THE ROOT CAUSE OF SUFFERING IS ATTACHMENT

3:18 AM Tejas 0 Comments

"You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction. Perform work in this world, Arjuna, as a man established within himself - without selfish attachments, and alike in success and defeat."

-Mahabharat

Dependence on material things, worldly relations and pleasure-seeking steadily decrease as our love for God increases. Interestingly, as we move towards the Lord with faith, love and devotion, we automatically develop a certain amount of detachment to worldly objects.

For example, when the child is a baby, parents buy her toys. But as she grows and become a teenager, do we not want her to outgrow the toys and develop academic pursuits? Similarly, in life, we have to grow out of desire for the lower and seek the higher and subtler. We need to distance ourselves from the ‘toys’ of the world.

Spirituality is that in which faith, love and devotion for God steadily increase, as desire for and attachment to objects and beings progressively decrease. The spirit or essence of spirituality can be practiced in any walk of life. Firstly, as we live life, we spend some time reflecting on its meaning. We ask ourselves: is there a greater purpose to this existence? Such a line of thinking and contemplation is possible in your family life. 

Secondly, the various relationships and numerous duties we have can be different. But an attitude of service can be maintained in the performance of these.

Thirdly, let’s overcome our psychological dependence on things and beings. So, give up past regrets and let go worries of the future. Lastly, our goal should be a state where attachments and pleasure-seeking from the world are reduced. Simultaneously, love for God and longing for this knowledge is intensified.
We have no control over the result. We just have to do our duties without getting attached to anything. Imagine that your entire life is a movie and you are mere an actor/actress. God is our director. He has given everyone of us some roles which we have to perform well. Whilst playing your role don't get attached with your character; with other co-actors. A specialist heart surgeon, who has conducted hundreds of operations cannot operate his daughter because he is attached to her. Similarly if we get attached to someone we will not be able to perform our duties well.            

"Never get too attached to anyone because attachments leads to expectations and expectations lead to disappointments."  

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BE SATISFIED

5:13 AM Tejas 0 Comments

Hello friends this is an excerpt from Aesop's Fables. This story teaches us many things in our life.  

The Frogs Desiring a King

The Frogs were living as happy as could be in a marshy swamp that just suited them; they went splashing about caring for nobody and nobody troubling with them. But some of them thought that this was not right, that they should have a king and a proper constitution, so they determined to send up a petition to Jove to give them what they wanted. "Mighty Jove," they cried, "send unto us a king that will rule over us and keep us in order." Jove laughed at their croaking, and threw down into the swamp a huge Log, which came down and splashed in the swamp.
The Frogs were frightened out of their lives by the commotion made in their midst, and all rushed to the bank to look at the horrible monster; but after a time, seeing that it did not move, one or two of the boldest of them ventured out towards the Log, and even dared to touch it; still it did not move. Then the greatest hero of the Frogs jumped upon the Log and commenced dancing up and down upon it, thereupon all the Frogs came and did the same; and for some time the Frogs went about their business every day without taking the slightest notice of their new King Log lying in their midst. But this did not suit them, so they sent another petition to Jove, and said to him, "We want a real king; one that will really rule over us." Now this made Jove angry, so he sent among them a big Stork that soon set to work gobbling them all up. Then the Frogs repented when too late.
Same as the frogs even we are never satisfied in life. When we are into circumstances where the life is easy we want something which is difficult and vice versa. We never live in the present, we are driven by our past or the fear of future. Half of our problems in life would get solved if we are satisfied. The GREED for wanting more and more makes our life more and more difficult.


"The Art of Being HAPPY is to Be Satisfied with what you have"

 

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OUR LIFE IS A MATTER OF CHOICES

4:31 AM Tejas 0 Comments

A group of friends visited their old university professor..
Conversation soon turned to complaints about 'STRESS' & 'TENSION' in Life..

Professor offered them Coffee & returned from kitchen with Coffee in different kinds of cups !!!
(Glass Cups, Crystal Cups, Shining Ones, Some Plain Looking, Some Ordinary & Some Expensive Ones.)
When all of them had a Cup in Hand, the professor said, "If you noticed- all the Nice Looking & Expensive Cups are taken up, leaving behind the ordinary ones !!
Everyone of you wanted the Best CUPS, & that is the source of your STRESS & TENSION !!

What you really wanted was "Coffee", not the "Cup"! But you still went for the Best Cup.

If Life is Coffee; Then Jobs, Money, Status & Love etc. are the Cups!!!
They are just TOOLS to hold and contain Life.
Please Don't Let the CUPS Drive you !!
Enjoy the COFFEE ......!!!

What is life? 

They say its from B to D...from Birthday to Death.. But what's between B and D?
Its a " C " Choice.


Our life is a matter of choices...
Live well and it will never go wrong...

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ALL ABOUT LUCK

4:20 AM Tejas 0 Comments

Why some people have all the Luck?

By Professor Richard Wiseman, University of Hertfordshire.

Why do some people get all the luck while others never get the breaks they deserve?
A psychologist says he has discovered the answer.

Ten years ago, I set out to examine luck. I wanted to know why some people are always in the right place at the right time, while others consistently experience ill fortune. I placed advertisements in national newspapers asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky to contact me. Hundreds of extraordinary men & women volunteered for my research & over the years, I have interviewed them, monitored their lives & had them take part in experiments.

I carried out a simple experiment to discover whether this was due to differences in their ability to spot such opportunities. I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, and asked them to look through it & tell me how many photographs were inside. I had secretly placed a large message halfway through the newspaper saying : "Tell the experimenter you have seen this and win $50." This message took up half of the page & was written in type that was more than two inches high. It was staring everyone straight in the face, but the unlucky people tended to miss it & the lucky people tended to spot it.

Unlucky people are generally more tense than lucky people, and this anxiety disrupts their ability to notice the unexpected. As a result, they miss opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. 
  • They go to parties'; intent on finding their perfect partner & so miss opportunities to make good friends.
  • They look through newspapers determined to find certain types of job advertisements & miss other types of jobs.
Lucky people are more relaxed & open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for. My research eventually revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four principles. They are skilled at creating & noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.

Here are Professor Wiseman's four top tips for becoming lucky:

1) Listen to your gut instincts - they are normally right

2) Be open to new experiences and breaking Ur normal routine

3) Spend a few moments each day remembering things that went well

4) Visualize Urself being lucky before an important meeting or telephone call.

Have a Lucky day and work for it...

"The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems, but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect."


"There is a great difference between "worry" & "concern",
A worried person only sees the problem & a concerned person solves the problem..!
May luck be your side!!!

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STAY STRONG

3:13 AM Tejas 0 Comments

One day a school teacher wrote on the board:
9×1=7
9×2=18
9×3=27
9×4=36
9×5=45
9×6=54
9×7=63
9×8=72
9×9=81
9×10=90
When she was done, she looked to the students and they were all laughing at her, because of the first equation which was wrong.

The teacher said, "I wrote that first one wrong on purpose, because I wanted you to learn something important. This was for you to know how the world out there will treat you. You can see that I wrote RIGHT 9 times, but none of you congratulated me for it; you all laughed and criticized me because of one wrong thing I did."

'The world will never appreciate the good you do a million times, but will criticize one wrong done by you."

Don't get discouraged.


ALWAYS RISE ABOVE ALL THE LAUGHTER AND CRITICISM.
STAY STRONG

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STAY CONNECTED

3:04 AM Tejas 0 Comments

Inspiring

Mother is flying a kite. Her son is watching her carefully. After some time son says mom, "Because of the string, the kite is not able to go any further higher." Hearing this, the mother smiles and breaks the string. The kite goes higher and then shortly after that, it comes and falls on the ground. The child is very dejected and sad.

The mother sits next to him and calmly explains, "Son, in life we reach a certain level and then we feel that there are certain things that are not letting us grow any further like Home, Family, Culture etc. We feel we want to be free from those strings which we believe are stopping us from going higher. But, remember son."That our home , family and culture are the things that will help us stay stable at the high heights . If we try to break away from those strings our condition will be similar to the kite" we'll fall down soon..

Moral: "Never go away from home culture, family, and relationships as they help keep us stable while we are flying high."

Life is Beautiful 
STAY CONNECTED

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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

7:23 AM Tejas 0 Comments

In a small village, lived two best friends Adam & John. Adam was eleven years old and John was six years old. They always played together and lived their life happily.

One fine day, they both went outside the village for recreation. Whilst playing Adam fell into a well. Adam was crying loudly for help. John tried to find someone nearby but couldn't find one. After running here and there he found a bucket and a rope. Without giving a second thought he picked up the bucket and threw it in the well. Adam held the bucket and John applying all his strength pulled him out.

After coming out they hugged each other & cried. They were very happy, but all of a sudden a thought struck their mind. If they tell their families what had happened today they will surely bash them. With a fear in mind they headed home and told the whole story to their family members & neighbours. To their surprise all the villagers made fun of them and nobody believed in them. They thought the kids were just playing a prank.

In the entire village only one man believed them. All the villagers went to the man and asked how can you believe such a lie. John cannot even lift a bucket full of water how can he pull Adam out of the well. The villagers had a valid point and they insisted the old man to answer. The old man smiled and answered, the question here is not how did he pulled out Adam from well, that he has already answered; the question here is how could he pull Adam out. And the answer is quite interesting, he could do that because there was no one present there who told him that he "Could not do this, even he himself". 

In our lives, we face many problems. Many a times we back out because there is always someone who tells us that we cannot do it or we cannot find a solution for the same. And many-a-times that someone is we our-self. No problem is big enough if we face it and believe in our self.

"A Bird sitting on a tree is Never Afraid of the branch breaking, because her Trust is not on the Branch but on it's OWN WINGS".
            "ALWAYS BELIEVE IN YOURSELF"          


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