders. “Let me tell you a story my Sifu taught me,”, he said.

“It is about the Japanese Zen master who received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.

“It was obvious to the master from the start of the conversation that the professor was not so much interested in learning about Zen as he was in impressing the master with his opinions and knowledge. The master listened patiently and finally suggested they have Tea. The master poured his visitor’s cup full and then kept on pouring.

“The professor watched the cup overflowing until he could no longer restrain himself.

‘The cup is overfull, no more will go in’

“ ‘Like this cup’, the master said, ‘You are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?’ “

Bruce studied my face. “You understand the point?”

“Yes” I said. “You want me to empty my mind of past knowledge and old habits so that I will be open to new learning.”

“Precisely,” said Bruce. “And now we are ready to begin your first lesson.”

This does not mean that Bruce prevented me from applying a critical mind to his teaching. In fact, he welcomed discussion, even argument. But when challenged too long on a point his reply was always, “At least empty your cup and try.”

It has been more than a decade since my first lesson with Bruce, and I am now in my mid-fifties. With half a century of life experience behind me, I sometimes get impatient with a new idea or technique. But when I feel impatient or act dogmatically self-assured, I remind my-self of the lesson Bruce taught me, and I try to empty my cup to make room for new methods and ideas.

- an excerpt from JOE HYAMS`s writing collections on martial arts.

Here is an America`s professor Randy Pausch who has come up with a special report on something which everybody finds frightening and difficult to talk about.
ie. On Death of himself.

If you are going to die and if you get a chance for one last lecture that you can deliver to your students what will you do?

Randy Pausch is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. One might know him as one of the developers of Alice, a free open-source object oriented educational programming language developed in Java. He’s dying from metastatic pancreatic cancer; he has a few more months to live, and presented a ‘last lecture’ at Carnegie Melon a few months back.

Prof Pausch’s lecture was also aired on Oprah Show, which you can see here.

It’s astonishing.

Take ten minutes off your life and I want every reader here to ‘ozhungu mariyadhaya watch this…’

This last lecture is not actually about death.

It’s about our bringing our Dreams into Reality!

Got this by means of a forward and Thanks a ton for the sender.

It might just make you think of your life differently.

Here you go: