Just as 
unhygienic drink or food affects our system so does unhealthy sounds (in
the form of vulgar songs, speeches) affect our system both
physically and mentally. Just as medicines prescribed by a doctor cure 
us of the infection from impure water and food so do the sound of the 
Vedas, Divine Name of the Lord purifies the space within, which has been
infected with impure sounds.

Does God exist?

A man went to a barber shop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As
the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They
talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually
touched on the subject of God, the barber said: “I don’t believe that God
exists.” “Why do you say that?” asked the customer. “Well, you just have to
go out in the street to realize
that God doesn’t exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick
people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be
neither suffering nor pain. I can’t imagine a loving God who would allow
all of these things.” The customer thought for a moment, but didn’t respond
because he didn’t want to start an argument. The barber finished his job
and the customer left the shop.
Just after he left the barber shop, he saw a man in the street with long,
stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to
the barber: “You know what? Barbers do not exist.” "How can you say that?"
asked the surprised barber. “I am here, and I am a barber. And I just
worked on you!” “No!” the customer exclaimed. “Barbers don't exist because
if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed
beards, like that man outside.” “Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is,
people do not come to me.”

“Exactly!”- affirmed the customer. “That’s the point! God, too, DOES exist!
What happens, is, people don’t go to Him and do not look for him.

A devotee

A 'devotee' goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to the Temple . 
'I've gone for 30 years now, he wrote, and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 mantras. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the Gurus are wasting theirs by giving services at all..
"
This started a real controversy in the 'Letters to the Editor' column, much to the delight of the editor.. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher: I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this... They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to the Temple for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"

Ripple effect

                                        

 When you throw a stone into a pond, you'll see a splash and hear a specific sound generated by the touch of stone with the water. You will notice circles rippling out from the point where stone hit the water. The stone touched the water only once however the number of waves was more than that. Did you also noticed that you did one simple act of throwing a stone but it resulted in several waves generation in all directions travelling to a large distance? This is what we call Ripple Effect.
If you closely observe your day to day life, you will notice that most of your acts are generating ripples in the society since a lot of people are getting affected either positively or negatively. If you are doing a positive act, the ripple effect is going to be positive. For example, if you help your friend or colleague, there is a most likely chance that he will help you and others when he finds you or others in any crisis. Hence I believe that positive acts result in positive ripples and negative effects generate negative ripples. Since this article is going to be read by all kind of intellectuals so I will summarize some basic example of positive and negative ripples. Article written by Junaid Tahir (mjunaidtahir at gmail dotcom)
1-    When you share some inspiring article/video/ story with your friends through email, Facebook, Google Plus, blog, website or any other online media, it will have a positive impact on hundreds of lives; Just to elaborate, if you have sent this article by email to 100 friends and only 20 of those share the same information with their colleagues/friends then this article will reach and inspire another 20*100 = 2000 people. This won't stop here since these 2000 people are going to share that with another thousands of people so the article consequently touches millions!
2-   When you work on some humanity service project (for example, giving some money for charity on monthly basis, opening an orphan house, installing water tanks in areas where water is not available to drink, visiting hospitals to help poor people etc) you are generating an unstoppable ripple effect. Hundreds of people will get inspired by you and start doing the same (more or less) acts.
3-   When you want to show your driving 'skills' and 'thrills' by bad or speedy driving while your friends or family members are with you, you are encouraging them to do the same when they are given a chance. These friends will probably do the same and encourage more people for this bad act. Down the road in 6 month you might become the root cause of rash driving for 100+ people or more!

 If we closely think, the positive ripples can become a source of Sanchita Karma resulting in Punya Phalam which is extremely required after your death. If you have done something similar to Point-1 and Point-2, these deeds will keep adding to your after-death- bank-account maintained by Chitra Gupta. Always remember that dollars, pounds or euros wont help you on the day of Judgment, the thing which will help you is your acts of kindness and their usage by the society. If you inspire and convince more and more people for any good deed (by your words or by doing the task actually) you are basically ensuring your share in the Punya Phalam

Conclusion: Positive Acts of kindness can bring magical results on earth. Everyone need to understand the concept that all of his/her acts are generating ripples in the society which are either improving or polluting the society.
Do you audit yourself on how much pollution or prosperity you are contributing to the society? 

"Finish what you begin."

When you make a heart-felt decision to finish something meaningful and,
then, do it,

something amazing happens.

You feel energized and all the worry and fear that you felt in the
beginning miraculously disappears.

Your mind is free! You no longer feel guilty.

The burden is gone and you don't beat yourself up for avoiding what needed
to be done.

In the end, when you finish what you begin, you're naturally motivated to
do more.

So,

if you feel like quitting, keep in mind that wonderful feelings are waiting
at the end of every meaningful task.

Just for you!

*Today's Affirmation: * I always finish what I begin.

YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE OUT

A man and his son were walking in the forest. Suddenly the boy trips and
feeling a sharp pain he screams, “Ahhhhh.”

Surprised, he hears a voice coming from the mountain, “Ahhhhh.”

Filled with curiosity, he screams, “Who are you?” but the only answer he
receives is: “Who are you?”

This makes him angry, so he screams, “You are a coward!” and the voice
answers, “You are a coward!”

He looks at his father asking, “Dad, what is going on?”

“Son,” he replies, “pay attention!” Then he screams, “I admire you!”

The voice answers, “I admire you!”

The father shouts, “You are wonderful!” and the voice answers, “You are wonderful!”

The boy is surprised, but still can’t understand what is going on.

Then the father explains, “People call this ‘ECHO’ but truly it is ‘LIFE!’
Life always gives you back what you give out! Life is a mirror of your
actions. If you want more love, give more love!

If you want more kindness, give more kindness! If you want  understanding
and respect, give understanding and respect. If you want people to be
patient and respectful to you, give patience and respect! This rule of
nature applies to every aspect of our lives.”

*Your life is not a coincidence, but a mirror of your own doings. What is
your echo?*

*Moral**: Life always gives you back what you give out *

  

"Why We Shout In Anger"

A Hindu saint who was visiting river Ganges to take bath found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his disciples smiled'n asked.

'Why do people shout in anger shout at each other?'

Disciples thought for a while, one of them said,'Because we lose our calm, we shout.'

'But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner.'asked the saint

Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the other disciples.
Finally the saint explained, .

'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other to cover that great distance.

What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is either nonexistent or very small...'

The saint continued,'When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper'n they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other'n that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.'

He looked at his disciples and said.

'So when you argue do not let your hearts get distant, Do not say words that distance each other more, Or else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return.'