Nature is friendly to your plans.

After a while, I am reading "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace D. Wattles (rather listening audio recorded version from LibraVox during commute by car) .. and getting reminded of this statement is very powerful Nature is friendly to your plans. (on Page 24 in the PDF; in Chapter 5 "Increasing Life") I read below NEWS recently and I felt - WOW 

Crops irrigated with wastewater store drugs in their leaves 

Scientists discovered that crops irrigated with wastewater mostly stash trace pharmaceuticals in their leaves rather than the parts we eat. 

Date: March 15, 2026 Source: Johns Hopkins University 

Summary: Scientists studying crops irrigated with treated wastewater discovered that trace pharmaceuticals often collect in plant leaves. Tomatoes, carrots, and lettuce absorbed medications such as antidepressants and seizure drugs during the experiment. However, the edible portions of tomatoes and carrots contained much lower levels than the leaves. The findings help researchers understand how crops process contaminants as wastewater reuse becomes more common. 

It truly takes care of us 🙏 the universe/nature/whatever you call it 😊

Misbehaviour!?

 

we were fortunate to participate in this Film screening and also listen to Ms. Hosten who trained with the BBC and worked as a broadcaster and airline stewardess before winning the 1970 Miss World

"If you can see it, you can do it!"

if you want a cake ...

Attempt to draw one with https://www.autodraw.com/

... then just ask for it!

Universe will always answer every prayer :)

It will bring to you what you want ... just keep in mind few points
- it knows when the time is best
- it knows what is the best flavor and healthy (better) alternative
- it sometimes present you with not the cake but the ingredients to make one for yourself (and the recipe as well - in some case, the recipe will be unfolded as you go along with following the steps) :D

[Every month, I try to post one blog entry on 1st ... and today it is already 2nd of Nov 2022 .. since, I was unable to come up with anything .. I thought - why don't I scroll through the long list of DRAFTs I have saved for a while .. and this is what I found - seemed it was saved in Aug 2012 - makes the CAKE more than 10 years old !]

iceberg यथा पिण्डे तथा ब्रह्मण्डे

it was a trip being planned for a long time .. wanted to again visit dark-sky reserve (some few hours from our place) during the recent neowise comet's appearance .. but it did not happen

finally - my son got a new phone - and he wanted to try out some night sky photography with it - and yes, he also wanted to drive for long (making good use of his recent learning license) - so, we both thought of going on a weekday 18th sep (though it was a weekday; since it was closer to new moon - for darker sky & better observation) .. 

it was indeed a good view - away from the light polluted night sky of a city .. but it was little chilly .. despite of the cold and the pandemic situation .. it was quite crowded (the ride through the rural roads made us feel we might be just 2 of us - but as soon as we reached the actual dark-sky reserve location - our assumptions were proved wrong .. we had to wait for getting a parking spot) ... we hardly spent half-an-hour out in the dark/cold night .. his excitement did not last long - his new phone settings that he wanted to try did not turn out exactly as he wanted .. but all in all it was good experience .. we even got a glimpse of a black baby bear on the way back (very close to our car/road)

we live in a high-rise building - and our parking spot is on the 3rd basement (that is 3 floors under the ground) .. the access to the lot is secured - and we have key/fob that we show at the door to open the locked gate .. our fob is attached with the car key - and we have to switch off the engine to take it out - roll down the window glass and show it to the sensor .. i think power of positive intention (or LoA - Law Of Attraction) helps me a lot .. almost always someone is coming out from the other side - so that I get the garage door open for me to smoothly get in without need to turn on/turn off ignition .. [sometimes i wait for few seconds - and off late i have noticed people have helped me from not only other side - but also from behind .. they have remote 'fob' and they come to my rescue :-) ]

while coming back from the dark-sky reserve trip - it was about 3am .. and coming close to the door - i made a passing comment to my son - "it is so late .. that my logical brain is not able to digest the thought that some car would be coming out from the other side so that we don't have to stop" .. and we used the key/fob - after putting off the engine for a while .. and when the door pulled up - i was happily shocked to notice - a guy was walking out on foot from the other side .. i was right! had i convinced my logical brain to wait for few seconds - the door would have been opened up for me even at 3am on a dark/cold night - and if not by an outcoming car - then by a man walking out on foot - very unlikely and unbelievable - but if you do allow - the universe has extraordinary power to re-arrange itself in a such a manner that it works out in your favor - because you want and believe - and it is win-win - where all involved are happy :-)

from - http://stock.adobe.com/free

our brain/mind - whatever we say is like an iceberg! the logical/conscious  'component' is very small/visible part - and it does the 'reasoning' (necessary for routine functions like 'driving') ... it also acts like a 'door keeper' and allows only logically convincing (or 'reasonable') thoughts or desires/day-dreams to enter the much bigger 'sub-conscious' mind - but if somehow we let those ideas (at times after 'fooling' the sentry) pass on to the super-powerful component - it invariably makes it happen - and it does it in its own unique effortless manner in most harmonious way - since it is in alignment/connection with the all knowing universe (that we often term as "God") .. that omnipotent is what is inside each one of us - and hence we bow to all with "namaste"  reminding i bow to divinity within you .. what is inside is what is out there यथा पिण्डे तथा ब्रह्मण्डे yathaa piNDe tathaa brahmaNDe

PS: while I share this with humility & gratefulness - I am also reminded of the guidance of the author of "The Science of Getting Rich" - where he says "Do not brag .." but instead "Take an honest pride .." :-) --> here

Apples OR Peaches?

 Below is a "guest" post - by 'Apple lady' :-)

“Apples or Peaches?” is a question I always had. To give more details let me present my question. I feel there is a thin line between compromise and positivity. Let’s say you want to eat an apple. You are really craving for an apple. You can almost feel how wonderful it is to bite into your crispy apple and enjoy its sweetness. With that thought you walk into a farmer’s market, excited to enjoy your apple. But its not apple season, its the time for peaches. Beautiful juicy yummy peaches all around you. So, what would you do? Would you buy a peach and say may be this is what is meant to be? May be peach is good for me? I will accept it and enjoy it. Or would you say good to see peaches, but I would still want to eat my apple  . What would you do? If the peach makes you happy, forget about the apple then the peach is really meant for you. You should go for it. But if in-spite of enjoying the best peaches of the season, you still crave for your apple what should be done? I personally think go for your apple. At least that is what I want to do, get my apples, and not compromise on peaches. Peaches are not for me. May be after trying the apple, I might want some grapes. That is ok because it would be my decision at that point not a decision I was forced to obey or was expected to abide by.

 

Now does that work, is the biggest question. Will it be considered as arrogance? Will I be punished by God, universe, or supreme self for not accepting the "peach" and going after the "apple"? I think No. Because everything goes from inside out and not the other way around. If God is all about Love, and only means well, He is above all the feelings of anger, rejection, arrogance. By that I mean if you thank him for the peach and continue your journey toward the apple, He will just assist you. and eventually make it happen. Now that is self love. You love and care for your decision or choice to the point that you are not ready to give up or compromise. And when you take care of yourself you will have the love and energy to do the same for others.

 

How do I know all this? Well I m learning it all myself... but I did do an experiment  . People who know me will tell you how I love the ‘why’s and ‘how’s and ‘what if’s? Curiosity is my second nature. So, let me tell you about my experiment. I was listening to "Awesome AJ”, I enjoy his small 10-minute videos on law of attraction. One of the videos he said try manifestation with something small... like a rubber duck. Yes, you heard it small yellow rubber ducky. He said think of it and it will show up as an image somewhere on TV or website you surf. So, I did. But I imagined that I am holding it in my hands. So that is my apple. I do not want to see an image of it, I want to touch it. Usually its there in homes that have small babies and I have grown up kids. So, it was going to hard, but I wanted to get some answers. First 24 hrs nothing. Next day I saw a real duck in a TV series I watch. I said, ‘thank you’, but I want to touch and feel a rubber ducky. Third day I saw a green ducky image on my son's shampoo bottle. I again said thank you universe, but I still want to touch and feel a rubber yellow ducky. By now trust me I thought maybe I am pushing it. But I continued. 4th day I walked into my daughter's room to give her a message from her friend. She is 17. We talked and I turned around and saw 2 yellow rubber duckies on her desk. I gasped and picked them up. I could touch and feel them. I asked my daughter where did she get these and she explained that her math teacher likes to give out rubber duckies to her students who do a good job. She was proud to get 2. She had lost them, but cleaning lady who had come a day before found them and put them on her desk.

 

why just 'OR' - make it an 'AND' :-)

I felt humbled and loved at the same time. For me that was the biggest lesson of self love that I needed to learn and also got a glimpse of the abundant enormous energy power, we refer to as GOD.

 

So, the Universe will give you whatever you are ready to work towards... apples or peaches. Nothing is enforced on us; we sometimes give up or lose faith in our self.

potatoes OR karma?

this is no ordinary bag of potatoes .. it is really special - it is one i bought from a big grocery store on Friday (29th May) evening .. but after paying for it - along with few other items - i left the checkout counter little absent minded maybe .. i forgot to pick it up (and i wasn't even aware)

i had checked it off from my list of things to buy - and came home with almost all things from that list .. and then i got a call (after an hour or so) from a friend - whom i did interact with at the store .. no hand-shake of course - just 'namaste' :-) from safe distance

he asked - did i forget a bag of potatoes at the store .. it so happened - that he was there with his dad - and they too bought a similar bag .. and they were just behind me at the counter - and out of confusion - they carried my forgotten bag of potatoes along with their rightfully purchased one .. only when they reached home and unloaded stuff from the vehicle - they realized they both carried one bag each of potatoes (assuming it was their own; the one they paid for) - and the friend mentioned it is extra one they carried - so was thinking to return it back to the store - when his father reminded him about me - and mentioned he did see me carry/pay for a bag of potatoes too ...

when he called and asked and explained the above situation - it is then i realized - i had not been aware that i was missing the bag of potatoes i was supposed to bring home along with other grocery items .. he then said he will drop at our place - soon - which actually happened on Mon (1st June)

i was very happy to know - that even in a big box store - where many do shopping - there was a friend sent by the almighty looking after my special bag of potatoes :-) .. really grateful to the universe for all the blessings

it reminded me of a subhashitam (#187 here)

यथा धेनुसहस्त्रेषु वत्सो विन्दति मातरम् |

तथा पूर्वकॄतं कर्म कर्तारमनुगच्छति ||

- महाभारत

yathaa dhenusahastreShu vatso vindati maataram |

tathaa puurvakRRItaM karma kartaaramanugachChati ||

- mahaabhaarata

which means "Calf recognizes its mother among the herd of thousands of cows; the same way, karma of previous birth (good and bad deeds) goes with the doer."

it also reminded me of somewhat similar incident i had experienced some 2 decades ago .. i was studying for one of my Master degree's interim exam at friends place overnight ... woke up in the morning and rushed for the exam venue - and while getting on to my two wheeler (a scooter) dropped my prized wrist watch (hmt brand) - and when i reached the venue - couldn't find it ... and then my friend (where i was studying overnight) came after me (on his own two wheeler) and asked me if i was missing my watch .. it so happened he noticed it and picked up .. and all fell in place for me by grace of Almighty .. :-)

i am grateful for the GRACE!

What I want for myself, I want for everybody

i am fortunate to be able to revisit wonderful book that i read some time back - The Science of Getting Rich in a group setting where we discuss one chapter every week on tele-conference - the wonderful interactions of friendly reading buddies (despite of being couple of thousand miles apart in physical distance!) make the understanding much deeper - and the motivation/cohesiveness of the group ensures there is discipline along with fun
[power of संगच्छध्वं ? :-) ... to know more about the invocation/prayer; refer to page 4 of Yoga doc here https://yoga.ayush.gov.in/yoga/public/assets/front/pdf/CYPEnglishLeaflet.pdf ]

Chapter 14 ends with ... the favorite declaration of the late "Golden Rule" Jones of Toledo: "What I want for myself, I want for everybody." (NOTE to SELF - explore more about it/him - TODO)

it reminded me of blog post in Dec 2008 and one more in Feb 2013 :-)

you are ..

though I do not bank with ScotiaBank - I like their tag-line ... "You're richer than you think" ..

in fact, i like to believe -

we all ARE more ___ (insert any positive adjective) than we think!! ..

that is hopeful creative way of thinking - and it will strive us all to get better isn't it?

visualize

The Secret resurfaces :-)

 I came across this article .. Visualizing Your Future Can Hack Your Brain and Change Your Life - and it makes me grateful again - the central thought is reminded once again ..

as you sow ...

... so shall you reap :)

This is a saying I was taught early in my life ...

It is true ... Whatever seeds one plants, the corresponding fruits will grow up

Recently, i happened to ponder upon a very important understanding related to the same concept. One should not get attached to the place where one has put in their seeds ... some of the fruits take very long time to grow up ... instead, move on after planting your seeds with best intentions and rest assured you will get to enjoy even bigger/better fruits on the way (grown from seeds planted by someone else with equally great intentions much earlier than you did) ... thereby, you can enjoy new 'places' as well and get the benefits earlier (than had you waited patiently at your own 'farm') :D

It is certain that if your intentions were noble than the fruits you get to enjoy will be at least better and earlier (than your own fruits) - but you need FAITH in the GRACE!

Happy New 2013 & not-so-new ‘happy’ alphabets :)

This new year, I have once again decided to make it even more ‘happy’

I would make extra efforts to make frequest use of the following ‘happy’ alphabets

A – Abundance
B – Bliss
C – Compassion/Care
D – Divinity
E – Enthusiasm
F – Faith
G – Gratitude
H – Happiness
I – Inquisitiveness/Integrity
J – Joy
K – Kindness
L – Love
M – Motivation
N – New
O – Openness
P – Positive
Q – Q…
R – Respect
S – Spirituality
T – Thankfulness
U – Universalism
V – Vision
W – Wisdom
X – X…
Y – Yearning
Z – Zestful

Can you think of better positive/happy words for any of the letters? I am going to fill up/expand the happy alphabets and would love to hear from you (PS: this is from my 2 year old blog - but even more relevant today)

Make every moment in 2013 (& beyond) a ‘happy’ one!!!

history repeats? - Chicago Marathon! :)

It has been more than 2 years that I finished my Boston Marathon ...

the reason that I am reminded of it is - I am now going to RUN in Chicago Marathon (on 7 Oct 2012) ...

Yes! It gets attracted again :)

I am member of Team TCS that is committed to fund raise for Stop Diabetes movement ... Will you please help me here?

57 more days to go ... keep watching this space for how my training is progressing ... Thanks to everyone for your wonderful support!