Isn't the Universe strange? A positive thing, like Newman's salad dressing profits, is out into the ethos and it changes into something far greater? We never know how our lives will be used to serve the greater good until we venture forth. Paul Newman took the pain of his life and it didn't save his son but it helped many other suffering people. Thanks for giving me something to think about today.
Powerful story! It reminds me that there are still good people in the world. Perhaps we just start by being considerate and tolerant. Thanks for sharing.
I've been really impressed by Melinda Gates' philanthropic work over the years. Both with and without her ex-husband's participation. It seems like she truly believes in giving back and making the world a better place.
Worldly attachments are attributed by visits of the mind to the same objects of desire, again, and again. This happens due to a lack of awareness and wholesome experience of the objects or events. Through intense living one can get a full understanding of the events and become a witness of it and then become free from the outcome of the event, whether positive or negative. For example, the innocence of a child makes him so inquisitive that he tries to understand the inside of a toy, as to what makes it work, he breaks it, with intense involvement of both body and mind. Finally, he loses interest in the toy, finding nothing interesting inside, and moves areas to another toy.
This is exactly the behaviour of the human mind, curiosity persists till the mind becomes fully aware of the event or object. Awareness leads to decrease in thoughts for the object, and subsequently total detachment from it. Today, if we want to live a blissful life we have to practice the art of living intensely.
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