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Positive Reflections – The Relationship Between Virtues And Vices

The Relationship Between Virtues And Vices When we are internally strong, our nature characteristics and skills are reflected, from inside us to the outside, to everyone we interact in, in the form of virtues. If we are internally weak, those same traits...

Positive Reflections- Functioning Of The Three Faculties Of The Soul

The Cyclic Functioning Of The Three Faculties Of The Soul The soul consists of three faculties – the mind, intellect and sanskaras. They work together in a cyclic fashion. How they work together can be illustrated by looking at how habits or sanskaras...

Positive Reflections – The Search For Happiness And A Perfect Relationship

The Search For Happiness And A Perfect Relationship Throughout history, human beings have desired and searched for two things, happiness and a perfect relationship. There is an old truth, “You cannot search for what, you have not already had or...

Positive Reflections – The Art Of Forgetting In Relationships

The Art Of Forgetting In Relationships Sometimes, someone says something in two minutes that makes you feel really bad – they said it in two minutes but it is still there inside the register of your mind two months or even two years later. How could...

Positive Reflections – Self Respect

Self Respect Self-respect depends on knowing who I am, knowing my eternal (ageless), spiritual self. When I have found that sense of spiritual identity, I feel I have a right to be here, to exist. Without the spiritual dimension, it is very difficult...

How the Flexible Straw Was Invented

How the Flexible Straw Was Invented

The drinking straw was invented by 3000 B.C., as attested by Sumerian artifacts. Until very recently, these straws were tubes from plant stems, such as rye. Besides dissolving in water, these straws often added unwelcome plant flavors to drinks. In 1888,...

Kolaveri Di’ crosses 10-million mark on YouTube

Kolaveri Di’ crosses 10-million mark on YouTube

  Kolaveri Di - Anirudh Ravichander   Tamil star Dhanush’s song ‘Kolaveri Di’ has become a sleeper blockbuster by crossing 10,559,994 hits since its release on Nov 16 on youtube.com. Composed by 18-year-old Anirudh Ravichander,...