mindfulness
Sing a song, sing out loud
For those who are spiritual, religion becomes a serious affair as they think they are doing something holy by following certain rituals.
They start feeling holier than others, superior to others. This creates an ego, an image, a false identity and often people go astray from true religiousness and their authentic being.
Their mind becomes more dominant than heart. Mind is full of thoughts, while heart is full of love, compassion and sensitivity. Sometimes heart can act so irrationally that the mind may not understand it.
There’ a story of St. Francis of Assisi, who sang while lying on his deathbed. He sang so loudly that the entire neighbourhood came to know. Continue reading
All that is needed is an awakening
One night the great German philosopher, Professor Von Kochenbach, saw two doors in a dream, one of which led directly to love and paradise, and the other to an auditorium where a lecture was being given on love and paradise. There was no hesitation on Von Kochenbach’s part –he darted in to hear the lecture.
Thought for the week – 12th October 2015
Thought for the Week – 5th October 2015
Taking orders from the witness inside you
We all take orders from God knows who! We do not even bother to find out if those from whom we are taking our orders have arrived anywhere or not. And the hilarious part of all this is that we take our orders from people who are just like us – because they fit with our intelligence.
Fighting Homelessness: Don’t Be the Ass in Assuming
Thought for the Week – 10th August 2015
The Illusion of Outwitting Death
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Once upon a time in a Baghdad marketplace, there was a servant who bumped into Death himself. Terrified, the man dropped his purchases and ran home on foot. When he arrived, he breathlessly begged his master, “Please, may I borrow your fastest horse? I met Death in the marketplace, and he gestured like he was about to take me, so I ran back here as fast as I could. I must escape from him!” The master said, “Take my fastest steed, and perhaps you can outrun Death tonight. Flee to Sammara, for he will never find you there.” The servant thanked him profusely, and galloped off at breakneck speed toward the village of Sammara, which was many hours away. The master then went to the marketplace, and when he saw Death, he asked, “Why did you threaten my poor servant when he was here earlier today?” Death replied, “I wasn’t threatening him. I was just shocked to see him, that’s all. You see, I was expecting to meet up with him tonight—in Sammara.” Continue reading
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