1) Non-interference in Others’ Affairs Unless Asked to Do So Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in others’ affairs. When they turn around and say “who asked you to interfere”, we feel bad about it. We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way is the best […]
Put a frog in a vessel of water and start heating the water. As the temperature of the water rises, the frog is able to adjust its body temperature accordingly. The frog keeps on adjusting to an increase in temperature. Just when the water is about to reach boiling point, the frog is not able […]
1) Throw out all the non-essentials in life. They unnecessarily occupy valuable space at home and on the office desk, in our lives and in our minds. They needlessly drain us of our time and energy. 2) The tears happen; endure, grieve and move on. Life is never smooth sailing. There will always be ups and […]
Wonder why all the statues that we see of Lord Buddha show him as calm, cool and smiling? Well, because Gautama the Buddha had found the secrets of life by discovering the harsh realities of life. He had his ego completely annihilated and found the beauty of present moment. To be calm and cool like […]
Our lives today are the result of the attitudes and choices we made in the past and our karma-s/actions to implement them. Our lives in the future will be the result of the choices we make today and our present karma-s. This is the story of an elderly carpenter who has worked for a contractor […]
The Path of Utmost Tenacity and Dogged Perseverance When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, he tried over 2000 experiments before he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it felt to fail so many times. He said, “I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be […]
Once, an elder monk and a novice monk were traveling together. They came to the bank of a river and found the bridge was damaged. They had to wade across the river. There was a pretty lady who was stuck on the damaged bridge and couldn’t cross the river. The senior monk offered to carry […]
The story is from “Awareness: The Courage to Be Yourself” by Osho. A man, a fighter for freedom, was traveling in the mountains. He stayed in a caravanserai for the night. He was amazed that in the caravanserai there was a beautiful parrot in a golden cage, continually repeating “Freedom! Freedom!” It was such a […]
A Chinese girl with no fingers on one hand wows on the piano… A video of a young Chinese girl playing the piano: The footage may force us to examine the excuses we make not to tackle those major challenges in our own lives. “Souvenir d’enfance” by Richard Clayderman is not easy to play. The […]
The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On […]
