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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? ...

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.”

Working principle of Caffettiera

After knowing the usage of Caffettiera , the specific Italian Coffee pot, from my previous articles one may get satisfied that they found a cheap and best device which is of much use in our daily life. But those who are of my nature and those who want to look into a greater depth to understand how things work, will be puzzled to know the working principle behind the Caffettiera. The principle merely involves the steam generation followed by the ejection of the solution with the aid of some nozzle like ejection too. If anyone has watched the Coffee making with Caffettiera for the first time, then I am sure that one will be really surprised to see, how in a such simple device, the coffee is made in the entirely new way, by filtering against the gravity. Though this is very common in italy , as the Caffettiera is not known to many in the countries like India , it is normal that one gets amazed. But the working principle involved is better known to all. As e...

Coffee Making with Caffettiera

The Italian Coffee pot Caffettiera and its Constructional or design features are well described in the previous articles. Coffee making with Caffettiera is much easier if one understands its constructional features and there is no special method of making coffee using this appliance, but the only difference that we find in Coffee making with Caffettiera is by the way the coffee is made in contrast to the other common methods of making coffee. Generally, as the whole world knows, the way or the principle involved in ordinary coffee making involves three steps. First we take sufficient amount of coffee powder in a vessel, and add water to it. We heat the vessel until coffee is well boiled and gives a good aroma. Then we separate the solid particles from these solution or liquid by filtering it with a sieve or a cloth. We can directly consume the coffee made by adding sugar or milk according to our taste. A little variety can be a conventional filter coffee, still more com...

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