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'BADGE OF POVERTY': In the reign of William III those who received Parish relief had to wear a badge (with the letter P together with the initial of the Parish)  in red or blue cloth on the shoulder of the right sleeve, whence it is used to denote a poor person.

BACKGROUND: The idea is derived from the language of the artists.  Pictures have three distances called grounds, the foreground where the artist is supposed to be; the middle ground, where the most salient part of the picture is placed; and background or distance, beyond which the eye cannot penetrate.

'PHILOSOPHER'S STONE The meaning of Philosopher's stone is the easiest way to get wealth. The ancient alchemists thought there was a substance which could convert all baser metals into gold.  They called this substance - Philosopher's Stone.   The word stone is used in the sense of substratum which means something in which the experiments stand. Actually it was a red powder or amalgam to drive off the impurities of baser metals. Many experiments and discoveries in Chemistry were made while searching for this.

GOD AND RELIGION     "   Now comes the question: Can religion really accomplish anything?  It can. It brings to man eternal life.  It has made man what he is and will make of this human animal God. This is what religion can do. Take religion from human society and what will remain? Nothing but a forest of brutes."                                                         -Swami Vivekananda

GOD AND RELIGION "In studying books we are sometimes deluded into thinking that thereby we are being spiritually helped; but, we analize the effect of the study of books on ourselves, we shall find that at the utmost, it is only our intellect that derives profit from such studies, and not the inner spirit.  This inadequacy of the book to quicken the spiritual growth is the reason, why although almost every one of us can speak most wonderfully on spiritual matters when it comes to actions and the living of a truly spiritual life, we find ourselves so awfully deficient.  To quicken the spirit, the impulse must come from another soul".                                    -Swami Vivekananda

GOD AND RELIGION     "In worshipping God we have been always worshipping our hidden Self"                                      - Swami  Vivekananda

GOD AND RELIGION "I accept all religions that were in the past, and worship with them all; I worship God with every one of them, in whatever form they worship Him. I shall go to the mosque of the Mohammedan; I shall enter the Christian's church and kneel before the crucifix; where I shall take refuge in Buddha and in his Law; I shall go to the forest and sit down in meditation with the Hindu who is trying to see the light which enlightens the heart of everyone"                                                             -Swami  Vivekananda