have you ever rode a bicycle?
did you enjoy paddling it?
was it easy to balance it?
how hard was it to paddle it?
--
and
have you ever rode a motorcycle?
was it easy to balance it?
--
now i ask you
an out-of-syllabus question
"would you prefer riding a bicycle with paddle
or riding a motorcycle with paddle!!!"
you would, obviously, be puzzled.
you would say that a motorcycle is moved by a motor
there are no paddles with it
and there is no need for it to have paddles!!
--
agreed.
but my question is still the same.
"if there were a motorcyle sized bicycle
would you prefere paddle riding it
or paddle riding a normal bicycle?"
--
you will
without doubt
prefer
paddling a cycle.....
it would be easy
much easier than paddling the heavy motorcycle!
--
well,
what's the entire fuss about?
simple.
if what we ride,eat,wear,use,buy,drink,see,consume,show-off is our status, our lifestyle
then we maintain the balance for that lifestyle-ride
by paddling it with money.
it is much easier to paddle
a lighter lifestyle, a lighter status
than paddling a heavier one
especially
during the uphills of life!
Showing posts with label higher thoughts for higher life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label higher thoughts for higher life. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
happy birthday to you!
future is a dream
past is a memory
--
both are a myth!
they never come
--
both are
clever
dress rehersals
by today!
--
past came as today!
and so will come the "tomorrow"!
--
every night
when you retire to bed
and your eyes shut the consciousness
you seize to exist
till morning!
"you" are helpless
"you" for "you" are "not there"!
--
every morning
you are born again!
albeit
with memories of your last birth
of yesterdays!
--
everyday is your birthday!
--
life is like day-trading.
whether you plan a swing-trade
or investment
a day is all you have got
today!
--
don't run after tomorrow
for there is
none!
--
today is the tomorrow you were waiting for!
say hello to it
and do what you wanted to do!
--
every morning
say
"happy birthday to me!"
past is a memory
--
both are a myth!
they never come
--
both are
clever
dress rehersals
by today!
--
past came as today!
and so will come the "tomorrow"!
--
every night
when you retire to bed
and your eyes shut the consciousness
you seize to exist
till morning!
"you" are helpless
"you" for "you" are "not there"!
--
every morning
you are born again!
albeit
with memories of your last birth
of yesterdays!
--
everyday is your birthday!
--
life is like day-trading.
whether you plan a swing-trade
or investment
a day is all you have got
today!
--
don't run after tomorrow
for there is
none!
--
today is the tomorrow you were waiting for!
say hello to it
and do what you wanted to do!
--
every morning
say
"happy birthday to me!"
Monday, November 22, 2010
availability and affordability of hell
2500 years ago
Buddha pointed towards "desire" as the root cause of "sorrow".
the truth hasn't changed much in these 2500 years
except for one word....
"desire"
the word "desire" in the above statement has been replaced by "consumption"
Today, "consumption" is the root cause of "sorrow".
we consume what we outrightly don't need
we consume what we don't really need
we consume more than we need
we consume costlier and higher than we need
we consume what we already have
we consume what is not good for us
....our lives are littered with criminal wastage!
resulting into unending unjustified misery!
---
Sorrow, which used to be a supply-side despair
has turned into a demand-side curse!
availability and affordability of hell
has become an irresistable invitation
in the absence of a real agenda!
---
Buddha pointed towards "desire" as the root cause of "sorrow".
the truth hasn't changed much in these 2500 years
except for one word....
"desire"
the word "desire" in the above statement has been replaced by "consumption"
Today, "consumption" is the root cause of "sorrow".
we consume what we outrightly don't need
we consume what we don't really need
we consume more than we need
we consume costlier and higher than we need
we consume what we already have
we consume what is not good for us
....our lives are littered with criminal wastage!
resulting into unending unjustified misery!
---
Sorrow, which used to be a supply-side despair
has turned into a demand-side curse!
availability and affordability of hell
has become an irresistable invitation
in the absence of a real agenda!
---
Sunday, November 21, 2010
give me a chance!
a man trekked all the way up
to the top of the mountain
and shouted on top of his voice
"if by chance
i get a chance
i'll be successfullllllllllll.....!
i want to be successful
pleeeeeeeeeeeease help me with a chance around!!!"
---
his shriek echoed in the valley below
"if by chance
i SEE a chance
i'll be successfullllllllllll.....!
i want to be successful
pleeeeeeeeeeeease help me SEE the chance around!!!"
---
the man was confused to hear what he heard!
"what's the matter son?" the lone tree on the mountain top whispered...
"my echo is not exactly what i said?" asked the perplexed man
"this is a valley of enlightenment, son!" the tree replied
"it wants to tell u that
the unlucky souls are not short of luck
they just have weak or cursed eyesight!
they are unable to see the chance as a chance!
chances are always around....
it is only that we don't recognise a chance in the chance!
rather, there is nothing called chance....
mind has the ability to convert anything or everything into a chance!"
---
"so don't ask for a chance, son
ask for a better eyesight
or better still
ask for a better mindsight
to recognise the chances
all around...
(www.flyingovercloud9.blogspot.com)
to the top of the mountain
and shouted on top of his voice
"if by chance
i get a chance
i'll be successfullllllllllll.....!
i want to be successful
pleeeeeeeeeeeease help me with a chance around!!!"
---
his shriek echoed in the valley below
"if by chance
i SEE a chance
i'll be successfullllllllllll.....!
i want to be successful
pleeeeeeeeeeeease help me SEE the chance around!!!"
---
the man was confused to hear what he heard!
"what's the matter son?" the lone tree on the mountain top whispered...
"my echo is not exactly what i said?" asked the perplexed man
"this is a valley of enlightenment, son!" the tree replied
"it wants to tell u that
the unlucky souls are not short of luck
they just have weak or cursed eyesight!
they are unable to see the chance as a chance!
chances are always around....
it is only that we don't recognise a chance in the chance!
rather, there is nothing called chance....
mind has the ability to convert anything or everything into a chance!"
---
"so don't ask for a chance, son
ask for a better eyesight
or better still
ask for a better mindsight
to recognise the chances
all around...
(www.flyingovercloud9.blogspot.com)
Sunday, November 7, 2010
the grand picnic called life!
life is like an onion...
seems bitter...
yet so necessary for the curry of joy!
But there is more to it which symbolises life.
Keep it peeling layer after layer in search of the real thing
and you will find nothing!
The layers are the real thing!
This the reason I call my life a grand picnic!
Layer after layer, year after year, achievement after achievement
we keep searching for the real thing
and we find nothing
which completes our search,
quenches our thirst
and pacifies our quest!
Why?
The layers are the real thing....!
The journey is the destination.
We all have already arrived!
There is no more destinations to arrive at! Period.
Only joys to enjoy!
Lots of things to do on this grand picnic!
The following is my list of joys which keep me occupied 25 hours of the day (and night)!
* movies
= if I were to view all the great movies of the world cinema I would be needing a few hundred more lives!
* food
= if god is surely there on this earth, it is definitely there in the food!
* valleys and mountains and nature
= if I were to spend just one night at every Dak Bungalow on this planet I will be requiring a few hundred lives more!
* blogs, netsearch, net surf
= enough food for my mind for a few hundred lives in the virtual world
* radio, internet radio, you-tube, podcasts, television
= who has the time to die!
* books, audiobooks, e-books
= enough for a few hundred lives more! By that time there would be enough new ones for a few hundred lives more!
* twitpic, photography, photopainting
= unquenchable thirst for the thousand eyes of my mind!
* music, songs and ghazals
= enough to keep me intoxicated for a thousand lives!
* stock markets
= the best game I love even to lose!
Who has the time to "die"!
Who has the time to "live"!!
when there is so limited time to picnic!!!
seems bitter...
yet so necessary for the curry of joy!
But there is more to it which symbolises life.
Keep it peeling layer after layer in search of the real thing
and you will find nothing!
The layers are the real thing!
This the reason I call my life a grand picnic!
Layer after layer, year after year, achievement after achievement
we keep searching for the real thing
and we find nothing
which completes our search,
quenches our thirst
and pacifies our quest!
Why?
The layers are the real thing....!
The journey is the destination.
We all have already arrived!
There is no more destinations to arrive at! Period.
Only joys to enjoy!
Lots of things to do on this grand picnic!
The following is my list of joys which keep me occupied 25 hours of the day (and night)!
* movies
= if I were to view all the great movies of the world cinema I would be needing a few hundred more lives!
* food
= if god is surely there on this earth, it is definitely there in the food!
* valleys and mountains and nature
= if I were to spend just one night at every Dak Bungalow on this planet I will be requiring a few hundred lives more!
* blogs, netsearch, net surf
= enough food for my mind for a few hundred lives in the virtual world
* radio, internet radio, you-tube, podcasts, television
= who has the time to die!
* books, audiobooks, e-books
= enough for a few hundred lives more! By that time there would be enough new ones for a few hundred lives more!
* twitpic, photography, photopainting
= unquenchable thirst for the thousand eyes of my mind!
* music, songs and ghazals
= enough to keep me intoxicated for a thousand lives!
* stock markets
= the best game I love even to lose!
Who has the time to "die"!
Who has the time to "live"!!
when there is so limited time to picnic!!!
Saturday, November 6, 2010
"You will never miss an appointment, Child"
What is common link between a cow standing near Kandaghat (a place near solan in HP), a bus near Chandigarh and a boy standing at Bus Stand, Kalka?
Well, the bus was crossing Chandigarh on its way to Shimla via Kalka and Kandaghat. The boy boarded the bus at Kalka and sat in the front seat and saw the bus hit the cow at 08.17pm near Kandaghat when she was grazing near the highway.
All three - the bus, the boy and the cow - had an appointment at the fixed time on the fixed date at the fixed place....
....and none missed the appointment! Not even for a second!!!
Everything in our lives is happening with clockwork precision.
Your life is full of millions of such appointments.
Rather life is nothing but a chain of appointments, one after another after another...
When were you born
to what parents
which school u went to
what friends u made
whom u married
which children were born to you
who all u met and where and when
what u ate and where
where all u have been
what all happened to u and how?
everything happened with clockwork precision
you always honoured the appointment
every appointment
and didn't miss it even for a second....didn't you?
So, Why worry for any good or bad that is happening or will happen?
Keep moving or sleeping or eating or living or working or......
with a heart full of assurance
full of satisfaction
and peace!!!
Because you have God's promise
"You will never miss an appointment, Child"
Well, the bus was crossing Chandigarh on its way to Shimla via Kalka and Kandaghat. The boy boarded the bus at Kalka and sat in the front seat and saw the bus hit the cow at 08.17pm near Kandaghat when she was grazing near the highway.
All three - the bus, the boy and the cow - had an appointment at the fixed time on the fixed date at the fixed place....
....and none missed the appointment! Not even for a second!!!
Everything in our lives is happening with clockwork precision.
Your life is full of millions of such appointments.
Rather life is nothing but a chain of appointments, one after another after another...
When were you born
to what parents
which school u went to
what friends u made
whom u married
which children were born to you
who all u met and where and when
what u ate and where
where all u have been
what all happened to u and how?
everything happened with clockwork precision
you always honoured the appointment
every appointment
and didn't miss it even for a second....didn't you?
So, Why worry for any good or bad that is happening or will happen?
Keep moving or sleeping or eating or living or working or......
with a heart full of assurance
full of satisfaction
and peace!!!
Because you have God's promise
"You will never miss an appointment, Child"
back to the life's shelf
Today
when I was helping my wife in the kitchen,
while washing a hard plastic plate
it slipped from my hand and fell!
My instant flash reaction was
"It's gonna break!!!"
My instant reaction was based on my experience.
I had broken a few in this way in the past!
But this time, surprisingly, it didn't break.
I was relieved as well as amazed!
what could be the reason!
The height from which it had fallen was same.
It was hard plastic and should have got broken the way others before her had!
Perhaps the reason was that it had fallen not perpendicularly to the ground but in a slanting position.
It didn't fall vertically on its edge
but at an angle!
The impact was largely reduced.
the angle surely saved the plate!
I picked up the "lucky" plate, washed it and put it back on the shelf.
Same thing happens to we humans.
we often slip from the hands of good fortune and fall down.
Many of us often get broken!
Rather, all of us get broken once in a while (if not often)!
What breaks us is not the height from which we fall or slip!
What breaks us is the "angle" with which we fall!
Majority of us, majority of the time fall perpendicular to the life's harsh realities
on the edge of our fragile mental strength and sensitivities!
The solution?
whenever we fall (fortunately or unfortunately?)
lets make it a point to fall at an angle, like the plate
lets try to make the fall light!
lets absorb it on our vast resilience reservoir
rather than on our egdes!
For those of us
who have unfortunately got broken in the hard falls
stand up
pick a quick fix
apply it on self
and get back to the life's shelf after a nice wash!
when I was helping my wife in the kitchen,
while washing a hard plastic plate
it slipped from my hand and fell!
My instant flash reaction was
"It's gonna break!!!"
My instant reaction was based on my experience.
I had broken a few in this way in the past!
But this time, surprisingly, it didn't break.
I was relieved as well as amazed!
what could be the reason!
The height from which it had fallen was same.
It was hard plastic and should have got broken the way others before her had!
Perhaps the reason was that it had fallen not perpendicularly to the ground but in a slanting position.
It didn't fall vertically on its edge
but at an angle!
The impact was largely reduced.
the angle surely saved the plate!
I picked up the "lucky" plate, washed it and put it back on the shelf.
Same thing happens to we humans.
we often slip from the hands of good fortune and fall down.
Many of us often get broken!
Rather, all of us get broken once in a while (if not often)!
What breaks us is not the height from which we fall or slip!
What breaks us is the "angle" with which we fall!
Majority of us, majority of the time fall perpendicular to the life's harsh realities
on the edge of our fragile mental strength and sensitivities!
The solution?
whenever we fall (fortunately or unfortunately?)
lets make it a point to fall at an angle, like the plate
lets try to make the fall light!
lets absorb it on our vast resilience reservoir
rather than on our egdes!
For those of us
who have unfortunately got broken in the hard falls
stand up
pick a quick fix
apply it on self
and get back to the life's shelf after a nice wash!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
7 anti-habits for highly ineffective stressed people
Anti-Habit 1.
Don't be Proactive (Least be reactive)
= Get out of the race. It's life.
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Anti-Habit 2.
Neither the end, nor the start; neither the beginning, nor the end; don't "do" it, let it happen!
= Get this clutter jargon out of your head. Life is not an assignment. Live it!
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Anti-Habit 3.
Put the first thing and the second thing and all things till the last thing......last!
= Only life comes first!
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Anti-Habit 4.
Don't just think win-win, throw the win out of winDOW!
= Life became hell when win became more important than life. There is more life in "losing" than winning! Recognise it!
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Anti-Habit 5.
Never mind whether you can understand before being understood. Just love - everyone and everything will be understood!
= Life has got consumed in the understand-understood fight.
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Anti-Habit 6.
If Synergy isn't there on its own, it doesn't want to be there.
= Synergy can't be created, it comes...naturally. Live as it comes!
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Anti-Habit 7.
Don't sharpen the saw any more, it is bleeding you and everyone!
= Just light a candle in the dark lives!
Don't be Proactive (Least be reactive)
= Get out of the race. It's life.
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Anti-Habit 2.
Neither the end, nor the start; neither the beginning, nor the end; don't "do" it, let it happen!
= Get this clutter jargon out of your head. Life is not an assignment. Live it!
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Anti-Habit 3.
Put the first thing and the second thing and all things till the last thing......last!
= Only life comes first!
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Anti-Habit 4.
Don't just think win-win, throw the win out of winDOW!
= Life became hell when win became more important than life. There is more life in "losing" than winning! Recognise it!
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Anti-Habit 5.
Never mind whether you can understand before being understood. Just love - everyone and everything will be understood!
= Life has got consumed in the understand-understood fight.
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Anti-Habit 6.
If Synergy isn't there on its own, it doesn't want to be there.
= Synergy can't be created, it comes...naturally. Live as it comes!
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Anti-Habit 7.
Don't sharpen the saw any more, it is bleeding you and everyone!
= Just light a candle in the dark lives!
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