History does have its lessons…     Next time someone starts to gossip, think of this:   In ancient Greece (469 – 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. He was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up to him excitedly […]

Once an old man spread rumours that his neighbour was a thief. As a result, the young man was arrested. Days later the young man was proven innocent. After being released he sued the old man for wrongly accusing him. In the court the old man told the Judge: “They were just comments, didn’t harm anyone.” […]

This incident happened during the later part of 1800s, in Bengal (India) when Shri Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar and his few friends were busy collecting donations to start Calcutta University. One day Vidyasagar stopped at the door of the palace of the Nawaab (ruler) of Ayodhya (one of the princely states in India during that period) for […]

Life would be perfect if anger had mute button, mistake had back button, hard times had fast forward button and good times had pause button.   What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.   Tongue weighs practically nothing, but only few people can hold […]

It’s all in the mind — the feeling of a purpose and belonging….     After losing his parents, this 3-year-old orangutan was so depressed he wouldn’t eat and didn’t respond to any medical treatments. The veterinarians thought he would surely die from sadness. The zoo keepers found an old sick dog on the grounds […]

Look at people’s faces. They carry life as a burden — boring, with no meaning. They move as if the burden of the whole world is on their shoulders. It seems that everything is just a nightmare, a very cruel joke, that somebody is playing a trick, torturing them. Life is not a celebration, it […]

Here is a mistake that most people make in their relationships with others. They try to build a steady nesting place in the ever moving stream of life. Everything in the entire existence is limited by time, including relationship, and therefore it comes with an expiry date.    Now think of a person whose love […]

What can one do to attain happiness? There is nothing anyone can do; for the simple reason that we are already happy right now, since the very nature of our real Self is infinite bliss. So how can we acquire what we already have? If that is so, why do we not experience this happiness […]

When we take a look at the world, we see unhappiness around us as well as within us. Do we know what causes unhappiness? Most of us will probably say that it is due to poverty or disease or loss or loneliness or oppression or war or hatred or intolerance or atheism and we will […]

Sweetening a Sour Apple By Madisyn Taylor   When dealing with negative people, we can choose not to respond to their behavior and allow our positive behavior be an example.   Because life requires that we interact with different personalities, it is not uncommon for us to encounter a situation where there is one person […]