Mr. Rameshawaram, 92 years of age was Chief Surveyor of Singapore.  He is pioneer member and president of Singapore Society of Surveyors' and Valuers'.  He was also president of Ceylon road temple.   He was send by Singapore government at the age of 36 to Australia for perusing further studies to take higher office. 

"Mr. and Mrs. Rameshwaram"

Mr. Rameshwaram shared his experience during war, Singapore's independence and Singapore's pursuit to be modern and economically leading nation of the region.

"Don't Just Wish.. Create Your Own Source of Power Today!"

Vishwa Jagriti Mission (VJM) was pleased to organize function to honour senior citizens who have contributed for the betterment of our county and society and excelled in, and their respective fields and also to create awareness and to sensitize the public to the problems of THE AGED in India. The function offers a forum for the exchange of knowledge and views related to the problems of Aged.

Shirish Explains Shraddha Parv

Vishwa Jagriti Mission, Singapore also celebrates a day in the year by visiting and sharing a day with old folk care centre. A treat and party is arranged for home mates. The love fun filling day and VJM sevabhavi sevakas enjoy treating them. In year 2008 February VJM Singapore visited Sun Love Home.

VJM Singapore Parivar - Family

Vishwa Jagriti Mission is a registered social organization registered under societies act 1860. His Holiness Sudanshu Ji Maharaj established it in 1991 with a mission to nurture, guide and invoke the inner strength and to feel the presence of God. The mission strives to take the suffering humanity from sorrow to bliss, disharmony to harmony and self-service to serving the humanity irrespective of religion, caste and creed. The Mission is trying to free the society and harassed humanity from antipathy, animosity, malice, hatred, violence and revenge.

VJM Singapore Parivar and Guests

Mission has now sixty-five centers all over the country and abroad from where it carries out its multifarious activities. The headquarters of the mission, Anand Dham Ashram is located at village Bakarwala on Nangloi Najafgarh road which is an epitome of reverence, faith and deep attachment for four million devotees. Ashram was established in 1998 in the rural set up at the outskirts of Delhi to provide high class medical and other facilities to the poor and needy.

Introducing Guest of Evening

VJMs work encompasses a broad spectrum – from providing care to older persons, communication and advocacy to setting of high-class orphanages. We are focusing on two major problem areas, care of the aged and care of orphans

Introdcing Mr. and Mr. Rameshwaram

Parent Child Relationship A beautiful and sacred concept A need for change in outlook at both angles

Host Family - Shahadadpuri

Shri Sudhanshu Ji Maharaj who has launched a great movement to respect the elders by instituting a tradition of reverence called Shraddha Parva, which is celebrated every year on 2nd October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, now decided to be celebrated on Ganesh Chaturthi Parv.

VJM Singapore President Mr. Hashu

Sri Aurobindo says, "Selfishness is the worst disease." When I read this statement the first time I thought of the dreadful diseases like cancer, leprosy, etc. and wondered how selfishness could be more dreadful than cancer. But a little deep thinking brought out the true implications of Sri Aurobindo's words.

Mrs. Nitya Shahadadpuri Welcomes Mrs. Rameshawaram

While a patient suffering from cancer may take time, sometimes even years to die, but a selfish husband or wife, friend or relative may send a bright and brilliant, happy and healthy person to death in a moment. Selfishness admits no lingering, no delays - and worse, it may convert someone's entire life into a living death, turn the very blessedness of life into a blighted existence.

Mr. Rameshwaram Speaks

A selfish man may turn so brutish and tyrannical that he may turn his companions' daylight into a nightmare and nights into a blazing inferno. Selfishness creates distances -alienation. A selfish husband or wife (mostly husband) sleeping on the same bed may be close as millimeters but mentally they may be thousands of miles away while a truly loving and caring life partner may be physically thousands of miles away but the very thought of the beloved can brighten and illumine one's whole self.

Mr. Aspar Felicitating Mr. Rameshwaram

Selfishness always breeds arrogance. A man may wear the best of clothes and spray the choicest perfumes and yet may stink through his behavior whereas a true man of God, a benign and loving personality, with all the ash and ruggedness of the clothes can exude fragrance of his own kind where people may feel privileged and sanctified to touch his feet and partake of the sacred ash of the blessed 'fakir'.

Mrs. Zenobia Aspar Felicitating Mrs. Rameshwaram

A common observation of life is:

Ahar nidra bhai maithunancha

Samanyam etad pashubhinavanam

Vidya hi tesham adhiko vishesho

Viyden hina pashubhi naranam.

(Hitopadesh)[ Food, Sleep, Fear and Procreation are common among human beings and animals. Education alone differentiates man from animals. An uneducated person is no better than an animal.]

Mr. & Mrs Aspar with the Guest

Childhood has two aspects; one benign and beautiful, the other a slave of petty self-centeredness. In his childlike virtues of innocence, piety, simplicity and openness, child is like a saint - but in the normal worldly sense he has no concept or vision of others' needs - he knows only about his own - and this comes out in the form of childish stubbornness. Old age is called second childhood.

Nitya Ji Singing Bhajan

Wise men spend their old age in childlike virtues of simplicity and love, while less wise persons become childish once again -petty in thought, oversensitive in reaction and stubborn in their expressions. This journey of getting out of our self is the very basis of education - the chief test of our Education is how much we are able to impractical system of living.

Bhajan and Prayers in Progress

That's why when the entire Europe was applauding Jeremy Bentham's definition of Welfare State as the state that ensures "the greatest good of the greatest number" as an ideal definition Mahatma Gandhi pointed out the basic shortcoming, its inhuman side by saying that a true welfare state should not only promote the greatest good of "the greatest number", it must ensure the greatest good of all. " The concept of "Sarvodaya" (The rise of all) was born out of this lofty approach in life - the concept which was further improved by Gandhi's chief disciple Vinoba Bhave who enlarged it to the concept of "Antyodaya" - the rise of the humblest. How beautifully Peter Ushinov says, "Each one of us is responsible for everything - that happens to anybody in the world". This mutual sensitivity is the corner stone of human culture and civilization.

Parveen Gandhiji Giving Rytham

With all its multiplicity - it is a Universe. A great musical performance can be upset by one faulty note, just as a great dance performance can be marred by one false step; one pebble can disturb the calmness of an ocean; one foul act may at times, shake the elements. Similarly, a little act of goodness or kindness can bring joy to the world just as a grievous sin against humanity may cause a moral upheaval.

Bhavesh and Nityaji Singing Bhajan

St. Valentine dies for the cause of love and marriage, Jesus Christ stretches his arms across the Cross and tells people how much He loved them; and Buddha was willing to suffer for aeons on behalf of all the living creatures of the world in the universe. His greatest comfort was to borrow the pain of others. Vasudhaiva Kutumbkum, the entire world is our family; the size of one's world is size of one's heart. Amongst saintly persons such attitude is common, but every human being is capable of any loftiness. That's why sometimes we hear the notes of loftiness from unexpected quarters.

Hashuji Singing Bhajan

A word about the so called 'Generation Gap'- Often people talk of the generation gap - as if it is something unavoidable and inevitable. I consider the concept, the product of thoughtless minds, the water that keeps on flowing is ever pure, the air that keep on blowing is always fresh; it is only a stagnant water that gathers dirt and stench, it is only a closed room that will choke with foul air - Same is the case of the generation gap - we keep on standing mentally and intellectually at one point while the time keeps on moving.

Dhuni in Progres

We keep our brain boxes closed and lock them up with our prides and prejudices of caste, creed, colour and status and because of these obsolete thoughts and values we become so rigid and stubborn in our attitude that we turn deaf ears to the music of the times, listen to our children's needs, requirements, feelings and sentiments. All gaps are fake and illusory - all walls are demolish able and all gulfs bridgeable. If only we all can develop the habit of - listening to others' feelings - the feelings of our children - the feelings of our parents -it holds true of young and old, children and the aged - ours can be a much happier world.

Hari Om Shirishji! The shraddha parva satsang photos and write-up of the event was simply fantastic. Looking forward to more details on the activities of VJM worldwide.

Credit goes to you for making our VJM website a superb and informative website.

Hari Om
ek shishya

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