Intelligent people celebrate diversity

Intelligent people celebrate diversity

Bangalore (India), April 16 (Thursday), 8:10 pm: The 2,000-strong crowd in the Vishalakshi Mantap Hall at the Art of Living Centre sat rapt in attention as Sri Sri answered many questions at the satsang this evening.

Q. What is the science of relativity? How does it work in life?

A.: You go on the internet. There is so much on it. Volumes and volumes. Everything is related: if you've slept well, you see everything better. If not, then things are blurred.

The observer and the observed vary. That is why it is said that different states of consciousness understand different knowledge.

Have you heard the Japanese story?

In Japan, there is a rule that a motel-owner must give free boarding and lodging to monks.

To test if a monk is genuine, the owner would ask a knowledge question. If the question is answered, monk can then stay. If the owner gives the right answer, then the monk will go further.

There was a motel run by two brothers. The elder one was very intelligent. The younger one was dull. The elder brother used to manage affairs such that he did not have to give free rooms to the monks. If the elder brother had to go away, he would tell the younger one: 'If any monk comes here, act dumb. If you're silent, the monk will not stay here."

As soon as the elder brother left, a group of monks arrived. They said: 'Come we will argue.'

The younger brother gestured: 'I am in silence.'

The monks: 'We will have a dialogue in silence.' They showed the forefinger to indicate 'one'.

The younger brother had only one eye. The other eye was bandaged. He showed two fingers.

The monks then showed three fingers.

The brother then showed a fist.

The monks became very happy and left.

When the elder brother came, the younger one explained what happened:

'They told me that you have only one eye.

So I said, 'You have two.'

They then said: The dialogue is between three eyes.

So I said: I will punch you.'

Later the monks returned and told the elder brother that the younger one had shared the highest knowledge in silence.

The monks narrated:

'We asked: What is the one truth?

He said: Not one, there are two: Buddham and Dhammam.

We said: There are three things: – Buddham, Dhammam, and Sangham.

He said: They are all one!'

It was such a mind-blowing realization!

This story shows that different levels of consciousness can interpret different things, differently.

Fools always create conflicts over nothing. And die for it. The intelligent will celebrate diversity. Fools can't tolerate diversity.

The ancient sages in the Rig Veda have said: 'Accept even the atheist and they have included them in prayers: Those who call You as no God and think there is no Divinity, I bow down. Those who say, You are not there, I offer my obeisance.'

One accepts even atheism. That is true wisdom: You have broad vision which accepts people and differences.

Intelligent people celebrate diversity, fools fight over diversity.

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Regards,
AOL Parsippany
"Celebrate Life. Care for others and share whatever you have with those less fortunate than you. Broaden your vision, for the whole world belongs to you."
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder, Art of Living Foundation, www.artofliving.org

 

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KNOW UR CHAKRAS by Sri Sri

KNOW UR CHAKRAS
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Know yourself better by knowing the Colour of Chakras
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You possess chakras, every human does and they do have a color.
Why you are elated when you see green?
Why is red violent?
Why indigo soothes and relaxes your mind?
The reason lies in the color of the respective chakra

A human body has seven major chakras, namely, Crown , Third Eye , Throat,
Heart, Solar Plexus, Hara and finally the Root chakra with the colors in the
sequence of VIBGYOR (Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red
)respectively.

This is the reason why cardiac patients are advised to eat green vegetables
and asked to walk on green grass as the former not only give nutrients but
also soothes the heart chakra. The more you see green the more you feel
green (good at heart)
So for the heart patients the basic mantra is go green!!!
Exercise each color to strengthen your respective chakra and feel the
difference
 

Regards,
AOL Parsippany

"Celebrate Life. Care for others and share whatever you have with those less fortunate than you. Broaden your vision, for the whole world belongs to you."
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder, Art of Living Foundation, www.artofliving.org

 

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A very nice perspective - "Money has no memory. Experience has"

Money has no memory. Experience has. You will never know what was the total cost of your education, but for a lifetime you will recall and relive the memories of schools and colleges. Few years from now, you will forget the amount you paid to settle the hospitalization bill, but will ever cherish having saved your mother's life or the life you get to live with the just born. You won't remember the cost of your honeymoon, but to the last breath remember the experiences of the bliss of togetherness. Money has no memory. Experience has. Good times and bad times, times of prosperity and times of poverty, times when the future looked so secure and times when you didn't know from where the tomorrow will come… life has been in one way or the other a roller-coaster ride for everyone. Beyond all that abundance and beyond all that deprivation, what remains is the memory of experiences. Sometimes the wallet was full… sometimes even the pocket was empty. There was enough and you still had reasons to frown. There wasn't enough and you still had reasons to smile. Today, you can look back with tears of gratitude for all the times you had laughed together, and also look back with a smile at all the times you cried alone. All in all, life filled you with experiences to create a history of your own self, and you alone can remember them all. The first time you balanced yourself on your cycle without support… The first time she said 'yes' and it was two years since you proposed… The first cry… the first steps… the first word… the first kiss… all of your child… The first gift you bought for your parents and the first gift your daughter gave you… The first award… the first public appreciation… the first stage performance… And the list is endless… Experiences, with timeless memory… Not denying that anything that's material cost money, but the fact remains the cost of the experience will be forgotten, but the experience never. So, what if it's economic recession? Let it be, but let there not be a recession to the quality of your life. You can still take your parents, if not on a pilgrimage, at least to the local temple. You can still play with your children, if not on an international holiday, at least in the local park. It doesn't cost money to lie down or to take a loved one onto your lap. Nice time to train the employees, create leadership availability and be ready for the wonderful times when they arrive. Hey! Aspects like your health, knowledge development and spiritual growth are not economy dependent. Time will pass… economy will revive… currency will soon be in current… and in all this, I don't want you to look back and realize you did nothing but stayed in gloom. Recession can make you lose out on money. Let it not make you lose out on experiences… If you are not happy with what you have, no matter how much more you have, you will still not be happy. Make a statement with the way you live your life: How I feel has nothing to do with how much I have.

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Cursor with variable in an "IN CLAUSE"

SQL> with t as
(SELECT ',001,002,003,004,005,006,007,008,ALL,' sList
FROM dual)
SELECT LEVEL, SUBSTR(sList, INSTR(sList, ',', 1, LEVEL) + 1,
INSTR(sList, ',', 1, LEVEL + 1) - INSTR(sList, ',', 1, LEVEL) - 1)
2 3 4 5 6 FROM t
CONNECT BY LEVEL <= LENGTH(sList) - LENGTH(REPLACE(sList,',')) - 1 7 ;

LEVEL SUBSTR(SLIST,INSTR(SLIST,',',1,LEVEL)
---------- -------------------------------------
1 001
2 002
3 003
4 004
5 005
6 006
7 007
8 008
9 ALL

9 rows selected.

SQL>

SQL> with t as
(SELECT q'!('001','002','003','004','005','006','007','008','ALL')!' sList
FROM dual)
SELECT LEVEL, SUBSTR(sList, 3 + 6*(LEVEL - 1), 3)
FROM t
CONNECT BY LEVEL <= LENGTH(sList) - LENGTH(REPLACE( 2 3 4 5 sList, ',')) + 1
6 7 ;

LEVEL SUB
---------- ---
1 001
2 002
3 003
4 004
5 005
6 006
7 007
8 008
9 ALL

9 rows selected.


SQL> with t as
(SELECT ',001,002,003,004,005,006,007,008,ALL,' sList
FROM dual)
SELECT LEVEL, SUBSTR(sList, INSTR(sList, ',', 1, LEVEL) + 1, 3)
FROM t
CONNECT BY LEVEL <= LENGTH(sList) - LENGTH(REPLACE(s 2 3 4 5 6 List,',')) - 1;

LEVEL SUB
---------- ---
1 001
2 002
3 003
4 004
5 005
6 006
7 007
8 008
9 ALL

9 rows selected.

SQL>

Using the FOR Clause in Pro*C (Oracle)

Using the FOR Clause

You can use the optional embedded SQL FOR clause to set the number of array elements processed by any of the following SQL statements:

DELETE
EXECUTE
FETCH
INSERT
OPEN
UPDATE

The FOR clause is especially useful in UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE statements. With these statements you might not want to use the entire array. The FOR clause lets you limit the elements used to just the number you need, as the following example shows:

char emp_name[100][20];
float salary[100];
int rows_to_insert;

/* populate the host arrays */
rows_to_insert = 25; /* set FOR-clause variable */
EXEC SQL FOR :rows_to_insert /* will process only 25 rows */
INSERT INTO emp (ename, sal)
VALUES (:emp_name, :salary);
The FOR clause can use an integer host variable to count array elements, or an integer literal. A complex C expression that resolves to an integer cannot be used. For example, the following statement that uses an integer expression is illegal:


EXEC SQL FOR :rows_to_insert + 5 /* illegal */
INSERT INTO emp (ename, empno, sal)
VALUES (:emp_name, :emp_number, :salary);
The FOR clause variable specifies the number of array elements to be processed. Make sure the number is not larger than the smallest array dimension. Also, the number must be positive. If it is negative or zero, no rows are processed and Oracle issues an error message.


Restrictions
Two restrictions keep FOR clause semantics clear. You cannot use the FOR clause in a SELECT statement or with the CURRENT OF clause.

In a SELECT Statement
If you use the FOR clause in a SELECT statement, you get the following error message:

PCC-E-0056: FOR clause not allowed on SELECT statement at ...
The FOR clause is not allowed in SELECT statements because its meaning is unclear. Does it mean "execute this SELECT statement n times"? Or, does it mean "execute this SELECT statement once, but return n rows"? The problem in the former case is that each execution might return multiple rows. In the latter case, it is better to declare a cursor and use the FOR clause in a FETCH statement, as follows:


http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/oracle/oracle7/api/doc/PC_22/ch10.htm