Daily Message

Goodevening!
From the book on ""Wings Of Fire""
An autobiography APJ Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari
"" Mean while, Anna University, Madras, conferred the honorory degree of Doctor of Science on me. It had been nearly twenty years since I had acquired my degree in aeronautical engineering. I was happy that Anna University had recognized my efforts in the field of rocketry, but what pleased me most was the recognition of the value of our work in academic circles. To my delight, the honorary doctorate degree was awarded at a convocation presided over by Prof. Raja Ramanna. I joined DRDL on 1 June, 1982. Very soon, I realized that this laboratory was still haunted by the winding up of the Devil missile project. Many excellent professionals had not yet recovered from the disappointment. People outside the scientific world may find it difficult to comprehend how a scientist feels when the umblical cord to his work is suddenly snapped, for reasons totally alien to his understanding and interests. The general mood and work tempo at DRDL reminded me of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem. THe Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath, nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean
From the book: Christianity in India: Its True Face
""Foot prints of Christ""
Mr. Baburao Patel who has written the article,"" Footprints of Christ""(pp.123-124) declares that he worships Christ as"" an incarnation of Lord Maitreya, one of the Tibetan Masters"" and claims that he is the "" only Hindu In the world"" honoured by an ancient mystical society called Rosicrucian Order which he wrongly calls ""Christian"" where as it is only an organisation of masonic inspiration.
..... We do not think so. Mr. Patel does indeed seem to have some familiarity with the Gospels. He has quoted more than once from the Gospel according to Mathew, though of course his interpretations are purely arbitrary. Thus, according to him, the saying of Jesus,"" Do not imagine that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have come to bring a sword, not peace""(Mt 10:34), could not have come from the mouth of Jesus.
....For Jesus came as the messenger of peace in the truest and highest sense of the word. BUt the immediate result of his gospel of peace was of course the discord within the established Jewish community and division between those who accepted him and those who rejected him. The metaphor of the "" sword"" conveys very powerfully the idea that Jesus'message had indeed the radical result of disturbing the false peace of men who were unconcerned about God's direct intervention in human history realised through the Person and message of Christ.
Have a goodevening!
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