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[email protected] Today's topics: * one child at MT - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/953c7372941cde12?hl=en * Inviting Nominations for Magazine Team - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/94c884e58eeea0e5?hl=en ============================================================================== TOPIC: one child at MT http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/953c7372941cde12?hl=en ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Sat, Apr 7 2007 10:41 am From: "Gopal Krishna" Dear Didi, what is thought-purification : is it reading spiritual books instead of English novel or is it feeling for others' problem. one who reads spiritual literature, but does nothing to lessen others' problem and the other one, who works for others as much as possible: whose thoughts r purer, the former's or the latter's . one who donates money to temples (be it of Sai Baba , or Tirupati) or one who donates money to help the needy - which of the two r spiritually more elevated, whose thoughts r purer. one who spends 2 hours in a temple or one who spends 2 hours in teaching the poor children - who is worshipping God more. and how can thought-purification happen: by distributing good thoughts in form of books or by imbibing them in our character so much that our very personality radiates such thoughts to everyone around us. So many books have been written: Gita, Ramayana and so on - how many people got purified by reading them ? Even Ravana was a scholar and well-learned in 4 Vedas : did knowledge of Vedas purify his/her thoughts ? The truth is, we don't know the meaning of purity of thought - a pure person is one who may not go to temples or read Gita/Vedas, but who is free from anger, lust and pride and who feels for others the same way he/she feels for himself/herself. Compassion and Equanimity r the traits of pure persons and not rotating beads, chanting verses of Gita/Vedas or talking about high things and metaphysics. In this country, in last 2000 years, our scholarly countrymen had time to do discussions for more than 7 days at a stretch on intricate metaphysics of God, soul, dwaita, adwaita and so on, but they had no time to organize movement against untouchability, purdah and other ills: were these people spiritual ? Not all. Indeed, one who can see God in stone-idols, but not in human beings, is at the lowest rung of the ladder of spirituality: such a one knows not even ABC of spirituality - spirituality means realising (first intellectually and then experientially) that "Sarva Khalvidam Brahma" (All is Brahma) that the same Consciousness is present in everyone and that Consciousness is our real nature rather than body and mind . though we have many great Self-Realised saints, our society is not spiritual at all : it is suffering from "bogus spirituality" since millenia - a spiritual society can't accept any injustice meted to one just due to his/her birth (caste-system) . The last 2000 history of India is one of individualism : individual happiness, individual sorrow, individual salvation , society never existed in India : we were never a nation, but a crowd, because each one was busy in his/her happiness. No wonder, a handful foreign invaders could ensalve a society of crores for centuries because each one was a separate individual, unconnected with the other and a handful invaders were enough for one individual at one time. so, to sum up: what we do for the society is the sole criteria to judge how much thought-purity we have and not reading spiritual books, chanting mantras and so on . I myself feel enormous moral pressure over the issue of child-labor : from USA, I can do nothing except sending some money to some children for education. If it is too trouble-some, you may give up the case of 4 children working in MT shop at IIT Kanpur (still please try once more to see if we can do something): i can send 200$ per month with help from some friends if living can be arranged for them. At least, we should support Nankari child. What a shame that a country whose 10-crores children r child-labor, is facing multi-arabs scams every year ? And i would add one thing (which is not criticism, but my feelings): if Gayatri Pariwar people believe so much in thought-purification through distribution of books of Sriram Sharma Acharya, here is a wonderful criteria - they should not procreate their own children due to true concern for the humanity and crores of child-labor in India and instead adopt a child-labor as their God-child and raise him/her as they would have raised their biological children: if they can do so, then they have achieved thought-purity, otherwise they r yet very far from the state of thought-purity. As a teenager, when I was an atheist and never went to any temple nor read any spiritual book, I was fully interested to follow this ideal: don't procreate, earn lakhs and adopt hundreds of orphans as God-child and raise them as own child rathern than begetting so-called own child. What a wonder that what an atheist teenage could feel, so many theists and "spiritual" people don't feel even after so much "thought-purification" through reading so many books. I would say that I imbibed the teachings of Sriram Sharma Achrya more intensely without reading his books, more than Gayatri Pariwar brethren, who r not able to understand that adopting God-child rather than procreating own child would please Sriram Sharma Ji more because it is more humane and spiritual and in the interests of the humanity. It may seem a bit strange, but I m so sure of the humanity behind this ideal, that I will propagate this whole life in the society and will consider this as a parameter to judge how much spiritual consciousness a householder has. woe to this child-labor problem! let us not beget our own child and adopt a child-labor or orphan as our God-child - this is true humanity and spirituality! regards, Gopal -- Gopal Krishna B. Tech Computer Science, IIT Kanpur Homepage: http://gopalkrishna.mission.googlepages.com -- Gopal Krishna B. Tech Computer Science, IIT Kanpur Homepage: http://gopalkrishna.mission.googlepages.com ============================================================================== TOPIC: Inviting Nominations for Magazine Team http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/94c884e58eeea0e5?hl=en ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Sun, Apr 8 2007 7:54 pm From: "Bharat Uday Mission - National Executive" Dear members and supporters of Bharat Uday Mission, With this email, we begin the much awaited process of formation of the Team for Official Magazine and Newsletter of the Mission , and we invite nominations for the Team. Please send your nominations to me ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) after reading the details and in the format specified in the end of this mail. The National Executive will consider all the nominations and announce the formation of the team. The National Executive will also declare the Name of the magazine with the formation of the team. Last date for sending nominations is *15th April* 2007. Thanks and Regards, Abhijit Meenakshi ( www.geocities.com/abhijit1303/aboutname.txt) 9960139666. Jt_Secretary (Administration), National Executive, BM. Details of the Magazine and Call for Nominations: Main objectives: * It will be the Mouthpiece of the Mission and all its wings/sister organizations. * It will be the medium through which the Mission's functionaries and administration will communicate and explain important policy and administrative matters to the Members and the public. * It will be the medium through which members and Chapters will be able to share and exchange views, news and lessons from their field work and policy discussions. * It will carry reports of inspirational works done by organizations & individuals within and outside the country. * It will educate the Members and the public by carrying news/articles on various relevant topics from history, India's Freedom Struggle, Past & Current Political movements and affairs the world over, Indian Polity, Economy and Society. * The objectives will be subject to alterations with the approval of National Executive of the Mission. Terms: * We'll start with the electronic edition of the Magazine first and move to the Print version when (and as soon as) possible. * The magazine will be started in English first and the editions in other Indian languages will be brought out later. * The magazine will be published by the Chief Editor of the magazine on behalf of the National Executive of the Mission. * To begin with the frequency of publication shall be monthly. * The Team shall have autonomy in its work, however the National Executive will set terms and conditions for the working of the Magazine Committee and retain the authority to issue directions from time to time. * The term of the first committee shall be for six months. Expectations from the Team: * Timely delivery of the magazine. * The work may require about 1-2 hour daily or 6-12 hours per week and may require more time depending on the conditions. Team members are supposed to contribute time as per the needs of the team to ensure timely work. * Collection of data and articles will be the team's responsibility * Handling communication with Chapters and members shall be the team's responsibility. The National Executive shall extend its help in all possible ways to achieve this. Eligibility Conditions for membership of the team: She/He: * Should be a Active Member of the Mission as defined by the Constitution * Should have completed 18 years of age * Should have been active in the mission for at least the past 6 months * Should have good command (written & spoken) over English. * Should be proficient in using required software like text/document/image editors like MS-Word, Excel, Paint, Adobe, etc; or have the willingness to learn. * The first issue of the Magazine shall be latest by end of May'07. Call for Nominations: This is the call for nominations to the Magazine committee. The committee shall consist of at-least the following roles (not exhaustive): Chief Editor (1): Responsible for overall functioning of the Team and publication. Shall be responsible for all words published. Will be the final authority in the team. Editors (atleast 1): Will assist the Chief editor and perform specific duties as defined by the Chief Editor. Designer(1): Will assist in designing and bringing out the layout of the magazine. Reporters(Minimum 3): Will help the team in getting news from Chapters, other organizations, any other sources. Other roles: Members may nominate themselves for roles other than the ones mentioned above. Please write in details about the role you find yourself suitable for. Application Form Format: (Send this form filled in reply to this mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Role Applied for: Name: Email/Phone/Contact Address: Chapter: Age: Educational Qualification: Work Experience, if any: Whether 'Active Member' as per Constitution?: Date of joining the Mission: Contribution to the Mission (write in brief about the activities and roles): Experience of journalism/editing/writing articles, if any: Specify how much time in a week you can commit: For Editorial roles - Attach/Paste-inline any one article written by you at any point of time on any issue, that you believe reflects your literary skills. For roles other than the ones defined - Reasons for importance of this roll and why you are fit for that role: Anything else you'd like to write/suggest/... ============================================================================== You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BM_discussion" group. 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