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THE MERRY GO ROAND-Kiran Sampath

Perhaps there is a pattern to our actions…

RAISING A GENIUS

It's certainly not easy to raise a smart kid especially if he is a

child prodigy - Vishal.

-Usha Sunder

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Everyone knows the values of Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bible, Quran, etc., but only a few are interested to follow their teachings and live by them. But infinithoughts inspires and guides more and more people to live the right way and grow. Hats off to the entire team of infinithoughts!

The April '14 issue of infinithoughts is amazing. The Destiny Designing on 'The Power of Beliefs' was wonderful. Everything about the way I look at life changed when I read Divinations 'one day at a time'. I am beginning to be the best I can be for a day, and I am able to continue it day after day. Love you infinithoughts.

The paper and print quality of the April '14 issue of infinithoughts are fantastic - the best ever one. Thank you for constantly improving the quality like never before. I am also glad to notice the categorization of articles into Health, Success, Love, Bliss and Youth. This helps me as a reader who picks a page in a random order and read. I wish the very best to the team in this new Financial Year.

Abinandhan, Kanchipuram

Vinod

Arun Kumar Natha, Bangalore

Each issue of infinithoughts is wonderful and life-transforming. Thanks for your contribution in inspiring the readers to change for the better and for transforming lives.

The Destiny Designing on ‘The Power of Beliefs' turned out to be a masterpiece as it revealed the truth that our life is a mere reflection of our beliefs. Further, 's finding that we get created through our work deserves appreciation. Babita Chopra's article 'Look beyond looks' emphasized the fact that beauty of the mind (not physical beauty) is the real beauty. Paraman Pachaimuthu rightly observed in the that the problems in our immune system will get corrected if we take a good night's sleep. It is true that the role models are not from outside, they are living with us and what's worrying is that today's younger generation find little time to lend their ears as they are preoccupied with smart electronic devices. Meanwhile, our relationship touches the nadir, when we keep our expectations growing and Saravanan's simple solution that 'Let us drop expectations' is a tonic to the troubled mind. Arigato (’Thanks a lot’ in Japanese) to Lakshmi Narasimhan for his first hand information on the culture, health lifestyle and dedication of our Japanese brethren. I would like to record that short people are standing tall because they love their nation more than anything. 'A verbal wound is worse than a physical one' was not an advice to little Ranbir, but to all of us. Honestly speaking, infinithoughts is one in thousands of its kind and should be read to gain self-confidence, to have positive outlook, to improve health, to have better understanding with others and simply to turn ourselves from 'ordinary' to 'extraordinary'.

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I am a person who was never into sports from my childhood days - sports always eluded me. The physical strain, the panting, the sweat etc. kept me away from sports. But, after I have started reading infinithoughts my perception about sports has changed. Thanks to A S Gopal, all his features about sports persons made me look at sports with wonderment. The character traits of all sports champions enthral me. Whenever I endure situations that is hard for me to handle, the facts about how Ben Hogan accomplished his goals out of all the challenges, how Serena Williams encountered her obstacles, how Kim Clijsters overcame her injuries, how Ken McDonell fought back from the accident… and the list goes on, made me realize my issues are often inconsequential. The comeback stories of these sports persons inspire me to set high goals in life. All articles by A S Gopal have made me ensure that I will never quit playing in this 'playground' called life until I win. Thank you Gopal. Thank you infinithoughts.

Ramapriya J K, Trichy

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Life is just a macrocosmic dream. Like the microcosmic dreams that you have in your sleep

out of your finite intelligence, life is a macrocosmic dream born out the Infinite Intelligence.

Surrender yourself to the flow of life and experience the experience of this experience.

T his universe comprises of several galaxies of which our galaxy 'Milky Way' is just one of them. 'Milky Way' is just

one speck of dust in this universe. In this galaxy there are several solar systems of which our solar system is just one of them. Our solar system is just one speck of dust in this galaxy. Within this solar system, with the sun in the centre, and several celestial bodies and planets orbiting the sun, our planet earth is just a speck of dust. In this planet earth, with three-fourth water and billions of life forms, humanity, as a whole, is just a spec of dust. And in this human population of several billion people, you and I are mere specks of dust. Just close your eyes for a moment and visualise yourself in the midst of this macrocosm. How complex does it appear? Ego shattering, isn't it? Yet, this microcosm's hunger to comprehend the macrocosm has been insatiable. Every day this human intelligence makes another discovery; every day a new invention is born.

In everyday living, we find ourselves surrounded by so many fields of sciences and so many branches of knowledge. The deeper we dig, the greater we find the scopes of exploration. Life appears too mysterious. Can man ever demystify life's mysteries? Can we ever attain the state of 'all-knowing' about life?

Knowing falls under three categories: known, unknown and unknowable. While 'known' is what you already know, 'unknown' is what you can come to know. However, the 'unknowable' will always remain a mystery. Let us take apple for an example: 'Known' is the knowledge that it is an apple. 'Unknown' is that I do not know as to how many seeds are there inside that apple. However, by cutting the apple and counting the number of seeds the unknown will become known. Now, how many apples would come out of each of those seeds will always remain unknowable! That's the mystery of this Universe.

No matter how much we already know, no matter how much more we will come to know, the unknowable mysteries of life will ever remain life's secrets forever. That's why there is an element of ignorance and innocence even in the most enlightened souls!

But, how much should I know about electricity and the functioning of electric bulb to bring light into the room? How much do I need to know about the mechanism of computer hardware and the logic used in developing the software for me to use the technology? How much do you need to know about the process of compilation, editing, designing, printing and despatching that goes into infinithoughts, for you to read and benefit from it? So how much do you need to know about this complex phenomenon called life for you to take charge of it? It just calls for a specific understanding to a specific design of life and your alignment to it will enable you to design your destiny.

Birth was not your choice and death will not be your choice but the way you live your life between these two terminals, the one which has already happened (birth) and the one which will happen (death), is absolutely your choice. Life is nothing more than a series of choices, resultant consequences, and executing counter-choices to those consequences… Life is keeping the 'choice - consequence - counter-choice' cycle on…

Every moment of life offers innumerable choices. With every choice executed, you invite a consequence. While you have control over your choices, you can only have expectations over the consequences.

All consequences can be classified into four possibilities:

1. I will get more than what I expect (>)

2. I will get what I expect (=)

3. I will get less than what I expect (<)

4. I will get the opposite of what I expect (x)

Whichever of the four consequences I receive, I still have the power to once again execute another counter-choice and keep this cycle of 'choice - consequence - counter-choice' going.

Every time you have to execute a choice on any major aspect of life, play in your own mind the four possibilities, the best scenario, the worst scenario and the two in-between. Playing the four possibilities in your own mind will create a mental comfort zone and thus when reality

unfolds you will be prepared to face it. Playing the four possibilities in your mind will also help you to come out of your indecisiveness. Most people keep postponing the most important decisions of their lives due to the uncertainty of consequences. Even in the most uncertain circumstances, knowing that there are only four possibilities creates a lot of certainty.

You have a choice over your choice, but you are absolutely choiceless over the consequences. Neither can you choose which of the four you want nor there is a fifth possibility. Maturity is to gracefully and choicelessly accept the consequence and then go ahead executing the next counter-choice.

While choices are born out of your intelligence, the consequences are a feedback from Infinite Intelligence. Your microcosmic intelligence operates out of the data that is available at your disposal. The macrocosmic intelligence operates out of universal data. When the whole universe operates zero-defect because of Infinite Intelligence, the consequences you receive are as they should be in the larger scheme of things. To use your intelligence when it comes to executing choices and to surrender the same intelligence to the Infinite Intelligence in accepting the consequences is intelligent living.

So what if you and I are mere specks of dust in this Universe? There are still only four possible

consequences to every choice and to that extent this design of life is very very simple. Do we need to know more than this to take charge of our life?

Destiny Designing

Row, row, row your boatGently down the stream.Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,Life is but a dream.

Row, row, row your boat

Row your boat. Do not waste time rowing other’s boat and do not expect others to row your boat. To build your life you have to execute your choices and you cannot expect others to do it for you. Relentlessly choose from the infinite options life offers you in every moment. Rowing your boat is your responsibility.

Gently down the stream

Do not go against the stream of life (against the design of life). It is a worthless struggle. Remember, just four possibilities. If you ask for the fifth, you suffer. If you resist any of the four, you suffer. Have the maturity to choicelessly accept the consequences of life and then go ahead and execute the next counter-choice. To every intelligent choice of yours, the consequences are feedback from the

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CHOICE CONSEQUENCE

I get more thanwhat I expected

I get what I expected

(=)

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I get less than what I expected

I get the opposite of what Iexpected

(X)

Infinite Intelligence. The cycle of 'choice - consequence - counter-choice' will enable you to go with the flow of life.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily…

Enjoy this flowing through life. So what if the water current is shifting the direction of the boat? Accept the consequence and execute counter choices. Enjoy this mysterious 'choice - consequence - counter-choice' cycle of life and sail through life merrily, merrily…

Life is but a dream.

Life is just a macrocosmic dream. Like the microcosmic dreams that you have in your sleep out of your finite intelligence, life is a macrocosmic dream born out the Infinite Intelligence. Surrender yourself to the flow of life and experience the experience of this experience.

Life is, as simple or as complex, as you make it. Anytime again, you find yourself lost in life, just whistle, “Row row row your boat…”

While choices are born out of

your intelligence,

the consequences are a feedback from

Infinite Intelligence.

Your microcosmic intelligence

operates out of the data that is available at your disposal.

The macrocosmic intelligence

operates out of universal data.

When the whole universe operates zero-defect

because of Infinite Intelligence,

the consequences you receive are as they should be

in the larger scheme of things.

To use your intelligence when it comes to executing choices and

to surrender the same intelligence to the Infinite Intelligence

in accepting the consequences is

intelligent living.

J ust walking in a straight line seems like a simple and natural thing to do, right?

A recent experiment challenged a few people to walk straight while blindfolded. Some walked through forests and others trekked through deserts. All walkers wore GPS receivers so that the researchers could analyse their routes. In repeated attempts, these walkers circled in one direction or the other. Results showed that no matter how hard people tried to walk in a straight line, they often ended up going in circles, without ever realising that they were crossing their own paths.

Previous studies have shown that birds and a variety of other animals move in tight circles when orienting cues like the sun are missing. So if you're lost in the woods and you feel like

you're walking in circles, you probably are!

Researchers suspect that the

reason could be that, little

mistakes in the brain add up

until the sense of what's straight

turns into something round.

They also said that if you do get

lost, it's important to know that

your body might end up doing

the opposite of what your brain

intends.

Researchers concluded that

without aid like maps, GPS

devices, compass, positioning of

the sun and the moon or other

environmental signals, people

are naturally wired to walk

around and around, rather than

in straight lines.

They say that there is a method to madness. Similarly, there is a recurring pattern in this chaotic existential ride. It seems that everything in life is a cycle, you

start and feel like you are going places only to eventually end up at the point in which you started. We gather experiences along the way but follow a pattern nevertheless.

If we observe ourselves we would notice that we always attract certain kind of people into our lives, we encounter similar situations at work, there would always be a specific pattern in most of our relationships and we usually have standard escape routes. We are often so consumed by our experiences that we rarely recognise a pattern while it's playing out.

If it's enjoyable, then continue the ride. If you are losing your orientation then take off those blind folds, find your sun and walk towards a new merry-go-round.

The Merry-Go-RoundPerhaps there is a pattern

to our actions…

Kiran Sampath

W olfgang Amadeus Mozart, the most famous western

classical composer, was the youngest of seven children. His dad was an experienced music teacher. When Mozart's sister, Nannerl, was seven, she began keyboard lessons with her father while her three-year-old brother, Mozart, simply looked on. In a while he started playing with it and the sound was musical! In the fourth year of his age, his father, for a game as it were, began to teach him for a few minutes. He could play it faultlessly and with the greatest delicacy, and was keeping exactly in time. At the age of five, he was already composing

little pieces, which he played to his father, who wrote them down.

Shakunthala Devi, the

mathematical genius, was taught

card tricks by her dad who was a

circus trapeze artiste and a

magician. He discovered his

daughter's ability to memorize

numbers while teaching her a

card trick, when she was about

three-year-old. Her father took

her on road shows and

displayed her ability at

calculation. She did this without

any formal education. By the

age of six she demonstrated her

calculation and memorization

abilities at the University of

Mysore.

Mozart exhibited exceptional

genius in music by the age of

five. Shakunthala Devi was able

to do tedious arithmetic

calculations in a jiffy by the age

of six. Pablo Picaso showed

exceptional talent in sketching

by the age of seven. All of them

exhibited advanced level of

proficiency in a particular

activity much beyond their age.

Such children are called

prodigies.

The word 'Prodigy' has its

roots in the Latin 'prodigium',

a creation that violates the

natural order. Prodigies are

able to function at an advanced

adult level in some domain

usually before the age 12.

Raising a Genius

It's certainly not easy

to raise a smart kid

especially if he is

a child prodigy.

Usha Sunder

Beethoven, Sachin Tendulkar, Tiger Woods have all been child prodigies...

Early life of each of these prodigies endorses the fact that a prodigy's development hinges on parental collaboration. Raising a child prodigy has unique challenges and requires individually tailored time, attention and thought, because these children have amazing abilities in a specific field, far beyond their age. Without that parental support, the child would never gain access to an instrument or training or the emotional nurturance that enables a talented prodigy to achieve mature expression.

A child prodigy's capacity for intellectual or artistic pursuits may seem to put him or her in a position to enjoy early and lasting success throughout life. But prodigies actually grow up at risk of burning out in their quest for achievement. While a six-year-old composing symphonies or explaining quantum physics is a delight to watch, when the same child gets into bitter arguments over who got the biggest piece of pizza, the parent may be tempted to tell him to act his age, forgetting that he or she is still a child. It is the parent's responsibility to treat him or her as a normal child beyond the specific special talent.

Parenting such a child is ultimately an extraordinary journey of discovery, growth and joy.

Vidya and Anand - Parents of the nine-year-old Vishal, an exceptionally talented autistic savant child, seem to have got their parenting aspect so very right. Vishal, in spite of being mildly autistic, has already published two books, Meadows of Moods and Jumbo's Bag. He is exceptionally talented in expressing his deep thoughts by typing on a laptop, in the presence of his mom, in an environment of complete trust.

His writings cover various topics which include scientific musings on energy, the five elements, physics of circular and vertical motions and insightful poetry on nature, people and the world as he sees them, sprinkled with gentle humour. He has also composed simple songs in Tamil and Sanskrit and set it to carnatic music ragas! Many scientists from prestigious institutions (such as Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) are studying this phenomenon called 'Vishal'.

Vidhya says, “I believed that my child will be exceptionally talented in some way although he is mildly autistic and never thought that he is any way less. In reality he has enhanced perception beyond normalcy and pours his expression through words and doodles.” “Usage of technology has helped him tremendously,” adds his dad.

Not in a stifling way but in an empowering way, parents of Vishal have unleashed the creative potential in him.

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H ere is a young lad who has not missed school even a single day in his entire school tenure. From Year 2000 to Year

2014 – Fourteen years of his schooling, he has attended school on every working day. Recently his school honoured him for his consistency of attending school without absenteeism.

spoke to this young achiever, . Here are the excerpts:

What motivates you to rise everyday and go to school all these fourteen years?

Given my economically poor family background, my only saviour to make it big in life was to do well in studies. Since I was awarded academic proficiency every year, my school management waived off 75% of the fees all my schooling years; but even that remaining 25% of fees we could not pay for two years and help came from my class teacher who paid it for me. Having received such

Usha Sunder Arun

Want to be successful in Singing? Sing every day!Want to be a marathon Runner? Run every day!

Want to be a successful Writer? Write every day!Want to be a Numero Uno in Dance? Dance everyday!

Want to be a School Topper? Attend school every day!

generosity and having seen hardships that my parents have gone through, I cannot fail on any account.

The only thing I had control over is to be regular to the school. Even when I was very sick, which I was a couple of times, I went to school. Thanks to my school environment and all my teachers who created it, I found school interesting and rewarding too!

Your most memorable moment in school...

To experience the tears of joy rolling down my mom's cheeks when I received a golden watch from my School Principal for having stood first in school in the tenth standard.

What practices made you the School Topper?

I guess I listened to my teachers during class hours and that helped me a lot in understanding the subjects. At home, even when I was in primary classes, my mom used to insist on writing and practicing. I still continue it and that really helps in remembering.

Your future ambition...

Inspired by my family doctor, I want to become a doctor in life and serve people. I am awaiting my twelfth standard results now and will pursue my dream career.

We wish ARUN all the very best in all his future endeavours.

Consistency PaysResearch indicates that students who

miss more than 10 percent of school

are at risk of academic failure.

T here were times when in our growing years, we were taught that the

first thing to do in the morning on waking up and the last thing before going to bed was to join our hands and pray to God. To thank him for everything that he has bestowed upon us, to ask for forgiveness for any wrong that's happened through us and to pray for strength to live a right life.

There were times when trips were a very big affair. Preparations would begin weeks earlier and the joy and enthusiasm of going out with friends and family would fill the air. The moments of togetherness and love, fun, laughter, stress-free environment, everything was

welcome with open arms. And one of the best ways to capture these moments and store them as memories was photographs. Even years later; you could sit with the same people, look at the pictures, recall the lovely moments, have a hearty laugh and relive the joy and togetherness.

There was a time when children made cards and bought gifts for their parents on birthdays and threw surprise parties for them on their anniversaries, just to express their love and gratitude for their mom and dad. There were times when social work was done for really helping and uplifting people, when the sheer joy of giving preceded all other emotions. And there was a time when there was something

called 'a private life'. I wonder if these concepts still exist for most of us.

Yes, gifts are still bought; trips are still celebrated but somewhere the emotion behind these has unknowingly been or is being contaminated. Now, rather than enjoying the natural beauty at holidays - maybe in the mountains, snow-clad peaks, the seas, the ocean - it has become more important to show the world what we experienced. The main reason behind clicking a picture now is to post them on our status online and update the world. Whether we have seen the rose carefully or not, whether we have marvelled at its fragrance and colour or not, the world has to see what our eyes have noticed!

The Facebook God

Certain things

can be a boon

or a curse.

Sanna Gosavi

It looks like there is a restless need to update the world about anything and everything. Expressing love, going out of the way for our friends, or having quality time with family is no more a personal thing. The experience is no more left by itself and allowed to be pure; it has to be shown to the world. Not only it has to be shown to the world, the world is expected to respond, the response has to be positive and that's mandatory. If not, there is a new reason to get upset, angry, irritated and depressed. Years of friendship can just be broken because somebody does not respond to our status, just that much, nothing else is required.

There is this irresistible need to show the world how great we are doing in life. So the world should know if we have entered an international airport, the world should know if we are dining at a five star hotel, the world has to know that we are shopping at the most expensive mall in the city. I wonder if very

soon people will be 'checking in' on social networks even if they enter their houses or maybe bathrooms!

Arguments between husband and wife are no more restricted to their room; they have to be brought in public. It sometimes makes relationships look rather cheap.

It's no more enough if we are involved in social work and are helping the world to become a better place, the entire feeling now is unless the world knows about it, it's not enough. The world has to know how good, kind and holy we are. Without our knowledge we are constantly getting entangled in the need to prove a point.

With the increasing number of mobile apps, and social networking avenues and with the increasing addiction to these, do we still live just for the joy of living? Or, has it been preceded by the need of showing? It's almost a crime today if you are not a part of the 'WhatsApp mania'.

Social networking is a big boon

to today's world across all

industries. It has suddenly

opened doors and opportunities

that never existed before. It has

made the highly impossible

things very much possible. But

the need to show, preceding our

basic joy of living is something

we need to check.

We often come across people

who are tensed, and thinking

hard because they can't

understand what should be

their status update today. What

do we call this madness? We

need to check and understand if

we have become slaves and

addicts to these newly emerged

needs and are losing the purity

of experiences of life. What is

life without the joy of living?

We need to stop and check

before the next generation starts

believing that there is a new God

in this world, the one that we

approach as soon as we wake up

and the one whom we update

just before going to bed... maybe

it's called 'The Facebook God'.

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From the Source

The

Depth of your Character is revealed in the way you respond

to situations you dislike.