Monday, 20 December 2021

𝑻𝒉𝒆 π‘³π’‚π’˜ 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑬𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕s

 π‘«π’ π’šπ’π’– π’Œπ’π’π’˜ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’π’Šπ’π’π’” π’π’π’π’š 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒆𝒅 π’Šπ’ 𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ π’‰π’–π’π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’‚π’•π’•π’†π’Žπ’‘π’•π’” — π’˜π’‰π’Šπ’„π’‰ π’Žπ’†π’‚π’π’” π’•π’‰π’†π’š π’‡π’‚π’Šπ’ π’Šπ’ 75% 𝒐𝒇 π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ π’‚π’•π’•π’†π’Žπ’‘π’•π’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 π’Šπ’ π’π’π’π’š 25% 𝒐𝒇 π’•π’‰π’†π’Ž.
π‘«π’†π’”π’‘π’Šπ’•π’† π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’”π’Žπ’‚π’π’ π’‘π’†π’“π’„π’†π’π’•π’‚π’ˆπ’† 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 π’ƒπ’š π’Žπ’π’”π’• 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔, π’•π’‰π’†π’š 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 π’…π’†π’”π’‘π’‚π’Šπ’“ π’Šπ’ π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ π’‘π’–π’“π’”π’–π’Šπ’• 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‰π’–π’π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’‚π’•π’•π’†π’Žπ’‘π’•π’”. 
𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’Žπ’‚π’Šπ’ 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’Šπ’” 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 π’‰π’–π’π’ˆπ’†π’“ 𝒂𝒔 π’”π’π’Žπ’† π’Žπ’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œ 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π’Šπ’• π’Šπ’” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’–π’π’…π’†π’“π’”π’•π’‚π’π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 “π‘³π’‚π’˜ 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑬𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔” 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 π’Šπ’π’”π’•π’Šπ’π’„π’•π’Šπ’—π’†π’π’š π’ƒπ’–π’Šπ’π’• π’Šπ’π’•π’ π’‚π’π’Šπ’Žπ’‚π’π’”, 𝒂 π’π’‚π’˜ π’Šπ’ π’˜π’‰π’Šπ’„π’‰ 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 π’Šπ’” π’ˆπ’π’—π’†π’“π’π’†π’…. 

𝑯𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’†π’ˆπ’ˆπ’” 𝒐𝒇 π’‡π’Šπ’”π’‰π’†π’” 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒏... 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ƒπ’‚π’ƒπ’š 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 π’…π’Šπ’† 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 π’‘π’–π’ƒπ’†π’“π’•π’š... π’Žπ’π’”π’• 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’π’“π’π’…'𝒔 π’“π’‚π’Šπ’π’” 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 π’Šπ’ 𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔... 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’Žπ’π’”π’• 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒏 π’ƒπ’š π’ƒπ’Šπ’“π’…π’”. 

π‘Ίπ’„π’Šπ’†π’π’•π’Šπ’”π’•π’” 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’‚π’π’Šπ’Žπ’‚π’π’”, 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’Žπ’π’“π’† π’“π’†π’„π’†π’‘π’•π’Šπ’—π’† 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’‚π’˜ 𝒐𝒇 "π’˜π’‚π’”π’•π’†π’… 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔". 

π‘Άπ’π’π’š π’‰π’–π’Žπ’‚π’π’” π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’‚π’„π’Œ 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 π’Šπ’ 𝒂 π’‡π’†π’˜ π’‚π’•π’•π’†π’Žπ’‘π’•π’” π’Šπ’” π’‡π’‚π’Šπ’π’–π’“π’†... 
𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉 π’Šπ’” 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕: π’˜π’† π’π’π’π’š π’‡π’‚π’Šπ’ π’˜π’‰π’†π’ π’˜π’† "𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 π’•π’“π’šπ’Šπ’π’ˆ".

𝑺𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 π’Šπ’” 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 π’π’Šπ’‡π’† 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒐𝒇 π’‘π’Šπ’•π’‡π’‚π’π’π’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔... 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 π’Šπ’” 𝒕𝒐 π’˜π’‚π’π’Œ 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’Žπ’Šπ’”π’•π’‚π’Œπ’†π’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’ˆπ’ π’ƒπ’†π’šπ’π’π’… π’†π’—π’†π’“π’š π’”π’•π’‚π’ˆπ’† π’˜π’‰π’†π’“π’† π’šπ’π’–π’“ 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 π’˜π’†π’“π’† π’˜π’‚π’”π’•π’†π’… π’π’π’π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ˆ π’‡π’π’“π’˜π’‚π’“π’… 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 π’”π’•π’‚π’ˆπ’†. 

𝑰𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 π’Šπ’” 𝒂 π’˜π’π’“π’… 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’”π’–π’Žπ’Žπ’‚π’“π’Šπ’›π’†π’” π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’˜π’π’“π’π’…, π’Šπ’• π’˜π’Šπ’π’ π’”π’Šπ’Žπ’‘π’π’š 𝒃𝒆 "π’„π’π’π’•π’Šπ’π’–π’† 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’‚π’ˆπ’‚π’Šπ’...!!
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Friday, 15 October 2021

Happy Dussehra 2021

 For nine nights The Goddess fought 

Each night she defeated one demon

On the first night she quelled Kama, the demon of Lust 

On the second she extinguished Krodha, the demon of Anger

Then on the third she dispelled the demon of Attraction, Moha

Then she shattered Lobha, the demon of Greed

In the fifth night She came face to face with the demon Mada, and vanquished Hubris.

On the sixth night she confronted the swirling demon of Jealousy, Matsara and defeated it

Then still smiling with the energy of Beauty,she went forward and smote the Ugliness of Swartha, the demon of Selfishness

On the eight night she killed Anyaya, injustice

On the ninth night using only her kindness she banished Amanavata, the dreadful demon of Cruelty

Then on the morning after the ninth night, She was about to rest when She realised that her most difficult foe was upon Her.

She sat in the Lotus position laid down all her weapons and with a gentle sigh and a quiet smile, She dissolved the final demon. Ahankara, Her ego.

Happy Dussehra . 

May all your demons be conquered

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Sunday, 24 January 2021

*An Empty Boat* ⛵

A monk decides to meditate alone, away from his monastery.

He takes his boat out to the middle of the lake, moors it there, closes his eyes and begins his meditation.

After a few hours of undisturbed silence, he suddenly feels the bump of another boat colliding with his own.

With his eyes still closed, he senses his anger rising, and by the time he opens his eyes, he is ready to scream at the boatman who dared disturb his meditation.

But when he opens his eyes, he sees it’s an empty boat that had probably got untethered and floated to the middle of the lake.

At that moment, the monk achieves self-realization, and understands that the anger is within him; it merely needs the bump of an external object to provoke it out of him.

From then on, whenever he comes across someone who irritates him or provokes him to anger, he reminds himself that The other person is merely an empty boat. The anger is within me.”*

Take time for introspection & search for answer:

"Empty boat" is a famous & fabulous metaphor. Its value lies in its implementation.

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Sunday, 10 January 2021

Attitude, passion, smartness, hard work and salesmanship

 A young, well qualified Officer left the job, emigrated to Canada for better prospects and applied for a salesman's job at Vancouver's premier downtown department store. It was the biggest store in the world: you could get anything there.

The boss asked him, "Have you ever been a salesman before?"

"Yes sir, I was a salesman in India.

The boss liked him and said, "You can start tomorrow. Learn fast and do well."

The first working day was long and arduous for the young man, but he got through it.

Finally 6 pm came around. The boss duly fronted up and asked, "How many sales did you make today?"

"Sir, I made ONE sale!" said the young salesman rather happily.

"Only one sale?!" shot back the boss. "No! No! You see, most of my staff make 20 or 30 sales a day.

If you want to keep this job, you'd better be doing better than just one sale.

By the way, how much was your sale worth?"

"933005 Dollars," said the man.

"What ?! How did you manage that?" asked the boss.

"Well," said the salesman, "this man came in and I sold him a small fish hook, then a medium hook and finally a really large hook.

Then I sold him a good fishing rod and some fishing gear.

Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast.

So I told him he'd be needing a boat, so I took him down to the boat department and sold him that 20-foot schooner with the twin engines.

Then he said his Volkswagen wouldn't be able to carry it, so I took him to our automotive department and sold him that new Deluxe 4X4 Blazer.

I then asked him where he'll be staying and since he had not decided, I took him to the camping department and sold him a six-sleeper camper tent.

Then he said I should throw in about $200 worth of groceries and two cases of beer."

The boss took two steps back and asked in astonishment, "You sold all that to a guy who came in for a fish hook?!"

"No, sir," answered the young man, "he came in to buy a headache relief tablet and I convinced him that fishing is the best remedy for headache."

That’s the attitude, passion, smartness, hard work and salesmanship. 

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