A vocal competition (Western Classical/music theatre/pop vocals) for youth

 Dear supporters,

The ASAWARI MUSIC FOUNDATION in collaboration with MAJOLLY MUSIC TRUST are proud to present THE OUTPERFORMERS on October 26^th 2013.

This is a vocal competition (Western Classical/music theatre/pop vocals) for youth from 12-21 years of age who are residents of India.

Interested participants must have completed a vocal exam from ABRSM/TRINITY/LCM in 2012/2013 and will need to outperform this examination level.

There will be a cash prize of Rs 10,000/- , trophy and a certificate awarded to the winner.

A scholarship is also offered for a student for the duration of Jan 2014 to December 2014. An interview and audition is essential to be considered for the scholarship. Age no bar, but ambition is essential in view of making music one’s career choice.
Please send in a bio, your area of study, and what you hope to achieve musically. No beginners or those who intend to start music classes are eligible.

Closing date Sep 30^th 2013

Please help us by forwarding this to those who think might be interested!

Note: Teachers, you are informed well in advance so that you can think about your present 2013 examination candidates!

ASAWARI MUSIC FOUNDATION

In collaboration with

MAJOLLY MUSIC TRUST

Present

THE OUTPERFORMERS – October 26^th 2013

A vocal competition (Western Classical/music theatre/pop vocals) for youth from 12-21 years of age who are residents of India.

Interested participants must have completed a vocal exam from ABRSM/TRINITY/LCM in 2012/2013 and will need to outperform this examination level.

Cash prize of Rs 10,000/- , trophy and a certificate will be awarded to the winner.

Cash prize of Rs 5,000/- and a certificate will be awarded to the runner – up.

A scholarship is also offered for a student for the duration of Jan 2014 to Dec 2014. An interview and audition is essential to be considered for the scholarship. Age no bar, but ambition is essential.

Closing date Sep 30th 2013.

Registration fee of Rs 500/-, and a passport photograph with date of birth proof and examination certificate, will need to be submitted together with application form.

Please note: Candidates who are relatives/students of the judges will not be allowed to participate.

For details email: mmtcompetitions@gmail.com
Tel: +91-9980506006 (Yash Golcha-Secretary)

Xavier Institute of Technology

Self Illusion: The brain's greatest con trick?

Pavitra Atma Aa - hindi

લગ્ન બંધન ? - - રાજેશ ક્રિશ્ચિયન c/o BBN

લગ્ન બંધન ? - - રાજેશ ક્રિશ્ચિયન

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 12:49 PM PDT

લગ્ન બંધન ? 

 મને એ સમજાતું નથી કે લગ્ન ને બંધન કેમ કહેવામાં આવે છે . બંધ તો એ  હોઈ જેમાંથી જલ્દી થી જલ્દી છુટકારો મળે  એમ મનમાં ઈચ્છા રહ્યા કરે

 મજાક ખાતર કહીએ તો ગ્રીક ફિલોસોફર સોક્રેટીસે નોધ્યું છે - મારી તો બધાને સલાહ છે  કે જલ્દી થી જલ્દી લગ્ન કરી લો . સુશીલ પત્ની મળે તો તમે ખુશ રહેશો અને કજીયાળી પત્ની મળે તો તમે ફિલોસોફર બની જશો . અરે ભાઈ મજાક છોડો ..... માર્ટીન લ્યુથરના  શબ્દોમાં - " લગ્નજીવન જેવો સુંદર મૈત્રી સભર પ્રેમભર્યો સબંધ બીજો હોઈજ ના શકે "

 આદર્શ લગ્ન જીવન બે મહત્તવની બાબતો  ઉપરજ ટકી શકે. એક   - અરસ પારસ નો નિસ્વાર્થ પ્રેમ અને બે - એક બીજા પ્રત્યે અડગ વિશ્વાસ .

 લગ્ન જીવન માં બે ભિન્ન ભિન્ન વ્યક્તિઓ હવે પછીનું જીવન સાથે ગુજારવા સ્વેચ્છાએ સમંત થાય છે અ એક ઘણીજ અગત્યની બાબત છે બે જુદા જુદા પરિવારમાં - જુદા જુદા માહોલમાં ઉછરેલ સ્વતંત્ર વ્યક્તિત્વ હવેથી નવજીવન શરૂ કરવા માંગે છે . આ નવજીવનના પાયામાં પ્રેમ અને વિશ્વાસ હશે તો તે ઈમારત બુલંદ બનશે અને જ્યાં પ્રેમ હશે ત્યાં આદર પણ હશે      પ્રેમ અને વિશ્વાસ સાથે મળે તો તે ઉત્તમ લગ્ન જીવનમાં પ્રેમ હશે પણ અરસ પરસમાં વિશ્વાસ નહિ હોય  તો તે લગ્ન જીવન "બંધન" બની જશે અને તેમાંથી છુટકારો મેળવવાનો ઈચ્છા થશે   .

 લગ્ન જીવનમાં વિશ્વાશની શું એટલી બધી અગત્યતા છે ? ચાલો આ બાબત સમજીએ . મોંઘવારીના આજના કુટુંબના બે ચેડા ભેગા કરવા માટે પતિ-પત્ની બંનેએ નોકરી વ્યવસાય કરવો જરૂરી બન્યો છે। જયારે બંને વ્યક્તિઓ જુદી જુદી જગ્યાએ કામ કરતા હશે તો એક બીજા ઉપર અડગ વિશ્વાસ રાખવો જ  પડશે। જરા જેટલી પણ શંકા ઉદ્ ભવે તો લગ્ન જીવન ઝેર સમાન લાગશે; બંધન લાગશે અને જયારે શંકા ઉદ્ ભવે ત્યાં વિશ્વાસ ગાયબ અને જયારે એકબીજા પાત્ર પર વિશ્વાસ જ ના રહે ત્યાં પ્રેમનું બાષ્પીભવન .

 આથીજ સુખી સંસાર માટે બંને પાત્રોનો એકબીજા પર સંપૂર્ણ વિશ્વાસ રાખવો ખુબજ જરૂરી છે   પતિ- પત્ની બંને એ એવું કશું વર્તન ન કરવું જેના થાકી બીજા પાત્રને શંકા ઉદ્ ભવે .  એક વ્યક્તિ પોતાના સાથી ઉપર સંપૂર્ણ વિશ્વાસ ધરાવે છે ત્યારે તે ચોક્કસપણે માને  છે કે સામેનું પાત્ર સંપૂર્ણ સત્ય ઉચ્ચારે છે . આ અડગ વિશ્વાસનો ભંગકડી ન થાય તે જોવું। જો આ વિશ્વાસનો ભંગ ન થાય તો લગ્ન જીવનની વૈતરણી પાર અન્યથા નવ ડૂબી જાય. આવા અડગ વિશ્વાસ માટે બંને પાત્રો વચ્ચે ધનિષ્ઠ મિત્રતા હોવી જરૂરી છે એવી મિત્રતા જ્યાં બધી લાગણીઓ ખુલ્લા મને દર્શાવી શકાય અને જ્યાં આવી નિખાલસ મિત્રતા હશે તો તે વ્યક્તિના પ્રેમમાં વારંવાર પડવાનું મન થયા કરશે .

 આથી જ  લગ્ન જીવન માટે  સાથીના વિશ્વાસ પાત્ર બનો જ્યાં પ્રમાણિક વિશ્વાસ હશે ત્યાં આદર અને પ્રેમ જરૂર ઉછાળા ભરતો જોવા મળશે અને જયારે લગ્ન જીવન આદર્શ હશે તો દુનિયાની કોઈ તાકાત તેને હચમચાવી શકશે નહિ; ત્યાં ફક્ત સુખી, સુંદર પ્રેમભર્યું, કિલ્લોલ કરતુ કુટુંબ જોવા મળશે એમાં શંકા ને કોઈ સ્થાન નથી    

-રાજેશ ક્રિશ્ચિયન

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Swamini Vimalananda - Mastering the Mind

http://youtu.be/EXniWH9dMf8

go to the link above
Devasia M

500th video in Gurjarvani Channel Youtube

Pope Francis: Long faces cannot proclaim Jesus

  Pope Francis: Long faces cannot proclaim Jesus


(Vatican Radio) The Holy Spirit is the "author" of Christian joy and to proclaim the Gospel we need to have joy in our hearts gifted us by the Spirit of God. There is a certain understanding of Christian life that is marked by sadness, but long faces cannot proclaim Jesus. Joy alone and praise of God are the only way to advance the Gospel. This was the focus of Pope Francis’ homily at morning Mass in Casa Santa Marta. Emer McCarthy reports:

Pope Francis began by commenting on the daily readings. The first reading, from the prophet Zephaniah, contains the exclamation "Rejoice! Cries of joy, the Lord is in your midst. " The second, from the Gospel, tells the story of Elizabeth and her son that "rejoices" in the womb on hearing the words of Mary. The Pope noted, "it all speaks of joy, the joy that is celebration." Yet, he continues, "we Christians are not so accustomed to speak of joy, of happiness", "I think often we prefer to complain". Instead, it is "the Holy Spirit that gives us joy":

"It’s the Spirit that guides us: He is the author of joy, the Creator of joy. And this joy in the Holy Spirit gives us true Christian freedom. Without joy, we Christians cannot become free, we become slaves to our sorrows. The great Paul VI said that you cannot advance the Gospel with sad, hopeless, discouraged Christians. You cannot. A certain mournful behavior, no? Often Christians behave as if they were going to a funeral procession rather than to praise God, no? And this joy comes from praise, Mary’s praise, this praise that Zephaniah speaks of, Simeon and Anna’s praise: this praise of God! "

And how do we praise God? We praise Him by coming out of ourselves, we praise Him "freely, like the grace that He gives us is free," said Pope Francis. This pushes us to an examination of conscience on how to pray to God, said Pope Francis, who then turned to those present with a question:


"You here at Mass, do you give praise to God or do you only petition God and thank God? Do you praise God? '. This is something new, new in our new spiritual life. Giving praise to God, coming out of ourselves to give praise; spending a little bit of time giving praise. But ‘this Mass is so long!’ If you do not praise God, you will never know the gratuity of spending time praising God, the Mass is long. But if you go with this attitude of joy, of praise to God, that is beautiful! This is what eternity will be: giving praise to God! And that will not be boring: it will be beautiful! This joy makes us free. "

The model of this praise, and this joy, is once again the Mother of Jesus "The Church – recalled Pope Francis – calls her the" cause of our joy, "Cause Nostrae Letitiae. Why? Because she brings the greatest joy that is Jesus ":

"We need to pray to Our Lady, so that bringing Jesus give us the grace of joy, the joy of freedom. That it give us the grace to praise, to praise with a prayer of gratuitous praise, because He is worthy of praise, always. Pray to Our Lady and say to her what the Church says: Veni, Precelsa Domina, Maria, tu nos visita, Lady, thou who art so great, visit us and give us joy. "


Text from page http://en.radiovaticana.va/articolo.asp?c=697158&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=smcnewsmobile
of the Vatican Radio website 

Extra ordinary!

Is it is photoshopped!
Devasia

Here is a good video that will give some insights about Excessive blaming others.

http://getrmt.com/mieke.html


Do you know somebody who suffers from excessive blaming of others? Of course you do. The person gets a list of resentments about things that were done to them… and then that list tends to grow out of control.

Here's the thing. When you blame and resent people for the past, you're giving them responsibility over important parts of your life. Now they're responsible, not you. You give them that responsibility, even though they may have screwed up! Doesn't make sense, right?

On the other hand, some people in our lives - colleagues, friends, parents, family members - DID play an important part in our life story, right? They did have an effect on us, and in some cases they did hurt us.

So how do you deal with that disparity? In this video, Tony will show you a strategy called "Conscious Blaming." This strategy gives you a win-win: you get to blame others for things that happened to you BUT in a way that won't hurt you. Mieke was able to unlock and release a whole set of resentments and self-limitations, and live an expanded life.

Here's the video. Feel free to share it with a friend!
Warmly,

Mark Peysha
CEO and Cofounder
Robbins-Madanes Training

Pastor overcomes ....

Three years into our marriage, my wife, Trisha, woke up in the middle of the night and realized I wasn’t in bed. She walked out into the living room and as soon as she looked at the TV, I quickly changed the channel.

She began to question me about what I was watching, why I wasn’t in bed, and why I would immediately change the channel. Then came the repeated question: Do you struggle with lust and pornography? The more she asked the more intense the conversation became.

So I denied everything. I told her I was just channel surfing. I argued with her about what she saw. I convinced her that I didn’t struggle with porn or lust. She had nothing to worry about. I was lying.

Pope Francis

The Pope – according to Leonardo Boff by Ãlvaro Murillo (English translation by Rebel Girl) La Nación (Costa Rica) He was an active priest who was critical towards the Vatican. He co-founded the leftist current known as liberation theology in Brazil, was punished, and therefore left the priesthood and devoted himself to promoting his human rights ideas in his role as a lay person. He also adopted the idea of environmental sustainability and works as a teacher of theology. He came to Costa Rica, invited by La Salle University for its course on environmental sustainability, but the subject of the new pope is obligatory when facing one of the most critical voices of the Catholic Church in Latin America, the founder of the leftist Christian movement known as liberation theology. Leonardo Boff, the Brazilian former priest, hasn't ceased to be optimistic about the election of Francis. We know your very optimistic opinions about the new Pope Francis. Why, given that you've been so critical of the Church?  His name, Francis, is more than a name; it's a plan for the Church. It's rebuilding a Church that's in ruins because of the sexual scandals, the Vatican bank, infighting. It's providential that he's a Jesuit, well-trained and with the virtues of Saint Francis -- simplicity and the option for the poor. He comes from the Third World, where 60% of Catholics live, while Europe is a dying region. He can bring new vigor to the Church, new hope, and he's already given very clear signs that he will be different. He's already said that pastors should smell like sheep, not like palaces, altars, and sacristies. It's a Church of all times. He will be more a pastor than a doctor. The Church is also a system (institution)made up by authorities who are the same ones as in the previous papacy. Isn't it naive to think Francis can change what's wrong in the Church?  He has to intervene, to use that power of absolute monarchy. He has the ability to intervene in the diseased body of the Church, in its cancer. If he doesn't do it, his name wouldn't make sense. The problem is that the Church has completely lost credibility and is universally demoralized. He was elected to restore that credibility in this internal crisis. He feels obliged to make a complete reform in the face of the errors of the Curia. Will he have any leeway? The cardinals are the same.  Maybe that's the only advantage of being an absolute monarchy. He has absolute and immediate power. He can remove a cardinal, transfer an archbishop, and he can excommunicate people at the highest level. Perhaps that would be the only advantage of being a dictatorship. How should the churches of Latin America view all these gestures of austerity, humility, and option for the dispossessed? Is it a binding example?  I hope so. Most of the cardinals and bishops are very devoted to the Pope; they exalt him and such. Well, now's the time for the bishops to imitate him and shed their palace titles. He's already said that "the carnival is over", when they wanted to put the garments on him. This is a scandal. With all that solemnity and habits, it looks more like the carnival in Rio. I'm one of those who's going to remind them to imitate the Pope. If they don't do it, it's a sign that they're breaking with him and his papacy. Are you confident that they'll imitate him?  They should, because he isn't repressive likeRatzinger, who chopped the heads of 140 theologians (because they worked for the poor). You were one of them. Yes, I was one of them, one among many, but it seems that's over. Francis doesn't seem so interested in doctrine, but in being a shepherd and bringing hope, being in the world of solidarity. He'll be important in the politics of Latin America, now, with the flowering of populist democracies. He has always preferred the poor, not out of philanthropy but out of justice. That's what liberation theology says, isn't it? Yes, that's the main point. We're very happy and it doesn't matter whether he uses the words "liberation theology" or not. What matters to us is his solidarity and his moral authority with human beings and the Earth. Do you think the College of Cardinals knew what kind of pope they were choosing?  I suspect that the European cardinals were embarrassed. They knew it couldn't be one of them. Now we're seeing more and more gestures. When will we see the first decisions and what will they be?  It will go on as it is. But perhaps another council is coming, an open council of Christianity, even including atheists, focused on life and respect for others. In 50 years (since Vatican II) humanity has changed a lot. We have to define the paths of the Church and ecumenical Christianity for the third millennium. That would be the best and it would emerge strengthened. Is he a socialist pope? I don't know if that label would fit him. He may be interested in the poor and in social justice, which are the classic banners of historical socialism; they're ethical banners. But using the word is a party or an ideology and they distance themselves from that. What we can say is that one should seek a socio-cosmic democracy, that also includes nature. I think that he's going along that line. Will you help him in his projects for South America?  My concern isn't helping the pope but taking on the cause that goes beyond him, of lives that are threatened. If he takes it on, I'll be there, but if not, we'll pressure him, because we don't have a lot of time. Do you think he could go live outside the Vatican? Like John Paul I who, two days before dying, gathered the cardinals and announced that to them; two days later, he turned up dead. Are you saying that Pope Francis would be taking a risk? It's a risk, because there's a history in the Vatican of many assassinations, a long time ago. He should be careful because where there's a struggle for power, there's no love -- and power always seeks more power. He should handle this to make reforms without causing a schism. The base of the two previous popes was the fundamentalists like Opus Dei, Communion and Liberation, and the Knights of Christ. Those groups must be very unhappy with the new pope, who is more social [justice] based." ###

Media training, Vadodara 2013

Gurjarvani and Jeevan Darshan together organized a Media Training workshop for religious from April 23 to 4th May at Jeevan Darshan, Vadodara. The aim of this workshop was to equip us with communication skills to express ourselves creatively and effectively to the people wherever we serve. There were 18 participants including Jesuit scholastics, seminarians from Baroda diocese and sisters from various congregations. A few day-scholars too attended sessions according to their own interest. The training covered the basic subjects of story-telling, script-writing, presentation skills, power-point presentations, photography, video shooting, editing, audio recording, creating a blog, use of internet, social media etc. The participants were kept extremely busy in the heat of Baroda with a lot of hands on which helped them very much. 

The team of Frs. Chandresh, Devasia and Ashok Vaghela remained with the group all the time, guiding them to all kinds of activities. There were many who guided us through this creatively arranged workshop. They are Frs. Rappai, Vinayak and William Pius. The team of experts from Gurjarvani consisting of Pratik, Swapneel, Vishant, Sachin, Grena, Blesson and Jothi Xavier helped the group for smooth learning.
From a class-room equipped with computers for each of the participant to the arrangements of food was fabulous. The participants were provided with still as well as video cameras for 24 hours to practice as per their interest. Creative audio-visual prayers and Eucharistic celebrations added flavor to the entire learning experience. We all realized how important and necessary it is for all of us to know and equip ourselves with communication skills in Today's world to spread the values of Christ. Most of them expressed to have such training programs at regular intervals to be at pace with the demand of the fast changing world. 

(Report by Sch. John Britto SJ)

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Oswald Gracias on Pope Francis

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, who returned home after the papal election, has termed Pope Francis as his “dream candidate”.

The prelate said that the new pontiff was so affable and humble that the latter once held the door for him when they "bumped into each other in the corridor".

"I laughed in embarrassment and said it was I who should be holding the door for him," Cardinal Gracias said. 

"For a week afterwards, we met regularly at breakfast, lunch and dinner so I got to know him closely. He would frequently say 'Pray for me'. He said that even when I met him to take leave as I prepared to return to India," he added.

The quick result to an election that was expected to last several days surprised not only media observers but the elector-candidates themselves. 

"Truly it was the hand of God at work given that Pope Francis was not a high-profile candidate, yet the decision went in his favor in merely the fifth round. 

“As the vote count touched the magic two-thirds majority of 76-77 a burst of applause went up. Pope Francis was seated right across me. He raised his hand and smiled as if signaling us to stop. Then he mostly sat with his head bent in prayer and hardly looked up," the archbishop said.

Cardinal Gracias said that he is convinced that the Church is in capable hands.

"From the Asian perspective, we wished for a spiritual leader who can be the moral voice of the world, even if it is a lonely voice," he said.

The cardinal wished that the pontiff would take personal security more seriously given his inclination to break the security cordon to mingle with the crowds.