February 7, 2010 by mrajimba
A disciple and his teacher were walking through the forest. The disciple was disturbed by the fact that his mind was in constant unrest.
He asked his teacher: “Why most people’s minds are restless, and only a few possess a calm mind? What can one do to still the mind?”
The teacher looked at the disciple, smiled and said:
“I will tell you a story. An elephant was standing and picking leaves from a tree. A small fly came, flying and buzzing near his ear. The elephant waved it away with his long ears. Then the fly came again, and the elephant waved it away once more”.
This was repeated several times. Then the elephant asked the fly:
“Why are you so restless and noisy? Why can’t you stay for a while in one place?”
The fly answered: “I am attracted to whatever I see, hear or smell. My five senses pull me constantly in all directions and I cannot resist them. What is your secret? How can you stay so calm and still?”
The elephant stopped eating and said:
“My five senses do not rule my attention. Whatever I do, I get immersed in it. Now that I am eating, I am completely immersed in eating. In this way I can enjoy my food and chew it better. I rule and control my attention, and not the other way around.”
Upon hearing these words, the disciple’s eyes opened wide and a smile appeared on his face. He looked at his teacher and said:
“I understand! If my five senses are in control of my mind and attention, then my mind is in constant unrest. If I am in charge of my five senses and attention, then my mind becomes calm”.
“Yes, that’s right”, answered the teacher, ” The mind is restless and goes wherever the attention is. Control your attention, and you control your mind”.
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February 6, 2010 by vidyadaan
A kindergarten teacher has decided to let her class play a game.
The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number of people he/she hates.
So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some 3 while some up to 5 potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes in the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for 1 week.
Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain due to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides, those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1 week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended….
The teacher asked: “How did you feel while carrying the potatoes with you for 1 week?”. The children let out their frustrations and started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.
Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game. The teacher said: “This is exactly the situation when you carry your hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred will contaminate your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just 1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred in your heart for your lifetime???”
Moral of the Story:
Throw away any hatred for anyone from your heart so that you will not carry sins for a lifetime.
Forgiving others is the best attitude to take!
True love is not loving a perfect person
but loving an imperfect person perfectly!!
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January 23, 2010 by mrajimba
In a small town, a person decided to open up a brothel, which was right opposite to a church. The church and its congregation started a campaign to block the brothel from opening with petitions and prayed daily against his business.
Work progressed. However, when it was almost complete and was about to open a few days later, a strong lightning struck the brothel and it was burnt to the ground.
The church folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, till the brothel owner sued the church authorities on the grounds that the church through its congregation and prayers was ultimately responsible for the destruction of his brothel, either through direct or indirect actions or means.
In its reply to the court, the church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection that their prayers were reasons for the act of God.
As the case made its way into court, the judge looked over the paperwork at the hearing and commented:
‘I don’t know how I’m going to decide this case, but it appears from the paperwork, we have a brothel owner who believes in the power of prayer and we have an entire church that doesn’t.’
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January 20, 2010 by mrajimba
Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House in Washington D.C. One from Bangladesh , another from India and the third, from China.
They go with a White House office to examine the fence.
The Bangladesh contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. “Well”, he says, “I figure the job will run about $900. ($400 for materials, $400 for my team and $100 profit for me)”.
The Chinese contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, “I can do this job for $700. ($300 for materials, $300 for my team and $100 profit for me)”.
The Indian contractor doesn’t measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers, “$2,700.”
The official, outraged says, “You didn’t even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?”
The Indian contractor whispers back, “$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from China to fix the fence.”
“Done!” replies the government official.
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January 19, 2010 by vidyadaan
A worried woman went to her Doctor and said :
‘Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 yr. old and I’m pregnant again. I don’t want kids so close together.’
So the doctor said: ‘Ok, and what do you want me to do?’
She said: ‘I want you to perform an abortion, and I’m counting on your help with this.’
The doctor thought for a little, and after some silence he said to the lady: ’I think I have a better solution for your problem. It’s less dangerous for you too.’
She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her request.
Then he continued: ‘You see, in order for you not to have to take care of 2 babies at the same time, let’s kill the one in your arms. This way, you could rest some before the other one is born. If we’re going to kill one of them, it doesn’t matter which one it is. There would be no risk for your body if you chose the one in your arms.
The lady was horrified and said: ‘No doctor! How terrible! It’s a crime to kill a child!
‘I agree’, the doctor replied. ‘But you seemed to be ok with it, so I thought maybe that was the best solution. The doctor smiled, realizing that he had made his point.
He convinced the mom that there is no difference in killing a child that’s already been born and one that’s still in the womb. The crime is the same!
Abortion Doctors have murdered over 48 million real American people (babies) since 1973.
There are 4000 babies aborted each day in America.
One every 20 seconds.
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January 10, 2010 by mrajimba
| NAME |
What was He/She? |
What did He/She become? |
| Albert Einstein |
Ordinary Patent Clerk |
World Famous Scientist |
| Abraham Lincoln |
Poor Farmer’s Son |
President of America |
| Goldameir |
Average School Teacher |
Prime Minister of Israel |
| Franklin D Roosevelt |
Sick and Both Legs Paralyzed |
President of America |
| Homer |
Blind |
Greatest Greek Writer |
| Helen Keller |
Blind, Deaf and Dump |
Renowned Writer |
| Demos Thanes |
Nervous Stammered |
Well known Greek Orator |
| Beethoven |
Deaf |
Renowned Music Composer |
| Thomas Edison |
Matriculate |
Greatest Inventor |
| M S Oberoi |
Simple Clerk |
One of the biggest chain Hotel owner in the world |
| K K Patel |
Son of ordinary Farmer |
Largest Seller of washing power (Nirma Brand Rs 1,200 Cr Turnover) |
| Topiwala |
Matriculate with initial investment of Rs 100 |
Now sells Rs 5 Cr worth shingar bindi per year |
| Govind Kakadia |
Started with a salary of 70/- [spent 30/- saved 40/-] |
World’s largest volume mfg of polished diamonds |
| Shard Kumar Deekshit |
2 Heart Attacks, Crippled in lower side of the body; Vocal Cords removed |
Performed 45,000 Surgeries free of cost |
| C N Janaki |
Both Legs Polio |
Famous Swimmer, Mentioned in book ‘Special People” by Oxford University |
| Wilma Rudolph |
Was born immaturely and crippled by polio |
In the 1960 Olympics, she become the first American woman to win three gold medals in the Olympics |
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January 8, 2010 by vidyadaan
A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning, while
they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hang the
wash outside.
That laundry is not very clean, she said, she doesn’t know how to
wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.
Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Every time her neighbor
would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same
comments.
About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean
wash on the line and said to her husband: “Look! She has learned how
to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this.”
The husband said: “I got up early this morning and cleaned our
windows!”
And so it is with life: “What we see when watching others depends on
the purity of the window through which we look. Before we give any
criticism, it might be a good idea to check our state of mind and ask
ourselves if we are ready to see the good rather than to be looking
for something in the person we are about to judge. “
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January 8, 2010 by vidyadaan
Stop and ask yourself today, “How do I really feel about myself? ” Before you answer read these ten principles..
(1) Never think or speak negatively about yourself; that puts you in disagreement with God.
Better yet, keep them before you daily
(2) Meditate on your God-given strengths and learn to encourage yourself, for much of the time nobody else will.
(3) Don’t compare yourself to anybody else. You’re unique, one of a kind, an original. So don’t settle for being a copy.
(4) Focus on your potential, not your limitations. Remember, God lives in you!
(5) Find what you like to do, do well, and strive to do it with excellence.
(6) Have the courage to be different. Be a God pleaser, not a people pleaser.
(7) Learn to handle criticism. Let it develop you instead of discourage you.
(8) Determine your own worth instead of letting others do it for you. They’ll short-change you!
(9) Keep your shortcomings in perspective – you’re still a work in progress….
(10) Focus daily on your greatest source of confidence – the God Who lives in you
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