(Contributed by Mr. Bala Sunder)
The Prison of Your Mind
(Contributed by Mr. Bala Sunder)
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Thank you!
You can start over
“When someone you love dies, you are given the gift of “second chances”. Their eulogy is a reminder that the living can turn their lives around at any point. You’re not bound by the past; that is who you used to be. You’re reminded that your feelings are not who you are, but how you felt at that moment. Your bad choices defined you yesterday, but they are not who you are today. Continue reading
You are caterpillars
You have to approach the Master with great love, with great trust, with an open heart. You are not aware who you are. He is aware who he is, he is aware who you are. The caterpillar might be said to be unaware that it may become a butterfly. You are caterpillars — BODHISATTVAS. All caterpillars are Bodhisattvas and all BODHISATTVAS are caterpillars. A BODHISATTVA means one who can become a butterfly, who can become a Buddha, who is a Buddha in the seed, in essence.
Every life counts, and each person has a valuable role to play
What does life expect from me? What is the meaning of my life? Where is the meaning in my life? The answers to these questions are extraordinarily hopeful. Every life counts, and each person has a valuable role to play. Continue reading
The fear of ‘what might happen’
Nothing, Jung said, can be changed unless it is first accepted. Until then, a condition remains un-approachable and ominous. The same wisdom is found in an ancient fable. Continue reading
It seems that only after great pain and struggle are we willing to let go of our obsession with self-preservation and let life flow a little….
While playing on a hot summer day, two young children notice a dripping garden hose. The drop-by-drop trickle provides them with a desire for a real thirst-quenching gulp. But as they grab the hose from one another they feel the lack of real fulfilment.
They spend all their time 
rather than using their creativity to follow the hose to its source and turn on the faucet. Continue reading
Don’t be too sane, because too much sanity leads to insanity…..Let a little craziness exist in you!
An old woman, eighty-five years old, was asked by a journalist that if she had to live again, how would she live? The old woman said – there is a great insight in it, remember it – “If I had my life to live over, I would dare to make more mistakes next time. I would relax, I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. Continue reading
The larva does not change into a butterfly but instead becomes the fulfillment of its potential
Q: how does a spiritual practice actually result in change? What are the psychological mechanisms? How can one change from a ‘this’ to a ‘that’? Continue reading
Am I just kicking the can down the road?
Change can often be difficult, and it will probably seem easier to just stick with what you are already doing. That thinking can be dangerous. You’re only kicking the can down the road, and you risk waking up one day, years later, looking into the mirror, asking yourself: “What am I doing with my life?”….. Continue reading
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