Sunday, April 25, 2004
Love Pleasure & Pain
As the Sun goes down ,and twilight shrouds the Bus station.His Bus Arrives at the Bus station and the conversation of the young couple is interrupted.Her tiny frame reaches up to him ,the anxiousness the excitement as her lips meet his .Excitement of being together with one you love. they separate for a fraction of second and meet each other,meet like there will be no tomorrow.He is leaving her maybe for just a day maybe they will see each other the next day.But the pain of separation can be felt by every onlooker around ,outwardly she smiles and says something reaching upto his ears,But she doesn't want to loose that moment ,as she reach upto him again for another kiss.
The Bus driver has seen this good bye scene perhaps all long her route ,she mechanically announced the departure of the Bus ,The Boy pulls his Girl up to him and Gives her a Hug and takes off in the Bus .Will this be a fond memory for Rocking Chair for the white girl and the black boy,No one knows but Time.
But a Stranger who is witness to this scene is caught off guard by this scene.His heart is suddenly filled with mix emotions of pleasure and pain.Pleasure of experiencing the Divine feeling of love ,pain of separated from his loved one/s
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As the Sun goes down ,and twilight shrouds the Bus station.His Bus Arrives at the Bus station and the conversation of the young couple is interrupted.Her tiny frame reaches up to him ,the anxiousness the excitement as her lips meet his .Excitement of being together with one you love. they separate for a fraction of second and meet each other,meet like there will be no tomorrow.He is leaving her maybe for just a day maybe they will see each other the next day.But the pain of separation can be felt by every onlooker around ,outwardly she smiles and says something reaching upto his ears,But she doesn't want to loose that moment ,as she reach upto him again for another kiss.
The Bus driver has seen this good bye scene perhaps all long her route ,she mechanically announced the departure of the Bus ,The Boy pulls his Girl up to him and Gives her a Hug and takes off in the Bus .Will this be a fond memory for Rocking Chair for the white girl and the black boy,No one knows but Time.
But a Stranger who is witness to this scene is caught off guard by this scene.His heart is suddenly filled with mix emotions of pleasure and pain.Pleasure of experiencing the Divine feeling of love ,pain of separated from his loved one/s
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Unsui 10:01 AM
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Sunday, April 18, 2004
Bag Of Potatoes
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 ated. 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 lifet ime. Forgiving others is the best attitude to take!
Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love & to be loved is the greatest happiness. Fate determines who comes into our lives.The heart determines who stays...
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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 ated. 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 lifet ime. Forgiving others is the best attitude to take!
Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love & to be loved is the greatest happiness. Fate determines who comes into our lives.The heart determines who stays...
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Unsui 9:19 AM
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Monday, April 12, 2004
Reaction A Reflection Of Life
Another One from Syllabus here,way back there was this story I had in School.As king of a kingdom held his court one day,as part of his chores he was attending to few law & order cases.He was presented with Three thieves all of who had committed robberies in separate incidents.King looks at first one inquires about his crime ,upon knowing the case tells the thief"This doesn't suit you,Take care in future,so saying he dismisses the case .In case of second thief,he asks one of the guard to give the thief two slaps & dismisses the case.for the third thief the king asks his men to paint the man's face black, shave off his head and parade him around the city on a Donkey.The courtiers of king were all puzzled ,but no one challenged kings authority & so everyone kept mum
King Read the courtiers eyes & addressed the court "I can see surprise in your eyes.All of you who are present here must be wondering,for same crime ,why I treated the three people differently." So saying he summoned three undercover agents in his service and asked them to shadow the three culprits and present the report to the court after two days.On the allocated day the Agents presented their report.Agent A reported " Your majesty the first thief whom you had verbally admonished,left this court and he locked himself in his residence for whole day yesterday ,today morning we found he had hanged himself to his roof.Agent B stepped forward "Your Highness ,The second thief whom you asked the guards to slap him left this place ,went to his house collected his possession,and left the city,apparently he was ashamed to live here anymore.Now every one waited for Agent C "Sir, The Third one whom you asked to be defaced and paraded around the capital on a donkey .as he was taken around ,people were spitting on him,hurling profanities ,kids throwing stones at him .As this procession went around somewhere in the crowds he spotted his wife,who was so ashamed that she was trying to disappear amidst the crowds.But he Hollered her "where are you trying to hide,let me show these morons few more quarters of the city,So you Go home and heat water for my bath ,he yelled at her "
The story was just another one of those "Portions of syllabus" then ,but looking back it puts a lots of things in perspective about Human Nature.How every individual responds to identical situations.tell so much about his/her character.Recently I was reading Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl .In this Biography of his Dr Frankl while accounting for his experiences in Nazi Concentration Camp has identical observation,under the similar circumstances of Oppression and Torture that all of them were subjected to some of the people around him were reduced to animals while some were posing as saints.
In history of Mankind so many people before him and so many after him saw poverty,suffering,illness and death,but how many of Siddharthas renounced the world in search of Meaning of Life and Became Gautama Only a handful.
In our day to day life ,so many incidents happen to us ,but how many of us really care to objectively look back upon them and soak the lessons of life and work on them moving forward in life.Kabirdas says in one of his poems "Its Animal who grazes all by itself while its Human who dies for sake of others" .Kabirdas would surely have thought twice before writing these lines in our times.
All the stuff thats written above may sound like pretty much of common sense statements .But the question is how many of us indeed make a conscious effort to make this common sense a common practice ?
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Another One from Syllabus here,way back there was this story I had in School.As king of a kingdom held his court one day,as part of his chores he was attending to few law & order cases.He was presented with Three thieves all of who had committed robberies in separate incidents.King looks at first one inquires about his crime ,upon knowing the case tells the thief"This doesn't suit you,Take care in future,so saying he dismisses the case .In case of second thief,he asks one of the guard to give the thief two slaps & dismisses the case.for the third thief the king asks his men to paint the man's face black, shave off his head and parade him around the city on a Donkey.The courtiers of king were all puzzled ,but no one challenged kings authority & so everyone kept mum
King Read the courtiers eyes & addressed the court "I can see surprise in your eyes.All of you who are present here must be wondering,for same crime ,why I treated the three people differently." So saying he summoned three undercover agents in his service and asked them to shadow the three culprits and present the report to the court after two days.On the allocated day the Agents presented their report.Agent A reported " Your majesty the first thief whom you had verbally admonished,left this court and he locked himself in his residence for whole day yesterday ,today morning we found he had hanged himself to his roof.Agent B stepped forward "Your Highness ,The second thief whom you asked the guards to slap him left this place ,went to his house collected his possession,and left the city,apparently he was ashamed to live here anymore.Now every one waited for Agent C "Sir, The Third one whom you asked to be defaced and paraded around the capital on a donkey .as he was taken around ,people were spitting on him,hurling profanities ,kids throwing stones at him .As this procession went around somewhere in the crowds he spotted his wife,who was so ashamed that she was trying to disappear amidst the crowds.But he Hollered her "where are you trying to hide,let me show these morons few more quarters of the city,So you Go home and heat water for my bath ,he yelled at her "
The story was just another one of those "Portions of syllabus" then ,but looking back it puts a lots of things in perspective about Human Nature.How every individual responds to identical situations.tell so much about his/her character.Recently I was reading Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl .In this Biography of his Dr Frankl while accounting for his experiences in Nazi Concentration Camp has identical observation,under the similar circumstances of Oppression and Torture that all of them were subjected to some of the people around him were reduced to animals while some were posing as saints.
In history of Mankind so many people before him and so many after him saw poverty,suffering,illness and death,but how many of Siddharthas renounced the world in search of Meaning of Life and Became Gautama Only a handful.
In our day to day life ,so many incidents happen to us ,but how many of us really care to objectively look back upon them and soak the lessons of life and work on them moving forward in life.Kabirdas says in one of his poems "Its Animal who grazes all by itself while its Human who dies for sake of others" .Kabirdas would surely have thought twice before writing these lines in our times.
All the stuff thats written above may sound like pretty much of common sense statements .But the question is how many of us indeed make a conscious effort to make this common sense a common practice ?
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Unsui 9:36 AM
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Thursday, April 01, 2004
Meeting A Jerk
Warning Bell Rings as the Protective Bar Goes Down to Stop Traffic to cross the Rail Road .The Train Honks as it approaches the spot where the Road intersects the tracks.The Train is less than 100 meters and a Woman in 30's who walks to the Intersection Throws caution to Wind Just Dashes off right in front of approaching Train.The Driver performs his duty by Honking again .
The Luck is on lady's side today ,she crosses over .Like Many Other People at the Train station I'm spectator to this event .I'm seriously concerned ,so as the lady passes me.I asked "Whats the Hurry Madam,It was just a matter of couple of minutes?" Lady Turned Back and Yells "So What ? And Whats your concern You are not even an American ?" And Walks by without repent leaves me all embarrassed & Hurt .
I'm so very Hurt .But Looking back at the incident now I feel better .The lady was a stranger,I just expressed my concern what one human being has for other .But then around me I have so many People with whom I've a bonding relations ,friendship..... Some I see living dangerously ,squandering once in million possibility called life.People who are immensely talented ,but not living upto their potential.When I have chided them about their casual attitude.They have shot back "So What ? Its my Life!!!..... And given me a cold shoulder .And All I do is Pray for them ,that they realize to appreciate this once in million probability gift of life.And bring a shade of discipline in their lifestyle ,to do justice to their talents.....
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Warning Bell Rings as the Protective Bar Goes Down to Stop Traffic to cross the Rail Road .The Train Honks as it approaches the spot where the Road intersects the tracks.The Train is less than 100 meters and a Woman in 30's who walks to the Intersection Throws caution to Wind Just Dashes off right in front of approaching Train.The Driver performs his duty by Honking again .
The Luck is on lady's side today ,she crosses over .Like Many Other People at the Train station I'm spectator to this event .I'm seriously concerned ,so as the lady passes me.I asked "Whats the Hurry Madam,It was just a matter of couple of minutes?" Lady Turned Back and Yells "So What ? And Whats your concern You are not even an American ?" And Walks by without repent leaves me all embarrassed & Hurt .
I'm so very Hurt .But Looking back at the incident now I feel better .The lady was a stranger,I just expressed my concern what one human being has for other .But then around me I have so many People with whom I've a bonding relations ,friendship..... Some I see living dangerously ,squandering once in million possibility called life.People who are immensely talented ,but not living upto their potential.When I have chided them about their casual attitude.They have shot back "So What ? Its my Life!!!..... And given me a cold shoulder .And All I do is Pray for them ,that they realize to appreciate this once in million probability gift of life.And bring a shade of discipline in their lifestyle ,to do justice to their talents.....
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Unsui 9:02 PM
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