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Perhaps there is a pattern to our actions

RAISING

A GENIUS

It's certainly not easy

to raise a smart kid

especially if he is a

child prodigy - Vishal.

-Usha Sunder

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The April '14 issue of infinithoughts

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'The Power of Beliefs' was wonderful.

Everything about the way I look at life

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Vinod

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Each issue of infinithoughts is

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Thanks for your contribution in

inspiring the readers to change for the

better and for transforming lives.

The Destiny Designing on The Power

of Beliefs' turned out to be a

masterpiece as it revealed the truth

that our life is a mere reflection of our

beliefs. Further, 's finding

that we get created through our work

deserves appreciation. Babita

Chopra's article 'Look beyond looks'

emphasized the fact that beauty of the

mind (not physical beauty) is the real

beauty. Paraman Pachaimuthu rightly

observed in the that the

problems in our immune system will

get corrected if we take a good night's

sleep. It is true that the role models

are not from outside, they are living

with us and what's worrying is that

today's younger generation find little

time to lend their ears as they are

preoccupied with smart electronic

devices. Meanwhile, our relationship

touches the nadir, when we keep our

expectations growing and Saravanan's

simple solution that 'Let us drop

expectations' is a tonic to the troubled

mind. Arigato (Thanks a lot in

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Life is just a macrocosmic dream. Like the microcosmic dreams that you have in your sleep

out of your finite intelligence, life is a macrocosmic dream born out the Infinite Intelligence.

Surrender yourself to the flow of life and experience the experience of this experience.

This universe comprises of several

galaxies of which our galaxy 'Milky Way'

is just one of them. 'Milky Way' is just

one speck of dust in this universe. In this galaxy

there are several solar systems of which our

solar system is just one of them. Our solar

system is just one speck of dust in this galaxy.

Within this solar system, with the sun in the

centre, and several celestial bodies and planets

orbiting the sun, our planet earth is just a speck

of dust. In this planet earth, with three-fourth

water and billions of life forms, humanity, as a

whole, is just a spec of dust. And in this human

population of several billion people, you and I

are mere specks of dust. Just close your eyes for

a moment and visualise yourself in the midst of

this macrocosm. How complex does it appear?

Ego shattering, isn't it? Yet, this microcosm's

hunger to comprehend the macrocosm has been

insatiable. Every day this human intelligence

makes another discovery; every day a new

invention is born.

In everyday living, we find ourselves

surrounded by so many fields of sciences and so

many branches of knowledge. The deeper we

dig, the greater we find the scopes of

exploration. Life appears too mysterious. Can

man ever demystify life's mysteries? Can we

ever attain the state of 'all-knowing' about life?

Knowing falls under three categories: known,

unknown and unknowable. While 'known' is

what you already know, 'unknown' is what you

can come to know. However, the 'unknowable'

will always remain a mystery. Let us take apple

for an example: 'Known' is the knowledge that it

is an apple. 'Unknown' is that I do not know as

to how many seeds are there inside that apple.

However, by cutting the apple and counting the

number of seeds the unknown will become

known. Now, how many apples would come out

of each of those seeds will always remain

unknowable! That's the mystery of this

Universe.

No matter how much we already know, no

matter how much more we will come to know,

the unknowable mysteries of life will ever

remain life's secrets forever. That's why there is

an element of ignorance and innocence even in

the most enlightened souls!

But, how much should I know about electricity

and the functioning of electric bulb to bring

light into the room? How much do I need to

know about the mechanism of computer

hardware and the logic used in developing the

software for me to use the technology? How

much do you need to know about the process of

compilation, editing, designing, printing and

despatching that goes into infinithoughts, for

you to read and benefit from it? So how much

do you need to know about this complex

phenomenon called life for you to take charge of

it? It just calls for a specific understanding to a

specific design of life and your alignment to it

will enable you to design your destiny.

Birth was not your choice and death will not be

your choice but the way you live your life between

these two terminals, the one which has already

happened (birth) and the one which will happen

(death), is absolutely your choice. Life is nothing

more than a series of choices, resultant

consequences, and executing counter-choices to

those consequences Life is keeping the 'choice -

consequence - counter-choice' cycle on

Every moment of life offers innumerable

choices. With every choice executed, you invite

a consequence. While you have control over

your choices, you can only have expectations

over the consequences.

All consequences can be classified into four

possibilities:

1. I will get more than what I expect (>)

2. I will get what I expect (=)

3. I will get less than what I expect (

unfolds you will be prepared to face it. Playing

the four possibilities in your mind will also help

you to come out of your indecisiveness. Most

people keep postponing the most important

decisions of their lives due to the uncertainty of

consequences. Even in the most uncertain

circumstances, knowing that there are only four

possibilities creates a lot of certainty.

You have a choice over your choice, but you are

absolutely choiceless over the consequences.

Neither can you choose which of the four you

want nor there is a fifth possibility. Maturity is to

gracefully and choicelessly accept the

consequence and then go ahead executing the

next counter-choice.

While choices are born out of your intelligence,

the consequences are a feedback from Infinite

Intelligence. Your microcosmic intelligence

operates out of the data that is available at your

disposal. The macrocosmic intelligence operates

out of universal data. When the whole universe

operates zero-defect because of Infinite

Intelligence, the consequences you receive are as

they should be in the larger scheme of things. To

use your intelligence when it comes to executing

choices and to surrender the same intelligence to

the Infinite Intelligence in accepting the

consequences is intelligent living.

So what if you and I are mere specks of dust in

this Universe? There are still only four possible

consequences to every choice and to that

extent this design of life is very very simple.

Do we need to know more than this to take

charge of our life?

Destiny Designing

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

Life is but a dream.

Row, row, row your boat

Row your boat. Do not waste time rowing

others boat and do not expect others to row

your boat. To build your life you have to

execute your choices and you cannot expect

others to do it for you. Relentlessly choose

from the infinite options life offers you in every

moment. Rowing your boat is your

responsibility.

Gently down the stream

Do not go against the stream of life (against the

design of life). It is a worthless struggle.

Remember, just four possibilities. If you ask

for the fifth, you suffer. If you resist any of the

four, you suffer. Have the maturity to

choicelessly accept the consequences of life

and then go ahead and execute the next

counter-choice. To every intelligent choice of

yours, the consequences are feedback from the

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CHOICE CONSEQUENCE

I get more than

what I expected

I get what

I expected

(=)

(V

)

(

V

)

I get less than

what I expected

I get the opposite

of what I

expected

(X)

Infinite Intelligence. The cycle of 'choice - consequence - counter-choice' will enable you to

go with the flow of life.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Enjoy this flowing through life. So what if the water current is shifting the direction of the

boat? Accept the consequence and execute counter choices. Enjoy this mysterious 'choice -

consequence - counter-choice' cycle of life and sail through life merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream.

Life is just a macrocosmic dream. Like the microcosmic dreams that you have in your sleep

out of your finite intelligence, life is a macrocosmic dream born out the Infinite Intelligence.

Surrender yourself to the flow of life and experience the experience of this experience.

Life is, as simple or as complex, as you make it. Anytime again, you find yourself lost in life,

just whistle, Row row row your boat

While choices are born out of

your intelligence,

the consequences are a feedback from

Infinite Intelligence.

Your microcosmic intelligence

operates out of the data that is available at your disposal.

The macrocosmic intelligence

operates out of universal data.

When the whole universe operates zero-defect

because of Infinite Intelligence,

the consequences you receive are as they should be

in the larger scheme of things.

To use your intelligence when it comes to executing choices and

to surrender the same intelligence to the Infinite Intelligence

in accepting the consequences is

intelligent living.

Just walking in a straight line

seems like a simple and

natural thing to do, right?

A recent experiment challenged

a few people to walk straight

while blindfolded. Some walked

through forests and others

trekked through deserts. All

walkers wore GPS receivers so

that the researchers could

analyse their routes. In

repeated attempts, these

walkers circled in one direction

or the other. Results showed

that no matter how hard people

tried to walk in a straight line,

they often ended up going in

circles, without ever realising

that they were crossing their

own paths.

Previous studies have shown

that birds and a variety of other

animals move in tight circles

when orienting cues like the sun

are missing. So if you're lost in

the woods and you feel like

you're walking in circles, you

probably are!

Researchers suspect that the

reason could be that, little

mistakes in the brain add up

until the sense of what's straight

turns into something round.

They also said that if you do get

lost, it's important to know that

your body might end up doing

the opposite of what your brain

intends.

Researchers concluded that

without aid like maps, GPS

devices, compass, positioning of

the sun and the moon or other

environmental signals, people

are naturally wired to walk

around and around, rather than

in straight lines.

They say that there is a method

to madness. Similarly, there is a

recurring pattern in this chaotic

existential ride. It seems that

everything in life is a cycle, you

start and feel like you are

going places only to

eventually end up at the point

in which you started. We

gather experiences along the

way but follow a pattern

nevertheless.

If we observe ourselves we

would notice that we always

attract certain kind of people

into our lives, we encounter

similar situations at work,

there would always be a

specific pattern in most of our

relationships and we usually

have standard escape routes.

We are often so consumed by

our experiences that we

rarely recognise a pattern

while it's playing out.

If it's enjoyable, then continue

the ride. If you are losing

your orientation then take off

those blind folds, find your

sun and walk towards a new

merry-go-round.

The Merry-Go-RoundPerhaps there is a pattern

to our actions

Kiran Sampath

Wolfgang Amadeus

Mozart, the most

famous western

classical composer, was the

youngest of seven children. His

dad was an experienced music

teacher. When Mozart's sister,

Nannerl, was seven, she began

keyboard lessons with her

father while her three-year-old

brother, Mozart, simply looked

on. In a while he started playing

with it and the sound was

musical! In the fourth year of

his age, his father, for a game as

it were, began to teach him for a

few minutes. He could play it

faultlessly and with the greatest

delicacy, and was keeping

exactly in time. At the age of

five, he was already composing

little pieces, which he played to

his father, who wrote them

down.

Shakunthala Devi, the

mathematical genius, was taught

card tricks by her dad who was a

circus trapeze artiste and a

magician. He discovered his

daughter's ability to memorize

numbers while teaching her a

card trick, when she was about

three-year-old. Her father took

her on road shows and

displayed her ability at

calculation. She did this without

any formal education. By the

age of six she demonstrated her

calculation and memorization

abilities at the University of

Mysore.

Mozart exhibited exceptional

genius in music by the age of

five. Shakunthala Devi was able

to do tedious arithmetic

calculations in a jiffy by the age

of six. Pablo Picaso showed

exceptional talent in sketching

by the age of seven. All of them

exhibited advanced level of

proficiency in a particular

activity much beyond their age.

Such children are called

prodigies.

The word 'Prodigy' has its

roots in the Latin 'prodigium',

a creation that violates the

natural order. Prodigies are

able to function at an advanced

adult level in some domain

usually before the age 12.

Raising a Genius

It's certainly not easy

to raise a smart kid

especially if he is

a child prodigy.

Usha Sunder

Beethoven, Sachin Tendulkar, Tiger Woods

have all been child prodigies...

Early life of each of these prodigies endorses

the fact that a prodigy's development hinges on

parental collaboration. Raising a child prodigy

has unique challenges and requires

individually tailored time, attention and

thought, because these children have amazing

abilities in a specific field, far beyond their age.

Without that parental support, the child would

never gain access to an instrument or training

or the emotional nurturance that enables a

talented prodigy to achieve mature expression.

A child prodigy's capacity for intellectual or

artistic pursuits may seem to put him or her in

a position to enjoy early and lasting success

throughout life. But prodigies actually grow up

at risk of burning out in their quest for

achievement. While a six-year-old composing

symphonies or explaining quantum physics is a

delight to watch, when the same child gets into

bitter arguments over who got the biggest

piece of pizza, the parent may be tempted to

tell him to act his age, forgetting that he or she

is still a child. It is the parent's responsibility

to treat him or her as a normal child beyond

the specific special talent.

Parenting such a child is ultimately an

extraordinary journey of discovery, growth and

joy.

Vidya and Anand - Parents of the nine-year-old

Vishal, an exceptionally talented autistic savant

child, seem to have got their parenting aspect so

very right. Vishal, in spite of being mildly

autistic, has already published two books,

Meadows of Moods and Jumbo's Bag. He is

exceptionally talented in expressing his deep

thoughts by typing on a laptop, in the presence of

his mom, in an environment of complete trust.

His writings cover various topics which include

scientific musings on energy, the five elements,

physics of circular and vertical motions and

insightful poetry on nature, people and the world

as he sees them, sprinkled with gentle humour.

He has also composed simple songs in Tamil and

Sanskrit and set it to carnatic music ragas! Many

scientists from prestigious institutions (such as

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) are

studying this phenomenon called 'Vishal'.

Vidhya says, I believed that my child will be

exceptionally talented in some way although he is

mildly autistic and never thought that he is any

way less. In reality he has enhanced perception

beyond normalcy and pours his expression

through words and doodles. Usage of

technology has helped him tremendously, adds

his dad.

Not in a stifling way but in an empowering way,

parents of Vishal have unleashed the creative

potential in him.

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Here is a young lad who has not missed

school even a single day in his entire

school tenure. From Year 2000 to Year

2014 Fourteen years of his schooling, he has

attended school on every working day. Recently

his school honoured him for his consistency of

attending school without absenteeism.

spoke to this young achiever, .

Here are the excerpts:

What motivates you to rise everyday and go to

school all these fourteen years?

Given my economically poor family background,

my only saviour to make it big in life was to do well

in studies. Since I was awarded academic

proficiency every year, my school management

waived off 75% of the fees all my schooling years;

but even that remaining 25% of fees we could not

pay for two years and help came from my class

teacher who paid it for me. Having received such

Usha Sunder Arun

Want to be successful in Singing? Sing every day!

Want to be a marathon Runner? Run every day!

Want to be a successful Writer? Write every day!

Want to be a Numero Uno in Dance? Dance everyday!

Want to be a School Topper?

Attend school every day!

generosity and having seen hardships that my

parents have gone through, I cannot fail on any

account.

The only thing I had control over is to be regular to

the school. Even when I was very sick, which I was

a couple of times, I went to school. Thanks to my

school environment and all my teachers who

created it, I found school interesting and

rewarding too!

Your most memorable moment in school...

To experience the tears of joy rolling down my

mom's cheeks when I received a golden watch

from my School Principal for having stood first in

school in the tenth standard.

What practices made you the School Topper?

I guess I listened to my teachers during class hours

and that helped me a lot in understanding the

subjects. At home, even when I was in primary

classes, my mom used to insist on writing and

practicing. I still continue it and that really helps

in remembering.

Your future ambition...

Inspired by my family doctor, I want to become a

doctor in life and serve people. I am awaiting my

twelfth standard results now and will pursue my

dream career.

We wish ARUN all the very best in all his future

endeavours.

Consistency Pays

Research indicates that students who

miss more than 10 percent of school

are at risk of academic failure.

There were times when in

our growing years, we

were taught that the

first thing to do in the morning

on waking up and the last thing

before going to bed was to join

our hands and pray to God. To

thank him for everything that he

has bestowed upon us, to ask for

forgiveness for any wrong that's

happened through us and to

pray for strength to live a right

life.

There were times when trips

were a very big affair.

Preparations would begin weeks

earlier and the joy and

enthusiasm of going out with

friends and family would fill the

air. The moments of

togetherness and love, fun,

laughter, stress-free

environment, everything was

welcome with open arms. And

one of the best ways to capture

these moments and store them

as memories was photographs.

Even years later; you could sit

with the same people, look at

the pictures, recall the lovely

moments, have a hearty laugh

and relive the joy and

togetherness.

There was a time when children

made cards and bought gifts for

their parents on birthdays and

threw surprise parties for them

on their anniversaries, just to

express their love and gratitude

for their mom and dad. There

were times when social work

was done for really helping and

uplifting people, when the sheer

joy of giving preceded all other

emotions. And there was a time

when there was something

called 'a private life'. I wonder if

these concepts still exist for

most of us.

Yes, gifts are still bought; trips

are still celebrated but

somewhere the emotion behind

these has unknowingly been or

is being contaminated. Now,

rather than enjoying the natural

beauty at holidays - maybe in

the mountains, snow-clad peaks,

the seas, the ocean - it has

become more important to show

the world what we experienced.

The main reason behind clicking

a picture now is to post them on

our status online and update the

world. Whether we have seen

the rose carefully or not,

whether we have marvelled at

its fragrance and colour or not,

the world has to see what our

eyes have noticed!

The Facebook God

Certain things

can be a boon

or a curse.

Sanna Gosavi

It looks like there is a restless

need to update the world about

anything and everything.

Expressing love, going out of the

way for our friends, or having

quality time with family is no

more a personal thing. The

experience is no more left by

itself and allowed to be pure; it

has to be shown to the world.

Not only it has to be shown to

the world, the world is expected

to respond, the response has to

be positive and that's

mandatory. If not, there is a new

reason to get upset, angry,

irritated and depressed. Years

of friendship can just be broken

because somebody does not

respond to our status, just that

much, nothing else is required.

There is this irresistible need to

show the world how great we

are doing in life. So the world

should know if we have entered

an international airport, the

world should know if we are

dining at a five star hotel, the

world has to know that we are

shopping at the most expensive

mall in the city. I wonder if very

soon people will be 'checking in'

on social networks even if they

enter their houses or maybe

bathrooms!

Arguments between husband and

wife are no more restricted to

their room; they have to be brought

in public. It sometimes makes

relationships look rather cheap.

It's no more enough if we are

involved in social work and are

helping the world to become a

better place, the entire feeling

now is unless the world knows

about it, it's not enough. The

world has to know how good,

kind and holy we are. Without

our knowledge we are constantly

getting entangled in the need to

prove a point.

With the increasing number of

mobile apps, and social

networking avenues and with the

increasing addiction to these, do

we still live just for the joy of

living? Or, has it been preceded

by the need of showing? It's

almost a crime today if you are

not a part of the 'WhatsApp

mania'.

Social networking is a big boon

to today's world across all

industries. It has suddenly

opened doors and opportunities

that never existed before. It has

made the highly impossible

things very much possible. But

the need to show, preceding our

basic joy of living is something

we need to check.

We often come across people

who are tensed, and thinking

hard because they can't

understand what should be

their status update today. What

do we call this madness? We

need to check and understand if

we have become slaves and

addicts to these newly emerged

needs and are losing the purity

of experiences of life. What is

life without the joy of living?

We need to stop and check

before the next generation starts

believing that there is a new God

in this world, the one that we

approach as soon as we wake up

and the one whom we update

just before going to bed... maybe

it's called 'The Facebook God'.

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From the Source

The

Depth of your Character

is revealed in the way you respond

to situations you dislike.

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