Akram Youth

November 2014 | English

Dada Bhagwan Parivar

107th Janma - Jayanti

of Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan in Gandhidham

Youth in Seva

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Editorial
Friends,
The month of November can be termed special for the youth as we celebrate the childrens day
on the 14th of this month. We have tried to make it all the more special by featuring many
articles on topics centered on youth. To begin with, we have highlighted the seva activities
conducted by the youth during the celebrations of Dadashris 107th birth anniversary. Then in
glimpses of great soul we have featured the life and times of the one who has contributed many
a pleasant memories to each and every child over the past many generations. Then we have also
highlighted the roles and responsibilities of todays youth towards their parents and guru
through Gnanis scientific solutions and our lead story. Finally we get to understand humility,
humbleness & its importance in Gnani with youth. The moral story sends a strong message,
that one must always appreciate others to develop oneself.

Finally, Gnani An idol of

Astonishment gives us glimpses about what an ideal business partner Dadashri was.
- Dimple Mehta.

Time is not measured by the passing of years but what one does, what one
feels, and what one achieves.---- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

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Contents

04 Gnani with Youth

06 Story | The Need of the Hour
08 Gnanis Scientific Solution
09 Experiences
10 Glimpses of Great Souls |
Walt Disney

12 JanmaJayanti 107 | Youth in Seva

14 Gnani - An Idol of Astonishment
16 Dadas Book Excerpt
Generation Gap

18 Science & Invention |

Binaural Beats

19 Story | Self Development

22 Solutions to our
Problems
23 News Update |
Erasers

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Gnani with Youth

Vivek , Vinay and Param Vinay
Questioner: Please explain the true meaning of etiquette?
Pujyashri : Actually there are three words, vivek (etiquette) , vinay (humility) and param
vinay (absolute humbleness). Vivek means to be able to understand and discriminate about
what is good and what is bad. One knows what is harmful and what is beneficial for him. This can
be done with the help of intellect. Then comes, vinay - humility. We respect our teachers and
our guru as we need to acquire knowledge and learn from them. So we need to show them our
respect. Whereas param vinay - absolute humbleness, is a prerequisite when you need to
attain enlightenment, self realization ! When you need to know your own self, you have to be
absolutely humble. Did you understand?
Questioner: What should I do in order to acquire humility and etiquette matching your
standards ?
Pujyashri : Vinay is superior to vivek and the ultimate is param vinay. The more you observe
these virtues and appreciate them the better you shall imbibe them. Observe how politely one
speaks or how humbly one behaves. You also need to stay in their company; that will help these
virtues to blossom. One can imbibe such qualities by observing them. Did you get it?
Questioner: What kind of approach in life shall enable me to acquire simplicity like yours?
Pujyashri : Decide firmly never to enforce your views on others nor except them to behave as
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per your dictat as that would create issues which shall further lead to conflicts and create
problems. Always remain open for suggestions and views. If others agree on a certain point, you
let it be so and do so accordingly.
Questioner: Please bestow me with your kind blessings!
Pujyashri : Yes! Just ask for the strength from Dada. If we pray to Dada and remain firm in our
determination to acquire good qualities, we will definitely get the necessary strength and
blessings from Dada. Wrong desires will fall apart.
Questioner: How can one be as natural and straight forward like you?
Pujyashri : After receiving Gnan from Dadashri I practiced the 5 principles (aagnas) very
sincerely and thoroughly. My life simply changed after that. I firmly decided not to cause harm
to any individual through thoughts, speech or deeds. In case someone got hurt despite taking all
the precautions, I would repent and instantly do pratikaman. I never forced anyone to act
according to my views and I always stayed away from conflicts. I never longed to derive
pleasure from any material things. My main focus was to remain in awareness of pure soul. All of
these put together helped make it possible.
Aptasutra 2270: One who is absolutely humble is the only one
who possesses fame. Where else will you find fame in this dark
era ? Fame is seen in absolute humility. When we react
arrogantly to people in general, can it be called fame?
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Story

The Need of the Hour

oman Shiraji, a 62 two year old retired

gentleman, was packing his bags as he
was to leave his house by 6:30 pm to
board the Lok Shakti Express from the
Mumbai Central Station. Feeling very sad and
depressed, just like a sportsman would feel
after having lost an important match, he was
blankly going through the motions. Along
with his other belongings, he carefully placed
his 35 year old diary in his handbag that carried
memories of his younger days.
Moving slowly towards his sons room
he said, Rustam dikra, I am leaving now. I will
always pray to Khodayji for your success.
Please pardon me in case I have hurt you in any
way over these years.
Without even bothering to look up
Rustam replied, There is nothing as such
papa. Are you done with your packing?
Yes answered Bomansa. But I
cannot trace the family album. Can you please
look into your almirah and check there? I
would like to take it with me as it holds some
very fond memories. By the way, where is
Zarine? I would like to say good bye to her
before leaving.
With irritation writ large on his face, he
replied, She must have gone to the market.
Patting lovingly on Rustoms shoulders,
Bomansa continued - I wish you both a very
happy life. He thought about meeting his
years old neighbour and close confidante
Shorabji one last time before leaving.
As he opened the door he was pleased
to see Shorabji and Pirajbai right there.
Unable to control his emotions, tears flowed
freely from Shorabji eyes as he embraced
Bomansa in a tight hug. On regaining control
over his emotions he cleared his throat and
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said. Boman, its time to go, isnt it?

Bomansa was sobbing as he replied, Ya.
Dont know when will we meet again? Life
really went by in a jiffy?
We shall come to drop you at the
station. When do we leave? Shorabji
enquired.
I think Rustom is very tired, so he wont
be coming. Lets go, its about time we should
leave. replied Bomansa, as he checked the
time. They boarded the cab and informed the
driver to take them to Central station.
Through their entire ride Bomansas was
lost in one thought, Is this a way of life? Do I
have to spend my last years in an old age
home? Soon they reached the station. As
Bomansa boarded the train Shorabji and
Pirajbai reminded him to take his medicines on
time and be careful about his health. Placing his
luggage under the seat he sat by the window.
Holding his friends hands through the window
an emotional Bomansa requested Shorabji to
take care of his son Rustom and daughter in law
Zarine. It was a touching farewell. As the train
chugged slowly out of the station Bomansa
kept on waving to his friends until they were
out of his view.
Within few minutes, as the train stopped
at Borivali station, a group of youngsters, aged
in their early twenties boarded the train and
filled up the vacant seats beside Bomansas. As
they placed their luggage one of the boys
greeted Bomansa, Hello Uncle! How are you?
Bomansa smiled Fine, my son.
Just then one of the boys from the group
suggested they continue with their unfinished
game and they soon got busy playing
dumbsherads. The boys, Sunny, Dhaval and

Rahul sat across the girls Charmie and Suruchi.

Charmie softly whispered a word to
Sunny who was supposed to enact it and
Dhaval was to guess what Sunny was trying to
convey within a minute only. Despite Sunnys
best efforts Dhaval could not guess and Sunny
lost this round.
Time Over a thrilled Charmie screamed
excitedly as now Sunny had to carry out
whatever task she would give him, for having
lost the round.
Charmie asked Sunny, Tell us what you
would do if you had only 24 hours to live?
Shutting his eyes, Sunny thought,
whew, last day of life!! After reminiscing
through the events of his life he began, First
of all I will try to fulfill my most cherished
dream of driving a Merc, who cares if it were to
be merely a test drive. Next I would like to
speak out for the rights of our college staff and
peons, for long they have been denied a hike in
their salaries. In fact I would spend an hour
protesting for them just like Anna Hazare.
Later, I would buy a special gift for Rohan, for
being kind enough to lend me his bike
whenever I needed. Next, I would like to offer
my deep gratitude to Pauline for allowing me
copy from her answer sheets during exams all
these years. Then I would also like to thank
Marie for always assisting me with my French

assignments.
Finally I will end up by
spending a few hours
playing with my pets at home, I
just love being with them.
Bomansa who was intently listening to all
this couldnt resist the temptation to interfere,
Son 24 hours will be over by now. Dont you
think you need to do or say something for your
parents also?
Hearing Bomansas comment Sunny got
agitated and said arrogantly, Dont bring my
parents into this. They have been selfish all
through my life. In fact all the parents in this
world simply perform their duties by raising
their children and are in no way obliging us for
doing so. Actually they are fulfilling their own
desires in the name of our upbringing. Its only
friends who help us out in our hour of need.
Uncle, dont get me wrong but my parents have
never been of any help to me till date, so I
would not like to waste any of my precious
moments for them.
Bomansa was stunned! He felt as if his
heart was bleeding as he murmured, Does the
contribution and effort of parents in raising
their children bear no significance?
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Gnanis Scientific Solution

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mmense are the obligations

towards Parents
One who finds faults in parents
shall never be able to evolve
spiritually. Of course one might
progress materially but the progress
on the spiritual path shall never
happen. How can one ever forget
obligations of parents? One
shouldnt even forget the obligation
of those who would have offered a
cup of tea then where is the question
of overlooking the obligations of ones parents. Do you understand? One must always be
thankful to them and serve them whole heartedly throughout their life. Each one is highly
indebted to three persons in this world and they are their mother, father, and teacher (guru)!
They are the ones who have guided us on the right path. So how can we ever forget their
obligations?

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he Need of the Hour Serve The Aged.

Senior citizens in the age group of 60 to 65 years are really an unhappy lot today. But
whom will they turn to? Nobodys there to listen to them. Their children are not bothered about
them and there remains a big generation gap. Ones first duty is towards the parents as they
have given us birth. Then comes the duty towards the teacher, who guides and educates us.
Service to parents is a must. One may ignore the teacher if he is not worthy of it, but not the
parents.
Questioner: What will be the fate of those who do not serve their parents?
Dadashri: Those who do not serve their parents will never be happy in this life. A live
example of those serving their parents, is that one shall never get any pain or suffering
throughout their life. They shall never face any obstacles.
Our country has had a very rich tradition and hence the thinkers and philosophers made it
a point to impart the idea of serving ones parents, as this would lead to financial stability
through out the life. How legitimate this theory is remains a debatable point but still it is
imperative to serve our parents. If you dont serve them well then who will there to serve you in
your old age? These children are very observant; one needs to set an example for them. If they
were to see that their father is not bothered about his own dad then why should he too care for
his own father? They will never learn about this tradition.
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Experiences
Learning Through Experience

Dada's Gnan is such that it can be

experienced as you dig deep inside. It
is not that you just follow and believe
theoretically. It is practically
achievable through proper scientific
appraoch.
-Akshay Kalaria, Rajkot

The benefit of following Dada!

Initially I was good in studies and then
gradually fell down. Then I came in contact
with Dada's Akram Science and I took gnan. It
was so much beneficial that my result
suddenly improved and now I am doing very
good. I feel totally recharged.
-Chetan Vaghela, Surat

I got solutions to my problems from the

youth website of Dada Bhagwan. So my
humble suggestion to all is that 'please
have a study of this website. You will also
find solutions to your problem positively
-Karan Amin, Godhra

First thing I noticed in Dada's world is unison

(abhedta) towards all. I am deeply touched by
the purity and self respect possessed by Pu.
Niruma , Pujyashri and all Aptaputras. That
inspired me to become one like them. My
awareness have grown manifold and now I
instantly realize when I commit a mistake.
Faults have been minimized to a great extent.
-Nakul Amin, Simandhar City

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Souls
Glimpses of Glimpses
Greatof Great
Souls

alt Disney a legend; a folk

hero of the 20th century.

Try to imagine a world without Walt Disney, a

world without his magic, whims and
optimism.
Walt Disney transformed the entertainment
industry into what we know today. He
pioneered
the fields of animation, and found new ways
to teach and educate. His worldwide
popularity
was based upon the ideals which his name
represents: imagination, optimism, creation
and
self-made success in the American tradition.
He brought us closer to the future while
telling us of the past.
Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901, to Elias Disney, and Flora Call Disney. Walt had
a very early interest in drawing, and art. When he was seven years old, he sold small sketches and
drawings to nearby neighbours. Walt had talent and developed a keen commercial sense of what
would appeal to the public. This combination enabled him to transform $40 and a few drawing
tools into a film studio producing popular cartoons, feature length animated features and live
action movies.
Disney characters are the most popular and recognizable set of characters in the world.
Some of the well known Disney characters range from films such as The Little Mermaid, The
Jungle Book, Cinderella, The Mary Poppins and more but Mickey Mouse is virtually synonymous
with Disneys company. Had not the animators wife intervened, Mickey Mouse might have been
represented by Mortimer Mouse instead. In the mouses first few shorts, he was referred to as
Mortimer Mouse, but Lillian Disney managed to convince her husband that Mickey would be a
more marketable name.
As a child in Kansas City, Walt watched through the fence at Fairmont Park, wanting to
participate, but not having enough money to enter keeping the flames of his desire to develop a

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amusement park he began designing a huge

amusement park to be built near Los
Angeles. He intended Disneyland to have
educational as well as amusement value and
to entertain adults and their children.
Disneyland, Walt Disney's metropolis of
nostalgia, fantasy, and futurism, opened on
July 17, 1955. Today, Disneyland hosts more
than 14 million visitors a year, who spend
close to $3 billion.
When you're curious, you find lots of
interesting things to do. Mickey Mouse
popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad
20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan
to Hollywood at a time when business
fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were
at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right
around the corner.

Between 1932 and 1969, Disney won 22

Academy Awards and was nominated 59
times. Included amongst this trove of Oscars
are three awards created specifically for him
one for creating Mickey Mouse, another
recognizing his contribution of music in the
field of animation, and a specially made prize
honoring Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
that featured a traditional statuette, and
seven miniature versions alongside of it
A pioneer and innovator, and the possessor of
one of the most fertile and unique
imaginations the world has ever known. Even
years after his death, we still continue to
grasp his ideas, and his creations,
remembering him for everything he's done for
us.

Walt Disney was a man of dreams. He

dreamed big and made his dreams come
true. Walt Disney would agree and is himself
ample proof, that dreams can come true. His
example reveals that making dreams come
true takes more than just wishing.
The way to get started is to quit talking and
begin doing. Walt Disney.
Walt combined his talent and his sense of
what the public would want with lots of hard
work. Today we might call him a
workaholic. His work was driven, not by
guilt or insecurity, but by a dream. As he told
an interviewer in 1955: Everybody can make
their dreams come true. It takes a dream...
faith in it... and hard work. But thats not
quite true because its so much fun you
hardly realize its work.

All our dreams can come true,

if we have the courage to
pursue them.
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Gnani

An Idol
of Astonishment

his chain of events happened in the early 40s. In those days, Dadashri had set up an iron
and steel manufacturing unit. Being a manufacturer, He held a license to procure raw
materials (iron ore) at highly discounted rates from the government quota. As the rates
of these raw materials were too high in the open market some agents always tried to coax
Dadashri to sell the stocks, procured through the license in the open market as that would
enable them to make handsome profits. They also offered Dadashri a share in the profits.
Thinking it was unethical Dadashri was averse to do so. But His partners in business argued,
Whats the harm, we shall be able to earn a huge amount and that shall help us to further
expand our business. Finally Dadashri reluctantly gave His consent and they started selling in
the open market at huge premium which earned them handsome profits. Despite the huge
gains Dadashri was perturbed by this method of working and always thought of finding a way to
get rid of this ill earned money at the earliest.
Dadshri then started a business of trading in spices in South L.F.P. His partner used to
travel every now and then but the efforts did not pay any dividends. On the contrary, business
started incurring losses. Time and again His partner would ask for money from Dadashri to meet
the shortfall. Dadashri had an intuition that this business wasnt worthwhile and the losses
would keep on mounting, so He advised His partner to windup the business and return home.
But the partner was adamant and he informed Dadashri; Henceforth if we incur losses then I
shall bear all of it and you wont have to take any further hit. A composed Dadashri once again
sent across the amount demanded by his partner even though He knew that this amount too
would be doomed. Despite the losses, He was pleased as He knew that earnings made though
illegal means in the past was finally on its way out. At last, He would be at peace as that would
help clear His conscience.
It turned out to be exactly so. All the money sent across was lost and the partner had to
ultimately wind up the business and return. He informed Dadashri that he would bear the losses
as he had not paid heed to Dadashris warnings. Being large hearted Dadashri willingly bore His
share of losses although he was free and not accountable to pay for it.
Not only that, Dadashri went on to maintain partnership with that person throughout life. His
partner had 8 children (5 sons and 3 daughters). The expenses on account of their marriages too
were funded from the business they jointly owned. He also continued partnership with his
partners son after the death of his partner.

What an awesome business partner was Dadashri!

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Dadas Book Excerpt

Generation

Childrens

Gap

conduct tow
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parents
PART-2

Ideal Student
Questioner: What qualities should an ideal student have?
Dadashri: The student should keep everyone happy at home and even at school, we should keep
all those person happy whom we have to deal with. Wherever we go, we should keep everyone
happy & should concentrate only on our studies.
Happiness In Life Through Service.
To look after our elders is the greatest religion. If one were to ask what is the duty of todays
youth? It should be to take care of their elders.Children who see faults in their parents will never
be happy. Care for them in the best possible way. If they say something disagreeable to you,
overlook it. They are your elders. Do you think they deserve disrespect?
Questioner: Yes, but I feel that they have got into a habit of nagging.
Dadashi: Yes, then too it is your own fault and you have to do pratikraman for hurting them.
They should not be hurt. You should tell yourself that you are here to keep them happy. Ask
yourself what you did to make them unhappy.Those who wholeheartedly care for their
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parents, find peace. That is the law of Nature. Have you ever taken
care of your parents? You will always have peace if you take care of
them.
This science of the Soul flourishes by caring for the elderly.
People revere and worship stone idols and look after them, but do the
idols have aching limbs or feelings? The elderly, the parents and the
guru should be served and cared for.
Your duty and religion is to care for your parents. Regardless of
the kind of karmic accounts you have with them, they should be cared
for. You will receive as much happiness as you give to them.In the
prime of my youth I took good care of my mother. I was able to do at
least that much. For my father, all I managed to do was carry his body
over my shoulders at his funeral.
It is a great blessing to take care of the living parents. The
rewards are immediate. They are next to God; although you cannot see
God, you can see them. In this world you must have the highest
reverence towards your father, your mother and your guru. You
cannot forget the benevolence of those who have guided you to the
right path.
Strength of our character
When one prepares to win a battle, they lose their inner
energies. I never prepare for any battles. You might feel that in
demonstrating your strength you are winning, but in fact, you are
really losing your inner energies and strength of character. If someone
is preparing to fight with you, and if you get ready to retaliate, your
strength of character will break. No matter how much someone tries
to provoke you into a fight, if you do not respond to him, he will loose.
If you prepare to retaliate, you will be pulled into his trap. So
many people have tried to thwart me but they have lost at their own
game, because I never think about retaliation. When you even think
about retaliation, you will lose your strength of character.
A shilvaan person is someone who remains calm in all
adversities. If someone tries to harm a shilvaan person, he would not
be able to do so. The moment the aggressor sees his face; he would
lose his nerve to do harm. Such is the impact of a shilvaan. If you
prepare to retaliate in any situation, you will lose your shil, inner
strength. Let others do whatever they wish. Such a person is one with
every one else.
When faced with conflicts, we are forced to prepare for our own
defense. When we do this, we fall. Now, after this Gnan,we no longer
have the ammunition to retaliate. The other person may have the
weapon so let him use it. Everything is vyavasthit and that
vyavasthit is such that his own weapon will hurt him.
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Binaural Beats

Science and Invention

Binaural beats or binaural (having or relating to two ears) tones are auditory
processing artifacts, or apparent sounds. This effect was discovered by Heinrich
Wilhelm Dove. Binaural beats could help induce relaxation, meditation, creativity
and other desirable mental states.
What Are Binaural Beats?
Binaural beats are used with stereo headphones. Each ear receives a slightly
different frequency of engineered tones in order to get a desired effect. (The
frequencies depend on what part of the brain is going to be stimulated for a
certain effect like creativity or relaxation, i.e. different frequencies for different
results).
How do binaural beats work?
The slight difference in frequencies played through the stereo headphones results
in the brain perceiving a beating tone as if the two tones were mixed naturally in
the brain. What is happening is that the brain is not used to hearing frequencies in
each ear so close together and with such intensitythese sounds do not occur in
nature and so a mechanism in our brains has not evolved to understand them. The

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Left Ear

(hears a fixed freq.)

Right Ear
(hears a slightly
different freq.)
= NEW Special Frequency

area of the brain which controls aspects of

three-dimensional sound perception, bridges
the difference between the varying
frequencies in Binaural Beats with a common
third tone in an attempt to normalize this
audio into something we can understand.
Whats weirder is that each person hears the
third tone differently. Frequencies are
measured in Hertz (Hz). In the case of binaural
beats, each ear receives a different frequency
as I mentioned above. For example, one ear
would receive 495Hz and the other ear 505Hz,
which results in a beating frequency of 10Hz.
(Dont worry about the units) It is said that
this resulting tone alters the state of mind and
can thus create positive change for various
aspects of the brain.
Lucid dreaming is the art of the ability
to control your dreams . The purpose it to be
totally aware and conscious while dreaming,
so that you can imagine anything you want.
we spend between one-third and half of our
entire lives asleep. It would be nice to get
something more out of all those hours than
just sleep with little recollection of anything
we dreamed of. People who have mastered
the art of lucid dreaming say they have out-of-

Benefits Of Binaural Beats?

Anxiety Aid
Confidence
Creativity
Concentration & ability to focus
Health
Motivation
Prosperity
Stress-release
Weight-loss

body experiences, as if they are literally

floating outside of their bodies while they are
in that altered state.
What is Physiology of binaural beats?
The sensation of binaural beats is believed to
originate in the superior olivary nucleus, a
part of the brain stem. They appear to be
related to the brains ability to locate the
sources of
sounds in three dimensions and to track
moving sounds. The dominant frequency
determines your current state. For example,
if in someones brain alpha waves are
dominating, they are in the alpha state (this
happens when one is relaxed but awake). The
brain entraining is more effective if the
entraining frequency is close to the users
starting dominant frequency. Therefore, it is
suggested to start with a frequency near to
ones current dominant frequency (likely to
be about 20 Hz or less for a waking person),
and then slowly decreasing/increasing it
towards the desired frequency.

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An academically sound youth once went to apply for a managerial position in

a multinational company.
He passed the first round of interview easily, while the director did the second and the last
interview. The director while going through the CV found that the youth's academic
achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate
research, never had a year gone when he had not secured distinction. Prior to giving his decision
the director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?"
The youth answered "none".
The director continued, "Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"
The youth answered, "No, my father passed away when I was just a year old, it was my mother,
who paid for my education.
The director further asked, Where does your mother work?"
The youth replied, My mother washes clothes of our neighbours.
The director requested the youth to show his hands.
The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.
The director inquired, "Have you ever helped your mother by washing clothes before?"
The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read books.
Besides she is too good at it and can wash clothes much faster than me.
To this the director suggested, "When you go back home today clean your mother's hands and
then come see me tomorrow morning.
The youth felt that his chances of landing the job were high. When he reached home, he
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told his mom about the days events and then requested her to let him clean her hands. His
mother felt strange, and with mixed feelings, she reluctantly put her hands in her sons hands.
The youth was stunned when he saw her hands and gradually began cleaning them. Tears ran
down his cheeks as for the first time he closely noticed the wrinkles, bruises and cuts in both her
palms. Some cuts were so deep that that his mother shivered out of pain even when they were
cleaned only with water.
This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed
clothes each and everyday just to enable him to study. The pain and bruises in his mother's hands
were the price that she had to pay for his education and a safe future.
After cleaning her hands, the young gentleman quietly washed all the remaining clothes.
That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.
Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.
Noticing the grief in the eyes of the youth the director asked:
"Can you tell me what did you do and learn yesterday?"
The youth answered, "I cleaned my mother's hands and also washed the remaining clothes.
The Director asked,
"Now tell me what message did you get and what did you feel."
The youth replied, First of all I understood the worth of sacrifice. Without my mother, there
would not be a successful me today. Next, by working together and helping my mother, I
realized how difficult and tough every task is and how it can be overcome with teamwork and
finally I have come to appreciate the importance and value of relationship.
With satisfaction writ large on his face the director said, "These are the virtues I need my
manager should possess. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the contribution of
others, who understands the sufferings of others and who would not put money as his only goal
in life. YOU ARE HIRED.
Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his
subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's
performance improved tremendously.
This small story goes to show how by observing and appreciating the virtues of others we too
can imbibe the same qualities.

ap-pre-ci-ate
- Recognize the full worth of.
- Be grateful for (something).
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Solutions to our Problems

Question: There is a group of friends in the
college who are into bad habits. They feel
offended when I try to keep distance from them.
Gradually they soften up and neglect me. They
might have been hurt by my behavior, though my
intention was never to hurt them. Do I need to
repent (do pratikaman) for that?
Answer: We should repent for that and remain strong. Their idea is such that they would want to form a
group and make you feel as if you are not a part of it. Yet we should remain firm and not get influenced by
them and at the same time do pratikaman. The moment we leave from there they wont have any issues.
We need to do pratikraman if we have hurt them and are unable to overcome those thoughts even on
reaching home. Do you understand? They might spread rumors about us for a while but they will forget
about it once they reach home.
We should never proclaim or boast that we are followers of Dada Bhagwan and we believe in
certain set of principles. In case they start teasing you about it, then tell them that there are a certain set of
rules that are laid down by your parents and you would be in trouble if somebody sees you going to a
movie or a party. If they are smoking and ask you to join them then you should boldly state that you are not
allowed to smoke and have been very strictly told to refrain from it. Yet if they persist then tell them that
once you were caught smoking and even at this age got a good thrashing from your father. Then they shall
stop bothering you about it. If you maintain your sincerity they too shall learn from you. You should
strongly tell them. Rest all is fine but there are certain matters where you need to draw a line as it has
created problems at home in the past. Your parents have sent you to study and even after years if they
were to know that you have fallen into bad habits then it will be very painful for them. Once you fall into
bad company then you are doomed forever. So its better to keep away from bad company. You can tell
them that you are an all-rounder and in case they need your help then you are always available but never
try to coax you into such bad habits. Whenever you happen to be in a new place never tend to make
friends from day one, instead observe those around you and then take a call whether that person is
cultured and civilized and worthy to be a friend.

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emember searching a tiny sticky thing in your compass, when you make a mistake in writing. Yes!!
Its Eraser (For most of us, it lost before we finish it!!).Nowadays, in this era of technology, we
might have forgotten our best childhood companion, pencil and eraser (like Tom and Jerry).
Romans were the first to use the pencils. Roman scribes wrote on papyrus (thick paper-like material
produced from the pith of the papyrus plant) with a thin rod made of lead. Today's pencils are made with
graphite, water and clay (which is used as a binder).
Before the eraser was invented, a rolled up piece of white bread (crusts cut off) was used to
remove pencil marks. Edward Naime, an English engineer, is credited with the invention of the eraser.
ow it erases?
Erasers pick up graphite particles, thus removing them from the surface of the paper. Basically,
the molecules in erasers are 'stickier' than the paper, so when the eraser is rubbed onto the pencil
mark, the graphite sticks to the eraser preferentially over the paper. Some erasers damage the
top layer of the paper and remove it as well. Erasers attached to pencils absorb the graphite particles and
leave a residue which needs to be brushed away. This type of eraser can remove the surface of the paper.
Softer rubber erasers require less force and friction, making them less abrasive to paper. White vinyl
erasers, for example, erase more cleanly than the common pink eraser because they are made of softer
vinyl. Kneaded erasers (putty rubber, made with flexible material) are mouldable and soften when you
knead them in your hands. They are one of the least abrasive erasing tools for removing graphite,
charcoal and lead.
The electric eraser has a knob in a short thin rod attached to a motor. The eraser knob turns at a
uniform speed, achieving a smooth erasure with a minimum of paper trauma. Electric erasers work
quickly and completely.

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