When things in our lives seem, almost too much to handle, when twenty-four hours in a day is not enough, we need to remember the story of the empty jar and 2 cups of coffee. A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, […]
A young couple moved into a new neighborhood. The next morning, while they were having breakfast, the young woman saw her neighbor hang the wash outside. “That laundry is not very clean,” she said, “she doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.” Her husband looked on but remained silent. Every […]
A German once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, “Do you need two statues of the same idol?” “No,” said the sculptor without looking up, “We need only one, but the first one […]
The quality of our daily life depends on the quality and texture of our mind. “Mind alone is the cause of our bondage and liberation.” Existence of mind itself is a disease and a disease can never be healthy. There are only two conditions of mind: normally unhealthy and abnormally unhealthy. Very few in this […]
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups porcelain, plastic, glass, […]
I asked God to take away my pain and sorrows. God said, “No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up. I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. God said, “No. His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary.” I asked God to […]
A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose. Her father, a […]
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole at the end. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as […]
Mind has a tendency to unnecessarily convert simple things into complicated issues. It is due to the way the mind is conditioned into thinking. Transcending the conditioning prevents us from falling into the complications it creates. Then simplicity will come naturally. This riddle is hard for some, easier for others, and yet poses a […]
We miss the simple in pursuit for complex solutions!!! One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soap box, which happened in one of Japan’s biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soap box that was empty. Immediately […]
