Learn to command the mind

After having won many archery contests, the town champion went to the Zen master.

- I am the best of all – he said. – I didn’t study religion, never sought help from the monks, and succeeded in becoming the finest archer in the whole region. I heard that, for a time, you were the best archer in the region, and ask you: was it necessary to become a monk in order to learn to shoot?

- No – replied the Zen master.

But the champion was not satisfied: he took an arrow, placed it in the bow, fired it and hit a cherry which was very far away. Smiling, as if to say: "you might have saved your time, devoting yourself only to technique." And he said:

- I doubt whether you could do that.

Without looking in the least bit worried, the master went inside, fetched his bow, and began to walk towards a nearby mountain.

On the way, there was an abyss which could only be crossed by an old bridge made of rotting rope, and which was almost collapsing.
The Zen master went to the middle of the bridge, took his bow and placed an arrow in it, then aimed at a tree on the far side of the precipice, and hit his target.

- Now it is your turn – he kindly told the young man, as he returned to firm ground.

Terrified as he gazed down at the abyss below his feet, the young man went to the spot and fired, but his arrow veered wide of the mark.

- That is why the discipline of meditation was worthwhile – concluded the master, when the young man returned to him.

“You may have great skill with the instrument you choose for your livelihood, but it  useless, if you cannot command the mind which uses that instrument.”

Are You Shiva??

The most Famous GOD amongst all the Youngster because of his cool nature as described in the many Hindu epics and also because of his really punk look with his TRISUL is none other than....our..SHIVA JI.

Among all the factor Most of all is his love toward all those herbs that helps to cool down and reduce the SRG gap (Stimulus Response Gap) so one feels like one is at a bliss...makes him youngester FAv DEV..... ;)

SHIVA signifies POWER especially the THIRD eye that can BURN almost Everything into ASH if is opened..... which he opened only once against KAMA DEV, actually according to epics:

LESSON: WIN Over KAMA, HAVE CONTROL OVER KAMA RATHER KAMA CONTROLLING .......... then we are 'SHIVA'. It's all about CONTROL hehhehehehhehehhe ;)

We also use his name as an excuse if we want to taste those herbs... which have detrimental effect on health......( Remember SHIVA RATRI) hehehhehehehehehhe and beside that He is our country 'ARADHYA DEV', sth like National GOD..

SHIVA is yeah of-course the most cool GOD amongst all, i wonder

How could he remain so normal with all those venomous snakes all over his body???

LESSON: Despite of any ADVERSITIES and DANGEROUS SITUATION, one SHOULD LEARN TO MAINTAIN CALMNESS BY NOT OVERREACTING LETTING SITUATION TAKE CONTROL.... OKIE!!! ;) then We are 'SHIVA' SNAKE also symbolizes EGO... so MAster the EGO and is all being 'SHIVA'

How can he not do anything wrong even being said to consume all kind of herbs that gives hallucination???????.............................are there any stories missing???? no not at all...... despite of all that he was always at consciousness.......... HE COULD CONTROL HIMSELF RATHER THAN THOSE HERBS CONTROLLING HIM hmmmmmm!!!LESSON TO BE LEARNED, KNOW THE LIMIT and BE IN THE LIMIT and is being 'SHIVA' hehhehe.........I'm sure everyone wants to have LIMIT CONTROL

How could one still resist the irritation of Most Poisonous VENOM that he has stored in his THROAT?????

The MOON and WATER FOUNTAIN through his head definitely has helped a lot to make him cool... ;)

LESSON: PAINFUL WORDS AND EVEN APPRECIABLE WORDS THAT HURTS AND BOOST SUPER EGO ARE VENOMS, HAVE TO BE COOL AND TAKE ALL THOSE COMPLIMENT AND NEVER LETTING IT HAVE NEGATIVE EFFECT ON US........ IS BEING 'SHIVA'

And most of time always MEDITATING..... and is being 'SHIVA'

And sititng on a TIGER SKIN FEARLESS.......: LESSON: Winning over THE FEAR and is being 'SHIVA'

This is what i've interpreted from SHIVA image which.....what do u guyz think.... are you SHIVA ;)

Moment to cherish On the Bed of Death

I don't want to impose the Self reference Criterion in this. If someone ask me about the most  self satisfying moment of my life, when i'm On the bed of death My answer would be those moments when i was able to make some needy person happy through my social service where the effort was done without the expectation of the return. 

I think if people were to ask the same question then answer would be in general similar to that of mine. We are social being and composed of love by nature.  The things that makes us happy is when we are able to help those in need without expecting return and the smile that we see, the happiness that we see worth more than any financial benefit.

Lets collect as much as possible those sorts of memories so we don't have a regret while we are on the bed of death. Lets Learn to Serve and Lets Act to Serve  

 

Untold Story

Couldn't stop myself so i'm sharing this information with you my friends.

Me and my friends we visited the Kalmochan Ghat temple area 7th Feb 2012. We met a local youth and a lady. To our surprise there was a wall being made along the Kalmochan Ghat by UN to make a park but the local had mixed reaction to the development. The reason for mixed response was because  of the behavior of sadhus and Jogis who are used to open defecation. The wall would  restrict these sadhus and jogis  from going to the river bank for defecation and resulting to the use of open space near residential area by these sadhus and jogis to meet their purpose.

The problem is few number of public toilets in comparison to the number of jogis which is understandable. The Guthi sansthan which is the care taker of heritage area, is silent in this matter who actually need to take all measures possible to keep the area clean.

The local shared an incident which happened earlier night. A jogi was beaten up by the other group after being drunk  and the reason being, the difference in the race.  Most of allo gets money, even more astonishing information was the jogis being non vegetarian and are in fact given money to feed them self.

We saw group of Jogis and sadhus arriving at the place in the mean time and the reason was the Shivratri coming near. The localities shared that the number of jogis and sadhus will subsequently increase in days and come.

A lady after seeing a  local person with those Jogis and Sadhus in a voice filled with anger shared the untold story of illegal drugs being traded from the place. Her anger was directed to the local government level authority who in fact offers the illegal drungs to the sadhus and jogis and who in turn sells it to the local youth and there is sharing of the commission between the authority and the sadhus.

I didn't want to believe the fact but how could i not after witnessing the foreigners in the form of sadhus smoking the hashish in the near by kutir. I could not believe when i was informed that the sadus are in fact entitled to the illegal drugs and also daily allowance on the basis of their rank.

In India, basically from where the sadus and Jogis are actually from are poisoned if seen in the city area so Nepal is in fact heaven for them in that sense and in fact above than that when ones receives so many benefits in contrast to the punishment in their country.

The question here is about the treatment of the authority, in one hand saying that the transaction of illegal drugs is considered  punishable and again not bringing these sadhus inside that system and treating them. These Jogis most of them are here being lured by the befit they are getting and who are in fact not practicing what a real sadhu or jogi need to be doing.

In this situation where the locals are facing trouble and also the concerned authority is hesitant to take action what need to be done... Its another business growing inside its mask which is much bigger than we can even imagine. The risk is the local children and youths who might become one of the customer of these people who have that thing with them which can misguide the generation to self destruction.






   

Self Motivation - To win the game

There are many motivation theory devised by many scholars and i sometime wonder can we really implement those in real life and if yes then to what extent and if no then why not. Personally i feel, with due respect to all the theories, that we cannot motivate people. All we can do is to influence them or tempt them. If motivation theory would have been the truth then those revolutionist inside the jail during Indian independence or during Rana regime in Nepal who went for hunger strike or negatively motivated through torture would have easily surrendered.

All the external motivation technique applied have limited scope but if the motivation is internal or is self motivated then nothing can stop the energy and person would be even ready to sacrifice his/her life.
Untill a person does not acknowledge that he want to accept what is being offered, no motivation happens . Motivation is the self decision but not imposed.

Self motivation is something that touches your self and comes from very basic level of existence. I feel this is the key to win the game.

Employee at Taj during terrorist attack were self motivated to serve their customer even risking their life and some even died. This level of motivation is not external but is internal is comes from self. Its hard to understand other's self motivation but all we need to do is understand our self motivation and carry on with it. This will help us to win every game of our life after that.

 

Evolution of Life and Vishnu Avatar

Charles Darwin known as 'Father of evolution' in the modern day science have great contribution to provide us information  regarding evolution  of life on earth. There is one Guru, who is in fact Guru of all the Guru and scientist born , alive and who would be coming who gave the hint of the life long way back through his stories and incarnation. 

Lord Vishnu and his ten avatar in fact give us some clue on evolution of life and i could correlate it only when a senior of mine shard this.

The Ten Avatar

1. Matsya (the fish) = Aquatic Life which is first complex form of life according to Darwin. 2. Koorma (the tortoise) = Amphibian and Reptile are the  second and third complex form of life on earth. 3. Varaha (the boar) = Third comes the terrestrial animal 4. Narasimha (the human-lion) = Fourth Not distinct Human life, a mix of animal & human, from where human started evolving 5. Vamana (the dwarf) = Human like form but still dwarf not a complete human form and lived on plants. 6. Parasurama (the angry man, Rama with an axe) = Human life which started to live by hunting and killing  animals and started making weapons. 7. Lord Rama (the perfect man, king of Ayodha) = Human life before industrial civilization where everyone was generous to one another and calm and loving. 8. Lord Krishna (the divine statesman)  = Cleaver Human who knows innovation and Loves fun. 9. Buddha = Human form where intelligence will reach its peak and the evolution of human form reaches the apex. 10. Kalki (the mighty worrior) = Kal means machine or technology  so is the time of technology.....

This is my interpretation so you can differ to it however i see these correlation.

So father of evolution for me at least is  Guru of Guru Lord Vishnu and in Modern day science is Charles Darwin.

The Importance Of SEWA

We might have been doing meditation from several ages for several hours a day or might have just started and doing an hour a day or so. The curiosity often arises in the practitioner to know how much one is actually progressing. Practitioner wish to know if there is any barometer of that which can help them to measure them progress or at least get a hint whether they are progressing or not.
I  thought of two factors to examine in order to examine progress in this field.
1. Increase in Stimulus Response Gap (SRG):
This means if a practitioner has developed a capacity to give response to anything rather than react and again the response with firm and thoughtful mind then there is a progress. If a practitioner still reacts i.e. still level of  patience has not increased then there is no progress.

2. Treating everyone like as they are you:
The sense of belongingness or even at a higher level the feeling and sense of oneness should be there. If the sense of oneness has not increased then the practitioner still needs to progress. Loving for one's children is natural, even one's family members and friends is so obvious. Even the animals does that but the important is the same level of feeling with every other person and every being should be there. The sense of Oneness.

The above two factors are in fact the outcome of Meditation and only meditation will not lead us there.
SEWA or the Service , is one of the strongest factor that can lead us there. Let us understand that any act done for other without expecting anything in return is a sewa or service. While we do service to other who are in need our ego dissolves and in course of time we develop compassion.
Whenever we do service our head bends little down, i.e. the Head comes closer to Heart and that is when ego dissolves and compassion evolves.

The Sewa again bears boon, which is in fact even not to be thought about. However, just for sharing, it earns merit and that merit will add positivity to our consciousness and when we meditate we reach to the blissful state in less time or samadhi. The merit helps to calm down our mind so less thoughts come.

Service or SEWA is something that even Nature performs, SUN is doing Sewa without expecting return from us, even the Moon the stars the River, the flower, the plants whatever you see in the nature they are all doing service and that is why everyone praise the nature, loves the nature and want to be with the nature.

That is why Sewa or Service is very important along with meditation if we want to be humane and return to our true nature in fact which we need to achieve in life and is our final destination i.e. to become united with our true nature...For that do more Sewa and Sadhana i.e. Service and Meditation
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