“You can live in the world and yet not be of the world. You can live in the world and not allow the world to live in you. All that is needed is a little watchfulness. A small story …. Just as you have heard the name of Cleopatra — one of the most beautiful […]
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN SOMEBODY HATES YOU? “WHETHER SOMEBODY HATES YOU OR SOMEBODY LOVES YOU SHOULD NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN YOU. I was reading a story. Two psychiatrists lived in the same building. Every evening they would come back from their offices and they often rode on the same elevator together. The elevator
“The original word SIN means “to miss”. It doesn’t mean to commit something wrong; it simply means to miss, to be absent. The Hebrew root for the word sin means ‘to miss’. That exists in a few English words: mis-conduct, mis-behavior. “To miss” means not to be there, doing something without being present there — this is
THERE WERE TWO FRIENDS OF THE KING,AND BOTH WERE PROVED GUILTY OF A CRIME.SINCE HE LOVED THEM THE KING WANTED TO SHOW THEM MERCY,BUT HE COULD NOT ACQUIT THEM BECAUSE EVEN A KING’S WORDCANNOT PREVAIL OVER THE LAW.SO HE GAVE THIS VERDICT:A ROPE WAS TO BE STRETCHED OVER A DEEP CHASM,AND, ONE AFTER ANOTHER, THE
“One soul within two bodies:That’s exactly the meaning of harmony. It is the most exquisite experience. Ordinarily we are living in conflict, in disharmony. Parents are feeling a generation gap between themselves and their own children. There seems to be no common ground of understanding; harmony is a faraway goal. They don’t even understand each
One can be either Rama or Ravana, but there is no way to be in between. Our trouble is that we know perfectly well that we are not Rama, but it is a big hurt to the ego and the mind does not want to agree to it. It is hard enough for the mind
“When I say to you that meditation is nothing but thoughtlessness, you can misunderstand me. You are not to do anything to become thoughtless, because whatever you will do will be again a thought. You have to learn to see the procession of thoughts, standing by the side of the road as if it does
In a small town one morning, a sadhu came looking around at the shops on both sides of a small street leading towards the main market. He was thirsty and looking to get some water to drink. The shop owners were just opening their shops and getting settled to start a new day of their
You might have seen a video in social media circulation. For those who haven’t, I am sharing a transcript of that video here, which is so so inspiring. While I was watching the video I was reminded of many episodes that happened during my student days, professional career and personal life when my parents, my
They were twin brothers — John & Jack, born to a poor struggling couple. They had a very bitter childhood when their parents got separated and both brothers were left to live on their own miserably. Many years passed. It so happened that John became a very successful lawyer in town, whereas Jack turned out
