A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.”  “Is the man of the house home?”, they […]

From The Hidden Lamp   Patacara was born into a rich family in India but eventually ran off to marry a pageboy. A tragedy hit her life when Patacara was about to deliver her second child. She lost her entire family in one day. Legend has it that her husband was bitten by a poisonous snake on the […]

When Swami Vivekananda went to USA, a lady asked him to marry her. When Swami-ji asked the lady about what made her ask him such a question. The lady replied that she was fascinated by his intellect. She wanted a child of such an intellect. So, she asked Swami-ji, whether he could marry her and […]

On his first day in office, as President Abraham Lincoln entered to give his inaugural address, a man stood up, he was a rich Aristocrat.   He said, “Mr. Lincoln, you should not forget that your father used to make shoes for my family”, and the whole Senate laughed.    They thought they insulted Lincoln […]

If you worry too much about what other people think you will always be their prisoner. If you think you are what your friends and enemies say you are, you obviously do not know yourself. You can’t please everybody. Don’t let criticism worry you. Worry gives a small thing a big shadow. The faculty of imagination is […]

In a dream, I had an interview with God.   “Come in,” God said to me, “So, you would like to interview Me?” “If You have the time,” I said.   God smiled and said: “My time is called eternity and is enough to do everything. What questions do you have in mind to ask […]

Junaid, a famous mystic, was walking through the market-place with his disciples. They saw a man dragging a cow by a rope. Junaid told the man to wait and asked his disciples to surround them.   “I am going to teach you something” and continued, “Tell me who is bound to whom? Is the cow bound […]

Empty your cup to create space to receive what the Divine has to pour.   Modern life is full of stress and anxiety — this might sound like a cliché but it’s true. We mortals are accumulating more negative baggage every day without realizing that in the process, we are losing among many other beautiful […]

Empathy is one of the greatest spiritual qualities. Empathy may be the mother of love, because through empathy alone we get to know the other person, we get to see their world through them. Even though there is care and a sense of belonging in both love and attachment, they are not the same. Love […]

There was a guru, who had a novice disciple. The disciple had never seen a cow nor had he tasted the milk. He had read that the cow’s milk is very nutritious as well as delicious. He was very curious to find a cow and taste its milk. He approached his Guru and asked “Do […]