Mind and heart - Gaps

 

Guidelines in your life

 

Leaking bucket

 ~ You wake up early morning trying to do your Pooja / Prayers /Yoga but your mind is elsewhere and before you know it, you're done with it, without being mindful of it. (A leaking bucket)

~ You're very kind to outsiders / people in general and speak with them gently, but with your own family you're always harsh / rude. (A leaking bucket)

~ You honour and treat your guests well but when they leave, you gossip about them and talk about their flaws. (A leaking bucket)

~ You try to read as much religious books, listen to Satsang /Keertan, participate in social services/ Sewa but you swear,  insult, curse daily. (A leaking bucket)

~ You help others but you're doing it to gain something in return from them and not doing those acts of kindness selflessly. (A leaking bucket)

~ You frequently advice/preach others, but practice none yourself. 

(A leaking bucket)

~ You slander other devout persons out of hatred/spite when your views do not meet one another. (A leaking bucket)

~ You look down on others and feel more superior than them, judging their level of knowledge, based on external appearances (A leaking bucket) 

*We struggle to fill our "lives"(the bucket) with "earnings" of religion and knowledge (the water), hoping it will retain inside but it is leaked by the many flaws (the holes) that we commit daily.*

An excellent reminder for all, including myself, to try and patch these holes up so we may progress further on this beautiful path of life.

Focus to get big picture

 

Focus

 

Buddha... How to solve major problems?

 

Think positive

 I feel like reading this again and again & again.. hope u will like it

A famous writer was in his study room. He picked up his pen and started writing :

**Last year, I had a surgery and my gall bladder was removed. I had to stay stuck to the bed due to this surgery for a long time. 

**The same year I reached the age of 60 years and had to give up my favourite job. I had spent 30 years of my life in this publishing company. 

**The same year I experienced the sorrow of the death of my father.

**And in the same year my son failed in his medical exam because he had a car accident. He had to stay in bed at hospital with the cast on for several days. The destruction of car was another loss. 

At the end he wrote: Oh God! It was such bad year !! 

When the writer's wife entered the room, she found her husband looking sad & lost in his thoughts. From behind his back she read what was written on the paper. She left the room silently and came back with another paper and placed it on side of her husband's writing.

When the writer saw this paper, he found his name written on it with following lines :

**Last year I finally got rid of my gall bladder due to which I had spent years in pain....

**I turned 60 with sound health and got retired from my job. Now I can utilize my time to write something better with more focus and peace.....

**The same year my father, at the age of 95, without depending on anyone or without any critical condition met his Creator.....

 **The same year, God blessed my son with a new life. My car was destroyed but my son stayed alive without getting any disability......

At the end she wrote: 

This year was an immense blessing of God and it passed well !!!

 The writer was indeed happy and amazed at such beautiful and encouraging interpretation of the happenings in his life in that year !!!

Moral : In daily lives we must see that its not happiness that makes us grateful but grate-fulness that makes us happy.

To all my lovely friends & family members ....

Think positive.....

Be happy...

Stay Blessed.

Strange but apt wordings for life!

 

Strange but true !!!!

1 - Inspite of so many colours - White is considered Class.

2 - Inspite of so many voices & sounds - Silence is considered ultimate.

3 - Inspite of so much to eat - Fasting is considered healthy.

4 - Inspite of so much to travel & explore - Meditating under trees & on mountains is considered superior.

5 - Inspite of so much to see - Closing your eyes & looking within is Apex.

6 - Inspite of listening to all the outside world - Voice from inside you is eternal.

7 - Inspite of a sweet charming life - A Peaceful Soul is Solace & Divine.

Trust your Senses. Live a Great Life.

Out of the Box thinking - The story of a clever girl and a horrible money lender

Many hundreds of years ago in a small Italian town, a merchant had the misfortune of owing  a large sum of money to the moneylender. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the merchant’s beautiful daughter so he proposed a bargain. He said he would forgo the merchant’s debt if he could marry the daughter. Both the merchant and his daughter were horrified by the proposal.

The moneylender told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty bag. The girl would then have to pick one pebble from the bag.If she picked the black pebble, she would become the moneylender’s wife and her father’s debt would be forgiven. If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father’s debt would still be forgiven. But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.

They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the merchant’s garden. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her pebble from the bag.

What would you have done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you have told her? Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:

1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.

2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the moneylender as a cheat.

3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order to save her father from his debt and imprisonment.

The above story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral and logical thinking.

The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.

“Oh, how clumsy of me,” she said. “But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked.” Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the moneylender dared not admit his dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an advantageous one.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Most complex problems do have a solution, sometimes we have to think about them in a different way.

Positivity - Positive energy vs Negative energy

What a beautiful comparison in a nutshell!

Tidbits - eye test

Really deceptive! 

Motivation

Persistence is necessary for Fruitful Results.

More people fail not because they lack knowledge or talent but because they just quit halfway !! 

It’s important to remember two words: persistence and resistance. Persist in what must be done and resist what ought not to be done.

Look at your previous unsuccessful efforts and decide what to change. 

Positivity

The finest, priceless and most effective cutting edge technology is  "Human Mind".

The mind has an extraordinary ability to create most magnificent and beautiful experiences, when it is used properly with intense desire of positivity. 

Keep it guarded against negativity by keeping negative thoughts at bay.

You will surely free yourself from the possibility of depression, and  find a way to peace, wellness, happiness, joy and abundance