Thought detector

With Age, the buzzing of simultaneous multiple thoughts in mind is slowing down, uncontrolled chaos is settling down and each and every thought is much thicker and deeper. Less fleeting, but deeper thoughts. I noticed recently, that if I have to read or write something serious, my hand automatically reaches to radio to shut it [...]

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Veggie Please.

You can make a huge impact on our environment, just change your food habit, reduce your meat consumption. I don’t mean by this that you become a complete Vegetarian but just reduce meat in your food. Just think about it, many years a cow is raised and then cut for few pounds of meat. According [...]

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Podcast

Came across very interesting Podcast on entrepreneurship, highly recommended, check it out http://ecorner.stanford.edu/podcasts.html. TED – ideas worth spreading  http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks

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Ganges

As Ganges enter Varanasi, it contains 60,000 faecal coliform bacteria per 100 millimeters, 120 times more than is considered safe for bathing. Four miles downstream with input from 24 gushing sewers and 60,000 pilgrim-bathers, the concentration is 3,000 times over the safety limit. In places, Ganges becomes black and septic, Corpses, of semi cremated adults [...]

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Hey Millionaire – Wish you a Merry Christmas!!!

This is a holiday season, good time to catch up on all the good shows waiting in your DVR. Last night,  I was watching all the episodes of secret millionaire (http://www.fox.com/secretmillionaire/). I love the concept, It is simply life altering. It shakes you up and wring out every ounce of dissatisfaction out of your own [...]

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Differentiating men from boys

Now, I know how and why I was injured. I was trying to differntiate men from boys. I started taking the Pre workout supplement naNo Vapor. It has Caffeine, Nitric oxide and who knows what else. This thing really awaken the animal in you, you are pumped with the energy of ten people, you get [...]

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Seattle hikes

Here is a list of seattle hikes.

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Change your brain, Change your life

Just watched “Change your brain, Change your Life” on TV. Psychiatrist Daniel G. Amen offers advice for optimizing mental performance and eliminating negative behaviors. Highly recommend the book, better if you can get the DVD of his program.

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Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens discusses his book “God Is Great” as a part of the Authors@Google series.

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Kindle

This is the first time in my life, technology made me sad and happy at the same time. I am talking about kindle from Amazon. A convenient, portable reading device with the ability to wirelessly download books, blogs, magazines, and newspapers. It can hold 1500 books, holds dictionary, connected with Wikipedia etc. Read more about [...]

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If I Had my Child to Raise Over Again

If I had my child to raise over again I’d build self-esteem first and the house later I’d finger paint more and point the finger less I would do less correcting and more connecting I’d take my eyes off my watch and watch with my eyes I would care to know less and know to [...]

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Moving on, Last lecture of Randy Paush….

Randy Pausch, a 46-year-old computer-science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, has terminal cancer and expects to live for just a few more months. This week, he said goodbye to his students and the Pittsburgh college with one last lecture called “How to Live Your Childhood Dreams,” on his life’s journey and the lessons he’s learned. [...]

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Bibliotherapy

Interesting article in wsj. If you are suffering from mild depression, stress etc you can cure yourself by reading a books. This phenomena is called Bibliotherapy. I always believed in it, in fact often I find myself in book store searching for the comfort of books. Every weekend, this is my Saturday ritual, In morning, I [...]

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Happiness is …

People tell me why you discuss your thoughts, you should keep them private as others may not agree with you and they may dislike you for what you say … my answer is this quote from Mahatama Gandhi – “Happiness is – What you think, What you say, and What you do are in harmony.”

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Show me my blind spot

Came across very interesting site: http://www.Curious2know.com  This site let your friends give you anonymous feedback. An opportunity to know about your blind spot. Check it out.

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Dream On

After many years, I went back to India for my vacation. One of the high light of my trip was my meeting with my childhood friend Shakeel. He always amazed me with his intelligence, he was a gold medalist student and a topper on the state level, which is a very big deal in India, [...]

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As a man thinkth

Lot of people asked me what is the meaning of ‘Watch your thoughts’ and I was thinking to write about it. Today I came back from office with splitting headache and was so tired that I can not keep my eyes open and read any thing, I was trotting internet for some audible, and I [...]

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How to save time?

Life is so hectic, that we need to be very careful with every minutes we spend. Here are some tricks to save time: • Multi tasking is the key – Brush your teeth in shower, Help you save 5 min. • Have a electric shaver, shave in car, there is no need to waste 5 [...]

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Kiva

Last night, I saw a very powerfull documentry about small business in Kenya on frontline. How people are struggling for little money, and your few dollars can make big difference in some ones life. You can also take part in helping other needy people. Check Kiva , here is the description from there site … [...]

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Be here, now!

Beautiful stream singing, flowers dancing, Majestic hills, kissing clouds for Heavenly rain. Merrily butterfly, whirling with joy Asks mountain, why you grim? Mountain sighs, I know what time will bring. Butterfly giggles, flapping her wings Glides on the air, whispers in mountain ear Don’t ruin the beautiful present, With the dark sheet of gloomy future. [...]

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bumper sticker

Saw a very intresting bumper sticker – Pro life is only concerned with conception to birth, then you are of your own.

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if you are a queen bee ….

Some people got confused by my Queen bee post. In no way, I am recommending that you sit inactive, I don’t want you to wait ideally for fate to help you. You got to work hard, you cannot depend upon your luck. What I simply meant is – there are lot of other external factors [...]

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Some interesting videos

Get some interesting videos from MIT. Just watched Thomas Friedman.

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What is in it for me?

I was walking on this trail, where few people come as it is beyond regular recreational hiker target. More often I like to get away on hikes which are secluded and has very less chance of a “tourist” crowed of north west.Walking, Looking at flowers, all around these beautiful flowers are blooming. They all look [...]

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Queen bee

Continuing discussion from my previous post (boot polish) ….So you don’t believe that you are born with your destiny planned and wired from birth for your future. Like all the scientist study rats and flies to understand human workings. So let’s start from there and see how the nature does the similar things with bees. [...]

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Where you want to go today?

If ever you are bogged down by feeling inadequate, and think you were not dealt good cards, think about Holman. Here is the snippet from time magazine … James Holman was a prodigiously restless world traveler in the early 19th century, a time before Ambien and JetBlue when the world was a dangerous, miserably uncomfortable [...]

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tobacco-n-cancer.com

Here is a site, I and few of my friend made to deter people from tobacco. A very sad, heart wrentching story, I hope Mubin story will help others. If you smoke please visit the site (http:\\tobacco-n-cancer.com), if you know some one please sit with the person and make him watch the video, if you [...]

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Life of Buddha

An audio talk of Karen Armstrong on Buddha. Very interesting talk. Now please don’t put the audio on and start your office work. If you want to listen, then please just listen. Sorry, for being so stern. Because I see humans miss big opportunities to learn because of their petty business, please put your mental [...]

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Authors one should know

If you are a book lover, here is a good list of books or rather list of authors, you should read http://nobelprize.org/literature/educational/books/recommendations.html Currently, I am reading “Why I Am Not a Christian : And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects”, by Bertrand Russell. I recommend this book only for free thinkers, brave and open [...]

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Craving and hunger

I got a very good tip from one of my friend, Salil – The difference between craving and hunger. Craving is always for a specific food and hunger is pure hunger, when you are hungry, you are ready to eat anything. If you differentiate between you hunger and craving and eat only when you are [...]

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Ask a new question and you will learn a new thing.

For last two days, I am attending training on an advance computer subject with some very bright students. I noticed that you can learn a lot by keenly observing people questions and there motive and there thinking behind it. It tells you how people think, if you know how people think, it may help you’re [...]

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You can solidify your character by attending to small things.

You can solidify your character by attending to small things. By attacking small faults, and on every small occasion, one by one. This will arouse the inner attitude of attention and caution. The small faults and small occasions being conquered, the character grows strong. Feelings and desires are not wholly of the body. If the [...]

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Calm and Serene

For many days I am feeling very peaceful and relaxed, my mind is very calm, there is hardly any thought, I feel so serene as if I am serenity. Most of the time I go for long walk on this meadow, it is a beautiful place, river flows with it, and the green fields stretches [...]

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American Dream

For many months, I was watching this man working next to my office.  I come early in morning, I find him already working, some days I leave office late, I see his office lights are still on and he is working.  He is bald and overweight, with a big stomach, stooped shoulders; his skin is [...]

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Discipline

Yesterday I was watching Jim Collins (Author- Good to Great) interview on TV. He was asked “How some people turned into Lance Armstrong, and others not?” His answer was – It is the principle of discipline. It starts with disciplined people who have disciplined thoughts and disciplined action. By discipline thoughts he means data, rigor [...]

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opportunity to worry

Just the other day I noticed how we ignore the opportunities to be happy, and drag our self down with worries for trivial things. My wife is pregnant; she went to see the doctor for her monthly checkup. I am sitting out side in the car and waiting for her to come back. Thinking all [...]

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Time is money

Time is very expensive thing, people don’t have much time. They have to do so much in this world, so much to achieve and so less time. I see some of my rich friends don’t have time for any thing, always busy, postponing life for tommrow. Time is money. I was lying down on my [...]

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Honesty and Integrity

4th july, holiday season in USA and I am in for a house search; Now days I am meeting too many new people. I noticed, like dog smells the fear in humans, same way human smells integrity, honesty, intelligence and kindness in other humans. You don’t have to show it, don’t fake it, people know [...]

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Curiosity – follow up

I was thinking about curiosity in my previous blog. A discussion started on http://www.onintelligence.org/index.php. This web site is to dicuss the Jeff Hawkins book ‘On Intelligence’. Listen to Jeff Hawkins’ NPR Morning Edition radio interview with Jeff Schechtman, on KVON-AM.

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Glory Days

I had a psychology profile done in my office; I was shocked with the results. There are four colors, and you are predominantly one color over others and that tells about your personality. Here is the definition of colors: RED : Competitive, Demanding, Determined, Strong-Willed, Purposeful, Aggressive, Controlling, driving and intolerant BLUE: Cautious, Precise, Delibrate, [...]

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Marla Ruzicka – People like her make the world go around

She was killed yesterday in Iraq, read more http://www.civicworldwide.org/ Listen to NPR story about her http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4604599 snippet from her web site … After leading a Global Exchange Reality Tour in opposition to the war in Afghanistan, Marla decided to stay behind to help families accidentally harmed in Operation Enduring Freedom. She arrived in Kabul only [...]

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Spam filter

We have spam filters for our e-mail accounts, but do you have a spam filter for your mind? Imagine, you reading every spam mail in all your email accounts, imagine the waste of time, and imagine what it will do to your productivity. But you don’t do the same with your mind, don’t you entertain [...]

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Curiosity

Your tree of intelligence grows only if you have the soil of curiosity. Stronger curiosity will overcome the draught of laziness.

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From where it comes

I meet different people, from different background, representing the different fabrics of society. While chatting with them, I notice people show interested only in certain topic, they will avoid the topics in which they are not interested. Your interest makes your future. Your interests in life, your like’s, dislikes, your passion, your hobby, shape your [...]

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E=COM+

Before I explain this equation, I should explain how I reached to it. I work for a software company which employ scary smart and insanely intelligent people. It is very hard to keep pace with them. However, as a man of average intelligence I have to device a way to keep up with these smart [...]

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You are that.

All the religions Hindu, Christianity and Islam they are thousands of years old. Youngest of them Islam is at least 1500 years old. All these religion have common base, there is one god and your deeds are watched and after this live there is heaven and hell. All of them have same basic principle. Lets [...]

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Know about the obscure mountain paths

I was helping a friend of mine who is starting a new life in a new country. I adviced him, that I am introducing you to many people, but only few of them are positive and successful and rest may be still struggling, negative and despondent. You should try to be friends with the positive [...]

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