Inspirational Reading

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घड़ी की तीन सुईयां
घड़ी में तीन सुईयां होती है जिस में एक सुई, सेकेंड वाली सुई के नाम से मशहूर है।
यह सेकेंड वाली सुई अपना वजूद तो रखती है पर इसका ज़िक्र नहीं किया जाता।
सब यही कहते हैं 7 बजकर 10 मिनट हो गए हैं।
कभी किसी ने यूँ नहीं कहा 7 बजकर 10 मिनट और 4 सेकेंड हुए हैं।
जबकि यह सेकेंड वाली सुई दोनों से ज़्यादा मेहनत व मशक्कत करती है और उन दोनों को आगे बढ़ने में मदद करती है।
हमारी ज़िन्दगी में बहुत से लोग इसी सेकेंड वाली सुई के जैसे होते हैं जिनका ज़िक्र तो कहीं नहीं होता लेकिन हमारे आगे बढ़ने में इनका किरदार ज़रुर होता है।

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जीवन के सत्य :
[1] कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता कि आप कितने खूबसूरत हैं ?
● क्योंकि.. लँगूर और गोरिल्ला भी अपनी ओर लोगों का ध्यान आकर्षित कर लेते हैं.

[2] कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता कि आपका शरीर कितना विशाल और मज़बूत है ?
● क्योंकि…श्मशान तक आप अपने आपको नहीं ले जा सकते.

[3] आप कितने भी लम्बे क्यों न हों
● क्योंकि… आने वाले कल को आप नहीं देख सकते.

[4] कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता कि , आपकी त्वचा कितनी गोरी और चमकदार है
● क्योंकि…अँधेरे में रोशनी की जरूरत पड़ती ही है.

[5] कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता कि, आप नहीं हँसेंगे तो सभ्य कहलायेंगे ?
● क्योंकि…. आप पर हंसने के लिए दुनिया खड़ी है.

[6] कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता कि ,आप कितने अमीर हैं ? और दर्जनों गाड़ियाँ आपके पास हैं ?
● क्योंकि…घर के बाथरूम तक आपको चल के ही जाना पड़ेगा.

इसलिए संभल के चलिए … ज़िन्दगी का सफर छोटा है , हँसते हँसते काटिये !

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Walking is the best Exercise.
So why not also Walk Away from :

• Walk Away from arguments that lead you to nowhere but anger.

• Walk Away from people who deliberately put you down. 

• Walk Away from failures and fears that stifle your dreams.

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Live more grow more :
We don’t talk about trees getting older; We say they are “Growing”
Let’s use the same language for ourselves too…
We’re not getting older, we’re just growing.
That’s the spirit of living… Live more grow more.

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अधिकार और अहंकार / Authority & Ego
Our Ego is generally associated with Outer Objects / People /Personalities. And we do not have exact clarification about the exact difference between our rights on ourselves and others.
We must understand that, actually we have rights only on ourselves and not others… so it is must that we should bring changes into our own self and not strive to bring changes in the world.
Our sense of authority over worldly things, people, objects etc. brings Ego and result into  Grudges in our life.. !!
So what to do ?
Solution ( समाधान), in life can be achieved only when we stop nurturing our Bad Ego and bring Evenness (समता), Humility (विनम्रता),  Equanimity (समभाव) & Forgiveness (क्षमा) in every situation and all conditions of life within our soul.

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अपेक्षा और अधिकार / Expectation & Possessiveness
In the usual social system of our life, having Expectations is natural., It is not bad, but it becomes reason for grudges or misery when we start possessing or have authority over other people / objects / personalities or our beloveds.
We must try and remove reasons due to which these Expectations turns to be reason for possessing and create anguishes within our soul. Understanding and evaluating situations in which something was done or something has happened, can resolve most of the cause of anguishes / pain.
(- Translated as heard from a Jain Muni Pravachan)

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10 Lessons from the book “Rich Dad Poor Dad”

• The poor and the middle class work for money.
• The rich have money work from them.
• The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind.
• If it is trained well, it can create enormous wealth.
• Its not how much money you make.
• Its how much money you keep.
• The rich focus on their asset columns while everyone else focuses on their income statements.
• Often in the real world, it’s not the smart who get ahead, but the bold.
• It is not gambling if you know what you’re doing.
• It is gambling if you’re just throwing money into a deal and praying.
• The primary difference between a rich person and a poor person is how they manage fear.
• Failure inspires winners.
• Failure defeats losers.
• For most people, the reason they don’t win financially is because the pain of losing money is far greater than the joy of being rich.
• Rich people acquire assets. The poor and middle class acquire liabilities that they think are assets.

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A HAPPY WOMAN!!!

“My mom had a lot of problems.She did not sleep & she felt exhausted. She was irritable,grumpy & bitter. She was always sick, until one day, suddenly, she changed.

The situation was the same, but she was different.

One day my dad said to her:

• I’ve been looking for a job for three months & I haven’t found anything, I’m going to have a few beers with friends.

My mom replied:

• It’s okay.

My brother said to her:

• Mom, I’m doing poorly in all subjects at the University!

My mom replied:

• Okay, you will recover, & if you don’t, well, you repeat the semester, but you pay the tuition.

My sister said to her:

• Mom, I hit the car!

My mom replied:

• Okay daughter, take it to the workshop, find how to pay & while they fix it, get around by bus or subway.

Her daughter-in-law said to her:

• Mother-in-law, I have come to spend a few months with you!

My mom replied:

• Okay, settle in the living room couch & look for some blankets in the closet.

All of us at my mom’s house gathered as we were worried to see these reactions.

We suspected that she had gone to the doctor & that she was prescribed some pills of “I don’t give a damn about 1000 mg.”

She would probably also be ingesting an overdose.

We then proposed to do an “intervention” to my mother to remove her from any possible addiction she had towards some anti-tantrum medication.

But what was not the surprise, when we all gathered around her & my mom explained:

“It took me a long time to realize that each person is responsible for their life, it took me years to discover that my anguish, my mortification, my depression, my courage, my insomnia & my stress, did not solve their problems but aggravated mine.

I am not responsible for the actions of others, but I am responsible for the reactions I express to that.

Therefore, I came to the conclusion that my duty to myself is to remain calm & let each one solve what corresponds to them.

I have taken courses in yoga, meditation, miracles, human development, mental hygiene, vibration & neurolinguistic programming & in all of them, I found a common denominator: finally they all lead to the same point.

And, it is that I can only interfere with myself, you have all the necessary resources to solve your own lives.

I can only give you my advice, if you ask me & it depends on you to follow it or not.

So! From now on, I cease to be: the receptacle of your responsibilities, the sack of your guilt, the laundress of your remorse, the advocate of your faults, the wall of your lamentations, the depositary of your duties, who should solve your problems or spare a tire every time to fulfill your responsibilities.

From now on,I declare all independent & self-sufficient adults.

Everyone at my mom’s house was speechless.

From that day on, the family began to function better, because everyone in the house knows exactly what it is that they need to do.

Author:
A HAPPY WOMAN!!”

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Peace
Murugan, the proprietor of a coffee shop had been busy all day. Being Saturday, his shop was very crowded and the customers seemed unending. He had been on his toes since morning. Towards the evening he felt a splitting headache surfacing.

As the clock ticked away, his headache worsened. Unable to bear it, he stepped out of the shop leaving his staff to look after the sales. He walked across the street to the Pharmacy to buy himself a painkiller to relieve his headache. He swallowed the pill and felt relieved. He knew that in a few minutes he would feel better.

As he strolled out of the shop, he casually asked the salesgirl, “Where is Mr. Gopalan, the Chemist? He’s not at the cash counter today!”

The girl replied, “Sir, Mr. Gopalan had a splitting headache and said he was going across to your coffee shop. He said a cup of hot coffee would relieve him of his headache.”
The man’s mouth went dry and he mumbled, “Oh! I see.”

This is a typical case of looking outside ourselves for something that we have within us. How strange, but true!

The Chemist relieves his headache by drinking coffee and the coffee shop owner finds relief in a pain relieving pill!

Similarly, many of us travel across the lengths and breadths of the universe to find peace. Eventually, we come to realize that real peace is within our own hearts.

Peace is really a state of mind.

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नौ कर्म / Nine Karma for Inner Peace

इस लॉकडाउन के समय पर मुझे महाभारत और रामायण को फिर से समझने और देखने का मौका मिला..
कुछ दृष्टान्तो तथा कुछ घटनायों ने मुझे देवतायों और मनुष्य जीवन के बारे में कुछ सोचने पर मजबुर किया और विचलित भी किया…..!!
[१] वरदान, [२] श्राप , [३] वचन, [४] प्रतिज्ञा, [५] घमंड, [६] क्रोध, [७] आसक्ति, [८] लालसा [९] स्वार्थ
दोनों रामायण और महाभारत की लड़ाईयां या कहिये हमारा सारा जीवन इन नौ शब्दों या कहिये कि इन्ही दोषपूर्ण व्यवहारों के आस पास घुमती है
बिना सोचे समझे दिए हुए वरदान, श्राप और वचन, बिना सोची हुई प्रतिज्ञा, अतिशय आसक्ति और लालसा .., ये जीवन में क्रोध, घमंड, स्वार्थ, दंभ इत्यादि को उत्पन्न करते हैं , और यही संसार और मनुष्य के अशांत जीवन तथा विनाश का कारण बनते हैं…!!
इन नौ कर्म या भावनायों से अगर हम दूर हो गए तो जीवन अत्यंत सरल और अर्थपूर्ण हो सकता है…
अनावश्यक खुशी और शांती की खोज में भटकना नहीं पड़ेगा.

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• RULES OF HAPPY LIFE :
  • Live with Gratitude.
  • Fill your Life with Love.
  • Find Your Purpose.
  • Practice Forgiveness all ways always.
  • Surround yourself with Happy People.
  • Keep the inner child within you Alive.
  • Stop Comparing yourself to others
  • Stop chasing material things.
  • Excel in whatever you do.
  • Give more than you take.
  • Live in the Present.

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KINDNESS

Today my landlord kicked me out coz I didn’t pay 1 month’s rent even after paying advance rent in the past 7 years.
The labourer who moved my goods said “Bura waqt hai, jo aapke paas ho, jo dene ka mann ho, vo dijiye.”
He didn’t quote even once, even when I insisted. I paid him. He didn’t count the money, he didn’t bargain. He thanked me, gave me his number, asked me to call him if I need something else.
You don’t need to go to school to learn to be kind. You need not have a strong Balance Sheet to be kind. You only need to keep in touch with the human in you.

“wealth and intelligence is a gift, kindness is a choice. “

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• For Self Cognition ( आत्म अनुभुति ) :
  • To know that things around us are just means to live out life.
  • Leaving aside Anger & Grudges. (क्रोध और शिकायत)
  • Accept every situation with Ingenuity & Equanimity (समभाव और सरलता)
  • Realize that your are not actual Doer (कर्ता) , You are just Visualizer (द्रष्टा).
  • Attaining the state of Stable Mindset (स्थिर चित्त)
  • Get into stage of CONCIOUS Sleep.

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स्पष्टता / Clarification
Our Ego is generally associated with Outer Objects / People / Personalities.
In this process, we do not have exact clarification about difference between स्व / Self & पर / Others

अधिकार और अहंकार / Rights & Ego
I must understand that, I have rights only on myself and not others… so it is must that I should bring changes in myself and not the world. The sense of being authority over others in the world brings Anger / Grudges in life.. !!

समाधान / Redressel in life can be achieved only when we stop nurturing our Bad Ego and bring
– Even-ness or समता,
– Humility or विनम्रता,
– Equanimity or समभाव &
– Forgiveness or क्षमा
in every phase and situation of life.

अपेक्षा और अधिकार / Expectation & Rights
In the social system of our life, having Expectations is natural.. it is not bad, but it becomes reason for grudges or misery when we start possessing or have authority over people/things/objects/personalities/beloveds.
We must try and remove reasons due to which these expecations turns to be reason for possessing and create anguishness within our soul.

Understanding and evaluating situations in which something was done or something has happened, can resolve most of the cause of anguishness/pain.

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OPTIONS !!
In a small Indian town, a small business owner owed a large sum of money to a Sahukar (Money Lender). The Sahukar was a very old, unattractive looking man.
He decided to offer the businessman a deal that would settle the entire loan, with a condition that, he will settle the loan only if he could marry the businessman’s beautiful daughter. The proposal was accepted with a shock and little disappointment by businessman.

The Sahukar said that he would place two stones in a bag, a white stone and a black stone. The daughter would then have to pick up one stone from a bag. If it was black, the loan will be settled fully, but the Sahukar would then marry her, and If it was white, the loan would also be settled , but the daughter wouldn’t have to marry the Sahukar.

The garden was full of stones and the sahukar picked up two stones from the garden and put it in his bag. While he was picking them up, the daughter saw that he had picked up both black stones. He then asked the daughter to pick up one stone from the bag.
The daughter was in shocked but didn’t reacted, she was left out with 3 options:
[1] Refuse to pick a stone from the bag.
[2] Take both stones out of the bag and expose the Sahukar.
[3] Pick a stone from the bag with awareness that it will be a black stone and she will have to marry this ugly old man for his father’s to get free from debt.

The smart daughter, came forward and picked up a stone from the bag, and before looking at it ‘accidentally’ dropped it into the midst of the other stones in the garden..
Then she said:
“Oh, how stupid I am. I dropped the stone which was picked up, but anyways, let’s check the bag for left out stone… so we all will be know which one i picked up.”

The stone left in the bag is obviously black, and with no choice, with the fear of getting caught of cheating, the Sahukar had no choice but to accept that the stone picked up was white… so he will have to clear the entire loan without marrying the daughter of businessman.
Moral of the story:
It is always possible to overcome any tough situation in life with Smart & Out of Box Thinking, its not necessary to pick up only available options !!

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THE COLDEST WINTER

It was one of the coldest winter and many animals were dying because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep each other warm. This was a great way to protect themselves from cold and keep each of them warm; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions.

After a while, they decided to distance themselves, but they too began to die due to cold. So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or choose death. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. They learned to live with the little wounds caused by the close relationship with their companions in order to receive the warmth of their togetherness. This way they were able to survive

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An old man lived in the village.
The whole family & village was tired of him; he was always rude and arrogant, he constantly complained and was always in a bad mood.
The longer he lived, the more irritating he was becoming and the more poisonous were his words. Everyone avoided him, because his misfortune became contagious. It was even unnatural and insulting to be happy next to him. He created the feeling of unhappiness in others.

But one day, when he turned eighty years old, an incredible thing happened. Instantly everyone started hearing the rumour:
An Old Man is happy today, he doesn’t complain about anything, smiles, and even his face is freshened up.

Everyone was surprized and gathered together..
He was asked : Hey ! What happened to you?
He answered :
Nothing special. Eighty years I’ve been chasing happiness, and it was useless. And then I decided to live without happiness and just enjoy life. That’s why I’m happy now.

Moral of the story: Don’t chase happiness. Enjoy your life

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• Do You Believe it or You Know It ?
  Adoption of anything requires belief, so there is no need to try to put it into practice.
  When you Leave anything, its an arrogance.. whereas when you knowingly get rid of it, its a gain in life.
  
• आप मानते हो या जानते हो ?
  ज़िन्दगी में कोई भी चीज़ अपनाने के लिए उसे मानना जरुरी है, अगर हम उस चीज़ में मानते हैं तो उसे आचरण में लाने के लिए प्रयत्न नहीं करना पड़ता है.
  कुछ भी जब आप छोड़ते हो तो उस प्रक्रिया को अहंकार कहा जाता है, पर वोही अगर समझपूर्वक छुट जाये तो उसे आप अंतर मन से पाते हो या कुदरती तरीके से हासिल करते हो .

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• Kindness in words creates confidence.
  Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
  Kindness in giving creates love.
  (Lao Tzu)

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