Karma

"You are born poor in this life on account of your past evil karma. He is born rich on account of his good Karma. So, be satisfied with your humble lot; but do good to be rich in your next life. You are being oppressed now because of your past evil Karma. There is your destiny. Be humble and bear your sufferings patiently. Do good now. You can be certain of a better and happier life after death."

The Samyutta Nikaya states:

"According to the seed that’s sown,
So is the fruit you reap there from,
Doer of good will gather good,
Doer of evil, evil reaps,
Down is the seed and thou shalt taste
The fruit thereof."

Free from prison and reach liberation

Lord Buddha preached to be free from prison and reach liberation. Let us practice the below mentioned facts and try to be free from these prison cells.
 Develop mindfulness or concentration
 Understand the past and living in the present
 Try to be free from the concepts that we created

Make stuff happen

 

Interesting idea made my mind rethink that all the roads  that had ponder was once Paths are made by walking. Early days these were merely forests.  This made me realized How often we spend our time waiting for the opportune moment to appear right before us.  Have they not walked down that path , have they waited. Then we wouldn’t be having these roads. 

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it” – David Starr Jordan

May you all , have courage to make stuff happen.

A Path without End - The Levels of Thought

One of the first goals of meditation is to still and calm random thoughts. In order to achieve this, it is helpful to identify four different levels of Thinking.

 

1. Negative thought  - Considered lowest level , it includes feelings of anger, fear sadness, regret and unease
2. Wasteful thought -  When we waste our time worrying about things that might not happen or about things outside of our control
3. Necessary thought – Such as “I must not forget to pay electricity bill” or I must remember to send a birthday card
4. Positive thought – The Highest level, which encourage peace, harmony, creativity, love and happiness.

In meditation we can free our minds from negative and wasteful thoughts and elevate them to the highest level.

 

The Art of Tranquility , Self Awareness and Insight-David Fontana

The Forbidden Path

 

‘In pursuit of Happiness’, is goal of every human being. Are we not?   How often are we satisfied is a riddle…  Ultimate question is Where can we find the eternal Happiness or rather peace of mind.. The path exhibits true nature of humans. But How often we listen to our inner self? 

"People tell us who they are, but we ignore it because we want them to be who we want them to be."- Mad Men

 

Life is a journey, not a Destination

Many of us think that life is about getting somewhere, that there are so many things to accomplish, many things to gain. These accomplishments and gains are temporary and materialistic that more often we tend to live in dreams about getting what we want in the future or what happened in the past.

Thereby we tend to forget the present moment of life, that's happening right now. There's even saying by John Lennon “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”

Experience the deep stillness and peace that exist in your mind when there is no strong resistance to your thoughts and memories.

Where there is beauty, there is ugliness.

When something is right, 

Something else is wrong. 

Knowledge and ignorance

Depend on each other. 

It has been like this since the beginning. 

How could it be otherwise now? 

Wanting to chuck out one

And hold onto the other

Makes for a ridiculous comedy. 

You must still deal with everything

Ever-changing, 

Even when you say it’s wonderful.

Ryokan (1758-1831)