Namaste!
I bow to the divine in you.
We are one.
I wish you eternal joy.
8-micron image of the Spiral Galaxy Messier 81
Image by: NASA
Portrait of Our Dusty Past
Image by: NASA
The Disk of an Erupting Star
Image by: NASA
Birth of an Earth-like Planet
Image by: NASA
The infinite proceeds from infinite.
Then through knowledge,
realizing the infinitude of infinite,
it remains as the Infinite alone.
~Isha Upanishad

Crescents of Neptune and Triton by NASA JPL via Wikimedia Commons
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I enjoy WikiAnswers
randomly answering,
tweaking the answers and categorizing.
Operation Unflag was a journey
into the minds of dissimilar views.
Learning is an experience.
Interacting with people over here is a great experience.
Please write to me at <rathnashikamani @ wikianswers . com>.
Your suggestions are welcome.
I want to improve myself
and do my best by contributing what I think I know.
I am trying to understand what life is.
'All that exists is just ONE soul' is my perception.
I practice Yoga.
Sahasrara
Yoga is stilling of the movement of thought
- without expression or suppression -
in the indivisible intelligence.
I believe that
anything we do with dedication
in helping each other is a way of Yoga.
Nature is inspiring poetry.
Image by rhygin via fotopedia
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
~William Wordsworth
(Daffodils)
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
~William Wordsworth
(The Rainbow)
Carbon footprint
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I am spiritual.
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience.
We are spiritual beings having a human experience."
~ Teilhard de Chardin
I have no form nor do I have any limitations.
I am always existent in all animate and inanimate objects.
Be wherever you like;
do whatever you choose;
remember this well that all what you do is known to me.
~Sai Baba
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Who Am I ? Enquiry
Your own Self-Realization
is the greatest service you can render the world.
~Ramana Maharshi
'That inner Self, as the primeval Spirit,
Eternal, ever effulgent, full and infinite Bliss,
Single, indivisible, whole and living,
Shines in everyone as the witnessing awareness.
That self in its splendour, shining in the cavity of the heart
This self is neither born nor dies,
Neither grows nor decays,
Nor does it suffer any change.
When a pot is broken, the space within it is not,
And similarly, when the body dies the Self in it remains eternal.
~Ramana Maharshi
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The Life Divine
When darkness deepens strangling the earth's breast
And man's corporeal mind is the only Lamp
As a thief's in the night shall be the covert tread
Of one who steps unseen into his house.
A Voice ill-heard shall speak, the soul obey,
A power into mind's inner chamber steal,
A charm and sweetness open life's closed doors
And beauty conquer the resisting world,
The truth-light capture Nature by surprise,
A stealth of God compel the heart to bliss
And earth grow unexpectedly divine.
In Matter shall be lit the spirit's glow,
In body and body kindled the sacred birth;…
A few shall see what none yet understands;
~Sri Aurobindo(The Life Divine)
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Freedom and love
"Freedom and love go together.
Love is not a reaction.
If I love you because you love me,
that is mere trade,
a thing to be bought in the market;
it is not love.
To love is not to ask anything in return,
not even to feel
that you are giving something-
and it is only such love
that can know freedom."
~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
Freedom from the desire for an answer
is essential to the understanding of a problem.
~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
Mother Teresa is the inspiration that transformed lives.
She changed the way we think.
She showed that every one is worth living a happy life.
She was simple but divine.
She devoted her life to the society
in the service of humanity.
She is an epitome of spirituality.
From her life,
I realize that to show love to god is by seeing oneself in others.
She served the god in all.
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is costly, care for it.
Life is wealth, keep it.
Life is love, enjoy it.
Life is mystery, know it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
"People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you may win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable.
Be honest and transparent anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People who really want help may attack you if you help them.
Help them anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt.
Give the world your best anyway."
~Mother Teresa
It is not how much we do,
but how much love
we put in the doing.
It is not ho much we give,
but how much love
we put in the giving.
~Mother Teresa
Do not wait for leaders;
do it alone, person to person.
~Mother Teresa
"So let us be one heart,
full of love in the heart of God
and so share the joy of loving
by sharing, helping, loving
and serving each other."
~Mother Teresa
Every human being comes
from the hand of God,
and we all know something of God's love for us.
Whatever our religion,
we know that if we really want to love,
we must first learn to forgive before anything else.
~Mother Teresa
God speaks in the silence of the heart.
Listening is the beginning of prayer.
~Mother Teresa
Be faithful in small things
because it is in them that your strength lies.
~Mother Teresa
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
~Mother Teresa
Everytime
you smile at someone,
it is an action of love,
a gift to that person,
a beautiful thing.
~Mother Teresa
The fruit of faith is love,
and the fruit of love is service.
Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.
~Mother Teresa
Love is a fruit in season at all times,
and within reach of every hand.
~Mother Teresa
Let us always meet each other with smile,
for the smile is the beginning of love.
~Mother Teresa
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
~Mother Teresa
Intense love does not measure,
it just gives.
If you start judging people,
you will have no time to love them.
The miracle is not that we do this work,
but that we are happy to do it.
~Mother Teresa
My interpretation of the poem "LIFE"
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The best way
The best way to find yourself is
to lose yourself in the service of others.
~Mahatma Gandhi
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
If they turn away, and desert you when crossing the wilderness,
O thou unlucky one,
trample the thorns under thy tread,
and along the blood-lined track travel alone.
If they do not hold up the light when the night is troubled with storm,
O thou unlucky one,
with the thunder flame of pain ignite thy own heart
and let it burn alone.
~Rabindranath Tagore
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Have a heart that never hardens,
and a temper that never tires,
and a touch that never hurts.
~Charles Dickens
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Genius is
one percent inspiration,
ninety-nine percent perspiration.
~Thomas Edison
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A day without laughter is a day wasted.
~Charlie Chaplin
Trees always fascinate me
(Images via Wikimedia)
Allee im Schwetzinger Schlossgarten
by 4028mdk09
Clifden, Southland, New Zealand
Presidente Bernardes
Cedro Lemon
Green Tree
by Le Grand Portage
Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)
by Jamiriquai
Oriental Pied Hornbil (Anthracoceros albirostris)
by AbZahri AbAzizis (via Wikimedia)
Rainbow Lorikeet
by Michael Spencer (via Wikimedia)
Bank myna (Acridotheres ginginianus)
by Thomas Schoch (via Wikimedia)
Bird of paradise (Paradijsvogel)
by Urville Djasim (via Wikimedia)
Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)
by Michael Spencer (via Wikimedia)
Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris)
by Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes (via Wikimedia)
Purple-naped Lory (Lorius domicella)
by kwang chong (via Wikimedia)
Peacock
by Janderk (via Wikimedia)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
by PhotoBobil (via Wikimedia)
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
by Sankara Subramanian (via Wikimedia)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
by Malene Thyssen (via Wikimedia)
Red cardinal (cardinalidae)
Black-headed Gulls (Larus ridibundus)
by Gerry Lynch (via Wikimedia)
Mallard drake
by Kitkatcrazy (via Wikimedia)
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
by Mdf (via Wikimedia)

Blue-and-yellow Macaw
(Ara ararauna)
by Smart Destinations (via Wikimedia)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
by Mdf (via Wikimedia)
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta-carolinensis)
by Mdf (via Wikimedia)
Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
by Keven Law (via Wikimedia)
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
by Mdf (via Wikimedia)
by Charles Lam (via Wikimedia)
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
by Mdf (via Wikimedia)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
by Mdf (via Wikimedia)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
by Bill Stilwell (via Wikimedia)
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
by Mdf (via Wikimedia)
Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
by Mdf (via Wikimedia)
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus-verticalis)
by Mdf (via Wikimedia)
Keel-billed Toucan or Sulfur-breasted Toucan or Rainbow-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
by Lauri Väin (via Wikimedia)
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica aestiva)
by Mdf (via Wikimedia)
Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
by Lesley Smitheringale (via Wikimedia)
Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus)
by Mdf (via Wikimedia)
- Java Sparrow (Padda oryzivora)
- by Jason L. Buberel (via Wikimedia)
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
by Mdf (via Wikimedia)
Finch-billed Myna (Scissirostrum dubium)
by Tomfriedel (via Wikimedia)
Black Vulture (Coragyps-atratus)
by Mdf (via Wikimedia)
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
by mdemon (via Wikimedia)
Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)
by Axel Bührmann(via Wikimedia)
Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)
by Alvesgaspar (via Wikimedia)
Flowers are my lovers!
(Images via Wikimedia)
Pink tulip
by Freefotopia
by Uwe H. Friese
Aster tataricus
Aster tataricus. Droste Effect
Chamaemelum nobile, Asteraceae
by H. Zell
Sun flower
By Kirk Carter[CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Primula (species Primula hortensis)
Colors of Primulas (species Primula hortensis)
Rosa Gold Glow

Garden Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
Pink Dahlia
Hedge False Bindweed (Calystegia sepium sepium)
Daisy (Coleostephus myconis)
Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)
Märzenbecher
Cornflower or Bluebottle (Centaurea cyanus)
Allium 'Lucy Ball' Purple Flower
Aquilegia formosa
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Canna glauca
Blue wild flower of ''Cichorum intybus"
Convallaria majalis
Lilium columbianum
by Peter Stevens

Alcea rosea
African daisy (Arctotis)
Calathian violet (Gentiana pneumonanthe)
Convolvulus arvensis
Begonia
Morning Glory
My friends
All of you are my soul-mates.
Best wishes to you all.
I thank you all for your kind words.
We are all One small voice in the right place.
"A word is dead when it is said, some say.
I say it just begins to live that day."
~Emily Dickinson
Image by
markuso via freedigitalphotos.net
--But who is that on the other side of you?
~T.S. Eliot (The Waste Land)
Horizon by NASA
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