Consider this scenario: In a remote forest, a pregnant deer is about to give birth to a baby. It finds a remote grass field near by a river and slowly goes there thinking it would be safe. As she moves slowly, she gets labor pain; at the same moment, dark clouds gather around that area […]
The emperor of China during the Yuan dynasty wanted to have his picture painted. “I’m not satisfied with my portraits done thus far,” he said to a large gathering of artists. “Paint me a picture with the minutest detail, my spitting image.” The king sat down every day for two hours while the finest painters observed […]
Dr. Dráuzio Varella If you don’t want to be ill… …Speak your feelings. Emotions and feelings that are hidden, repressed, end in illnesses as: gastritis, ulcer, lumbar pains and spinal disorders. With time, the repression of the feelings degenerates to cancer. Then, we go to a confidante, to share our intimacy, our “secrets”, our […]
“The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.” – Hubert H. Humphrey It is hard to believe this. Yes, we find it difficult to believe, because we are humans!!! These lion, tiger and bear are most unlikely gang of friends we may come across. They are Leo the African lion, Baloo the black […]
Guru‘s teaching is a mirror of words wherein we can see ourselves clearly. A Master “takes away” only those things which we don’t have but we think we have. And he goes on “giving” us things, which we already have but have forgotten completely. He who robs us of possessions is a thief and he […]
Once a man took his donkeys to sell in the market. On the way he had to stay overnight in an inn. So, he decided to tie his donkeys to a nearby tree and rest for the night in the inn. To his dismay he discovered that he had one rope short which would leave […]
For making soap, oil is required. But to clean oil, soap is required. This is the irony of life. In a theatre when drama plays, we opt for front seats. When film is screened, we opt for rear seats. Our position in life is only relative – Not absolute. Only two entities have […]
There were two houses standing next to each other. In one of them resided a very unhappy family. The spouses yelled at each other, they fought and quarrelled all the time. The other was a place of happiness and calm. During one of the fights the wife asked her husband: “Did you ever hear them quarrel […]
A lady asked the local preacher to come and pray with her father. When the preacher arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside his bed. The preacher assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit. “I guess you […]
As I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped; confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a rope tied to their front leg – no chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at any time, break away from the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did […]
