by Satinder | Mar 25, 2020 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Zen-Tao Wisdom |
Pointers from the Buddhas of Humanity The tiny wave said it to the mighty Sea, “Can I be like you?” The Sea replied: “It is easy…Just settle down.” ~Sri Ramana Maharshi These are uncertain times indeed; perhaps the toughest that humanity...
by Satinder | Jul 22, 2018 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Zen-Tao Wisdom |
GOT ENLIGHTENMENT? ASK SWĀMĪ GOOGLĀNANDĀ The Saga of Cut-and-Paste Spirituality! Internet has brought many boons–it has provided us with an easy access to information. We can search for almost anything on the net now. Through better connectivity, it has...
by Satinder | Jul 22, 2018 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I?, Zen-Tao Wisdom |
TO MEDITATE OR NOT TO MEDITATE? THAT IS THE QUESTION! People resort to meditation for a variety of reasons. Some like to meditate just for fun, others for relaxation, while a few others meditate to go with the flow. Still some curious ones want to try myriad forms of...
by Satinder | Mar 19, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I? |
Musings on Life and Living! Kindly find below some quotes, vignettes, and musings to uplift your spirit: [the wisdom-beads belong to others; I have only tried to supply the thread] Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.―...
by Satinder | Mar 14, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
Our Psychological Sleep! A modern man lives in sleep, in sleep he is born and in sleep he dies.” ~Gurdjieff to Ouspenksi in In Search of the Miraculous Grace Notes: It may at first seem a bit harsh assessment of humans; but then how can one explain the wars,...
by Satinder | Jan 20, 2017 | Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I? |
The Story of Two Ants* Once upon a time, two ants used to live on two different types of ant-hills. One used to live on a hill made of sugar crystals and the other used to live on a hill made of salt crystals. Let/s call them sugar-hill and salt-hill ant. From time to...
by Satinder | Sep 12, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
Spiritual Costs of Selfishness? A Rare Story! The psychological costs of self-centeredness are well documented in positive psychology literature, such as greater psychological distress (anxiety and depression), poor physical health (lower immune system and increased...
by Satinder | May 29, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I? |
यह सच? या वो सच? Is this True? Or Was that True? In the Indian tradition, the philosopher-king Janaka of Videha is presented as a knower of the Self par excellence. In the great epic, Ramāyaṇa, he figures as the father of Sita-ji. In the Bhagavad Gītā (3.20), Sri...
by Satinder | May 13, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I? |
Learning at the Feet of the Master! Once upon a time, a farmer’s cow fell sick due to some stomach problem. His friends advised him to consult a doctor who used to prescribe natural remedies. The doctor advised the farmer to give the following preparation to the cow...
by Satinder | Apr 1, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
Preciousness within and Preciousness without A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the...
by Satinder | Mar 16, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
THE REAL SECRET OF HAPPINESS! If we study the lives of truly fulfilled people, we find one quality they all share above all: Contentment. They do not seem to suffer from “more-ism” syndrome. Without contentment, the pursuit of happiness becomes a wild-goose chase: No...
by Satinder | Mar 5, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
LEADERSHIP CRISIS AND A STEADY SPIRITUAL COMPASS There is a crisis of leadership in the world today. The crisis arises from the fact that most of our business and political leaders have lost their moral and spiritual bearings. Do you believe that modern leaders have...
by Satinder | Mar 2, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
RETURN ON CHARACTER? IT STILL PAYS TO BE GOOD! Research reported in Harvard Business Review (HBR) over the last 20 years about the alchemy of exemplary leadership has one thing in common: it largely centers around “leader as a person”–on leader’s character...
by Satinder | Feb 29, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Poetry Unlimited, Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I? |
The Path. The Pointers. The Paradox After paradoxically searching for something which is essentially our very own nature (svarūpa) or trying to become what we already are, one gradually realizes that one needs to do very little in the realm of self-realization. ना...
by Satinder | Feb 21, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
HAPPINESS = SUCCESS Many people think that they will be happy once they become successful. They keep on living in the ‘waiting-mode,’ rehearsing life and not truly living. The algorithm of success actually works the other way: When you are happy, you will be...
by Satinder | Feb 10, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I? |
TWO BIRDS ON A TREE WHO AM I?[1] When a question is asked, “Who Am I?” what does the word ‘I’ refer to? The word ‘I’ can be used in three different senses. It can refer to: 1) the body-mind complex, or 2) the ego (ahaṅkāra) or 3) the self (ātmā) A clear...
by Satinder | Feb 8, 2016 | Poetry Unlimited, Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
LIFE LESSONS FROM FLUTE Rumi, a Persian poet, says that our greatest longing (arzou) is to return to our roots, to return home, to unite with the highest within. He opens his greatest masterpiece, Mathnawî-yé Ma`nawî, which means “Rhyming Couplets of Deep Spiritual...
by Satinder | Jan 30, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
THE GLORY OF THE EPIC, MAHABHARATA The great Indian epic, Mahābhārata, which contains 100,000 verses and is considered to be the world’s longest epic poem (it is more than seven times the combined size of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey).[1] Its claim to greatness,...
by Satinder | Jan 30, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Poetry Unlimited, Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I?, Zen-Tao Wisdom |
WHAT IS THE INTEGRAL WAY? To study the teachings of the sages and seers; To dissolve all concepts of duality; To pour oneself out in service to others; and To remove all obstacles to understanding through inner cleansing! Practicing unconditional sincerity, humility,...
by Satinder | Jan 26, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
KINDNESS: THE HIGHEST INTELLIGENCE! THE WISDOM OF BUDDHA, DALAI LAMA, ALDOUS HUXLEY AND PLATO! To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a kind heart that listens. Kindness is the highest form...
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