A friend who cares….

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“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

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Book Recommendation : The Empty Boat: Encounters with Nothingness by Osho

The Empty Boat: Encounters with Nothingness (OSHO Classics)

Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu. OSHO revitalises the 300-year-old Taoist message of self-realization through the stories of the Chinese mystic, Chuang Tzu. He speaks about the state of egolessness, “the empty boat”; spontaneity, dreams and wholeness; living life choicelessly and meeting death with the same equanimity. Continue reading

The donkey dies of exhaustion

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Nasrudin decided to go in search of some new meditation techniques. He saddled his donkey, went to India, China and Mongolia, talked to the great masters, but found nothing.

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No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding

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“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well.

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It is a state of BEINGNESS the soul is after, not a state of doingness….

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It is not nearly so important how well a message is received as how well it is sent. You cannot take responsibility for how well another accepts your truth; you can only ensure how well it is communicated.

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Inspirational Quotes on Understanding

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Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Carl Jung

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Getting on the Balcony – Ronald A Heifetz

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Image result for balcony and dance floorLeadership is both active and reflective. One has to alternate between participating and observing. Walt Whitman described it as being ‘both in and out of the game’. …

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What is my life’s purpose? How do I find my purpose?

What is my life’s purpose? How do I find my purpose? These two questions I get asked most frequently from people who have got everything going well in their lives.

When your tummy is as full as your bank balance and you can’t fall asleep, you naturally sit back and wonder (or worry) about the purpose of your life. It almost seems as if we want to have things that help us remain pensive and introspective. Those battling with life threatening diseases, under heavy debt or busy fighting court cases have never asked me about the purpose of their life. They are too engrossed in dealing with its harsh realities. In the last six years at the ashram, no villager has ever asked me about the purpose of his or her life. Continue reading