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Personal Magnetism

Very strange to look at or hear to this term ‘Personal Magnetism’! Right? You may ask me whether this exists in science. If you ask me to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’, I would say ‘no’ for existence in science but ‘yes’ for existence in this world, without any hesitation. It is not something like the magnetism shown in Z-talc some years ago with a tagline, “Magnetism for Men”. This term ‘Personal Magnetism’ can be found in the books of Swami Vivekananda, one of the greatest spiritual leaders of India . Then what is meant by personal magnetism? This is also not the magnetism which is personal, because magnetism is the law of the nature and it can’t be personal. It is for all and is Universal. The term ‘Personal Magnetism’ means the magnetism due to the presence of a living person. This can be felt by the other people only when there is that particular person living among them. Every one of us will be exhibiting some personal magnetism about which even we don’t know. Like the magnetism according to

Everything that glitters is not Gold

Continuing the description by Sri Adisankaracharya swamy in Bhaja govindham, about  true sanyasa  it can be said that similar to those fraudulent people found in the Politics and in the society, also in the spiritual world there are the fraudulent people. We have to be careful about these fraudulent Sanyasis too. Everything that glitters is not  Gold . The real Sanyasi is pure Gold and the fraudulent Sanyasis are the metals with the glittering of the Gold. Unless we observe properly, we may often get confused about the real Gold and the just-glittering gold. As we can not confirm whether a shiny metal is Gold or not unless we test its specific properties, similarly we can not find easily who is the right spiritual master. We must differentiate this ‘Gold’ from the just-glittering others. Can an actor who plays ‘Satya Harischandra’ (a legendary Indian King who never spoke a lie in his life despite his difficulties) role in a drama be a Harischandra in the real life? A Drama is alw

What is Sanyasa?

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Bhaja Govindham - 14 th Sloka (Verse) in Sanskrit: “ Jatilo mundi lunchithakeshaha Kashayambara bahukrutha veshaha Pasyannapi cha na pasyathi moodaha Udhara nimittham bahukrutha veshaha ” Explanation of this Sloka : “One with ‘ Jata ’ or ‘ Jada ’ (braided hair - dressed in the form of 3 or more helical strands), another with a shaven head, one more with long hair, some other one dressed in Saffron, all play different ‘characters’ in their life to fill their bellies. These kinds of dupes or fools are blind though they can see actually.”

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