Swami Charles Chaitanya (Whom I met in Chennai 5 years back)

Charles Chaitanya was born in Alwaye. Kerala, Southern India, as son of Lily and Karuveli Pyli Joseph. After his academic education he had different roles in life – Businessman, Politician, Film actor-director, Social worker. Seeking truth he became a wandering monk, traveling around India from ashram to ashram, Guru to Guru. He underwent philosophical studies, yogic practices, spiritual researches with Guru Nitya, an exemplary, well renowned spiritual master in India. Finally God blessed him.

This blessed self at present as the head of Naryana Gurukulam Chennai, as well as the preceptor head of the World peace Center has been extensively traveling around the globe for the last fourteen years, sharing this sacred wisdom thereby giving a friendly hand to number of spiritual aspirants to enter this ever present abode of abundant light, love, life, beauty, joy and peace.

The great spiritual masters at all times all over the world have unanimously proclaimed that the goal of human existence is the realization of the Self, because the Self Itself is the bliss, that is the real meaning and value of life, that all the living beings on earth are directly or indirectly, consciously or unconsciously searching for. However, by the great mistake of identifying oneself with the body they are falsely trying to obtain “That Joy” from the ephemeral objective world and thus get totally enslaved and entrapped in the snares of differences, attachments, selfishness, passions, discontentment, loss of inner balance, fear of the death, etc; and make life a hell and a curse.

On the other hand self-realisation leads one to unity, love, freedom, peace, eternity, great inner relief and fulfilment and makes life Blissful!.

(Extracts from his website: http://www.swamicharles.com)

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www.owpc.net
www.viswashanthi.com

`Happiness? IT's the tip of your tail!'

A small kitten had just returned from cat philosophy school. He was running around in circles, trying to catch his tail. A seasoned old alley cat, asked the kitten what she was doing.
"I have learnt that happiness is in the tip of your tail, and I am trying to catch mine, so that I will always be happy."
The old Tom replied: "You have learnt well. I never received a fancy education, but I too have heard that happiness is in the tip of my tail. What I have also discovered is that if you forget about trying to catch it, it will follow you wherever you go."

Moral: we must decide what to focus on and what we should ignore. If we chase after a wrong goal, we will end up getting exhausted.

(Mr.Azim Premji - Wipro Chairman and Managing Director)