Invictus (Meme)

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1. mohini says:

   22. September 2024 at 4:36 pm

   invictum

   What does invictum‎ mean?
   invictum (Latin)

   Adjective

   invictum
   Inflection of invictus (nominative neuter singular)
   This is the meaning of invictus:

   invictus (Latin)

   Origin & history

   From in- (“not”) + victus, the perfect participle of vincō (“conquer”).
   Pronunciation

   (Classical) IPA: /inˈwik.tus/

   Adjective

   invictus (feminine invicta, neuter invictum)
   unconquered, unsubdued
   invincible, undisputed, undefeated

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   Why is Srila Prabhupada unconquered, invincible, undefeated? Because on behalf of the Absolute Truth a Pure Devotee speaks the Absolute Truth. On behalf of the Absolute Truth the Pure Devotee teaches the Absolute Truth. On behalf of the Absolute Truth the Pure Devotee gives the Absolute Truth. The Absolute Truth is unconquerable, so is a Pure Devotee who adheres 100% in toto and so are others who follow Him. The Atheists are conquered by Maya. The Atheists are subdued by Illusion. Illusion means Fear. Because of Fear one makes mistakes. By I,Me,Mine one is subdued, conquered and defeated. By speaking, teaching and giving the Absolute Truth the Pure Devotee unties the shackles of I, Me, Mine, which free one of Fear, Illusion, Mistakes, which in turn than make a follower of the Absolute Truth also unconquered, invincible, undefeated, unsubdued.

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2. mohini says:

   23. September 2024 at 6:06 pm

   Off Target by only one degree
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   Consider this. If you’re going somewhere and you’re off course by just one degree, after one foot, you’ll miss your target by 0.2 inches. Trivial, right? But what about as you get farther out?

   After 100 yards, you’ll be off by 5.2 feet. Not huge, but noticeable.

   After a mile, you’ll be off by 92.2 feet. One degree is starting to make a difference.

   After traveling from San Francisco to L.A., you’ll be off by 6 miles.

   If you were trying to get from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., you’d end up on the other side of Baltimore, 42.6 miles away.

   Traveling around the globe from Washington, DC, you’d miss by 435 miles and end up in Boston.

   In a rocket going to the moon* you’d be 4,169 miles off (nearly twice the diameter of the moon).

   Going to the sun* you’d miss by over 1.6 million miles (nearly twice the diameter of the sun).

   Traveling to the nearest star* you’d be off course by over 441 billion miles (120 times the distance from the earth to Pluto, or 4,745 times the distance from Earth to the sun).

   Over time, a mere one-degree error in course makes a huge difference!

   The same is true in business. This is why you can’t run your business on auto-pilot. If you don’t set the course correctly in the beginning (which no one does — close, maybe, but not exactly), the odds of success are slim, at best. You’ve got to watch the results you’re getting and make constant course corrections.

   AND THE OTHER WAY AROUND IS THIS EXAMPLE

   Let’s look at another example of small differences having huge effects. Two people come to a mountain with a pot of gold on top, 5,000 feet up. The first is so lazy that, although he wants to get to the gold, he refuses to take an upward step. He walks around the base of the mountain, always staying at exactly the same elevation.

   The second guy is pretty lazy too, so he too refuses to hike the steep trail to the top. In fact, he heads off on almost the same course as the first guy, except that he angles off just enough that with each step, he goes up 0.5 inches — about a one degree slope.

   No matter how long the first guy walks, he’ll always remain at the base of the mountain. The second guy has a long road ahead of him, but after about 23 miles of hiking, he reaches the pot of gold.

   The difference is one degree.

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   It is clear as day that by changing/wordsmithing Śrīla Prabhupāda’s words, they are changing/ wordsmithing Nārada Muni’s words, Śrīla Vyāsadeva’s words, Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s words… Now how much has the boat in the past 50 years already drifted off course according to the above calculations?

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