All the philosophers, divines and doctors of the law were assembled for the trial of Mulla Nasruddin. The accusation was a serious one: he had been going from town to town saying, “Your so called religious leaders are ignorant and confused.” So he was charged with heresy, the penalty for which was death. “You may […]
“While I was in a Restaurant, suddenly a cockroach flew from somewhere and sat on a lady standing a little away from me. She started screaming out of fear. With panic stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was contagious, […]
When we Rush and Reach, we get Recognition from others. When we Rest and Remain, we get Realization of Self. When we combine both, we manifest our Vision. Usually we are either in the Rush (work) mode or Rest Mode….. The whole sense of Management is that, either Rush or Rest. That is why we […]
1) Once, all villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all the people gathered but only one boy came with an umbrella… THAT’S FAITH 2) When you throw a baby in the air, she laughs because she knows you will catch her… THAT’S TRUST 3) Every night we go to bed, […]
Two brothers, one a bachelor, the other married, owned a farm whose fertile soil yielded an abundance of grain. Half the grain went to one brother and half to the other. All went well at first. Then, every now and then, the bachelor one began to wake with a start from his sleep at […]
Spiritual Story by Zura Ledbetter There was a sweet, wonder-filled little girl who was hurt over and over so badly that she entered adult life assuming that she was so bad that others just couldn’t be nice to her. What she didn’t know until much later, was that God had given her an extra dose […]
“Everyone sits in the prison of his own ideas. A human being is a part of the whole called by us “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind […]
We are all meant to transcend our apparent limitations… Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent falcons from Arabia. They were peregrine falcons, the most beautiful birds he had ever seen. He gave the precious birds to his head falconer to be trained. Months passed and one day the […]
The owner of a small business, a friend of the poet Olavo Bilac, met him on the street and asked him, “Mr. Bilac, I want to sell my small farm, the one you know so well. Could you please write an announcement for me for the newspaper?” Bilac wrote: “FOR SALE: A beautiful property, […]
