Reflections

The Hindu : Health / Medicine & Research : Proper breathing a boon to health

2011-02-09T01:59:00.000-05:00

The Hindu : Health / Medicine & Research : Proper breathing a boon to health

Learn from other's mistakes

2010-12-22T00:57:00.000-05:00

Some of us learn from other people's mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.

- Zig Ziglar

Ideology of the cancer cell.

2010-12-10T06:36:00.000-05:00

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

- Edward Abbey

We see things as we are

2010-12-10T06:34:00.002-05:00

We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.

- Anais Nin

Leader

2010-11-19T01:30:00.002-05:00

"A leader is most effective when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, his troops feel they did it "

-Lao Tzu

When was I less by dying

2010-02-22T13:18:00.000-05:00

I died as a mineral and became a plant,
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was Man.
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?

Rumi

With Every Breath

2010-02-22T12:52:00.002-05:00

With every breath I take today, I vow to be awake;
And every step I take, I vow to take with a grateful heart
So I may see with eyes of love into the hearts of all I meet,
To ease their burden when I can And touch them with a smile of peace.

Buddhist prayer

The one you feed !

2010-01-06T09:31:00.001-05:00

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said,"My son, the battle is between two 'wolves' inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorry, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith."
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf wins?"
The old Cherokee simply replied "The one you feed."

Paid Jobs

2009-12-17T11:34:00.002-05:00

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

-Aristotle

Living life within the confines of our head

2009-12-04T09:19:00.002-05:00

No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head.

-Terry Josephson

Where the Hell were you?

2009-11-20T08:30:00.000-05:00

A Man was walking down a street when he heard a voice from behind, 'If you take one more step, a brick will fall down on your head and kill you. The man stopped and a big brick fell right in front of him. The man was astonished.
He went on, and after a while he was going to cross the road. Once again the voice shouted, 'Stop ! Stand still ! If you take one more step a car will run over you, and you will die.' The man did as he was instructed, just as a car came careening around the corner, barely missing him. The man asked. 'Who are you?'
'I am your guardian angel,' the voice answered.
'Oh, yeah?' the man said 'And where the Hell were you when I got married?'

Happiness

2009-11-17T08:27:00.000-05:00

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

~ Epictetus

Value of Human Life

2009-11-05T13:18:00.002-05:00

The notion that human life has greater value than any other form of life is both unjustifiable and arrogant.

- Fingers Pointing Toward the Moon (Wei Wu Wei)

To be conscious

2009-11-05T13:18:00.001-05:00

To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own existence.

-Aristotle

Protect our BioDiversity - Blog Action Day

2009-10-15T12:58:00.002-04:00

Blog Action Day - 15th October 2009.

Biodiversity is very much essential for life to exist on earth. It is our responsibility to protect and preserve the biodiversity of earth. Biodiversity is getting affected by global warming. Global warming or green house effect is happening mainly because of an alarming rate of increase in green house gases in the atmosphere. We are hearing about global warming everyday, the snow caps are melting, level of sea rising, floods in many countries, increasing number of hurricanes etc. Sooner than later every one of us has to understand the impact of greenhouse gases on biodiversity and help to achieve a healthy biodiversity on earth.

Instead of depending on government to implement policies to reduce green house gas emission and there by reduce greenhouse effect. Everyone of us try doing possible things during our day to day life to reduce the green house gases and protect the biodiversity of nature.

Here are a few ways an individual can do to conserve our biodiversity.

1. Walk - If the distance is walkable please walk or ride a bike don't use car. This is good for our own health also conserves the nature.
2. Make use of sunlight to the maximum and use less electricity at home. If available use solar cells for minimum lighting and heating.
3. When the weather is good stay outside more than sitting inside home and using air conditioning.
4. During winter wear warm clothes and reduce heating.
5. Eat more vegetarian product and reduce meat eating.
6. During your spare time plant a tree and/or protect a tree.
7. Drink filtered tap water not refrigerated or bottled drinks. Don't use bottled water to avoid the plastic usage. Plastics are not biodegradable.
8. eat more of freshly cooked meal and use less refrigerated foods.
9. Make your garden or lawn little more biodiversity. Allow different verities of plants to grow, use organic manure for the plants.
10. Educate our children, family and friends about biodiversity, global warming. Spread the news so everybody put their little energies to conserve our nature reduce global warming and safeguard biodiversity of earth.

Suffering

2009-09-17T09:02:00.000-04:00

It is only the artificial ego that suffers. The man who has transcended his false 'me' no longer identifies with his suffering.

- Fingers Pointing Toward the Moon by Wei Wu Wei...

Mechanical Behavior

2009-09-09T09:26:00.000-04:00

All human activity is behavior. Through the centuries we have developed codes of conduct, these become laid down by the society, by the culture, in which we live, and by the so-called saints and religious teachers; this code or pattern, this norm of behavior, becomes traditional and automatic, that is, mechanical.

- J. Krishnamurti

The skill of writing

2009-09-09T09:06:00.000-04:00

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.

- Edwin Schlossberg

Don't Run, Stand Still

2009-08-28T09:06:00.000-04:00

We waste a lot of time running after people we could have caught by just standing still.

~ Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

What do you have to do?

2009-08-24T16:18:00.000-04:00

What do you have to do?
Pack your bags, Go to the station without them, Catch the train, And leave your self behind.

- Open Secret by Wei Wu Wei...

Bliss

2009-08-14T15:54:00.000-04:00

On the phenomenal plane we seek pleasure and the avoidance of pain. On the noumenal plane we know the absence of both - which is Bliss.

- Why Lazurus Laughed by Wei Wu Wei

Intelligence, Wisdom, Strength and Power

2009-07-29T09:22:00.000-04:00

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

~ Lao Tzu

Zen Quotes

2009-07-13T11:38:00.001-04:00

Water which is too pure has no fish

A Donkey carrying a pile of holy books is still a donkey

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass

No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.

A flower falls even though we love it,
Weed grows even though we do not love it.

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it,
Does the falling tree still makes a sound?

When you get to the top of the mountain, keep climbing

Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing
line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook.

Nothing is weaker than water & Nothing is harder than the rocks
Still a slow flow of water can cut through the mountains of rocks

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.
when you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you

The mind that does not understand is the buddha. There is no other

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day
Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill
Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt

Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink

When you seek it, you cannot find it

Mindfulness

2009-07-08T12:46:00.002-04:00

Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.

- Sylvia Boorstein

Enthusiasm

2009-06-25T13:12:00.001-04:00

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence. It is no more or less than faith in action.

- Henry Chester