Thursday 1 May 2014

[www.keralites.net] Story of Socrates - Triple Filter

 

 

 

 
In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"

 
"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."

 
"Triple filter?"

 
"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. That's why I call it the triple filter test.
The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

 
"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and."

 
"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"

 
"No, on the contrary..."

 
"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left: the filter of usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"

 
"No not really …"

 
"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"

 
This is why Socrates was a great philosopher held in such high esteem

 

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[www.keralites.net] The Ripple Effect and Our Lives

 



When you throw a stone into a pond, you'll see a splash and hear a specific sound generated by the touch of stone with the water. You will notice circles rippling out from the point where stone hit the water. The stone touched the water only once however the number of waves was more than that. Did you also noticed that you did one simple act of throwing a stone but it resulted in several waves generation in all directions traveling to a large distance? This is what we call Ripple Effect.
If you closely observe your day to day life, you will notice that most of your acts are generating ripples in the society since a lot of people are getting affected either positively or negatively. If you are doing a positive act, the ripple effect is going to be positive. For example, if you help your friend or colleague, there is a most likely chance that he will help you and others when he finds you or others in any crisis. Hence I believe that positive acts result in positive ripples and negative effects generate negative ripples. Since this article is going to be read by all kind of intellectuals so I will summarize some basic example of positive and negative ripples. Article written by Junaid Tahir (mjunaidtahir at gmail dotcom)
1-    When you share some inspiring article/video/story with your friends through email, Facebook, Google Plus, blog, website or any other online media, it will have a positive impact on hundreds of lives; Just to elaborate, if you have sent this article by email to 100 friends and only 20 of those share the same information with their colleagues/friends then this article will reach and inspire another 20*100 = 2000 people. This won't stop here since these 2000 people are going to share that with another thousands of people so the article consequently touches millions!

2-   When you work on some humanity service project (for example, giving some money for charity on monthly basis, opening an orphan house, installing water tanks in areas where water is not available to drink, visiting hospitals to help poor people etc) you are generating an unstoppable ripple effect. Hundreds of people will get inspired by you and start doing the same (more or less) acts. 

 
3-   When you want to show your driving 'skills' and 'thrills' by wreckless or speedy driving while your friends or family members are with you, you are encouraging them to do the same when they are given a chance. These friends will probably do the same and encourage more people for this bad act. Down the road in 6 month you might become the root cause of rash driving for 100+ people or more!
 

 

 
Conclusion: Positive Acts of kindness can bring magical results on earth. Everyone need to understand the concept that all of his/her acts are generating ripples in the society which are either improving or polluting the society.
Do you audit yourself on how much pollution or prosperity you are contributing to the society?

This paragraph is for the faiths who believe in life audit after death: If we closely think, the positive ripples can become a source of Sadqa Jaria which is extremely required after your death. If you have done something similar to Point-1 and Point-2, these deeds will keep sending you the Hasanat (currency of Aakhirah) in your after-death-bank-account. Always remember that dollars, pounds or euros wont help you on the day of Judgment, the thing which will help you is your acts of kindness and their usage by the society. If you inspire and convince more and more people for any good deed (by your words or by doing the task actually) you are basically ensuring your share in the Hasanat which they is going to do (while their share will not be impacted). 

 

 

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[www.keralites.net] Elderly Banking... PRICELESS!!

 

Elderly Banking... PRICELESS!!


Shown below, is an actual letter that was sent to a bank by an 86 year old woman.


The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times.

Must have been Bank of America.
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Dear Sir:
 
 
I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavored to pay my plumber last month.
 
 
By my calculations, three nanoseconds must have 
elapsed between his presenting the check and the 
arrival in my account of the funds needed to honor it..
 
 
I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of 
my entire pension, an arrangement which, I admit, 
has been in place for only eight years.
 
 
You are to be commended for seizing that brief 
window of opportunity, and also for debiting my 
account $30 by way of penalty for the inconvenience caused to your bank.
 
 
My thankfulness springs from the manner in which 
this incident has caused me to rethink my errant 
financial ways. I noticed that whereas I personally 
answer your telephone calls and letters, --- 
 
when I try to contact you, I am confronted by the impersonal, overcharging, pre-recorded, 
faceless entity which your bank has become.
 
 
From now on, I, like you, choose only to deal with 
a flesh-and-blood person.
 
 
My mortgage and loan repayments will therefore and hereafter no longer be automatic, but will arrive at 
 your bank, by check, addressed personally and confidentially to an employee at your bank 
whom you must nominate.
 
 
Be aware that it is an OFFENSE under the Postal Act 
for any other person to open such an envelope.
 
 
Please find attached an Application Contact which I require your chosen employee to complete.
 
 
I am sorry it runs to eight pages, but in order that 
I know as much about him or her as your bank 
knows about me, there is no alternative.
 
 
Please note that all copies of his or her medical 
history must be countersigned by a Notary Public, 
and the mandatory details of his/her financial situation (income, debts, assets and liabilities) must be accompanied by documented proof.
 
 
In due course, at MY convenience, I will issue your employee with a PIN number which he/she must 
quote in dealings with me.
 
 
I regret that it cannot be shorter than 28 digits but, 
again, I have modeled it on the number of button 
presses required of me to access my account 
balance on your phone bank service.
 
 
As they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
 
 
Let me level the playing field even further.
 
 
When you call me, press buttons as follows:
 
 
IMMEDIATELY AFTER DIALING, 
PRESS THE STAR (*) BUTTON FOR ENGLISH
 
 
#1. To make an appointment to see me
 
 
#2. To query a missing payment.
 
 
#3. To transfer the call to my living room in case I am there.
 
 
#4. To transfer the call to my bedroom in case I am    sleeping.
 
 
#5. To transfer the call to my toilet in case I am 
attending to nature.
 
 
#6. To transfer the call to my mobile phone if I am 
not at home.
 
 
#7. To leave a message on my computer, 
a password to access my computer is required.
 
 
Password will be communicated to you at a later 
date to that Authorized Contact mentioned earlier.
 
 
#8. To return to the main menu and to listen to 
options 1 through 7 again
 
 
#9. To make a general complaint or inquiry.
 
 
The contact will then be put on hold, pending 
the attention of my automated answering service.
 
 
#10. This is a second reminder to press* for English.
 
 
While this may, on occasion, involve a lengthy wait, uplifting music will play for the duration of the call.
 
 
Regrettably, but again following your example, 
I must also levy an establishment fee to cover 
the setting up of this new arrangement.
 
 
May I wish you a happy, if ever so slightly less 
prosperous New Year?
 
 
Your Humble Client

 
 
And remember:
Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place, 
 so it doesn't take much to piss us off.

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[www.keralites.net] Four Thousand Years in One Composite Map!

 

 
Four Thousand Years in One Composite Map!
 

 

 
The histomap is a brilliant map that takes you through 4000 years of history, starting at 2000 B.C., and tracking the greatest cvilizations as they morph and change through the years, including all the notable historical events that took place along the way. This is an incredible map and a great way to learn about the big events in the history of our world in one fell swoop!
CLICK HERE or on the map itself to see it in FULL SIZE!
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