Friday, December 5, 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008
Is there no solution to this mindless violence ?
Lack of political will is the reason for increased terrosist activity in India. Every political party is interested only in getting mileage from the bomb blasts . Innocent people are falling victims.
29.11.08
Dont worry , be bilssful
There was a wise and compassionate king.All his subjects came to him for advice.Once a woman came to him and complained that her husband was illtreating her because she could not bear a child.Another man came and told that his children were greedy.They were after his money and illtreating him.A poor man petitioned him for money and lamented how wrethed he was , to be poor. A rich man came to him and complained that he had no real freinds. Everyone he knew was nice to him only because of his wealth.
The king after talking to many people found that, the same things...children, money and health , repeatedly induced people to worry and be sad. Money was needed by one but was causing sorrow to another. The king hit upon a novel idea. He called his ministers and said, what if we open a worry exchange, WE. Cant people come and exchange their worries?. A person who was unhappy without children could excahnge his or her worry with another who was unhappy because he or she had children. A rich person who was unhappy could trade his worry with a poor man who needs money.
His ministers thought that it was a brilliant idea.So the WE was inagurated. On the appointed day all the subjects arrived at the WE, long before it was to open. They stood around and talked, talked n talked.WE stayed open until dusk.Not a single trade materialised. Not one person came forward to barter or swap his own worry with anothers worry.
The king was disappointed. However instead of being angry, he enquired from his subjects why no one came forward to trade their worries.
The subjects replied in one voice : we prefer to live with the worries we know rather than exchange them for something that we do nat know. Worries become , overtime, our crutches, our companions. We feel lost without them. We need them to justify our behaviour and depend on them to lead our daily life.
Our worries have no meaning or purpose. people have to write down their worries .And after six months if they look at the list, they tell that 90% of their worries never materiliased . The 10% that did , were good to them.
If we allow ourselves to relase our grip from the worries and relax in the present, then we can begin an intimate spiritual journey.The purpose of our journey is to journey inwards and experience bliss, not to indulge in wasteful worries.
Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda in COSMIC UPLINK in ECONOMIC TIMES.
The king after talking to many people found that, the same things...children, money and health , repeatedly induced people to worry and be sad. Money was needed by one but was causing sorrow to another. The king hit upon a novel idea. He called his ministers and said, what if we open a worry exchange, WE. Cant people come and exchange their worries?. A person who was unhappy without children could excahnge his or her worry with another who was unhappy because he or she had children. A rich person who was unhappy could trade his worry with a poor man who needs money.
His ministers thought that it was a brilliant idea.So the WE was inagurated. On the appointed day all the subjects arrived at the WE, long before it was to open. They stood around and talked, talked n talked.WE stayed open until dusk.Not a single trade materialised. Not one person came forward to barter or swap his own worry with anothers worry.
The king was disappointed. However instead of being angry, he enquired from his subjects why no one came forward to trade their worries.
The subjects replied in one voice : we prefer to live with the worries we know rather than exchange them for something that we do nat know. Worries become , overtime, our crutches, our companions. We feel lost without them. We need them to justify our behaviour and depend on them to lead our daily life.
Our worries have no meaning or purpose. people have to write down their worries .And after six months if they look at the list, they tell that 90% of their worries never materiliased . The 10% that did , were good to them.
If we allow ourselves to relase our grip from the worries and relax in the present, then we can begin an intimate spiritual journey.The purpose of our journey is to journey inwards and experience bliss, not to indulge in wasteful worries.
Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda in COSMIC UPLINK in ECONOMIC TIMES.
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