Never cry for any relation in life

Never cry for any relation in life
because for the one whom you cry
does not deserve your tears
and the one who deserves
will never let you cry.

Treat everyone with politeness
even those who are rude to you
not because they are not nice
but because you are nice.

Never search your happiness in others
which will make you feel alone.
rather search it in yourself
you will feel happy
even if you feel alone.

Always have a positive attitude in life
there is something positive in every person.
Even a stopped watch is right
twice a day.

Happiness always looks small
when we hold it in our hand
But when we learn to share it
We realize how big and precious it is.

Pain and Pleasure

If thou are pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs thee, but thy own judgment about it. And it is in thy power to wipe out this judgment now. (trans. George Long)A cucumber is bitter. Throw it away. There are briars in the road. Turn aside from them. This is enough. Do not add, "And why were such things made in the world?" (trans. George Long)Let opinion be taken away, and no man will think himself wronged. If no man shall think himself wronged, then is there no more any such thing as wrong. (trans. Meric Casaubon)(...) As for others whose lives are not so ordered, he reminds himself constantly of the characters they exhibit daily and nightly at home and abroad , and of the sort of society they frequent; and the approval of such men, who do not even stand well in their own eyes has no value for him. (trans. Maxwell Staniforth)

"Die, you old fake!"

Practice is nothing other than the capacity to arouse fearless energy.Without this energy, whatever practices you perform,whatever virtuous feelings you have, all are without substance.Without this energy, will you be prepared when you come face to face with death in your ordinary state of mind? How then will you persevere over other hardships? - Suzuki Shosan 

a whoopee cushion

Before enlightenment, a whoopee cushion is funny; when you realize enlightenment a whoopee cushion isn't funny; after enlightenment a whoopee cushion is funny again.-- J. Wilson

How to Meditate

For meditation the first thing is the posture. you may sit in any posture. the posture must be very comfortable and still. we can meditate either on a floor or on a chair. in any place, whereever we feel comfortable. sit comfortably, cross your legs, clasp ur fingers. now close your eyes. stop inner or outer chatter. dont chant any mantra. just relax. totally relax. just relax. when we cross our legs and clasp our fingers, it gives us enough stability. eyes are door to the mind so should be closed. mantra chanting or any chattering inner or outer are the activities of the mind. so it should be stopped. when body relaxes, consciousness travels to the next zone mind and intellect. mind is nothing but a bundle of thoughts. there are numerous thoughts always to the surface of the mind. whenever there are thoughts in the mind we may get many questions, known or unknown. to transcend the mind and intellect, one has to observe the breath. observation is the nature of the self. so one should just wittnes the breath. dont do conscious breathing.

Dont enhale or exhale consciusly. the enhalation or exhelation happen on its own. just observe the normal breath. this is the main key, this is the way. don't go behind thoughts. don't think to queries/question/thoughts. caste the thought. come back to the breath. observe normal breathing. then the density of the thougts reduces. slowly breath becomes thinner and shorter.

Finally breath becomes smallest. Some sort of light flashes between the eybrows.

In this state, one will have no breath and no thoughts. he will be totally thoughtless. this state is called nirmal stithithi or no thought state. this is the meditative state. in this state we will be under the shower of cosmic energy. the more mediation one does the more will be the cosmic energy one receives. this cosmic energy flows through the energy body.

Mythmaking

Idealism is the death of body and imagination. i prefer art and mythmaking than philosophy. Friedrich Nietzsche

How to Get Your Needs Met

Liately I've been studying the techniques of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). While it may sound like a no-brainer to yogis who are familiar with satya, it's more challenging to put into practice than I had expected.

The beauty of NVC is its theory that conflict doesn't exist between people; it exists between the strategies that people use to get needs met. According to NVC philosophy, behind potentially intimidating messages are simply people appealing to us to meet their needs.

When we receive messages with this awareness, we never feel dehumanized by what others have to say to us. The trick is to not take the message personally, and to connect empathetically with the other person.