( contributed by Mr Goutham)
Everyone is Conditioned
( contributed by Mr Goutham)
( contributed by Mr Goutham)



A young tree grows stronger when it’s planted in an area with older trees, as the roots of the young tree are able to follow the pathways created by those of older trees. Over time, the roots of many trees graft themselves to one another, creating an intricate, interdependent foundation hidden below the surface and the forest becomes healthier and more resilient. The same is true for people; we are stronger when we are all connected. So how do we create a healthier “forest” in our later life? We become intentional about the pathways we carve for those we leave behind. While it may be fairly clear how we can do this in our families, how can we do it at work…where we spend most of our waking hours? It’s plausible that the number one role of an effective leader is to create more effective leaders, right?
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Chip Conley from “Wisdom @ Work”

In our present society, the competition is for victimhood. It’s almost hilarious how people want to rush onstage to tell you how they’re the victim. And they’re almost in competition to see who’s the most wronged. Who’s the most wronged gender or race or color? Who’s a victim of money, social position, politics? Everybody’s out there in the competition to see who has been the most wronged. It’s like a moral competition. Who’s the most wronged here? Is it the old people or the young people? The Republicans or the Democrats? Who’s getting the biggest part of the wrong? It’s almost comical when you see it. Everybody just loves to rush on television and say how they’ve been wronged. That’s narcissism—to milk everything for all you can get out of it. And then when you finally see it for what it’s worth, and you see it through the viewpoint of the self-feeding of narcissism, you only feel sorry that people got stuck in it. It’s one thing to, as a passing phase, milk a crisis for all it’s worth, but then there’s a time to get over it. What you want to do is help people get over it and move on in life.
David Hawkins

As a seed breaks and comes out, sprouting, so your inner voice comes out, sprouting. And then follow it: wherever it leads, follow it. Don’t listen to anybody; that is your way. And all that a master can do is to bring you to your inner voice. The master should not become the substitute; otherwise you will become even more crowded than you were before.
–Osho
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With humility comes the willingness to stop trying to control or change other people or life situations or events ostensibly ‘for their own good’. To be a committed spiritual seeker, it is necessary to relinquish the desire to be ‘right’ or of imaginary value to society. In fact, nobody’s ego or belief systems are of any value to society at all. The world is neither good nor bad nor defective, nor is it in need of help or modification because its appearance is only a projection of one’s own mind. No such world exists.
–David R. Hawkins

(contributed by Gaurav S)