7 Fascinating Near-Death Experiences

What happens when we die? Is there an afterlife? Thousands of stories from people who were clinically dead, but then came back to life, share similarities: a warm white light, a tunnel, and dead friends or family welcoming them. Check out some of the most amazing near-death experiences on record.

Anita Moorjani's NDE, and her amazing recovery from terminal cancer & coma

Anita Moorjani, an ethnic Indian woman from Hong Kong, had end stage cancer (Hodgkin's Lymphoma) and was being cared for at home, but on the morning of February 2, 2006 she did not wake up. She had fallen into a coma. Doctors said she would not make it beyond the next 36 hours since her organs were no longer functioning and her body had started to swell up, creating open skin lesions. In spite of this, Anita saw and heard the conversations between her husband and the doctors that were taking place outside her room about 40 feet away down a hallway. She also saw her brother on a plane, having heard the news that she was dying, coming to see her. Both things were later confirmed.

Then she claims to have "crossed over to another dimension, where I was engulfed in a total feeling of love. I also experienced extreme clarity of why I had the cancer, why I had come into this life in the first place, what role everyone in my family played in my life in the grand scheme of things, and generally how life works. I realized what a gift life was, and that I was surrounded by loving spiritual beings, who were always around me even when I did not know it. I found out that my purpose now would be to live ‘heaven on earth' using this new understanding, and also to share this knowledge with other people."

In her now famous book, "Dying to be me", Anita explains how she "had the choice of whether to come back into life, or go towards death. I became aware that if I chose life, my body would heal very quickly. I then started to understand how illnesses start on an energetic level before they become physical. I became aware that everything going on in our lives was dependent on this energy around us, created by us. Nothing was real – we created our surroundings, our conditions, etc. depending where this “energy” was at. If I chose life, the results would show that my organs were functioning normally. If I chose death, the results would show organ failure as the cause of death, due to cancer. I was able to change the outcome of the tests by my choice. I made my choice, and as I started to wake up (in a very confused state, as I could not at that time tell which side of the veil I was on), the doctors came rushing into the room with big smiles on their faces saying to my family 'Good news – we got the results and her organs are functioning – we can't believe it!'. After that, I began to recover rapidly."

Doctors were quite surprised and, once Anita became stable, they started tracking down the lymph nodes they saw when she entered the hospital. Tests had shown swollen lymph nodes and tumors the size of lemons extending from the base of her skull all the way to her lower abdomen, but doctors found none. They did a bone marrow biopsy, again to find the cancer activity so they could adjust the chemotherapy according to the disease, but there wasn't any in the bone marrow. Because they were unable to understand what was going on, they made her undergo test after test, all of which Anita passed easily. She then had a full body scan, and because they could not find anything, they made the radiologist repeat it again.

"Because of my experience, I am now sharing with everyone I know that miracles are possible in your life every day. After what I have seen, I realize that absolutely anything is possible, and that we did not come here to suffer. Life is supposed to be great, and we are very, very loved. The way I look at life has changed dramatically, and I am so glad to have been given a second chance to experience 'heaven on earth.'"

A neurosurgeon's NDE, trying to prove consciousness is independent from the brain

Eben Alexander, a neurosurgeon from Duke University, is the famous author of The New York Times best-selling autobiographical book "Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife" (2012), in which he asserts that his out of body and near death experience (NDE) while in a meningitis-induced coma in 2008 proves that consciousness is independent of the brain, that death is an illusion, and that an eternity of perfect splendor awaits us beyond the grave — complete with angels, clouds, and departed relatives, but also including butterflies and beautiful girls in peasant dress.

According to him, the current understanding of the mind “now lies broken at our feet ”— for “What happened to me destroyed it, and I intend to spend the rest of my life investigating the true nature of consciousness and making the fact that we are more, much more, than our physical brains as clear as I can, both to my fellow scientists and to people at large.” Alexander's book was excerpted in a Newsweek magazine cover story in October 2012.

According to his critics, "his NDE occurred not during his coma, but as he was surfacing from the coma and his cortex was returning to full function. It is curious that he does not allow this obvious and natural explanation, but instead insists on a supernatural one." The author responded that "only isolated pockets of deep cortical neurons were still sputtering, but no broad networks capable of generating anything like what we call 'consciousness' were."

90 Minutes in Heaven, the story of Reverend Don Piper

In 1989, Reverend Don Piper of Pasadena, California was travelling in a car when it was crushed by an 18-wheeler in a head-on crash. Paramedics declared him dead. He was without a pulse, he says, for 90 minutes before he came back to life after a passer-by began to pray and sing hymns over his body. "The steering wheel impaled me in the chest and then the car's roof collapsed on my head so there's just no way you could survive this accident," he said.

However, he says that the experience he had before rejoining the living could not be explained as anything other than life after death. He says he remembers music that was "beyond spectacular'" and aromas that he'd never smelled before. His grandfather was there to greet him alongside several others who had died before him. They all stood in front of a magnificent gate with lights that were "pulsating with life," he said. "You know, if I was having a dream about it, this wouldn't be in it," he said. "Some of these people who met me at the gates, I haven't thought of in decades."

Mr. Piper, who endured dozens of surgeries to fix his bones, had to learn to walk again. He wrote about the trauma in The New York Times best-seller 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life. He believes he was sent back to spread the message that "heaven is a real place."

A Four-year-old's NDE and his encounter with Jesus riding a rainbow-colored horse

The New York Times best-selling Christian book "Heaven is for Real" (2010) is a father's account of his son Colton's trip to heaven and back. After discovering that Colton's appendix had ruptured, he was rushed to the hospital. Unconscious, the boy alleges to have met Jesus, God, his great-grandfather, whom he had never met, and his older sister, who was lost in a miscarriage but nobody had told him about.

Colton also made other extra-biblical claims that he personally met Jesus riding a rainbow-colored horse and sat in Jesus' lap, all while the angels sang songs to him. He also says that he saw the Virgin Mary kneeling before the throne of God and, at other times, standing beside Jesus.

Elizabeth Taylor's NDE and her encounter with her dead ex-husband

Interviewed by Larry King on CNN's Larry King Live and also by ABC News, famous actress Elizabeth Taylor spoke about her experience of dying on the operating table while undergoing surgery, and of passing through a tunnel towards a brilliant white light. Taylor said that while she was clinically dead, she had encountered the spirit of Michael Todd, one of her former husbands, whom she referred to as her great love. She had wanted to stay with Todd, she said, but he had told her that she had work and life ahead of her, and he "pushed me back to my life." Following her resuscitation, the eleven-person medical team, including doctors, nurses, etc., witnessed Taylor's testimonial of this event.

"I was pronounced dead once and actually saw the light. I find it very hard to talk about, actually, because it sounds so corny. It happened in the late '50s, and I saw Mike (Todd, Taylor's third husband, who was killed in a plane crash in 1958). When I came to, there were about 11 people in the room. I'd been gone for about five minutes - they had given me up for dead and put my death notice on the wall. I shared this with the people that were in the room next to me. Then after that I told another group of friends, and I thought, ‘Wow, this sounds really screwy. I think I'd better keep quiet about this.'"

George Rodonaia's NDE after being killed by the KGB and lying dead for 3 days

Pronounced dead immediately after he was hit by a car in 1976 while trying to leave the URSS, Rodonaia was left for three days in the morgue. He did not "return to life" until a doctor began to make an incision in his abdomen as part of an autopsy procedure. Prior to his NDE he worked as a neuropathologist. He was also an avowed atheist. However, after the experience he devoted himself exclusively to the study of spirituality, taking a second doctorate in the psychology of religion. He then became an ordained priest in the Eastern Orthodox Church. He served as a pastor at the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Baytown, Texas.

At this point, Rev. George Rodonaia held an M.D. and a Ph.D. in neuropathology and a Ph.D. in the psychology of religion. He delivered a keynote address to the United Nations on the "Emerging Global Spirituality." Before emigrating to the United States from the Soviet Union in 1989, he worked as a research psychiatrist at the University of Moscow. Dr. Rodonaia's experience, in his own words, can be read in Phillip Berman's book, The Journey Home. He died in 2004.

Oldest NDE on record: written by Plato in 380 BC

The oldest surviving explicit report of a NDE in Western literature comes from the famed Greek philosopher Plato who, in the year 380 BC, described such an event in the tenth book of his legendary work entitled Republic. Although it's called the "Myth of Er", the word "myth" in this case means "word, speech, account," rather than the modern meaning. The story begins as a man named Er dies in battle. Ten days later, when the bodies of those who died in the battle are collected, Er's body has not decomposed. Two days later he revives on his funeral-pyre and tells others of his journey into the afterlife, including an account of reincarnation and the celestial spheres of the astral plane. The tale introduces the idea that moral people are rewarded and immoral people are punished after death. The story includes an account of the cosmos and the afterlife that greatly influenced religious, philosophical, and scientific thought for many centuries.

10 Most Amazing & Exotic Restaurants

Waterfall Restaurant (Philippines)

Located in the Quezon province of the Philippines, Villa Escudero is a nice hacienda-style resort with cozy rooms and an exotic atmosphere. However, what brought its international fame is the waterfall restaurant that allows tourists to enjoy a nice meal right at the foot of a small waterfall.

In most cases, getting too close to a waterfall can prove deadly, but not at this particular restaurant at Villa Escudero. Here, people are actually encouraged to take off their shoes and get as close to the falls as possible. Set right at the foot of Labasin Falls, this special place invites customers to taste popular Filipino dishes while fresh spring water from the falls flows under and over their feet, making this an unforgettable experience. As you can imagine, it's nowhere near as impressive as Niagara, but visitors who don't mind getting their clothes wet can sit right under the rushing waterfall and get their pictures taken.

Floating Restaurant (Sweden)

The Salt & Sill is a minimalist 23-room barge that also serves as a top-notch seafood restaurant specializing in herring and fresh local produce. All 23 rooms have their own outdoor seating areas, but the hotel's sole suite has an extra-enticing benefit: a private roof-top jacuzzi. The hotel's location on the lake, by the way, is not a gimmick: the adjacent land simply didn't have any room.

Mineshaft Restaurant (Finland)

"Pop-down is such a unique idea that I just had to do it," chef Timo Linnamaki said, before his first clients descended to the bottom of the mine shaft in the town of Lohja, Finland. "It's great working down here because you are totally cut off from the world, so nothing distracts from the cooking." The idea of preparing food so far below ground was all part of being close to the earth, but the talented cook admits this is by far the weirdest place he has ever prepared his dishes and that it would be very difficult to find something on par. The 115-year-old mine chosen as the location for this unique pop-down restaurant goes down to a depth of 1246 ft., where limestone is still mined for the chemical industry. But that didn't seem to scare off customers, as the 64-seat restaurant was already fully booked when the crazy underground cooking experiment began.

Airplane Restaurant (England)

Airline food served on little plastic trays is always sure to divide opinion - but one unique restaurant is redefining what you'd expect to eat onboard a plane. This unusual eatery, which is the first of its kind in the UK, is set inside a Douglas DC6 aircraft and run by 35-year-old chef Tony Caunce at Coventry Airport.

With a fully-functioning bar onboard, visitors can enjoy draught beers and wines with food from under a tenner up to just £15 for a fillet steak...meaning the owners can brag that the prices aren't too sky high.

The 40-seater restaurant opened two weeks ago with an aviation-themed menu including an 8 oz. Rapide, Vampire gammon steak, Bomber T-bone steak and a Meteor marinade fillet. Punters can also have a look at the original cockpit to see what the plane was like when it was flying. Waiters can be called to tables using the original call buttons, just as you would use them on a flight to call a stewardess.

Bank Vault Restaurant (Colorado, US)

Located in the old Denver National Bank building, this Old World steakhouse offers dining in private cherry wood booths once used by bank customers to view their safety deposit boxes. You can actually experience some of Denver's most romantic private dining inside the 100 year old bank vault. Tour the wine cellar, located 35 feet below ground in the original cash vault.

Cave Restaurant (Africa)

What do you think of dining in a cave, with stalactites looking down on you, surrounded by walls embedded with fossil shells? Sounds exciting, right? Then Ali Barbour's Cave Restaurant in Diani Beach, South of Mombasa, is the place.

These caves were formed in coral limestone over half a million years ago and have been gradually modified by tidal action since then, together with the assistance of George Barbour, the owner of the land where the caves sit.

The entrance to the cave complex is a bar area, covered with a makuti –palm tree branche roof, which is supported by a gum tree. From this point, two lower dining caves are revealed. These open up to a starry African night sky.

World's Smallest Restaurant (Italy)

SOLO PER DUE - or "Just for Two" - is the smallest restaurant in the world: it has only one table and it takes just two people at a time. Only two guests per night are treated to an opulent Italian feast, during which they are waited on hand and foot. The waitstaff doesn't linger, though: you'll need to summon them with a bell. They'll even take care of special requests, like a private fireworks show or chauffeur service. At the end of the meal guests can even spend the night. The price for a meal, needless to say, is astronomical — starting at €250 ($325) per person.

Cardboard Restaurant (Taiwan)

Unless you've actually been to Taichung, I'm sure you haven't seen anything like the Carton King Restaurant before. Except for the food, the waiters, and some cutlery, everything inside this place is made from cardboard and paper. It seems almost impossible, but you actually sit on cardboard chairs, sip drinks from cardboard cans, and eat your food out of cardboard bowls at a cardboard table. The food is pretty average, a bit on the pricey side, but that's to be expected considering the amazing venue where it's served. What's great about this place is the recycling potential. In case anything breaks or becomes damaged, it's simply recycled. That was actually the point of the whole Carton King Creativity Park, to show the real power of paper and cardboard and convince people it can be used for a lot more than generic packaging.

MuvBox Shipping Container Restaurant (Canada)

Tucked in a corner of the Old Port in Montreal is Müvbox, a portable restaurant powered with solar panels that unfold from a sleek rectangular shape into a beautiful modern cafe with outdoor tables and a canopy. Owner Daniel Noiseux of Montreal's Pizzalolle restaurants fitted a kitchen and seating for 28 guests into a standard 28-foot shipping container with a floor made from recycled tires. It serves fresh, local and gourmet foods including local specialties like Madeleine lobster and Brome Lake duck.

Monkey Restaurant (Japan)

The Kayabukiya Tavern is a traditional-style Japanese "sake-house" restaurant (izakaya) located in the city of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, Japan. The location attracted international attention in 2008 when the Western media reported on the tavern and its news movies were uploaded to YouTube.

The tavern's owner, Kaoru Otsuka, owns two pet macaque monkeys who are currently employed at the location. The first monkey, twelve-year-old "Yat-chan," is dressed in a shirt and shorts while he takes customers' drink orders and delivers them to the diners' tables. The restaurant's owner, Otsuka, reported that he never initially taught the monkeys; Yat-chan first learned from watching him work. Otsuka said, "It all started one day when I gave him a hot towel out of curiosity and he brought the towel to the customer." The younger macaque, named Fuku-chan, is currently four years old and has the main duty of bringing the attendees hot towels to clean their hands before ordering drinks. Fuku-chan has only two years of experience, while Yat-chan has reportedly been performing the job for a longer time.

Both monkeys receive boiled soya beans from customers as tips for their service.

விரைவில் வருது சோலார் பெயின்ட்

விரைவில் வருது சோலார் பெயின்ட் : சுண்ணாம்பு போல சுவரில் அடிக்கலாம் வீட்டுக்கு வீடு மின்உற்பத்தி நடக்கும்

கருத்துகள்

நியூயார்க்-: சூரிய ஒளியில் இருந்து மின்சாரம் தயாரிக்கும் சோலார் பேனல்களை திரவ வடிவில் உருவாக்கும் காலம் வெகுதொலைவில் இல்லை. தரையிலும் சுவரிலும் சோலார் பேனல் பெயின்டை அடித்தால் வீட்டுக்கு வீடு, தரைக்கு தரை, சுவருக்கு சுவர் மின்உற்பத்தி நடக்கும் என்கின்றனர் விஞ்ஞானிகள். உலகம் முழுவதும் சோலார் மின் உற்பத்தி திட்டங்கள் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகரித்து வருகிறது. அனல், நீர்மின் திட்டங்களில் மின்உற்பத்தி குறையும் பகுதிகளில் சோலார் மின் உற்பத்தியில் அரசுகள் கவனம் செலுத்தி வருகின்றன. மக்களும் அரசுகளும் இதில் சற்று தயக்கம் காட்டுவதற்கு காரணம்.. சோலார் பேனல்கள் அமைப்பதற்கு ஆகும் அதிகப்படியான செலவு.
வருங்காலத்தில் சோலார் பேனலுக்கு அதிகம் செலவிட அவசியம் இல்லை என்கின்றனர் ஆராய்ச்சியாளர்கள். இதுபற்றி அமெரிக்காவின் நியூயார்க் மாநிலத்தில் உள்ள பஃபல்லோ பல்கலைக்கழக எலக்ட்ரிக்கல் இன்ஜினியரிங் துறை பேராசிரியரும் ஆராய்ச்சியாளருமான கியாவ்கியாங் கான் கூறியதாவது: ஒளி ஆற்றலை மின்சாரமாக மாற்றும் திறன் பெற்ற சோலார் செல்களின் தொகுப்புதான் சோலார் பேனல் எனப்படுகிறது.

பொதுவாக பாலி கிரிஸ்டலைன் சிலிகானை கொண்டுதான் இந்த பேனல் உருவாக்கப்படுகிறது. மெலிதான பிலிம் போல பேனலை தயாரிப்பதென்றால் அமார்பஸ் சிலிகான் அல்லது காட்மியம் டெல்யூரைடு பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது. இந்த இரண்டு வகையுமே அதிக செலவு ஏற்படுத்தக் கூடியவை. குறைந்த செலவிலான சோலார் பேனல்களை உருவாக்கும் முயற்சி உலகம் முழுக்க நடக்கிறது. அந்த வகையில் பிளாஸ்மோனிக் தன்மை கொண்ட ஆர்கானிக் வகை பொருட்களை சோலார் பேனலாக பயன்படுத்தினால் அதிக மின்உற்பத்தி செய்ய முடியும். செலவும் குறைவு என கண்டறியப்பட்டுள்ளது. மேலும், இது திரவ வடிவில் இருப்பதால் பயன்படுத்துவதும் எளிது. திரவ வடிவில் இருக்கும் சோலார் பேனலை சுவர், தரை என எந்த பகுதியிலும் பெயின்ட் போல எளிதில் பூச முடியும். வெளிச்சம் கிடைக்கும் எல்லா இடத்திலும் இந்த பெயின்ட் அடித்தால் மின்உற்பத்தியும் அதிகளவில் நடக்கும். இது மட்டுமின்றி கார்பனை அடிப்படையாக கொண்ட சிறு மூலக்கூறுகள், பாலிமர்கள் ஆகியவற்றை பயன்படுத்தி பிலிம் வகை சோலார் பேனல் உருவாக்கும் முயற்சியிலும் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளோம். இவற்றையும் குறைந்த செலவில் தயாரிக்க முடியும். இவ்வாறு கியாவ்கியாங் கான் கூறினார்.

 

8 Bizarre Stories of People Who Like to Get Married a LOT

The woman who won the record for the most marriages with 23 ex-husbands

Linda Wolfe, 68, who first wed at 16, is now a grandmother with 23 ex-husbands, which sets the world record for the Most Married Woman. She has said that she is "addicted to the romance" of getting married.

The best lover was Jack Gourley, who liked skinny dipping and impromptu trysts. She wed him three times. Wolfe also married a one-eyed inmate. Two of her husbands were gay, while two were homeless. Some cheated on her. One "choked her and turned her lip inside out." Another secured the fridge with a padlock and chain.

Her last marriage to Glynn Wolfe, a decade ago, was a publicity stunt. He took Linda as his bride, which officially made him the world's most married man at 29 times. He died a year later at age 88.

Ms. Wolfe has been single for a dozen years, her longest stint since childhood.

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The couple who renewed their vows for the 100th time

A loved-up American couple set a new Guinness World Record for the most marriage vow renewals, having exchanged their vows for the 100th time at the Hard Rock Café in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Lauren and David Blair from Hendersonville, Tennessee first met in 1982 and were instantly smitten with each other. Their first date came two days later, and within three months David had proposed. The course to true love rarely being smooth, Lauren actually said no the first time. However, it wasn't long before Lauren accepted and in the summer of 1984 the couple was married in Topanga Canyon, California.

Since then Lauren and David, at 60 and 58 years old respectively, have renewed their vows 99 times, with each ceremony taking place in a different location. I guess they really like honeymoons. (Link)

The man who got married 53 times

After 52 marriages, 72 year old Malaysian Kamarudin Mohamad tied the knot for the 53rd and last time in 2004 with Khadijah Udin, who also happened to be his first wife a very long time back. Kamarudin had divorced Khadijah 50 years ago after living with her for only one year.

He claimed to not be a playboy, but could not find the right woman to be with the first 51 times. His 52nd marriage to a Thai woman was perhaps the most successful, as he remained with her for 20 years until she died of cancer.

74-year-old Khadijah Udin agreed to re-marry him only if he promised to give up his affection for beauty and live with her forever. Kamarudin agreed to live and love her for the rest of his life.

Out of the 52 women he married, one was English and two were Thai. His shortest marriage was for only 2 days! Kamarudin had eight children from his wives and sixteen grandchildren. He passed away in 2007 after setting the record for being the most married man on planet earth. (Link)

The former Brazilian Butt Queen who is set to get married for the 17th time

Gretchen is a Brazilian singer who became notorious as the Rainha do Bumbum ("Butt Queen") in the late 1970s. Lately she has another reason for notoriety that is much less appealing than her buttocks: she is set to marry her newest boyfriend who will become her 17th husband. (Link)

The company with the most married couples, since 76 employees are married to each other

You can add this as a work perk: if you want to find a husband, there is one company where you should send your resume. In this credit card corporation in Argentina, 76 of their employees are married to each other.

That's right, the record for the most married couples employed by the same company is held by Tarjeta Naranja of Córdoba, Argentina who, as of April 2004, had 38 married couples working for them. All couples sent in marriage certificates and proof of employment.

I can't help but wonder how hard it is for their human resource department to arrange combined vacations for all of them. (Link)

The Baptist minister who got married 29 times

Some people spend most of their years looking for their special someone, that significant other that will be their wife\husband and share the rest of their life. On the other hand, there was Glynn Wolfe (July 25, 1908 – June 10, 1997), a Baptist minister from Blythe, California who holds the record for the largest number of marriages at 29! His shortest marriage lasted for 19 days, and his longest for 11 years. Surprisingly, his last marriage was to the woman who holds the same record for the most married woman.

Although he had 29 wives, 19 children, 40 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren, nobody stepped forward to claim his body when he died. (Link)

The most married Hollywood stars, with 8 times each

Lana Turner (1920 - 1995), Mickey Rooney (b. 23 Sept 1922), Zsa Zsa Gabor (b. 6 Feb 1917), Elizabeth Taylor (b. 27 February 1932 - d. 23 March 2011) and Georgia Holt, have each married eight times.

Stan Laurel also had eight wedding ceremonies, but of these one was invalid because his divorce was not final, and two were "extra ceremonies" during his third marriage. In all he had four wives, one of whom he married twice. (Link)

The man who is married to twin sisters and their cousin

Joe Darger from Salt Lake City, Utah lives in a house with his three wives and their 24 children. His polygamous marriage is illegal in 50 American states - and has resulted in him being excommunicated from the Mormon church. However, Joe, a fifth generation polygamist, believes his is the correct way, and says he wants to fight to have his plural marriage officially recognized by society. The fundamentalist Mormon appeared on the breakfast television show alongside his three wives, 42-year-old twins Vicki and Valerie, and their 43-year-old cousin Alina.

Vicki and Alina have been married to Joe for 22 years after dating Joe simultaneously when they were just 18. Vicki's twin sister Valerie married Joe 12 years ago after her own polygamous union - with a man who had six other wives - broke down. (Link)

கனி கொடுத்து கனி பெறுவோம்

‘‘பதினாறும் பெற்றுப் பெருவாழ்வு வாழ்க’’ என்று திருமணத் தம்பதிகளை வாழ்த்திப் பாடுவது வழக்கம். இங்கே பதினாறு என்பது குழந்தைகளை குறிக்கவில்லை. அவை,  பதினாறு வகை பேறுகளைக் குறிக்கின்றன. அவையாவன: ‘கலையாத கல்வி, குறையாத வயது, கபடு வராத நட்பு, குன்றாத இளமை, குறையாத வளமை, பிணி இல்லாத  உடல், சலியாத மனம், அன்பகலாத மனைவி, தவறாத சந்தானம், தாழாத கீர்த்தி, மாறாத வார்த்தை, தடைகள் வராத கொடை, தொலையாத நிதி, கோணாத செங்கோல்,  துன்பமில்லாத வாழ்வு, இறைவன் பாதத்தில் அன்பு.’ இதுபோன்ற செல்வங்களை பெற்று நல்வாழ்வு வாழ வேண்டுமென்பது புதுமண தம்பதிகளுக்கு மாத்திரமல்ல;  எல்லாருக்குமே விருப்பம்தான்.

இந்த பதினாறு செல்வங்களையும் நாம் பெற விரும்பினால் வேதாகமத்தில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ள ஆவியின் ஒன்பது கனிகள் நமக்கு தேவை. அவையாவன: ‘அன்பு (லிஷீஸ்மீ),  சந்தோஷம் (யிஷீஹ்), சமாதானம் (றிமீணீநீமீ),  நீடித்த பொறுமை (லிஷீஸீரீsஷீயீயீமீக்ஷீவீஸீரீ), தயவு (ரிவீஸீபீஸீமீss), நற்குணம் (நிஷீஷீபீஸீமீss). விசுவாசம்  (திணீவீtலீயீuறீஸீமீss),  சாந்தம் (நிமீஸீtமீறீஸீமீss), இச்சையடக்கம் (ஷிமீறீயீ சிஷீஸீtக்ஷீஷீறீ)’  (கலாத்தியர் 5:22, 23) நமது ஜீவியங்களில் நாம் ஆவியின்  கனியை கொடுக்க வேண்டும். இந்த வழியில் மட்டுமே தேவன் கொடுக்கும் வெகுமதியின் நிறைவை நம்மால் பூரணமாய் அனுபவிக்க முடியும். வேதாகமத்தில் யோசேப்பு  என்னும் பக்தனை குறித்து வாசிக்கும்போது அவன் ‘கனி தரும் திராட்சை செடி’ என்று அவனுக்கு பெயர் கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. காரணம், அவனுக்குள் இந்த ஆவியின்  கனிகள் காணப்பட்டது (பாக்க ஆதி 49: 22). விருட்சங்கள் கனியைக் கொடுப்பது செழிப்புக்கும் நல் ஆரோக்கியத்துக்கும் அடையாளம்.

மரங்கள் கனி கொடுக்க வேண்டும். கனி கொடாத மரத்தினால் பயனேதுமில்லை. இதைப்போலவே மனிதர்களும் ஆவியின் கனிகளை கொடுக்க வேண்டும். இவை  இல்லாதிருந்தால் அந்த மனிதர்கள் வாழ்ந்தும் பயனேதுமில்லை. நல்ல கனி கொடாத மரமெல்லாம் வெட்டுண்டு அக்கினியிலே போடப்படும் (மத் 3:10). ஒரு மரம்  கொடுக்கும் கனிகளினால் அதன் தன்மையை அறியலாம். நல்ல மரம் நல்ல கனிகளை கொடுக்கும். கெட்ட கனிகளை கொடுக்காது (மத் 7:17). இதுபோலவே மனிதர்களின்  கிரியைகளை வைத்தே அவர் நல்ல மரமா? கெட்ட மரமா? என்று கணித்து விடலாம். நல்ல கனி கொடாத மனிதர்கள் இயேசு கிறிஸ்துவின் நியாயத் தீர்ப்பில் கணக்கு  ஒப்புவிக்க வேண்டும். நம்முடைய ஆவிக்குரிய ஜீவியத்தில் நாம் ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் ஒவ்வொரு நிமிடமும் நல்ல கனிகளை கொடுக்க வேண்டும். ஜெயம்  கொள்ளுகிறவனுக்கு தேவன் ஜீவவிருட்சத்தின் கனியை புசிக்கக் கொடுப்பார் (வெளி 2: 7).

- பரமன்குறிச்சி பெவிஸ்டன்