"Evano oruvan"...S O M E O N E ...
Make your life into a giving. When I say a giving, it is not to be
understood as an act. Giving as an act is a deception because, after
all, what can you give? Everything that we have, including this body, we have taken from this planet.
What we can give is only a paltry part of what we have taken. Giving as
an act could be very deceptive and could turn ugly, but if your way of
being is giving and your actions are only a manifestation of that, when you open your heart to give, grace invariably seeps in. That is inevitable.
It has been my fortune and privilege that at a very early age, I became
witness to a certain state of giving -- my great grandmother who lived
to be 113 years of age. In the morning, if she was given breakfast, she
would always go about giving away at least two-thirds of it to the
ants, birds and squirrels, particularly to the ants.
People would say, ‘She is throwing all her food around, this old woman
will die without eating,' but they all died while she lived. There were
many days where I saw her with a little bit of breakfast that was left
on her plate. She would simply sit there, watching the ants eat. Tears
would be streaking down her cheeks and when somebody asked, ‘Won't you
eat?’ she would say, ‘I'm full. I'm already full.’ It was many years
later that I realized her way of transacting with the world. If the ants
ate, she was being nourished. A logical mind would never understand
this, but it was this nourishment which gave her an extraordinary
longevity.
Each of us can also make every act and every breath
into a process of giving – seeing how we can contribute to everything
around us, no matter what we are doing. In just 24 hours, we will be so
rich that the experience of life, the beauty of life, will set a glow
on our face because that is the only way life functions. The whole
process of life is a giving. It is a transaction. In every giving there
is a taking. We are taking more than we are giving, but in your mind,
just ignore the taking. You just keep giving because you do not have to
take; it will be pushed into you.
There was a man who cleared one
hundred acres of forest and made it into farmland. His two sons helped
him and they became prosperous. When the man was dying, he called his
two sons and told them that the land should never be divided, but the
produce should be taken equally, fifty percent, by each son.
Accordingly,
they went by their father’s word. One of the brothers got married and
had five children. The other one never got married. Life went on and
they each took fifty percent. One day, a thought entered the mind of the
brother who had a wife and five children: "I'm getting fifty percent;
my brother is also getting fifty percent. But I have a wife and five
children while my brother has nobody. When he gets old, who will take
care of him? He should have a little more than me because I have the
wealth of my children. But he is too proud; he will not take it from
me." So in the dark of the night, he carried a bagful of grain quietly
and walked into his brother’s store, dropped this bag and walked back.
Whenever he could, he went on doing this.
The same thought also
entered his brother's mind. He thought, "I am alone, my brother has five
children to feed and I am getting fifty percent, but if I give him
extra, he will not take it." So he started doing the same thing at
night. This went on for many years and both of them never noticed. One
night, both of the brothers carrying sacks of grains in secrecy walked
towards each other's storehouse and came face to face. Suddenly, they
realized what was happening.
--Jaggi Vasudeva.
A VERY INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO WINNING BEST SHORT FILM AWARD IN IIT
&NIT & SCREENED IN GOA FILM FESTIVAL ------THEME OF THIS
MOVIE-----------
How many of us feel subjugated , disheartened and
helpless at the inequality in society today , and seek the desire to
vindicate ourselves ? We might witness everyday events that are shocking
demonstrations of apathy and feel the need to step up and make a
difference ; but how many of us actually follow through ?It is this
feeling of resentment that has brought a film deploring the state of
humanity today , and how anybody can make a change in someone else's
life if they just try .Our movie is called EVANO ORUVAN . The title
speaks for itself . It's the story of thecommon man - he could be the
guy sweeping your house, the kid wiping the table in a hotel,or the boy
selling stickers at a traffic signal. Since we're all in college , we
know how important the value of an education is ; it is precisely this
sentiment we've stressed upon. Our film dwells on how a single act of
clemency can change a person's future entirely , and inspires him\her
totake heart from this and act as a stepping stone for someone.
Crew :DIRECTOR..................: N.DINESH BABU
CO- DIRECTOR..........: ASHOK MANOHAR
CINEMATOGRAPHY: I.MARIA PRADEEP , MANOJ NAMODURAI
STARRING..................: SIKENDAR , IBRAHIM
AUDIOGRAPHY.........: K . GOWTHAM
DIALOGUES................: P.DHEEBAN
EDITING......................: MANOJ NAMODURAI
(Source : ilango sir's old post)
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