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Surprise Gift 🎁 I participated in a Seven Days Art of Living Basic Course (Sri Sri Ravishankar) some 20 years ago. On the last day of the program, the Course Coordinator asked each participant to answer this question : "Where you will live, once you leave this planet?" Participants were not allowed to share ideas. My answer was : "In whatever remains of my work, good, bad or ugly and in the memories of those who interact with me when I walked here" Remembered this reading Dr Lakshmanan's response on receipt of my book "Open Book of Happy Memories". These are some moments when we forget our regrets about our overstay here. https://youtu.be/nNuLDuPA31E?si=5lsC8hlwtZNTq7F3 Copied below is the content page of my 2023 book. M G Warrier Contents Foreword Chapters 1. A 2021 Housewarming and Some Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2. The Missing Krishnamani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ...

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday June 8, 2025 Friends As you have rightly noticed, Collage has become irregular in its frequency and unpredictable in content. Still, believe me, there are a few who are looking forward to the next issue. That keeps the Collage going. Happy Birthday to all readers having birthday during this week. M G Warrier A Cover Story Newspaper : M G Warrier I belong to a generation which depended on newspapers for reliable news and the neighborhood gossips for news around. Went through a short period without newspapers during the pandemic. Newspapers are still around. They may survive till a mad man becomes greedy and starts imposing huge tariffs on newsprint foolishly believing that he can save the sinking ship by creating more revenue instead of producing something marketable at home. Once upon a time, the newspaper boy who came on cycle and the ringing of the bell on the cycle early in the morning was the morning alarm for some. Recently I...

"The Eight Spiritual Breaths" by Santhosh Sachdeva Book overview “It is good of you to have come to pay homage to your Master and be with him in his final hours. But what would have been even better is that you would have continued with your practice.” – The Buddha to his disciples When Padmasambhava, the renowned yogi and teacher at the University of Nalanda migrated to Tibet with a select group of disciples, he continued to share his knowledge with those he considered worthy to receive it. According to legend, among his teachings was a set of powerful Breathing Exercises designed to help human beings realise their highest potential. Centuries later, a spiritual seeker from the West journeyed to Tibet to learn this sacred knowledge. After returning, he formulated a course based on these Breathing Exercises that he taught to his students, and also offered through correspondence to spiritual aspirants everywhere. In 1977, this course of Breathing Exercises was taught by Swami ...

Narayaneeyam, Canto 54-56 : Kaliyamardhanam Narayaneeyam recited by Melpathur Narayanan Bhattathiripad before Guruvayoorappan is almost an abridged version of Bhagavatham. Each Canto generally describes a different episode in Krishna's life. The story of the serpent Kaliya takes 3 Cantos, 54-56. Canto 55 covers Kaliyamardhanam or "Dance Upon Kaliya" : https://youtu.be/bGASlG8zVk4?si=PLN5QopsnXsol7SK Malayalam Poet Sugathakumari has written a poem "Kaliyamardhanam". Listen : https://youtu.be/PC0v2_EJMSA?si=QGcI-z6Ehc9f67DT The poet integrates the destined human sufferings beautifully into the mythological symbol of Kaliya. The final thoughts of endurance and surrender accepting the results of one's Karma with humility is woven as a poem using her poetic skills and imagination in right proportion. The Deity of Krishna depicting the concept of the multi-purpose life of Krishna is exhibited in a variety of forms and decoration in different parts of the day ...