Shiva (@Shiva49) on myLot

Aparna Sen @Dreamerby (6734) • Calcutta, India 23h

Lately, I’ve felt petulant and moody, prompting me to search for the secret to happiness. I’ve come to realize that happiness is a state of mind-one we often attach to material things, believing they hold the key to our...

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Shiva My approach to a fulfilling life is accepting the reality of life. Everything is transient - so enjoy every moment. All face challenges. It is how we face them that matter. Challenges keep us alive and the reality of the world keep us on our toes.

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22363) • Australia 17 Feb

Pastor Fred Gallows was giving a sermon on love. He said to his captive audience that Sunday morning: "I was reading where a Rabbi claimed the Bible figure Abraham's love was inherited by the Jewish people." "This got me...

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Shiva The creative process is oiled by love and hope. Despite the overpowering negativity we see in the news, love and hope are our safe haven.

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22363) • Australia 24 Feb

The renowned Zen master, Artov Kronmult, was a talking to his students about divine silence. He gave them this koan: [i]A dog barked loudly in the courtyard, but who was barking the dog, or the Universe through...

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Shiva @Dreamerby The reality will stare at us even when we close our eyes trying to avoid it. Love and truth will shine forever even despite us. They are the driving force behind creation, the sentinel, to guide us .

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22363) • Australia 24 Feb

The renowned Zen master, Artov Kronmult, was a talking to his students about divine silence. He gave them this koan: [i]A dog barked loudly in the courtyard, but who was barking the dog, or the Universe through...

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Shiva @innertalks Thanks Steve, everyone comes with unique talents. The main issue that holds us back, the most well endowed species, is our misplaced priorities. We plunder nature as if everything belongs to us only, and others are there for us to lord over them....

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22363) • Australia 24 Feb

The renowned Zen master, Artov Kronmult, was a talking to his students about divine silence. He gave them this koan: [i]A dog barked loudly in the courtyard, but who was barking the dog, or the Universe through...

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Shiva Some are afraid of the truth and so avoid it by any means. The mind becomes restless jumping from one thought to another in quick succession. In a nutshell they are afraid of being who they are supposed to be. Silent contemplation brings us closer to the...

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jaishankar @Shivram59 (39173) • India 23 Feb

I was today talking to one of our neighbors. He cracked some,jokes that did not make me laugh heartedly. I simulated laughing; but perhaps evinced I did not enjoy his jokes. Without saying a word he left. I called him; but he...

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Shiva Some are thin-skinned. I do not talk politics but when they bring it up, I make my views clear. I know some get offended. I will just leave it at that. Why go out of the way to please others?

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (346972) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Feb

@DaddyEvil wrote about a phrase his father used that made no sense to him. I can remember some phrases which adults might use if a child asked a question they didn’t want to answer, or simply couldn’t be bothered explaining. My...

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Shiva "A wigwam for a goose's bridle is a phrase, meaning something absurd or a nonsense object, or latterly "none of your business". It is an old English phrase from the United Kingdom which later found particular favour in Australia, where its first recorded use...

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Aparna Sen @Dreamerby (6734) • Calcutta, India 21 Feb

I just wasted Rs 2222 on a course! Now, its a reputed online centre and all but they didn't mention that their Google Drive course would be so complicated to download. There's immense palaver involved in downloading all the...

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Shiva It looks like an online scam. My wife was keen to order some dresses which were quoted very low. I knew it was scam but went ahead and they sent some crap items.

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Always smiling @allknowing (141308) • India 21 Feb

There is never an end to upgrades. No matter what the gadgets manufacturers keep upgrading their products more for their own survival. As long as spare parts are available there is no reason why one shoudl go for upgrades....

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Shiva I used my previous phone for six/seven years. Then I had to upgrade to a new one as some applications were not getting loaded. I hold on to them till I am forced to change be it phone, TV, W/M etc.

22 Feb

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (121573) • United States 20 Feb

It doesn't impact me but I'm still upset about it. My ex-husband's cousin's husband (say that 3 times fast) had the flu and then crashed rapidly and wound up in the ICU in critical condition with his kidneys shutting down. She...

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Shiva Life takes strange turns all of a sudden. He was too young to die. My heart goes out to his young family.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (346972) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Feb

When we were first married, just about everything we had was second-hand or hand-me-downs. Even my maternity dresses were given to me by a friend. I think I made myself maybe one or two new ones. We were given a cane pram like...

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Shiva Now they come with fans, well cushioned, and look luxurious. Nothing less will do is the refrain. Kids are spoilt from the word go.

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Judy Story @jstory07 (141983) • Roseburg, Oregon 19 Feb

Do you think there are people from space living among us. I think there could be. They look like us. They act like us. They live among us. Who is to say that they are not here. By now they could be us. They have been here...

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Shiva It is said they are actively involved in our affairs and influence us in subtle ways. They have been incognito so far.

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snowy @snowy22315 (185604) • United States 19 Feb

I know things like this happen all the time. However, I only had the experience once. I was raving about one of my novels, when I was a kid. It was a romance about love gone wrong between two teens her boyfriend ( a real...

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Shiva I had a nice collection of books and a few were missing. Later I visited my friend, who had stayed with me for a couple of days, and I found them in his shelf! I wished he had at least asked me before taking it. I left it at that.

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22363) • Australia 17 Feb

Pastor Fred Gallows was giving a sermon on love. He said to his captive audience that Sunday morning: "I was reading where a Rabbi claimed the Bible figure Abraham's love was inherited by the Jewish people." "This got me...

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Shiva @innertalks Yes, the connection to God is always on, but then we have to switch it on so that it becomes live to guide us the proper way. Now it is in fits and starts.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (346972) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Feb

I wrote recently about a saying I hadn’t heard before. Our German friend used it. Translated from her native language, it was ‘making an elephant out of a mouse’. Tonight, she used another one she’d translated and that we hadn’t...

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Shiva That reminds me of "make a mountain out of a molehill".

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Anish Asokan @RevivedWarrior (3701) • India 18 Feb

Recently while in office, I noticed that voice of the people in authority has a crucial role in their ability to gain trust. A part from the clarity of the speech, the tone and pitch, the voice modulation can influence how people...

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Shiva I have worked with those who served in the military and they have self-confidence to get their message across clearly. One cannot be a mouse in a military camp. The basic need is to take care of others' interests like we do our own. I did that to such an...

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22363) • Australia 17 Feb

Pastor Fred Gallows was giving a sermon on love. He said to his captive audience that Sunday morning: "I was reading where a Rabbi claimed the Bible figure Abraham's love was inherited by the Jewish people." "This got me...

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Shiva @innertalks When we step up with a loving life, it acts as a breath of fresh air amidst the overpowering darkness. Like negative news make the headlines, the good deeds may lie low but eventually they will shine through, however long it takes does not matter...

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pahak627 @pahak627 (4903) • Philippines 17 Feb

I missed mylot last night. It was not available again. What I did was only watching a chinese movie last night at the same time I opened my social media account to check if there are some new posts that interest me. Hope this...

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Shiva It is a relief when it is back!

18 Feb

Aparna Sen @Dreamerby (6734) • Calcutta, India 17 Feb

Somehow mylot site was down here. I couldn't access mylot until now. The exam didn't go as per my expectations. As it is an All India based exam, what matters is how others performed. Results are on March 19th. Anyways I have...

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Shiva I have gone through many exams, long working career, and now in the evening of my life. Welcome whatever happens as when one door closes, many open. I did not get what I wanted, or did not know what I wanted, but hard work and sincerity pays always.

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Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (41211) 17 Feb

I turned the news on awhile ago and this was on, telling of this incident. They had landing problems. It’s hard to believe there are no fatalities, but they are not reporting any....

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Shiva We are turning the world order upside down. It looks like anything goes nowadays.

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