“The song that I came to sing remains unsung to this day. I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument. Continue reading
Month: April 2014
Take no thought for the morrow…
“Since ancient times, spiritual masters of all traditions have pointed to the Now as the key to the spiritual dimension. Continue reading
Happy New Year! Puthandu Vazthukal!
A resolute mind,
a content soul,
cheerful spirit,
a healthy body
and a loving heart :
These I wish for you on this beautiful day and year.
Puthandu Vazthukal!
The power to choose, to respond, to change
“Everything you have in life can be taken from you except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. This is what determines the quality of the life we’ve lived — not whether we’ve been rich or poor, famous or unknown, healthy or suffering. What determines our quality of life is how we relate to these realities,what kind of meaning we assign them, what kind of attitude we cling to about them, what state of mind we allow them to trigger.”
– Viktor Frankl Continue reading
“I have done my duty…..I will not harm him just because he tried to harm me.”
A tiger, a hunter, a bear and a fear
Once in a forest, a hunter, on being chased by a tiger, felt tired and climbed up a tree. There was a bear sitting on the top of the tree. Continue reading
Life’s third act
Everything we want is right here in the present moment
Western civilization places so much emphasis on the idea of hope that we sacrifice the present moment. Hope is for the future. It cannot help us discover joy, peace, or enlightenment in the present moment. Continue reading
Don’t just do something, sit there!
Often we tell ourselves, “Don’t just sit there, do something!” But when we practice awareness, we discover something unusual. Continue reading
Baby and Me
Change takes place, but not according to plan or as the result of intentional intervention
Problems and obstacles offer a chance for reflection that otherwise would be precluded by the swift routine of life. Continue reading
ONE TUSK 