Rare Beaches in the World

Cave Beach in Mexico :

Black Sand Beach:

The black sand is made out of tiny fragments of lava as hot lava enters the water.

Purple Sand Beach :

The unusual color is because of the manganese garnet deposits in the rocks.

Geometric Rock Beach:

Blue Sand Beach:

A host of bioluminescent phytoplankton scattered across the coastline in the maldives makes this sand glow blue.

Green Sand Beach:

Only 2 beaches in the world have green sand ; Papakolea beach in Hawaii and Talofofo beach in Guam. It's from Olivine Lava.

Glass Beach:

In Fort Bragg, California This was once a major dumping site for Garbage. Once it was cleaned revealed colorful sea glass.

Orange Sand Beach:

The coastline of Ramla bay in the Maltese Islands is a bright orange due to it's high iron content.

Red Sand Beach:

The Red sand is a result of the surrounding Iron-rich black and Red lava rocks left over from ancient volcanic activity.

                           

Sea Shell Beach:

The lack of Predators at shell Beach in Australia and Sanibel Island in Florida make this a Seashell Mecca.

Pink Sand Beach :

Pink sand comes from microscopic shelled animals known as Foraminifera that have a pink or a red shell.

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Matha, Pitha, Guru, Daivam.

Dear Folks,

              Matha, Pitha, Guru, Daivam is a very popular Sanskrit phrase in India and very often used in Hinduism as well. It is the order of respect that a person must follow during his life time. 

Matha      - Mother

Pitha         - Father

Guru         - Teacher

Daivam     - God


                  When translated it forms Mother, Father, Teacher, God. Now what this phrase explains is that it is through our mother that we are brought to this world and it's the Mother who points out the Father to the child. They together forms the world for the child and it remains as such through their life. The mother and father shows the Teacher known as Guru and it is the teacher through his / her teachings, points out to the God by lighting the lamp of knowledge within the child. Here God represents consciousness / self-awareness / our real self.

Definitely it is the same sequence through which everyone of us has passed or passing. But the value of respect remains unknown to many. The amount of respect that we all should give to our Mother must be above everything in our life. After parents the next important person in our life is the teacher, it doesn't mean it's just the teacher at school, but the person who teaches you what life is. This would be something that many of the people or the teachers are unaware. Everyone respects God and whom God asks you to respect the most are our Mother, Father & Teacher.  

There is also another phrase that says "Your children would treat you the same way how you treated your parents."

There is an interesting story I still remember which was heard through my father during my childhood days.

The story is a Hindu mythology starring a Father, Mother & two Brothers.

Father            - Lord Shiva

Mother           - Goddess Parvati

1st brother     - Ganesha

2nd Brother   -Karthikeya

  Once Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati received a mango as a gift. Their children both Ganesha and Karthikeya wanted the fruit and they were not ready to share it. This situation left the parents in dilemma and they decided to give them a test: The winner would get the fruit. Agreeing to this both Ganesha and Karthikeya prepared themselves to hear what the test was. Parents announced " The one goes around the world and reaches back first will win the mango". Hearing this Karthikeya immediately set off to encircle the world on his vehicle - a peacock with a smile left to Ganesha. But Ganesha stood prostrated in front of his parents with his vehicle - a mouse. Meanwhile Karthikeya completed travelling a quarter of the world. After a second Ganesha walked around his parents and claimed the Mango. When the parents questioned, Ganesha said " Dear father and mother, you both are everything to me and therefore my world is my Mother and Father. Walking around you both I have gone around the world." Hearing this Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati became extremely happy and gifted the Mango to Ganesha. When Karthikeya returned back after travelling the whole world, he saw Ganesha holding the fruit. Karthikeya couldn't believe what he was seeing and inquired how Ganesha won the Mango to his parents. Being upset on the decision Karthikeya left the home to live alone and meditate at the hills of Palani in Southern India. 

Life Time Achievent Award for the Best Business Fraud !!

Dear Folks, 

               Have look at the conversation between three business men competing to win the Life Time Achievement Award. I have included both the English and Portuguese version as well.

   

Em Portuguese :

Share and Have Fun Guys !! #Keep Smiling !!

Parent's Guide.

Hey Folks, 

                We all know how wonderful the life was when we were kids. We were always under the wings of our parents feeling secured so that the word "Tension" remained unknown for a brief while. Now a days it's even difficult for the kids growing up because the parents are eager in coaching the kids to a level called "Success". Now what does this success mean to a majority of the people ? I'am disappointed to say, it's "Money". It's not a blind statement made out of no where but in fact a sad conclusion after a small research.

 Last week during a small journey I happened to hear a conversation between a small girl with her mother. The kid raised a doubt to her mother asking whether is it right that the money doesn't fall from the sky. The mother politely replied saying that she was right that the money doesn't fall from the sky. And also added that as she grows up she would understand the world much better and work hard to be a millionaire so that she could buy whatever she wanted including a mansion etc. Hearing this I felt little disappointed because childhood is something that would remain in everyone of us as our golden era and our experiences live within us for the rest of our life. Majority of them would have felt satisfied with the mother's guidance for the child but a second thought would be worthy when it comes to the turn on guiding our children. 

Advising someone is not a difficult process unless you are the one seeking advise. Teach your kid about nature first and evolve a relation between the kid and the nature. Teach them to plant a tree and explain how it would help us in future. From the moment the plant sprouts from the seed to a stage where it provides flowers or fruits brings wonder to the kids world of imagination. Teach them that it's easy to destroy but difficult to construct. 

Teach them not to hesitate when it comes to helping others. Teach them to use their strengths not only for their own beneficial but for others who lack in it. It's good to feel happy but it's wonderful to make others happy. 

Teach them that it's a stepping stone to success when you lose fighting hard and there is no shame in failing.

As said in a movie called "3 Idiots" --- Do not run behind success. Run behind brilliance and success will follow.

In short, explain to them that life is wonderful if you know how to live. Study well and work hard to grow up as a good human being in the society. Be a person who cares his family and society like his two eyes. Spread and protect your love right from the nature to every living beings. Being a good and useful human being in the society must be the primary goal and that should define what success means. Just like a tree which grows up providing flowers, fruits and shade.

This can never be achieved if the parents doesn't follow these steps, as every child learns from what the parent does.

                                  "What you sow in them is what grow in them"    

At this moment I remember a lesson I learnt at school 
" Abraham Lincoln's Letter to his son's Teacher" Read it, definitely it would inspire you.

He will have to learn, i know, that all men are not true. But teach him also that for every Scoundrel there is a hero, that for every selfish politian, there is a dedicated leader. 
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Teach him that for every enemy there is a friend. 
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Teach him that a dollar earn is of more value than five found.
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Teach him to learn lose and to enjoy winning. Steer him away from envy if you can.
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Teach him the secret of quiet laughter.
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Teach him the wonder of books. But also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and flowers on a green hillside.
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In school,teach him to know that it is more honorable to fail than to cheat.
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Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if everyone tells him they are wrong. Teach him to be gentle with gentle people and tough with tough people.
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Try to give him the strength on the bandwagon. 
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Teach him to listen to all men but teach him also to filter all he hears on a screen of truth and take only the good that comes through.
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Teach him how to laugh even when he is sad.
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Teach him there is no shame in tears.
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Teach him to close his ears to a howling mob and to stand and fight if he thinks he is right.
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Treat him gently but do not cuddle him because only the test of fire makes fine steel.
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Let him have the courage to be impatient and let him have the patience to be brave.
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Teach him always to have sublime faith in his creator and faith in himself too, because then he will always have faith in man kind...
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The Ignition of Happiness

Hey Folks,

              Happiness is a topic that everyone would like to talk about and when it comes to celebrations it´s the best moment to light the lamp of happiness on many people. I have been part of many celebrations since childhood but it took years to me understand the value of a celebration or how to celebrate.

Marriage Functions / Receptions:

This must be the biggest event an individual would conduct during his life time where the person would invite thousands of friends, relatives etc. 

Why this event is largely celebrated ?

It´s the biggest moment of an individuals life where he /she would start the journey of life with a partner. So that the individual wants each and every person that have been part of their life to be present on their biggest occasion and bless them during the ceremony with their prayers. A ceremony of happiness in short. Look below the topic " What really Happens".

Birthday Parties:

The number of Birthday parties that we must have attended would be difficult to count if asked to. I'am writing just about Marriage and Birthday functions since that´s something common people often attends and also these are the functions that´s parent of all celebrations.

What really Happens:

  During Marriage reception people come and goes till late night, they come in talks a bit with the groom/bride, poses for a photo and then goes to drink and eat. While they return I have heard people complaining about the food, richness of celebrations, making fun of the groom/bride or just uses the function in such a way that they don´t have to cook any food that day at home. I would list a few comments I have heard:

1. If the function is rich : Ah, he has got a lot of money and doesn´t know what to do with it, he have arranged a festival.

2. If function is normal : Ah, he has got a lot of money and see how miser he has been in conducting a function of his life. No idea where they would be digging all these money.

3. And a lot of gossips among women about the bride/groom.

4. The food sucked !! The bread was something that required an axe to cut.

  How many of us must have thanked for the invitation ? How many of them would be really happy in celebrating the function. How many of us must have prayed or wished for more success for the person conduting the function by sharing his happiness ? If we opt to conduct a function, do we require these jealousy people out there to spread negative energy ?

How many of us have prayed and blessed a kid celebrating his/her birthday ? Taking a gift to the fuction have been a ritual but to pray for the long life of a kid to celebrate many more birthdays still remain unknown to many. We teaches our kids too the same, just to take a gift for the function for the sake of formality. Have you taught your kids to pray during the function ? Think about it !! Your lack of knowledge is passed to your kids as well. 

Instead of having jealousy people around you, have selected people around you to spread the happiness or organise a party to poor people and children seen outside. Definitely they would pray for your long life and success in future.

I just remember what my father said to me : Feed the starving stomachs to ignite and share your happiness instead of feeding pot bellies. After all think for a second, who would be more happy, the starving stomachs or the pot bellies ?          

               

On your kids birthday or any important function don´t forget to feed the starving stomachs, they would definitely pray and bless your kid and that´s the best gift you can get for your kids as well. And pass this to our future as well.

Feed the starving stomachs to ignite and share your happiness instead of feeding the pot bellies. 

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"Life´s Manual" : The Gift of An Angel

Many of us aren´t good readers or possess reading as a hobby but we doesn´t pass out a day without reading something. There are a lot of people who reads  lots of books. For example: During my college days while residing at hostel I remember two friends of mine on cloud nine
for getting a latest release of Harry Potter. While going to bed at night I saw them sitting near the staircase holding the book between them and reading together. Later I got up to go by the washroom, I saw them sitting and reading in the same position. I felt some kind of shoked on seeing it and I took a look on my watch to see 5ó clock on it. They saw me, smiled and continued reading. I stood looking at them around 10-15 seconds and went back to bed. There smile represented like two love birds romancing.To be frank I have never witnessed a sight like that ever before in my life. 

       Now there is a reason why I´m taking about reading, an incident that happened a week ago propelled me to write about reading. Me along with my friends and families had a get together at a restaurant on a late evening. The elder men started with the topic "Polictics", the female battalions started talking about recipes and gossips of their neighbours and we youngsters talked about the girls sitting on the next table. :))) Later just like the drinks moved to starters and starters moved to main course, the topics to kept on changing among the elders and youngers continued the same but with different girls. Once the dinner was almost coming to an end and when we remained one of the 2 families left to exit, the elders started to talk about their kids and yes that´s us. They started to blame us for everything, not studying, everytime playing, don´t know the value of life, don´t have an aim etc. Everything that we ate till then descended pretty quickly and didn´t feel to order any dessert. They were blaming us as if they were playing to gain the title for having the worst son. Ahh Aahhhh What a match !!!
They hanged on talking about life and value of life. An old man who sat on the next table looked at us and smiled politely as if he was understanding our feelings. He stood up and walked towards us and appreciated the elders for talking about the value of life to their children. The elders felt very proud on hearing it. The old man looked towards us and said it´s always good to have people with knowledge around us as they would be able to guide well. He asked elders whether they would read the manual of a new product before the first use and elders said ´yes`. He said to us that´s how wise people must be . We youngsters looked at him with our mouths open and we didn´t understand what he meant. The old man looked as if he was adding oil to the fire or charging up the elders who were very tired eating and drinking. He asked to the elders that how many of them had read a holy book that represented their religion. All said `yes´. But the elders went to mute when the old man asked whether they had read the whole book. He said half knowledge is dangerous that the one without knowledge. He said holy books are the manuals of life and people who haven´t read that completely are not capable of teaching anyone about life. " People who reads the manual of inventions forgot to read their own manual of life". I need to write that phrase once again :

" People who reads the manual of inventions forgets to read their own manual of life" : When he said that elders looked dump infront of us and for us it was a moment like GGGOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL !!!!! The old man advised to all of us saying that a reader becomes useful if he opts to read his own manual first, no matter how much ever he reads on others or about anything. Read your manual first and guide others , so that you can be a good guide and a people would be lucky to be guided by you. Holy books are our manual written in such a manner that people would understand easily, the rules and regulations written in them are for our benefits to live well. It says to pray several times during a day, what is that for ? Everyone was sitting quiet surprised on hearing him.. Prayer is a meditation that relieves your body, mind and soul. Holy books have no age limitations and it´s the best gift you can get someone. Why do people neglect reading it when they claim to be a good reader ? Many of the wonderful stories theme can be found in the holy book. Many of the proved and unproved scientific researches are written in them thousands of centuries ago. In short they are the best book / manual where you can get maximum knowledge." A person who read the holy book can survive the ups and downs in life because it´s all written in the manual" Saying this, he smiled looking at all of us and left the restaurant. Everyone sat silent looking each other in wonder and accepted the old man´s words with a smile. Definitely he must be an angel who came in and touched all of us. We couldn´t thank him that day since we sat surprised hearing him. I take this opportunity to thank him.. Thank you so much on remembering your words.

" A person who read the holy book can survive the ups and downs in life because it´s all written in the manual ..."