Croatia’s National Park / Kavita Kumble

A deeply engrossing blog on Plitvice Lakes, by an irrepressible and ardent adventurer.

https://www.kavity.in/2019/04/plitvice-lakes-croatias-most-fantastical-national-park/



Yogananda: Body is frozen thought…

Thought is the brain of the cells and units of Life Force present in every particle of bodily tissue. Hence, a disease thought upsets the entire government of the Life Force in the cells, whereas the thought of health corrects any disorder in the cellular system.

It must be remembered that I am speaking of the concentrated Divine Thought which can heal and not of the fanciful thought of imaginary people. In order to move Divine Thought, the ordinary man must know the relation of thought, Life Force, and body without denying the existence of the body thought. The body is the frozen thought and frozen energy of God. Nevertheless, man cannot realize this until he knows that thought is frozen into energy and energy is frozen into the body of man

– Paramhansa Yogananda



Have you ever seen a school that is also a solar power plant?

https://youtu.be/HJ1UH6U4l9k



Quran: A Wise Man…

A wise man works modestly toward the hereafter while a foolish man follows his low desires yet expects blessings from Allah.

– Hadith The Prophet Muhammad



About Mahashivarathri: Fritzof Kapra

Today



Irving: Got no cheque books

Got no checkbooks, got no banks,
Still I’d like to express my thanks;
I’ve got the sun in the morning and the moon at night.

Irving Berlin



Ramakrishna: Householders calling on God

A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: “They are blessed indeed who pray to Me in the midst of their worldly duties. They are trying to find Me, overcoming a great obstacle, pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a one is a real hero.”

Sri Ramakrishna



Kate Bowen’s trees inspire admiration / Manohar Khushalani

The drawing of the Banyan tree currently showing in Sangeeta Gupta Prithvi fine art and cultural centre was drawn by Kate Bowen in response to the daily struggle of the Trees of Delhi to absorb the CO2 . There were many more drawings which were on display at the Gallery and all her work can be seen on the following link:

www.katebowen.co.uk.

Kate’s work is highly intricate with painstakingly drawn details of branches and leaves of each type of tree. While discussing her work with her, I confessed to her that, when I was posted in Khadakwasla, I had developed a relationship with a tree, and used to talk to it. She was in totally synergy with that idea. “Yes they are like living beings with feelings and emotions.” She said. A resident of Great Britain, she’s in India because of her husband’s posting. “How do you know so much about the local trees?” One asked

“Inspired by the immense varieties of trees and with The Trees of Delhi by Pradip Krishen as my guide, I have started a series of Tree studies drawn with squirrel brush in Indian Ink on Banana leaf paper”, explains Kate. The Banyan Tree is at Sanskriti Museums The Ficus Virens at Italian Institute of Culture and the Peelu and Firangipani are in the Sundar Nursery “I plan to develop some of the tree studies using the miniature painting technique with stone pigments. I am also now studying miniature painting with Banwari Lal Rajput. A very huge privilege and feel blessed to learn about this incredible tradition,” she adds.



India: The pioneer in Irrigation Development

India is No.1 in the world in terms of net irrigated area (68.4 Mha, year 2014-15) followed by China (65.87 Mha, year 2017) and  USA (26.4 Mha, year 2017).

Various multipurpose water resources projects and groundwater development played a pivotal role in the development of irrigation potential from a mere 22.6 million hectare in the pre-plan period to 126.73 million hectares (estimated) till the end of 12th Five Year Plan. This has resulted in the increase of annual food grain production from about 50 million tonnes to about 280 million tonnes.

Assured Irrigation would be key in the fight against ensuing climate change along with other various measures.



Kriyananda: Give God Complete Command

Give God complete command over your life. Surrender to Him without any self-justification or defensiveness. He knows our every thought, and is only waiting for us to offer ourselves fully to Him for His transforming touch to change us.”

Swami Kriyananda