Don't worship sign boards

Gurus, sacred books, religions, leaders they are no more important than a sign board. Unfortunately we garland sign boards, worship, adore them instead of taking journey further. Real teacher acts just like a mirror, it is our job to use it and diligently correct ourselves.

Rules or Understanding

One should live based on rules or one's own understanding about life? Moment to moment observation and learning can only handle the dynamics of life. Rules formed out of knowledge can only breed conflict. One must live in a state of experiencing, not based on past knowledge, memories or experiences.  Conflict is one of the major reason which makes the mind dull.

Argument vs Discussion

Two people arguing furiously about present state of the world. They both have their own opinions, conclusions, beliefs, set of ideas to bring about a better world. They asked a wise man how to bring a better world.

The wise man said, if you stop arguing and start discussion you are stepping towards better world.

When you are important it is argument, when truth is important it is discussion. The art of discussion must be part of education, it can solve complex human problems without much effort.

what you sow, you reap

A small story which beautifully illustrates that what you sow, you reap.
" Once upon a time there was a small time businessman from a small village who used to sell butter in the nearby town. A big shop owner in the town was his regular customer. The villager used to deliver every month the shop owner the required butter in 1 Kg. Blocks and in turn he used to get grocery items like sugar, pulses etc from the big shop owner.
Once the shop owner decided to weigh the butter and to his surprise every block of butter weighed 900 gms. instead of 1kg. Next month when the villager came to supply Butter, the shop owner was very angry at him and told to leave the shop, to this the villager replied him courteously " Sir, I am a very poor villager,
I don't have enough money to even buy the required weights for weighing the butter, I usually put the 1Kg sugar you give me on one side of Weighing scale and weigh butter on another side". This beautifully illustrates that what we give to others comes back to us.

When we believe in reincarnation, why don't we stay away from self-centered activity of the mind?

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Silence your mind

A worried man said, I can't fight bad.

A wise man said no need to fight, just silence your mind through awareness so that you can listen to your heart that is good enough.

religion

Religion has been reduced to belonging to a group and feeling secure, we lost profound teachings, which are actually foundation for every religion. True religion is a heart full of Love and compassion.

stop thinking

A man out of pride said nothing is impossible, a wise man asked him to stop thinking for few minutes.