ATTACHMENT AND LIBERATION.

Liberation is not escapism. Escapism is running away from dharma or duty. It is natural detachment, without effort, while performing dharma with detchment -- like the sun or a flowing river. No object  on earth can make us happy or sad. We become perpetually self-sufficient.
The nature of our soul is liberation. It takes the subtle body through many births and deaths, but never gets contaminated. It is pure as ever. We have never considered the soul. Every thought, word and action brings attachment. Every meeting is with expectation. Every decision is expected to bring results. Results are bound to happen. That's the nature of action. Attachment to results and expectations causes bondage. We suffer. The moment we shift from expectations to pure action, we become liberated.
All attachments, relationships and expectations are bondage. The guru can be bondage. All samskaras are bondage. Thus, life is full of visible and unseen bondages. This makes liberation even more difficult.
The best way to transcend bonadge is through higher awareness. It is like graduating to higher classes in school. Awareness level keeps changing, we become aware of things we were not aware of earlier. Clarity improves and dependency reduces. Habits change. When a habit is replaced with deep, pregnant silence of spirituality, we are liberated. Need for action is formed out of samskaras.
When samskaras reduce, actions reduce too. But we fill the space with more samskaras. We are afraiid to die. The birth-death cycle has become our habit because of repetition over Lifetimes. Anything can bind us and keep us away from liberation. Our identifications such as name, shape, nationality, religion and everything else make death painful. Even a mirror can prevent a smooth exit. A mirror re-establishes our physical image into our psyche so much that when the soul departs the body, it feels lost. It stays on. It refuses to transcend. So if you look deeply, you can see that many things hinder our progress. In that situation, if you are still able to translate knowledge into wisdom and experience wisdom, which nullifies the push of samskaras, then life becomes easier - transit becomes effortless.
Nothing is either good or bad. There are no dos and donts. These are all created by our mind. What is right for us is the exhaustion for our karmas, whatever it takes. Whatever is right for the soul is to stay as the soul, without the baggage of karmas and the push for many re-births. Right and wrong are relative and they also shift modes time after time. Nothing is permanent in terrestrial existence. If we can fully understand this fundamental truth, we are relatively better off.
Liberation needs serious practice. We cannot suppress karmas and attain liberation. We have to exhaust karmas and attain liberation. We have to grow with awareness and detach because we do not need it.
When the world was speaking about 'haves' and 'have-nots', India always had a third segment -- the truly liberated Masters who had everything but wanted nothing. They lived in plenty with no need for any terrestrial objects. Terrestrial love is temporary and often conditional. Soul is liberated and unconditional. That is the shift that we are talking about here; the shift from our limited mind to the unlimited soul.
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C.S. Chakravarthy
H. No. 12-13-301, St. No. 9.
Lane. No. 1, Flat. No. 203,
Satya Classic, Tarnaka,
Secunderabad- 500 017.
Cell . No. 09985732397.
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SOME GENERAL INFORMATION.

(1). Oldest University in Asia.
University of Santo Thomas, a Catholic university in the heart of Manila, Phillipines, is said to be the oldest university in Asia. It was founded on 28th April, 1611 as a school to train young men for priesthood. It was raised to university status by Pope Innocent X in 1645.
(2). Oldest wind instrument.
The oldest wind instrument discovered by archaeologists is a small earthenware pipe in the shape of a bird. Although scientists in Brazil (South America) believe the instrument was made 3000 years ago, it can still be played today.
(3). World Population Day.
The world's five billionth baby was born on 11th July, 1987. Since then, July 11 is being celebrated as World Population Day.
(4). Trilobytes inhabited the oceans for 350 million years.
Trilobytes inhabited the oceans from about 550 million years to about 350 million years ago. They became extinct some 200 million years ago. They had flattened oval bodies divided into three segments. Scientists have long studied their fossilised remains. Professor Riccardo Levi - Setti at the University of Chicago (USA) took some of the most remarkable pictures of the Trilobyte fossils. A trilobyte which was found in Ney York is now on display in a museum at Ohio State University. (USA).
(5). Crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
Thor Heyerdahi and a crew of seven crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the papyrus reed boat Ra - 2 in 57 days in 1970. They reached Bridgetown, Barbados near South America from Morocco on 12th July.
(6). Metro in Calcutta.
On 24th October, 1984, India entered the Metro Age (underground railways) when the section between Esplanade and Bhowanipore in Calcutta covering a distance of 3.5 Kms. connecting five stations was opened for commercial operation.
(7). International Newspaper museum.
The International Newspaper Museum in Aachen, Germany, was founded in 1836 by Herr Von Fockenbeck. Over the years it has developed into an institution with more than 1,10,000 first, last and anniversary editions of newspapers. 'The Constellation', the world's largest newspaper, the size of a curtain, is on display in the museum. It was published by George Roberts in New York (USA) on the 4th of July, 1859, commemorating the 83rd anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence. The world's smallest newspaper - Diario di Roma, measuring 12.7 cms by 6.8 cms in the museum was printed under a special permit from the Pope on 28th February, 1829.
(8). India's first atomic power station.
India's first atomic power station built at Tarapore in Maharashtra was commissioned in October, 1969.
(9). Pope's first ever visit to Britain.
On 28th May, 1982 Pope John Paul II began a 6-day visit to Britain--the first ever made by a Pope (Head of the Roman Catholic Church) to the country.
(10). National Flag of India.
India's National Flag (Tricolor - Saffron, White, Green with Ashoka's wheel) was accepted by the Constituent Assembly on 21st, July, 1947.
(11). Discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb.
The tomb of Tutankhamen's (Pharaoh or God-King of ancient Egypt) was discovered in November 1922 by Howard Carter near Luxor in Egypt.
(12). Partition of India.
India became independent and was partitioned on 15th August, 1947. Jawahrlal Nehru became the first Prime Minister of India, and Liaquat Ali Khan of Islamic Pakistan.
(13). First Asian Games.
On 4th March, 1951 eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes took part in the First Asian Games held in National Stadium, Old Fort (Purana Qila) of New Delhi.
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C.S. Chakravarthy
H. No. 12-13-301, St. No. 9,
Lane. No. 1, Flat. No. 203,
Satya Classic, Tarnaka,
Secunderabad- 500 017
Cell. No. 09985732397
Land Line. No. 040-27000719
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BE HEALTHY THROUGH HEALTHY SKIN.

Skin is not merely a protective cover of our body but is the largest single organ accounting for sixteen percent of our body weight and covers 3000 square inches of surface area and receives one-third of all blood circulating through the body. 

Skin's functions are to protect our body, regulate the body temperature, enhance physical attraction and hold sensory organs which act as an early warning system. It produces Vitamin D and provides many protective substances to fight against germs which have entered the body. The skin is an important eliminatory organ. By increasing its eliminative capacity, the skin purifies the blood. 

Skin tissues can also absorb and store in their cells many substances which the body needs to discharge, such as salts, products of proteins, acids, poisons and others.

Blood unloads harmful substances into the skin and thus prevents more serious internal disorders until the skin's absorptive capacity has been exhausted or suppressed.

Tips for healthy skin:  

Daily exercise, preferably outdoors. Sun bath for 20 minutes early in the morning. Drink atleast 12 glasses of water everyday. Take vitamin A rich foods such as green vegetables and all vegetables and fruits which have bright orange, yellow colour. Vitamin A is essential for growth of new cells.

Food to avoid: 

Meat, eggs, ghee, processed cheese, ice cream, coffee, tea, cool drinks, bakery products, soda, potato chips, spicy food and excessive intake of salt and sugar. Avoid mediacted soaps, harmful cosmetics, creams and tight dress.

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C.S.Chakravarthy

H. No. 12-13-301, St. No. 9, 

Lane. No. 1, Flat. No. 203, 

Satya Classic, Tarnaka,

Secunderabad-500 017

Cell. No.  09985732397

Land Line. No. 040--27000719

e-mail: chakku1968@gmail.com

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