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As soon as we hear this so-called word ‘Omen’ we squeeze our
nose and feel like the people of this modern age. The people who
are living in the ‘Scientific era’ and this appears to be a
matter of great shame if they believe upon this seemingly trash.
But I ask you one question and please give me your answer right
straight to your heart. Have you ever searched about these
things like an unbiased scientist? Science says that we must
leave out some of the things since they are nothing but mere
co-incidences without any significance at all. Conversely,
saints say in the God’s creation everything has reason. Who is
right saint or scientist? Have you ever taken enough pain to
search out the reality? Or you just veiled yourself in the
scientific dogmatism as soon as you come across these things?
Tell me are you just the gramophone that runs on to sing the
already recorded song? Newton invented the theory of gravity
since he did not pass on the so-called common phenomena
occurring from centuries. He got something uncommon in the
falling of the ‘Apple’. The ‘Apple’ which has become legend now.
If Newton would have passed on this incident as mere
co-incidence he had lost his eternity. He got eternity because
he saw the uncommon in the common. He was not a common man who
sees everything without any new perspective at all. But what
about you? Every man is a born scientist; once he understands
that he has also the same mind as all have. The difference
borders on very thin line when we turn ourselves escapists to
say ‘Friends we are not scientists we are common human beings’.

In the Vedas it is written in the clearest of terms that the
whole universe is nothing but an idea. I took this truth
straight to my heart. Then I heard Vivekananda’s saying that
‘Everything has reason in this universe. So, we can’t say
anything unreasonable’. I engraved this quotation deep into the
pigeonholes of my brain and went on unveiling the truth
especially of the omens. I decided right then that I would not
take any of the incidents or co-incidents on physical level
rather I would locate the thought behind it. Since the Vedas say
life is nothing but the mass of thoughts.

The case is the same, which I discussed, in my last article
‘Free will exists or not’. The hero of this case history is the
same young man. Here is the story:

I don’t remember the exact month and date of this incident. But
more or less it was the evening of April, 2004. I was preparing
to go into my meditation room. Just in the mid-way the young man
called me back “Bhaiya (brother) just give me five minutes”. I
came back in utter frustration thinking that boy had no sense.
When he knows that I am going to meditate why he is disturbing
me a lot? He could have waited for a while. Why this boy seems
to me always impatient? Always involved into his problems
without caring a bit about others?

However, I suppressed my emotions since I did not want to hurt
him. He asked me “Brother do you think I can be a Pilot because
since 4 years I have been struggling hard without finding a ray
of hope in my way?” As soon as he asked the question I started
noticing some strange phenomena occurring around me which I will
discuss later. After noticing all the phenomena I told him he
would be a Pilot undoubtedly but after going through lot of
uncertainties and unexpected hindrances. He asked what kind of
uncertainties and obstacles would be there? I told him that I
couldn’t say right now. But still you would have a last laugh I
am sure. He went back to his home with little satisfaction and
lingering hope.

Before telling you what happened around me to enable me to peep
into young man’s future just add something into your mind.
Whenever any idea takes birth in your mind it gives birth to
another chain of baby- thoughts outside. I call these
baby-thoughts the voice of God. However, you must have proper
eyes to behold these infant- thoughts. They contain in
themselves all the possible outcome of your idea. They tell the
future.

Now recollect the boy called me in the mid- way when I was going
for meditation. And I came back in utter frustration. Now, stop
and observe. The idea of becoming Pilot germinated in the young
man’s mind. That idea gave birth to another idea of putting
obstacle in spiritual journey of mine and then went on
projecting the idea of frustration on my part. When anybody is
going for worship and somebody stops him, do you think it is a
good omen? No, someone is going for a good work and you are
putting obstacle it is a sheer sin on your part.

So, precisely, his idea initially gave birth to twin brothers
namely the idea of obstacle and the idea of frustration. Then I
noticed during my conversation that my child was wailing as the
roof might have fallen upon him. The idea is of weeping. Then I
felt greatly disgusted thinking he must went away. I lost my
whole interest in his question. The idea was of
disinterestedness.

Right then I heard a noice of falling of some utensils in my
kitchen. The idea is of falling or disturbances whatever you may
term as. But at last I saw my mother was lighting incense in
front of a deity. The idea was of spiritual blessing.

So, now note down the different ideas, which took birth as soon
as the question emanated in the young man’s mind. They were
namely obstacles, frustration, disinterestedness, weeping,
falling and at last spiritual blessing. Therefore, I told him
that he would become pilot but only after going through a lot of
lean phases. The boy became pilot in November 2004. Before
November 2004, the boy got lot of opportunities, tons of hopes,
host of assurances but without any fructification at all. He
became entirely hopeless. A part of it I also shared with him.
Since I was doing experiment if it might succeed it will boost
me up to go further. Or I will stuck right there. However I am
grateful to god he showed me the right way.

Now go slightly deeper. Remember from the seeds of the previous
karmas your future- tree blooms. In other words your past- deeds
decide the future since karmas are the root cause of the
forthcoming incidents. Okay I found the future interwined in the
present but was it possible to locate his past karmas as well
out of the same events happened around me? Now recollect the
incidents again namely wailing, falling of utensils and
obstacles in spiritual journey of mine. Don’t you think there
was a kind of violence in all those incidents? As I told you
that my child was weeping as ‘roof might have fallen over him’.
The falling of utensils naturally would create lot of harsh
sounds. The obstacles in my spiritual journey resulted in good
amount of frustration on my part. It made me highly irritated. I
was finding myself unable to face the boy even for a moment.

And those all were done by his single question. Why his question
created such a turbulent atmosphere? So, there must be something
behind his question also. And that ‘Behind’ obviously was his
karmas which he did in his last births. The severity and the
violent nature of the omens clearly showing the karmas were very
far from being good. However, karmas emanate from a particular
habit. The habit was his selfishness, which projected the
question. So, behind his karmas his tendency of selfishness must
be responsible. And this selfishness must be great because the
omens were bordering upon abnormality. God message was clear
“the boy would not be able to start his career unless he uproots
his inherited root of selfishness”.

However, at last the burning of incense in front of a deity was
like the silver lining between the dark clouds. It was clearly
indicating that the boy would be able to eradicate his
deficiency of selfishness, which simultaneously led to start his
career.

But why this so called selfishness caused hindrances in his
career? It is the mystery, which I leave upon you to unravel.

Tournaments are poker competitions where all of the players play at the same time and continue to play until only one player is left. Tournaments are fun to play in, have a low entry fees and offer a large prize pool to be won. For these reasons they are a very popular. They are inexpensive way for novice poker players to learn how to play the game, as well as a providing a place for more experienced players gain experience.

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Players are awarded prize money based on their finishing position in the tournament. The top finishers earn the most money with the 1st place winner usually receiving about 30% of the total prize money, the 2nd place winner about 20% and so on. The number of winners and the size of the payouts depend upon the rules for the tournament being played and the number of people playing.

Re-buys and Add-ons

Some poker tournaments allow players a re-buy option. This re-buy option allows players to purchase more chips if they run out of them at the start of the tournament. A player can purchase the same number of chips that he/she started the tournament with. Some poker tournaments allow unlimited re-buys during the first hour of play, while other tournaments allow only a single re-buy.

An add-on option is similar to the re-buy option. Add-ons differ in that they are usually only offered once at the end of the re-buy period and can be purchased regardless of how many chips you have. As the name implies these chips are added on to your stack of chips.

All proceeds from re-buys and add-ons are added to the prize pool less house fees (if applicable).

Betting

Tournament betting is structured with the betting limit increasing regularly. The changes in betting limits occur differently depending on the tournament; some are timed while some increase the limit after a set number of rounds are played.

Balancing and Collapsing Tables

Larger tournaments start out with more than one table, each having 8 to 10 players. As the tournament progresses players will be eliminated and the number of players at each table will not remain the same. For the tournament to be fair the number of players at each table should be the same, so the organizers move players from table to table in an attempt to keep all the tables equally populated.

Balancing is the practice of moving players from full tables to less full tables when the difference is 3 or more players.

Collapsing tables is the practice of removing tables once there are enough empty spaces among the rest of the tables to do so. Thus with 10 player tables when there are 10 empty spaces the players from one table are moved to empty spaces and that table is taken out of play.

Matthew is a frequent poker player who offers reviews and shares his experiences playing tournaments online at http://www.playrealpokeronline.com

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