THINKING NEGATIVE

♠ Posted by Abhijit Bangal in Andaman and Nicobar Islands,Negative Thinking,Positive Thinking,V D Savarkar

What do you advocate "THINKING POSITIVE? OR THINKING NEGATIVE ?"

Humans are the ones who can think. No doubt, dumb animals too can; but man is blessed with the power to think coupled with discriminating between the good and the bad. That's what animals can't do. (Well, who says humans can !?) Discriminating makes man stand out from the other species.
But humans are such that, they don't value what they get for free. If you pay for a thing, you will care for it. Get something free, and it is as good as useless to you. This is what man has, it seems, done with this brain. What do you think? We can think? Sure we can, but we don't understand what we are doing. And even if we do, we care the least. All know that smoking is injurious to health. So even when the smokers know that smoking is injurious to health, have they stopped smoking? Do you think they will?
This is what happens with thinking too. 99% of us first think negative and (if possible), then go on to the positive track. If our near-and-dear-ones do no arrive home on time, the first thing that happens to us is a negative thought peeping in our minds. Those who advocate positive thinking, knowingly or unknowingly, do thing on negative terms.
There are always two sides to a coin. Thinking too is no exception. There are people who teach others to think positive. Positive thinking, no doubt, creates a positive atmosphere. Those who meditate daily, will feel the difference. They will never agree to negative thinking. Positive thinking creates positive waves around us. These waves also make an impact on other, provided you are that powerful. And this needs no proof. But thinking positive all the while is too of no use. Why? I tell you.
Becase thinking negative makes you and keeps you ready for the worst. Because, mentally you are ready for what you were thinking. (The opposite of what you wanted to happen.) There are great thinkers, who support negative thinking. The great Indian Freedom fighter V. D. Savarkar, who had the great escape from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, who promote negative thinking.
A last word that I feel, I should tell is - THINK POSITIVE BUT BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST!

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NEED & LOVE

♠ Posted by Abhijit Bangal in Australian Shepherd,Bloodhound,Bulldog,Doberman,love,need

We care for what we shouldn't and neglect what we shouldn't. How ? Read futher.

Its human to discriminate between the two. How ? Let's have a story to support it.Once upon a time there lived a big Landlord. He had a a big mansion. He had hundreds of acres of cultivating land. He had money in abundance. He had servants galore to work for him. He had, most importantly, peace of mind. He had cows, buffaloes, bulls, donkeys to work for him in the fields. He had .......... Well, the list is endless. He had almost all the material pleasures. Like all humans this landlord too had a week point, and it was dogs. Yes, he was very much fond of dogs. He would not care to spend like anything for their simples needs. He had a host of breeds of dogs. He had the Australian Shepherd, Bloodhound, Bulldog, Doberman etc. But the one that he most liked was the Curly-Coated Retriever. It was as dark as night. It had an unusually straight tail, (that always stood up) of which the landlord was very fond. He loved all the dogs like his family member. He did never discriminate between the two.He fondly called his Curly-Coated Retriever "Tiger." This Tiger could always be found lingering around his master or in his lap. Whenever he would see his master coming his way, he would stand on his hind legs, with his paws rested on his belly and would bark at him. This would send tingles down his master's belly. Tiger loved this and would bark even loudly and scratch the master's tummy, lick it and do all such things. Even when the landlord had to go somewhere for work, their servants would have to make arrangements for Tiger too. After seeing Tiger so lucky, the other pets and working animals felt jealous of Tiger. They would always dream of themselves as Tiger and being pampered by their master.But among all these pets, a donkey was always more curious than jealous about Tiger. "Why is he so dear to the master ?", the donkey always wondered. "What if I do the same to my master?! He will pat on my head like he does to Tiger." Thinking thus, the donkey decided to act Tiger.And see the donkeys luck !(donkeys too are lucky now-a-days). He got the chance to play Tiger right away. So he thought to himself, that even time is with him. Then what to care about the master (if he likes it or not.)As soon as the donkey saw the master come his way, he gave a loud bark (imitating the dog), ran up to him and stood on his rear legs. As the height of the donkey was much more as compared to the dog. So the donkey's fore legs hit the head of the landlord pretty hard. His forehead became black and blue, and he turned red with temper. "A donkey that you are and remain one. Don't try to get in anyone else's shoes." He got a big long rod and beat down the donkey to his heart's content as he shouted at the unruly beast. The donkey was remained alive only because some other servants intervened. That day the donkey did not get any food. The dog was watching all this and felt for the donkey.When the donkey met the dog and asked why all things went wrong, the dog answered: "My friend you dialled the wrong number. You went to seek pity from a human. A human who is fickle minded. He loves me and loves you not. In that neither is am lucky neither are you unlucky. When I grow old he may no hesitate to do that to me, what he did to you. And one more thing, presently he loves me and needs you.""Man always takes care of the things that he doesn't need. He looks after them well and find. But on the other hand, always neglects them whom and what he should care for, who work for him. Life is like that my friend."
The landlord should take care of the donkey because his work is more laborious than that of the dog. Which means the donkey needs more maintenance. But exactly the opposite is happening.

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HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY !

♠ Posted by Abhijit Bangal

Is man going away from honesty ?

Well, to answer that question is a largely a personal issue. But whatever, there are some human values that always remain. They are here to stay. Some stories are very famous about this in the Indian context.
Once upon a time, there was a poor woodcutter. He was so poor that, if any day he failed to cut wood and sell it, then he would have to go to bed empty-stomuched. It was difficult to make both ends meet for him. But this poor man was a man of ethics. He sold wood at reaonable rates in spite of his poor economic condition. He would never lie for his benefit. This continued for days together, but still his condition would not improve. One day when he was cutting wood near a river, his iron axe happened to fall in the river. He was stunned. He saw darkness in front him. He saw his wife going hungry. He saw his children crying for food. He saw, that he was in no condition to provide them with their necessities. As he sat under the tree crying, from the river imerged WaterGod and asked him the reason for his helplessness. He was surprised to the the God, but related to Him all that had happened.
The Lord was sympathetic towards him. He on His own offered him His services. So down went He and came up with a golden axe. "Is this your axe my good man ?" The poor man replied in the negative. So the Lord went down again and this time came up with a golden axe studded with diamonds. "Is this your axe my good man ?" The Lord repeated his question. The poor man again refused. The Lord was observing all this. He went down the third time and this time came up with an iron axe. As soon as the poor man saw his good old axe, he was overjoyed. His joys knew no bounds. He sprang up and requested the Lord to give him his axe.
The WaterGod was very impressed with the poor man's honesty. And as a reward for his honesty, gave him all the three axes.
The moral of the story is -- HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY.
In this wonderful world don't be surprised if you come across people like this. The good Lord above has made all kinds of men. So always see the glass half full.

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