One of my most loved books is by Rabidranath Tagore -Akhari Kavita, “The Last Poem.” It is not a book of poetry, it is a novel but a very strange noted, very insightful. Continue reading
Spirituality
Life is always under construction..
“…One of the greatest lessons I’ve learned in life is that success is neither the destination nor the journey, but a way of travelling. Destinations and journeys inevitably involve arrivals and endings. I have always felt the word retired, for example was misspelled. The word should be retried or maybe, reinspired. Retired implies tired again or perhaps tired for the final time… Life is not something to step back from and admire when completed. It is an ongoing process of design, laying the foundations, forming, erecting, bonding, changing, detailing, refining and renovating… It is always under construction.. It calls for us to gain hindsight from all that went before… It calls for us to gain foresight by imagining a better world ahead for all by passing on our trials, errors, and achievements as lessons in leadership. It calls for us to live in the present, longing for neither yesterday nor tomorrow, but rather facing what today offers, boldly, optimistically and flexibly…”
– Denis Waitley – Empires of the Mind : Lessons to Lead and Succeed in a Knowledge-Based World
Don’t Leave it till its too late….
For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives.
When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again. Continue reading
Acquire a firm will and the utmost patience – Anandamayi Ma
We begin our journey towards the supreme goal of life from where we stand. Just as it is good to be patient with others, it is equally necessary to be patient with ourselves. Continue reading
Truth has no path, and that is the beauty of truth, it is living
What can a human being do—what can you and I do—to create a completely different society? We are asking ourselves a very serious question.
I dreamed I had an interview with God…
“Come in,” God said. “So, you would like to interview Me?”
“If you have the time,” I said. God smiled and said: “My time is eternity and is enough to do everything; what questions do you have in mind to ask me?”
“What surprises you most about mankind?” Continue reading
Attitude towards God
I’m not an atheist and I don’t think I can call myself a pantheist. Continue reading
And don’t try to change everything all at once; instead, be sure to change something fundamental.
So don’t keep looking for patterns and tormenting yourself with what’s wrong with you: that could be just another pattern. And whatever you do, don’t identify yourself with your pain, your suffering and sore spots, otherwise you’ll never be free of them. Continue reading
When you really laugh, suddenly mind disappears
Laughter brings some energy from your inner source to your surface. Energy starts flowing, follows laughter like a shadow. Have you watched it? When you really laugh, for those few moments you are in a deep meditative state. Thinking stops. Continue reading
Ignorance is not absence of knowledge; ignorance is absence of awareness.
Ignorance is not absence of knowledge. If it was absence of knowledge then things would have been very, very easy—and cheap. You can borrow knowledge; you cannot borrow being. Continue reading
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