William Hearst - Father of sensational news

A bitter rivalry between two American Newspaper giants Hearst and Pulitzer have rewritten the way news is told to the world. In the Year 1887, William Hearst took over "Francisco Examiner" which have a very less circulation. Soon, Hearst made lots of changes and made "San Francisco Examiner" Newspaper No.1 and successful. Hearst entered New York Newspaper industry to compete with the No.1 "NewYork World" Newspaper run by Joseph Pultizer .  

First, William Hearst uses his money power to buy City Editor, Business manager, Sunday Editor, etc from his rival Pulitzer's "New York World" Newspaper. Secondly, William Hearst uses the same number of pages as that of Pultizer's "New York World" Newspaper. Thirdly, William Hearst uses sensational news about the scandals, scams and crime. Moreover, he priced half the prize of the Pultizer's "New York World" Newspaper. 

William Hearts was waiting for one sensational news to increase his circulation. on Feb 15 1898, a sudden explosion submerged the American ship that contains 266 American sailors. Without having any proof for the incident, Hearst headlined his "New York Journal" as "Work of an Enemy" and complained Spain. 

Pulitzer was honest in reporting correct and Authentic information in his "NewYork World" Newspaper which people liked and respected a lot. However, after the William Hearts cooked up story about the ship explosion, "New York Journal" is becoming more famous. In order to keep his Newspaper circulation alive, Pulitzer also started speculating spain's hand in the explosion and forced to give sensational unauthentic story. 

On April 25 1898, US declares war against Spain after two months of the Newspaper speculation. Both Hearst and Pulitzer quickly seizes this opportunity and continue giving sensational news about the war. 

Joseph Pulitzer was successful in running his Newspaper using sensational news.He felt that the competition with Hearst that have made him to move out of Authenticity and originality. So, he regrets his mistake and donated two million dollars to Columbia university, which started the school of journalism. 
Today, he is best known for the Pulitzer Prizes, which were established in 1917 to recognize artistic and journalistic achievements in the United States.  

Both of them have made Newspaper as one of the Key essentials of our day to day life. Today's Newspapers still uses the same innovation and the techniques that have been used by Hearst and Pulitzer to attract the readers and keep them busy always. 

Whenever you see a sensational news in the Newspaper or Television remember that it was started by William Hearts who used this strategy to increase his Newspaper circulation. In a nutshell, Newspaper is multi-million dollar industry that covers sensational news to attract the audience. 

Switch OFF News and Switch ON Life

Your mind is a Powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change - John Assaraf

Amygdala is an almond-shaped mass of gray matter inside our brain. It is responsible for processing of memory, decision making and emotional reactions. Somehow, Amygdala likes negative news in comparison with positive ones. Mass media is a billion dollar industry and they know about the functioning of the Amygdala in our brain. So only ninety percent of the news on the Newspaper and Television is negative which draws people’s attention more quickly.

Before 5 Years, I have attended one Meditation workshop at Varthur, Bangalore. In the workshop, there was a Young man who spoke about the importance of Meditation.During his speech, he requested us to refrain from watching TV News and reading Newspaper. He told that his life have transformed a lot positively after doing this small change.

I always like to experiment with myself, before I accept anything. So, I stopped reading newspaper and watching news for 3 months. I am pleasantly surprised by the positive outcomes. I am more happier and my mind is calm, relaxed and peaceful.

I got lots of time to read good books, attending weekend workshops, Yoga, Meditation, etc. Hence, I am still continuing this good habit and I am loving my beautiful life.

Below is the live testimonial from my friend Debajyoti who has also expressed a similar experience.

"Well, it has been 2 months when I decided to stop watching or reading any news that is not directly concerns me. Same goes for the post on my Facebook wall and WhatsApp messages.

Doing this simple change I have benefited immensely. Now I don't have to participate in unwanted debates whose credentials I never know. I found that my facts and perception is based on the medium and source of information.

In today’s age of digitization it is very easy to spread news which are morphed or forged. People are happy to receive them and tend to believe them without verifying its authenticity. By the virtue of my changes I found to be happy. I tend to give more time to my near and dear ones. I spend time on my fitness. I have now ample time for myself.

My Life have become beautiful by this small little change. I utilize this extra time for good work and spread unconditional love. Try to be a good and kind hearted Human."

Have a clear goal in life and work towards it during your free time instead of watching News and TV Serial.Wish you all a splendid success and happiness in your life. 

Is there God - The Happy Zen Views

I was an atheist until my age of 27. I don't want to believe the existence of God until I experience HIM in my life. So, I started doing a research on God as I have lots of doubts in HIS existence. During my research, I had come across the teachings of Thiru.Velkuddi Krishnan[Hinduism], Gaur Gopal Prabhu[Hinduism], Dr.Joseph Murphy[Christianity], Norman Vincent Peale[Christianity], Dr.Zakir Naik[Islam] who explained me the powers and the characteristics of God. 

With little hope, I have started practicing their teachings and by the Divine blessings, I have experienced the existence of God. Magics and Miracles started in my life after I have surrendered to the God. My divine master Thiru.Nagore Rumi had shown me the patch of Spirituality where I got more clarity. I am thankful to God and all my masters for their blessings and teachings. 

Recently, I have received an article from my colleague Vijay [ Name Changed] with the headline "Is there God ?". After reading the complete article, I wanted to give feedback to the article based on my understanding and experience. I am posting my feedback here, so-that it will give a clear picture for the persons who are still in search of God. 

Vijay : Once Siddharta, whom we now know as Buddha today , like every morning , was talking to his disciples, when there came a man who was a great devotee of Rama and dedicated his whole life ro Rama, but because he had not ever seen Rama  so he got a doubt in mind that is he wasting his life on a person whose existence is not yet proven , that's why he asked Gautam - "IS THERE GOD" ?? .Immediately Gautam replied to that man – “NO” . Soon all his disciples got shocked and they all started celebrating this joy because  from now on  there was no one who will  keep the record of their sins and will punish them after their death in hell. The next day morning , there came a atheist and he asked same question to Gautam – “IS THERE GOD “,because he was afraid that may be if god exixt , he will punish him after death for not praying him during his life. Gautam gave a look and said- "Yes". And the same thing happened which was expected , there was disappointment all around, all started worshipping God so that he take cares of them and should not punish them for their sins of their life . The point is this that God is the name of that fear which we had put on our-self like a big load . We pray GOD because we believe that he is far more powerful  to us and he can do anything to us . In short we go to temples and mosques , not to pray for our happiness but to beg to GOD so that he will not harm in any ways in future .
The Happy Zen : Law of Karma says that "What we Sow, what we reap". God have created this beautiful universe and made some laws that governs the universe including the human life. Enlightened souls knows those laws and live in align with those laws.

In the above paragraph it is written that GOD will harm or punish the person after their death in hell, if he doesn't believe or worship God or do some sins. It is a wrong myth. God doesn't punish or harm anyone. It is the person's own deeds that brings good or bad to him. It is not necessary that a person who performs wrong things will be punished only in hell. Based on once actions and deeds, the person might reap the benefits of goodness or bad during his life itself. 

It is written in our vedic scriptures that the soul takes many incarnation. Whenever the soul leaves the body, it also takes the good and bad deeds during that birth. We can see some person are born with a silver spoon in a wealthy family with good loving parents. It is because of the past good deeds accumulated during their last births. 

Vijay : In this world , some people believe in God and some people don’t . In my opinion both are right and both are wrong on their part as both of them are yet to prove the existence of GOD. 
The Happy Zen : God's presence and existence can only be experienced and cannot to proved in a laboratory like the Big bang experiment held near Geneva in the Year 2010. Everyone can experience God, if they believe in HIS super-powers and surrender to him completely. God is a bundle of Super-conscious energy that can be experienced beyond our 5 senses. We can experience GOD when we start resonating in HIS frequency through Bhakti, devotion, unconditional love and forgiveness. 

Vijay :The only difference between the two is that one community have saved GOD as their insurance policy which will help them in their hard times and others  don’t believe in GOD because they don’t want that somebody else will control their life , they want to live freely without fear .
The Happy Zen : I agree that there are some people who use God as their Insurance policy, who will help them in their hard times and forget HIM once the problem is solved. However, these people doesn't know the full potential of God and use HIS powers only for a very less percentage. An enlightened soul won't ask anything materialistic to GOD, but only his blessings and love. 

Vijay :As people who gave us birth , our mother and father , are human so we tend to believe that the one who has created this universe must also be a human with supreme power like a superman . Have you ever thought that what will be the form of GOD for a DOG . It must be big DOG with supreme power . It can happen also as spellings are very much similar. That mean every creature have their own form of GOD and hence nobody can define GOD or we can say nobody can say that GOD is like this or that .
The Happy Zen : God is Omnipotent and Omnipresent and HE is a bundle of high frequency energy and there is no image for God . It is already told in our Quran and it our Vedic scriptures that God can't be restricted in a statue. However, our sages have build Temples, Churches and Mosques as a storehouse of Spiritual energy. It will be difficult for an ordinary person to visualize God, so the sages have made the statues to represent the Omnipresent divine supreme soul. 
Statue in the temple have power, only if you believe in it. If you need to recharge your Spiritual energy, it is advisable to visit these divine places. God can also be called as Field of Potentiality, Universe, Love, Higher consciousness, subconcious mind, etc. 


Vijay : But think for a while , inspite of materializing GOD , if we think GOD as that positive energy which drives us to do hard work , to do good things and to continuously move on right path to achieve success , then I think our job will become much easier . If we will think GOD as a power then we can define it as we can define an energy on the basis of its feel and effects .  Neither atheist nor theist will have any problem in considering GOD as a source of energy and also after that neither we have to fear anymore from it nor we have pray it to achieve something. We all possess that power , just we have to make it live in action.
I think that the only need is to feel that power , to make it live , to awaken those seven CHAKRAS . Then only we will be able to define ourselves , then only we will be able to connect to that supreme power .
The Happy Zen : Perfect. I am happy that you have understood that God is a bundle of Super-conscious positive spiritual energy. 

Vijay : Today priest , gurus sell GOD for their own benefits and people use to get in their trap very easily. This happens only because of one reason because we have developed a habit of taking help of somebody ( GOD) to do our work , we need someone to whom we can blame for our faults ( GOD ) and we need someone who will help us in our bad times ( GOD ). 
The Happy Zen : In one sense, I agree that people fall prey to wrong Guru's and Master. However, everyone of us need a proper master or Guru who needs to take us from dark to light. We need to find a real Master like Sankaracharya, Ramanujar, Raghavendra, Ramakrishna, Ramana Maharishi etc and surrender to them completely. By God's blessings, I am happy that I got my Divine Master Thiru.Nagore Rumi who guides me in the right direction towards God. 

Vijay : Today we don’t want to achieve something by our hard work , we need GOD blessings more to complete that work .
The Happy Zen : I like the proverb, "Nothing Works until you do". A student should study for the exam thoroughly and appear for the exam. Just by only praying to God, he cannot pass the exam for sure. However, the student can pray to God to give him strength and assistance to handle the Exam peacefully. 

Vijay : According to HINDU mythology , they have around 33 crores GOD with them and according to a survey we have around 100 crores HINDUS in this world . That means we have a GOD take of every 3 people in this world . Still people are sad , they are poor , they don’t have anything even to eat , there’s  so much poverty in this world that one cannot believe on the existence of GOD . Is our GOD not capable of taking care of 3 people assigned to him . Or he doesn’t want to do that , then WHY HE IS GOD ?? WHY WE WORSHIP HIM ?? IF HE CANNOT TAKE OF MERE 3 PEOPLE , WHY WE NEED HIM ??
The Happy Zen : My previous answer of "Law of Karma" is applicable here also. God is not responsible for one'e sufferings or happiness. It is one's own action and deeds that brings it. 

Vijay : We must understand why only some people are successful in this world and most of us are not . We all have done sins in our life , then why only few are successful . This is because successful don’t choose to pray to GOD for their success , they choose hard work and dedication , while others take help of GOD and thinks that only GOD can give them that success.
The Happy Zen : Einstein, Pascal, Galileo, Marconi, Newton, Kepler, Pasteur , Faraday  and Copernicus are some of the famous scientist who believed in the existence of God. World famous mathematician Ramanujan have told that all the formulas have been revealed to him by Goddess Mahalakshmi. When professor Hardy asked Ramajunan to derive the formula, he was clueless. He often said, "An equation for me has no meaning unless it represents a thought of God". Now, almost all the Ramanujans formulas are proved to be correct. All his formulas are world famous and it is still helping the scientific community for new inventions. In a nuthsell, even the persons who believed in God are also successful. 

Vijay : Please don’t materialize GOD , don’t worship him blindly , take him as a form of energy and take that energy forward with you with your hard work to achieve success . You will certainly achieve the same. 
The Happy Zen : As per the Spiritual science, we are a tiny part of the Supreme Soul that have taken human form. So only in the Hindu philosophy, it is called as Aham Brahmasmi which means "I am the Infinite reality". We can increase the divinity of the God within each and everyone of us by pure Bhakti, love, devotion, forgiveness, being humble, being grateful and being compassionate. We can surely use the Spiritual divine energy to achieve our goals and be grateful for the God's love and blessings. 

Let God bless this whole world with lots of love, peace, good health, happiness and bliss. 

Disclaimer :
I have written this article based on my experience and understanding. Definition and experience of God might be different from person to person. Whomsoever God you believe in, I kindly request you to surrender and belive HIM completely. You also will experience HIM, if you have FAITH and PATIENCE. 

Bedtime Stories - Implants seeds of Inspiration

Chhatrapati Shivaji was an great Indian warrior king who ruled the Maratha Empire. His mother Jijau told the stories of  Ramayana and Mahabharata in his early childhood. Both these stories have given a proper guidance and direction in Shivaji's life to fight against Mughals and to be a great ruler. 

Shivaji posses lots of good qualities like being a brave soldier, inspiring leader, effective organizer, brilliant military strategist, being humble, excellent administrator, etc. His mother Jijau have slowly injected all these good qualities during his early childhood through lots of inspiring and motivating stories from our religious scriptures. 

If you also want your next generation to be happy, healthy, peaceful and successful start telling motivating and inspiring bedtime stories. Below is one of the positive feedback received from our Happy Zen Member Kavitha TG who started telling moral stories to her kids. 

"How many of us have the habit of telling bed time stories to kids ? If not, please start from today. I tell to both my sweet daughters. Before two weeks , I have read one post in our The Happy Zen WhatsApp group about chanting the mantra "Thank you God for everything" and the story about a weak bird living in desert and meeting the angel. Hope You remember that post. I narrated the same to my kids on the same night before going to sleep. 

Yesterday my younger one (4 years old) had severe stomach pain and was literally crying in pain. But still, with full tears and with her innocent voice, she was telling "Thank You God for everything". When I ask, why you say so, she told very pitiably, I have only stomach pain but no fever or vomiting. So I have thanked God. I was really wordless and felt happy for her. So, please start telling good moral stories to kids. It can transform their life in the right direction"

Whatever we hear or affirm before we sleep, will be implanted in our sub-conscious mind. It will have a greater impact on our life. Telling inspiring, motivating and moral stories to kids before sleep will surely have a positive impact on their life. 

Let's educate our next generation with lots of good wisdom, which in-turn will help them a World-class person. Happy Story telling. 

Health benefits of Fennel [ Saunf]

India is the largest producer of Fennel seeds in the world. Saunf is an aromatic herb and used as a spice in the Indian cuisines. Fennel seeds [ Saunf] have lots of health benefits. Some of the key benefits of Fennel seeds are listed below. 

• Aids in Digestions
• Rich in Antioxidants 
• Rich in Fiber
• Improves Oral Health 
• Cleanse the blood
• Improves Immunity 
• Maintains Perfect weight 
• Regulate Blood Pressure
• Healthy Lungs
• Keeps the respiratory organs healthy
• Rich in Minerals - Copper, Iron, calcium, potassium, Manganese, Selenium, Zinc, and Magnesium. 
• Rich in Vitamins - Vitamin-A, vitamin-E, vitamin-C as well as many B-complex vitamins. 

Take one or two spoonful of saunf after food and slowly chew it with saliva. It aids in the proper digestion of food and keep you fit and healthy. 

Disclaimer : 
The information and reference guides on this blog are intended solely for the general information for the reader. It is not a substitute for medical care provided by a licensed and qualified health professional. Please consult your health care provider for any advice on medications. 

Health Benefits of Warm Water

“Pure water is the world's first and foremost medicine - Slovakian proverb"

Sixty percentage of the human body is composed of water. It is considered as the elixir on earth. Drinking warm water have lots of health benefits and some of the key benefits are listed below : 

• Aids in Digestions
• Cleanse your body 
• Maintains Perfect weight 
• Enhances blood circulation
• Healthy skin
• Healthy hair
• Youthful skin
• Healthy Lungs 
• Healthy Heart
• Healthy Intestine
• Soothes sore throat
• Treats Nasal congestion 
• Induces sleep 
• Relaxes the mind

It is advisable to sip the water slowly with a cup and mix it will saliva before swallowed. Wish you a healthy and happy life ahead. Happy Sipping. 

Health Benefits of Black Pepper

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food - Hippocrates”

Black pepper is one of the key ingredients in Ayurveda. It helps to maintain a good health and mind. The spiciness in the black pepper is caused by the chemical piperine. 

You can replace the red chilly / green chilly with black pepper while preparing food to make it spicy and healthy. Black pepper have lots of health benefits and some of the key benefits are listed below : 

• Aids Digestions
• Healthy Lungs 
• Healthy Heart 
• Healthy Hair
• Healthy Brain
• Healthy skin
• Relaxes the mind 
• Improves Oral Health 
• Improves Immunity 
• Good appetizer
• Blood Purifier
• Maintains Perfect weight 

Word of Caution : 
Black pepper must be taken in a limited quantity.