Sunday 24 March 2013

Actor like HH Pran Nathji



Shri Nathji and HH Priya Nathji watched a French film, ‘Boomerang’, in the big room of their Saryodya Enclave house on TV, in which the dashing, handsome hero had an uncanny resemblance to HH Pran Nathji .  Both Shri Nathji and HH Priya Nathji  observed this.  Shri Nathji asked HH Priya Nathji to call Mangla inside and to show her the actor in the movie. She too was struck with the uncanny resemblance. (HH Pran Nathji's photos are on top and actor Alain Delon's photo is on the right. The resemblance in indeed striking.)
The movie which Shri Nathji saw was a 1976 French film Boomerang - Comme un boomerang (original title). It was directed by: José Giovanni. Screenwriter was José Giovanni. It stared Alain Delon, Charles Vanel, Suzanne Flon, and Monique Chaumette. Its running time: 1 h 40 min. The movie is about, a teenager, Eddy who  kills a policeman, under the influence of drugs. His father, Jacques, pleads extenuating circumstances and nearly succeeds in gaining the confidence of the policeman's widow. But the press reveals that Jacques is an ex-gangster who has spent time in prison.
One can watch a trailer of that movie on the following link -


Alain Delon who was the hero of the movie has an uncanny resemblance to HH Pran Nathji. The magnetic Alain Delon was among the most prominent French actors of the postwar era; an exotically handsome performer, he sprung from offscreen rumor and scandal to emerge as a uniquely enigmatic and sinister talent. Born November 8, 1935, in Sceaux, France, Delon spent his formative years primarily in the care of foster parents. He later was sent away to a series of boarding schools, and at the age of 17, he joined the marines, serving as a parachutist in Indo-China. Upon his discharge, Delon returned to Marseilles and struck up a friendship with aspiring actor Jean-Claude Brialy, who invited him to attend the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. 
There Delon's delicate good looks won him a number of movie offers, including a rumored seven-year deal with David O. Selznick. In the end, he accepted a small role in the Edwige Feuillere film Quand la Femme S'en Mele, followed by an appearance in 1957's Sois Belle Et Tais-Toi. Delon spent much of the 1970s as France's biggest star. Monsieur Klein (1976), directed by Joseph Losey, won a Cesar as the year's best picture, and thrillers like 1977's Comme Un Boomerang and Le Gang continued to perform extremely well at the box office. He also acted in some Hollywood films like the star-studded Airport '79:
One can know more about Alain Delon from the site - http://alaindelon.org

Sunday 17 March 2013

Jacqueline Snyder



In March 1993, a certain Reverend Jacqueline Snyder and her friend, Sheila Kenny, came to visit Priya Nath along with Shri D.N. Sinha. Shri D.N. Sinha, who had been an old devotee of Shri Nathji since the early 1940’s, had carried Shri Nathji’s Message and Prayer for the Environment to the Earth Summit at Brazil in June 1992 where 170 Heads of State had assembled. Shri Nathji’s prayer had been read out respectfully by a standing assembly and greatly appreciated by all. While at Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Shri D.N. Sinha had met Jacqueline Snyder and had given her a photograph of Shri Nathji.
In the photograph Shri Nathji was wearing a light brown achkan, and a beautifully tied pink silk turban. Though He wore dark glasses, yet His eyes were partially visible. His Face had a Divine Glow.
As Jacqueline Snyder saw the photograph, she was touched to the depths of her soul. She felt the Divine Glow on Shri Nathji’s Face could belong only to Divinity. Shri D.N. Sinha told her:
“HE IS THE GREATEST SPIRITUAL FORCE IN THE WORLD.”
Jacqueline Snyder became determined to come to India for Shri Nathji’s darshan. Alas, as the fates would have it, she could come to India only in March 1993. Shri Nathji had left the world on September 6, 1992.
When Shri D.N. Sinha told her she had come too late, she was deeply saddened. Shri Sinha brought her and her friend to meet Shri Priya Nath. Jacqueline Snyder, her friend Sheila and D.N. Sinha entered the big room, where Shri Nathji’s Holy Ashes were kept. Priya Nath was not in the room at the time. As D.N. Sinha brought Jacqueline close to the Holy Ashes, suddenly her soul was filled with an overwhelming recognition, a sense of re-union. She bowed down on her knees and began to weep. Her friend Sheila Kenny had a similar feeling of re-union.
Shri Nathji was the Universal Soul. All the souls in the world had a relationship with Him. For the individual soul to come before the Universal soul was to experience a sense of re-union. Truly Jacqueline and her friend had genuine seeking hearts with a purity that made Shri Nathji disclose Himself to them.
It was one of the most powerful of Shri Nathji’s revelations to a total stranger after His leaving earth in His physical form. As Priya Nath came into the big room and met Jacqueline and the others, he recited some of Shri Nathji’s words as translated into English by him:
“The moth come to the Flame and said ‘I have come to Thee.’ And the Flame said:
‘It was not you who came. My light went out to Thee first in which Thou saw me and later Thou wert brought here by my Light!’
“The drop of water came to the ocean and said: ‘You have made me complete! And the ocean replied: ‘You have also made me complete! How can I – the ocean – be complete when even one drop of water is separated from me?’”
As Jacqueline listened to Priya Nath speak, her eyes were still wet with tears, and she said to him:
“When I bowed before your Father’s Sacred Ashes, a number of questions had crossed my mind. I felt this powerful sense of reunion with Him and I wanted to ask Him these questions. And you came into the room bringing the answers! It was as if I had spoken on a telephone to your Father, and you had brought the replies!
“Truly your Father is a Cosmic Soul – one with God. He has not gone – He has merely changed His Form, from the visible to the Invisible. There are powerful vibrations of your Holy Father in this room and in this house. It is as if He is here, right now. “Everything in this room is so familiar – all these portraits. It is as if I had known your Father since a long, long time.
“The moment I saw His photograph in Brazil, I knew who He was and longed to meet Him. “How disappointed I was when D.N. Sinha told me He had left the earth. However, you also carry His vibrations with yourself.
“IT IS YOUR TURN TO SHINE IN THE WORLD NOW!”
These were the exact words Shri Nathji had said to Priya Nath in the past. It was if He were speaking through Jacqueline Synder.
LATER, AS JACQUELINE AND SHEILA LEFT INDIA BY PLANE, THEY SAW SHRI NATHJI’S LARGE, BEAMING FACE INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT, BLESSING THEM.
It was an experience that was to remain with them forever.
Shri Nathji, more than ever, had proved to all that He was present upon earth in His Invisible Form and could make His Presence Felt to all Genuine Seekers after Truth.
Underneath is a letter she wrote to HH Priya Nathji in 1994.

Jacqueline T Snyder is an American spiritual reformist. She is very popular for her spirituals sayings and quotes. She uses the title of  “Eagle Speaks Woman”. She has also written a book - Soul Enchantments, Mystical Stories to Charm Remembrance. Her spiritual sayings come in many books , for example = A Greatful Heart by M.J. Ryan.
She had also established - Shangri-La, an ashram (spiritual retreat) in India to  further her aim of uniting all of the world's people into one voice to change the world into a better place.
She is the Founder and President of a Non profit organization named Sacred Life Association, which is located at Maple Valley, Washington 98038, USA. Sheila Kenny, who had accompanied her on her trip to India and had met HH Priya Nathji, is the Public Relations head of her organization.
Jacqueline T Snyder through her Sacred Life Association, conducted the Visions 2000 Conference which was held at Rainbow Lodge at the foot Mount Si, Washington. The conference brought together contemporary theologians, scientists, indigenous wisdom keepers and various lay peoples to facilitate a bridging of contemporary and indigenous thought, necessary to the actualization of a global change of consciousness towards peace and harmony between the earth and her people.
By her spiritual words and quotes, she inspires and supports many people and causes. She gives spiritual messages for individuals like Tudor Gilmour, who was seriously injured in a moped accident in 1998 and organizations like San Gabriel Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Hanne Strong

Hanne Strong is a environmentalist and spiritual lady who met HH Priya Nathji in Delhi. She felt the spiritual spark in her when she met HH Priya Nathji. She first heard about Shri Nathji in 1992, at the Rio Earth Summit, where Shri D.N. Sinha had read Shri Nathji’s message on Environment. At that time, Hanne Strong had organized and chaired two conferences in Rio de Janeiro during the Earth Summit entitled, “Sacred Earth Gathering/Wisdom Keepers Convocation.” 
 Here is a letter which Hanne Strong had written to HH Priya Nathji in 1993, thanking her for the things he had send and remembering the beautiful meeting she had with HH Priya Nathji. She also inventing him to visit her in US. 

Mrs. Strong was born on July 29, 1941, in Copenhagen, Denmark, where she also received a degree in Design and Planning from the IAS Institute. She is married to Maurice F. Strong, former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General. She has two daughters, seven grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
 As the President of the Manitou Foundation, established in 1988, and the Manitou Institute (environmental stewardship), formed in 1994, Hanne Strong has established the largest intentional, interfaith, and ecumenical retreat center and sustainable teaching community in North America.
From 1972 to the present, she has traveled to over 100 countries and has attended numerous universities, seminars, and conferences as a guest speaker on ecumenical communities, sustainability, and spiritually-based environmental education. She has been an advocate for environmental conservation and restoration, placing over 1,200 acres of the foundation's lands under Conservation Easements in order to protect and preserve the pristine mountain range, wildlife habitat, and fragile eco-systems of the Baca Grande.
Mrs. Strong has organized several conferences for children, youth, and the disabled.  She has founded numerous nonprofit organizations for Native Americans and co-founded the first nonprofit private foundation in Kenya. Over the past 25 years, Mrs. Strong has worked with Native Americans throughout Canada and the United States and indigenous peoples worldwide to assist in their efforts to preserve their spirituality, cultural values, and native lands.

Surya Green

In 1986 Two foreigners, Surya Green and Omuni, from Americans, come for Shri Nathji’s darshan and are greatly touched by Shri Nathji’s personality and words:
“We have got PEACE from you,” they say.
And Shri Nathji speaks to them, even as he embraces the Jewish man by the name of Omuni. As was Shri Nathji’s ‘maryaada’ his etiquette – he always blessed women from a distance. The woman’s name is Surya Green. Both are American Jews even though they have taken on names with an Eastern tinge.
Shri Nathji tells these Jewish folks:
“Jews are the jewels of the garland of God!”
Shri Nathji says to them:
“I am your servant and am living only for your sake. I wish to keep my body, not for my sake, but for your sake!”
The Americans had never met such a PURE BEING in their entire lives and are astonished at the Divine Light of Shri Nathji.
“I AM AN OCEAN!” Shri Nathji says in a moment of inspiration.
‘Yes! Yes! You are! You are!” say the Americans, besides themselves with wonder.
Shri Nathji had once stood by the shore of an ocean years ago and had asked himself:
“Who is bigger – the ocean or I?”
Surya Green, and ‘Omuni’ come again for Shri Nathji’s darshan and to record his voice and sermon. Shri Nathji speaks to them and tells them that what was most important was the desire for God, without which the goal was unattainable.
Shri Nathji says:
“If a glass be filled with water, air cannot come inside it, but throw the water out and air shall come inside of its own accord.”
“The moment man empties himself of his ego, God enters his heart.”
Shri Nathji tells them of the Palace of gold which is hit by an earthquake. The finery of the Palace becomes frightening. Man cannot enjoy a Palace of gold if its foundation is shaking. In a like manner, man cannot enjoy the material prosperity around him unless he has peace within his heart. Shri Nathji reveals the true state of the world, as it existed.
Shri Nathji speaks about the Sun as the giver of light, and says:
“The Sun can only be seen with the light of the Sun! Similarly God can only be realized through His Grace alone!”
And he had given the answer Himself as he said: “I am the greater – for the ocean has shores, but I can see no shores within myself!”
Shri Nathji also says to the Americans:
“I DON’T NEED MEDITATION! WHO CAN I MEDITATE UPON? GOD IS NOT SEPARATE FROM ME!”
Surya Green records a wealth of His spoken words in their tape recorder. After visiting Shri Nathji repeatedly for a few days, they left with the words of caution to Priya Nath:
“His health must be taken care of at all costs. He is too precious a person in this world to be ignored in any way. His life is meant for the whole world. He is the only Messiah in this strife torn world!”
 Surya Green, later also telephoned Priya Nath and said to him:
“Tell your Father to turn on his power to Himself – we need Him in this world!”

 Born in Manhattan, Surya holds a B.A. degree in American Studies from New York’s Barnard College of Columbia University (Regent’s Scholar). She earned her M.A. in Communication from California's Stanford University, Department of Communication (National Honors Fellow). She also attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York. Finishing her M.A. studies, she accepted a temporary writing job at an internationally-renowned animation and documentary film studio in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.
After completing her work stint at Zagreb Film, she stayed on longer in Europe. Eventually, she found her writing home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Establishing herself as Benelux correspondent for several international travel magazines, she became a member of the Foreign
Press Association of the Netherlands. In the progressively-minded Netherlands, her view of life as a citizen in society underwent further refocusing and expansion of social awareness.
Surya entered the second part of her lifestyle transformation when she attended events held in connection with the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in Sweden. At the world’s first international conference on the environment, she awakened to the One Earth whole and the ecological-environmental crisis threatening that whole. Returned to Amsterdam, she started to live a socially-responsible, Mother Earth-friendly lifestyle encompassing balance and non-harm, natural and organic, in a pioneering form of what would become the 21st century’s green lifestyle. Then the Government of India, Ministry of Tourism, invited her to India as its guest. Traveling to India on freelance journalistic assignment, little did she know that the land of ancient solar heritage would jumpstart the third part of her total transformation. Having begun her Indian journey as Norma Green, a worldly Western woman, she returned to Amsterdam as a serious seeker of higher wisdom. She renamed herself as “Surya,” Sanskrit for “the Sun, the Source.”
 Without warning, she underwent mystical experiences that were spiritually awakening and dramatically life-transforming. It was during this phase of her life that she met Shri Nathji.
During her travels, Surya met and interviewed foremost spiritual leaders. Her articles on transformational topics, including spiritual growth and natural lifestyle, as well as her interviews with a broad range of social, cultural, and spiritual notables, began to appear internationally.
As a pilgrim with journalistic shoulder bag, Surya gained knowledge of Eastern religions, philosophies, and consciousness-raising systems by wending her way around the globe to sacred sites and power spots, holy celebrations of all kinds, and diverse groups and communities. During a six years’ residence in Asia, she studied the spiritual heritage of the East through practice and experience that included: staying in monasteries with Buddhist monks and nuns in Thailand for four months, meditating in a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar for six and a half months, and practicing various streams of devotion in India for five years. Her training includes association with leading spiritual teachers of both East and West.
In 2000, in Amsterdam, Surya inspired the establishment of the non-profit planetary service foundation Sun Conscious.  Presently Surya divides her writing and residential time between the Netherlands and the USA. On invitation, she gives talks and workshops and guides spiritual gatherings. She has spoken on various aspects of personal transformation, Sun-power, and the spiritual heritage of India to spiritual, religious, and cultural organizations in the Netherlands, UK, India, and the USA.

Friday 15 March 2013

The 1992 Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



Shri Nathji had written an article on the preservation of the environment, along with a historic prayer for the environment. This was meant to be read at the Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 1992. Shri D.N. Sinha, the old devotee of Shri Nathji had gone to the Summit Meeting where 170 Heads of State of the world were  present.
HH Priya Nath typed out the Prayer and Article on the Environment, and send a hundred brochures for the World Prayer Day along with the World Prayer for Peace  with Shri D.N. Sinha to the Earth Summit. HH Priya also send some photographs of Shri Nathji in his grey achkan, glittering pink turban, and translucent brown Sun glasses. The picture carries a Divine Glow that all at once grips the heart of the viewer, revealing God in human form.
Both, the Article, and the Prayer, were taken in June 1992 by Shri D.N. Sinha to the Earth Summit at Brazil, where they were read out in the midst of the important personages of the world. It is a measure of Shri Nathji’s greatness that His Prayer on the Environment is respectfully recited at the Summit by the gathering there, which stands up in homage to Shri Nathji.
The World Prayer for the Environment was also later sent to the 170 Heads of State along with the World Prayer Day Brochures for June 23, 1992.

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio Summit, Rio Conference, and Earth Summit (Portuguese: ECO-92 was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 June to 14 June 1992. The focus of this conference was the state of the global environment and the relationship between economics, science and the environment in a political context. The conference concluded with the Earth Summit
This was the first global unified effort aimed at preserving the environment.
172 governments participated, with 108 sending their heads of state or government.  Some 2,400 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) attended, with 17,000 people at the parallel NGO "Global Forum", who had Consultative Status.
Some of the issues addressed included:
- Systematic scrutiny of patterns of production — particularly the production of toxic components, such as lead in gasoline, or poisonous waste including radioactive chemicals etc.
 - Alternative sources of energy to replace the use of fossil fuels which are linked to global climate change.
 -  New reliance on public transportation systems in order to reduce vehicle emissions, congestion in cities and the health problems caused by polluted air and smoke.
 -  The growing scarcity of water.
An important achievement was an agreement on the Climate Change Convention which in turn led to the Kyoto Protocol. Another agreement was to "not carry out any activities on the lands of indigenous peoples that would cause environmental degradation or that would be culturally inappropriate".
The Convention on Biological Diversity was opened for signature at the Earth Summit, and made a start towards redefinition of measures that did not inherently encourage destruction of natural ecoregions and so-called uneconomic growth.
Twelve cities were also honored by the Local Government Honours Award for innovative local environmental programs. These included Sudbury in Canada for its ambitious program to rehabilitate environmental damage from the local mining industry, Austin in the United States for its green building strategy, and Kitakyūshū in Japan for incorporating an international education and training component into its municipal pollution control program.
The Earth Summit resulted in the documentations of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and one on Forest Principles.
Moreover, two important legally binding agreements were opened for signature:
Convention on Biological Diversity
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Another achievement was that Green Cross International was founded to build upon the work of the Summit.
After Rio Summit, governments across the world got more environment conscious and were held accountable for environmental damages at international forums.
In 2012, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development was also held in Rio, and is also commonly called Rio+20 or Rio Earth Summit 2012. It was held June 20-22nd. This was the follow up of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit.