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~ ॐ असतो मा सद् गमय Lead me from the Unreal to the Truth. तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय Lead me from the darkness of Ignorance to the Light of Knowledge मृत्योर्मा अमृतम् गमय Lead me from Mortality to Immortality ~ ॐ शान्ति शान्ति शान्तिः ॥

Monday, December 18, 2006

Hahahaha

A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed home. He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed, "Dear Lord, I go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at home. I want her to know what I go through, so please create a trade in our bodies.
"God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man's wish.
The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman. He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate, awakened the kids, set out their school clothes, fed them breakfast, packed their lunches, drove them to school, came home and picked up the dry cleaning, took it to the cleaners and stopped at the bank to draw out money to pay the power bill and telephone bill, drove to the power company and the phone company and paid the bills, went grocery shopping, came home and put away the groceries. He cleaned the cat's litter box and bathed the dog.
Then it was already 1 p.m. and he hurried to make the beds, do the laundry, vacuum, dust, and sweep and mop the kitchen floor. Ran to the school to pick up the kids and got into an argument with them on the way home. Set out cookies and milk and got the kids organized to do their homework, then set up the ironing board and watched TV while he did the ironing.
At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and washing greens for salad, breaded the pork chops and snapped fresh beans for supper. After supper he cleaned the kitchen, ran the dishwasher, folded laundry, bathed the kids, and put them to bed.
At 9 p.m. he was exhausted and, though his daily chores weren't finished, he went to bed where he was expected to make love which he managed to get through without complaint. The next morning he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and said, "Lord, I don't know what I was thinking.
I was so wrong to envy my wife's being able to stay home all day. Please, oh please, let us trade back."
The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied, "My son, I feel you have learned your lesson and I will be happy to change things back to the way they were. You'll have to wait 9 months, though. You got pregnant last night.

FriendShip

His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved. "I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life." "No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer.
At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel. "Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmer replied proudly. "I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of." And that he did.
Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time, he graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.
Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia. What saved his life this time?
Penicillin.
The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill.
His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.
Someone once said: What goes around comes around.

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Own Address

A rich man went to Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and said: "I've heard that Godess Maha Kali herself comes to meet you."
Shri Ramakrishna: "Yes, that is true."
"When does she come?"
"That is not fixed. Is there a particular time when the God & the saints pay a visit? They come at their own goodwill."
"I want that you should help me a little. Whenever the Godess Maha Kali comes at your place next time do send her to my house also."
This person appeared very clever to Shri Ramakrishna therefore He said:
"That's OK! But you give me your address."
The richman wrote his address on a piece of paper & gave it to Shri Ramakrishna. Then Shri Ramakrishna said:
"Is this your address?"
"Yes Sir! This is definitely my address."
"No, this is the address of your body. I can send the Mother (Godess) only if you give me your address."
"My address! The rich person was bewildered."
Shri Ramakrishna smiling said: "How can a person invite the Mother (Godess) without knowing his own address?"
The rich person stepped back silently & went away.
This is a fact! How can a person who thinks of the address of his body as his own address invite the God? But he who comes to know of his address does not need to invite God but he himself becomes God-like.

In the Forest of the World

Once a man was going through a forest, when three robbers fell upon him & robbed him of all his possessions.
One of the robbers said, "What is the use of keeping this man alive?" So saying he was about to kill him with sword, when the second robber interrupted him, saying: "Oh! No! What is the use of killing him? Tie his hands & feet and leave hime here." The robbers tied him tightly with a rope & went away. After a while the third robber returned & said to the man: Ah! I'm sorry. Are you hurt? I will release you from your bonds."

After setting him free, the robber said: "Come with me. I'll take you to the public road." They started walking together & after a long time they reached the main road. At this the man said: "Sir, you have been very good to me. Come with me to my house." "Oh, no!" the robber replied. "I can't go there. The police will come to know of me."

This world itself is like this forest. The three robbers prowling here are Sattva (lucidity, balance of mind or wisdom), Rajas (passion, activity or restlessness) and Tamas (inertia or dullness). It is they that rob the man of True Knowledge. Tamas wants to destroy him. Rajas binds him to the world. But the Sattva rescues him from the clutches of Rajas & Tamas. Sattva protects man & rescues him from anger, passion & other evil effects of Tamas. Further, Sattva loosens the bondage with the world. Sattva cannot give man the Ultimate True Knowledge, though it shows him the road leading to the Supreme Abode of God.

Setting him on the path, Sattva tells him: "Look Yonder. There is your home." Even Sattva is far away from the knowledge of Brahman (The one & only which is the basis of all).