Reflections

The root of suffering is attachment

2018-05-19T02:43:00.000-04:00

“The root of suffering is attachment” - Buddha

An important teaching that we all need to work on. Non-attachment doesn’t mean to disconnect from your loved ones and lead a life of a hermit, but to be able to live amidst all this and accept the impermanence of all things. It means to go with the natural flow of life and not be attached to any of these things that the thought of losing it makes you angry or annoyed. Its only when you become attached, that all the problems and negative emotions arise. But when you don’t cling to things, it becomes easier to simply let go of the excess or things that don’t serve you any more.

Identification...

2018-05-19T02:38:00.007-04:00

Identification is possession, the assertion of ownership.

Ownership denies love.

To own is to be secure; Possession is defense, making oneself invulnerable.

When there is defense, there will be no love.

Love is vulnerable, pliable, and receptive; it is the highest form of sensitivity.

Identification makes for insensitivity.

Identification destroys love.

Identification destroys freedom.

Love or sensitivity exists only in freedom.

Truth or happiness cannot come without undertaking the journey into the ways of the self.

You are anchored means you cannot travel far.

Identification is a refuge. A refuge needs protection

Becoming does not contain Being

2018-05-19T02:32:00.003-04:00

Ambition in any form for spiritual achievement is action postponed.

Desire is ever of the future; the desire to become is inaction in the present.

The now has greater significance than the tomorrow.

In the now is all time and to understand now is to be free of time.

Becoming is the continuation of time and of sorrow.

Becoming does not contain Being.

Being is always in the present and being is the highest form of transformation.

Becoming is merely modified continuity, and there is radical transformation only in the present, in being.

J Krishnamurthy

Anger

2018-05-19T02:28:00.001-04:00

Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else;
you are the one who gets burned.

- Buddha...

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