Sunday, January 14, 2007
If you believe, You can...
Have you ever felt down and out in your work? Have you ever felt defeated in your career? Do you think you need to change your action? If you are thinking this way, perhaps you are on the right track. These are not negative thoughts. This is the first step in right direction to change your orientation at solving what hampers your path of progress. But how do you change your actions?
It is simple yet difficult. Change your attitude. Change your thoughts and words. Positive thoughts and words bring positive action. Negative thoughts and words bring negative action. If you have understood thus far you are ready to walk on the path of success in whatever you are doing.
I remember, as a child when I was traveling with my father in a train pulled by a steam engine. The train was climbing up a large mountain and the engine was puffing loudly. I thought if that tiny little engine could speak while climbing such as large mountain?
I put the question to my father. He laughed and said, "That tiny little engine must be thinking how could I go up that large mountain pulling so many cars? At first, the little engine must have thought the task was too big. But then it decided to give it a try".
I listened attentively as my father continued, "Look now, the little engine is puffing very heavily. Can you hear to what it is saying?" I shook my head.
My father said, "The little engine is repeating to itself, 'I think I can. I think I can. I think I can'. Now, see how it is pulling up the entire train with patience and consistent effort up over the top of the mountain!"
By this time the train had reached the top of the mountain. Now it was rolling on the other side of the mountain. The rhythm and the sound of the train had changed. I asked my father, "What is the engine saying now?"
Father said, "The little engine is very happy now. On the way down, the little engine is happily repeating, 'I thought I could. I thought I could. I thought I could.' Can you notice how happily it is chugging down?" I nodded happily.
But I realized the moral behind that story of little engine, when I was faced with difficult situation in my life as I grew up. I have come to realize that, when you take a look at the goals you have for your personal and business lives, it may seem to you that you have two huge mountains to go over. You may be feeling a lot like that little engine and think there is no way you can achieve these goals.
I'm sure you've heard the expression, "You have to see it to believe it". If this is how you look at life, then you will never get anywhere you want to go. The truth is, in order to reach any goal, large or small, "You have to believe it to see it".
When you envision something in your mind, your mind sees a picture. Your mind cannot tell the difference between a picture you are creating in your head and a picture your eyes are looking at. According to your brain, it's all the same.
Any new action or habit begins with a thought. Whatever thoughts you repeat over and over in your mind, these will eventually come out of your mouth. Whatever you speak time and again will translate into action.
This brings us to the question we had in the beginning of this article. 'How do you change your actions?' I would like to repeat what I said earlier - You change your thoughts and words. Positive thoughts and words bring positive action. Negative thoughts and words bring negative action.
Forget all the negative words that have been spoken over you and to you since you were a child.In your mind, picture yourself achieving your goals. What does it feel like? What sounds do you hear? Who is there with you? What does it look like? Remember, your mind cannot tell the difference between an image and actually seeing something.
Go stand before a mirror, look yourself in the eye, and repeat, "I can do this. I believe in myself."
Do these above steps as often as you can throughout the day. Whenever you are tempted to say, "This is stupid. This is never going to work. I've never succeeded at anything - why should this be any different", immediately make the conscious choice to say, "I can do this. I believe in myself."
It is simple yet difficult. Change your attitude. Change your thoughts and words. Positive thoughts and words bring positive action. Negative thoughts and words bring negative action. If you have understood thus far you are ready to walk on the path of success in whatever you are doing.
I remember, as a child when I was traveling with my father in a train pulled by a steam engine. The train was climbing up a large mountain and the engine was puffing loudly. I thought if that tiny little engine could speak while climbing such as large mountain?
I put the question to my father. He laughed and said, "That tiny little engine must be thinking how could I go up that large mountain pulling so many cars? At first, the little engine must have thought the task was too big. But then it decided to give it a try".
I listened attentively as my father continued, "Look now, the little engine is puffing very heavily. Can you hear to what it is saying?" I shook my head.
My father said, "The little engine is repeating to itself, 'I think I can. I think I can. I think I can'. Now, see how it is pulling up the entire train with patience and consistent effort up over the top of the mountain!"
By this time the train had reached the top of the mountain. Now it was rolling on the other side of the mountain. The rhythm and the sound of the train had changed. I asked my father, "What is the engine saying now?"
Father said, "The little engine is very happy now. On the way down, the little engine is happily repeating, 'I thought I could. I thought I could. I thought I could.' Can you notice how happily it is chugging down?" I nodded happily.
But I realized the moral behind that story of little engine, when I was faced with difficult situation in my life as I grew up. I have come to realize that, when you take a look at the goals you have for your personal and business lives, it may seem to you that you have two huge mountains to go over. You may be feeling a lot like that little engine and think there is no way you can achieve these goals.
I'm sure you've heard the expression, "You have to see it to believe it". If this is how you look at life, then you will never get anywhere you want to go. The truth is, in order to reach any goal, large or small, "You have to believe it to see it".
When you envision something in your mind, your mind sees a picture. Your mind cannot tell the difference between a picture you are creating in your head and a picture your eyes are looking at. According to your brain, it's all the same.
Any new action or habit begins with a thought. Whatever thoughts you repeat over and over in your mind, these will eventually come out of your mouth. Whatever you speak time and again will translate into action.
This brings us to the question we had in the beginning of this article. 'How do you change your actions?' I would like to repeat what I said earlier - You change your thoughts and words. Positive thoughts and words bring positive action. Negative thoughts and words bring negative action.
Forget all the negative words that have been spoken over you and to you since you were a child.In your mind, picture yourself achieving your goals. What does it feel like? What sounds do you hear? Who is there with you? What does it look like? Remember, your mind cannot tell the difference between an image and actually seeing something.
Go stand before a mirror, look yourself in the eye, and repeat, "I can do this. I believe in myself."
Do these above steps as often as you can throughout the day. Whenever you are tempted to say, "This is stupid. This is never going to work. I've never succeeded at anything - why should this be any different", immediately make the conscious choice to say, "I can do this. I believe in myself."
How to make a woman happy........
It's really not difficult...
To make a woman happy; a man only needs to be :
1. a friend
2. a companion
3. a lover
4. a brother
5. a father
6. a master
7. a chef
8. an electrician
9. a carpenter
10. a plumber
11. a mechanic
12. a decorator
13. a stylist
17. a psychologist
18. a pest exterminator
19. a psychiatrist
20. a healer
20. a good listener
22. an organizer
23. a good father
24. very clean
25. sympathetic
26. athletic
26. warm
27. attentive
28. gallant
29. intelligent
30. funny
31. creative
32. tender
33. strong
34. understanding
35. tolerant
36. prudent
37. ambitious
38. capable
39. courageous
40. determined
41. true
42. dependable
43. passionate
WITHOUT FORGETTING TO:
44. give her compliments regularly
45. love shopping
46. be honest
47. be very rich
48. not stress her out
49. not look at other girls
AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MUST ALSO:
50. give her lots of attention, but expect littleyourself
51. give her lots of time, especially time for herself
52. give her lots of space, never worrying about whereshe goes
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT:
53. Never to forget:
* birthdays
* anniversaries
* arrangements she makes-------------------------------------------------------
HOW TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY :
1 . Leave him in peace
To make a woman happy; a man only needs to be :
1. a friend
2. a companion
3. a lover
4. a brother
5. a father
6. a master
7. a chef
8. an electrician
9. a carpenter
10. a plumber
11. a mechanic
12. a decorator
13. a stylist
17. a psychologist
18. a pest exterminator
19. a psychiatrist
20. a healer
20. a good listener
22. an organizer
23. a good father
24. very clean
25. sympathetic
26. athletic
26. warm
27. attentive
28. gallant
29. intelligent
30. funny
31. creative
32. tender
33. strong
34. understanding
35. tolerant
36. prudent
37. ambitious
38. capable
39. courageous
40. determined
41. true
42. dependable
43. passionate
WITHOUT FORGETTING TO:
44. give her compliments regularly
45. love shopping
46. be honest
47. be very rich
48. not stress her out
49. not look at other girls
AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MUST ALSO:
50. give her lots of attention, but expect littleyourself
51. give her lots of time, especially time for herself
52. give her lots of space, never worrying about whereshe goes
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT:
53. Never to forget:
* birthdays
* anniversaries
* arrangements she makes-------------------------------------------------------
HOW TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY :
1 . Leave him in peace
Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy
Osho's description about Lord Krishna.
Osho's krishna is beyond man's understanding. He is the most significant person in all of history. Krishna accepts life in all its facets, in all its climates and colors. He alone doesnot choose; he accepts life unconditionally. He doesnot shun love; being a man he doesnot run away from women.He is full of love and compassion, and yet he has the courage to accept and fight a war. His heart is utterly non-violent, yet he plunges into the fire and fury of violence when it becomes unavoidable. He accepts the nectar, and yet he is not afraid of poison.
There is perhaps no one like krishna, no one who can accept and absorb in himself all the contradictions of life, all the seemingly great contradictions of life. Day and night, summer and winter, peace and war, love and violence, life and death - all walk hand in hand with him. That is why everyone who loves him has chosen a particular aspect of krishna's life that applealed to them and quietly dropped the rest.
In the whole galaxy of religious luminaries krishna is the sole exception who fully accepts the whole of life on this earth.He doesnot believe in living here for the sake of another world and another life. he believes in living this very life, here on this very earth. Where moksha, the freedom of Buddha and Mahavira, lies some where beyond this world and this time - there and then- krishna's freedom is here and now. Life as we know it never received such deep and unconditional acceptance at the hands of any other enlightened soul.
A fakir has said in his prayer, ' O Lord, I accept you, but not your world". In fact, every fakir says, " O Lord , I accept you, but not your world". This is opposite to the position taken by an atheist. The atheist says, " I accept your world, not you." Thus theists and atheists are two sides of the same coin.
Krishna's atheism is quite unique. Infact, only krishna is a theist: he accepts what is. He says to God, " I accept you and your world too", and this acceptance is so complete, so profound that it is difficult to know where the world ends and God begins. The world is really the extended hand of God, and God is the innnermost being hidden in the world. The difference between the world and God is no more than this.
He accepts the whole. It is important to understand that krisna doesnot give up anything, neither pain or happiness. He does not renounce that which is. with him the question of renunciation does not arise.
In the course of his exhortation Krishna tells Arjuna, in the battlefield, " All those you think you have to kill are already dead. they are just awaiting death at the most you can serve as a medium for hastening it. But if you think you will kill them, then you will cease to be a medium, you will become a doer. And don't think you will be their savior if you run away from the battlefield. That would be another illusion. You can neither kill them or save them. You have only to play a role; it is nothing more than play-acting.
Therefore go into it totally, and do your part unwaveringly. And you can be totally in anything only if you put aside your mind, drop your ego and cease looking at things from the angle of I or me and mine." It clearly shows that krishna's life as a real play, a performance. Krishna's life is a leela; he just plays his part and plays it perfectly. Rama's life has a character, it is idealistic; krishna's life is a free play, a leela.
Krishna says, " Accept both the polarities, because both are there together. Go with them, because they are. Don't choose!. Choose and you err, choose and you are off track, choose and you are fragmented. Choice also means denial of the other half of truth, which also is. And it is not in our hands to wipe it way. There is nothing in our hands.What is, is. It was, when we did not exist. It will be when we will be no more."
Osho's krishna is beyond man's understanding. He is the most significant person in all of history. Krishna accepts life in all its facets, in all its climates and colors. He alone doesnot choose; he accepts life unconditionally. He doesnot shun love; being a man he doesnot run away from women.He is full of love and compassion, and yet he has the courage to accept and fight a war. His heart is utterly non-violent, yet he plunges into the fire and fury of violence when it becomes unavoidable. He accepts the nectar, and yet he is not afraid of poison.
There is perhaps no one like krishna, no one who can accept and absorb in himself all the contradictions of life, all the seemingly great contradictions of life. Day and night, summer and winter, peace and war, love and violence, life and death - all walk hand in hand with him. That is why everyone who loves him has chosen a particular aspect of krishna's life that applealed to them and quietly dropped the rest.
In the whole galaxy of religious luminaries krishna is the sole exception who fully accepts the whole of life on this earth.He doesnot believe in living here for the sake of another world and another life. he believes in living this very life, here on this very earth. Where moksha, the freedom of Buddha and Mahavira, lies some where beyond this world and this time - there and then- krishna's freedom is here and now. Life as we know it never received such deep and unconditional acceptance at the hands of any other enlightened soul.
A fakir has said in his prayer, ' O Lord, I accept you, but not your world". In fact, every fakir says, " O Lord , I accept you, but not your world". This is opposite to the position taken by an atheist. The atheist says, " I accept your world, not you." Thus theists and atheists are two sides of the same coin.
Krishna's atheism is quite unique. Infact, only krishna is a theist: he accepts what is. He says to God, " I accept you and your world too", and this acceptance is so complete, so profound that it is difficult to know where the world ends and God begins. The world is really the extended hand of God, and God is the innnermost being hidden in the world. The difference between the world and God is no more than this.
He accepts the whole. It is important to understand that krisna doesnot give up anything, neither pain or happiness. He does not renounce that which is. with him the question of renunciation does not arise.
In the course of his exhortation Krishna tells Arjuna, in the battlefield, " All those you think you have to kill are already dead. they are just awaiting death at the most you can serve as a medium for hastening it. But if you think you will kill them, then you will cease to be a medium, you will become a doer. And don't think you will be their savior if you run away from the battlefield. That would be another illusion. You can neither kill them or save them. You have only to play a role; it is nothing more than play-acting.
Therefore go into it totally, and do your part unwaveringly. And you can be totally in anything only if you put aside your mind, drop your ego and cease looking at things from the angle of I or me and mine." It clearly shows that krishna's life as a real play, a performance. Krishna's life is a leela; he just plays his part and plays it perfectly. Rama's life has a character, it is idealistic; krishna's life is a free play, a leela.
Krishna says, " Accept both the polarities, because both are there together. Go with them, because they are. Don't choose!. Choose and you err, choose and you are off track, choose and you are fragmented. Choice also means denial of the other half of truth, which also is. And it is not in our hands to wipe it way. There is nothing in our hands.What is, is. It was, when we did not exist. It will be when we will be no more."