Here is a famous quote by Thich Nhat Hahn. An alumnus of my course, Creativity and Personal Mastery, who is serious about personal growth, posted it on our electronic bulletin board. “When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not …
How to Become Nobody
I would like you to try this thought experiment. You go to a company party and the host, a senior executive, mis-pronounces your name when he introduces you to nearby guests. Later, he asks you how you are enjoying the affair and, this time, he does not even remember your name and addresses you …
Nothing is Written!
I am going to stir up some controversy here. Do you believe that all the success you enjoy has been due to your effort? And, correspondingly, all the goals you have not met is because you did not work hard enough or smart enough? Or perhaps because you did not have the ‘right’ background, or …
Can Using a Bucket Help Save the Planet?
Mahatma Gandhi reportedly said that there is enough of everything to satisfy each man’s need. But not enough to satisfy every man’s greed. So – would you be willing to make a slight change in your habits if it will make a material positive difference in the world? I was in India recently and …
Me! Me! – It’s All About Me!
I was at a party recently when a friend mentioned that he was recovering from kidney stones. A woman in the group immediately chimed in saying how terrible it must have been and, gosh, how painful. And then, for fifteen minutes, she narrated the tale of how she had kidney stones two years ago and …
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The Solution is “Pray Without Ceasing!”
In my last blog I pointed out that decades of unchecked mental chatter have caused our minds to whirl with incredible momentum. Our unchecked thoughts force us to live in a cacophony of wild conjectures, frustrated desires, unmet ambitions, unrequited love and constantly changing likes and dislikes. …
No – Twenty Minutes are Not Enough. Nor are Ten Days …
I just got back from a visit to India and a highlight was the three days I spent at the Ramanashram in Tiruvannamalai. I felt the presence of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi everywhere. And I also felt viscerally what I am about to share with you. I love war movies and my favorites are the oldies – …
You Are the Only Person Who Knows!
I have long held that philanthropy in the West is imbued with a healthy dose of self-interest and lot of self-aggrandizement. The tax code favors huge donations and worthy institutions cater to your every whim if they sense that they can peel away some of your moolah. There was an entire wing …