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Devotion - लगन

Devotion लगन :  Dr. Manoj Kumar Patel : Devotion must be continuous, uninterrupted, like the flow of oil from one vessel to another. Without love (Prema प्रेम ), nothing in this world can be acquired. Only when there is love does attachment (anuraaga अनुराग ) in its turn produce the desire to protect and guard. In the young-of-the-monkey path of the surrender (markata kishora nyaya मर्कट किशोर न्याय ), the child has to rely on its own strength to protect itself — wherever the mother might jump about, the child has to attach itself fast to the mother’s belly and not release its hold, even if pulled apart! So too, the devotee must stand the test at the hands of the Lord and hold on to the Lord’s name at all times and under all conditions, tirelessly, without the slightest trace of dislike or disgust, bearing the ridicule and the criticism of the world and conquering the feelings of shame and defeat. The wonderful example of this type of devotion is that first among devot...

Feather Light

Feather Light Dr. Manoj Kumar Patel #carefree #feather #featherlight #bloodyFeeling #EmotionalQuotient #EmotionalIntelligence I am weighing feather-light, bloody feather-light and you know why? It is because   I am relieved from the services of my organization and my farewell gift are handed over to me at the age of 56 by the respected Managing Director of age 70 years . If the world is a stage and we are actors to perform our roles then we call that the most painful load on any one’s shoulder is – the dead body of the offspring carried to the funeral pyre by his father. Every language has got its nuance and in the language of Hindi, this is best described as - दुनिया का सबसे बड़ा बोझ है बाप के कंधे पर मरे बेटे का जनाज़ा |                 In the same token,  the lightest life lived by anyone is – dying at the age of the teen .      ...

Continuous Improvement and Samskara

Continuous Improvement and Samskara आः नो भद्राः कर्तव्यो यन्तु विश्वतः Dr. Manoj Kumar Patel Civilization and refined behavioral growths of this 21st century from the Stone and primitive ages are a result of continuous and continual improvements in the behavioral and social aspects of mankind over a long period of time. The Vedic civilization of India and the other rich civilizations namely Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley (Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa), Andes, China, and Mesoamerica– are supposed to have arisen independently of each other approximately 6,000 to 3,500 years ago. Social protagonists from each civilization have contributed immensely to see the best which is still under progress with many disturbances from fundamentalists around many nooks and corners with fanaticisms. We, however, will ignore the disturbing elements here in this discussion. What is needed is संस्कार “Samskara” whose closest English translation is – decency in words, actions, and behavio...

Avoid Hating, Envying and Disliking - संस्कार

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Avoid Hating, Envying and Disliking  संस्कार Dr. Manoj Kumar Patel Why should we give importance to the right endeavors and thoughts all through life? A merchant calculates debit and credit at the end of a week, month, year and draws up the balance sheet to arrive at one value — his earnings. So too, in this business of life, everything ends leaving some net positive, after all the give and take is accounted for. The experiences that persist to the very last moment of life, the two or three that well up into consciousness when one recalls all that has happened in life, these are the genuine achievements. At the point of death, if one yearns to cater to the tongue, it is proof that throughout life the tongue has been the master. Or if a woman remembers her child and seeks to fondle it, the inner desire ( संस्कार ) of child-love has been predominant all through life. It proves that all other experiences have been thrown into oblivion. Therefore, direct the entire c...

Inertia of ... and Corruption

Inertia of ... and Corruption Dr. Manoj Kumar Patel Inertia  is the resistance of the object to any change in its motion, including a change in direction. An object will stay still or keep moving at the same speed and in a straight line, unless it is acted upon by an external unbalanced force. This is the second law of Newton and we all know about it. See how it is equally applicable to business management as well as social aspects.             Inertia is the innate force possessed by an object which resists changes in motion . When the objects are human beings then inertia is capable to cause anti development.             Like “inertia of motion” and “inertia of rest” in the Newton’s Law there are many unstated laws in human behaviour and organizational behaviour. Many of these laws can be stated as: a)       Inertia of Kind...

Turbulence to bring Order

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Turbulence to bring Order Dr. Manoj Kumar Patel He came altogether from a different background. His experience in his new role was minimal. When he was made the site in-charge, the unit was filled and burdened with excess manpower, low productivity, go slow practices in manufacturing shop floors, union leaders were staying away from duty, and his predecessors were selfish administrators. In the process, the manufacturing works had become a place of time to pass at the cost of its very survival. Products in the export consignments were failing to perform. But everybody was oblivious to problems which could have been tackled into to keep the unit in the path of development, productivity, peace and prosperity. Predecessors are termed to be oblivious to issues because no signs of improvements were seen for years. When he observed and analyzed the situation the dilemma was: either to systematically shut down the unit or make his do or die effort to bring it back to its glo...

स्वधर्म : Let us mind our own business

स्वधर्म Let us mind our own business Dr. Manoj Kumar Patel Two of the wars, the first one being the Mahabharata fought between Kauravas and Pandavas about 5000 years ago and the other one is Gulf War of 1991 fought between the US and its alleys and the gulf countries about 30 years ago are well discussed and remembered for one common reason. There were no non-aligned or neutral parties (nations) when these two wars were fought. Every nation (including its citizens) was either with one party or against with that party, i.e. you are either with us or you are against us was the reality. Great wars probably are fought with such animosity and aggression. Wars are over issues rather than over particular persons.       But what we are observing today in India over CAA and CAB is difficult to comprehend. It is appearing that an all out open war is being fought between many opinionites without a clear understanding about the facts and figures. It is t...