Then they did advertisement and invested a lot of money. They distributed There are many examples. I can give examples from every company for every brand. Now the question comes why advertisement again and again. So let me clear this too. Lets take
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M.B. Nirmal
Founder & Leader : ExNoRa Management Trainer : Seventh Intelligence
Mr. Anandapadmanabhan was a born leader and was a living example for today's youth. He aspired and worked hard to change the life of today's youth, to make them more educated, prosperous, so that they become worthy citizens of tomorrow's India. He silently but meticulously taught among school children, that simplicity is the best virtue to excel in life. Though the God of death has being so cruel in taking away the life of our dear Anandapadmanabhan, he lives forever in our minds inspiring us to lead a life with simplicity. I dedicate this book with tears and fond remembrance, to the epitome of simplicity, my friend Anandapadmanabhan.
Title: Live, Live with Prosperity Principled simplicity Author: M.B. Nirmal Founder & Leader: ExNoRa Management Trainer : Seventh Intelligence Published by: Seventh Intelligence Publications 20, Giriappa Salai, T. Nagar, Chennai 600017 Tel: 91- 44- 2815 33 77/ 2475 95 77/ 98400 34 900. Email: mbnirmal@hotmail.com
Original Tamil book titled, ", ", of the same author Mr. M.B. Nirmal translated in English by 'REACH' J.Chandrasekaran
I dedicate
I do not believe in the proverb, "to make or destroy, it is the woman's will". I respect womanhood. I believe in another proverb whole heartedly, which says, "Wife is the gift by the Almighty". There is a turning point in every man's life. His appearance, life style, thinking, dress code - all go for a change during his marriage, or soon after his marriage. The changes are of different types. A good wife reforms bad thugs. Good simpleton turning to bad habits after marriage is also common. There are instances, where one could not withstand
the lavish life style of a spendthrift wife, making him earn money in unethical
means.
I remember an instance, when a bank officer, went to the jail to distribute sweets to the prisoners. He was shocked to see his dear friend, a Government official in higher position, among them! When asked about how he came here, he said that he resorted to earn ill-gotten money to buy silk saris for his wife!
I, the author of this book, was simple ever since I grew up. After marriage,
simplicity took strong roots in my family. My wife, a Postgraduate practicing medico, also practiced simplicity. At present, she is the Deputy Director of Madras Medical College. Nevertheless, she ever made her position or fame affect her path of simplicity. She naturally possesses simplicity as a jewel and her nature astonishes me!
Most of the days she travels by public transport. She also buys the vegetables and groceries required on her way back home. She cleans the home, sweeps the floor without engaging any servants. She travels by II sleeper class only while traveling by train. She checks the price of any commodity before she buys and
settles with the one with the lowest price tag. She never 'makes herself' up!
Extravagance is never in her vocabulary. She also gets along with others with simplicity and straight forwardness. I dedicate this book to my wife who is the simplest and modest woman in my life. I am sure this book will bring happiness to countless people who will enjoy reading this book and absorb the contents to enrich themselves and their life. With love and gratitude. M. B. Nirmal Author
Live, Live in Prosperity Principled simplicity Simplicity as goal ExNoRa M.B. Nirmal Read this book once. Your live will change forever and rise higher!
Even though there are many problems in the world, that varies from person to person, country to country, the most common problem every one has is, "MONEY" or the need for money. Money controls the world. Industries run, business persons compete with each other, fights for positions and going for a job - all are to generate money. Business is done for money. Some families strain relationship for dowry issues, ending up in want of money. Man robs to get money. Before the pyre's fire puts off, the heirs fight each other for want of a share in the wealth of the deceased soul, again for money.
For the poor, next to oxygen, money matters. Money gets them food, cloth and
shelter. Money wipes away their sorrow. For middle class folk, just to maintain their 'middle class' status, they need money! If
they have more money, they can buy a bigger house with more amenities. Can buy
car; go abroad; pay 'capitation' fees for higher studies; even though prohibitive, can discreetly give dowry for a safe marriage for their daughters. Let them earn well, but they should also learn to control their expenses and desires. Otherwise, they will
loose control over the swirl of greed and desire and will put them in a crisis.
For the rich: Rich too worry about money. How to safe guard the hard-earned
money? How to earn further ? On seeing some one richer, they yearn to beat them, by adding few more crores to their kitty . These are few worries they carry. This constant worry of making more and more money builds stress, which gives them
immense pain, and invites all diseases. These 'rich' diseases carry those filthy rich
people towards the ICU of a rich hospital. Then they eventually loose the body worth crores for want of money or the thought of money.
"There is NO CONNECTION between money and merry. And absolutely no connection between money and mental peace," is what they say.
The poor rich man! I went to a rich man's house. His house is in Chennai main city which covers some acres together! There must be at least 15 rooms within his bungalow. Not less than five cars were lined in his portico. A large door at the reception, on opening carries a huge surprise . A big swimming pool awaits you, with a
springboard on its bank. You can dive into the water and come
out by the rising steps. Small trolleys carry food for guests. The food is driven to the guests' place, in these cars. They are converted to dining tables, in a moment! A big tennis court, grand wooden carvings, smooth silk carpets and many such jaw-dropping artifacts
The owner of the bungalow knows me well. When I went there, he was sitting in a sorrowful mood. I was with him for half an hour. By then, two doctors had already checked him and left. One was a cardiologist and the other a diabetes specialist. I remembered many say that this man can do anything with the
A week before, the income tax sleuths have raided his house, dug the
unaccounted money, and have raised an enquiry on him.
He recently came to know that one of his business partners had been
He also came to know that both his sons have illicit affairs.
As he always thinks of his business, he has developed no attachment or relationship with his wife.
All these things put together had made this man bed ridden and a pressure driven wreck. I suggested, Sir, why don't you do some meditation, go for a cool swimming? These would relax your mind, body and soul! He retorted back, I wish I remove all the water and jump into the dry pool and commit suicide instead!" I am known for giving solace to many parched souls but I could not muster any reply for this man! I just bid bye and returned back, without uttering a word more. The surprise element is that, when this man had a smaller unit, he was happier as I saw him but as the unit grew in size, so grew his worries, along!
Measure of happiness
If at all we try to measure the happiness, through some fictional 'happiness readometer", the mercury in it, would cross all barriers and burst itself out! If we use the same meter on the rich man, I referred earlier, the mercury would never rise to any level, and would stay put as if it is frozen forever!
On seeing two different families the same day, a great truth dawned upon me. Comparing these two families, I concluded that money and happiness have no connection. Money and Mental peace have no connection. Moreover, to top this all, I felt strongly, Money and mental solace have no relationship at all!" These two instances made me do a thorough research. The result is what you see, this book. If one
understands this book and its essence, the reader can get peace of mind, and happiness,
forever. Money do gives comfort. However, it is only 90% a physical aberration. The mind never gets solace from money.
Earn
Let more of money be there. If you can earn more money the righteous way, please go ahead. Earn as much as possible. Any earning member should follow a strict methodology. That is why I have this book before you. Not to stop you earning money. Let's come to that important methodology one has to follow, after earning hoards of money.
There are many answers for the above question. But what stands out is just one reply, 'simplicity'. The more simple you live, the more happiness
and mental solace, you achieve. This is hundred percent true. Even if you
earn more money and possess more wealth, just desist and be simple. Earning money is not a crime. Nevertheless, forgetting simplicity is a huge
Great men are simple. Simple men turn great. The most renowned men in the world are all simple. List out the beacons who lead a great, yet simple life. They may be from different class, kind, clan and nationality. However, the common thread, which runs through all such names and
Same way, Jesus, Mohammed the prophet, Confucius, Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Mother Teresa, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Swami Vivekananda, Arutperum jyothi Ramalinga Adigal, Guru Nanak, Mahaveer, Leo Tolstoy, Bernard Shaw, Albert Einstein, Poet Subramania Bharathi, 'Iron Man' Sardar Vallabhai Patel,
Gandhiji was from an affluent family and a Barrister from London. The world hails him for not for his Barrister Law degree, but for his simple life style, for living one among the masses, like a common person. He traveled the length and breadth of our country; saw the plight of many poor peasants wearing almost nothing except their loincloth. He too shed away lavish clothing and wore just a dhoti and a small towel on his frail shoulders. Even Winston Churchill ridiculed Gandhiji as, "Half naked fakir' from India. However, it was not the well-dressed suit attired Churchill,
who won, but this so-called half naked man of India, Gandhiji!
A small girl told her mother, " Ma, leave me for serving the Church. Let me
become a nun! Her mother refused saying, You are still a small girl.
Become 18 and then you can decide on your life path." After years, the girl, now a grown up woman, went to her mother again and retorted, "Ma,
leave me now. I am 18. Let me become a nun." The mother with tears
rolling down her eyes, allowed her daughter to join the monastery. What is shocking is the fact that, after this incidence, the mother and daughter never met again! The young nun, who reached the shores of Calcutta, saw the poor and downtrodden dying in the streets with no shelter, but for the sky as their roof. Many were dying due to hunger, in footpaths. She sheds tears for them. She goes to her seniors in the Church, asking them permission to serve the mankind instead of serving the Lord.
She is an Albanian by birth, and white skinned. Will the locals accept her?
She immediately sheds away her nun robes and gowns, but wears simpler sari, the Indian attire. Do you know which sari she chose to wear? The one that is being worn by the sweepers of Calcutta, which just cost her Rs.2.00. She is none other than the famous Mother of deprived, down trodden and the beacon of hope of destitute, the founder of Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa. Is there any other better example of a Great person leading a simpler life, yet becoming famous? The then Chief Minister of Tripura, Mr. Nirupan Chakraborthy was a bachelor. After his tenure, he went to live in a small rented room, leaving away the posh Government Bungalow. Do you want to know what he carried along when he vacated the Government accommodation? A simple
The then Chief Minister of Kerala Namboodiripad, donated all his ancestral property to his party, before entering politics. The other Kerala Chief Minister Achyutha Menon was seen shopping like a commoner, the next day his tenure ended. Even minister A. K. Anthony is known for his simplicity even by his political oppositions. A member of the parliament, holding various ministerial posts in the erstwhile Madras state Shri. Kakkan was travelling by public bus. During his last years, he could not even afford a private hospital and stayed in the general ward of a Government Hospital.
Mr. Kamarajar, the 'King maker', who was known for his ability to select
the Prime ministerial candidate of India, was then the chief minister of Tamilnadu. He did not own a small piece of land in this country, where we know that politicians who hold even the smallest of smaller posts, having Swiss accounts to save discreetly their ill-gotten money. Mr. Kamaraj did not even have a savings account in his name. Perarignar Anna, also an erstwhile Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is known for his great literary works, which were written by him squatting on plain floor. Rajaji was also known for his simplistic life style. Guljarilal Nanda, who was a minister for long period in the Central Ministry, struggled in his late years unable to pay his room rent. He used to stitch his torn cloth to wear them again.
Is there anyone greater than these Great men I mentioned? Did the
society boycott these men because they were simple? Even after their death, they are remembered forever, as an epitome of simplicity. So, shall we all agree that simplicity is not to be ridiculed but to be hailed? The recent incumbent president, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam is a living example for this generation. Similar to him, is also the current Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh. Both of them lead a very simple life.
Live, live happily There is a simple way to lead a happy life. That is to lead a simple life and to proclaim that simplicity will be the only motto to lead that life.
Principled simplicity is the only way to lead a happy life What is principled simplicity? What are the obstacles we face while observing principled simplicity? What is the real way to live a cherished and peaceful life? a If one understands the objective of principled simplicity and give shape to it, there cannot be a person better than you to lead the happier life. Again, what is this principled simplicity? a Before understanding this concept, it is important to understand that you will face a lot of obstacles while taking every effort to practice principled simplicity. In short, it is this 'society' which stops you practicing principled simplicity. We never see things in our
own perspective. We always tend to handle any issue through the society's eye. What
does the society think? "What will happen if 'x' thinks so, 'y' may blame me, how do I get fame and attention of the society or what will happen if the society shuns me for my deed .." and so on
a Therefore, by constantly thinking what the society thinks, we loose our own thinking, let our concerns to dilute and thought process to fade. We tend to bend ourselves to the thinking of the society and thus become a victim of borrowed opinion, resulting in tension and restlessness. a We blame the society and conduct ourselves, even though we do not like it. In fact, we tend to become spendthrifts blaming the society, only to suffer and bear the brunt.
Neighbour Syndrome
Ninety percent of the population suffers from what is called as 'Neighbour syndrome'. Do you remember the famous Tamil cinema song, "Aduthaathu Ambujatha paartheyla? ( ?) This explicitly explains how the singer envies her neighbour. The very concern of what would be our neighbours opinion makes us do things incorrectly. And the funniest part is here? Just to grab the attention of our neighbour, to attract him or to overcome him in terms of others' attention, we tend to do things differently than what is really ours. The truth is that no neighbour has time to think of us, fathom or criticize us, leave alone adulating or finding fault with. So, first and foremost, we should come out of the lifeterm we impose on ourselves called as the 'neighbourhood syndrome'. Instead of living our fullest life for ourselves, we start living for the sake of entering our neighbour's heart or mind. In this context, neighbour means, the surroundings and the society too.
shedding the simple life and falling prey for a pompous life?
Here are the reasons: Will the society think that we have become paupers, having lost all our wealth and property, if we lead a simple life?
Both the neighbours indulge in wealth accumulation and are under stress, thinking that the other man would always think of us, the man next door! Both think that
the other man is watching his movements closely, avoid face-to-face contact, do
not talk with each other and spend their lives without fear, which is not worth undergoing. We loose ourselves, our self-esteem, are trapped and fail to come out openly with a clear thought and mind. We spend beyond our capacity to make the other man appreciate and feel envious about us. One day, we will be burying ourselves in deep depth of debt. It happens the same way in the other man's life too. This unaccounted life game becomes a threat to us; others feel hatred towards
us and in fact avoid us. In front of our face, they hail us but behind our backs, they
shun us. Some evil-minded enemies go to the extent of giving a complaint against us to the authorities, anonymously!
The director with a sharp brain who has made many movies to evoke the intelligence of the society, by mixing both comedy and realism is none other than the Tamil Director K.Balachander. He not only made commercial movies, but also ensured that they carried
social messages.
Extravagance and its suffering were well documented in the Tamil movie 'Bama Vijayam'. The evils of being spending beyond ones limits is well explained interlaced with comedy, by showing how three middle class women fall prey to the glamour world and pretend to be rich, eventually suffering themselves due to their own plight. None can forget the song, 'Varavu ettanaa, selavu patthaNaa' ( , ). A famous
adage goes like this in Tamil, 'swell, suiting to the size of the finger', which implicitly means
spend suiting to your income'. In the beginning chapters, I had explained very clearly how money is not important for happiness, by two live examples.
The children yearned for parental love and affection. Soon, both the sons got addicted to drugs and this went on undetected by their parents. The parents became
money-minting machines but had no love. When drug addiction became too severe,
the eldest son lost his life. The other son was saved miraculously by highest and most expensive medical care! We come across many such instances in our daily lives. There are women weeping for the plight of a child in the television serial, forgetting about their own kin! The adage 'father' is equally important as that of being named as an 'industrialist'.
Both have different work and different role to play. One complete man does both
jobs correctly. If he fails in his dual role, life will fail him! The true incident mentioned above shows that he parents failed to understand the minds of the children, in spite of them being clever enough to accumulate so much wealth. Love and affection are also precious little things, which are essential in life.
Another saying goes like this: As a cat burnt itself with hot tongs trying to imitate the tiger stripes'. We should lead a life within our earning capacity and should not fall a prey to the pomp and show outside. On the contrary, we should observe how poor folk who earn less live comfortably than we do.
'I wept for a pair of shoes and stopped when I saw a lame man walk by' - is another proverb. This is what is aiming for simplicity. Decide from today, to lead a simple life.
The reason for you to lead a simple life is not that you do not have money, but because you have decided to live so. You are not broken. You are not a miser or insane. You observe simplicity as you have that as one of the aims in life. Simplicity is the path to happiness.
'Badge' - a symbol
A simple designer badge can demonstrate principled simplicity. This is how it looks:
Principled simplicity
This can be made in engraved letters either in metal or plastics and can be worn close to your heart on your shirt pocket. This can be any language denoting the initials of principled simplicity. You can wear a simple dhoti, or wear sandal slippers, but yet by seeing this badge on your shirt people will look upon you, not tease or ridicule you. They will understand that the simple life you have chosen is by choice and not by force or situation. Principled simplicity is not a banned word! Those who see you with this badge will not
think bad about you, but will look upon you as a role model. Your value will raise amongst
them. Your style will spread like the fragrance of an incense stick to others around.
No 'badge' needed
In fact, real masters with an aim of leading a simple life and who lead as an example, do not really need any badge. Their dress, their simple attire and their simple deeds are suffice to promote the idea and the person.
Badge needed
But let's think the other way. In case you are a simple man wearing this badge. Anyone new to this concept, will surely approach you out of curiosity. You can then start explaining the concept, the virtues of simplicity. So the message spreads fast. So please wear such badge whenever you go out. Spread simplicity, its virtues, advantages and all the goodness it brings along with it. Keep spreading the message. Do this NOW!
Many advertisements come in television which attracts us, changes us, make us mad, which conquer us, make us addicted. A finding from a Western research says that some advertisements are produced in such a way, that they go deep and get embedded into our minds. The characters, their dress, their style, conversation, dialogue delivery, background score, all keep aside your judgmental mind and start imposing the advertiser's ideas forcibly into your brain. What next? You become like a keyed toy, go and buy the said commodity or expensive thing without ever wanting it really. This is called 'subliminal'. Those who see advertisements daily and also follow them strictly are sure to become paupers and to the streets! Then their own life becomes fit to be a screen play for another television serial!
Walk around your home with a paper and pen. Just jot down all the needy things based on their use to you. Do not leave anything in your house. Everything you see. Give 100 marks for those who are inseparable like gas, gas stove, light, fan etc. Give lesser marks for things which are sparingly used. You will be surprised that 90 % of the goods in your house being useless or in other words, which are sparingly used. You may find surprisingly certain unwanted things filling your almirah unopened! The unwanted stuff makes cockroaches dwell there. Most of those unwanted things would have been purchased using credit cards and the dues would also accumulate for nothing. More the interest in the bank, more goes up your blood pressure!
Let bygones be bygones. Let the future be good. Do you feel like buying something you see at a friends place or see in an advertisement? Do you feel the rush to buy at any cost? You need to just do one thing. A self test. Just for two minutes. Sit in a chair. Relax and lean back then ask yourself the following five questions and answer back yourself.
Question 3: Can I afford to buy it? Do I have the capacity to buy it?
It is pertinent to know before you answer this question, that you have the money to buy that thing, well in your account. If you are going to get credit for the same, the credit should again be reasonable. Can you repay the credit card company in time? Ask this question too. If you have the capacity to re-pay the monthly installments, it is fine. If you get a big NO as an answer for all the questions, it is great, you are free. But if you get a big YES as an answer then YOU MUST go to answer question number four.
This is an IMPORTANT question. Most of the things in our homes are not essentials in our life. Still we accumulate them. We can easily say, yes, this is not really an essential item in my life or life style. You can avoid buying such things immediately. Nothing will change or
life become abnormal if we stop buying that thing. If your answer for this question is again
a big no you are again saved, but if your answer is yes, you have to answer the final fifth question without fail and then may proceed with your purchase.
By asking this vital question, you may postpone the purchase if needed, may be you may
cut down your desire of buying the product later, for ever, which does more good than
harm in long run.
You will be surprised that after answering these vital wonder questions, you will end up, not buying many unwanted things. You will be a true man using your sixth sense, not getting carried away by advertisements. Your family welfare will be safe. Simple life style will engulf you and you will walk with a raised head ever. You will feel light hearted. Savings will grow. All in your family together or alone can undertake these self examination. Better to do as a group.
Still is your desire to buy more is not doused? Then this sixth question which
needs to penetrate your head and mind is:
Does this affect the environment or will this purchase cause pollution?
Good expense Do you know the best expenditure in the world? It is spending to save! Yes, this four lettered word save saves you a lot. The more you spend on
There are so many underprivileged poor souls like the lame, blind, orphans, destitute, discarded, aged, suppressed, women who resort to run brothels for want of food, starvers who beg, those who do petty thefts as they do not know how to earn their bread, and so on. Is it right on our path to spend lavishly when our brethren are dying due to penury? Is it fair? It is not the gold plate or aluminum plate which satisfies our hunger. It is the food on the plate that fills our stomach.
Guilty conscience
More than making us feel rich, extravagance makes us feel pompous. The very feeling that we are pompous will develop a guilty feeling in our mind and that also leads us to illness.
the guy at the watch show room, not about the life of the watch, or its technicalities, but Which is
the most expensive watch in your showroom?. He bought the costliest one. He did not buy for himself but insisted the sales man that none other than him should wear that particular branded watch, and must not be sold to any one else! As it is costlier, it shows more time than what is
normal!! is a joke remarked on this incident. How snobbish and arrogant these filthy sudden rich
ones are!
Money intoxication! A rich man had three children, who studied in the same school, but he chose to send them to a near by school which was within two kilometer radius, by individual car for each child! Separate drivers for each vehicle and brought them back. Just near by is a slum area, where most children live in penury and most of them have no clothes to wear or proper food to eat. Cant the rich man cut down on his expenses by sending all the three children to the school in one car? The money thus saved could have been used to provide education for all the
downtrodden children in that slum. God will only bless those who live for
others.
are, can they remove the tag which is on them that they are only
locals, i.e., Indians!
Many foreign goods, mostly unwanted goods, are adorning the shelves of our shops. If you are not ready to give up the snobbish attitude, so be it. At least listen to this simple advice. Do not buy foreign goods. Buy only Indian goods. That would indirectly benefit our brethren and give job opportunity to our own country men. Many houses will have their lights lit and we would save foreign exchange to our country. Our country will also prosper and grow.
You have two workers approaching you for help; a healthy cash-rich
worker from abroad and the other a poor labourer from India. You need not help any of them. Just try to stick on to Made in India tag. Just buy Indian goods. Thats enough. This would be the best favour one could do for saving the lives of the Indian worker. Take an oath, with immediate effect as I would buy only Indian goods.
The extravagance thats makes you loose your mind Let me narrate an interesting story to illustrate how obsessed we are with money and an
extravagant life. A rich man gifted a dog to his son. The son and the dog became inseparable
and were play mates. One day unfortunately the boy sees the dog motionless and still. He wept profusely and asked his father to get back the dog its life. The father tried to console his son but failed. He said he will buy a similar one, but the son was adamant and went on crying. The
father changed the track and proclaimed, See, lets do one thing. We will have a grand burial
for your pet dog. The body will be carried in a chariot bedecked with garlands, driven by horses. A band will lead the way. After burial, we will have a grand feast for all who attended the cremation. The boys face lit up! He was happy and was about to get ready for the
cremation. Then, the unexpected happened! The dog, which was actually unconscious, leapt
back to life! The boy had a rude shock! He was expecting a feast and not the dog back to life. He immediately yelled to his gardener. Hey, kill that dog! I need not elaborate any further on this story. We all live like this, mindlessly. We are possessed with extravagance. We avoid being simple and end up simply loosing all good things in life. At times we are forced to live so and when such an attitude dominates our mind, we are forced to become cruel against others too.
More scrap and solid waste accumulates, due to the unrelated use of useless things and discharge. The packing boxes, film covers, the thermocole or styrofoam packing's, paper, all add to the waste. We end up spending money for solid waste management and disposal. The vehicles which carry the waste pollute the air, sound as well as the land.
The place were the waste is dumped also become a waste land, useless for
irrigation, agriculture, in short useless for habitation. We also are loosing more of our lakes and ponds, which are used as dumping yards for the waste managers. Diseases spread due to the waste. We spend money to cure diseases. The medical expense in the city life has become inevitable. Luxury invites danger. Boot-leggers and criminals target people who own luxury cars. Thieves target those who flash their wealth. Many women who walk like a show piece bedecked with jewelry also become victims of murder and theft.
money.
Most of the work we were once doing physically are now taken care of machines. All exercises are now gone. Grinding and pounding using hands, sweeping and cleaning
the floor using wet cloth with our hands, use mug and bucket to bath, washing
clothes by hand in a river bed, all have become bygones. The simpler exercises we do are now totally not practiced. We do not stand up to switch off a running television. We use remote control button! Only thing which you cannot operate using a remote control is your own brethren. We have invited body ache and pains by avoiding the smaller exercises we used to do once upon a time. What do we do to reduce the pain? We run to a gym. We pour money there and try out all kinds of
exercises in all types of awkward looking machines! What a farce! Should we not
feel ashamed of this? Exercise is the only thing which you should do yourself. You cannot assign that task to some one else. In short, we have reduced body motions by buying machines for every possible work. We have reduced normal exercises. We pay and join a gym! Then make the body sweat. What a shame! We waste money as well as time.
Give this book to all known friends, relatives and well wishers. Gift this
on any occasion to them. Make such badges and also sell it to them.
You may ask, if all start observing simplicity, will not the industry fall down? Will not many factories which produce goods for the buyers, close down? Many may lose jobs! Yes this is a meaningful question. Simplicity does not mean being a miser. One should always buy what we consider is very essential and avoid buying nonessential things. The result is, essential goods production will go up. Production of unwanted things will go down. Industries would then resort to make only those commodity which are very essential to mankind and avoid doing lavish, unwanted, goods of extravagance.
If savings increase If savings improve, the banks can utilize the money as its resources for lending for many useful purposes. Job
We can reconserve and grow forests Can cultivate vegetable garden Can start medicinal herbs cultivation Can create parks
Can use the money for more social cause and work
So we can make such countless efforts by creating more and more jobs within ourselves as shown above.
Do not forget We are spending and ending natural resources, but are hardly spending human resources properly.
Dear Parents You teach your child how to read, write, compete, pray, conduct him or herself. Is that all needed for one to lead a complete life? Where will they live if the land, water and air they need, is under threat? There would be a huge shortage of natural resources in near future. Land, air and water would be polluted to unimaginable levels. (Join ExNoRa forums to save earth and control pollution) No money can save your future generation. Only principled simplicity can
Old story and a new definition A king wanted to conduct a great yagna, a ceremony. He wished all his subjects participate in it and ordered each of them to donate one litre of milk for the ceremony. He was observing them with pride, obeying him, pouring litre after litre into the big vessel kept for that purpose. Later, when the king opened the vessel, he was shocked to see the vessel full of water! Each citizen though to himself, When others pour milk, what would happen if only I pour a litre of water as my contribution? It will get mixed and go unnoticed. To everyone's surprise, all of them had cheated
Old story and a new definition We can take this story as an example for a different reason. Do not think, all should start leading a simple life. You start first. You be the leader. Do
not wonder why should I bother or worry about extravagance? Why not
others? Rather, start leading a simpler life yourself. Think, All good things begin with me. Follow the beautiful philosophy of principled simplicity. I would remind you the words of Martin Luther King again The problems we see around us are not caused by evil men. It is because of those good men who remain silent!. Break that silence. Do social work. Give voice to the concerned.
Lavish Children
We can understand the reason for why simple living is important, in a different way.
If one understands, how extravagance spoils the minds of children, we will appreciate the need to live simpler. The reason to bring uniforms in schools is to avoid disparity. If one child wears a two thousand rupees worth dress and another child wearing a fifty rupees worth dress, parity crops up. The poor child will get affected mentally and psychologically and may feel depressed where as the rich ones may become arrogant and flashy. This in turn would affect the childs morale and hence his/ her studies. Such differences may turn the child to a criminal too. Hence, uniforms were brought into practice at schools.
Uniformity in uniforms There is a big school campus named, Church Park in the heart of Chennai city. It had three schools running within its campus, namely the Sacred Heart, St. Ursula's and St. Andrews. The first school is for the rich, whose children wore Pale Green uniform, the second school is for
the middle class who wore light blue uniforms and the third one was
run for the poor, whose children were identified by their brown uniform. But among the common public and between the children, the
This? or That?
This
-Air conditioner - VCD - Refrigerator - Swanky car - Palatious bungalow
or
That?
- Fan -Tape recorder - Earthen Pot - Motor cycle, cycle - Simple flat
When we buy those listed above on the left hand side, one eventually will get the following without asking for it: Loan burden above ones head Sleepless nights Hidden life fearing for the creditors
When one tries to get all the good things in life, which are surely beyond his capacity, he is sure of inviting the problems mentioned above. Instead, if one lives with a contented life, with those shown in the right hand side of the comparison above, we can understand that one attains: Reasonable bank balance, Sound sleep Walking head held high Healthy mind, body and soul. So it is for you to decide which path you should tread.
A simple man, fell into the trap of lavishness. He bought all goods in his life in installments. TV, DVD, Fridge, Air
surprisingly try to show off their wealthiness, when it comes to the marriage of their daughter or son. A famous bank brought a scheme called Thirumagal Marriage scheme in Tamilnadu. This acclaimed widespread appreciation among the masses. Once a girl child is born, a certain amount of fixed deposit or money to be paid in installments and that would earn a sizeable amount by the time the girl becomes grown up and become suitable for marriage, say at the age of twenty.
Thirumagal Marriage solvency scheme! Many whop resort to put their weight around a marriage and take loans and spend very much beyond their capability end up paying high interest to the lenders and become worried for their life! The girl who got married also spends sleepless nights, thinking of her unfortunate parents who had ended up in loans and are suffering for making her get married. Should one throw money this way just for a days show?. Cannot we think of conducting the marriage by simpler means? We should think seriously and stop this menace. We should act constructively.
A good change!
Twenty years ago, marriages were conducted for five or three days at a stretch, ending up in feasting for all three times, all the days, wherein an enormous amount were spent on food and
Keep the expenses to prepare the food aside for this discussion. Think of those wasted or thrown out after the marriage feasts are over. You will be for a rude shock! There is always a maximum limit one can consume at a time. But we see in most cases, the marriage feast consists of varieties of food fed much beyond ones eating capacity. Eventually not all food that is served in eaten and they get
thrown out in the dust bin. Many items would not be liked by you,
but before you could spell it out or refuse, the item in question would have been served to you!
served. That constitutes another 20- 50% food sometimes! One may
predict for an example, say one thousand guests and prepare food accordingly. But due to unforeseen circumstances, only five hundred would have attended the feast. What happens? The remaining fifty percentage of the food goes unserved, and waste! One should remember that we cannot produce even one grain by any magic! We have to at least wait for full six months to get the crop of this grain!
Why cannot marriage become a one evening affair? Why cant all the functions be conducted at one time, say either in the morning or in the evening? Many neighbouring states, Christians and many north Indians conduct marriages only in
the evening. If we have to conduct only in the morning, why not conduct it in a
temple, and have a feast during night elsewhere? Why to waste rental money hiring the mandaps or halls for two full days? Why should so much food go waste? How
many poor citizens in our country go without food the whole day? How many sleep
with a wet cloth on their belly to ward off hunger? Who is going to become angry on you if you do not spend on multi-period feasts? Those who over feed themselves in
the marriages get stomach aches as they are full but in another corner, a hungry
man also gets stomach ache as his stomach has not felt food for many days!
Here is an alternative
I happened to attend a rich family marriage recently. The food was served in buffet style, the vessels with all delicacies were kept in rows one after the other both catering south Indian as well as Northern dishes. Guests were free to serve themselves, any quantity they want. After the food was over, all types of betel leaf paan was served with the same vigour, as they served the food. The guests too were unrelenting. They made way for the paan to go in and had a gulp of that too. Alas, I could overhear two speaking to themselves: Should he show off his money this way? There is a limit to be flashy. This limit got broke here in this dinner. The guests may feel that what happened was not fair in many counts I would reinstate my opinion: Marriages should be conducted in a simple way.
A doctor once told me, One day marriage feast cuts down your life, by a day. Yes, of course! What is prepared to satiate only your taste buds end up in creating a commotion inside and would also invite all illness. The tongue may wager happily, but what about your heart, liver and digestive system? They may wail! The host spends a lot and the guest has no use of this lavish food, except for increasing his appetite and satisfy ones taste buds. Then why go for such unwanted lavishness? Here are few ideas to overcome this problem:
Ideas
Conduct the marriage just in one period of the day, i.e., either morning or in the evening. Feed only once.
Prepare few items that would satisfy the taste buds and are also good for health.
Just serve only those limited items to the guests. That too, in the buffet system. The guests themselves will choose and have only those items they want to eat and not waste anything else. The food plate should not be too big. Shouldn't be too small too! It should be of medium size. Many attractive items may pull the guest towards them and irk the desire in him/ her to have more. Many would fill their plates with those temptive items and end up wasting them. So, better go for nominal or medium sized plates. If there is a display of the items to be served, as we do in hotels, one can make the guest ask for only those he wishes to eat and avoid serving all items to the guest.
The problems which multiply Those who serve are in a hurry. They want to finish their task faster. They have every reason to hurry up things. The next batch of guests would be waiting for their turn to occupy the seats in the dining hall! Worse, they would stand behind the one who is eating. The guest while eating does not feel comfortable as he is put under pressure to finish fast. The food which turns up unused or untouched land in garbage fills. The flies and mosquitoes
cover that area and we can see a bad smell or odour emanate from the
waste food pile which also is a generator of all germs! One may even observe some slums near the marriage hall. The one who is over fed and the one who has not seen food at all, both suffer with stomach ache. This book finds a way out to eliminate both stomach aches, by the tool principled simplicity. Is that OK?
Scheme one: Go with separate bags to the marriage halls. After food is served, go to each guest and request them to drop any items they feel they cannot eat, into the bag. Please see to that, each bag or food does not get mixed; otherwise the beneficiary may not like
We join you in wishing the marriage couple, for a long happy married life. If you feel that you may not eat any of the served items, kindly leave it them on this paper plate kept aside for that purpose. We would collect, segregate and serve them to the poor and deprived. The wishes of those, who get the food by this small gesture also would wish the married couple a
happy married life, if we jointly do this; you will also get the blessings of
unknown starving brethren who would wish this donor a happy life. - principled simplicity forum Without making any fuss or drawing the attention of the guests, collect the food and take it to the nearby slum or to an orphanage and distribute to
them. Similarly the food cooked in excess, that goes waste without being
served, straight from the kitchen can also be collected to be fed to poor people.
Scheme two:
Try to get a three wheeler donated to your forum by any famous company. Preferably a motorized one; Keep the closed vessels in that vehicle while serving. After the marriage feast is over, the remains can be taken in the same vessels and be served to the needy.
Scheme three:
Have a daily collection system, wherein you may collect the leftovers and excess
food from hotels and hostels which can also be given to the poor. None needs money to conduct the above said schemes. What we need is to spare some effort and time. By sparing few minutes aside for such noble cause, you may wipe off few drops of tears from a poor soul. There is no dearth of such schemes. The benefits of these schemes are: We avoid wasting food The food goes to the needy and the deprived ones. You will be hailed as one who
Another extravagance
Other than food, people also spend a lot on marriage costumes and dresses, jewellery and attires. Most of them
would not wear their marriage suit or special sari ever again
in their life. Then why go for such costly dresses, which cannot be worn afterwards? After years, it would be only good
glamour.
In our seventh intelligence symposiums and workshops, we display some twenty different invitations as exhibits. The biggest among them was almost one foot long and the single card cost was Rs.100/- several years ago. There was a tiny card among those exhibits too. This was just two inches long and two inches wide! When we asked most of the attendees to pick the card they
liked most, almost 80% of them picked this smaller card. What we learnt from
that was that pomp, glamour and size does not attract a reader, but simple and neat ones do attract readers! So here is a humble request we put forth:
Please make simpler cards for marriages, birthdays or any other occasions. Avoid wasting paper. Trees are cut to make papers. We can save our mother earth from destruction. You please do not be instrumental for destructing
Wedding gift We do not go empty handed to a wedding. Also, we do not come back empty handed. But lets plan the gifts, both ways. The gift should be a memorable, not just a ritualistic one.
There is a system in the Western countries. Those who intend to gift, openly inform the
wedding couple about the budget they plan to gift and would enquire what the couple intend to buy with that. Then they jointly decide the best usable gift which makes both the giver and the beneficiary happy. We can also follow that. Many give similar items as wedding gifts. There is no use of such items. The only use is, we again tend to give away one among those received, as a wedding gift to someone else! Like, money, there are many useless gift articles which make circles among marriages. If you feel your gift should be useful, simply why not gift a cheque to the couple? If you want a fancy gift, you may give a gift cheque that are available in all banks, printed
A well known philanthropist, Mr. N.K.T. Muthu was known for his charitable attitude. People were surprised that when his son got married, he never mentioned in the wedding card that gifts need be avoided. So they had no other way, but to carry expensive gifts to the marriage. To the surprise of all, there was a small counter near the marriage dais. It was marked as Helping hands the name of a well known orphanage. All who went to the marriage with gifts, were guided straight to that counter and the volunteers there happily received the gifts as donation! The donors now knew where the gifts were going. They felt
blessed and happy. So were the marriage couple, their relatives and last but not
the least, were the beneficiaries, of the Helping hands orphanage.
Here is Vellore Srinivasans excellent gift scheme Vellore Srinivasan is one among the youth as dreamt by Swami Vivekananda. If we get another ninety nine Srinivasans, I am sure India will attain the Numero Uno status amongst all nations! Go to the city of Vellore, in India, to know more about this young gentleman, Srinivasan. You will be surprised, seeing him. This best task master, the right brained Srinivasan has implemented one of the best wedding gifts scheme, I have ever seen. The male calves are shunned by the owners, as they do not yield milk. These are sold to butchers for meat. Srinivasan and his men adopt such hapless calves and breed them in their farm. The green waste and leaves thrown from hotels and restaurants, hostels are collected as fodder to these calves. The calves excrete cow dung. The cow dung in turn is converted to bio-manure and bio- fertilizer! So, by usefully converting all discards the calf, the wasteland and the excreta as bio-manures, he conserves the environment and also saves the lives of the calves. What a noble and innovative thought! The master mind to adopt the calves is one Mr. Satheesh, who follows the principles of the great Saint Ramalinga Adigal, who preached, See
the Great light, through love i.e., Love is God. These lucky calves do face death one day,
naturally with age and not by butchery.
A very unique wedding gift You can donate funds to Vellore Exnora, in India to save the calves. To adopt one such calf, you need to pay Rs. 500/- and another Rs.500/- for the maintenance of the calf, totaling to Rs.1000/- The cheques can be drawn in favour of: Exnora Green Cross Vellore, #16, Sainathapuram Natesa Mudaliar Street, Vellore. Tamilnadu, India. The donors can also give a certificate appreciating the wedding couple as follows: Groom: Bride: Date: Day:
Place:
We wish the couple a happy married life. Let the almighty shower the choicest blessings on them. On behalf of this lovely couple, we announce through this appreciation certificate, that we have donated Rs. One thousand favouring Exnora Green Cross, Vellore, to save the lives of male calves they adopt and rear. (signed) The donors name This certificate can be presented to the couple on stage.
The couple themselves can support both the schemes mentioned above. They can announce those who intend to gift, about these schemes and encourage donors to support ExNoRa and give the certificates to them as gift, which they would cherish for ever. How happy they may feel when they recollect that they could collect a sizeable amount towards conservation of nature and animals? The donors name can also be announced in public system so that this good message spreads far and wide.
Saplings in place of coconut Instead of coconuts being given as a thanks giving gift, in marriages, one can give away tree or plant saplings to the guests. Tree saplings are ones like mango, neem and coconut, but plant saplings are those like vegetable plants, ornamental plants which can be grown in limited space like flats, apartments, etc. (To get the full details of all plants read my book Enjoy and make other happy) Keep four colours of recycled bags: Green: Sapling that can be grown in homes
Blue: Saplings suitable for planting on common places, road side etc.
Yellow: Vegetable saplings that can be grown in pots and indoors Purple: Ornamental plant saplings that can be grown indoors. We can ask the guests to choose among these types. The bag will have the details of how to plant and maintain the sapling. These saplings mostly are economical than the coconuts we normally give away for guests who attend marriages. How many marriages are happening around! How many attend these
marriages. Imagine that all of them resort to such useful cause, the whole
world would turn into a garden! Instead of blindly following rituals and system for the sake of doing, just think and act sensibly and work for the
Other miscellaneous expenses in a marriage Dresses, music party, decorations etc. Alternate for the dress People spend lavishly for dresses. Simple yet elegant dress can be worn. Dresses
which reflect Indian culture and add a respect to the attired can be tried. The
marriage hall, big musical band procession, the crackers, car, marriage vessels, high voltage arc lights, aren't they rented? If some one want a posh dress or a floral gear, they can rent such dresses too! The decorations and embellishments can also be simpler. The money thus saved can be spent on gifting uniforms for poor children. The money we normally spend for the grooms wedding coat and suit can accommodate the expenses of almost fifty school uniforms! May be if you have a budget of ten lakhs for a marriage, you may end up spending only three lakhs by following the simpler way.
Save The balance seven lakhs can be deposited in a bank in the name of the couple. Would they curse you for this? Certainly not. On the contrary they will feel happy. The pomp and show
The money will make the couple plan and live comfortably.
Will help them in admitting their children in a good school Will help as safe money or deposit for their children's higher
studies
Will allow them to help the poor and needy
Principled Simplicity statement Those who conduct a marriage in a simple and an economic manner, need not bother about what the world tells at them. May be you can print on the card with the heading, Principled Simple Marriage . The banner
which displays the wedding couple name can also bear a tag line below as,
Principled Simple marriage
Those who practice the principled simplicity model, should practice this whole-heartedly and should adopt simplicity in all actions and deeds. The Principled Simplicity badge can be worn by them always. They can print the message of principled simplicity in the other side of their regular business / visiting cards. Are you eager to know what principled simplicity is? Ask me now!!! can be printed on that card.
Even home and office entrance doors can have a board proclaiming
principled simplicity. On the whole, we should feel concerned about the happenings around us, to save the environment, our society we should adopt this principled simplicity whole heartedly and also preach this to others too. Only by doing this, we are making the earth a safe haven for our future generations.
Did you receive lots of cards from your friends and relatives this new year? Please keep them safe. At the end of the year. Sign on it and mark, Dear _____, I was remembering you and your kind gesture throughout this year, wishes for the new year! Send it back to the same friend! It will be an unique remembrance and he will surely not think that you are a miser. It saves money, and prevents trees being cut to make paper. In fact, the friend/ relative will respect you much beyond than what was expected from them, as you have remembered them throughout the year. May be he will follow suit and send you the same old card again, the next year. By doing so, you both save trees, yet cherish and nurture friendship or relationship.
Which is the best? Threatening pomp of the filthy rich I happened to go the bungalow of a very rich man. His house was decorated with the best of carpets, tiles, paints, furniture, chandeliers, etc. But I observed cob-webs around, dust and some food plates thrown beside the costliest sofas around. I felt that even though this man wanted to display his wealth, he could not maintain and keep the premises clean.
Soothing simplicity
The very next week I happened to go to an ex-hockey player, an Anglo-Indian gentleman at Perambur. His house was small, with modest decoration and furnishings. But the walls were white
This or that?
I just could not hold myself comparing these two houses. The few minutes
I sat in the bungalow mentioned earlier, made me feel like hell and lasting, but here in this ex-players house, the full hour I sat just went of like a
a simple ten rupee worth vase or an artifact which can make the house a
wonderland, but only if we keep it right and clean. Simple and elegant are the key words.
Principled Simplicity What should we do next? Hope you have completed reading this book on principled simplicity. Extravagance or simplicity which one to choose? I know your mind is wavering, but it is normal. Without a judge to hear both the sides of the debate, I know your heart must be parted with two opinions.
If we follow that Victory! Victory! Victory! Victory! Victory! Victory! Victory! Victory! Victory! Follows us. Yes. Nine victories are scored over by just using the mantra of success. These nine are: Victory to the environment Victory for the restoration of natural resources Victory to a planned and economic life
What you need to just do is to, become a principled simplicity immediately. And become the spokesperson for this model too. Share the ideas and stories illustrated in this book
with all and everyone. Wherever you go, become a symbol of simplicity. Speak in
gatherings, schools and colleges and among friends, relatives on this subject. Buy and gift this book to as many as you can. Try to add this into the syllabus of schools.
It is beneficial to adopt this strategy. Your family can also adopt and benefit. Be patient
enough to educate others on this policy. Teach them simplicity with smile. Start the principled simplicity forum in your place and work cohesively with others to reach more milestones. The principled simplicity badge should be worn always and every where we go. Not only wear but preach it to others. At least four to five persons should become a simplicist like you after each passing day.
This club should be started in each and very hamlet, village, town and city. The members would be called as principled simplicists. Their messages spread to all working offices, public places, industries, schools and colleges. The message should spread among all habitats.
The in-charge
The principled simplicity forum or club will have office bearers to have account of all work done and money involved. This is mandatory. Leader Deputy leader Secretary Joint Secretary Treasurer Director Public relations and communications Director Branches in offices - establishment Director Branches in educational institutions establishment Director Public service Director Simplicity Strategy Research Director Civic ExNoRa growth
Registration Those who have started this Principled Simplicity Forum elsewhere should get registered with the Head office of the Principled Simplicity Forum in Chennai by sending details of Their constitution The names of persons involved The details of how and when it was started The contact details of all office bearers, members and their resumes. The details of branches and their functions
Meetings The members should meet at least once in a month and discuss strategies and experiences on how one can adopt simplicity and how to spread this message further. You may discuss on the extravagance and spending attitudes, the methods to prevent it, the methods to prevent the urge to spend, how to control children becoming spendthrifts and so on In each meeting a NEW PRINCIPLED SIMPLICIST should be identified and honoured or appreciated in public. There is no need to insist that the meeting should also conducted in a simple way It can happen below the shades of a big tree, in a class room or in a park. No meetings in hotels and rented places.
Report Monthly Action Report should be submitted to the H.O regularly. We all should join hands, practice Principled Simplicity and make our heritage and culture driven lives a good one, everlasting one, so that we give back our motherland what she deserves best. Those who want the badges for becoming a member in Principled simplicity forum can contact the ExNoRa head office in the following address: Principled Simplicity Forum C/o. ExNoRa International 20, Giriappa Road, T. Nagar Chennai 6000 017 Tel: 91- 44 2815 3377, 2475 9477. Email: mbnirmal@hotmail.com, mbnirmal@yahoo.com
Some quotable quotes Hey those who crib and wander in search of money What use it has after the spirit leaves your mortal body? -Avvayar (tamil poetess of sangam age)
-Henrique Ibson
The money angel had made many a millionaires and had spoilt many more.
- Robert Smith
Some men sometimes make fake money. At times, some fake money makes fake men. - Sydney Harris Inspite of knowing money can beget many things, if one averts money, it is equivalent to like emptiness. To avoid real needs is weakness. Those who value money correctly and are always be ready to spend it on their duty, kindness, donation, is truly ethical. - Senankur If you know how to use money, it is your slave. Otherwise, you become its slave. - Horus To buy anything close to our soul, we need no money
Money and time or lifes biggest burden. Those who have got either of this, beyond their capacity to spend, suffer. - Samuel Johnson Money is a faithful servant but a horrible boss - Dominique Bohairs The intelligent should have money in his brain, not in his heart. Jonathan Swift If you make money your God, it will become a devil to control you - Henry Fielding There is some blind faith in all desires; in money we have it much more. - Robert Sweth Till one grows, one remains faithful and obedient. Once one gets a better pay master, they change sides. - Snequa There is only one category who suffer a lot in crisis, than the poorest of poor. The most rich! - Clairence Derro
It is easy to disguise wealth. It is difficult to cover up poverty. It is easy to hide a thousand dollar gold, but difficult to cover up a small hole in our shirts. - Charles, Koltten
The money I spend for myself are burdens like rock around the neck. But what I spend for others, are like angels; they make me fly. - Ruswell D.Hitchcock Money is like a manure. If not spread, it does not yield fruit. - Francis Bakon
Earn as much as you can Save as much as you can Give as much as you can
- John Wesley
The root cause of destruction is not money, but greed. Money beyond the need, greed, causes all trouble. - Nathaniel Hawthorn What Stars and destiny cannot do, money does to buy love -Samues Butler Money beget money - Jewish proverb
We can just get meat and food with money; Do not think that money is your aim, everything and anything in your body and soul. - Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
How man maketh money, how heIt spends is the true test for the conduct of a man Money never fools anyone. just exposes fools - James Moffet
Money is the new form of slavery. In other forms, at least there lies a human relationship The only way to double your money is this Just fold it into two and keep between the master and the servant. With money, no humanity exists. Thats the only difference. it in your pocket - Leo Tolstoy - Frank Huebert The money earned by a characterless man Is like the milk spoilt with a drop of butter The root cause of all evils is the greed for money - Thirukkural The use of money is in spending it -St. Paul
The warsays demon put the world hells entrance in 1914. After that money One who he can do anything within money
can also do anything for money.
has taken that responsibility. It is time to declare both war and money as
I have got cows and ones goats. and All are wishing me good morning! the most insane jail them inside for ever.
- Lloyd Money has never given happiness to man; there is no element of joy in money; theGeorge more one possesses money, the more he wants it. Money does not flow to vacuum. It creates Money is the reason to be good to the good men, and reason to be bad to only more vacuum. If it solves one need, it creates many more others. the evil men
- Benjamin Franklin
- Filo
You buy money, anything that God owns Howcannot man maketh how he spends is the true test for the conduct of a man
- James Moffet Dertoolian Money the new formour of slavery. In other forms, at price least there liesmoney a human relationship We areis giving away freedom to pay the to get between the master and the servant. With money, no humanity exists. Thats the only - Robert Louis Stevenson difference. - Leo Tolstoy The money earned by a characterless man Is like the with dropdo of butter Money is milk likespoilt limbs. Ifayou not use it, you may loose it. - Thirukkural Henry Ford The use of money is in spending it
Once I had money and a friend. I believed my friend and gave him money. I
One who says he can do anything with money can also and do anything money.Now I have lost both money and my friend. waited asked for it back. I have got cows and goats. All are wishing me good morning!
- Somebody
Money has never given happiness to man; there is no element of joy in money; the more one possesses money, the more he wants it. Money does not flow to vacuum. It creates only more vacuum. If it solves one need, it creates many more others. - Benjamin Franklin
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Fifth Pillar If we conduct a survey among Indians, on which one is to be opposed the one which will score above others is bribery. The reason for our country to lag behind many smaller nations is its corruption index. Had the money received been accounted for, India would have surely become a super power by now. So, this forum was created to raise awareness and encourage participation to eliminate bribe from our system and hence called as Fifth Pillar. Rules are made by the first pillar, i.e., the Parliament The rules are implemented and are brought to action by the offices, i.e., administration, officers in the Government offices. They are the second pillar. The Judiciary oversees as to whether the law is maintained in all aspects. It
Fifth Pillar The watch dog for all the above is the fourth pillar which is the press and media. Do the constitution by which this country is built like a fortress, need a fifth pillar? Yes, it is essential. If any of the above pillar develops cracks, we add a support and that will be this fifth pillar, run by the people. This is the bribery abolition forum wing of ExNoRa. The best of all forums would be the one which runs with volunteers. This service is done without expecting any returns. The reason for the British to go out of our country was Gandhijis selfless service and a silent war against Lordship. It was sacrifice and service to the society that raked the relentless workers of our homeland to fight together against the evil
forces. And then we got independence. This independence created the four pillars
for the society. The aim is to set up voluntary organizations in each hamlet, fight against the bribery of this country and develop a transparent nation. So, was formed this fifth pillar.
Maa
of the system, diseases, violence, are few of the common enemy we should
fight against. Mankind will survive if love pervades all. So join Maa to spread the message of kindness and love.
religion and join hands for a peace loving, uniform nation, with patriotic
fervour and heads held high.
Sarvasakthee The worst enemy in any home is liquor. We see toddy shops and liquor bars every where around. Brainless poor folk and even the wealthy rich can be seen on roads, after consuming liquor. Many women loose their mangal sutra and peace because of their husbands turning drunkards. These men resort to many evildoings as liquor blurs their mind and vision. Their future and that of their children has become a big question mark. Women
and families affected by this menace can join hands and can save
themselves from this economical crisis and can live as a cohesive unit. They can formulate strategies to eliminate liquor from their
Principled simplicity In todays modern world, what people have almost forgot, is simplicity. Indias leaders, many of them have lead the country because of their clear vision and simplicity. Gandhiji, Vivekananda, Mother Teresa and many others are luminaries who lead their life with simplicity and became the torch bearers of
this nation. Many illegal acts like murder, dowry practice and thefts are caused
because of greed and desire. Just for the sake of what ones neighbour thinks, man resorts to buy all unwanted things. He ends up buying beyond his capacity and gets life time imprisonment in debts and legal notices. Just to maintain a pseudo-status in the society, people spend beyond their limits. To stop this and make people lead a principled simple life, this forum was started. If men wear badges marked as Principled Simplicity, none would resort to
ridicule him, rather try to follow him. He would become the epitome of
simplicity and straight forwardness. He is not a miser, but a wise spender. He is not insane, but intelligent. There are many who have joined this forum to lead a simple life and also spread the message to others.
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