Pranam
Gopalakrishnanji is partially correct as you are also Mr
Rangarajan. Your statement is "I do not think I have educated my children.
I am only nimitta matram. I happened to have the resources which enabled
them to have the education of their choice.``. It is another quote we see
and also was used in some films also. That arose out of the Gibran poem : "
On Children Kahlil Gibran <https://poets.org/poet/kahlil-gibran> -
1883-1931 And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us
of Children. And he said: Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They
come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet
they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your
thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their
bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of
tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may
strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life
goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from
which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees
the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer’s
hand be for gladness; For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He
loves also the bow that is stable.
Expectations do have disappointments. B G says that only. Buddhism is
based on that. Vedas say in short that. Vanaprastham was based on that.
Vanaprastham is the new concept of old age home. Let it be.
Now let us assume a situation that parent were drunkards, spent
their lives in clubs and sense pleasures leaving their children at home or
elsewhere unattended and speaking to them casually and lightly. If they
liked they educated them. Orelse they thought so what. Children grew day by
day as they liked. As Khallel the drunkard philosopher who had no morals,
said they followed and they thought only about that day present and
lived happily. Time passed by. 25 years have passed. All lived their life
happily and with their inabilities. The parent became aged with no money,
diseases and sufferings of all sorts; children in dozens loitered the
streets of the world as they could and grew out of all means to steal, bega
nd barrow; some on top, some in low. ( Their karma). Parents pleaded for
help and were turned down because of their past. Children faced all ordeals
with profits and problems and had a similar cycle. Were all of them
happier ? There were actions on both sides all the years. Are all these
actions karmically dharmic?. Or happy minds of khaleelic?. Every one shall
die. Life does not matter how one lives. But living means leading a life of
spectre. Simple. It is not an expectation. One worked for 40 years in the
same position. Had the bosses promoted him as per rules he would have
lived. Even now he is not dead and is living. Philosophy is a railings
parallel till end for the trains to travel.Or else there are accidents
forever. Which is good?. When denied a promotion , at that moment how a
human heart and mind will behave is momentary or long leased. Rights and
duties are not straying like animals because even the animals do have
discipline. The parent shall teach a lesson to the posterity with their
experiences; they do not bother; but they feel the posterity shall not
suffer out of karma accumulated by inaction. Action in inaction and
inaction in action is the attitude of a sthitha pragnan. Only one in one
million reach HIM B G says. So....? KR IRS 19222
On Sat, 19 Feb 2022 at 11:54, Rangarajan T.N.C. <[email protected]>
wrote:
> There is regret only when you do something expecting something in return
> and are disappointed.
> I do not think I have educated my children. I am only nimitramatram. I
> happened to have the resources which enabled them to have the education of
> their choice. Their jobs have placed them in different locations. I do not
> think they have a duty to look after the parents by giving up the jobs or
> relocating. They may regret doing that. They also have children to look
> after. The days when married children could live with parents is over. It
> is a great thing if they can rush to their aid when there is an emergency.
> Even that is not possible nowadays. So parents have to learn to fend for
> themselves and if retirement home is convenient, then there is no reason to
> avoid it when it is not easy to live alone.
>
>
> On Saturday, 19 February, 2022, 11:43:01 am IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Pranam
> Like Bhima kundam there are so many unsolved mysteries of the earth in the
> world. KR IRS 19222
>
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2022 at 05:00, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> *CULTURAL QA 02-2022-18*
>
> *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS*
>
> *Q1 You gave the best education to your children. Post
> education, they left India after putting you in an old age home. Do you
> regret giving them the best education?*
>
> A1 Prasanna Bhalerao M. Sc. in Electronics & Physics,
> Fergusson College, Pune 21h
>
> I am not at this stage right now (going to an old-age home). But I have
> retired. I have given (or tried to give) the best education to my son. He
> is studying in the UK right now. I do not expect that he should come back
> to India to take care of us, his parents. I have given him full freedom to
> decide to do what he likes. If he comes back to India, he may or may not
> live in Pune (because of job, etc.). We are not going to go and live with
> him wherever he is, abroad or in India.
>
> We are thinking that when we are near 70, we may sell our apartments and
> move to a community place for older people. Just thinking but not decided.
>
> But one thing I do not regret is giving my son a fair education in India
> and in the UK. Both of us consider this as an achievement on our part.
>
> *My note- It is the duty of children to take care of* the parents in old
> age, when most requires money and affection. Father has discharged his duty
> giving children best education.
>
> *Q2 My IFB washing machine doesn't dry clothes after washing
> them. What could be the problem?*
>
> A2 Arpita Tripathi, studied at Birla Institute of Technology
> JaipurAnswered Jan 30, 2020
>
> You might need to check the drain filter; also termed as the *coin filter*.
> If in case any debris, small fabric or any material from cloth pockets is
> stuck there, water is unable to drain out properly. This might prevent your
> clothes from getting spin-dried. This drain filter can be cleaned after
> every 15 washes to avoid blockage.
>
> Washing machines will give you spin-dried clothes, in case you wish to
> have 100% drying you can opt *for IFB clothes dryer.*
>
> 2ND ANSWER-Venkateswara Swamy Swarna, former Scientist, Metallurgist,
> Quality / NDT Manager at Department of Atomic Energy, India
> (1967-2008)Answered Sep 10, 2019
>
> If after normal wash cycle, the clothes seem wetter than normal, *just
> spin them again*…that will remove the excess water and will help them dry
> out quickly when you put them on a clothesline outside…
>
> IFB sells a separate dryer that uses hot air to dry the clothes
> completely. That comes in a size that sits comfortably on the existing
> washing machine (I am assuming that your washing machine is front loading
> automatic). You can take out the clothes from the washer and put them in
> the dryer and get them completely dried, but that takes 2 hours and a few
> units of electricity. That is the reason most homes don’t have (we don’t).
>
> We prefer to dry the clothes under the sunlight outside…totally free…
>
> In rainy season, we keep the clothes on stands and keep them under ceiling
> fans…takes a few hours to dry…
>
> In Hyderabad, such wet spells are few in the year…
>
> If you are in a city like Mumbai, you may like to invest in a dryer…
>
> 3RD ANSWER- Sita Lakshmi , works at ICICI Prudential Life
> InsuranceAnswered Oct 22, 2017
>
> Chk the program you chose. See if spin is included. Or is it that you are
> asking for absolute drying of clothes? Then chk if your machine supports
> drying too. I feel drier comes as a separate unit. What comes with the
> washing machine is just spinner!!If *after normal wash cycle, the clothes
> seem wetter than normal, just spin them again*…that will remove the
> excess water and will help them dry out quickly when you put them on a
> clothesline outside…
>
> *Q3 How do I know if my glass is half empty or half full?*
>
> A3 Gopalkrishna VishwanathI am hardly a philosopher! Don't
> take me seriously please. Mon
>
> If you are a pessimist, your glass will be half empty.If you are an
> optimist, your glass will be half full.Half is common to both states. *The
> pessimist sees emptiness.The optimist sees fullness*. It is similar to
> the door that is ajar.
>
> The pessimist believes it is half shut and feels sad.The optimist believes
> it is half-open and seizes the opportunity.
>
> *Q4 Which are a person's biggest regrets when he/she is old?*
>
> A4 Anubhav Jain Written 3 books on Life, living and
> motivation. Updated Thu
>
> Destroying children's lives because of ego and firm opinions. Career,
> marriage, comparisons, suppression, aggression.
>
> Leaving career in between to give time at home.
>
> *Wasting or utilising money meant for retirement care for other purposes.*
>
> Ignoring mild symptoms and slow diseases for years leading to major health
> complications. *Diabetes must be highlighted here.*
>
> Not pursuing that lifelong passion and succumbing to a practical
> manageable unperturbed life.
>
> Not living a life at all, just kept running in a race throughout. Missed
> all great stations and points in life in a pursuit to be the fastest.
>
> *Being highly dependent on children, giving all assets to children during
> the course of life.*
>
> Have known many elderly people in life, these are some common points I
> observed through the interactions
>
> *My note- To avoid family quarrels and separation from children many
> parents are forced to give assets to children. **Initially things would
> go fine, later bad developments occur*
>
> *Q5 Is it true that Japan still allows both left hand drive and
> right hand drive vehicles on the road, but could that be confusing for
> traffic flow?*
>
> A5 Look. *Most countries allow all vehicles, left or right
> hand drive.* The wrong handed vehicle is a bugger and you don't want to
> try overtaking in it.
>
> There's only one country that endorses driving on the worng side of the
> road and then grants diplomatic immunity to a murderer who is too big a
> coward to admit they made a stupid mistake. Some shithole country many
> decades behind the modern world.
>
> *Q6 Why are humans the absolute only animal that need to cook
> meat before eating it?*
>
> A6 Matt Riggsby MA Archaeology, Boston UniversityMon
>
> *Other animals don’t rely on cooking because they can’t cook anything at
> all*. But we don’t need to cook meat either. Variations on this question
> pop up around here from time to time because apparently nobody has ever
> heard of sushi.
>
> That said, *we don’t have to cook meat before eating it, but we usually
> do. Why? Because we have remarkably weak jaws and small teeth which aren’t
> really well adapted for ripping and tearing* *raw meat*. We also cook a
> lot of the plants we consume because of those same weak jaws and small
> teeth. We’d have just as much trouble eating grain and a great many other
> plants raw as we would meat. *Since Homo erectus developed the use of
> fire around 1.8 million years ago, we’ve been evolving to depend on cooking
> as a subsistence strategy, *and on the face of the evidence, it seems to
> have worked out pretty well for us.
>
> *Q7 Does a washing machine need to be vented?*
>
> A7 Bob Taylor, Retired from construction and a teller of the
> truth! Answered 11h ago
>
> Under most circumstances the answer is no. *Ordinarily most washing
> machines don’t produce large amounts of condensation.*
>
> However *if it’s a combined: washer / drier…well possibly yes. Reason
> being they produce condensation from the drying mode.*
>
> Though some people don’t vent driers…washer/ driers. Opting to instead
> to vent into the area where they are installed. Not a great option as it
> can cause massive amounts of condensation and mould in that room if you
> allow a build up over time.
>
> *My note- For any reason, motor get heated, to desipate heat, vents are
> required and provided in most washing machines.*
>
> *Q8 Why have even scientists failed to figure out the mystery
> of the pool "Bhimkund"located in Madhya Pradesh of India? What is the
> mystery behind it?*
>
> A8 Chirayu Asati Software Engineer in Microsoft Feb 6
>
> I visited Bhimkund yesterday. Truly, it’s a mystical place.Water is so
> blue and transparent, you can see at least 30ft from your naked eyes.
>
> *Why blue? There are scientific reasons which explain the indigo blue
> colour this colour is very* surprising and rarely found and it looks
> extremely attractive in combination
>
> *Link to the Sea*
>
> There is a famous incident of 2004 when Mumbai was hit with a Tsunami and
> the water level of this Kund rose by 50ft. There are no photographs or any
> other proofs but we do have a witness, Yes, you head it right!
>
> *My grandfather was there, his native place is nearby and he went to see
> the rise in water*. It’s very difficult to believe being a science
> student but life is full of wonders. More we understand, we get to know how
> little we know.
>
> *Unknown depth.*
>
> *It’s wrong to say that the depth is unmeasurable but nobody till date has
> got success to find the depth including Discovery Channel.*
>
> In the Journal of Geological Society of India
>
> , it’s mentioned that, “It widens downward to 45 m into a sub-surface
> water channel with steep/vertical walls. *Several groundwater streams
> make a sort of network.”*
>
> People are misinterpreting this information with 45 m as depth. However,
> it is clearly mentioned that, “Its depth, beneath the water surface could
> not be measured.”
>
> So, the sub-surface level is at 45 m which then has a network of tunnels
> due to which technologies like SONAR and submarine fails to find the depth
> and the water never drought out.
>
> *Clean water*
>
> Usually, water stored in some place like ponds, lakes becomes dirty and
> contaminated. Lots of people bath in this water daily and even wash their
> clothes *but the water remains as clean as whistle.*
>
> Mythology
>
> There are two mythologies about this as follows:
>
> In Mahabharata, to quench the thirst of Draupadi, Bhim used his weapon to
> get the water out of the Earth and Arjun used his arrow to make the way to
> it.
>
> *I believe this could be true because geologists have found the fossils of
> elephants in that place which dates to the same time as Mahabharata.*
> Also, the area nearby always has a scarcity of water so it completely makes
> sense to dig and get the water.
>
> Lord Vishnu came out of this Kund. I haven’t read much about this and
> can’t relate as well.
>
> Caves
>
> *There are a lot of caves present there which nobody could explore much
> due to the presence of bats and snakes.*
>
> I tried to summarize my research on it. Thanks for reading!
>
> *Q9 Why do schools teach algebra, trigonometry, and calculus
> when nobody even uses it?*
>
> A9 Andrew McGregor Performance Measurement Lead at Fastly
> (company) (2019–present) Wed
>
> Two things:
>
> Some people do use their mathematics. More than you seem to think. For
> example, I’ve seen a carpenter using trigonometry when laying out a roof
> structure… and that’s not what you’d normally think of as a heavy-math
> trade. But he had a scientific calculator among his tools.
>
> *So, given that some people use mathematics, they need to start learning
> it in school*. There’s no way to know who in the class will use it and
> who won’t, and in general the more of the population who understand
> mathematics… especially statistics… the better.
>
> *Q10 When most of the people feel depressed and weird for initial
> years after marriage, then why do they get married in the first place?*
>
> A10 D D Rishi Former IRS | Advocate | LL. M.,Ph.D. (Law) | Tue
>
> Seeing everyone getting married from our childhood, *we are conditioned
> into thinking that everyone must have a sex partner and there can't be a
> life without that*. It is only after a few months into marriage we
> realize that it was a false belief.
>
> Similarly, everyone drinking or smoking knows that it will have
> ill-consequences for his health but he still does it.
>
> We tend to think that though it may be happening with the whole world, it
> will not happen with us.
>
> *All the above QA are from Quora website on 18-02- 2022. *
>
> *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers *
>
> *Compiled **and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 19-02-2022*
>
>
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