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noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:35:00 +0000

TWO WOLVES

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.
He said, "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.

"One is Evil - It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

"The other is Good - It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

DO YOU KNOW

noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0000

Do You Know ?

Letters 'a', 'b', 'c' & 'd' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 99
(Letter 'd' comes for the first time in Hundred)

Letters 'a', 'b' & 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999
(Letter 'a' comes for the first time in thousand)

Letters 'b' & 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999,999,999
(Letter 'b' comes for the first time in Billion)

And

Letter 'c' does not appear anywhere in the spellings of entire English Counting.

this proves that. man learnt to count , before english language was evolved.

Love to Live

noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:47:00 +0000

PEACE BE YOURS

noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:04:00 +0000

Once Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his
followers. This was in the initial days. While they were traveling, they
happened to pass a lake. They stopped there and Buddha told one of his
disciples, “I am thirsty. Do get me some water from that lake there.”

The disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed that
right at that moment, a bullock cart started crossing through the lake. As
a result, the water became very muddy, very turbid. The disciple thought,
“How can I give this muddy water to Buddha to drink!” So he came back and
told Buddha, “The water in there is very muddy. I don’t think it is fit to
drink.” After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple to
go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. The disciple
obediently went back to the lake. This time he found that the lake had
absolutely clear water in it. The mud had settled down and the water above
it looked fit to be had. So he collected some water in a pot and brought
it to Buddha. Buddha looked at the water, and then he looked up at the
disciple and said,

“See what you did to make the water clean. You let it be….. and the mud
settled down on its own – and you got clear water..

Your mind is also like that! When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it
a little time. It will settle down on its own. You don’t have to put in
any effort to calm it down. It will happen. It is effortless.”

What did Buddha emphasize here? He said, “It is effortless.” Having ‘Peace
of Mind’ is not a strenuous job; it is an effortless process!

Also remember that you could be in very peaceful surroundings, where
everything is wonderfully beautiful, but if you’re inside is disturbed,
then that beauty is of no use to you. It does not mean anything to you.
For you to be peaceful, peace has to be generated from deep within you -
from your being to the mind, and from the mind to the environment.

When there is peace inside you, that peace permeates to the outside. It
spreads around you and in the environment, such that people around start
feeling that peace and grace ....!

LOVE IS A RELIGION

noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:46:00 +0000

A Nice Article about
Love by Swami Vivekananda
I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when we were
sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand
with some water and held it before me, and said this: "You see this water
carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love.
"This was how I saw it: As long as you keep your hand caringly open and
allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt
to close your fingers round it and try to posses it, it will spill through
the first cracks it finds.

This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love ... they
try to posses it, they demand, they expect ... and just like the water
spilling out of your hand, love will retrieve from you. For love is meant
to be free, you cannot change its nature.
If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings.

Give and don't expect.
Advise, but don't order.
Ask, but never demand.

It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to
truly
practice.

It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely
feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional
caring."

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE No.108

noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:37:00 +0000

What is the significance of Number 108 in Hindu Ph

As per Indian mythology, Indian culture has a very special significance of
number 108. What is this number represent, and why is it so important?

1) In one minute, we breathe in approximately 15 times, in 1 hour 900
times,
and in 12 hours 10800 times, and in a day 10800 * 2 times. A day consists
of 24 hours, and if we set aside half the day for our day to day routines,
then one can spend 12 hours for recitation of one's idol. Therefore, the
maximmum number of times that one can recite "mantra", or perform "Jap"
are
10800. If one wants to obtain 100% benefit of its jap, then performing
jap 108 times will give you the benefit of 100%. That's why in a "Mala",
there are 108 beads. It is written in Vedas, that 1 Jap corresponds to
1 mala (which has 108 beads), therefore performing jap of 108 malas will
result in 100% benefit.

2) Astronomically, there are 27 constillations in our galaxy, and each one
them
has 4 directions, and 27 * 4 = 108, In other words the number 108 covers
the whole galaxy.

3) According to Indian scriptures, letter 9 corresponds to Lord Brahma
(the
creator of universe). Mathematically, the interesting property of 9 is
9x1 = 9
9 x 2 = 18 (8+1 = 9)
9=2 0* 3 = 27 (7+2 = 9)

9 * 12 = 108 (1+0+8 = 9)

Harshad number: 108 is a Harshad number, which is an integer divisible by
the sum of its digits (Harshad is from Sanskrit, and means "great joy")

Desires: There are said to be 108 earthly desires in mortals.

Lies: There are said to be 108 lies that humans tell.

Delusions: There are said to be 108 human delusions or forms of ignorance.

Heart Chakra: The chakras are the intersections of energy lines, and there
are said to be a total of 108 energy lines converging to form the heart
chakra. One of them, sushumna leads to the crown chakra, and is said to be
the path to Self-realization.

Sanskrit alphabet: There are 54 letters in the Sanskrit alphabet. Each has
masculine and feminine, shiva and shakti. 54 times 2 is 108.

Pranayama: If one is able to be so calm in meditation as to have only 108
breaths in a day, enlightenment will come.

Upanishads: Some say there are 108 Upanishads, texts of the wisdom of the
ancient sages.

Sri Yantra: On the Sri Yantra there are marmas where three lines
intersect, and there are 54 such intersections. Each intersections has
masculine and feminine, shiva and shakti qualities. 54 times 2 equals 108.
Thus, there are 108 points that define the Sri Yantra as well as the human
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0APentagon: The angle formed by two adjacent lines in a pentagon equals
108 degrees.

Marmas: Marmas or marmasthanas are like energy intersections called
chakras, except have fewer energy lines converging to form them. There are
said to be 108 marmas in the subtle body.

Time: Some say there are 108 feelings, with 36 related to the past, 36
related to the present, and 36 related to the future.

8 extra beads: In doing a practice of counting the number of repetitions
of the mala, 100 are counted as completed. The remaining are said to cover
errors or omissions. The 8 are also said to be an offering to God and
Guru.

Chemistry: Interestingly, there are about 115 elements known on the
periodic table of the elements. Most of those, around or higher than the
number 100 only exist in the laboratory, and some for only thousandths of
a second. The number that naturally exist on Earth is around 100.

Astrology: There are 12 constellations, and 9 arc segments called namshas
or chandrakalas. 9 times 12 equals 108. Chandra is moon, and kalas are the
divisions within a whole.

River Ganga: The sacred River Ganga spans a longitude of 12 degrees (79 to
91), and a latitude of 9 degrees (22 to 31). 12 times 9 equals 108.

Planets and Houses: In astrology, there are 12 houses and 9 planets. 12
times 9 equals 108.

Goddess names: There are said to be 108 Indian goddess names.

Gopis of Krishna: In the Krishna tradition, there were said to be 108
gopis or maid servants of Krishna.

1, 0, and 8: Some say that 1 stands for God or higher Truth, 0 stands for
emptiness or completeness in spiritual practice, and 8 stands for infinity
or eternity.

Sun and Earth: The diameter of the Sun is 108 times the diameter of the
Earth. The distance from the Sun to the Earth is 108 times the diameter of
the Sun.

Moon and Earth: The average distance of the Moon from the Earth is 108
times the diameter of the Moon.

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Silver and the moon: In astrology, the metal silver is said to represent
the moon. The atomic weight of silver is ?108.

Numerical scale: The 1 of 108, and the 8 of 108, when added together
equals 9, which is the number of the numerical scale, i.e. 1, 2, 3 ... 10,
etc., where 0 is not a number.

Meditations: Some say there are 108 styles of meditation.

Breath: Tantra estimates the average number of breaths per day at 21,600,
of which 10,800 are solar energy, and 10,800 are lunar energy. Multiplying
108 by 100 is 10,800. Multiplying 2 x 10,800 equals 21,600.

Paths to God: Some suggest that there are 108 paths to God.

Smaller divisions: The number 108 is divided, such as in half, third,
quarter, or twelfth, so that some malas have 54, 36, 27, or 9 beads.

Hinduism: 108 is said to refer to the number of Hindu deities. Some say
that each of the deities has 108 names.

Islam: The number 108 is used in Islam to refer to God.

Jain: In the Jain religion, 108 are the combined virtues of five
categories of holy ones, including 12, 8, 36, 25, and 27 virtues
respectively.

Sikh: The Sikh tradition has a mala of 108 knots tied in a string of wool,
rather than beads.

Buddhism: Some Buddhists carve 108 small Buddhas on a walnut for good
luck. Some ring a bell 108 times to celebrate a new year. There are said
to be 108 virtues to cultivate and 108 defilements to avoid.

Chinese: The Chinese Buddhists and Taoists use a 108 bead mala, which is
called su-chu, and has three dividing beads, so the mala is divided into
three parts of 36 each. Chinese astrology says that there are 108 sacred
stars.

Stages of the soul: Said that Atman, the human soul or center goes through
108 stages on the journey.

Meru: This is a larger bead, not part of the 108. It is not tied in the
sequence of the other beads. It is the quiding bead, the one that marks
the beginning and end of the mala.

Dance: There are 108 forms of dance in the Indian traditions.

Praiseworthy souls: There are 108 qualities of praiseworthy soul
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Praiseworthy souls: There are 108 qualities of praiseworthy souls.

First man in space: The first manned space fli ght lasted 108 minutes, and
was on April 12, 1961 by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut

4) In Hindu religion, number 9 is very important. Keeping the importance
of
number 9, Rishi Vyas has created 9 Purans, 108 MahaPuran (Upnishads).
Mahabharat has 18 chapters, Geeta has 18 chapters, Bhagavat has 108000
Shloks (verses).

The addition of digits of number 108 is 9, and number 9 is related with
Brahma, that's why 108 is very important, and came into lot of Indian
scriptures.

5) Indian Vedas, treats the Sun as God, and Sun has 12 signs (Zodiac
signs).
In Yajurved, Sun is related with Lord Brahma (the number 9), remember -
12 * 9 = 108; therefore for Gods Prayer, the number 108 is very sacred.

6) According to Indian mythology, there are 4 Yugs
Satyug - consists of 172,800 years (1+7+2+8 = 18 == (1+8 = 9)
TretaYug consists of 1296000 years (1+2+9+6 = 18 = (1+8 = 9)
DwaparYug consists of 864000 years (8+4+6) = 18 = (1+8 = 9)
Kaliyug consists of 432000 years (4+3+2) = 9

Sri Yantra: On the Sri Yantra there are marmas where three lines
intersect, and there are 54 Pentagon: The angle formed by two adjacent
lines in a pentagon equals 108 degrees.

Marmas: Marmas or marmasthanas are like energy intersections called
chakras, except have fewer energy lines converging to form them. There are
said to be 108 marmas in the subtle bo dy.

Time: Some say there are 108 feelings, with 36 related to the past, 36
related to the present, and 36 related to the future.

8 extra beads: In doing a practice of counting the number of repetitions
of the mala, 100 are counted as completed. The remaining are said to cover
errors or omissions. The 8 are also said to be an offering to God and
Guru.

Chemistry: Interestingly, there are about 115 elements known on the
periodic table of the elements. Most of those, around or higher than the
number 100 only exist in the laboratory, and some for only thousandths of
a second. The number that naturally exist on Earth is around 100.

Astrology: There are 12 constellations, and 9 arc segments called namshas
or chandrakalas. 9 times 12 equals 108. Chandra is moon, and kalas are the
divisions within a whole.

River Ganga: The sacred River Ganga spans a longitude of 12 degrees (79 to
91), and a latitude of 9 degrees (22 to 31). 12 times 9 equals 108.

Planets and Houses: In astrology, there are 12 houses and 9 planets. 12
times 9 equals 108.

Goddess names: There are said to be 108 Indian goddess names.

Gopis of Krishna: In the Krishna tradition, there were said to be 108
gopis or maid servants of Krishna.

1, 0, and 8: Some say that 1 stands for God or higher Truth, 0 stands for
emptiness or completeness in spiritual practice, and 8 stands for infinity
or eternity.

Sun and Earth: The diameter of the Sun is 108 times the diameter of the
Earth. The distance from the Sun to the Earth is 108 times the diameter of
the Sun.

Moon and Earth: The average distance of the Moon from the Earth is 108
times the diameter of the Moon.

THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK

noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:18:00 +0000

The train has started moving. It is packed with people of all ages, young and old.

Near the window, seated a old man with his 30 year old son.
As the train moves by, the son is overwhelmed with joy as he was thrilled with the scenery outside..
" See dad, the scenery of green trees moving away is very beautiful"

This behavior from a thirty year old son made the other people feel strange about him. Everyone started murmuring something or other about this son."This guy seems to be a crack.." newly married Anup whispered to his wife.

Suddenly it started raining... Rain drops fell on the travelers through the opened window.

The Thirty year old son, filled with joy " see dad, how beautiful the rain is .."

Anup's wife got irritated with the rain drops spoiling her new suit.
Anup ," can’t you see its raining, you old man, if ur son is not feeling well get him soon to a mental asylum..and don’t disturb public henceforth"

The old man hesitated first and then in a low tone replied " we are on the way back from hospital, my son got discharged today morning , he was a blind by birth, last week only he got his vision, these rain and nature are new to his eyes.. Please forgive us for the inconvenience caused..."

The things we see may be right from our perspective until we know the truth.. But when we know the truth our reaction to that will hurt even us. So try to understand the problem better before talking on anything.

You are the master of unspoken words.

MIND AND TONGUE

noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:12:00 +0000

I actually feel that there are two things that a human strives hard to control.The first is Mind and then the Tongue.

The mind will never listen to what we say and how much ever one tries to control it ,back it goes like a spring.

The most difficult thing for a man is to control his mind.

But this mind has a unique character.What it needs to retain it forgets and what it needs to forget it remembers clearly

Okay now for the tongue.

The tongue cannot control words as well as cannot control taste.

The best thing is most of our problem is only with this tongue and mind.

When the mind is not clear the tongue uses its power and pour words like the Niagara falls.

When the tongue does not satisfy the taste buds the mind comes to the support of spoiling the mood.

Therefore most part of the day we are struck by these two great forces within us and strive for happiness from the outer world.

I therefore feel if these two forces are to be kept in harmony we can become more harmonius than ever.

One should have control over the mind and tongue ,to make a lively living.

How To Fill Your Empty Glass

noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:32:00 +0000

A city boy, Raj, moved to the village and bought a donkey from an old farmer
for Rs.1000. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day.

The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry Raj, My donkey died when i was bringing it here.
Raj replied: "Well then, just give me my money back." The farmer said:
"Can't do that. I went and spent it already."

Raj said: "OK then, just unload the donkey."

The farmer asked: "What you are going to do with him?"

Raj: "I'm going to raffle him off."

Farmer: "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"

Raj: "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead."

A month later the farmer met up with Raj and asked, "What happened with that
dead donkey?"

Raj: "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at Rs. 10 each and made a profit
of Rs 4990 with the donkey worth Rs. 1000 as the prize.

Farmer: "Didn't anyone complain?"

Raj: "Just the guy who won. So I gave him back his Rs.10

No situation is so bad that it cannot be turned around.
See the glass half full rather than seeing it half empty.

Just sharing

noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Tue, 26 May 2009 02:55:00 +0000

Just light reading for now
The first thing I would say is before setting up ones mind we need to know what we really want or set a clear goal.
one must be ready for hard work as well to achieve it.

I just have a few words to write on hard work and utilising the opportunities that come our way.

There were 2 stones ready for the sculptor to make it an idol.The sculptor asked both the stones whether they were ready for being made in to an idol.

The sculptor said," I will hit you ,pierce you, polish you and you may be put to various hardship.only with your permission that I can start my work."

Out of the 2 stones one stone agreed to it and the other refused.

so the sculptor started his work and the stone became a beutiful idol .The other stone which refused was seeing with jealousy that the stone was taking a beautiful shape.

The day of kumbabhishekam the idol was given such a royal treatment that all the hardship waded and the stone became a god.The people wanted to break the coconut and saw the other stone and made it coconut breaking stone.

This is life if we are not ready for hardships

power of mind -4

noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:37:00 +0000

Yes I am back with full determination that I will start sharing the little knowledge I have gained .Look the mind is powerful.The difficult task in this world is tuning the mind.
Once tuned it is very easy to to succeed in our endeavour .
It has taken more than a year to set up my mind to come back here.Now see the speed to be amazed.
What is conceived in mind becomes a reality.
This is the truth one should take to the mind and make it accept to go into action.
So the first thing that we need to do is to power the mind and make it visualise the action to be taken.
Let us see what I do as now i believe I have the tuned my mind.

Read Power of mind 3

Power of mind-3

noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 06:28:00 +0000

I think you must be surprised that I am back in a day. true.But how?When it took days to continue my postings I started going back to find out the reason.When I found there were no reason I was taken back.I was just whiling my time doing nothing.How many days I have wasted.The time given to us to prove in this world is a small but lovely period between birth and death.We do not know the time in hand and every minute we must put use potentially.I realised it atleast now and thought I will start working.
I now had to start slowly to get in to the race but without missing the bus.So I made up my mind that i will post atleast three in a week.Then slowly increase.With that determination I started writing today but with a great difficulty my mind permitted me.
One has to be assertive and plan one thing at a time to complete.If we have many things at one time we feel heavy,so the first thing one can do is to put things in order of preference.This way it is methodological.But sometimes if the things to do are difficult and will take much time we can start with less difficult and proceed towards the most difficult.This way when the easy job is done our morale gets a boost and the mind encourages us to complete the rest.This way we can complete all the things that we wanted to do in a much shorter period than it would have normally taken.
What we have to do is to motivate the mind to do things in a better speed by preparing a methodological chart for what we need to do and work accordingly.This way we can see the miracles of the mind.Shall come back soon with a different text on the power of mind.

Read Power of mind 2

Power of mind-2

noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:42:00 +0000

It took me these days to come back here.The mind is too powerful to dominate us.I could have written earlier but my mind would not allow to do so.In order to come of the mind domination I had to fight back.I think now you would understand that the mind is powerful.Please do not think that I am voting to prove the power of mind here.Let me come to the point.
I was wondering why my mind did not allow me to write.Then I sat to analyse.I found the other not so important matters had taken me and made me stand still.Better later than never I realised that it was time for me to overcome and thus realised the neccessity of coming out.With that analysis I am here.But how did I overcome.?
I have learnt a very good no. of books on self help.Those book are really informative and analytical When you read them it looks very easy and we feel we can overcome anything with a click of mind.It is true but not easy.Practicing to tame the mind is the difficult thing in this world.Then why to read those books?They are treasure of knowledge and will come to handy only when we decide to think of it.To decide we need the power of mind.I think it is a job to be done not by force or compulsion but only realisation.
The mind you know is like a child.The child loves to play and be naughty but when we ask them to obey they will not.The same way the mind loves fun,happiness,leisure and so on but not to work.This makes us take the personality of the mind.Once the mind decides to do a thing then it makes miracles.Mind is like a ball of clay when the clay is fresh it takes the shape that we command and when old and dry it is not possible and you see it takes its own shape.So from the tender age we should start training the mind to accomplish success.But that does not mean we need not try overpower our mind. The old or dry clay when added with water little by little can be made new.But it has to be done with care.The same way the mind also can be trained little by little but it takes its own time.May be this is the reason the mind was compared to clay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Shall meet you in the next post just to start the magic of training the mind.

Read Power of mind-part 1

Womens' Day

noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:42:00 +0000

Womens' day. A day to rejoice. Not a day that is just celebrated. A day to remind that we need to aspire. A day to audit our past performance. A day to make an affirmation. In short, a new year for women. So let us make a resolution and celebrate this day feeling that women have achieved in the past and have more to achieve in the future. Let us aim to be part of achievers. In whatever field it may be. We can do it. HAPPY WOMENS'NEW YEAR DAY.

Power of mind - 1

noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:29:00 +0000

Mind is a real powerful tool. Yes, when the mind decides on a thing with full vigor then we can conclude that the matter will be completed successfully. That is the power of the mind. But this mind is not a wavering mind, wandering mind or a fluctuating mind. It is the determined mind.

What is determined mind? A mind full of determination can turn tables .This determination graph of the mind is scaling upward and never scales down. The determined mind can do what hundreds of ordinary minds cannot. When the determined mind decides to do a thing then it is a powerful decision. It does not change with time or tide. But for the mind to be determined one must put the mind still. Stillness speaks. When the mind is still it will be able to chart what it has determined to aim for its success.
Almost many of the success stories of great men speak of determined will. More than circumstance support from external forces the success of their accomplishment was only through strong determination, which is a force within. That is why a determined person has abundant willpower .The power of mind is infinite.
The mind can turn the tables. A positive mind progresses and a negative mind regresses. One can cite many instances but that is not the point now. What we have to attain through mind and how, is the big question that rocks the mind. Let us imagine a big block, blocking our road to the success. The block is so powerful that we can not remove it over night with a simple affirmation. It has to be sculptured slowly, to give a creative shape. Then through practice, constant search and hard work give it a perfect shape paving the way to progress.

Many of us circumambulate that block causing delayed success or even failure. The moment we agree to confront and concentrate on this big block, start sculpting it by removing the negativity and giving an artful touch of positivity our travel will start and proceed in a smooth way along the path of success.

We shall discuss the art of sculpting the mind in thedays to come.I share with you what I little know and learnt…

A Dream Come True

noreply@blogger.com (Shantimati Mohan) — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:12:00 +0000

A Dream comes true in my life.A few years ago when I started browsing the net I was astonished to see the technology and the difficulies in creating a blog.Till recently a friend introduced me to the art of blogging that made me feel I CAN create a blog.

The purpose of my blog is mainly to make a good reading of articles and to share views on various issues. I always believeknowledge is the ultimate thing in one's life.Knowledge is something that cannot be destroyed or lost.A man can loose anything in this world wealth,youth,beauty and what not? But the knowledge earned will never be lost.

I will sincerely try to post good articles and informations catering to quench the thirst of knowledge seekers.