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 |   As the first blog entry got exhausted. My second book |
| Evolution of Love Part 2 |
| "Goat no 3"... * It all started one lazy Sunday afternoon in a small town near Toronto in Canada. Two school-going friends had a crazy idea. They rounded up three goats from the neighborhood and painted the numbers 1, 2 and 4 on their sides. That night they let the goats loose inside their school building. The next morning, when the authorities entered the school, they could smell something was wrong. They soon saw goat droppings on the stairs and near the entrance and realized that some goats had entered the building. A search was immediately launched and very soon, the three goats were found. But the authorities were worried, where was goat No. 3? They spent the rest of the day looking for goat No.3. The school declared classes off for the students for the rest of the day. The teachers, helpers, guards, canteen staffs, boys were all busy looking for the goat No. 3, which, of course, was never found. Simply because it did not exist. Those among us who inspite of having a good life are always feeling a "lack of fulfilment" are actually looking for the elusive, missing, non-existent Goat No.3. Whatever the area of complaint or dissatisfaction, relationship, job-satisfaction, finance,achievements, ...... An absence of something is always larger than the presence of many other things. Let's Stop worrying about goat No.3 and enjoy the life... Life would be so much happier without the worries... And don't let the non existent imaginary goat number 3 waste your time and happiness. Enjoy life with what you have. Stay Safe. 🐐🐐 ? 🐐 |
Just look at awareness watching awareness as enough, just as it is. Continue your practice every day. When will you fall in love with awareness watching awareness? It may be after one month or after many months of practice. You will have plenty of confirmation along the way. Once you have started to experience even a little joy or peace from awareness watching awareness, the practice progresses very rapidly after that. It does not take long to reach the point where just closing your eyes brings awareness-joy to you even before you have started the practice. Some people might not like the practice for the first week or two. Just persevere and keep practicing. You can look upon your awareness as something that wants you to watch it without expecting anything from it, like someone who wants to be loved just for what they are and not for what they can give you. Just continue to watch awareness, and don’t be expecting peace-love-joy. Let peace-love-joy come on its own, without your expecting it. What you truly are is: Infinite-Eternal-Awareness-Bliss-Love. However, by having your attention turned towards the world, the body and thought all the time, you imagine you are a body subject to disease, death and suffering. By turning your attention towards awareness, you are for the first time observing what you are. When you practice, do not think about what you are. Just watch your awareness without expecting anything. Don’t watch your thoughts. Turn your attention away from your thoughts and watch your empty awareness. Observe the observing. Be the observing. |
| My daughter feels this about so many challenges of posting a picture on face book. I always felt this but could not put it into words, so sharing her thoughts! I see a black and white picture of a young girl and think "oh she's gorgeous!". I see one more of another woman, then a few more and yet some more, till my timeline is flooded with them. They are all beautiful, and yet, this "challenge" makes me uncomfortable. There is something flawed with it fundamentally. You are not beautiful only because you look pretty. And you certainly don't need me or anyone else to validate it. You're beautiful because of what's behind that pretty face. You're beautiful because you're kind, you're smart, you're shy or you're not. What attracts me to you is not your perfect nose or crooked teeth, it's the way you hold a conversation and the way you snort when you laugh, or when you burp unexpectedly. You're beautiful despite the shape of your eyes or your perfect cheekbones, you're beautiful because of the way you think. You're beautiful when you carry on with your life ignoring the cramps your period brings you every month. You're beautiful when you cry because you feel someone else's pain and you're beautiful when your mind is coming up with new ideas. You're beautiful when you fart freely and giggle endlessly. Such challenges are counter productive. We are asking women to put out pictures on social media so others can validate that in fact they do look beautiful. How far do we have to progress to recognize that you're not beautiful because of your looks alone? That your confidence shouldn't stem from it? And anyway, people don't need to tell you that for you to believe so. When you think of the most beautiful person in your life, how often is it their looks alone you're thinking of? Is it not more about how they make you feel? We are in the twenty first century. Women are scientists, politicians, doctors, engineers, artists and financial analysts. They've managed to break shackles of how they look and moved past it, why can't we? And here's my final pitch, if you want to show solidarity and support to the women in your life, go talk to them. Listen to them when they tell you their stories, about how they struggle to just be themselves, in a blatantly patriarchal world. And for that matter, reach out to the men in your lives as well. Patriarchal values are harming all of us. So put out whichever photo you want to, unapologetically. But let's not be naive enough to believe that it will act as a substitute for solidarity. The problem is not with people thinking they are not beautiful. The problem is with our definition of beauty. It's just not wide enough to be inclusive and all encompassing. Let's start by changing what we think is beautiful. |
| A young couple had neighbours who were senior citizens, the husband around 80 years old and the wife about 5 years younger. The young couple were very fond of the elderly couple and made it a point to visit them and have coffee with them every Sunday. They observed that the old lady would bring the coffee bottle to her husband to be opened, every time. The thoughtful young man gifted the lady a gadget, without her husband's knowledge, to easily open the bottle, and showed her how to use it. On their next visit, the old lady once again brought the bottle for her husband to open! The young couple was amazed! Had she forgotten about the gadget?! When the opportunity arose to be alone with the old lady, they quizzed her about this. Her reply made them speechless. She said: "Oh, I can open the bottle myself, even without your gadget! But I get him to open it so he feels he is still stronger than I am and thus the man of our home.......that he remains useful to me as always; that I still depend on him; that togetherness is the main ingredient of any marriage....we don't have many more years of life in us, and togetherness is of utmost importance." Moral: Never underestimate the wisdom of the elderly. Our parents/grandparents may not be bringing in money any longer, but their guidance alone is priceless. |
| One day in June 1937, when Mrs. C and I were at Almora, to see Ma and Her party off to Kailash, I put to Her the following questions, " we notice that you very carefully cover up your both feet with several folds of cloth. Why do you take so much pains to cover them ? Do you want that we should never look at your feet ?" Ma replied, " It is not as you think. You do not know that so many astral (bodyless) beings, — god's, goddesses, saints, rishis and munis come to see this body (i.e., myself). Bare feet should not be shown to them". In March 1938, when Bholanath was at Tarapith (a shrine in West Bengal), he got an intimation that Ma was suffering from high fever at Raipur (Dehradun). On his way to Raipur, Bholanath halted at New Delhi and informed Ma's devotees there about Her illness. The New Delhi devotees deputed me to Raipur so that I could bring Ma to New Delhi (evidently for medical treatment), if She would consent to come. At Raipur, I saw Ma confined to bed in a room of the old, near-dilapidated dharamshala (free guest house for pilgrims), attached to a Shiva temple. Ma was getting attacks of very high fever on alternate days. The fever would start in the evening and leave Her the next morning. One morning, when She was free from fever, She said to me, — " Last evening, while I was conversing with you, the disease-form (Ma could see the distinct subtle forms of different diseases) was sitting at the corner of the room and weeping. It wanted to enter this body (i.e. my body). I told it to wait and enter this body after I was finished the conversation." I said to Ma, —" Will you please show me the disease-form ? I will strike it hard with a broom and chase it away". " Why should you drive it away ?" Questioned Ma. " You all love this body and like to play with it. The disease-forms also love this body and like to play with it. Why drive them out ?"Argued Ma. I was bewildered to learn that Ma had the same love and concern for obnoxious disease-forms as for us, Her privileged human devotees. At a good distance (at least 200 ft) from Ma's room at Raipur Shiva Temple, an elderly Muslim devotee (Talat Hussain) of Ma used to patiently wait daily (often for hours on end) to have Ma's darshan for even a minute or two. Being a Muslim, he was debarred from entering the precints of the Temple. One evening, just after sunset, I went to see this waiting devotee from close quarters. As I got near him, he stood up. His face was beaming with joy. I turned back and looked towards Ma's room. There just in front of Her room I saw Ma in the beautiful form of Devi Parvati (Parvati is the name of Goddess Durga, the Universal Mother) standing at the foot of the Himalayas. Her radiant face and exquisite features betrayed Her divinity. I considered myself blessed to have this rare vision of Ma. The Muslim devotee (Talat Hussain) must be blessed a hundred times, since he enjoyed this vision daily through Ma's grace. After Bhaiji's demise, I regretfully made a complaint to Ma. I said, " Ma, Bhaiji was the chief of your devotees. At Almora, he passed away in your presence. Why did you not save him ?" Ma's reply was apologetic. " How could I save him ?" She said, " He was continuously praying to me that he might die that time in my presence." |
| ᴀ ʜᴀɴᴅsᴏᴍᴇ ᴍᴀɴ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ʜᴏᴛᴇʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss. ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss ᴄᴀᴍᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ ʙᴇɢᴀɴ.* -ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ: ɪs ʀᴏᴏᴍ 39 ᴇᴍᴘᴛʏ? -ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss: ʏᴇs, sɪʀ. -ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ: ᴄᴀɴ ɪ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ɪᴛ? -ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss: ᴏғ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ. -ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ: ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ. ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇ ʜɪᴍ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴋɴɪғᴇ, ᴀ ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴅ 39 ᴄᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴ ᴏʀᴀɴɢᴇ 73ɢ. ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss ᴀɢʀᴇᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs sᴜʀᴘʀɪᴢᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇɪʀᴅ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʜɪs ʀᴏᴏᴍ, ʜᴇ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴀsᴋ ғᴏʀ ғᴏᴏᴅ ᴏʀ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇʟsᴇ. ᴜɴғᴏʀᴛᴜɴᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss, ʜɪs ʀᴏᴏᴍ ᴡᴀs ɴᴇxᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴏᴏᴍ 39. ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴍɪᴅɴɪɢʜᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ sᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏɪsᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ's ʀᴏᴏᴍ. ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇs ᴏғ ᴡɪʟᴅ ᴀɴɪᴍᴀʟs ᴀɴᴅ ᴏғ ᴜᴛᴇɴsɪʟs ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪsʜᴇs ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴛʜʀᴏᴡɴ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ғʟᴏᴏʀ. ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ sʟᴇᴇᴘ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴɪɢʜᴛ. ʜᴇ ᴋᴇᴘᴛ ᴛʜɪɴᴋɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜʀᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴏɪsᴇ. ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ, ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ ʜᴀɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋᴇʏs ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss, ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ғɪʀsᴛ. ʜᴇ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀʟʀɪɢʜᴛ. ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴜɴᴜsᴜᴀʟ. ʜᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴅ, ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴋɴɪғᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀᴀɴɢᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴀʙʟᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ ᴘᴀɪᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪʟʟ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇʟʟʙᴏʏs ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛɪᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇғᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴛᴇʟ sᴍɪʟɪɴɢ. ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss ᴡᴀs ɪɴ ᴀ sʜᴏᴄᴋ ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴇ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇʟʟʙᴏʏs. ɪɴ ғᴀᴄᴛ, ʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏᴜʙᴛ ʜɪᴍsᴇʟғ. ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ sʜᴏᴡᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ. ʜᴇ ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss ᴀɢᴀɪɴ. ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss ᴡᴀs ɪɴ ᴀ ᴘᴜᴢᴢʟᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs: ʀᴏᴏᴍ 39, ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴋɴɪғᴇ, ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴅ 39ᴄᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴ ᴏʀᴀɴɢᴇ 79ɢ. ᴛʜɪs ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ʙʏ ᴀʟʟ ᴍᴇᴀɴs ᴘᴏssɪʙʟᴇ. ʜᴇ sᴘᴇɴᴛ ᴀ sʟᴇᴇᴘʟᴇss ɴɪɢʜᴛ, ᴡᴀɪᴛɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ. ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴍɪᴅɴɪɢʜᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏɪsᴇs sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ, ᴛʜɪs ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʟᴏᴜᴅᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɪɴᴅᴇᴄɪᴘʜᴇʀᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ. ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴠɪɴɢ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ ᴘᴀɪᴅ ʜɪs ʙɪʟʟ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇғᴛ ᴀ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ᴛɪᴘ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇʟʟʙᴏʏs. ᴛʜᴇ sᴍɪʟᴇ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ʜɪs ғᴀᴄᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ sᴇᴀʀᴄʜɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ. Why ᴅɪᴅ ʜᴇ ᴀsᴋ ʀᴏᴏᴍ 39? ᴡʜʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴅ? ᴡʜʏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴋɴɪғᴇ??? ɪɴ ғᴀᴄᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴀʀʀɪᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴʏ ᴄᴏɴᴠɪɴᴄɪɴɢ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ǫᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴs. ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss ɴᴏᴡ ᴡᴀs ᴇᴀɢᴇʀʟʏ ᴡᴀɪᴛɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏɴᴛʜ ᴏғ ᴍᴀʀᴄʜ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏɴᴛʜ ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ sʜᴏᴡᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ. ᴛᴏ ʜɪs sᴜʀᴘʀɪsᴇ, ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴅᴀʏ ᴏғ ᴍᴀʀᴄʜ, ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ sʜᴏᴡᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ. ʜᴇ ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ǫᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴs. ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍ, ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴀs ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ɴᴏɪsᴇs, ᴛʜɪs ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʟᴏᴜᴅᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ. ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ, ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ ᴡᴀs ʟᴇᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴛᴇʟ, ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss ᴀᴘᴏʟᴏɢɪᴢᴇᴅ ᴘᴏʟɪᴛᴇʟʏ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴏɪsᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍ. -''ɪғ ɪ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ, ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪsᴇ ᴛᴏ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ᴇʟsᴇ?'' -''ɪ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪsᴇ ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʟᴇᴛ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡ''. -''sᴡᴇᴀʀ'' -''ɪ sᴡᴇᴀʀ ɪ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ ʏᴏᴜʀ sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ'' sᴏ ғɪɴᴀʟʟʏ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟᴇᴅ ʜɪs sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss. ᴜɴғᴏʀᴛᴜɴᴀᴛᴇʟʏ, ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏss ᴡᴀs ᴀ sɪɴᴄᴇʀᴇ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ. ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ɴᴏᴡ ʜᴇ ʜᴀsɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟᴇᴅ ʜɪs sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ. ᴡʜᴇɴ ʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴇs, ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʟᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ... ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ғᴏʀ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ. |
1. “ Best time for the Dentist? ….Tooth Hurty “ 2. “Why did Bill get divorced? Well, last week was his birthday. His wife didn't wish him a happy birthday. His parents forgot and so did his kids. He went to work and even his colleagues didn't wish him a happy birthday. As he entered his office, his secretary said, "Happy birthday, boss!" Bill felt very special. She asked him out for lunch. After lunch, she invited him to her apartment. They went there and she said, "Do you mind if I go into the bedroom for a minute?" "Okay," he said. She came out 5 minutes later with a birthday cake, his wife, his parents, his kids, his friends, & his colleagues all yelling, "SURPRISE!!!" while he was waiting on the sofa... Naked.” 3. “A man is at work one day, when he notices that his co-worker is wearing an earring. The man knows his co-worker to be a conservative guy, and is curious about his sudden change in fashion sense. The man walks up and says, “I didn’t know you were into earrings.” The co-worker responds sheepishly, “Don’t make such a big deal out of this, it’s only an earring.” The man falls silent for a few minutes, but then his curiosity prods him to say, “So how long have you been wearing one?” The co-worker responds, “Ever since my wife found it in my Car.” 4. “A man buys a lie detector robot that slaps people who lie. He decides to test it at dinner. He asks his son, "Son, where were you today during school hours?" "At school." The robot slaps the son. "Okay, I went to the movies!" The father asks, "Which one?" "Harry Potter." The Robot slaps the son again. "Okay, I was watching porn!" The father replies, "What? When I was your age I didn't even know what porn was!" The robot slaps the father. The mom chimes in, "Haha! After all, he is your son!" The robot slaps the mother………” 5. A man speaks frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!" "Is this her first child?" the doctor queries. "No, you idiot!" the man shouts. "This is her husband!......” And a P.J to Sum it up…. 6. “Knock, knock. - Who's there? - Boo. Boo who? Don't cry. It's only a joke. (Told you it was a P.J)....... |
Boredom: Seeing repetition and getting bored. Remind yourself that what you are seeing is always new. Every breath, every thought, every image, every step or movement, you experience is brand new. Mark the ending of experience carefully. Doubt: Before anything else see the teacher because different methods apply. Look into this doubt mind, no reason to get alarmed, it’s a very natural thing, but if questions arise while you are practicing don’t try to answer them. Leave them for later. Remorse: Again, see the teacher before anything else, because different methods apply. Don’t let it affect you, or the present moment. Doubt and Remorse will arise when the practice is good. Look directly into the mind that’s causing it. Sensual Desire: Ask sensual desire: Why do you arise? Who are you? Human life is the perfect environment for fighting and extinguishing defilement. Forget suppression, samatha practice and locking up yourself in a volt! Look repeatedly at the mental feelings, and the pictures in your mind until you can understand the composition of its characteristic feeling. (Don’t be surprised at this stage if the hindrance gets stronger). Also check your mental attitude: Do I desire this, or do I dislike it? Do I fear it ? At this stage upekkha will arise, then as you look back at the object, it will disappear. (This will do for beginners who find out the characteristics of desire for food for example. However the same method applies to desiring all kinds of things.) An experienced practitioner would check his mental attitude first and then check bodily sensations and would avoid looking at the mental image. Will drop the image immediately, and again and again if necessary. The difficulty one faces with the dropping of the image, shows the strength of the attachment. This last method works with all sense objects. This latest practice will help you understand how mental attitudes and mental feelings cause you to suffer. |
| 'I was sitting on a branch..... Waiting.... 'I felt a tap on my shoulder.... 'And there she was..... beautiful..... warm and glowing..... waiting to embrace me..... 'She dried my tears... in exchange of a story.... 'Heard my words with love and patience.... 'we held each other tight and cried.... 'She offered me her lap so I could rest all my worries... 'Promised me a world full of Wonder and Glories.... 'I could feel her warmth slowly turning my body into ashes... 'Opening the cage of pain for my trapped soul.. and then I felt each atom that was me... Glow and Rise to the skies... One with the Universe at last... 'Free... so Free... Finally...' |
| It is not important whether you are spiritual or believe in God .... But the four principles of metaphysics apply to all from the moment one is born n until our last breath !! The First Principle states: "Whomsoever you encounter is the right one" ... This means that no one comes into our life by chance. Everyone who is around us, anyone with whom we interact, represents something, whether to teach us something or to help us improve a current situation. The Second Principle states: "Whatever happened is the only thing that could have happened" ... Nothing, absolutely nothing of that which we experienced could have been any other way. Not even in the least important detail. There is no "If only I had done that differently, then it would have been different". NO .. What happened is the only thing that could have taken place and must have taken place for us to learn n evolve in order to move forward. Every single situation in life which we encounter is absolutely perfect, even when it defies our understanding and our ego. The Third Principle states: "Each moment in which something begins is the right moment" ... Everything begins at exactly the right moment, neither earlier nor later. This is because we are subconsciouly ready for the new experience or challenge. The Fourth Principle states: "What is over, is over" ... It is very simple. When something comes to an end, it helps us evolve. Hence, enriched by the recent experience, it is better to let go and move on. Is it a coincidence that you're here reading this ??? If these words strike a chord, it's because you meet the requirements and understand that not one single snowflake falls accidentally in the wrong place !! Just be good to yourself. Always be happy ... Love like there's no tomorrow. And if tomorrow comes, well. Love again . |
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